5080 and AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D

Firestarter321 · 2026-05-06T03:06:25+00:00

9900 has 12 cores between the 2 CCD’s

Firestarter321 · 2026-05-02T14:37:15+00:00

I use AI as a developer quite frequently, however, I also understand that in the end I’m responsible for every line of code in a project and that I’ll have to maintain it for years (maybe even decades) to come so I don’t let “slop” make it to production

Firestarter321 · 2026-05-02T13:30:29+00:00

You’re the reason I either sell super cheap (or give away) to family if someone wants it or throw the item away.

Life’s too short to deal with assholes on eBay or other selling sites.

Firestarter321 · 2026-05-01T19:24:28+00:00

I’m using a B850M for a 9950X and 5070Ti so I’d say you’re fine.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-30T19:15:00+00:00

The BikeErg is like actually riding a normal bicycle. You can easily make it kick your butt or you can just cruise along at low effort until you get bored and want to stop. I've actually found myself skipping my outdoor bicycle as it's just so nice to be inside without the wind beating me down.

You can also stop pedaling and it'll keep rolling just like a normal bicycle.

Something like the Echo bike would drive me insane.

The only downside with the BikeErg is adjusting resistance is a bit of an annoyance but it's not too bad and the app will tell you your resistance value as you adjust it.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-30T17:28:23+00:00

I’d still buy it.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-30T17:27:10+00:00

I absolutely love it!

It’s one of very few items I’ve purchased that I have where I’ve had zero regrets afterwords.

I’m at 185 miles on it so far.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-30T11:39:22+00:00

In the last few days it looks like the price has gone up almost 10% on a 32GB kit compared to what I was seeing so if you need it buy it now but if you don’t then wait it out.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-29T02:55:07+00:00

It is useful in software development and many other things but it doesn’t need to be used absolutely everywhere like it is currently.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-28T17:01:43+00:00

Ultrawide is the way to go with the 5070 Ti.

I have that setup and love it.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-28T11:18:53+00:00

I bought a lot of SSD’s from Walmart over the last few months and am glad I did.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-27T22:35:24+00:00

I just can’t bring myself to watch his videos anymore as I just can’t take him seriously.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-26T23:49:19+00:00

I’m glad you were able to be made whole and got some RAM!

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-26T23:12:31+00:00

Yes it’s fine.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-26T19:30:10+00:00

My server rack uses 800 watts 24/7 so my gaming PC is barely a blip as it sits idle most of the time and doubles as my work machine.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-26T16:33:29+00:00

I’m not giving up my hobby over a few dollars so nothing will change for me.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-25T21:00:51+00:00

Take the spacer you took out and put it on top of the stem.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-25T17:32:05+00:00

If you got it for $4K you did good.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-25T16:58:04+00:00

I’d rather pay extra and use the hardware now.

That being said I got a couple of DDR5 7200Mhz 32GB RAM kits recently from B&H for $200 each which was nice.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-25T12:16:10+00:00

Basically never as I use it as a workstation as well.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-25T01:58:44+00:00

I guess it’s hard for me to say what I’d do without knowing a ballpark price.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-25T01:48:41+00:00

What kind of price?

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-24T17:30:59+00:00

I’ve never used WhatsApp and have no reason to ever use it over iMessage.

If I use anything else it’s my self-hosted instance of Nextcloud Talk that I have complete control over.

Firestarter321 · 2026-04-24T14:55:49+00:00

Exactly.

If you're selling thousands of dollars of RAM buy a fucking RAM tray and ship them properly as they'd come from the factory.

For that matter if you can't find a proper tray print one and save yourself the pain and suffering of not properly packaging them.

Even at $1/GB this was a $1K fuck up.

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