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I guess this thread came at a good time for me considering I'm planning to move my entire build this weekend into a temporary Montech X1 case I picked up for cheap at Micro Center so I can perform some more fabrication work on my own case. These were the main parts to my build in 2011. I'm still using the motherboard. Back then, I didn't have a cordless drill, Dremel, metal files, or any meaningful sense of custom fabrication or building things the right way, so the hole I cut out in my case back then was extremely hacky. The bump originally housed a bracket which held the PC speaker and an optional 80 mm fan. I think I made those cuts with an angle grinder, which was too unwieldy for making more precise cuts. The fan was a 140 mm AeroCool mounted on a 120 mm adapter which barely hooked into the slots for the original PC speaker bracket in the sheetmetal. There also used to be a 3.5" drive cage that I no longer use that mounted on a mid-case support brace. That brace has been the bane of almost all my CPU air cooling efforts. The case mounting point for the PSU has also been a nuisance for me over the years. At the time, I was using a Noctua NH-U9B SE2 oriented to attempt to ram the exhaust through the PSU. I've measured and determined that I can indeed create a proper dual 140 mm fan intake on the front. Part of the challenge for my Zen 4 build will be continuing to make a 27-year-old ATX case viable despite it having a few idiotic layout issues that were complete afterthoughts back when active cooling wasn't necessary. Obviously, I don't need to do any of this when I can work with far more modern cases, but it's been a good challenge to cut down on e-waste and see how far I can push the limits of such an old case that also serves as a reminder of how long the ATX form factor has been around. My main difficulties involve no top ventilation, no chassis-mounted rear fan (that stupid 80 mm above the PSU doesn't count), and no built-in cable management. If the case wasn't so tall and ATX, I would have given up on it a long ago. It's interesting reflecting on how I transitioned from a time in my life when I didn't want to spend money on a new case because affordability was a concern and I was being frugal, to now, where I'm basically keeping an old-ass case for retro vibes and the technical challenge of making it work for a modern PC build. Here's the oldest PCB I photographed. This was my old Iwill KK266Plus VIA KT133A motherboard that I used from 2001-05 before I listed it on eBay. I also have plenty more pics I can post later of old hardware from when I listed those components for sale. Finally, this was my desktop in 2005 with the Altec Lansing ACS500 speaker towers and a 70 lb. 21" Sony CPD-G500 Trinitron CRT that had some color accuracy issues over VGA. First of all, what a boulder of a monitor. Second, I can't believe I used to think those speakers were good compared to the time, effort, and money I put into audio equipment now.

I'm sure this is no big deal to a number of forum members here, but this is as close as I've ever gotten to a cutting-edge GPU so it's kind of exciting for me. Yes, it is used. Yes, much of its potential will be wasted for a few more months until I build my Zen 4 machine. I have a friend building a new PC now who is interested in my 3060 Ti, and I was going to upgrade sooner or later now that I'm driving a 4K TV and a wannabe-4K ultrawide monitor, so I went for it during an active eBay Bucks promotion. Also, I get to own a small piece of history, a top-shelf EVGA FTW series card with nearly top-shelf 30 series silicon, for a period of time while it's still performance-relevant. It's sad to say that this will be my sixth and final EVGA card and we all know it has nothing to do with being dissatisfied with the brand.

For the last couple of months and even as of right now, I'm targeting the cheaper of the 7900 or 7900X, but I'll be looking forward to when the reviews for these come out to see if either the 7800X3D or 7900X3D can make a good case for my needs. I guess the 7800X3D and 7900(X) aren't really typical targets for cross-shopping if you consider the use cases of the 5800X3D and 5900X, but I do both gaming and production to varying degrees. Either one will be so far ahead of this i7-2600K regardless that I probably can't go wrong either way. I'm also curious to see how the Windows scheduler will handle the 79x0X3D SKUs. Microsoft seems hellbent on moving people to Windows 11 and I wouldn't be surprised if they withhold any updates needed to optimize the 79x0X3D CPUs from Windows 10.

Ignoring the nonstarter of its steep price for a moment, yeah, that resolution is awful for that screen size, which is a shame because I like the fact that it's bendable. One of my biggest issues with curved monitors these days is too narrow of a curve radius (i.e. too much curve). Being OLED would help with color uniformity (which LCD ultrawides are notoriously terrible with) at the cost of always-lingering worries about burn-in. Last month, I upgraded from my 34" 3440x1440 to a 38" 3840x1600 (will probably post more details about this tedious upgrade later in another thread) and those two sizes and resolutions essentially have the same pixel density, so at the same viewing distance, the 38" just feels like a nice dose of more screen space in my face. 45" 3440x1440 has a pixel density that's a fairly close match for my 55" 4K TV which is on a wall mount. I sit about 29" from my monitor and 39" from my TV when I have the wall mount arms extended. I wouldn't have another 10" to push a 45" ultrawide monitor further back on my desk, but even if I did, a screen that far away from my face loses its immersive qualities which negates the benefit of the curve and also doesn't feel suitable for work.

OCN was a great help to me back when I first put together the core components of the build I'm still using to this day (at this point, really only the motherboard) and plan to retire and part out by the middle of this year. There were a number of helpful people and threads there that helped me get more mileage out of Sandy Bridge than any other platform I've ever put together. However, the community there did noticeably and continually decline over the years and my only two lasting memories there that haven't carried over to here (such as several intelligent and knowledgeable forum members who help make the EHW community what it is today) are 1) a 2011 thread where an OCN forum member shot up his Pentium 4 machine and posted photo proof and 2) back around maybe 2019 when some clown who probably frequented r/wallstreetbets was too much of an incoherent chickenshit to provide proof of whatever idiotic claim he was making, so he chose to flame me via PM, which I then promptly reported. My last dozen or so posts at OCN were spent arguing with OCN brand loyalists and the VS admins about I don't even know what anymore. Once UltraMega dropped a subtle hint in a post there back when mentioning EHW was more taboo, I ended up over here and never looked back.

Nvidia: "You will get a 192-bit memory bus on a 70 Ti class card for $800+ and you will like it." Me: "Nah."

This is my go-to test track for bass too. A couple things I'll say about this and my Rythmik D15SE: I've listened to other tracks where I felt it in my chest, but this may be the only track I've ever played on the D15SE where I felt the bass between my ears. To others reading this thread, that is not the same as hearing it. Also, with this playing at slightly uncomfortable levels indoors and standing outside in the yard between my neighbor's house and mine: nothing. Can't beat single-family/detached house living.

Follow-up to my old post: I ended up getting a refurbished Steelcase Leap V2 without a headrest from Crandall. I went for their thicker seat and back pad options for extra cushioning, as well as the rollerblade casters. Total out the door was under $650. If I had gone with a refurbished Gesture with a headrest, it would have cost well over $1000 with the options I wanted, but I read some mixed reviews about the Gesture's back support and decided it wasn't worth double the cost of a refurbished Leap V2. What prompted me to get a new chair now was my old cheap office chair's seat cushion foam going completely flat over the last month, so I was basically sitting on an upholstered hard surface, and my butt and lower back were hurting as a result. So far, the Leap V2 has been great. I haven't really sat in a chair with good lumbar support since a few years ago when I worked in an office that had Aeron chairs. This chair's lumbar support is better than the Aeron's and the pressure on my lumbar causes me to push my upper back against the seatback and sit up straight instead of slouch. I'm also more actively aware of stretching out my upper back and neck muscles while sitting as well. The casters are nice. They roll so much better on my chair mat than the casters on my old chair. The adjustable armrests are very versatile. As for the headrest, I realized that I usually don't need one unless I'm trying to lean back and recline. However, for the times that I do, I'll be doing this mod since I'd rather not drill holes in the seatback. I know I don't really need it because these chairs are fairly easy to work on, but I may as well preserve Crandall's 12-year warranty. Because I went for the platinum frame on my Leap V2, I'll look for a lighter colored Engineered Now H3 headrest and use stainless steel zip ties which should look a little more professional than your usual black plastic ones. Leap v2 Aftermarket Headrest Hack : OfficeChairs OLD.REDDIT.COM I purchased a used Leap v2 about five years ago and it has been a fantastic chair for me. I recently found myself wanting a headrest...

I mean, that's probably true too. The real difference between NorCal and SoCal.

I'm liking the Steelcase Gesture with headrest when I get to a point of really wanting a new chair. I'd probably go for roller blade casters. I was also considering the Leap V2 with headrest, but there are a lot of mixed reviews on the headrest that goes with that chair.

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I guess people could argue all day about the RAM situation, because on one hand, DDR4-3200 with an i9-12900KF is very sub-optimal, but it's also sub-optimal for Zen 3 Ryzen. The DDR4 is also at a more palatable price point for the otherwise more expensive Intel platform. TechPowerUp did extensive testing on DDR5 and concluded: DDR5 Memory Performance Scaling with Alder Lake Core i9-12900K WWW.TECHPOWERUP.COM In this article, we take a closer look at the performance scaling you can expect for various DDR5 configurations. We test from DDR5-6000 all... So it doesn't seem like the memory makes a big enough difference in the grand scheme of things, which isn't that surprising considering this is what happens with every transition to a new generation of DDR RAM. I think the real takeaway is that L3 cache is clearly beneficial to gaming. Also, here's the original review from XanxoGaming which shows all their benchmarks. AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Review – The last gaming gift for AM4 XANXOGAMING.COM AMD's last gaming gift for AM4 platform. Ryzen 7 5800X3D review. Benchmarks and work in progress of the new AMD's gaming focused...

Let's stop with the dubious assumption that the Trident Z Royal is marketed towards women. If that wasn't brought up in the first place, no sociological discussion would have happened in this thread. I joked about healing crystal fanatics earlier, but anybody can have an affinity for rocks. If I was making a geode-themed PC build, I would consider this RAM with silver chrome heatspreaders. However, I personally care more about my internal hardware's performance than its looks, so I wouldn't go for it because it'll get swapped out in time anyway. The only lasting component in any build of mine is the case, as evidenced by my 26-year-old ATX case that has housed five different motherboards over that time. That doesn't mean the Trident Z Royal doesn't fill a niche, but it's not women. Custom Masterwork Computer: Geode – By Ironside IRONSIDECOMPUTERS.COM The vivid purple crystals in this one of a kind custom computer shine brightly. Only one was made, and it's found a good home. Check it out...

That's okay, the Ryzen 5 4500 identifies as a bougie cripple.

The important takeaways are that context matters and that we don't need to make mountains out of molehills. Gender in electronic component and cable connectors is derived more from biological sex. The male connector plugs into the female connector. I don't see anyone coming after electronic connectors because it's a battle that nobody asked for. The concept is based on biology, not social constructs. We don't need to go there, even as a joke, because it's a pointless exercise and not worth entertaining. However, what I did think of while reading this thread is how the woke police has already tried to target the Spanish language and arbitrarily assign the dumbass inclusive identifier of Latinx, while 95+% of native Spanish speakers think it's 1) effing stupid, 2) incongruent with the entire Spanish language, 3) not a privileged English speaker's business, and 4) just a woke version of colonialism, the exact thing these "inclusive" woke people claim to abhor but it's okay when they do it because they have their heads too far up their asses to recognize the hypocrisy. Also, as far as master/slave (although less to do with "slave"), that also comes up with the naming of bedrooms when you go house shopping now, especially new construction. It's now an owner's suite instead of a master bedroom. It's not a big deal to make that adjustment though. While I'd imagine most people probably don't think of "master" like that colloquially in reference to a master bedroom, the change makes sense and no normal person is going to be upset by the change. The point is that context matters as does the history and origin of our existing naming conventions. If they are problematic, by all means, change what needs to be changed in order to create a better experience for those who may be disenfranchised. But don't just change things for sake of feeling progressive while you inconvenience everyone but yourself, and to top it off, you don't even directly benefit from the change. That's what I see a good chunk of the efforts to alter language has amounted to thus far. All feelings and no logic nor context. Circling all the way back to the Trident Z Royal, I don't think that it necessarily appeals to women. It's kind of tacky, especially the version with the gold heatspreaders. I think it appeals more to nuts who are into healing crystals.

AMD's CPU naming scheme is a complete mess. This doesn't even account for their mobile processor line.

Nah, size matters.

Wait, you tried to brute force the grille? You know you didn't have to do it that way, right?

I have a friend with two indoor pet pigs. Nothing in this thread surprises me.

Will they sink into the subflooring though? You should still have a carpet pad layer in between the carpet and the subfloor, and that's quite a ways to go. Also, what is the subfloor made of? I have spiked speaker stands in carpet, but there's not that much weight on them. Even then, I don't think a static 70 lbs. will have that much impact if you don't move the speakers around all the time, especially when the weight is distributed across multiple points. Otherwise, you would need something that doesn't make full-surface contact like a flat board but has robust-enough feet or pads for some stability. If not spikes, then some small diameter solid steel pucks.

I haven't looked back since I started posting here. The mention of Reddit reminded me of a time probably a couple of years ago post-acquisition and pre-migration when I replied to a news post, some moron who had all the traits of a Reddit troll from r/wallstreetbets flamed me via PM for what I said in the news post thread, and then I reported his PM. All I remember thinking was that little chickenshit clearly has no idea how to communicate like a functioning adult since he was beefing with everyone in the thread. I think I made one more post in the thread calling out that clown and left it at that. If I cared, I'd go back to OCN to look up the details again, but I don't. That site is dead to me especially when the spirit of the community found a new home (here). OCN is just following the typical lifecycle and member exodus of many VS-acquired forums.

Can't go wrong with this and it needs no introduction.

I posted about that in my comment originally, but then I removed it after seeing the Vanced team claim on Twitter that the NFT was not the reason. I don't know whether it's true or not because they could just be in damage control mode right now. Either way, they're lacking in street smarts as far as keeping their operations under Google's radar.

The Vanced team claims that the reason is they were asked to refrain from using the YouTube name, which they've continued to do for years for some dumb reason. I have Vanced on my phone and tablet and I'm sure there will be third-parties that will re-upload the last version of Vanced and MicroG for quite some time. The developers might also grow some functioning brain cells and fork the project with a new name that doesn't include any Google trademarks. Another alternative is NewPipe, and Google has shown no indication of going after them. Best YouTube Vanced alternatives: NewPipe, SkyTube, LibreTube, & more! WWW.XDA-DEVELOPERS.COM If you're looking to hop off of YouTube Vanced and try something new, we have a list of some of the best Vanced alternatives around.