Official Computer Talk Thread

[FooBird]

@bootyluvr - you should use that secondary pc as your primary. That 7500 is almost a full lateral from the 4790 while upgrading support. I guess you lose those hyperthread cores.


For my office build - I’ve got the two nCase M1’s in order finally. Holy crap is stuff hard to come by.
Monitor - don't know status - was backordered and now says sold out. Hopefully I got somewhere in the queue. Work is updating my terrible laptop but the new laptop won't be able to connect to external screens without USB-C. New monitor has USB-C but no arrival timeframe.
Processor - dirt nap.

 

[bootyluvr]

@bootyluvr - you should use that secondary pc as your primary. That 7500 is almost a full lateral from the 4790 while upgrading support. I guess you lose those hyperthread cores..

Actually I did make the PowerSpec PC (that's the secondary/i5-7500 rig) primary for a bit just to see how it was when I acquired it.

I noticed in Call of Duty and PUBG (both probably not optimized the best) would experience lag spikes due to the CPU. Of course I'm always monitoring usage, temps, ect on my second monitor and noticed it when it was pegged at 100% CPU usage in those games.

It was annoying the **** out of me.

Of course Rocket League (not CPU dependent) wouldn't lag.



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[bootyluvr]

Can someone explain to me why they didn't do a test with the same amount of RAM (16GB at 2x8GB sticks vs 16GB 4x4GB sticks)?

View: https://youtu.be/-UkGu6A-6sQ

 

[fahnix]

I think that would change the timing of the sticks and skew the results.

 

[FooBird]

Actually I did make the PowerSpec PC (that's the secondary/i5-7500 rig) primary for a bit just to see how it was when I acquired it.

I noticed in Call of Duty and PUBG (both probably not optimized the best) would experience lag spikes due to the CPU. Of course I'm always monitoring usage, temps, ect on my second monitor and noticed it when it was pegged at 100% CPU usage in those games.

It was annoying the **** out of me.

Of course Rocket League (not CPU dependent) wouldn't lag.



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Yeah. Those extra threads help out don’t they? I’m not a fan of the 7th gen i5.

 

[bootyluvr]

I think that would change the timing of the sticks and skew the results.

I wish GN (GamersNexus) could find two sets of the same RAM with similar timings.. They can do anything! lol

Yeah. Those extra threads help out don’t they? I’m not a fan of the 7th gen i5.

Yeah they definitely help. I figured the i5-7500 would be at least a bit better than it was.

 

[webby]

https://blog.google/products/photos/storage-changes/

Google photos is going to cut unlimited photo plan

 

[bootyluvr]

https://blog.google/products/photos/storage-changes/

Google photos is going to cut unlimited photo plan

@Honda-Fan and I (along with others I'm sure) are okay.

"If you have a Pixel 1-5, photos uploaded from that device won’t be impacted. Photos and videos uploaded in High quality from that device will continue to be exempt from this change, even after June 1, 2021."

 

[webby]

"If you have a Pixel 1-5, photos uploaded from that device won’t be impacted. Photos and videos uploaded in High quality from that device will continue to be exempt from this change, even after June 1, 2021."

googles way of saying... buy our pixel phones. At least for now

 

[bootyluvr]

googles way of saying... buy our pixel phones. At least for now

I'll be getting another Pixel when my 2XL passes on.

 

[fahnix]

Same. Had the Original Pixel and now I have the Pixel 3. And the next will probably be a Pixel too. I've converted everyone else on my plan (with the exception of the lady. She's an iPhone) to Pixels as well.

Mom - Pixel 2 XL from a LG V20
Mom's Friend - Pixel 3 from some garbage Moto
My Buddy - Pixel 4a from an Original Pixel
Me - Pixel 3 from Original Pixel

 

[bootyluvr]

Same. Had the Original Pixel and now I have the Pixel 3. And the next will probably be a Pixel too. I've converted everyone else on my plan (with the exception of the lady. She's an iPhone) to Pixels as well.

Mom - Pixel 2 XL from a LG V20
Mom's Friend - Pixel 3 from some garbage Moto
My Buddy - Pixel 4a from an Original Pixel
Me - Pixel 3 from Original Pixel

Nice.

Hey! Don't talk trash about the Moto's! I've had them. Moto G4 and Moto G6. Of course they aren't even in the Pixel league but still. They aren't bad for the price (at the time).

My wife just went from the Moto G6 to the Pixel 4a. My mom has only had Samsung phones so not sure if she'll want to go with a Pixel. My MIL never uses her smartphone so she has my old Moto G6.

 

[fahnix]

Nonononono. I mean a TRASH Moto. Like a step above a feature phone Moto. LOLOLOL

 

[fahnix]

I just checked. It was the Moto G4.

But he's really hard on phones. I know he didn't take care of it at all. And he's not too technically inclined, so I'm sure that added to the "issues" the phone had.

 

[bootyluvr]

I just checked. It was the Moto G4.

But he's really hard on phones. I know he didn't take care of it at all. And he's not too technically inclined, so I'm sure that added to the "issues" the phone had.

We had no real issues with our Moto G4 except the camera was meh but that's expected with a $180 unlocked phone. The Moto G6 definitely improved on the camera but of course compared to the Pixel phones the camera on the Moto was **** lol

 

[FooBird]

I was bad and got a iPhone 12 Pro. I was going through Android phones like they were going out of style.

 

[FooBird]

Backorder notifications on my slowest PC build ever.

Corsair SF750 - now expected 11/23. Was 12/16.
Ryzen R7 5800x - expected 12/21.
Monitor - expected 11/19-11/21.

 

[bootyluvr]

I was bad and got a iPhone 12 Pro. I was going through Android phones like they were going out of style.

Smh disappointed in you

 

[FooBird]

Radeon 6000 launch as awesome as RTX 3000 series. Crashed websites, no stock, etc.

 

[bootyluvr]

Radeon 6000 launch as awesome as RTX 3000 series. Crashed websites, no stock, etc.

Did you expect anything less?

Both companies are making decent cards for decent prices and tons of people are jumping on them.