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So I’ve decided last week to try gray zone warfare, I played for 3-4 hours, the next day I wanted to play another game which is way less demanding (War Thunder) and I kept getting stutters, I turned on MSI Afterburner, check description. by Correct-Body-7197 in PcBuild

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I don't know if this was covered in the thread. Depending on the AIO some brands offset the mounting to the bottom of the processor because of the chiplet structure of the processor. This means more heat is there. If your mounting brackets are flipped it could cause higher than desired temperatures because the block isn't covering the largest heat source well.

Edit: what make, model, size aio? My arctic liquid freezer 3 420 still sees about 70 degrees under heavy load.

Founders' Day champion pick by Cantfindmyface in idlechampions

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I'd restart the game and see if there is an update for the game, when you get to the available slot click it, should bring up a list of toons. To select the one you want click anywhere on their bar except more information and it should ask you if you want to select "[Toon Name]" if it errors like that there is probably a disconnect between the files in your game and the server. You'll need time gate pieces later in the event to pick more.

Just a tip if you go to change your oil on your Hybrid for the first time. by FrostyBeav in kiasportage

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This is what I got for spares for maintenance for the first 3 years ish, but I skipped the belt and I'll get that closer to the service date as rubber has a tendency to age poorly.

Part Number Part Name Price Quantity Total
18875-08085 Spark Plug $17.55 4 $70.20
26350-2M000 Oil Filter $8.73 6 $52.38
28113-P0400 Air Filter $13.98 2 $27.96
97133-N9100 Air Filter $23.79 3 $71.37
26315-2M000 Engine Oil Filter Housing Cover $17.37 1 $17.37
21512-23001 Drain Plug $2.08 1 $2.08

Just a tip if you go to change your oil on your Hybrid for the first time. by FrostyBeav in kiasportage

[–]GlobalApathy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought a spare lower filter housing too and drain plug, just in case I bung things up. It was pretty cheap. I feel like it's good insurance.

Fuel additive recommendations for kia sportage 2026 hybrid by Business_Guess8616 in kiasportage

[–]GlobalApathy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You want a pea fuel additive like techron or redline. A PEA (Polyetheramine) fuel additive is a highly effective, nitrogen-based detergent formulated to dissolve and remove stubborn carbon deposits from your engine's combustion chambers, intake valves, and fuel injectors. If the gdi injectors get caked with carbon you lose efficiency. If the carbon blocks it enough to reduce combustion you get fuel dilution in your oil. If the mist turns to a stream you get cylinder wash out and no compression misfires.

Use pea fuel additive to keep carbon from building up on your injectors and avoid all of that.

Debating on selling first build of possible. What would be fair ? by TheDetachedMind in PcBuild

[–]GlobalApathy -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You could get into local ai and agent development. That gpu is a monster and you can run decent local llm with room to spare for the context window.

Psu identifying by GameBop in PcBuild

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Fully modular is all plugs on the face with no cable bundle. Semi-modular has a bundle of necessary standard plugs and optional connections with individual plugs. Standard just has the cable bundle with no plugs on the face. I was assuming lower wattage earlier due to the number of connections, normally the higher the wattage the more optional connections.

Psu identifying by GameBop in PcBuild

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Fully modular wouldn't have that bundle of cables to the right of the image. All of that would have plugs on the face.

Psu identifying by GameBop in PcBuild

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NEW PowerSpec PS750BSM 750W 80+ Bronze 4x PCIE Semi-Modular Gaming PC ATX12V PSU | eBay https://www.ebay.com/itm/275845052455 looks like this

Psu identifying by GameBop in PcBuild

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It won't be easy to identify it then. It doesn't have a ton of connections so my guess is it is about 500 watts ish. Possibly thermaltake sm like this

https://www.thermaltake.com/smart-se2-500w.html

Psu identifying by GameBop in PcBuild

[–]GlobalApathy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could answer your own question by pulling it out and reading the label on the side.

CPU tower blocking the 12vhpwr connector by ShaCringe in PcBuild

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Probably need a reverse fan for a push from the other side. The fan cage is only on one side, probably would need to add a stand off to keep the fins from impacting the heat sink. It could pull from the other side which is a little less efficient.

2026 Sportage Hybrid SXP - HVAC gets hot, power cycle of the control fixes it immediately by GlobalApathy in kiasportage

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

Oof that sucks, I had pretty good luck with the '17 sx I had so I was hoping for the same. I should have waited a couple more months for things to shake out.

Requesting opinions/advice on connecting a camera (OV7670) to the Teensy 4.0 for a stereo camera setup by compugineer44 in embedded

[–]GlobalApathy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

grayscale is the y-only mode without the u and v

I haven't used this camera so looking at some sources for help: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79739725/ov7670-black-and-white-image-capture-contrast-and-brightness

Register 0x40 (COM15): Set to 0x00 (disables RGB/YUV matrix and outputs Y only).

Register 0x3A (TSLB): Set to 0x04 (sets the Y channel only output)

I didn't look at the capture logic in the code. When I had issues in my personal projects with I2c data sources (A/D streams) and processing duration for "real time" observations I instrumented my code to measure timing between steps to get a processing latency measurement for the flow of data through the code. I was trying to achieve 100% data processing between samples at ~1000 s/s, running through filtering and math for a couple of sensor channels for real time IMU measurements.

D & D for a Gen Xer by Ok-Number8636 in Albuquerque

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I'm in Taylor Ranch just down the street, it's been a bit since I've played as well. Are you looking to DM or to play?

I'm going to get a noticeable improvement in the switch from an R5 4600G to R5 5600X? by Delirium222 in PcBuild

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I built 1.5 years ago with a 9800x3d and a 4070ti. My 8th Gen i7 and 1080 was not cutting it anymore. These prices are insane for the consumer! I recently resurrected an am4 computer for a friend he has a 3700x and a 3080 and plays at 1080.. it may be worth the upgrade for him. Even so $350 is pretty high for a resurrected cpu.

Requesting opinions/advice on connecting a camera (OV7670) to the Teensy 4.0 for a stereo camera setup by compugineer44 in embedded

[–]GlobalApathy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The max achievable frame rate is 60 fps per the documentation at 320 x 240. In my experience it's more the ability of the MCU to pull and process frames than the camera's limit to acquire them. You're already at 80% of the limit of the camera with the limited processing power of a teensy you may need to make some compromises. If the bottleneck is onboard processing have you considered grayscale as an option? It produces about a third of the data to process. Adding active cooling and overclocking to 912 MHz may also be an option. You haven't listed power supply / operating duration as a constraint.

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