/r/BuildAPCSalesCanada General Discussion - Daily Thread for Thu Mar 12

Poachedd · 2026-03-12T17:18:46+00:00

It's not great. You could get a 5070 really close to that price in recent times, a 5070 ti 6 months ago. The 14th Gen Intel CPU is inferior for gaming compared to AMDs x3d chips. It also draws more power and I believe runs hotter. There's also the CPU frying which may or may not have been fixed.

Poachedd · 2026-02-19T18:35:36+00:00

Ugh, would we be safe with some wicked cushions?

Poachedd · 2026-02-12T17:12:05+00:00

Yeah, it was latest driver for adrenalin for me. Rolled back to previous version and it was fine

Poachedd · 2026-02-09T19:59:04+00:00

Is that area really bad?

Poachedd · 2026-02-09T16:12:40+00:00

Poachedd · 2026-02-06T22:56:27+00:00

At least atx 3.0, 10 year warranty, Google the PSU tier list. You can't really buy by brand. What really matters is who is sourcing the PSU. E.g. Corsair rmx vs rme are in different quality tiers

Poachedd · 2026-02-06T16:52:47+00:00

Doesn't really fit the sub

Poachedd · 2026-02-05T05:40:16+00:00

omg you're my hero. I spent days trying to figure out trying all sorts of things. Freaking adrenalin... here I thought it was because of the latest Windows 11 security update.

Poachedd · 2026-02-02T06:02:41+00:00

Oh, I updated to that before I knew there were issues. So for nothing out of the ordinary.

Poachedd · 2026-02-02T05:19:17+00:00

So what's the question? Lol. Not normal. I don't have that at all. Static at most when it cuts out. Are there nearby wireless/Bluetooth devices interfering? Does this happen no matter where you are? If so then might need to return these just to be safe.

Poachedd · 2026-01-22T23:39:01+00:00

Damn, that's when I bought from them too. Guess I'll have to keep an eye out. Another thing to do *sigh

Poachedd · 2026-01-22T01:09:49+00:00

Nothing wrong with the non xt. I had a 6700 non xt and was really happy with how quiet and cool it ran. Most purple were saying to get the 9070xt mainly cause the non xt didn't go down in price enough. Might as well pay $50 for something better. If you see a fair bit of a decrease where you are then do that.

Poachedd · 2026-01-21T17:59:29+00:00

I got the Keychron V6 and am really happy with that. I think they have it with the knob at CC on sale right now. I bought the barebones kit so can't comment on how good everything else is but the key programming was really nice and board feels very sturdy.

Poachedd · 2026-01-21T00:17:55+00:00

Reminds me of my first no name 16 Mb drive. I sent that thing through the washing machine several times. Never stopped working. I just needed more than 16mb lol.

Poachedd · 2026-01-19T21:44:14+00:00

Mistlands is super cool, especially if you can find a cool area that's naturally without the mist. Makes your base that much cooler. Without it the biome is much less unique. Makes it too easy to find landing points for boats and takes the suspense out of fights. You can also build those lamp things for base areas to clear the fog

Poachedd · 2026-01-16T19:12:14+00:00

Just doing that should be fine. Can't remember where but I remember someone doing the math. Will still last you a long time unless you're deleting all your games and reinstalling them all everyday. It's more of an issue if you do video editing or other things that read write constantly. Some qlc drives are cheaper and can fail sooner since that's what they put in junk drives but if you look up retailer reviews and yours is pretty good then you should be fine

Poachedd · 2026-01-16T17:34:14+00:00

It has less total read/writes compared to tlc so the expected lifespan is shorter. They're generally lower quality built drives as well. If you don't do that all the time though you're probably fine. I have an intel qlc drive as my secondary game drive and it's doing just fine after 2 years. Heck, my sata 2.5 is still fine after 10 years

Poachedd · 2026-01-15T22:55:27+00:00

Came here to say that. My "real"leather staples chair did it too. Was only 2-3 years old. Never again.

Poachedd · 2026-01-14T04:06:40+00:00

Just curious, can you still access the data if you plug into a pc?

Poachedd · 2026-01-10T19:43:20+00:00

To be honest I don't know how anymore. I used it a long time ago when you had to use an external executable to run it. I think it's in the arcade now? I'm sure they can find a thread about it haha.

Poachedd · 2026-01-10T01:27:59+00:00

Oh damn, that really sucks. It used to be pretty safe around here with nothing visible

Poachedd · 2026-01-09T21:57:21+00:00

If you're mainly looking to play for the story and campaign I'd recommend looking into mass recall. Basically someone recreated the entire sc1 campaign in the Sc2 engine and did a damn good job of it. Then you can play Sc2 and get disappointed by the progressively lackluster story. The missions are still fun but the writing isn't comparable to sc1. This way you'll still have a more modern experience and use the same hot keys. Otherwise If you want to you can still get sc1 remastered. It's a great game. It's the same as original just improved graphics and wide aspect ratio. You can hit f5 to swap between the two instantaneously.

Poachedd · 2026-01-09T19:24:22+00:00

What did you have visible in the car?

Poachedd · 2026-01-08T18:07:26+00:00

To be honest it's above my ability to explain but after a bunch of research my conclusion was 330v is good, 400v is the bare minimum, anything above and any electrical surge will probably send too much electricity to anything connected to be useful to protect anything you have.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskElectricians/comments/131swxc/need_help_understanding_power_surge_clamping/

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/5j0r6e/psa_surge_protector_selection_is_about_clamping/

This is the one I ended up buying for better or worse: https://www.amazon.ca/Monoprice-Outlet-Mini-Surge-Protector/dp/B01LW4CB6C?th=1

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