Your unpopular (non-political, non-offensive) opinions!

[Real_PhillBert]

For the vast majority of users, ATX mobos are a waste of space. 

[sub68]

Just now, gloop said:

Few modern games are actually good and ones that I enjoy

I enjoy overwatch and r6 siege

but I agree a lot of free to play are garbage (fortnite and more)

Just now, Real_PhillBert said:

ATX mobos are a waste of space. 

yes!! a matx board is good enough for me

[PlayStation 2]

13 minutes ago, Rybo said:

Now hol' up there, pardner.  What kinda Altima are we talkin' about here?  I've had their V6 trim with a CVT and it was freakin' sweet.  

It's freakin' sweet until the repair bill to replace a transmission comes in.

[01101000 01100101 01111001]

My unpopular opinion is that

sticks and stones will break my bones,

but names will never hurt me.

 

Get over it triggered snowflakes.

 

[gloop]

6 minutes ago, sub68 said:

enjoy overwatch

I hate Overwatch with a passion yet I still play it every day. 

[TheCoverUp]

If a unpopular opinion gets lots of reactions and love is it still a unpopular opinion? will it be removed from this thread as it became popular?

[Rybo]

1 minute ago, handymanshandle said:

It's freakin' sweet until the repair bill to replace a transmission comes in.

Really?  Never had a problem with mine, and I had it for what feels like 5 or so years.  Guess I got a diamond in the rough.  

I have heard mixed things about CVT reliability, though, so your point is taken.  

[PlayStation 2]

1 minute ago, Rybo said:

Really?  Never had a problem with mine, and I had it for what feels like 5 or so years.  Guess I got a diamond in the rough.  

I have heard mixed things about CVT reliability, though, so your point is taken.  

Yeah, for what it's worth, Nissan's CVTs are really iffy. Most transmissions like it have been over the years and overall, they really like when you keep up their maintenance. 

[NinJake]

Disc golf is better than ball golf.

[Red :)]

Hawaiian pizza is actually pretty splendid.

[PlayStation 2]

6 minutes ago, Benji said:

The thing with maintenance does not only apply to specific transmissions, it applies to all types. Even a manual transmission will like an oil change once in a while, there is a significantly noticeable difference after doing that. And Volkswagens double-clutches especially love that, although the one with the dry clutch from smaller engine cars (DQ200) is always trash and known to be incredibly unreliable. Basically everything in a car likes to be maintained properly, and if it is properly designed, matched and maintained, it is basically the cars body work that fails instead of engine, the entire suspension system or transmission.

Oh, of course. I wasn't implying that you can ignore service on a car period, was mainly making the point that trying to push the limits of it will cost you quite dearly as those transmissions can be quite temperamental. 

[Lurick]

17 minutes ago, handymanshandle said:

Yeah, for what it's worth, Nissan's CVTs are really iffy. Most transmissions like it have been over the years and overall, they really like when you keep up their maintenance. 

I had a 09' Nissan Sentra which I THINK had a CVT in it but I can't remember off hand that I never had issues with BUT I kept it in good shape and only put ~45K miles on it in the 8 years I had it. I never had any major issues overall either (aside the paint peeling at the end) but I sold it back in January and grabbed the last 2019 model on the lot, lol. I was really iffy about the new 2020 model's new engine though otherwise I might have waited for those to drop. I've seen mention of the issues you mentioned though so I'll keep my fingers crossed

[TheCoverUp]

2 minutes ago, Red said:

Hawaiian pizza is actually pretty splendid.

[Lurick]

RGB isn't always as bad as people make it out to be

[Drama Lama]

4 hours ago, mousesnob said:

Isnt hollandaise just butter?

does that matter? because it's delicious

[pythonmegapixel]

3 minutes ago, Benji said:

Not necessarily, but it is bad that everybody is being forced on it and you can't avoid it at any cost, it is even factory-enabled on every part that you buy. Every part that isn't absolute low-end trash will have some form of RGB.

Got a new mouse the other day; when you install the software the option to disable RGB is bascially the first thing you see after it detects the mouse. So Logitech at least realises that not everybody wants this stuff.

Personally I turned it off because I can detect the PWM flickering if it's not on full brightness, and full brightness is a bit bright for me. But to each their own.

[Rybo]

4 minutes ago, Benji said:

Not necessarily, but it is bad that everybody is being forced on it and you can't avoid it at any cost, it is even factory-enabled on every part that you buy. Every part that isn't absolute low-end trash will have some form of RGB.

I have a Ryzen 7 3700x, Noctua NH-D15, RTX 2080 Ti, an x570 motherboard, and a bunch of 140mm fractal design fans.  The only RGB on it is a little streak of blue lights on the motherboard.  

There are probably some products that don't let you avoid RGB, but the commodities are still perfectly available w/o it.  

[Lurick]

Just now, Rybo said:

I have a Ryzen 7 3700x, Noctua NH-D15, RTX 2080 Ti, an x570 motherboard, and a bunch of 140mm fractal design fans.  The only RGB on it is a little streak of blue lights on the motherboard.  

There are probably some products that don't let you avoid RGB, but the commodities are still perfectly available w/o it.  

RGB CPU!!!

[pythonmegapixel]

1 minute ago, Lurick said:

RGB CPU!!!

Sssh, don't give them ideas

[Lord Vile]

Pep Guardiola is massively overrated and is actually an average manager who just copies what Cruyff did.  

 

And Lewis Hamilton is a good driver with the best car, nothing more.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Ryzen platforms are a pain in the arse.

[pythonmegapixel]

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Ryzen platforms are a pain in the arse.

Interesting... could you elaborate a little (not meaning to sound rude)?

[PlayStation 2]

6 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Ryzen platforms are a pain in the arse.

Can confirm based on my own and my boyfriend's experiences with Ryzen. 

It's a shame that they're fiddly as fuck, because they're really good otherwise.

 

I've got another: liking weird and hipsterey things just to look cool doesn't make you look cool, it just makes you look dense.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

40 minutes ago, pythonmegapixel said:

Interesting... could you elaborate a little (not meaning to sound rude)?

It's just a pain to get working. You could probably call me the resident Ryzen hater on the forum at this point, but it's not a platform I would recommend first time builders or my friends or family to get. Especially with fourth gen just around the corner, I predict we're going to see a ton of unhappy customers around here when they receiver older boards that don't have the required BIOS update to run those chips. RAM compatibility is also very fiddly. Unlike generations that preceded it, you can't really just throw whatever RAM in it and it'll still post. It's a platform that you really need to spend the time to plan out properly and troubleshoot. 

 

Once it gets working, the performance is great. But just getting to that stage might be too much for the vast majority. Most people just want to play games, they wouldn't have a clue as to what XMP profiles are. But that's something that consistently comes up with Ryzen troubleshooting. 

[TomvanWijnen]

5 hours ago, akio123008 said:

Yes. That's because ketchup ruins the flavour of the chips; the only thing you taste is the ketchup. On top of that it seems to make the chips less crispy. 

I have a different experience, and also don't find them to be less crispy after adding ketchup.

 

I actually generally eat fries/chips with mayonnaise and ketchup together.

 

3 hours ago, Rybo said:

But yeah, anyone who prefers a manual on their daily driver clearly doesn't drive in stop and go traffic.  Spending 45 minutes barely even getting into 1st gear is a torture I would wish upon no-one.  

I love driving manual cars. I also quite like driving, but I wouldn't want to have to do it daily. I only drive on special occasions, for most things I just cycle, and to school I walk and/or cycle and use public transport. Because of that, driving stays special and fun to me.

 

And while we're at it, let's add a controversial opinion: I prefer diesel cars to petrol. In my experience, they are so much more responsive and feel much quicker than petrol cars. Also, they're less easy to stall. And I like the sound more.

 

2 hours ago, Real_PhillBert said:

For the vast majority of users, ATX mobos are a waste of space. 

I agree, for most users an ATX board is "unnecessarily big", but on the other hand, generally cases only get taller, so if you have the space, you might as well get whatever is most competitively priced. My first board was a slimmer ATX board, so I got an ATX case. My second board (which I got for free) is an mATX board, so now the bottom half of my motherboard area is pretty much empty, as there's no motherboard and the GPU is in slots 1-2 instead of slots 2-3.