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Lake Garda at sunset is beautiful. I wish I'd brought some real cameras.

Ah, so it does. Thanks for that, the last time I did AMD was Athlon X2.

Only the CPU water cooling loop is currently running, and I have an old 2080Ti with a broken fan just to give video out. Factory Clock: Ambient is 27C Idle is 32C Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi-Core (full load) is 56C at 5.2Ghz giving a score of 2340. Compared to a friend who has a non-delidded...

The ASUS board posted immediately and took me to BIOS within 5 minutes. I set to EXPOII (DDR5-6000 and tighter timings), and will start stability testing the RAM soon.

Just in case I gave it another 20 minute shot right now. Even 96GB should be faster than that, and the code of 00 on the motherboard implies that it didn't even get to the memory yet. Replacement board should arrive today.

While there are plenty of complaints about ASUS, I haven't heard of that issue in years. Also, considering the market share ASUS enjoys, a larger number of complaints wouldn't necessarily imply a lower quality product. (Though their warranty handling issues of last year are concerning).

Got the build far enough along that I was able to flash the BIOS to the latest and power it on. The POST codes on the motherboard never leave "00", so either the board or chip is bad. There have been rumours of ASRock having issues with AM5, so I've ordered an ASUS PRIME X870-P that should be...

Parts arrived today, so I started the build. So far I'm about 6 hours into assembly. AMD 9950X3D, delidded by Thermal Grizzly with a 2 year warranty Thermal Grizzly Direct Die Waterblock ASRock X870E Taichi Lite 96GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000 1TB Crucial T705 Gen5 SSD MSI 4090 Suprim with...

I remember from the last time I was driving beaters that the car insurance wouldn't cover the contents of the car for more than the value of the car. You both might be under-insured on that ;) My new car, at $3,600, gets liability only and has nothing inside at all besides a jumper box and a...

I thought I remembered a linksys one that I used the crap out of. Blue with a black stick antenna. Expensive at the time and worked quite well. Unfortunately all the text says 2k and XP only.

I would agree, and I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that I was 10-24 years old in that window ;) That said, my friend has a nice collection of cars from the time. His Supra is in the picture above.

It is much easier for leadership to say GPUs are the problem than to admit they are having fundamental failures in their fabrication processes.

I've run into that before, as a workaround I usually wire the reset button to turn on the PC and leave the reset disconnected.

Since I plan to take the car to possibly the most demanding racetrack in the world, I plan to put on larger aftermarket brakes all around. New disks, calipers, and all the flexible hoses. Then flush the rigid lines and rebuild the master cylinder. Replacing the front suspension also seems...

And for the car.... It will be a challenge. In Denmark there are regular vehicle inspections, if you don't pass the car cannot be driven. This car has 14 different failure points, from rusty body panels to rotting brake lines to non-compliant headlights. It also has 7 days until the inspection...

It started when I was able to get an order in for a Thermal Grizzly delidded 9950X3D. Every couple weeks there is an hour or so where the item is "in stock" and the rest of the time you are SoL. To properly cool the delidded CPU, I got a direct-die water block for it. That meant custom water...

I may have gone a bit crazy ordering parts the other day and will be starting my new build in a few weeks once everything arrives. It is stupidly overkill, unnecessarily complex, and a bit of a risk. The specialty parts will take weeks to arrive, and the assembly will probably also take a week...

Glad to hear it worked out, and that temp improvement is very nice. The new "pins on the motherboard" thing does make heatsinks sticking to CPUs much less risky.

On the Thermaltake Versa H18, according to the images I found online, there is a cutaway on the motherboard mounting tray that allows access to that backside without removing the motherboard. Maybe just pull off the other case side and check.

Historically I've always been able to shave a few mm from a fit with basic hand tools. Usually it is as simple as using side cutters to shave off some decorative plastic somewhere. If a part fit is tight, just take a look at the image and see if there is room to be saved.

I'm certainly a fan of upgradability, but it looks like the performance trade-offs for socketed RAM is starting to become significant. If a 935 with 128GB was available right now I'd get it.

The only alert I'm currently waiting on is for a delidded 9950X3D from Thermal Grizzly.

I'm actually in negotiations on a used computer just so I can get the 2080ti out of it.

Looks like HP will have one.

I heard the CEO of Framework say that it required a complete board redesign to accomodate for some reason, which is why it isn't being adopted by others. Even Framework decided not to invest in a laptop form factor.

My family has become quite reliant on Alexa for timers, alarms, light control, and music. The remote processing notice was what pushed me over the line on this project, though I've been thinking about it for quite a while. The LLMs are also just super useful, and before I integrate them into my...

And one of the fun things about Framework is the ability to order parts. Like just the 395 with 128GB RAM. Still unavailable and expensive, but if you were interested in, say, building a cluster of them, one could 3d print an enclosure that uses larger fans and a single power supply.

In the self-hosting server category, I'm just starting work on building out an AI server. The goal is to integrate with Home Assistant Voice and keep everything internal. Maybe this should be a dedicated thread? I think I'll be mostly following this series of videos to get it going.

I haven't seen Handy in person since....2005? That day of wandering around San Francisco doing camera things. Therefore my mental image of him is slightly out of date.

I'm also experiencing some issues with this aging physical frame, but was recently assured that I am unlikely to die soon ;) Everything else is going well all things considered.

Sorry to hear of your injury Handy, but glad things are on the mend. This getting older thing sucks, but it beats the alternative.

Even the new PowerShot wouldn't really work. Pockets in girls clothing is honestly a joke. She's still 11, so her hikes are frequently interrupted by climbing trees or playing in a playground, so it really does need to fit in a small pocket. The S110 she's used to is not much bigger than a pack...

My daughter has been really enjoying an old Canon S110 point and shoot camera. Unfortunately it has finally decided to stop working. Being 13 years old and in use by my daughter since she was 5, it owes me nothing. That said, she doesn't want to use my old Sony A7II because it is too big...

I've heard a few sources mention that current prices for the AMD cards were limited in some way, possibly to launch cards, before prices increase. This is frustrating, but there is a hierarchy of frustrations. The people I want least to get my money: 1. Scalpers 2. Retailers 3. OEMs 4. Chip...

Yup, CDW is legit, but their customer service sucks unless you are big enough to have an account rep. Then it is awesome. Mine used to send me Scotch for Christmas.

I can't speak towards "not too expensive" as I haven't been looking in that space, but the Level1Techs KVMs get outrageously good reviews, and don't seem too crazy for what they are. That said, every time I consider getting one a PiKVM suits my needs better. Edited to point to 4-port model

I also noticed "unlimited encoding streams" on the list.

Caught this on one of their launch slides if you were after AV1 encoding?

That 128GB of RAM has me looking at them for AI training purposes. The Framework Desktop looks like a great fit for the purpose.

Louis Cole has been a key figure in one of my favorite musical genres for years. While it may not appeal to everyone, it could certainly resonate with some here. He excels at high-quality musical shitposts. Having received formal musical training, he and his talented friends take great pleasure...

Absolutely. Just check the carry-on size spec for the airline you're on. Worst case they make you check it at the gate, which makes it way less likely to be lost and is free.

Normally shipping your luggage would cost more than the plane ticket, which to me implies that passenger airline QA is another loss of the price wars.

5090FE power connectors are already melting. From some videos I've seen, it seems that they simply wired together all the 12v lines in the 12VHP connector and shunted them as a whole, so there is no active control over how much power goes over each wire. Derbauer had a melted one in his hands...

Just a heads-up, most of the things here now use animated QR codes (that rapidly alternate between a few) and prevent screenshots from working. I just use the app from whatever airline to get the boarding pass, another advantage is that it typically automatically maxes the brightness of your...

Turns out that my local electronics seller, Proshop, had been trusted to handle the 5090FE sales from nVidia for Europe. Their internal sales URL was leaked in advance, and a bot purchased every EU 5090FE before the link on nVidias website even went live.

I think the black and white is more a populist thing, the narrative must be simple to be believed.

5090FE "preorder" went from "soon" to "sold out" in seconds.

MKBHD basically said everything since the 22 has been the most minor of incremental upgrades. I'm still happy with my S22 Ultra, though the screen is now scratched all to hell.

So performance numbers released for the 5090 today, videos available at all the usual sites. Seems like 30% actual performance increase from 30% more transistors drawing 30% more power and costing 25% more money. No efficiency gains, just more fundamental power. Unless you're doing AI stuff...

We've had a total of about 35 hours of snow on the ground here this winter. Crazy to think that ya'll might beat that.