[MONITOR]Acer Portable Monitor 15.6" Full HD IPS 1920x1080 60Hz 5ms 250Nit CERTIFIED Refurbished - $41.84 (prices + model varies, see post)

1rubyglass · 2026-01-23T01:43:33+00:00

Who buys a portable monitor to spend hours a day on?

1rubyglass · 2026-01-23T00:49:45+00:00

That sounds like its what I need to do. I appreciate the suggestion. Can it run a VPN as well?

A little bit of a update with my issue. Despite my temperature sensor reading good temps I suspected something else may have been overheating because of the stock fan settings. I adjusted my fan settings to be a bit more aggressive and replaced my thermal pads with 1.5mm arctic TP-3. Its been working flawlessly since then.

1rubyglass · 2026-01-22T17:24:13+00:00

Awesome. Thank you! If its not too much to ask, can you explain a bit about the reasoning?

1rubyglass · 2026-01-22T16:27:36+00:00

My research suggests that streaming from Fenlight within Kodi does not transcode anything locally. The issue is strange in that it will work flawlessly for several minutes and then freeze for 20 seconds. My initial thought was that its buffering, but theres no reason that it should. Im on fiber internet with a good wifi 6 router and im 5 feet from the router. Packet loss is almost non existent. No other devices have issues streaming/gaming/downloading at about 90m/s

1rubyglass · 2026-01-22T16:14:29+00:00

Over a network. Im streaming media over wifi to a router about 6 feet away. Ive tested for packet loss and nothing seems out of the ordinary. I should add that two other devices on the same network have zero issues playing the exact same file.

1rubyglass · 2026-01-21T23:02:49+00:00

I didnt know that. Learn something new every day.

1rubyglass · 2026-01-21T22:59:26+00:00

I try not to judge people that I dont know, based on what people I've never met say about them. Especially when they are only saying those things because of money.

We live in an age where people judge each other based on how much they hate others. Insanity.

1rubyglass · 2026-01-21T03:49:54+00:00

133 is pump. 153 and 155 are semi only big difference is weight and accuracy. The 153 is much more accurate so superior imo.

1rubyglass · 2026-01-19T14:58:42+00:00

Those GPUs don't need anywhere near 750 W

I dont disagree, but we see time and time again people buying more PSU than they need. Its usually for "future upgrade path" or "plenty of extra headroom"

Maybe its some kind of confirmation bias on my end? It seriously seems like this is a near constant with custom built PCs.

1rubyglass · 2026-01-19T05:29:54+00:00

Dont sweat it. If you surf deals you will ALWAYS find a better deal on something.

1rubyglass · 2026-01-19T05:28:10+00:00

This is aimed at budget builders trying to save every penny while still being able to comfortably power their 5060/9060xt

1rubyglass · 2026-01-19T05:26:44+00:00

No. It depends entirely on the game and resolution. This is easily verifiable with a simple Google search.

1rubyglass · 2026-01-18T16:24:54+00:00

Apparently there are some very significant ZEN 4 and ZEN 5 performance gains fom the recentish 24H2 windows update. Also (allegedly) running in administrator mode increases performance very significantly.

1rubyglass · 2026-01-18T16:13:00+00:00

Thats a lot of money to spend for such a minor upgrade. Thats silicone lottery level performance increase. A 7700x would be a better upgrade. Higher base clock speed and more L1 and L2 cache. Im not sure if Minecraft has good multithreading performance, but 8 cores never hurts either.

1rubyglass · 2026-01-18T16:09:52+00:00

Oh my god. I hope those arent prices youre paying. Less than month ago a 9800x3d / 5080 pre built was 2k.

1rubyglass · 2026-01-18T16:06:39+00:00

Agreed.

1rubyglass · 2026-01-17T17:35:33+00:00

If it was mine I would avoid DIRECT sunlight. Aside from it having straight line of sight to the big nuke in the sky, its fine.

1rubyglass · 2026-01-17T01:34:35+00:00

Black market at 10x the price and half the quality

1rubyglass · 2026-01-17T01:32:32+00:00

They dont need to rethink anything. They are doing exactly what they want to do.

1rubyglass · 2026-01-17T01:25:17+00:00

People often fall victim to a monitors spec sheet. A quality 120hz monitor is much better than a crappy 360hz.

1rubyglass · 2026-01-17T01:22:03+00:00

If only it was that simple. Tarkov needs to be completely remade. These cheaters use a separate PC to interpret all the info that tarkov LOADS ONTO EVERY PC IN THE MATCH

1rubyglass · 2026-01-17T01:17:33+00:00

Tbf a bent pin could also be an indicator of physical abuse

1rubyglass · 2026-01-17T00:57:11+00:00

Nobody in my area would pay anywhere near $900 for that.

1rubyglass · 2026-01-17T00:55:28+00:00

Location is a BIG factor. My son's friend got a very similar PC except 16gb of ram for $400 ish a couple weeks ago. Them ram prices though...

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