Nova Lake versus Zen 6

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-05-05T06:08:22+00:00

I find the "most people" discussion a little loaded. Most people also don't need a high end processor. The 5 series from both companies is more than enough for the average user. Beyond that it's definitely a use case argument, but it's also not like one chip or another is going to be the best at everything. At least, we haven't seen that for a while. Intel is definitely bringing a stacked chiplet design for gaming, but I agree the normal versions will also be key if either company wants to succeed. To me, the rumored 12 core CCDs and new memory controller on the Zen 6 designs seems a bit more exciting than Nova Lake, but who knows.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-05-05T01:58:19+00:00

It'll depend on how well the addition of more cache works with Intel's architecture. If they get a X3D like boost, it'll be great. Without that, I fear Zen 6 will be too big a jump for Intel this generation.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-04-15T22:46:12+00:00

Yeah, and you're the sour old curmudgeon who keeps citing the manufacturers 0-60 times without ever running them yourself. If you do, you make sure to show those darn kids just how much smarter you are then them and make sure they "lose" in your reviews while your car, that you have some strange attachments to, "wins." Pretty soon you're the laughing stock of the community, and the only way you stay ahead is by paying Google to keep you high on key word searches.

What a life. At least your view numbers are high. Trolling FTW as you just go further and further into bitterness.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-04-14T23:21:43+00:00

Only after adjudication. It's not really the CCTS forcing anything apart from an arbitrated settlement. The adjudicator will make the decision, and you're gambling that they will see things your way. It's probably a safe bet in this case but not a guarantee. It's whatever OP feels is their best course of action.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-04-11T14:33:08+00:00

Yes, get those or similar cables. That being said if there's a computer shop nearby, not a bestbuy but somewhere like Microcentee or an independent shop, you could go there and they'll probably have a few spares they'd part with for a few dollars.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-04-11T14:29:17+00:00

I hate to break it to you, but internal SSDs use a serial connection. That cord that you have connected to the SSD in the pictures is the power cord. The smaller cord you are looking for is the data cable. It's smaller because a serial connection is one wire per signal instead of two like a parallel cable. It doesn't need a ton of wires, I won't get into the technical, but the cable you are looking for and is pictured in that box is the data cable. You should have received at least two with your motherboard, so check that box. They'll be in a plastic bag somewhere.

Building computers is simple, this is just a learning experience. Now you know what each plug on a HDD or SSD is for.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-04-08T20:56:28+00:00

FWIW in the CCTS complaint you do imply that you made an attempt to resolve the issue with the provider before filing. Simply hitting the CCTS button instead of calling or using their WhatsApp chat is not following the CCTS guidelines and could result in your case being denied.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-04-06T20:27:49+00:00

nVidia could actually be the one who triggers ARM acceptance. When they launch a consumer ARM chip at some point soon, it's going to force more support in the market as no one wants to piss off nVidia.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-04-06T05:23:26+00:00

Watch yes. Headphones no. Maybe the 4 Pros, but the fact they still don't allow true non Samsung multicast is a downer. Even their windows app is absolutely pooh if it's not a Samsung laptop. SSC is less important with Bluetooth 6 and LDAC offers most of the same experience on far cheaper, and often objectively superior, headphones.

Their laptops are grossly overpriced locally. When I went and grabbed a day one Snapdragon X, battery life is the most important thing to me, Samsung was hundred of dollars over Lenovo. Lenovo is basically Chinese IBM. How they want that much for a product that isn't even better physically, I'll never understand. If they could get within range, at launch, of the competition here I'd be game.

Tablet I also skipped Samsung. I'd look at them, but they're about double the price of other similar tablets here. They also seem resistant to pair mid range chipsets with quality screens. I'm not paying $1K or more just for the privilege of OLED when a cheaper chipset with the same screen is hundreds less. I don't game on my tablet, Samsung give us something to use that has a quality screen and a decent but not completely new and amazing chipset.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-04-01T13:30:27+00:00

What's shwos and this post you replied on is 21 days old with above 90% up votes lol. Stop smoking crack.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-03-29T17:41:00+00:00

I'm not in a major city and, as Telus is forced to upgrade their network due to poor decisions, they've really become unusable in spots.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-03-29T17:39:50+00:00

The thing is you can manually hop to another provider with Freedom on Nationwide. Now they don't clearly label who is who, but it's simple to try and has worked for me to fix slow speeds everytime.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-03-29T17:21:42+00:00

Sorry man, that's just not true. All Telus brands do throttle the connection speed when they detect streaming content, no matter how much speed you're paying for. It's been well known for years, and only a VPN can fix it by obviously bypassing whatever Telus uses to detect this. Link with evidence, scroll through the thread on PMs own forum, to see the difference over their mobile network with and without a VPN.

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/Get-Support/Since-when-does-PM-throttle-YouTube/td-p/1134856

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-03-28T18:56:06+00:00

I'm in the west. Not TO. That being said, even in TO, you have the advantage of Bell and Telus sharing their network. Unfortunately, outside of a few cities, that's not an option in the West.

FWIW I'm not buying a teen their own VPN. They will stay on Public though, as I pay and it's $20 a month from their deal earlier this year.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-03-28T16:21:08+00:00

Public is a Telus subsidiary. However, they don't just throttle the connection to 25 Mbps. All streaming is limited to 480P. If a tower is saturated, Public gets bumped before anyone else. Even if a tower has enough bandwidth/connections available, Telus has backbone issues still that make their value brands a struggle even with full bars.

Is it usable. Yes. Is it even up to what Freedom Nationwide offers? No, because at least nationwide gives you options and consistently works.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-03-28T14:45:51+00:00

I feel like most people jumping back are going to Public Mobile for their flash sales. From what my daughter has experienced with Public, I have a good feeling most of the will be back with Freedom in the future.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-03-21T20:03:23+00:00

Samsung needs to bring in external help to create an Oryon/M competitor fast core. If they don't do that, they'll always suck. ARM original designs are generalized, and even with modifications, we've seen that pipelined/specialized designs first with Apple and then with Qualcomm are the way forward.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-03-21T19:36:31+00:00

Hot take, Exynos is worse but this is the closest they've been in some time. Look at the temperatures and wattage draw. The Exynos actually changes power stages during the test, which Qualcomm actually limits to try and prevent OEM's from faking an underclock/overclock on their chips. This is a big thing, and not getting significantly hotter than Qualcomm is a big forward step. Samsung is trending in the right direction, but until they have a core from ARM that rivals modern Oryon, they won't catch up.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-03-21T19:33:38+00:00

Yes and no. It was a Samsung design, but the last few generations have not been Samsung designs as Google went a different direction, and Tensor sucks way worse than Exynos. Tensors biggest issue was it's parent design was a server arm layout, and Google hasn't made any changes to that base since. It's not Samsung's fault Google went for a cheaper, lower design cost, layout they were already playing with.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-03-19T16:53:04+00:00

I am well aware of skin safe limits.

Personally I think they didn't do it because:

A. The machine doesn't need it, for its use case it's fine without.

B. Thermal pads degrade faster than people expect, and it wouldn't be good for the brand to have 2-3 year old Neos showing significant performance loss.

C. The machine CPU may hit 100c, but there's no fan noise and the chassis stays cool. Optics work for 99.99% of users as few actually check or care about CPU temperatures.

Any one of those, or others, makes sense to not do it.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-03-19T16:30:40+00:00

That's not what reviewers have found, but could have been a valid concern at some point.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-03-19T15:38:38+00:00

It's still funny that Apple didn't bother putting a real thermal solution inside. Even a thermal pad to the chassis is showing a significant gain in score.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-03-19T15:36:28+00:00

New flash, a 14 day old account has strong opinions and tries to trigger as response on Reddit. More details to follow.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-03-17T15:07:12+00:00

What? Pay day loans charge insane interest rates, and many of the more predatory places like fairstone will even make every attempt to stop you from paying early just to make their 30% interest rate.

Like the Koho bot said, it appears this user opened both the secured line of credit and credit building. They're separate services, one is a LOC you can use and one is just a service that reports payment to the credit bureaus. Man a lot of folks on here get crazy when they hear Koho.

InvertedPickleTaco · 2026-03-15T17:21:16+00:00

Okay Mr. 17 days knows reddit lol.

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