WanderingAries

Whelp, got 5 hours of work done before the stores started to close (I travel the area for work). Now I've got everything charging and pondering if I should bother tarping the cars, porch, etc.

Meanwhile, stuff this is on my Local feed 😛 All the chickens have drank all the gas on their way north and others must have thought they were allowed some to do the lawn because I'm seeing random people and lawn service companies mowing the bloody grass everywhere. I'm not salty, but the ground might be tomorrow.

Ah, bit behind on following that then I see. K

Looks like this would be the place to go for Mids now as they appear to have a Discord and everything. I don't think that Manga has any ties to that project, but they Are generally a Mac Guru overall.

I can't think of it being "that hard" and replacing Prestige Might be the easiest way to go (unless they're keeping that just in case), but I imagine that some SG lists might start looking a bit smaller than what they seem at first glance once all the Alts become more obvious.

With all the time I've spent relearning things while trying to help with that other build, I've been side-building my own system's parts list as well. It really helped narrow things down a bit. Here's the basic parts list as I'm not going to bother putting all the various fans, etc that I have in the system right now. I did find out that my existing case limits AIOs to 240 though, so unless I change cases, the liquid option for the CPU cooler isn't Actually compatible in that SKU. As it stands, there's not going to be Too much of a difference in the two builds aside from the GPU and PSU most likely as I won't need a newer GPU anytime soon. Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX X670E-E For my purposes, I may consider the X870-E for the USB 4, but I'm nowhere near budget ready on this, so I'll leave it be for now. CPU AMD Ryzen 9 7950X This seems to be the best of the series for general productivity without the hassle of dealing with "core parking" and the other setup concerns. Otherwise, I was looking at the 9950x originally. CPU Cooler AIR Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE This seems to be the most popular with great value and no RGB AIO ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Only like 50% more than the Air Cooler, but if I use it in this case, then I'll lose the top 2x200mm exhaust fans and I've not looked into the cooling balance that would impact. RAM G.Skill Flare X5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30-40-40-96 This is where I've learned the most actually as I was still going by the old adage of "lowest CL, ignore the other numbers". Then I looked into builds that have the CPU and found out that the stability sweet spot for DDR5 is the 6000. It seems that the total timings should now be looked at as well, so while there may not be a noticeable difference between CAS 28, 30, 32. The timings range does matter. So having the middle numbers as close to the first, while also being the same as each other, makes for more stable RAM. The lower the last number the better of course, but there doesn't seem to be much of a choice in that one. GPU EVGA FTW3 ULTRA GAMING iCX3 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB I may actually look into testing the visual performance of just the APU initially, but I did buy this card to serve as my last EVGA card and probably the last one I'd really need anytime soon since I don't Really game on the computer anymore. I Do need to get through my backlog, but those are mostly old games.

I whittled down the parts list even more after learning a bit more about modern RAM. I didn't realize that the one option was Actually for Intel and after looking into things further, the choice was clear for price vs performance (w/ brand preference). Now if busy-bee will get back with me, then I can narrow down the GPU / cooling requirements and move onto conserving parts (use existing components) and/or case choice.

Heh, read the title and the first thing to pop into my head was "They come in Pints?!?" as it's SOOOO easy to spend an hour or more on the costume, Bio, etc.

This came to mind when the whole things started up in the media: Also: "Where am I? Vietnam?!?" /s Obligatory: *Acme hook pulls Aries AFK before more can be posted*

STILL waiting for the requirements list, but (within the restrictions of the site) I think I've whittled down the parts Range. Except for the storage, anything with more than one thing listed is an indication of a choice to be made (based on requirements / suggestions). The biggest unknown right now is the GPU as IDK how important it'll be in the workload, so unless AMD comes out with a revised XTX that brings in where it's currently lacking vs the 4080 S, then I'm keeping the Nvidia cards on the table as it were. Again, we're still in design phase, so pricing is being ignored as of right now. I threw in some LC components, but I'll have to learn how that affects physically building in cases. IDK what case they have right now, but I know that mine has plenty of space for AIOs (if I yank out half the fans). I'm just not sure how airflow works with them. Something that I've been keeping in the back of my mind, however, is that there are accessories / often forgotten components that should be taken into consideration. Specifically, GPU stability brackets and CPU thermal pads. I've even considered looking into redoing my CPU with a thermal pad (or just using one in the next build) for the simplicity of not having to guess about how to apply paste (and my paste is Really old now both in system and the toolbox). The GPU stand consideration will depend on the case used I'm sure, but the back of my mind also seems to think there's a slot-side bracket that may exist to allow that end to be more secured. IE: a replacement bracket that extends the mounting to 3-4 slots wide. A list of considerations: CPU KryoSheet No more mess! Thermalright AM5 CPU Contact Frame No guessing on mounting, but may affect cooler installation(?) GPU ASUS ROG Herculx Graphics Card Anti-Sag Holder Bracket I like that this has a built-in level! EZDIY-FAB GPU Holder Brace A less flashy option with an interesting design difference SSD Minus Pad 8 Probably sufficient Minus Pad Extreme IDK how much 'performance' you'll get with these over anything else as the price is quite up there vs the standard even

Heh, once I started using the Logitech mice that have "Dark Field" tech, I don't need anything but a surface. They'll even work on glass (tested!).

Something I'm sure many forget, until they see the title. (not my vid, but the one I found years later)

Yeah, I cut out the idea for the 7950x3D and 9950x because of all the added work that I'm not sure they'd want to deal with (or me try to explain and I've been reading about chip fraud now). Definitely won't be doing an OC. Never have actually unless you count RAM, but that's because of how it's designed (it's always overclocked to get the quoted speeds). I'm going to draft a "Current Build" / "Build Requirements" form and send it off this week so that I can get something more concrete. Maybe then the choice of PSU / GPU would be much easier. I'm thinking since longevity is a concern, then 850W~1kW will likely be the aim there, but I'm hoping a 30 series or AMD equivalent (if the better choice) might be an option that'll keep the budgets friendlier.

Try closing down anything Else running in the background (other game launchers, browser, etc) and see if it happens with just the game and basic taskbar stuff. If it Doesn't do it, then something else might be pushing the resources. If it Still does it, then that diagnostic data would be good to have for a ticket.

Still haven't received any new info, but I threw together some basics and started running into confusion over parts like "air cool vs AIO", "how efficient should the PSU be?", and many other things that stem from not having a fully fleshed out concept. Based on pushing the clock out for longevity's sake (kinda wants another 10+ year build). I settled on the 7950x when trying to sort out if it was worth suggesting the x3D or 9950x. I think I started mentally mixing my own wish list as I was looking at things as well, so that wasn't helping. One knowledge hurdle is not understanding AMD GPUs fully (vs Nvidia), so when I briefly looked into cards that would fit well with the CPU choice, I about had a migraine as I also didn't know how much vRAM would be needed or the like. Trying to sort through PSUs and CPU air coolers was a PITA as well. Storage wise, I've templated out the FireCuda 540 ~2 Tb for the primary and an 8 Tb Baracuda / Exos for storage or backup drive. Even on my 3770k though, I've been using SSD for my active data drive, so that made me start looking at the 4x M.2 slot boards as those would allow for a primary drive, data drive, scratch drive, etc. without sacrificing speed or needing a ton of SATA ports. Granted, the more I started looking into That (and all of the above), the higher the budget starts going, but unless we start shucking $2k GPUs, then I don't think that'll be a problem anyway. I guess the biggest hurdle right now is not knowing the system requirements for the core software being used because IDK what it is and IDK if I'm allowed to due to the possibility of needing a Security Clearance. I don't think the latter is an issue since it's a home machine, but I always have to keep things in mind like that.

*pokes* @Hyperstrike @GM Tock

Yeah...that's what's going on. Right! >.> <.<

I think them not being targetable is what keeps them from being killed

Have literally walked uphill, both ways to school in the snow. Had to turn sideways into the wind or it would grab my jacket and carry me away. >.<

Yeah, that's what we get for being popular 😉

Yeah, those who make guides should have a special storage space for Those images (that's much bigger). 😛

And since it's "Comma Separated" (I think), then you can choose to import the file that way. TBH, I just made a Word file, take screen shots, and write in what I want for the Bio, Name, etc. That way if I get an idea or want to move the character somewhere or say take stuff I had on live and recreate it here, then I have a single source that I can even make the costume from (because I didn't think to save my costume files back then. >.<

Reporting this because it shares the name of something from Metaverse

So I'm still waiting for details of what the true system requirements are, but I'm trying to template up a build for the sibling's next desktop. We'll likely be keeping the Case, fans, and possibly the PSU, but that depends on what I am given in terms of Actual current hardware. I Do know that the current build was based off of my original 2010~2012 desktop that I'm still running, but he's got some AMD GPU apparently (vs my GTX 770 -> GTX 970 -> RTX 3060 Ti) that will be available, but likely need upgraded as well. What I Do know is that they're going to be primarily running intensive productivity (heavy hitting statistical analysis) software that's apparently stressing out the current system and they're running 3-4 monitors to boot. I'm thinking that they'll need at least an SSD boot drive, possibly another for scratch files (like I do, but depends on that software), and I always recommend a spinner for data storage. They inquired about whether SSDs are now standard for all of the above, but I still feel that (in part because of $/Tb) it's best to just have that large capacity data drive for the long-term. I'm hoping that finding out the system requirements for the software so that the build can be focused there, but I think they also play Civilization. I see what I think is that on their (just as old) Surface device when they visit. I recently gifted them an Xbox to try and give them more options for gaming as many games are cross-platform between Windows and Xbox, so that should help keep the new design more productivity focused. I just wish I knew if the statistical software was more CPU intensive or GPU and whether it was more compatible with Intel or AMD (leaning AMD now a days due to the obvious things going on with Intel). So with that said, what would be a good starting platform? AM4 / AM5? The build is going to be running for the next decade (as this one has), so we're not trying to skimp on performance for sure, but at the same time, I'm thinking they may be just fine with a B series board instead of the X series I've had in mind lately for myself. Their current build is Likely this same platform, but not as many parts. I threw this together as a start, but I wasn't thrilled when dealing with compatibility charts for the RAM. That and I don't think they have all the models anyway.

This is one reason I always encourage using a VERY basic text editor (Ex: Notepad) when dealing with anything that's sensitive to possible hidden characters as you never know when it'll sparce something you don't know is there.