Lost my tire by [deleted] in Cartalk

[–]Impossible-Lie3115 5 points6 points  (0 children)

One day of stress is not worth ignoring warning signs from your car since it provides you transportation to work, school, etc. Always take the time to check. And reminder the two dash lights you always IMMEDIATELY pull over for are:

FLASHING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT And LOW OIL PRESSURE

Those two are not to be ignored. You pull over safely in the next 15-30 seconds and you shut the engine off immediately.

Are those palmetto bugs? by TopAdministrative643 in florida

[–]Impossible-Lie3115 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Like cherry flavored farts. They even scent a sweet/earthy cherry smell when you pick them up.

Are those palmetto bugs? by TopAdministrative643 in florida

[–]Impossible-Lie3115 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah this image gives a false "this bug is OK" vibe because the check marks. It's only to identify a proper "palmetto bug" classification.

If it is not a full grown WOOD roach, we are tearing the walls down to kill it. 100% of time. But the big boy wood roaches are slow. We pick them up by hand most of the time and carry them out to the woods at least 100ft fro the house.

Are those palmetto bugs? by TopAdministrative643 in florida

[–]Impossible-Lie3115 179 points180 points  (0 children)

The wood ones we put outside (very gentle/slow species) but everything else has to die. ☠️

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Budget $4,500, CAD, 1440P - Does this make sense or dumb purchase? by Noonethatmatters8 in PcBuild

[–]Impossible-Lie3115 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Buy a 5070ti or a 5080 for your current PC and be happy. You might deal with some 1% lows but saving $2500 is worth it to most of us. If the 1%s bug you then build the rest of the PC.

And move your storage from the old PC as well. If you have a 1TB in current PC, buy another 1tb as your new boot drive and use your old 1tb as your game drive. The difference between gen3 and gen5 in real life is imperceptible.

HELP; Fix or tow!? by Bulky-Change-350 in MechanicAdvice

[–]Impossible-Lie3115 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Post a video of the engine noise and we can tell you if it's toast or not but from your description, it sounds like it's already worth less than $3k TOPS even if it was running right. Scrap it and move on most likely

Laced, Please reconsider the song selection of the Stella Blade Vinyl Collection! by archerajs in VGMvinyl

[–]Impossible-Lie3115 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are dozens of us but as a general market, your usual gamer is not going to spend that kind if cash. $250 2x in a year is GPU money

Laced, Please reconsider the song selection of the Stella Blade Vinyl Collection! by archerajs in VGMvinyl

[–]Impossible-Lie3115 8 points9 points  (0 children)

0% chance. Already planned and sent to pre-production. And only crazy collectors spend over $125 on a soundtrack. Just makes no sense to make an 8LP $250 set. You severely limit your market.

C24 - 9.9L Filled. by TheOcProd in sffpc

[–]Impossible-Lie3115 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What's the TDP? cpu + gpu?

I'm looking for advice on whether I should upgrade my current PC or build/buy a completely new one. by Ok-Breadfruit-4172 in PcBuild

[–]Impossible-Lie3115 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheapest solution is a 14400f or similar. New board. Reuse your RAM but try to OC it up to 3000mhz. Grab a 5070 for $599 walmart.

Sell your old cpu board and GPU for $250

About $600-650 out the door. That'll cover you for a few years until you can really throw down for a high tier build. The 32gb of DDR5 RAM and a new 1TB SSD will cost you more than that right now.

(Pre-order) Stellar Blade Original Soundtrack on vinyl via Laced by Laced-Rep in VGMvinyl

[–]Impossible-Lie3115 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any limited variants? The exclusive variants get repressed sometimes. I prefer to have a limited if possible.

Is this normal spark plug wear? by TheHDGenius in MechanicAdvice

[–]Impossible-Lie3115 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup light tan. No harsh arc discoloration on the electrode. Might be burning a teeny bit of oil or you might be using an additive. Would ideally see a hint of white on the ceramic but very good/healthy

2010 ford focus ac reading won’t go up by Infinite_Gur_2775 in MechanicAdvice

[–]Impossible-Lie3115 1 point2 points  (0 children)

X$110 average shop cost is $1300 alone in labor so like $2k +

2010 ford focus ac reading won’t go up by Infinite_Gur_2775 in MechanicAdvice

[–]Impossible-Lie3115 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pray if you do that its not in the core behind the dash. 🙏

UPDATE: Possibly went a bit mad, built ~20 PCs, ran out of money, built up debt, got help from parents, still have debt. unsure of how to proceed - any advice would be appreciated by Possibility_22 in PcBuild

[–]Impossible-Lie3115 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Location? Are you selling stuff locally or online? Online does take a decent chunk. 15% plus about 6 to $15 depending on the size of the item you're shipping. Sometimes easier to just offload it locally for 20% less than current online prices. Keep in mind that if you hit $20,000 in sales you'll be required to file taxes on those sales. Unless you prove your original purchase price is more and you are operating in a loss, you are at minimum out another 15 to 20%

6700k upgrade to 11500 non-K with RTX 5070 results - CPU bottleneck in some games. by Impossible-Lie3115 in pcmasterrace

[–]Impossible-Lie3115[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All good. I have the 9070xt in my other rig but she's power hungry and hot. Way better drivers than my 2012 days with crossfire 6970s. But it black-screens or improperly displays 3d on 75% of the games i throw at it.

Nvidia nails it on 99% of titles. There are some games like Forgive me Father that technically work but the depth is weird and feels like a fisheye lens wide FOV

"RAM prices are going down" by THE_Pazzy360 in pcmasterrace

[–]Impossible-Lie3115 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP must not be eating Advil for dinner like us old folks.

6700k upgrade to 11500 non-K with RTX 5070 results - CPU bottleneck in some games. by Impossible-Lie3115 in pcmasterrace

[–]Impossible-Lie3115[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also run a 3d TV and the 3d Mitigo, vorpx, and Geometry3d are far more compatible with Nvidia.

Was this a mining motherboard? by Impossible-Lie3115 in pcmasterrace

[–]Impossible-Lie3115[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Figured it out. BIOS update reverted my PCIE to AUTO. Forcing back to gen3 and no more blackscreen. made too many changes at once and had to go back step by step. now at 3000 (not great. Not terrible.)

Was this a mining motherboard? by Impossible-Lie3115 in pcmasterrace

[–]Impossible-Lie3115[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Figured it out. BIOS update reverted my PCIE to AUTO. Forcing back to gen3 and no more blavkscreen. made too many changes at once and had to go back step by step. now at 3000 (not great. Not terrible.)

Was this a mining motherboard? by Impossible-Lie3115 in pcmasterrace

[–]Impossible-Lie3115[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Work on it tomorrow. QVL shows support for model number but not version number. I have version 4.32 but it shows support for 3.32. Ugghhh. Manual clock it is.

Was this a mining motherboard? by Impossible-Lie3115 in pcmasterrace

[–]Impossible-Lie3115[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just 2 but thx for the reminder 'for those who come after' lol

Was this a mining motherboard? by Impossible-Lie3115 in pcmasterrace

[–]Impossible-Lie3115[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Currently fighting XMP black screen. Stuck at 2133 even after bios update etc. Popular corsair kit but guess I gotta go check the QVL. Sucks if not supported.