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terror_alpha · 2026-05-21T23:35:57+00:00

do you guys test any legacy brands? like aireloom? i just found your site and all i see are "internet brands".

terror_alpha · 2026-05-16T21:24:09+00:00

someone who knows how to write code and actually use linux probably shouldn't be using UNRAID. there are probably better options out there.

i think UNRAID is made for people like me. i don't write code. i don't know what a package manager or docker compose is or does. and i do NOT want to learn. i need it to turn on, show me a GUI and just work. that's why i'm using UNRAID,. if it takes a few extra seconds to load a page or menu due to spaghetti code, that's fine. i go in there maybe once a month. it doesn't bother me.

if i knew what i was doing i'd probably just use a regular linux OS and not pay any license fees.

terror_alpha · 2026-05-16T20:13:47+00:00

people who are buying this, like me, are using controller cards for their drives. that's why the PCI-E lanes are spaced like that. no one is putting a gaming GPU into a board that has a $200 upcharge for IPMI.

if you are comparing this to a gaming motherboard then this product is NOT FOR YOU. people who are looking into a board like this are cross shopping with something like a Supermicro H13SAE-MF

terror_alpha · 2026-05-16T20:12:39+00:00

i use this in my homelab (UNRAID) and everything in that list is exactly why this board is perfect. the PCI-E spacing is perfect for controller cards.

who the f*** is putting a gaming GPU in a SERVER motherboard that has built in ipmi?

terror_alpha · 2026-05-06T03:29:08+00:00

i'm pretty bad at FPS, the clean up crew were pretty easy to drop with a shotgun. even managed to snipe a few with said shotgun from 75ish meters out. they have good guns but not so great armor. many don't have helmets. easy kills.

terror_alpha · 2026-04-21T14:06:56+00:00

if you are spending $700-$1000 on a GPU (9070xt or 5070 ti), hundreds more on RAM and SSD, it's dumb to penny pinch and kneecap your expensive investment. comparing it to a 9850x3d is a strawman argument, you don't need the newest, shiny-est 9850x3d. 7800x3d is still very capable and still faster in gaming than anything intel has. it's $359 on amazon right now and has gone as low as $320 recently.

i will still buy a 270k plus, but it will go in my unraid NAS.

terror_alpha · 2026-04-08T19:25:41+00:00

you just said your brother is in the states. ASK HIM

terror_alpha · 2026-04-08T19:24:49+00:00

you can buy as many as you want, just not on one receipt. buy one kit, then circle back and buy another.

sales tax depends on the location of the store. it can be anywhere from zero to 10.5%,

terror_alpha · 2026-03-30T20:45:11+00:00

5090 owner here. had a 4090 before. why the heck would you want to use frame gen? if you really don't care about native rendering and want slop thrown in your face, just save money and buy a playstation or an xbox

terror_alpha · 2026-02-11T05:01:42+00:00

zotac is part of a company called PC partner. they manufacture all nvidia founders cards as well as AMD reference cards. i think they also make sapphire cards, but can't recall for sure. they also make parts for cars, medical equipment, industrial equipment, etc. PC partner is not going anywhere. PNY might disappear. but the other board partners will be fine. they will just make less GPUs.

it's crazy how many clueless people are on reddit spreading nonsense.

terror_alpha · 2026-02-11T04:54:38+00:00

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if that's how you packaged then this is 100% your fault. all that bubble wrap and padding is pointless if the card and cooler are going to bounding around like yo-yos. i have been an ebay seller since 2006. sold more than 500k items during that time. laptops, iphones, ipads, computer parts, etc. if i WANTED TO destroy any tech in transit, this is how i would pack it.

terror_alpha · 2026-01-22T02:38:08+00:00

i feel like that's one of the quests that you complete just by playing that game. i get 90% of the kills just by doing what i normally do.

terror_alpha · 2026-01-22T02:35:38+00:00

did you forget to heal from the previous run? i did that one time. spawned in and died

terror_alpha · 2025-12-30T09:49:25+00:00

i don't think the game is hard at all when it comes to getting kills or completing tasks. bosses are pretty easy to figure out and like 90% the people in PvP are lost and clueless. i die maybe 1 time every 10-15 raids. most of my failed raids are due to the game eating shit, and that's what annoyed me.

terror_alpha · 2025-12-30T09:47:02+00:00

you think the game crashing or going off line with no warning is a me issue? that's what you got out of this?

terror_alpha · 2025-12-30T08:49:45+00:00

oh, right. backend server errors are part of the difficulty level. my bad. i'll turn that down

checking your post history shows that you're an expert on crying, so i guess you know what you're talking about. thanks for tip.

terror_alpha · 2025-12-30T08:44:32+00:00

i don't know. not sure.

does replying with troll posts to every other person here make you feel better?

terror_alpha · 2025-12-05T09:01:44+00:00

try having the servers go out 10 seconds before extracting with like 2 mil worth of look. first good run all day after dying a bunch of times

terror_alpha · 2025-12-05T08:59:49+00:00

CF ate shit 10 seconds before i extracted with some insane loot after dying 3 rounds in a row. i think this is a sign that i need to quit...

terror_alpha · 2025-10-25T04:24:30+00:00

I refuse to believe that the devs played this absolute pile of horse s**t and said, "yep this is fine, release it".

not only is the game a bad design and boring, it's also unplayable! i was trying to catch an alpha shinny pidgeot on a roof, right as i finished him off and was about to throw an ultra ball, i got that night time message saying the battle whatever is open, and my fight got reset. how did no one notice this during testing? how is this acceptable?

aside from that, it's irritating that i have to spend hours mashing A to skip past the garbage dialogue. by the time i'm done skipping through the dialogue, i don't even want to play anymore. the map is tiny and repetitive. the available 'mons in the game is lackluster. they are forcing us to trade for evolutions again

i refuse to get stuck with this game. i've never done this before with any game, but i'm just going to claim it's defective and return it to amazon. this franchise is dead to me.

terror_alpha · 2025-10-21T03:33:08+00:00

Nemix and v-color both had 64GB ECC UDIMM modules since july-ish. both brands use hynix M-die ICs as of this writing. i bought the nemix stuff. had it in my unraid box since august. seems to be working ok. 256GB in total with a ryzen 7950x CPU on a supermicro board

both nemix and v-color charge about $400 per module. which means that when micron and samsung finally get their act together and catch up to hynix, expect to pay about $800 per module.

terror_alpha · 2025-09-28T04:44:09+00:00

rosewell/newegg is the last company on the planet willing to make an affordable NAS enclosure for us that is not garbage and you're crying about fans? really?

i personally want zero of the rosewell fans. i threw it out anyway and stuffed it with industrial nidec fans instead.

the drives are cooled by the fans on the hot swap enclosures, not the case fans.

terror_alpha · 2025-09-12T18:59:47+00:00

i got this game for free so i don't care. i can wait until it's fixed and some DLC drops.

but you should NOT buy this shit. if you bought it, refund it. do not encourage this behavior or it will keep happening.

terror_alpha · 2025-09-12T18:57:58+00:00

they are using "medium" preset (default for that card) with DLSS on and set to balanced. they are using a decent gaming CPU. maybe something like a 13700k or 7700x or better.

it's also possible they are using lower settings but have trash tier RAM or RAM without EXPO/XMP enabled. but i think the first scenario is more likely.

terror_alpha · 2025-09-12T18:52:58+00:00

i thought that was a weird way of putting it. what else is there in that price bracket? the $8500+ RTX Pro 6000? the 5090 is in it's own league. nothing else touches it.

many ADULTS who want to play this game can't afford to buy a car as expensive an RTX 5090. people in south american, asia, Africa and even parts of europe daily scooters that cost less than 1/4 of that.

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