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Zberg

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  1. Reddit mods are completely unhinged and are the dregs of society. Power hungry peons who have nothing else going in their life. It's an echo chamber with the most religious zealots as mods. I got banned from one sub for making a critique about how a gross company was promoting LGBTQ stuff without ever actually changing their corporate culture. Essentially calling them empty promises and that they really didn't have any interest in mind other than the company's...I was permabanned for anti-LGBTQ bigotry, no shit, and when I requested this be lifted because it is absolutely incorrect, mod said "too bad, I guess think about the way you speak next time". The believeallwomen vibes are part of their religion as well, and you cant have any kind of nuance there in this discussion. It has to be LMG is evil, they abused Madison, burn them to the ground, period. Any reasonable take is not welcome there.
  2. Holy crap took a look at the various Reddits, and the mob is truly unhinged about this. Reading any of the threads for a minute and you would think LMG was actively encouraging this, endorsed by Linus, and this is the biggest scandal since watergate. Like 10,000% doom, this company is done forever, how dare they, they need to burn, doom. Just a reminder...the ACLU penned an op-ed in I believe the Atlantic, with full throated support for the absolutely clear and egregious physical and mental abuse Johnny Depp put Amber Heard through...I guess Reddit didn't watch that trial and stuck with the OG headlines on that one. Dont jump to conclusions folks, the GN/Bt saga was egregious on LMG's part, but there is a lot of unknown here, other than the words of a disgruntled employee. Maybe wait for some receipts before the witch burning this time around ya?
  3. I mean there was a mental health professional here earlier that came to a similar, if not more harsh, critique of madison. This is why credentialism as a debate tool is a faulty (but very often used) tool in arguments. The guy that works in mental health that commented here came to the same conclusion, so I guess he's right? /s
  4. Ironically, the glory days of LTT videos. They might make more money on sponsors and views now, but the videos were much better and more fun then. I miss the kitchen. I realize this is a complete non sequitur and contributes nothing to the discussion.
  5. Ya, I posted a similar comment upthread. We have seen this with an employee that was struggling with what was likely their first real, hard job. They are serious allegations, and need to be investigated. If true, LTT would and should be in deep shit for it. But there is a burden of proof you have to meet. In a company where you have the head as a pretty progressive leaning guy, with a wife that has a huge role running the company with him that wouldn't allow this for a second, you have to bring some evidence to the table IMO
  6. So while I think any serious allegations like this should be investigated, and those anyone responsible should be disciplined appropriately if true...it seems a bridge too far. I know this stuff can happen anywhere, but 2023, post gamergate, post blizzard activision, at a very politically correct, progressive-leaning company (or at least the leadership) that make strong statements about this kind of stuff and supposedly have a zero tolerance policy. Im not saying it isn't possible, but if these egregious things are happening left and right as stated, then not only should you have evidence that should be easy to obtain, or witnesses, or contemporaneous verification of some sort...but also the burden of proof is on you for these kinds of claims. We had an employee quit who was never able to keep up in his role, was late all the time, and was miserable to work with. When we warned him the first time he went direct to HR and said he was working in a racially hostile environment. This wasn't substantiated by anyone, including the many happy employees of various races that work here. After this confrontation he got worse, and eventually fired. His response was a letter and tirade about how irremediably racist the hospital is, how he experienced regular racism, jokes, the N-word, etc. Not only was this all not backed up by any other employee he ever worked with, but due to the nature of hospitals nowadays, we have cameras basically everywhere. 0% of his claims were ever verified, and it turns out a review of the camera footage also backed up our claims that he was late ALMOST EVERY DAY. Like 30+ minutes late. Im not saying this Madison thing is that. I am saying I have seen this before. Workers that are unhappy in their position, and maybe having trouble keeping up, say a lot of things when they leave. The stuff our hospital and group were accused of would have had us on page 1 of every news outlet in the country it was so egregious. Fortunately, again, we have non stop camera footage for safety. The burden of proof for very incendiary claims like this is on the person making them.
  7. Steve out here doing actual journalism. Love the dude. I feel bad that LTT is taking a turn for the worse. Have always loved this forum, learned to build my first PC with LTT videos, loved scrapyard wars and other videos like it. I haven't made a conscious effort to unsub or anything, but have found myself just never being interested enough to click their videos. The lab stuff always seemed like a bad idea. I remember saying to myself at the time...why are you investing so much money for something that other people already do way better? There are already established alternatives that cover this kind of boring (no offense, GN) content in depth, and do it very well. What is the return on investment on boring numbers? And then when you get it up and running, you make non stop errors? "you had ONE JOB lab!" is what comes to mind. If I buy a TI-89 I dont need it to do much other than graph functions for me. If it cant do that correctly, then it is a very large waste of money. The lab seems to be that times a million. The Billet labs contrasted to the Noctua shilling is pretty gross. You didn't use their prototype correctly, then actively shit all over it potentially losing them tons of business, then auctioned it off...then lied about compensating them for it...while shilling for Noctua (obviously a great company, I know) in scenarios where they either were under capacity or there were better cheaper options...when you have a partnership with them... Its all a very gross look, and its looking much more like a soulless corporate operation nowadays and much less like the guys in the kitchen set up building a PC, or linus vs luke scouring the internet to make an awesome PC. These responses to situations seem much less like what Linus has always seemed like, and much more how I would assume Amazon would deal with companies. Ive gotten tons of great info from LTT and their forum, so Im not unsubbing or deleting accounts or anything, because I do feel that they have done a lot of good for the community as a whole, but it really seems like they are losing their way and need to get back on the right track.
  8. I legit thought about this the other day and was like "huh...I haven't seen an Anthony video in forever". Welcome back, looking forward to more great in depth tech coverage from you, and hope you find happiness
  9. Long overdue. Especially with the level of burnout he has discussed in the past. This kind of decision is a huge game changer for quality of life. The group I am in has partners that are all equal owners. We have the option to micromanage the employees schedules, trying to optimize shifts to keep them happy while saving on OT, dealing with the accountant/bank, etc. All of that is a massive headache. We have a business manager that takes care of all that. Everything from the employees goes through her. She handles it in accordance with what the partners have set as our priorities, and brings to our attentions anything that would need our input. We pay her well. In exchange, we get to come into work and focus on what we do. No concerns about whether we have enough employees to cover the day to day, who is on call, are there enough people for breaks, etc. We just show up ready to do the part of our job that we like. This is, IMO, the best way to run a business while keeping ownership and control. We can sell out if we would like, and have 100% of all decisions made for us without any responsibility on our parts, and just show up to do what they tell us. And we would have zero input. This way, we get to steer the ship, we just dont have to micromanage the crewmen or make sure every part of the ship is working. Props to Linus for making this choice, it really is the best way
  10. Respect. I had a GTX 760 in a i5 4000-series (if memory servers me, was a prebuilt from ibuypower) rig as my daily driver for YEARS before I went ham (and finally had the money to do so), and that first upgrade I ever made was a GTX 970, which was a fantastic card, and let me keep that rig going until 2018. I think that prebuilt lasted me 5 years? Then I got the PC modding bug...
  11. Yup! And I take fantastic care of my GPU's, I dont charge a crazy amount or scalp people, and they ship well packaged and safe. Really its pretty great for the used market (*self back pat*) "Wouldn't be worth the loss to me" The 3090 is a much better deal than those other two were, and will be a good get for whoever ends up with it
  12. Ya. I upgrade and then as soon as I have it I sell the old one on ebay. Depending on how the GPU market is, I get back a large amount of what I spent on it. Probably the best I ever got was on the 2080 and 2080ti. Market got so tight I got 90% of what I spent on those because GPU's were so scarce. The 3090 I will probably get 50-60% of what I spent based on ebay pricing today, so that one is the worst resale, but the 2080 and 2080ti I got to use for free almost.
  13. Attempting to squeeze the remaining life and power out of this platform without changing too much. For 4k Gaming. Figured with a 4090 I could get my last true 'just swap the GPU' in before the CPU and PSU get outpaced by future cards and I need a new platform. With the loop in place, I really didnt want to take everything apart and start over (and theres no time to, as a new kid came in January!) Old system: z390 Aorus Master + 9900k OC'd to 5.0 Ghz Custom loop with 360 thick-rad and + 280 rad 850w EVGA supernova Gold PSU Corsair 3000 mHz, CL15 memory RTX 3090 on an EK block Updates: - Drained the loop, did maintenance, cleaned out dust from rads/fans/filters, etc - Took out all the old power cables to GPU and subbed in the single Cablemod 12v -> 3xPCIE cable, which is nice and clean (much better than stock 4090 adapter) - Upgraded memory to corsair 3600 mHz, CL16 memory (honestly because it was so cheap, and instant swap) - Re-pasted the CPU block, because, what the hell we are already up in there, and it only takes <5 min with flexible tubing vs hard - Swapped in an MSI gaming X trio 4090 on an EK block (just the passive backplate version, not active) Testing: I let it run heaven for 30 min, and time spy for 30 min, and got the same results. No power failures, no black/blue screens, smooth operation. Kept CPU overclocked to 5.0 Ghz, kept 4090 at stock. Temp maxed out at 53 C on the GPU. Overall, very happy with the upgrade, and I think this will be the final form for this PC/platform. Built it back in 2018, and has been a really solid system to have as a base, that has been home to multiple GPU's (2080, 2080ti, 3090, now 4090), without needing to swap out the case, cooling, mobo, CPU, or PSU. About as 'future proof' as a guy could ask for nowadays, as it should last me from 2018 until whenever the 4090 gets replaced
  14. As above, I think I remember hearing about blackscreens using the wrong riser cables? Would there be any issue with using the higher bandwidth 4.0 riser? I dont want to buy it and have to send it back Thanks!
  15. As title says. My rig is pretty much at its last upgrade point, IMO, before I would start from a new platform. 9900k especially overclocked, still quite viable for 4k, so I am not wanting to start from scratch, just put a block on this 4090 and plop it into my loop. Was worried after hearing stories of things catching fire (though I guess that was the connector?) that maybe 850w is cutting it close. But really would rather just keep it if it is completely fine. Any of you folks out there running it on a 850?
  16. Background: I do a lot of DIY, have built many things in my house from tables to stuff for the kid, to general carpentry, decks, pergolas etc...And in terms of PC's, I have also built quite a few of them including my main rig which has a custom loop; also a few mini ITX working in super tight quarters, etc... All that said...I have used the same ratcheting screwdriver I got from a local no name hardware store 15 years ago that was 10 dollars. It works great, has 6 bits in the handle that are double sided (so 12), ratcheting is great, and only complaint is a weak magnet. But I have used it as my daily driver and main screwdriver forever and its just fantastic. You really dont need high end when it comes to these things. The only caveat, is I have a very long standard philips single screwdriver that has a strong magnetic tip for hard to reach stuff (not for PC's specifically, but I did deploy it once in an ITX with an impossibly small corner screw to reach). So I think a 70 dollar screw driver is likely extreme overkill and unnecessary. There are just so many good options that are dirt cheap. All that said I am going to upgrade my daily driver to the LTT screwdriver, because I have enjoyed content from this channel for a long time, and am happy to support them...also my wife frequently steals MY screwdriver for little jobs and I have to track it down, so she can inherit that one, and ill upgrade to the LTT. They have earned a buy from me, IMO
  17. I would happily buy the a mini all in one PC that I could easily take from place to place. Of course, the GPU would have to be on par or outperform the current top gen GPU's available. And I would need to be able to easily swap out and upgrade storage/RAM at minimum. I build a top of the line PC when I do upgrade, because then all I need to do in the future for the next console generation is throw in a new GPU, potentially more RAM, and faster storage if its a quality of life upgrade. Though likely just the GPU. If the GPU was at least on par with the best available, I could feel safe for next console gen knowing id probably be fine. Buying a 3090ti right now would probably make it so you are safe for next console gen. But these integrated processors are not that capable. They are fine for productivity tasks but despite apples slideshows, they are not on par with actual top of the line GPU's, and that means next gen console you will have to buy the next gen all in one PC. Which would make most people go...ya ill just get consoles then? edit: My current home PC I upgraded from a 2080, to 2080ti, to 3090. 3 Different upgrades. Same PC. Each time selling the used cards on ebay. So I recouped the cost, and no E-waste. What if I wanted the graphical upgrades but was dealing with all-in-one console/PC's? Either I lose tons of money reselling the entire thing on ebay, (with the inconvenience of set up each time) or just buy a new one (if ballin) and create e-waste. I am all for the option of these kind of PC's. But the apple studio rendition is no bueno IMO. Too disposable
  18. Alex says its doing better 'marginally' or something like that. This speaks to the overall trend that OC is increasingly being worth less and less. Add to that so much tinkering was done with the CPU and most of that tinkering worthless with more gamers moving to 4k (where it is almost 100% GPU, you could run a ryzen 3600). And even if not, do you really care about getting 300 vs 400 FPS in doom eternal or CSGO at 1080p (seriously...why are these still benchmarked) You used to be able to get more out of a CPU/GPU through tuning. They now ship running much closer to maxxed out. Which is good for the average consumer. Not as fun for the tinkerer. LN2 guys can get a bunch more out of it. And nowadays, even full liquid cooled systems main benefit is the silence.
  19. I really dont get the utility of streamers keeping so many drives worth of them playing and streaming. If you really look at it, the odds of even you, yourself, going back and watching it are very slim, and there is essentially a zero-chance that anyone else on the planet is going to want that footage. With the exception of maybe some of the mega famous guys. But as basically a rando? There is less chance anyone will be rewatching that footage than the couple that asked for many years old wedding footage. The new age equivalent of collecting TV guides.
  20. Part of my temps being high were def a screw popping out of the EKWB block (posted in another thread). But some fun observations in the Corsair HydroX coolant I used and loop maintenance. - left all blocks super clean, no corrosion or residue, blocks look good as new (happy of course) - color ended up turning back to completely clear (was purple/translucent)...like straight water clear, didnt know it would lose its color - temps ended up very high due to a combination of missing screw and apparently coolant just at its EOL? (+/- thermal paste degradation?) I had topped off coolant when I changed GPU's a while back, but still same coolant overall from the original batch. It is crazy to see the difference in performance. I thought temps were just always high on my 3090 because that is how it was. Turns out I should have just gotten a new batch of coolant when I got the new GPU in. Changes: new thermal grizzly paste on CPU and GPU blocks. Took out old dis(non?)colored corsair coolant. Added EK cryofuel pink (looks sick). Good dusting of rads, dust filters, etc. Performance: Was sitting in the 50's immediately upon gaming before, then would climb to the low 70s. Now starts in the mid 40s when gaming starts and levels out in the low 50s. Obviously this reiterates the importance of doing some kind of loop maintenance. I really neglected mine for a long time (gimme a break though, I had a kid!) and it definitely does come back to bite you. It is nice to be back well within quiet, high performance temps though.
  21. As in the title, I have a EKWB vektor block and backplate on my 3090. It has always run very hot, even when brand new, new paste, etc. Have a thick 360 rad and a regular 280. My old 2080ti ran in the 50's. This card has always run in the high 50's to 60's. Anyways, all of a sudden I was noticing worse performance, checked temps and clocks and it was downclocking to the 1700's on GPU clock. Temps in the high 70s to almost 80. Took a peak and one of the 4 screws that is near the GPU chip is just gone (one of the backplate ones that sandwiches the whole thing together). Literally gone. Im shaking the case because its clearly in there somewhere, but cant hear it, might be wedged against something. My question is, wtf? It just got loose enough on its own to pop out?! It looks like it was never installed (it def was). Obviously the temps make sense now as the GPU wasnt appropriate approximating the block. But has anyone seen this?! Can it just get warm enough or have enough vibration to completely come out? FYI I did put a replacement M2.5 screw in there and temps are back to the 60's. But this feels bizarre.
  22. Coolant looks the same (it is colored, but hasnt changed its the corsair purple), soft tubing is discolored (the slight yellowing/darkening) as expected.
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