PC Master Race

To achieve this ~~feet~~ feat, I am rendering a Project in Davinci Resolve, while compressing two other videos with Handbrake.

I was kind of hoping for 100% GPU Utilization, but my CPU has been at 100% utilization for the last 10 min, so I think she's toasty enough.

So your probably reading this thinking, OK its a PC same old stuff. Well here is a long story.

so about a year ago myself and 2 friends would get together on weekends, my friend who we will call ash. Owns a Xbox One S, so we all were hanging out on Friday night the weekly ritual , and we got tired of playing UNO. so we Decided to play the Xbox we played about every game and it was starting to get quite dry on selection. Ash read off many games from the roster, to which just sounded repetitive, So at this point we all kinda agree there wasn't a game we wanted to play. So we checked out the Microsoft store, this was around Christmas so games were on "Sale". More like for sale not on sale, every game was just so expensive compared to Steam at this point lightning struck me. what if i built a PC to use as a console, so the following day after the rather dull Friday night. I went onto the apocalyptic wasteland that was Facebook marketplace, full of tweakers and entitled Karrens. To which i found a i5-2500 motherboard CPU combo, Sweet i thought now i just need a few more parts. I used a 550W Bronze PSU, bought some used ddr3 ram from eBay as-well as a 1tb ssd and had a rx570 laying around. All i then needed was a case, Now im a cheapskate and wanted a nice case but couldn't feel the need to buy one. So i went to a junkyard and found some recently thrown away office PC case. however the case was to bland to me, so i made the joke of its not an Xbox its a Ybox when myself and the boys hung out. So i attempted to do a paint job the PC case, which wasn't a Picasso but it started to rain and i was to lazy to redo it. So the other thing i wanted this PC case to have was a handle, so i took a piece of 6061 extruded aluminum and some bolts and nuts that i bought at a flea market and made my handle. Originally the nut could fit with the PSU in but the bench grinder fixed that.

I was rather giddy at this point, as it is now time for the OS. I am a real big fan of Linux as i run Nix-OS on my main system, so i decided to use Chimera. i unveiled the Ybox to the boys and we play many many cheaper steam games that are rather fun. Eventually Chimera felt rather closed because there wasn't a traditional package manager. I installed Ublue Bazzite (i stole the idea from action retro trash can mac video). We played on the Ybox for many many months and eventually i talked my friends into building PC's and they went with some pretty good specs. ryzen 7 5800x, 6900xt, i7 12th gen NVIDIA 4050. so we had LAN partys playing lots of games. The Ybox was pretty good for the 300ish dollars i had in it, however i wanted something that looked nicer and could run higher end games. as alot of the time when we would group buy games my PC was the biggest qualm.

So the Ybox Pro was born, it is my tote-able gaming/VR-rig. I built it using a machinist x99 motherboard with a 8 core Intel Xeon E5-1680 V2. 16Gb of ram and a junky vega 56 bios flashed vega 64 graphics card. It Runs VR great games look awesome. However one design choice i did not like about the case i bought was a glass side panel. Now for alot of people they really like tempered glass however i am always paranoid about the glass breaking in transit. And i bought a 120mm thermal take AIO which i couldn't find a good mounting place for. it was rather going to be at the bottom of the case or mounted sketchily on the roof of the case. So i have a side business where i have a Omtech 60Watt C-02 laser and a little bit of an engineer background. and decided to engineer a wood side panel which would have a mount for the AIO and look nice. I laser cut the side panel out of cherry paneling and stained it. I am very happy with the end result.

also i plan to like the cheap case i bought and a thingiverse/printables file for the side panel if anybody want to replicate my build.

(printables)https://www.printables.com/model/818028-gopie-t07-mini-tower-pc-case-wood-side-panel

pc parts used in build (Case) https://www.amazon.com/GOPIE-T07-Portable-Computer-Al-Alloy/dp/B0CGD9PSPH/ref=sr_1_21?keywords=microatx%2Bpc%2Bcases

(PSU)https://www.amazon.com/Seasonic-SSR-850FM-Semi-Modular-Warranty-Application/dp/B08YJBYPCF/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=seasonic+850w

(AIO fan) https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NF-F12-iPPC-3000-PWM/dp/B00KFCRATC

(Cpu) https://www.ebay.com/itm/174921523223?itmmeta=01HSCGQXKWTGX429ZVZJWZBWN7&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4K8X6zQtoq1II2nxPzvabkV615jSft6DfH3lDVYnZuYb2MUrVCd60I10AdFYuNhFXN42kRQbUtUoCu0nhrR%2FZrugPnJIv7TFfdkQ%2Bh45rCN1auE6vY5s4IZxZMzf523v2Wl3wLcCJrQNJODGflJs6jmby1AHfwiMpPr%2BPWsoIXUOxQ4vV1AtvysxSUNqC3ilc8kKpSohPXB%2ByfCLt6Q2YhG5NvcqkWaZMtNnlN%2FS%2F9u4%2BWopWITVzEfp3jA4lYnFgGLv9d7oeM%2BAmP%2BlwN2iWdMC%2BB6Nr5OdNbeUGLI3dVii%7Ctkp%3ABFBMkNrfkMtj

(AIO) https://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Cooling-500-2000-Waterblock-CL-W361-PL12SW/dp/B0CCXNXVFC?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.78cSPk_ZdMiBktASbBbAJRdRCSGVMpjCy7LGsxjFqT5cIcjkc_Jmug8yinT8Vy0dZvmEp-astC-d_DZfnTDkhcakg1x8BtJb4-0hjvEFi5LzoKYArr85v9_QSk8bg0Zt4HQkVJOdRAAsAUn-Fg-DiiVRYGtW4_zOhAP7e2pPQUr_IwWO3slvVXexinI5z9Z8MVt02DyVdtceAKU3C-7P-A.vqfN14Vukp1VPc7bUYgc3eAZ9CmBhZ2iXDB8h6znOqw&dib_tag=se&th=1&psc=1

So, my budget is 3KGBP, my use case is i do 3d modelling work (have done for 25years now), and would like a better machine that i can do (light) GPU render tests on. It will likely also do short (few days) runs of CPU rendering too.

Naturally, no amount of horsepower or RAM is ever really enough for 3D rendering, but this is the best config i could come up with within my budget.

As far as gaming goes, since i only turned to that recently (more and more as i get older it looks like), i only own 3 games: KSP2, Cities Skylines II, and X4 Foundations (so far), but its not a primary concern for this machine, just a nice-to-have.

Now i know, i am about to be told i sould go with AMD, perhaps the 7900 X3D?

Main reason im going with intel is i sometimes use older windows software, which i have had issues with AMD (mostly very niche 3DSMax Plugin stuff), but that was some time ago now, but i am very fearful of that.

I wont be overclocking it, as i need it to be stable, and will likely be doubling that 96GB of RAM in a couple of months, and no, it still wont be enough :(

I would be greatful for any advice, especially on the AMD side of things.

Hey folks, I've got two 1920x1080 monitors that are connected to my PC (with a 1070TI) via DP->HDMI cables. I've recently purchased a Dock (DELL wd22tb4) for my work laptop and want to use the same monitors. My monitors have hdmi and dvi inputs (let's ignore the vga).

Since the dock has DP outputs as well, I can either get a pair of DP->DVI cables and connect the dock via them or I can swap them with the current hdmi ones (so the dock gets hdmi and the pc gets dvi).

Would either approach be better? I use the pc for occasional gaming, but 1920@60hz is my cap (until a very expensive pc upgrade), so I don't need anything more for the near future.

Aside from fps, is there any difference in quality of raytracing in Nvidia and AMD or is it the same(like they say that DLSS is better than FSR)?

Never built a PC before, but thought it was a good time to get started on it!

I already got the tower, CPU and motherboard. Someone was getting rid of that specific tower and they wanted it gone - it was basically free! (aka a glorified curbalert)

I chose that CPU cause I don't want to spend money on a GPU, yet. Not looking yet into AAA gaming, at most I'll start with my Steam indie backlog 😁

Thanks!

I got a Corsair 5000D airflow case from a friend for free but it is missing all the four screws that hold the side panels on the back. All the screws I can find on the internet are the short version that don't have enough reach.

This screw is from my own PC case.

Edit: image with the short version that I was talking about

I know this is a low budget •_•"

Where would you go cheap?

What part should be bought new?

For which part is dumpster diving okay'ish?

This is a bit of a mea culpa from me.

In 2022 I started the build of my dream PC. i9 13900k, 2 TB M.2 drive, 32 GB of 5200 DDR5 ram.

...and a 6600XT.

Now at the time it was all I could afford. I just wanted something that would run most games decently. nothing earth shattering but could do the heavy lifting i needed it to. I planned to upgrade later down the road.

For most games it was (and still is) perfectly fine. It ran most of my 100+ game library with no complaints from me.

But there was one game. Arma 3.

Now anyone who knows Arma 3 will readily admit it is a horribly optimized mess. This games drinks ram and chews up GPU's like they're candy.

And my 6600XT was crushed underneath it's massive weight.

Now the problem for me is at the time I was fanatical about the game. It was pretty much the only game I played constantly. I still play it to this day, just not as much.

I would get stutters, massive frame drops and tons of crashes all centered around not enough GPU ram. (the 6600Xt only has 8) I HATED this card and would loudly complain on every forum every time someone would mention it. I sneered at AMD and desperately wanted to go Nvidia.

problem was i still couldn't afford to upgrade.

But I finally had it last month and so I saved up and bought...

An Intel ARC A770.

But it worked. frame rates went up, crashes pretty much disappeared and and all was good in the world.

At this point I know you (probably) are screaming "Well what the fuck does this has to do with BIOS!?

well let me explain. You see I also wanted a much better m.2 drive so I bought a WD Black SN850X.

but while I was installing the NVME drive I noticed that my PCIe slot was set to gen3 X8. Not gen4 X16.

This solved everything. I went back to my 6600XT as I was having driver issues with the ARC card. and now when I play Arma 3 it runs much smoother. It still crashes because honestly the game needs a minimum of 16 GB of memory on a video card to run (sort of) fairly smoothly, but frames went up, stutters pretty much disappeared and the 1% lows were much more less noticeable.

All because I missed a BIOS setting.

So WHY? why is BIOS still so troublesome? why can't it detect cards and automatically set the proper settings by itself?

WHY!?

Anyways, that's all I have to say about that.

If so, I'd love some pictures for inspiration. Bonus points if it's a corner or L desk.

saw this on Facebook and sat the funniest typo.

Come across a few different aspect ratios, however 5760x1080 seems to be for rare idiots like me with 3-27" curved. My current setup is not ideal, but modding my desk today so im not so close.

Overkill? Oh yeah, but I do enjoy it!

GPU is on its way out but its only effecting xwayland applications, still able to play games though

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12271527

RIP Gamestream?

Hi everyone, I'm looking for a mini PC with specific features.

I want a small case/computer that can:

• VESA mount to the back of a monitor
• Has a Kensington lock
• Can be powered via USB-C. (~ <65W from monitor)

I have found the System76 Meerkat which has all those features except for USB-C power. I can't find a model from MinisForum with a VESA mount but maybe I just missed it. I'd appreciate the help!

EDIT: I found a company called Geekom which has everything I'm looking for. Thanks for the help

OK, so my first NVME was a cheap Kingston 2 TB drive. Not very good. So I just bought a new WD Black SN850X. tried doing a fresh install of windows. didn't work. said 'fuck it' and cloned my Kingston to the WD.

Now when I try booting off of the WD my BIOS detects it, but when i try to select it to boot from it doesn't show up. only my old Kingston shows up.

Motherboard is a Gigabyte Z790 UD AC.

tried switching drive letters. didn't work.

At wits end. Any suggestions?

Edit: sort of figured it out.

Pro tip, make sure your USB drive is formatted to the same file system as your nvme is.

First attempt was with a fat32 usb. This is what caused the problem.

Used a different USB formatted to ntsf. Seemes to be working now. Hopefully i will be anle to install windows now

I'm not sure where else to go with this, sorry if this isn't the right place.

I'm currently designing a NAS build around an old CMB-A9SC2 motherboard that is self-described as an 'entry level server board'.

So far i've managed to source all the other necessary parts, but i'm having a hell of a time finding the specified RAM that it takes:

• 204-pin DDR3 UDIMM ECC

As far as I can tell, that type of ram just doesn't exist... I can find it in SODIMM formats or I can find it in 240-pin formats, but for the life of me I cannot find all of those specifications in a single card.

I'm about ready to just throw the whole board away, but everything else about the board is perfect....

Has anyone else dealt with this kind of memory before? Is there like a special online store where they sell weird RAM components meant for server builds?

Hello everyone, I'm doing some box cleaning and I found a bunch of cables which I'll ask for your help for identification, if you don't mind 🙃

So, as the title says, how do you call this cable?

Thank you!

Went with the Arctic P12 Max because they are incredible for their price. Went with the white version because it has better bearings making it even more quite. Didnt care how it looked but it actually doesnt look bad at all imo

Edit: Got a reply from Arctic on Twitter. Apparently the new revision of the black P12 Max also use a fluid dynamic bearing (the better one). If you want to go with the black ones, always check the description I guess

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11594863

50/50 chance this breaks Deck and linux support, especially since the commenters' inquiries about it have gone unanswered.

Bogles my mind why a PvE game needs an anti-cheat at all - let alone something as invasive as a rootkit.

Source is the dev's post on, unfortunately, reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/19dp2qw/helldivers_2_nprotect_gameguard_anticheat/

Im doing a custom case with a Jonsbo Vr1 I picked up super cheap. Im after the screws for the glass sides specifically but if anyone in Australia has one Id be interested in picking up a whole case.