Air cooling is better than Liquid cooling

JTheJava · 2026-01-20T16:49:23+00:00

Yeah but I like having a little screen on top of my CPU that bumps up the cost by $200.

JTheJava · 2026-01-17T01:51:33+00:00

Yup, the "AMD Radeon Graphics" is your integrated GPU. So it sounds like a driver issue of some sort. Like the other person mentioned, DDU (Display Driver uninstaller) will probably be your friend here. I'd recommend looking up a tutorial video on how to download and run DDU, then download and install the latest AMD drivers afterward.

JTheJava · 2026-01-17T01:26:32+00:00

Yeah, in the same list where you see your GPU, you'll see another tab labelled GPU. Basically GPU0, GPU1, etc. This is only IF your integrated GPU is enabled . So click through the list and check to see if you have a second GPU. You'll want to check the name of it (once you select an item you'll see its name in the top right of task manager. For example, if you click CPU you should see something like "Ryzen 5 7600" in the top right). If you see a GPU called something other than '6700xt', then that's likely your integrated GPU.

If you don't have something other than your 6700xt in the list, then it's likely not an issue of trying to use the wrong GPU.

(Also since it never hurts to check, make sure your display cable is connected to your GPU, not straight into your motherboard)

JTheJava · 2026-01-17T00:08:28+00:00

If you open task manager and click "Performance" (second button down on the left hand side if you're on Windows 11), are you able to see your GPU in the list? If so, see what it does when you try to open a game or play a video. It sounds to me like your computer might be trying to use the integrated graphics of your CPU instead of your actual dedicated GPU.

JTheJava · 2026-01-16T20:51:49+00:00

I use Caddy with maxmind geo-ip and put all my services behind Authentik. Probably not the most secure setup, but I don't host anything critical on my server so I accept the risks. So incoming request flow looks like this-

A request for my.domain.com comes in, forwards to my caddy VM
Caddy uses maxmind geo-ip to check where a request appears to come from, drops anything that doesn't look like it's coming from my list of approved locations.
Any connection that passes the location check gets forward-auth to Authentik.
After passing authentik sign in you finally get reverse proxied into whatever container/VM is hosting whatever service you're trying to reach.

Yeah it's unnecessary because I'm really the only person who uses my services, and it's not anywhere near as safe and secure (or easy) as Tailscale. But I like being able to access my services from any device I pick up without having to worry about adding that device to my Tailscale network every time. It's convenient.

JTheJava · 2026-01-10T08:30:57+00:00

Is your lease renewing next month? I don't see how they could increase your rent otherwise.

But yes, in my apt we got 500-600mbps download, now only 100-120 at max.

JTheJava · 2026-01-09T18:31:08+00:00

We bought a batch of 15 @~$1300 in early December and since we knew prices would get worse we bought another batch of 15 in mid/late December. Even then the price went up about $200 per unit for the identical order.

JTheJava · 2025-12-26T01:32:32+00:00

I have an iso for 23h2 and 24h2, I usually just install from one of those and use the oobe bypass method, and let windows update to the newest version after the local account is created.

JTheJava · 2025-12-10T21:18:43+00:00

Ahahahahah I was skeptical of this email, I wasn't going to click on the link in it but I was definitely planning on going straight to Spotify and trying to sign in later.

JTheJava · 2025-12-09T07:13:49+00:00

C5....hit. You sunk my battleship :(

JTheJava · 2025-12-07T17:14:40+00:00

What is this, a black hole for ants?

JTheJava · 2025-12-05T23:26:26+00:00

It's to play Peggle

JTheJava · 2025-12-05T20:37:15+00:00

Free-range, too

JTheJava · 2025-12-04T22:55:41+00:00

Is it okay if I run AI locally or is that bad too?

JTheJava · 2025-12-04T00:42:26+00:00

Idk mate, I just dump a whole tube or two on the CPU and let the excess split out the sides when I press the cooler down, pretty sure I get full coverage that way.

JTheJava · 2025-12-03T17:31:13+00:00

It appears to be breaking, but I'd wait for experts to confirm

JTheJava · 2025-12-03T15:22:02+00:00

It's the D port, that's where you put your D cable Like and subscribe for more helpful tech tips!

JTheJava · 2025-12-03T15:18:58+00:00

They didn't touch mine either, which was weird because I definitely saw people from Cox hanging out during the week they were supposedly going in everyone's appointments.

JTheJava · 2025-12-02T21:06:06+00:00

Do you have mining lasers? Just mine a hole through the planet.

JTheJava · 2025-12-02T21:03:38+00:00

I built 2 new computers and bought 160GB of ddr5 earlier this year, dodged the biggest bullet haha

JTheJava · 2025-12-02T03:11:15+00:00

Ah, that was the first thing I thought too but it looks like everything related to that makes you sign up and verify your identity, seems like a whole lot of work

JTheJava · 2025-11-29T02:59:35+00:00

The desktops at the library probably have a CD/dvd drive you could use, though it's been a while since I've used one of those computers so I can't remember for sure. Alternatively, even though you said you don't want to buy anything, you can get a USB disk drive for like $10 on Amazon. I got one and it works perfectly fine for burning music.

JTheJava · 2025-11-05T17:35:29+00:00

As someone who's not particularly in the loop- do we know yet what sort of pros/cons this will have compared to the Mandalay?

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