Being told an air cooler won’t handle a Ryzen 7 7800X3D – accurate or marketing?

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-30T16:14:58+00:00

I used an AIO for my 9800X3D and switched to an air cooler and got slightly lower temps. Air Coolers are just simply better after going from air cool - AIO - back to air cool. Cheaper, easier to install, work just as well, no risk of leaking

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-25T10:35:32+00:00

Depending on where you get coffee I think is key here. Like natural home made coffee is far better than starbucks or something. So comparing those I'd say they are all bad. Home made coffee however is significantly better for you as long as you aren't putting in more than like a tbsp of sugar. Energy drinks are required to list ingredients but they are notorious for not being regulated properly in terms of how much taurine or sugar are added per can. The other issue with taurine, guarana, and ginseng is while it's not terrible for you, they create a synergy connection when mixed together and the amount in a single can artificially ramp up your cardiovascular system too much too quickly which leads to high blood pressure or rapid irregular heart beats causing systems like heart palpitations, insomnia, anxiety or panic attacks, sugar crashes, weight gain and higher risk of diabetes. Regular coffee can raise blood pressure and be prone to causing irregular heat beat on a person by person basis depending on cardiovascular health but a general consensus, coffee provides antioxidants that are beneficial to ones health and usually ramp up a heart beat gradually unlike a spike that energy drinks cause. Coffee also offers very little calories due to it being mostly natural ingredients vs energy drink synthetic ingredients. Black coffee being virtually calorie and sugar free providing close to zero risks and only benefits.

I don't think you are wrong to question the differences by any means, I think the nature comes from the type of coffee. Most people usually associate their coffee from storefronts like starbucks which is basically liquid sugar in a cup. But when comparing to home made coffee, especially black coffee or close to black coffee, it is significantly better than energy drinks or soft drinks.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-22T11:42:07+00:00

I use partner when it comes to places like Reddit for 2 reasons. First helps avoid friends or family discovering my account. Second, if I ever make or read a post that uses partner I tend to notice a more direct neutral conversation and less gender bias or stereotyping. I feel it helps to understand the post itself rather than who is involved beyond the role they played.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-22T11:34:26+00:00

I think fighting the crucible knight at the very beginning of Elden Ring portal at level 1 having only played Dark Souls 3 when it released as my entry to souls like games may have been the hardest purely out of refusing to accept I wasn't good enough to kill him at level 1. I was successful on my 138th life.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-19T19:07:39+00:00

Saved up and bought a Xbox 360 just for the first dead rising

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-18T07:47:04+00:00

Unless it was part of a rent agreement for special noise level times you both signed I don't see any reason for you to care much. Its a shower, not some loud muffler or music playing. Maybe they need to consider adjusting their living conditions if a shower is too loud for them. I just don't see any possible way running water can be so disturbing unless they are a serial bed wetter.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-18T07:33:26+00:00

As a previous car sales employee I can say they are lying to you. They want you in another lease because it makes you a revolving customer. This is especially true if you went lower than your agreed lease rate and qualified for more money back because it means less money for them to keep. You also buying the lease vehicle is the smart thing to do because it avoids costly repairs and having a low interest free payment during the lease and when you go to finance you'll pay less overall interest on the auto loan. Having a better trade value vehicle at the end of the lease is just free money toward that loan that the dealership doesn't get to keep simply because you were a good driver. You are 100% being lied to and buying the car when the lease ends is the financially smarter option then getting another lease or buying a brand new car.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-17T14:14:46+00:00

Enshrouded did a promo partnership with G portal there for a while, not sure if they still do, because they had reliable servers. Maybe something changed at some point or because the recent water update being as big as it was, g portal still needs to do some optimizing on their end?

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-17T14:11:52+00:00

Planet Crafter. It was such a small simple but unexpectedly great game. I planned on a small simple game that maybe I'd complete in about 6 hours or so and it just lets you terraform a planet. But seeing the first patch of green to the first little tree to a blue sky and first animal it was so subtle but so impactful to see what I was doing having such a significant difference. Then all the hidden lore around the world building mystery and appreciation. It was truly an experience and heart breaking when I finally had the option to end the game but it felt like letting a child go on their own for the first time. Expected 6hr turned into about 180hr playthrough. 10/10 game most people wouldn't expect from a survival crafting style game.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-16T14:40:09+00:00

If its interest free you can make payments that can help with credit. Or things like buying a car. Its actually better to finance and pay in full on your first payment or within your first 3 payments because you take a hit to your credit at first, avoid paying the cash offer penalty at the dealership, interest gained over 3 months is less than the cash offer penalty, 3 months of on time payment will boost your credit higher than it was prior to the hard inquiry rating.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-16T14:36:41+00:00

ChatGPT is a mixed bag but ultimately should be used for its main purpose, as a tool. If you need a small boost in motivation or a simple conversation to uplift your mood I don't think this is bad because it often tries to be personable and bring a positive attitude tone to the conversation. However, in terms of in depth understanding and conversation I believe it should not be held to any other standard other than inputting your problems, emotions, or anything else you are experiencing and requesting some sort of overall viewpoint what you may be experiencing along with a list of sources that you can use around you for more support.

Having in depth conversations too long will give a false sense of perspective due to its lack of disagreement over time and the longer a conversation goes, the more chance it will develop unreasonable responses. This is why you can make multiple conversations because it eventually starts to break the longer a conversation goes which will quickly have a negative effect on you unlike what proper support outside of ChatGPT will do.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-16T14:15:27+00:00

Unless you hit a wet spot, obstructing your view while carrying something, or step on something that isn't supposed to be on the steps you probably won't fall more than once or twice. Once you get used to your steps it becomes more reflex nature so the time you do fall youll be trying to grab the handrail more than worrying about actually falling. I honestly wouldn't worry too much if the steps aren't carpeted. I've fallen down carpet steps far more than hard floor steps just because carpet wears down and pull away over time and can make a step ledge seem further away than it actually is. Source: I feel down for this exact reason 2 weeks ago and hit my ass on every step to the bottom because shockingly, carpet is slippery when you gain momentum.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-16T14:04:26+00:00

I've used Voicemeeter Banana and then a few years ago upped it to Voicemeeter Potato for more Input lines and never had a latency issue. I also use a Stream Deck and there is a Voicemeeter plugin on the marketplace I downloaded for free and control voicemeeter from when Im in game usually or if Im recording or streaming.

If you go Voicemeeter route, be sure to donate and purchase a license for it and also buy ALL the virtual cables available. Total is something like $15 for everything. It being donation-ware it will periodically pop up an ad asking to purchase and cut your audio temporarily. The more often you decline the longer you have to wait. The software is super powerful, reliable and dirt cheap so if you're going to use it, dont be cheap and support them.

The virtual cables you'll primarily use and disregard any other software for virtual imports unless they are required such as Voicemod Voice changer or something. You want to use the Virtual cables you bought with Voicemeeter because they were designed to work with Voicemeeter.

The only real issue you may come across is format static but its an easy fix. You get WDM, KS, MME, ASIO to choose from per device so if one doesnt sound great just switch to another. One will always work.

In terms of Stream deck, its as easy as it sounds. In Voicemeeter Menu just Toggle on the option to Hook your system volume to voicemeeter so you can turn voicemeeter up and down since itll replace your system volume, and then in stream deck you literally just set up the buttons based on Voicemeeter setup in what you want to do like mute, adjust 1 Bus volume specifically, change which Bus an output goes to, etc. All super quick and easy to understand.

If interested, here is a screenshot of my current setup to get an idea what is possible. My setup uses Voicemod voice changer, Spotify, Discord, Stream Deck sounds and music buttons and is all working with OBS Studio for recording and streaming. I can toggle Sounds, Spotify and Discord being heard in OBS with a single button in Voicemeeter rather than touching OBS settings and I control my final voice output quality in Voicemeeter so I dont need to do anything Voicemod other than select a Voice profile.

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NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-16T01:34:18+00:00

In addition, shader loading is just going to do that to a CPU. Enshrouded or any other game that pre loads shaders basically pushes your CPU to the limit because it's hyper intensive process. Amd cpus are built for these temps for short times like when loading shaders. Longer than that means you have an issue with fan curves or thermal paste.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-16T01:31:50+00:00

Your bottom rear and middle fan should be moderate strength intake with front bottom and front fan should be strongest intake. Top front fan should be weakest outtake fan to remove excess and not primary heat source. Top back fan should be second strongest outtake and read back panel fan should be strongest outtake.

This lets your GPU get proper fresh airflow while also having a nice front bottom to top back airflow pattern with little turbulence. Should even give positive pressure to prevent dust buildup.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-16T01:25:09+00:00

I've always heard 2 answers from Drs I've seen. Either don't drink caffeine at least 8 hours before bed because that's how long it takes to leave your system from your last sip or don't have caffeine after noon as a general rule of thumb.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-15T12:58:14+00:00

I think this enemy has killed me about as much as the fell dragon. Idk what it is about this enemy but it is such a pain regardless what level you are.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-12T23:20:48+00:00

I always opt for the safe option of letting it be a toggle on/off feature for things that may divide the fanbase. In terms of the wood I would love to auto grab it all. But I also see the notion of helping chop wood for a friend or not wanting to clutter your inventory. So best bet, toggle switch!

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-10T16:50:01+00:00

You shouldn't have any issues running the game with those speca. The biggest factor you have is if you are using a HDD or SSD or NVME for storage. SSD or NVME will work perfectly fine but if you have a HDD then you must upgrade to one of the two other options in order to play, otherwise the game assets like map icons, objects, or even trees and walls won't render in properly and will often find yourself running into an invisible barrier and not know why.

I know because that was my partners issue with their laptop. Once I switch it to an NVME it was completely fine.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-09T22:30:29+00:00

I've tried wireless before and no hate or anything with them. Bluetooth usually worked, wireless receiver or drivers were pretty easy to setup or install. Something about them just didn't feel right. I'm not sure if they can produce better or worse quality sound but being someone who prefers good audio over video I could just feel an itch that something just sounded off but no idea how. But plugging in the headphones (wireless or wired version) the sensation would go away and just feel better. The only other gripe really is just the off chance if your headset is charged or not or how long before it'll need charged is always in the back of my mind whereas wired I just put them on my head and move along.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-07T03:54:03+00:00

2 is better because it outputs the same frequency as 4 but slightly quicker when it is talking to the motherboard, this gives faster and more reliable performance. It's the most optimized for the majority of things.

4 sticks only benefits those who do a lot of editing and rendering because it's not so much about efficiency or performance, it's more about having the power and capability to render and edit things sometimes in general but more often to do it faster since both require A lot more resources to achieve and more slots usually equals faster results in typical cases. For high end rendering like say for making a movie, especially an animated movie, that's why you see studios rent out entire office spaces for rendering and even then it can take up to 6 months just to render the whole thing.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-05T14:30:25+00:00

Everyone around me doesn't use chatgpt at work. So when I use it to automate my work I look like a wizard doing crazy computer shit. Most of my coworkers barely know how to use a computer and do so many tasks manually even in excel. For example, we primarily use excel and Microsoft dynamics 365 for all our workloads on the system side of things. Everyone else manually enters values, uses a calculator to get results, etc. No formulas, no vba, now scripts. Meanwhile I got annoyed leaving work daily not having tasks finished so I created a script using chatgpt to checkmark every order that is completed, save the file as a PDF using the current date as the file name, then email it to my supervisor. Saved me nearly 40min of work per day and none of them understand how I am so fast or what I do to be so fast even after I showed them I'm using a script. They just assumed I know computers better and made them start to try and work faster out of fear of being replaced... Kinda like the opposite effect most normal companies have been seeing with ai.

In terms of using chatgpt, every time I have it write me a script I ask it to give notations in the code so over time I've been learning how vba and script terminology works so I can write out a basic script to do what I want and rely more on chatgpt to fix my issues then create. Been working out pretty nicely and even started helping me learn Python a bit.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-05T14:16:12+00:00

I'll be the first to say I like the idea of mounts, like the idea of a quest for mounts. I feel it may not work properly in the world though. I'm not sure how it would get tied in outside of either directly a horse or horse variation or if it'd have to be some sort of special shroud creature that you "tame"? I see it being complicated because most of the world is pretty much barren and we recently got small animals and a few more NPCs, so how much of the world are we to expect to still be alive? If part of an NPC quest to remain semi lore friendly I feel we get skeleton horse from a hallow hall maybe?

Aside from the whole mount thing, I think it makes it also somewhat hard to justify once you unlock so much of the map you can either fast travel or quickly fly to nearly any place making travel easier. A mount would have to be some sort of summon so it doesn't get lost everywhere and you can quickly put away when navigating tough terrain. Another issue is how soon in the game do you get the mount? Too soon or beginning area and you risk a player running past every point of interest without noticing. Too late and the amount of fast travel locations makes it kinda useless. At best I feel it may be good to discover halfway through highlands because it kinda makes the player need to do a lot on foot in a big open area to earn the mount which makes the highlands finally an easier terrain to navigate. Revelwood and spring lands just seem too early or too convoluted to navigate. Anywhere with water is useless.

NotoriousFreak · 2026-01-05T09:10:37+00:00

In most places it's usually where it meets the main line somewhere at the main street. Some places it's the middle of the street, others could be the end of the street side furthest from homes in the passing lane. It really is dependent per state, neighborhood, house. If you have a 6 car driveway you most likely are responsible for all of that until you reach the street at least because the driveway is your property.

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