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Oh no question about it, im just saying that its a transaction, not something that somehow entitles them to put us DIY builders first, or even on a level playing field. They owe us nothing, and in reality even if we as DIY builders didnt buy their products OEM purchases likely would have raised them up anyways as OEM love any product that saves them money. I get your frustration though, it does suck

Id argue AMD brought themselves back, I mean we only bought their products because they made a compelling product at an aggressive price point. If the product was a poor performer or a worse value than intel DIY builders wouldnt have bought them, we arent benevolent, we bought what made sense for us. If I was AMD I would be doing business in whatever way made my company the most money, which is generally gonna be selling to OEM, I see no problem with it when manufacturing is at a premium like it currently is

Id ditch that RAM for 3600 speed with CL14-16, will give better performance than trying to do 4000 mhz at cl18. I also would be weary of having a single 16 tb drive with no backup, id either run a pair of 8tb in raid or if budget allows and you really want that much space than do a second 16tb in raid. Also that video card is never going to be restocked, but if thats just a place holder than ok, just know you wont ever get that exact card/package

Memory Express is currently doing something similar. They will full fill backorders but any "extra cards" they get will not be sold to customers a la carte, only used in complete builds from their store. They will not sell any over the counter. Its unfortunate but within their right as a retailer

Ya they have varied the time of the drops for that reason

If you are looking at a new gen card the highest I would go is a 3080 as the ROI on a 3090 is brutal. And even then I am ONLY buying those cards at MSRP. If you are looking at scalper prices then there is NO CARD on the market right now worth buying

So you basically play 12 hours a day roughly based on your 355 hours, So as others said, set a timer and make the goal achievable. You sound like the type of person that cant cut down to one hour a day off the start. How bout this, play 4 hours, then turn the game off and go do something else, preferably out of the house, even if its just going for a walk and listen to a podcast or something. Regardless just take a break for a few hours. Then set your timer for 4 hours and play again. Do 2 sessions of 4 hour a day, cuts your use down 33% but still gives you a good amount of play. As it gets easier try shortening your time of play. Also while taking a break DONT USE YOUR COMPUTER, that will be to much of a temptation to start playing again, go do something else

I actually was watching the video through so I was about 12 minutes late the party, currently in que for the last 25-30 minutes but Im not holding my breath

Ive owned basically every North American console but currently actually have exactly zero lol. I have been selling them off over the past couple years, although I ordered a Series X today simply because I got it on that payment plan deal they have and I needed a new 4k player anyways so I killed 2 birds with one stone

I use a par of Kef Egg speakers which are bookshelf speakers and then I use a separate dual 8 inch powered sub to handle the bottom end. In reality "best" is very subjective. Depending on what your main wants are and budget will often change the answer to this question. I would never want large tower speakers with my computer deck because It wouldn't fit in at all with my set up but I totally understand why in some set ups they would be desirable.

Yes h265, thats what i meant. Will handbrake work for bought dvds? I have ER and its 90 discs, i dont wanna change discs that much lol

Hey guys I havent ripped a DVD in like a decade but I wanna take my TV seasons and put them on my harddrive so I can use my plex server instead of using the physical discs. What are people using to do that now, and I assume x265? Also they are all DVD, not bluray incase that matters.

If you are a teenager maybe. I love Mr Beast but there isnt a single piece of his merch I would ever wear, its all beyond gaudy, at least with the ltt shirts, like the cpu or gpu shirts or similar you can wear them without broadcasting what it is you're supporting. For the record i am not slamming anyone who wears Beast Merch and honestly its a good creator to buy from, but no way do I see anyway its "easier to wear" than a good deal of the ltt merch

Ok, and?

Extra Strength Advil Gel Caps, the only thing I have found that helped some. I have had a ton of dental work done over the last 5-6 years including teeth extraction. Nothing helps a ton, but I always found Advil helped the most, enough to be able to sleep atleast

You mean lapping? Im not saying its not worth lapping, im saying OCing 5th gen Ryzen isnt worth it. They are already so close to the edge that for every day use the gains seem not worth it. As for the lapping side of it, you might very well get some added benefits to temp, but if the silicone wont push far enough to take advantage than I dont think I could suggest it at the cost of voiding warranty. The gain doesnt justify the risk in my mind, but thats certainly just my opinion

I like this idea, use some creators with way less following, Danny is far less likely to be noticed compared to Linus or Luke. Maybe do teams with one of the smaller creators and an LMG'er. So when it comes time for the meet up you have the lesser known person handle the in person stuff but the building and planning and searching and what not can still be a team effort

Id say no, in reality OC a 5XXX series Ryzen chip is close to pointless, your efforts will be far better spent in memory tuning

If AMD could produce more stock they would, they want to sell more chips far more than you want to buy one I assure you. Between production shut downs, manufacturing stress derived from new consoles and GPU, shipping and logistics issues and the demand being super high its just a real crappy time to try to buy some computer hardware right now

Just for the sake of being thorough, is there a standardized color code for computer power supplies, Like are yellow wires all carrying 5v and red 12v etc etc? Just dont wanna have op make a mistake and fire 12v into a 5v line. I dont think thats a real danger here but figured I would bring it up

Her ROG Reboot episode is still one of my favourite videos they've ever done. I understand how her character might be not for everyone but I for one am happy shes been hired as she clearly worked hard and persistent to get this far, and while her job sounds like its to be behind the camera I will appreciate her cameos from time to time

I wouldn't expect to see readily available stock levels for this series if GPUs honestly, like I mean the ability to walk into a store and buy the card off the shelf at a retailer. Obviously they trickle in but I think we will see 4000 cards made before you ever see the 3000 series card supply issues corrected.

They definitely started shipping, I got mine well before xmas but the launch was a MASSIVE success and with it being as close to the holiday season there is no way they got all their orders done before people had time off and the logistics company they work with is pretty small if I recall right. Id just continue to be patient

I seem to recall Jake being a part of this solution as well