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TrainFan475

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    TrainFan475 got a reaction from sheeprain0627 in What is a swap partition?   
    I'm installing freenas on an old pc and it asked me if I wanted to install a 16gb swap partition on boot devices. What is it and should I do it? The system has a core2 q8200, 4gb ram, and 2 1 terabyte hard drives (using one of them as the boot drive because it was what I had laying around)
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    TrainFan475 reacted to iMxmo in Upgrading to 5600x   
    It doesn't always stop supporting older processors, I guess it just depends on your board. Update BIOS to its supporting vermeer version and then install the CPU. Should be as simple as that, don't think the Aorus M has bios flashback so use your current CPU.
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    TrainFan475 reacted to SorryBella in Upgrading to 5600x   
    I have a B450M S2H with an F60 BIOS and it still run my Zen 5 2600 just fine. The limitation are for Bristol Ridge APU where it becomes unsupported with F30 BIOS or newer.
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    TrainFan475 got a reaction from WhitetailAni in [EOL] PSU Tier List rev. 14.8   
    So you have to spend $200+ for a psu otherwise it'll explode in a high end system?
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    TrainFan475 reacted to SorryBella in New GPU under $500   
    A cardboard printout of RTX 3090. Thats my plan.
     
    Its nearly impossible to get ANYTHING competitive right now at 500$, beyond last gen stuff. If he lives near best buy or microcenter, he should run to get a reserved slot for a 3060Ti. Or maybe tell him to watch LTT and wait for linus to drop 3070 again in the VAG Program
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    TrainFan475 reacted to pythonmegapixel in Your unpopular (non-political, non-offensive) opinions!   
    Apart from the over-zealous UAC and some other minor flaws there really wasn't a huge amount wrong with Vista if you had hardware that could support it.
    The issues came when it was put on low-end or outdated hardware for which the new visual effects were simply too much, making the experience horribly slow and unstable.
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    TrainFan475 got a reaction from WhitetailAni in Your unpopular (non-political, non-offensive) opinions!   
    Windows vista wasn't that bad at least for me
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    TrainFan475 reacted to akio123008 in YouTube to try not publicly displaying the number of dislikes on a video   
    I have to say, I do find the dislike number useful for telling me right away that the tutorial video I'm about to watch is trash and not worth my time.
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    TrainFan475 reacted to emosun in YouTube to try not publicly displaying the number of dislikes on a video   
    I could see how clicking a video and immediately looking at the like/dislike ratio to determine if you should watch it would be the actual driving force behind this.
     
    They can increase the amount of time people watch videos by decreasing the information they have going into them. Just get people to the first ad break before they know how much the video sucks. Thats probably their real goal here
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    TrainFan475 reacted to Arika in What tech do you find.... Annoying?   
    IOT: why does everything need to be connected to the internet now. What purpose does a fridge have to be connected to the internet when I have a phone in my pocket
     
    Printers: when buying a new printer is cheaper than buying new ink to print off that 1 or 2 pages you need once every few years, you know something has gone wrong. 
     
    Game launchers: (steam, origin, egs etc) once I've downloaded a game, let me just run it without having to open up its corresponding launcher. The only time it should be required is for online games where the account is created by your launcher account. For single player offline games, there is no reason for it. 
     
    Apps: why does everything need its own App? I want to go to a website and have full access to the content without a stupid popup saying "download our app" and having certain things just stop working if you dont
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    TrainFan475 reacted to AMD A10-9600P in What tech do you find.... Annoying?   
    Some of these tactics should be illegal
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    TrainFan475 reacted to Beerzerker in What tech do you find.... Annoying?   
    My wife's tablet while we've been talking, more than once has suddenly thrown an ad about something we had mentioned and I mean right on the spot with it too.
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    TrainFan475 reacted to emosun in I dislike when an LTT video about bottlenecks goes up.   
    Because the forum gets flooded with people asking if they have a bottleneck...... and the video either skips/or barely mentions briefly the NUMBER ONE thing about bottlenecks that needs to be said.....

    All computers have bottlenecks , every computer , in every task ever , you never have to ask , then answer is always yes.

    Doesn't matter if you're doing 2+2 on the fastest cpu in the world , somewhere is a bottleneck that is the slowest point of that calculation.

    Next time you make a bottleneck video , just make it about the fundamental term , because that's what people seem to struggle the most with.
     
    Edit: I thought I'd add this followup into the op post
     
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    TrainFan475 reacted to RoseLuck462 in How many slices of Pizza do ya'll eat?   
    I'm usually satisfied with 3 pieces.
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    TrainFan475 reacted to Vishera in What pisses you off with PC building?   
    I have always hated installing IO shields - It's a pain to get them installed and they are as sharp as a razor (one time i got cut without noticing and bled all over the graphics card)
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    TrainFan475 got a reaction from soldier_ph in What pisses you off with PC building?   
    The AWFUL design of the usb 3 motherboard plug. It's stiff, easy to break, and ugly.
     
    Though I did find a fix for the housing ripping off the motherboard when you try to pull the cable out. Get an exacto knife and cut off the little notches on the connector wire.
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    TrainFan475 reacted to Sealance in What pisses you off with PC building?   
    Lack of funds
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    TrainFan475 reacted to Velcade in Getting shocked by PC when standing on the floor.   
    Grounding issue.  Either your outlet or your PSU.
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    TrainFan475 got a reaction from Ashley MLP Fangirl in what browser engine is your favourite?   
    Firefox
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    TrainFan475 reacted to lieutent in What are your defaults when it comes to tech?   
    7zip
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    TrainFan475 reacted to camieabz in Boomer tech tips, nothing big and flashy.   
    1. Reboot device / Restart app
    2. Stop installing stuff.
     
    😛
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    TrainFan475 reacted to AlwaysFSX in What sets your system apart?   
    The spider inside. I don't know where it is, all I know is its existence.
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    TrainFan475 got a reaction from poochyena in Memory for the future - Team DDR5 SO-DIMM announcement   
    How do they test DDR5 modules if there are no CPUs that support DDR5 yet?
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    TrainFan475 reacted to NutronSe7en in buying a VR headset   
    I recommend whole heatedly the Quest 2 as it can be used tethered and untethered.
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