cusideabelincoln

I do not remember paying for IGN access back in December 2000 when I first registered.

4 hours ago, Brick said:

Was really cloudy all day, but it cleared up a little bit during the peak. Some kid at work bought a pair of glasses, so I was able to look at it. Pretty cool as all I saw was a red sliver at about 99% totality where I was. It didn't really get as dark as I was thinking based on what people were saying. Just looked like a storm was coming in and getting dark from that if I didn't know any better. I wonder if that small percentage makes a difference, and places with 100% total coverage were darker. 

That 1% is a huge difference. Without total blockage you don't get see the bright glowing ring in the sky which is just surreal to witness in person even though Twinion's pictures are sublime. It's also darker than a moonlit night, but the horizon in every direction is slightly lit up.

Just now, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Southern Indiana was southern Indiana-ing. Some assholes set off fireworks during totality. 

Neighbors blasted rap music throughout the whole thing, fireworks were set off, and pretty sure someone shot a pistol a few times.

Windows fully updated and logged into a Microsoft account?

15 minutes ago, Jason said:

Apparently the epicenter was at Trump's NJ golf course.

HE HAS RISEN?

A timely comparison for your situation

Depending on the game and resolution, Ryzen 5000 can hold back a 4080 GPU to perform more like a 4070 GPU. The trend seems to be these console port games, but it's likely this list of badly optimized games will grow going forward anyway.

4k still needs a lot of horsepower, but there were situations where the 5600 couldn't break 60 fps.

So if you were doing an upgrade, and trying to decide between a 4070 and a 4090 for 1440p gaming, you would be better doing something in between. Get a 4070 Super/TI or 4080, and also upgrade your CPU to the 5800X3D. It should be a drop in upgrade that gives you 25% more performance for those bad ports. That would give you more performance than just a GPU upgrade. I can personally vouch that the 5800X3D+2080 Ti is a much smoother experience in a game like Jedi: Survivor than a 5900X+3090.

1 minute ago, Jason said:

Searching around for other installation videos I saw someone remove the clampy thing and put this on instead, but I don't see anything like that in any of my boxes.

 

This one is just an aftermarket clamp that can possibly lower temperatures a little bit since it presses down on the CPU more evenly than the stock lever does, meaning the heatsink makes better contact. It's not necessary.

The lever mechanism should stay on. I haven't personally done an AM5 build, but as long as you lined the CPU correctly into the socket you should be good to go. The CPU does need that tension to create good contact with the pins in the motherboard.

Yeah it's the same

The 5700 is a good enough CPU for all but the incompetent ports (fuck you Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Stutterer), where the newest CPUs can brute force into smooth gameplay.

6 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

What about this other one by the same company, Fractal Design Pop Air Mid-Tower Case, which is similar to the first one, first one has no RGB lighting in the fans and this one does but I can turn the lights off right?

That cooling should be sufficient for the build you have. The "standard" RGB fan has two cables per fan, one for power and one for lights. Either don't plug them in, or configure the RGB to be turned off in software or BIOS. They probably also sell a SKU that has non-RGB fans if you can find it. Lots of these cases do have options where all they change is either the color, side panel, and/or fan configuration with all other things being equal.

The 980 Pro heatsink looks more than adequate, so I'd leave the mobo heatsink off.

I'd also leave the PCIe 5.0 slot open for future use.

Most new cases do have glass panels, but there are a few standard ones. There are a lot of options that are easy to build in and at various sizes. Even a lot of compact cases are pretty easy to build in, but you would need a mini-ITX board. I'd be concerned about cooling with the Fractal Design Silent option though, looks like it only has 1 exhaust fan.

You don't have to use that heatsink if your SSD comes with one. Although you could take the SSD heatsink off and replace it if its significantly smaller than the motherboard-provided one to get better cooling. I do believe under heavy read/writes the WD Black SSD will throttle because it gets too hot with the stock simple heatsink.

And those look like SSD standoffs. The case should provide motherboard standoffs, which are probably pre-installed.

3 hours ago, Spork3245 said:

I guess where I’m confused is that AM4/AM5 has those big plastic hook-things that coolers attached to, and most of the motherboards lack any type of hole to install a back-bracket. Are there coolers that require you to remove those plastic hook mounts? I thought they were universal.

Ah, no they aren't universal. They can be, but a lot of coolers require you to take it off. Then they have you screw new brackets into the backplate, and those new motherboard brackets attach to the adapter brackets on the heatsink. I guess bracket isn't a very precise term here, but some require this method:

16 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

 

AM5 is essentially the same as AM4 for cooler brackets, isn’t it? The change should be on the cooler itself to the AMD hook-things, shouldn’t need to apply anything to the back of the motherboard itself unless I’m missing something…?

It's the same, so rear-side access makes it easier keep the stock backplate in place as he swaps from the stock cooler brackets to the aftermarket brackets. It's perfectly doable when the motherboard is inside the case, but obviously easier otherwise.

If your case has a cutout so that you can access the back of the motherboard, you can install the cooler later albeit a bit more difficult. You have to change some brackets on the motherboard, and it's definitely easier to do this outside of the case.

Chuds have already created the ironic "Build Back Better" meme with depictions of the bridge collapse 

Signed up for the alpha, hopefully it'll give me a nice change of pace from Overwatch.

On 3/25/2024 at 11:19 AM, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

You should start playing to coincide with its 20th anniversary this year!

A 4070 would be worthwhile. The 3060 wasn't even that good when it released.

4090 would only be worth it if you're using a 4k monitor. Even then, there are several generations of Ryzen and the older ones wouldn't be great for future games.

1 hour ago, Jason said:

Any meaningful difference between the PNY 4070 Super I originally linked to and this MSI one? Or is one of PNY or MSI just better than the other company in general? The PNY 12 GB 4070 Super I linked to in the OP went out of stock at Dell before I was able to order.

 

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There's basically no difference. MSI is one of the bigger dealers in video cards, but their quality is not necessarily better. Any manufacturer can make a dud card, and I'd wager the quality control on how they are assembled is the bigger difference between these two cards because their reference design is practically identical.

7 hours ago, silentbob said:

 

 

 

Oh, at least on Disney+ Canada. They had the first season up for Spectacular Spider-man again  

In 20 years they'll finish the story.

But the first 2 episodes were pretty damn good. 

For $700? 3090 isn't worth it unless you absolutely need the 24GB of memory for production. 4070 Ti just uses so much less power, produces less heat, and will have better driver support.

Teen Titans is perfect for the James Gunniverse.