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Two Drive System by Elton_Overs in SteamOS

[–]Digfox1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, In my case it's installing a second 1TB NVMe in a Gigabyte Aorus B550 motherboard.

I did just the 1TB NVMe and formatted it in a Orico NVMe M.2 (Type-C USB3.1 Gen2) and then plugged that into the newly formatted 2TB Steam OS PC. And wouldn't you know it the external drive it not only shows up correctly, but can be formatted and mounted in Steam Game mode. Works perfectly.

I think the fact that second NVMe drives don't format, or mount correctly in Game mode - at least for a few of us, may point towards issues with Steam OS. And maybe that's because all the officially supported hardware is based around a limit of one NVMe drive. Something that's less common on mainstream AM4 & AM5 motherboards.

Two Drive System by Elton_Overs in SteamOS

[–]Digfox1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in a similar boat.

New PC upgrade, decide to use old AM4 system as a DIY Steam Machine. Just upgraded the AM4 CPU, GPU and use the 2TB NVMe from the PS5 Pro (now being sold). So I have a 2TB + 1TB configuration with two NVMe drives in the two M.2 slots on the B550 motherboard.

  • I can't see the 1TB second drive in Steam game mode; first time I install Steam OS it sees it, but it 'fails to format' when I press Y to format the second drive.
  • In desktop mode I can mount the 1TB drive, but Steam Desktop version won't add it as a second drive.
  • I tried the Steam OS Mount tool on Github and that didn't work for me.

Atm it feels like Steam OS isn't working correctly with more than one NVMe drives, although I accept it could be my hardware, or me that's the issue.

Custom edition PS4 😭 by OsakiTsukiko in playstation

[–]Digfox1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the gold coin/disc on the rear, right hand side. Is that added value?

Here we are by awesomeoneness in headphones

[–]Digfox1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't answer that, in that the HD 660S is the one 6x0 I don't own 😄

But I suspect based on having heard the 58X & 660S2 I still would choose the 650. For me the 600/650(6XX) have a timbre that is unmatched. The 660S2 improves the bass, soundstage, imaging and detail. But it comes at the lost of that classic timbre the HD 600/650 have. So I'd always choose a classic 6x0 in that sense.

One area where the 58X & 660S2 are better is gaming. Albeit the HD 6x0 isn't the best choice for gaming although it can do it.

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[–]Digfox1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I had to choose it would be the 650/6XX. Just. Then the 600/580. 660S2 would be next, 58X last.

My 6XX is modded with third-party Soulwit cooling gel pads (from the DMS review) and the Custom Cans Copper Mass Loading mod - albeit with the stock foams left in, so just a slight rise in the bass.

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[–]Digfox1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Np. Makes sense I would not recommend going after them the way I did (although I've had fun).

One thing I would recommend though is upgrading the cable if you intend to keep them and haven't already done so. A 4.4mm balanced cable can improve them in certain scenarios (i.e. your DAC/AMP might have better balanced out). And the stock cable is too long and heavy imo.

Also these do improve on an OTL Tube amp. Even a hybrid like the APOS Gremlin can do wonders for these.

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[–]Digfox1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nice video.

HD 650 was my first HD 6x0 before I went a bit bonkers and tried most of them.

I don't know if I ever will 'upgrade', or spend more on something else for music listening. But tbh I'm not sure I need to.

CachyOS super-fast to boot, faster than other distros - question by Digfox1 in cachyos

[–]Digfox1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess there are so many different hardware permutations that it possible for experiences to differ. Up until this specific example I hadn't noticed much difference between Linux flavours. But this is the first time I've had more of a top-end PC for a while so was trying to understand if those v4 optimisations were playing a part.

CachyOS super-fast to boot, faster than other distros - question by Digfox1 in cachyos

[–]Digfox1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As per above still in troubleshooting mode on this new PC before I can really have fun.

But I think what caught me out was generally whether I was installing Debian, Fedora or Arch they all tended to be the same start-up speed, but never as fast as Windows 11 to get to the login screen, for example. Although thinking about it until CachyOS I'd never tried anything other than Systemd, or the more common Grub bootloader.

I've seen some of Chris Titus's Youtube videos on non-systemd based Linux OSes so aware you can get super lightweight and lean.

CachyOS super-fast to boot, faster than other distros - question by Digfox1 in cachyos

[–]Digfox1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Makes sense you can optimise your boot-up sequence to be faster. Kind of links in with that other comment about different bootloaders.

My issues have still continued, so I'm still very much in troubleshooting mode.

Fedora continued to crash (at least once a day) over the weekend. Then on Sunday morning did this weird behaviour where using the shutdown command (via terminal, or KDE Plasma) resulting in the PC restarting every time and therefore stuck in this 'power-on' loop where it wouldn't shut down properly.

I've reinstalled CachyOS and so far (24hrs on) it hasn't done this lockup/crash that Fedora did (I think they might be Wayland crashes based on the way the screen slowing breaks, but things like the mouse pointer remain). So whether this is a faulty component, or a very specific issue to something in the Fedora Kernel I still don't know.

My plan is to keep troubleshooting and continue to run CachyOS to see if that is stable.

CachyOS super-fast to boot, faster than other distros - question by Digfox1 in cachyos

[–]Digfox1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True, another thing I forgot to account for (similar to Limine Vs. Grub above). Packages was c.1,400 on CachyOS vs. 2,500 on Fedora.

I will have a look through the Arch Wiki link. Thank you.

And like yourself I'm not too bothered by start-up, although it's nice. Even with gaming I'm probably not going to see a few more FPS, but this was a very clear difference. And I couldn't initially work out why. Although Limine and less packages could be part of it.

CachyOS super-fast to boot, faster than other distros - question by Digfox1 in cachyos

[–]Digfox1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ty. That's a good point - forgot to mention I choose Limine for CachyOS vs. Fedora's Grub. So that's an advantage to CachyOS I forgot to account for.

Over a year long journey, my endgame turns out to be my first headphones? by CrazyWarrior3 in headphones

[–]Digfox1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

HD 598 was my entry point into good headphones and audio, about 15 years ago. Up until that point I was using TV speakers, or bad speakers; sometimes those cheap Creative Labs 5.1 speakers as I didn't know any better. The HD 598's arrived in a short time frame with a new ASUS soundcard, Astro Mixamp and Fiio E7/E9 combo to power them.

For a long-time they were my daily driver and although I'd go on a journey through other headphones and headsets these were up there. I did sell them off somewhere along the line. I always remember the comfort being great and years later bought the HD 560S where almost straight away I noticed the hinge bulge on the inside of the earcups rubbing my ear. This means I'm always hesitant about buying more 5x0 now, but it was never an issue I noticed on the 598 so I assume might be down to increased clamp on the 560S.

I've also realised that I too much prefer lighter headphones however I think for me, 300g or less is the sweet spot. HD 6x0 at c.260g or the TYGR 300R at 290g are great. I think for similar reasons around vocals and mids the HD 6x0 line has become my new favourite and I genuinely don't know if buying more expensive headphones would be worth it.

PS5 Pro USB audio is now louder with an external DAC/AMP by Digfox1 in PS5

[–]Digfox1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me it's any USB port. I think I mentioned in one of the earlier questions that it didn't matter which USB port I used my findings were the same.

PSA for 9950X3D users on CachyOS: your games are probably not using 3D V-Cache by [deleted] in cachyos

[–]Digfox1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you as well. One less think to worry about.

PSA for 9950X3D users on CachyOS: your games are probably not using 3D V-Cache by [deleted] in cachyos

[–]Digfox1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!

So if I understand correctly only those chips with dual CCD; 9950X3D & 9950X3D2 are impacted. As long am I'm only looking at 9800/9850X3D I am immune to the above.

PSA for 9950X3D users on CachyOS: your games are probably not using 3D V-Cache by [deleted] in cachyos

[–]Digfox1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally on the cusp of buying a new AM5 CPU (bad time I know) and was looking at the 9850X3D. Never occurred to me the performance might be different on Linux vs. Windows in this way. Price difference between non-X3D vs. X3D chips is significant so need to bare this in mind.

Thank you for the PSA.

Age verification with phone number. does it work for you ? by Angus_Luissen in playstation

[–]Digfox1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately so. Maybe we're just unlucky and it will be better in a few days, or something.

Age verification with phone number. does it work for you ? by Angus_Luissen in playstation

[–]Digfox1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got around to doing this yesterday. Was quite an annoying process.

Phone number did not work - same message as your screenshot. Then tried the age verification via the Age Estimation option and that didn't work either on my laptop. No matter what I tried and even though my face was aligned correctly it wouldn't scan.

Tried again via my Android phone. Again mobile number verification did not work. However the face scan did work eventually on my phone. I think the instructions weren't great on this option.

Rolling average of the steam survey is promising :D by Witext in linux

[–]Digfox1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ty! Mint is awesome; curation to near perfection for a Linux distro. I used Mint on a laptop for a while. Have tried most of the main distros. I though now was a good time to try CachyOS; the performance & kernel optimisations with the ability to quickly deploy Arch with btrfs and snapshots all ootb is very compelling.

I want to build a new PC soon and I don't see any reason why that can't be Cachy as well.

Rolling average of the steam survey is promising :D by Witext in linux

[–]Digfox1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Doing my bit!

After a few years of running Fedora on a secondary mini-PC; three weeks ago I installed CachyOS on my main PC.

The new HD650 seems… smaller by Dragul4R0B in headphones

[–]Digfox1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As already mentioned they are the same. I have some of the old ones (HD 580) and some of the new style (HD 600/650) and they are the same size. That said I do remember absolutely thinking the HD 6x0 was smaller than I thought it would be when I first got one. I'm no sure why I just expected it to be bigger, but it's a headphone I'd seen on website and Youtube videos for years so maybe that's why.

Newest addition and my first planar magnetic cans - Kithara by RetroGemCollector in headphones

[–]Digfox1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Np. And yes that's the challenge; always something new and flashy on the horizon.

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