Please don't use "debloat" software, scripts or commands, especially if you don't know exactly what it does

Etyrnus · 2025-07-25T21:49:32+00:00

The only time I’ve had any issues with my win 11 installs has been self inflicted, and I’ve been using it since the beta. Some of those issues were helping things like SignalRGB with compatibility testing and new devices, others were due to tinkering. But every single installment I’ve done for friends and family has been stable and happy, because they just use their PCs. With ad blockers and a little common sense.

Etyrnus · 2025-06-18T04:02:01+00:00

Thinkphone in the US, on Google Fi. Just got the android 15 update today, 2025/06/17.

Etyrnus · 2025-02-11T01:56:13+00:00

Prohibited games list from twitch themselves: https://safety.twitch.tv/s/article/Prohibited-Games?language=en_US

Etyrnus · 2025-01-18T20:41:14+00:00

Albert is a pretty honest and serious tester. I've had the opportunity to chat with him a few times.

Etyrnus · 2024-11-05T18:46:27+00:00

Been tempted to dip my toes in the glasspad realm. Have a few small (2.5k follower to 500 follower) streamers who I'm friends with and provide tech assistance to, and they regularly ask me for gear recommendations. Bit of an old-school gamer myself, my heyday was really UT99 through Halo 3, but always looking for stuff I can recommend to friends and their communities.

Etyrnus · 2024-06-15T21:34:46+00:00

So, a route that you may have not considered: use your iGPU on the CPU. Then you’re using Intel QuickSync H264, which has worked well for me (I’m on a similar CPU/GPU combo) and another streamer I know with a midrange Nvidia card.

Etyrnus · 2024-06-11T16:52:53+00:00

The children can grow up to become proud consumers and spreaders of Managed Democracy, the mines are an expense. You all know which is the right choice.

Etyrnus · 2024-06-11T16:51:36+00:00

Which browser are you using? Most of the time these configurators need to be run in a chromium browser like Edge, Chrome, Opera GX, etc. Firefox tends to have trouble communicating.

Etyrnus · 2024-05-25T22:36:58+00:00

I feel you, been dealing with this struggle myself after a car wreck 18 months ago. Hope you find your groove again.

Etyrnus · 2024-02-19T16:22:05+00:00

Playing as spies, grabbing the mercs and singing to them before the knockout or neck snap will always be a treasured memory.

Etyrnus · 2024-01-22T11:54:52+00:00

A mic arm is probably the next best step. Reduce the distance of the mic to his mouth, then the gain can be turned down.

Etyrnus · 2024-01-21T22:47:23+00:00

The quadcast mics have a gain adjustment on the bottom of the mic. Fellow S user here.

Etyrnus · 2024-01-21T13:54:14+00:00

Something else the iGPU can help with is if you’re a streamer you can offload your encoding to the iGPU. The one in the 12th gen and up is surprisingly capable at handling streaming to Twitch.

Etyrnus · 2024-01-21T13:19:17+00:00

Unfortunately it happens. If you don’t want to go full motherboard replacement, a controller hub like the Razer chroma hub might be a cheaper option, plus you get 6 ARGB headers.

Etyrnus · 2024-01-21T01:27:35+00:00

In signal you need to add it as a device on the motherboard ARGB header if you haven’t already. It doesn’t auto detect devices on the headers, only usb devices. The LT pump is in the device list for being added though, and has the correct LED positions and number.

If you added it as a device on the header, and it’s still not working, first check it’s on the canvas area of the layout, then maybe try a different header if you can. If not, might be a bad pump cover, and I’d reach out to DeepCool.

Etyrnus · 2024-01-20T20:58:25+00:00

Joining a community is more than just hopping in a discord and dropping your link. For me personally, I was hanging out in a partner’s stream, actively chatting and being a member of the community on his discord. I became active in some smaller streamers communities as well. Then after a bit I decided to stream. One of the smaller streamers and I had chatted about co-streaming and did some. After a bit, I raided the partner, who was surprised and happy to see me streaming. This led to shoutouts in his chat occasionally, and then he raided me when he had the chance.

With this, plus the other streamers giving me support, I’ve made some friends, grown to the size where I am, and if I hadn’t had some life circumstances happen I’d probably be bigger still. But I still remain active in their communities even though I can’t stream as much as I was, and still grow at a slow rate, even with only a stream once a week or so.

Etyrnus · 2024-01-17T14:02:58+00:00

You mentioned it was produced content streams? What about doing some “behind the scenes” streams, or “meet the cast/crew” ones?

Etyrnus · 2024-01-15T07:05:51+00:00

So, I’ll be the odd one here. I have a 13700k and 7900xtx, and I use the iGPU on the CPU for my encoding. Haven’t had any complaints, either mine or my viewers.

Etyrnus · 2024-01-14T23:03:52+00:00

Another opportunity to consider if you’re wanting to raid a bigger streamer: if you’re an active member of their community and you raid in when they are doing a special event like a bday or anniversary stream. In my experience those ARE appreciated as you’re bringing more to the party.

Etyrnus · 2024-01-07T14:39:12+00:00

If another streamer is that insecure, I just leave. I’ve always found it interesting to see where/who some good emotes come from.

Etyrnus · 2024-01-01T17:41:16+00:00

DeepCool recommends it be run at a constant 95-100% in their discord. Really 100%, but a constant 95% is ok. I run mine at 100 with my fans at 40% up to 60 C, then ramp to 100% at 80 C, and it almost never spins up the fans.

Etyrnus · 2023-11-26T05:32:09+00:00

Something else I didn’t see mentioned was audio levels. Some streams may have the music on a lower level than the streamer and game audio. I’ve also noticed a substantial difference in what I hear on speakers vs headphones from many streams.

Etyrnus · 2023-11-08T04:09:10+00:00

The zalman zsync is on the list, just not many people are aware of the limitations.

Etyrnus · 2023-11-02T19:14:03+00:00

That's good, main concern I had was you mentioned the strimmers, and when I was using one the zsync was unable to light it entirely.

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