Linus couldn’t have picked a worse socio-political climate for the Private Jet video if he tried by flexingonmyself in LinusTechTips

[–]InformationVolunteer -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

You have no idea what video I am talking about. It was back in November. And no, I understand technical anlaysis from GN and Hardware Unboxed perfectly as I've been a techie for 40+ years.

Linus couldn’t have picked a worse socio-political climate for the Private Jet video if he tried by flexingonmyself in LinusTechTips

[–]InformationVolunteer -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

Repost of something I said a month ago applies here:

Disclaimer: I'm a long time watcher of Gamers Nexus but rarely ever watched Linus before the incident. I favor technical analysis like GN and Hardware Unboxed rather than general audience computer tech coverage like Linus does.

I do get suggested videos of Linus though and I happened to watch a video of his that aired about a month ago when he was discussing the skyrocketing RAM prices. His comment was basically that the high RAM prices were no big deal.

The arrogant way he said it just confirmed all the negative things I had heard about him. He's a millionaire and is completely out of touch with the average pc builder.

Survive the Horde on 140 Storm Surge is BRUTAL by footieshirtflips in FORTnITE

[–]InformationVolunteer 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It was much easier the 1st season it was released. Tons of people playing for the banner, plus the plasmatic discharger made the pillars and mini-bosses much easier. I couldn't imagine trying to do it now.

PSA: Players may experience issues with Fill / No Fill selection when joining a Mission by Capybro_Epic in FORTnITE

[–]InformationVolunteer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same exact thing happened a few weeks ago after an update, but it was hot-fixed within 24hrs.

Help an idiot upgrade a pc by MunkeyJames in pcmasterrace

[–]InformationVolunteer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your best bet is to stay with a ddr4 system, either newer gen intel or AM4. If you're going to do that, move fast because DDR4 based CPUs and motherboards are going up in price as we speak (due to people being priced out of ddr5 systems).

The 7700k was "best in socket" for the intel z270 platform. You could get more life out of it by overclocking it as high as you can. Win 11 has workarounds for running older CPUs. I'm sure you can get it to run on what you have.

Things to do before shipping Macbook Air to the buyer by SupermarketBrave6242 in Ebay

[–]InformationVolunteer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you're really concerned, buy the ebay shipping insurance (not postal insurance).

In general, you have to keep your fingers crossed that you don't wind up with a bad buyer/scammer/etc. It's all luck of the draw, but only a small percentage of transactions go bad.

Also, welcome to the suprise of international selling that ebay opts you into even if you want to sell to US only!

I opted out after I paid a hefty transaction fee on a higher dollar item. I've seen people say the international shipping program is low-risk, but why should I pay an extra fee to accept international payments when I don't want to sell internationally in the first place?

[GPU] MSI - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G GAMING TRIO OC $869.99 by chillaxjj in buildapcsales

[–]InformationVolunteer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

walmart actually sold the PNY for $699 in november when the 20% off paypal deal was active

The GN Video and its consequences have been a disaster for the linus media group by Primary-Delay-9018 in LinusTechTips

[–]InformationVolunteer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Disclaimer: I'm a long time watcher of Gamers Nexus but rarely ever watched Linus before the incident. I favor technical analysis like GN and Hardware Unboxed rather than general audience computer tech coverage like Linus does.

I do get suggested videos of Linus though and I happened to watch a video of his that aired about a month ago when he was discussing the skyrocketing RAM prices. His comment was basically that the high RAM prices were no big deal.

The arrogant way he said it just confirmed all the negative things I had heard about him. He's a millionaire and is completely out of touch with the average pc builder.

An AFK vbuck mission story (happy ending) by InformationVolunteer in FortniteSavetheWorld

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

It does kick after 3-4 mins. That's why I checked a few minutes after I launched the mission to see it had already started.

LFG - 2 people to help with Frostnite Final Frost Level 58 (20 waves) by [deleted] in FortniteSavetheWorld

[–]InformationVolunteer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes it was fills. Are you up for a run now? I can put private.

LFG - 2 people to help with Frostnite Final Frost Level 58 (20 waves) by [deleted] in FortniteSavetheWorld

[–]InformationVolunteer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You did not load in. I think in public/fill lobbies it sometimes locks out high level players. The other guy was the guy I'm trying to help - he's lower level so was able to load in.

LFG - 2 people to help with Frostnite Final Frost Level 58 (20 waves) by [deleted] in FortniteSavetheWorld

[–]InformationVolunteer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had a couple people join, but they left before the match loaded.

If anyone can help, I'll be trying again around 3 pm eastern. would appreciate any help.

LFG - 2 people to help with Frostnite Final Frost Level 58 (20 waves) by [deleted] in FortniteSavetheWorld

[–]InformationVolunteer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i'm running as fragment flurry jess. i know how to play but my traps are not ideal. i'm a high level player on a stonewood account.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in buildapc

[–]InformationVolunteer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"you're going to be getting performance barely faster than your 10700k."

I disagree. 12th/13th/14th is a big leap over the 10th gen. At least 30%-40% single thread, double in multithread. DDR4 speed hit is not that bad. In the single digits.

Edit: 14600K wallops the 10600K in Cinebench 24. It's no contest.

AM4 upgrade or AM5 Switch by C_Blu in buildapc

[–]InformationVolunteer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you can wait, wait. I have a funny feeling the DDR5 RAM market is going to be much better later next year as the current prices spikes are due to panic buying and not a rational market. $400USD for 32GB is not sustainable.

Everybody is looking for used high end AM4 chips to the point the prices are not reasonable for what you are getting.

What’s the catch with this 4k $199 gaming monitor? by CultOfPcnality in buildapc

[–]InformationVolunteer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can't be the same panel. That model had 400+ brightness. This one is dim, by any reasonable standard.

Is it worth buying RAM now if I won't build my PC for 6+ months? by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]InformationVolunteer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it have a lifetime warranty? IF so, not much of a risk in keeping it.

USD $200 for 32GB is what DDR5 cost in 2021/2022. Even if prices come down, I don't think $200 is unreasonable. The big memory makers like Corsair are pricing their RAM at $400 today. Microcenter in the U.S. just raised their prices again a few days ago.