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So I was listening to WAN show after work and Linus was talking about the verified actual gamer program and how my fellow American's have been rude and nasty about the whole thing and that entitled Americans on top of the added hassle of dealing with out tariffs is making it harder and harder to care so on and so fourth. I would just like to say that I have no issue paying extra for the cards when I know LMG had no choice in the matter, additionally I am glad I get to support LTT in an admittedly small way given I am not the sort of person who buys merch from any creator even my all time favorites. I have nothing against the idea it's just not something that appeals to me, and while I would understand if the financial and emotional cost of this program ultimately forced Linus to just bin the whole thing I would still be very sad. I know there are many other American's that feel the same way I do on the matter, but it's not my responsibility to speak for them I can only speak for myself and I am very excited by the program, I am aware I may end up not getting a card but I am still happy to see my favorite tech creator put forth so much effort and so much work primarily for the benefit of their audience. This is the exact sort of thing that appeals to me as an audience member and further solidifies my trust in this creative team. Regardless of the outcome of the program I would like to thank LMG for their hard work on it thus far and I hope to be given the chance to purchase one of these cards myself even if I have to pay extra because my government caught the dumb. 
 
I don't use forums often if at all, if I have done something wrong please let me know so I can fix it, thanks.

Found this gem in my local retro game store today. Gonna do a nuzlocke in sapphire just like old times. I added the stickers (they increase FPS!)

Old topic, but this issue is alive.
I've found a solution (that works for me). Using the ProcessMonitor from Microsoft SysInternals with autoscroll enable, I can see the "Radeon Software: Host Application" process in a loop trying to find some directories, all of them from uninstalled games that still have an empty folder (thanks, Steam ). In my case are in the same base path "D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common", the folders "Destiny 2", "Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes" and "RESIDENT EVIL REVELATIONS 2". Since all this three folders are empty, when I finish delete the last one, the Radeon Software become 0% of CPU usage.
Again, this work for me and the folders may vary but I think you can try that. 

The razer mouse bungie (non lighty)
filed under: "things i buy as a joke but end up actually liking"
 
 

That worked, thanks. Just turned off iCue and disabled it at startup in task manager and did a quick restart.

This usually isn't my forte, but this shit still hits.
 

i dont have experience with wildlands but i had a good amount of fun with breakpoint on xbox. gameplay seems the same though

Hey man not to bring up an old thread, but how is this going?  I'm working on something similar
 

Ltt is a company. They have to make money. For like 20 people. Ad revenue would not cover that. So fullyed sponsored videos have to happen.
 
Given the timing, I think yoy are just salty you didnt win ROG Rig Reboot.

OS re-install worked, just wish there was an easier way that guaranteed it wont happen again.

Found this gem in my local retro game store today. Gonna do a nuzlocke in sapphire just like old times. I added the stickers (they increase FPS!)

Found this gem in my local retro game store today. Gonna do a nuzlocke in sapphire just like old times. I added the stickers (they increase FPS!)

Found this gem in my local retro game store today. Gonna do a nuzlocke in sapphire just like old times. I added the stickers (they increase FPS!)

Lost my EDC knife a week ago.  Couldn't stand not having one on me so I got myself a Benchmade.  Pretty happy with it so far.

Goth time.
 
 
 

The first and classic Pokemon Opening. But not the one you're all probably thinking of. This song had more versions then I care to count.
 
Mezase Pokemon Master - Matsumoto Rica 
 

Welcome J.A.R.V.I.S., J.A.R.V.I.S. welcome to the LTT forum. Named after JARVIS from... Yeah no explanation here (Just A Rather Very Intelligent System).
 

#lttstore.com
 
 
INITIAL PLANNING: 
 
This is my work PC that moves around a ton, so the AI assistant name is fitting. Superseding my previous ITX Work PC in my Silverstone SG13, this system represents what I would consider my SFF ENDGAME, at least the case that is, the hardware is likely to be upgraded in the very near future.
 
This SFF ITX case arrived just the other day and the excitement was real. I have long long long been looking for my ENDGAME SFF case. For a while nothing satisfied my wishlist so the Silverstone SG13 was my answer as the non premium price point was an easy justification and it fit the hardware I had. It is close to a no compromise SFF ITX case, at 13L, however there is wasted space that could be used more efficiently, and it's not exactly the last word in premium build quality, although not bad. While I had considered a heavy mod to fit a 240mm AIO in my SG13, I decided I wanted a more premium enclosure so I left the idea a the drawing board.
Also, I just learned yesterday that this case has finally received a long overdue refresh, but the new SG14 is larger (19L), however much more compatible with hardware, and is a direct competitor with the new Cooler Master NR200.
 
Now, to be fair the market is not totally stagnant, over the past 3 years the premium SFF ITX case market has grown by leaps and bounds. But all options personally fell just short of my requirements, which were:
- Case under 12L (realistically I wanted a sub 10L case though)
- Fits a 120mm AIO (Corsair H60) at a minimum, ideally a spot for a second 120mm fan as well (240mm AIO/rad would be considered a bonus for custom loop potential)
- Good airflow with a TG panel option (if I wanted to go that route)
- Ultra premium build quality
- Room for at least 1x 2.5" drive (I need storage)
- SFX PSU (not FLEX ATX etc.)
 
A few cases met most of these requirements even when looking a few years back, but I personally did not like the Ncase M1, it felt to big (lol SFF case is to big). The Louqe Ghost S1 was so close to perfect, but the top hat required for liquid cooling killed the clean look in my opinion, and it was unnecessarily large, I would want something that just fits a 240mm rad with slim 15mm fans. I also considered the Streacom DA2, but this also was to large, and did not call to me.
 
 
CASE SELECTION: 
 
Thus, after finally settling on the SG13 almost 2 years ago I just stopped looking at the SFF case market almost entirely. However we are now in different times, COVID times, this meant more free time in my lair, stewing over more PC hardware to spend money on (my keyboard collection is getting out of hand and its only been 2 months lmao), so the SFF case hunt was back on!
 
If I knew how much time I actually spent on research I'd probably have a crisis, but lets not dwell on the past. After many hours I had a shortlist. 
5. Raijintek Ophion, this was ultimately out of stock everywhere and not premium enough, and with 'poor' airflow compared to other options. Size and hardware compatibly was perfect though.
4. Nouvolo Steck, basically a Ghost S1, maybe slightly more optimized in some ways, but there might be a sacrifice on the ultra premium quality of the S1. TG option is nice, but the top hat design killed this option for me.
3. Thorzone Mjolnir, this basically was ENDGAME material (the irony of the name is great), ultra premium, but the lack of stock (not even available for pre-order yet), and higher overall weight was the only downside.
2. Sliger SM570, not as premium as my #1 choice, not quite as space optimized, but very close, and it ticked ALL my requirements. Had I not found my fist choice I would have bought this case.  
 
1. But the true winner was the FormD (Sidearm) T1, this case literally ticked every single box with no compromises at all (in my opinion). And watching this absolutely sealed the deal for me. 
 
Now this all said, I had a small issue with the seemingly unavailable stock. However after another 2 weeks of scouring Reddit and other forums I learned that on every Friday at 10am they have an open order option with VERY limited stock. The site goes down prior to the order opening window, but at the crack of 10am get ready to order because these go FAST, my first two attempts were unsuccessful, but on August 7th I struck gold. I successfully ordered my T1, and two days ago it arrived in my mailbox! Much faster that I had anticipated so I am a happy camper!
 
 
CONCLUSION: 
 
This case is everything I expected, although cable management is a royal PAIN in the A$$ (as expected though), but I have custom cable sleeving arriving and I will be cutting cables to exact lengths. So, while it is a bit of a mess now this will change in the near future. For the time being I was lazy and everything coming off the PSU was just stuffed into the little extra space the case has to offer. The overall quality and design is just so well thought out, this is exactly the case I wanted all those years back. Hardware compatibility is very good (within reason of an SFF case), and most importantly the quality is truly premium. The Optimum Tech videos on this do a very good job of displaying the T1, I highly recommend watching.
 
Feel free to follow the build log as things change! In the coming months this system will likely go through some upgrades as well, getting my GTX 1080 from my Torrent build, and either my R7 3800x or R9 3900XT, as a hand-me-down from my other builds. This case is by far the most expensive I have bought, but it will be here for the long haul so I see it as an investment. Funny that it out prices some key hardware though. 
 
 
BUILDING: 
 
Photo dump, enjoy!  
 

This case comes flat packed so full assembly is required, overall an easy experience and very rewarding! All parts are made of CNC aluminum, and quality is A++. 
 

Assembled with panels on. I really like the clean looking silver panel.
 

Next to my old SG13, notice how the white plastic in the front has discolored over the years.
 

Panels off again and ready for hardware!
 

It is evident that a ton of planning went into this case, nothing was overlooked. This is one example, cutouts for the included PSU cable were made in either orientation.
 

Now, unfortunately I swapped the orientation as I wanted the two fans to exhaust air out of the top of the case and not the bottom, this means that the beautiful silver panel has to go on the bottom  
 

Forgive me cable management gods! Custom cable sleeves are on order, I waited for the case to arrive in order to measure cable lengths.
 

Another example of the amazing case layout, the tolerances for this 2.5" drive mount are insane. And here I was planning to 2-way tape this to the back of the PSU, Linus style.
 

Fully assembled, 21oz water bottle and, screw driver for size reference. The T1 comes in at just 9.5L!
 
PARTS: 
 
CPU -          R7 1700
GPU -         Asus RX 580 8GB OC Edition
Mobo -        Asus Strix ROG B450-I
RAM -         Corsair Vengeance LED (Blue) 2x16GB 3000MHz CL15
Storage -    WD Black 500GB NVME, Crucial P1 1TB NVME Seagate, Firecuda 2.5” Hybrid HDD
Cooler -      Corsair H60i
Fans -         Noctua NF-F12's Chormax Edition
PSU -          Corsair SF 450W 80+ Gold
Case -         FormD T1
 
Feel free to comment thoughts or just general discussion, I love hearing what others have to say!

Hello everyone, 
A couple of days ago I was watching one of your videos and realised you were one of the few people I hadn't yet thanked for the very real help you gave myself and wife, we started watching your channel long ago not only for entertainment but to help us plan out our lives.
 
You see 6 months after I met my GF who became my wife at 21, she was diagnosed with incurable cancer, either the cancer would kill her or the medication keeping it away would kill her, no possibility of cure, (She had a chromosome anomaly that turned a maybe 40% chance of beating it into 0%).
 
We were both gamers, I gave up my job in computers so I could become her 24/7 carer, we didn't have much money but I budgeted really well. Within a couple of months the medication took away her ability to walk and the online world became our life, this was back in 1998, I automated the house, build computers out of second hand stuff, by 2001 I started moving all our movies to HD so she could watch them in bed, computer controlled lighting, media servers, game servers, was one of the first people in the UK to have the BT home highway (usually only for business) Dual ISDN line. 
 
At one point we had 7 computers around the house, fast forward to 2007 and her illness was getting worse, damage being done to every part of her body, sleep only came 1-2 hours a night.
 
We started watching your channel, firstly together and then she would pick out shows that would interest me (I was spending most of my time looking after her) By 2015 she was no longer able to build her own PC but many time I woke up to her watching your shows and smiling.
 
Her kidney's failed in 2016 damage from the medication, and on 20th November 2018 (she was 42) her heart failed, she felt no pain, she was laying in a bed in the coronary care unit playing Minecraft on her phone and laughing with a nurse when she said my chest feels funny (her heart stopped a cardiac arrest, they brought her back once but her heart was only functioning at 14% before the cardiac arrest).
 
Linus you made my Wife smile at 4am in the morning when pain and insomnia kept her awake, you made her laugh and you inspired us both with Technology.
 
As for me? I am autistic (higher functioning) ADHD diagnosed, Bi-polar type 2 (diagnosed) and  PTSD, also 7 days after she died I was diagnosed with Bowel cancer and have 40% of my colon removed (it could have moved to my lungs, keeping an eye on it with CT scans every 5 months)  computers are my life now, they keep me going, I vlog and stuff will never be able to work but I get by.
 
I still watch all your videos.
 
Thank you.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

In other news: Security cameras alert you to people at your house.

Ah, so Ring doorbells let people know of no-knock raids? Good. 
No fucking reason no-knocks should be legal. 

Wait, so law enforcement is concerned about the very thing they do to citizens on a regular basis? HA. HAHA. HAHAHAHAHA. That's rich. That's hilariously ironic.
 
To be clear, the dangerous and covert missions that law enforcement sometimes put themselves in front of are not easy work, but you can't have it both ways. Double standards are how you create an us vs. them situation, which is exactly the opposite of what our law enforcement & society need. (Remember, they work for us, not the other way around.)

So ive had a couple of PCs before (maybe 20+years ago) just been using laptops ever since. This is the 1st pc I've ever built and it was a bit of a hobby of mine during lockdown to hunt for good prices and build it slowly. Bought most things new at regular price (unless stated) 
 
I'm on a fairly strict budget and my aim is to play games at 1080p 60hz as well as practicing some powerbi/ office and films music etc and wanting a fairly quick system.
 
Specs are:
- R5 3600 (figured best price vs performance bought used but unopened for £150)
- Wraith prism cooler (bought used for £20, was only used for 1 week)
- B450 steel Legend motherboard
1050ti (had leftover from a prebuilt)
2x8gb (16gb in total) DRR4 3000Mhz (gammix d10 and I have 2 empty slots still, bought one of them new, the other used for £20 and the sticks match)
- Evo970 NVME 1tb (smashed out a bit on that admittedly but used unopened £140)
- 1TB HDD (just cheap storage)
- Fracral meshify case (bought used for £45)
- Corsair 550w PSU 
 May I ask your thoughts? It seems to do what I want it to. I'll upgeade the GPU one day, but currently it plays everything I ask it to at 60hz 1080p at max settings except resident evil where I'm at mid to max settings.
 
 

microcenter had a big sale so i went and got what i NEEDED, still a few things that i want to add or change (including making a PSU shroud and changing the side panel to a window)

ryzen 5 3600X
msi mpg b550 gaming edge wifi
250gb m.2 nvme with 2tb hdd (thanks yall for helping me set up the hdd)
16gb 3200mhz ddr4
reused my 1070sc from the old fx build
reused the 750w psu as well

still want to add an evga powerlink to clean up the cables, might get a sleeved cable kit too
want to change original case fans out to variable rpm motherboard controllable argb fans
gonna change the mesh side panel to a window, should make it quieter and look better, the mesh doesnt do a good job of displaying the build
gonna do a simple PSU shroud just to hide those ugly cables

The price isn't just driven by the cost to manufacture, it's driven by consumer demand and willingness to pay. Back when Linus and Luke were reminiscing about graphics card prices in a recent WAN show, they, and many of us, were teens back in those early 2000's days. Most gamers at the time were fairly young and couldn't afford $1,000 graphics cards. I remember staring at a Geforce 2 demo when I could only afford a Riva TNT2 thinking "man, that card and it's reflections are amazing, but a GF2 is $200 and I don't want to spend that." PC Gaming was definitely more niche, with most gamers between 13-30. Now everyone has gotten older, and the age has spread to 13-45. And as you get older, you work, you can (hopefully) afford to buy things, and that $200 GF2 which might have taken you a few birthdays to save can be saved for a 2080 Ti in a few biweekly paychecks. And for the past decade, people have been willing to save and pay those prices for the greatest cards on the market. We can call it absurd, but not really irrational; it's fiscally understandable in a noncompetitive market.

Look, I'm not saying I personally agree with $1,000 to 1,200 cards, I haven't bought a new graphics card since the 780 GTX. I've been eager for gamers to stop paying these high amounts (and *cough* miners, god dang wallabies). But I can't blame Nvidia for charging a price that the market supports, and I can't blame them for winning the GPU wars for all of the 2010's. This is just what happens in capitalism when a company corners the market due to making better, cheaper products than the competition. But eventually after enough stagnation, competition will return as we see with the Xbox and PS5. It's also kinda important to Nvidia they price these "competitively" as they won't want to lose PC gamers to consoles. If the best they could do would be 2080 Ti performance at $1,000 in 2020 and 2021 (see: Intel), Nvidia would lose long-term customers for a decade due to high-end gaming moving to much more affordable console systems with equivalent performance for roughly half the price.

Competition is here; it's good. And after a decade PC gamers finally have some modicum of a win. I'm just happy that affordable, good, upgrade-worthy hardware is long at last coming to the PC after a whole generation of varying degrees of what I can only affectionately describe as expensive trash.

They are a great little speaker. Measure well, balanced inputs, DSP/EQ, look pretty good and obviously they're JBL so the speaker is torture tested for 100 hours before you buy it, so it's gonna last a fair old while.