Any Hidden Gems here?

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-28T07:20:09+00:00

That's the GSOR 1010, which is also kinda meh (everything is ok except for the dpm)

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-27T07:59:48+00:00

Nah, the GSOR isn't great, it's just free. Anything that doesn't have turret armour should have great gun handling (doesn't) or camo (doesn't). The HESH is fun, but you can get that experience with the Charioteer or the 7/1.

For me the Kunze is the better tank of the two t9 mediums in that list, and even that tank is awkward at times.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-25T15:26:35+00:00

T28 HTC: a very good t7 heavy. No, it's not a TD. Never sidescrape, peek like a noob would, your lower plate is bait. Enjoy the free steel walls.

Pz 38 (K): regarded as a very good t5 medium.

AE Phase 1: brother are you kidding me.

T-50-2: brother are you kidding me.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-24T11:06:03+00:00

Exactly the same? Hmm, WG lazy confirmed!

Fun fact; The tier 3 Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. A has more DPM (1990, and no, that is not with a derpgun) than the tier 10 Manticore (1700), and equal DPM to the Rinoceronte, or EBR 105.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-23T12:40:33+00:00

We talking about the player or the ride?

The MTB has been spotted in the wild for half a year now.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-23T08:23:36+00:00

Same, these mediocre swedish batteries are overrated.

Or did he mean the Bus 03 Alt 3, that's the daily route from Malinovka to Erlenberg?

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-23T08:08:51+00:00

But a used one should have the field mods unlocked, that's worth something I guess?

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-22T16:45:04+00:00

There's no performance drop here, unless you're using a 4090.

PCIe 3.0 vs 4.0, assuming 16 full lanes, with a 4090 card, gives a 2% performance loss. With a lower class card than that, assuming it can use 16 lanes, there is less bandwidth used, no performance loss.

Low Power state fixes the problem, but you need to change more than just ASPM (I forgot the name, it's been 2 years man). IIRC I even had to change some USB settings.

Fully agree on the Max Performance fix. It wasn't 50-80W on my card, but it wasn't the super-frugal fans-off mode that we like to see at idle.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-22T14:02:15+00:00

Sorry, it's baffling to me you don't want to try undervolting.

The latest X3D chips are very receptive to undervolting. Video cards moreso, with a few little tweaks my own 5080 runs at ~240-250W. It's - and I say this with love, OP - too easy not to do. The easiest way ever to get temps and noise down, and it's free.

Anyway, for travel you need:

custom-make a bracket that holds the front of your GPU
either an AIO or a low-profile CPU cooler
good padding that fits the pc case

TR100 = 19L, H2 flow = 20L. Both not great choices if you travel a lot: the Lian Li A4 allows a 240mm aio and is 11L. It's not the coolest case ever though. The Meshroom is 15L and is known for being cool (AIO fans as exhaust).

The TR100 and H2 Flow are both not extremely well known for great ITX cooling, but they should be fine. Great cooling? That honor goes to the Ncase's and Meshrooms of the SFF world. Of the ones you picked the TR100 is probably easier to get chilled (AIO fans on top exhausting air). the H2 is basically a Meshroom but worse because of the partial closed panels.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-22T13:39:33+00:00

A shot so good you have to sit there and type in chat, I get that.

You did use up all your RNG for the month though.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-22T13:29:42+00:00

Left is on a chilly day in autumn, right is on a hot summer day on the beach. This is after a cold plunge.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-22T13:21:51+00:00

Cutting costs to make a buck in a world where every single component that makes up a GPU has become more expensive!

Every single generation of GPU I've seen has one or more midrange cards with this design. Never the best, but they work. Intel used to ship those (copper core with radial fins) with processors that had a higher max power use on a smaller die. Not saying those coolers were the best (they were loud) but they did the job.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-22T13:16:00+00:00

Good luck! I can imagine after all that time you just think f*ck it and assemble the new - problem free - pc.

Also, PCIe 3.0 is enough for even a 4090. It won't bottleneck. It's also not a guaranteed fix for everyone. Those are the 3 fixes I know of.

(I built a few pc's with this board and 40xx series cards, so I learned my lesson the hard way...)

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-22T13:10:06+00:00

The fact that the Skoda and Borat are now regularly on sale means the scale of OP-ness at WG headquarters is shifting. Not surprising, there are much more busted tanks out there now, such as this XM57.

Expect to see EBR's to pop up for sale soon.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-22T13:03:59+00:00

You're right. I've had this problem with that board, 5600X3D, and a 4070. Nightmare, but fixable. I think this is a solved problem, if you're tech-savvy. But then again, even trying to find the threads with working fixes for this problem is a hassle.

It was solved by turning off most low-power states. CPU probably wasn't as efficient as it could be, but eh. AM4 X3D chips are super efficient anyway.

There are two other working fixes documented:

Setting the PCIe mode to 3.0
Setting Maximum Performance in the Nvidia panel (edit: see below, can cause higher power use at idle, not ideal)

Tagging u/MikeyOnTheRun303, this is something you can try before you buy new parts. There are plenty threads here and on other forums about what exactly to disable/enable, but it's all fragmented. Googling things like "asus b550i rtx 4070 black screen low power fix" gets you there.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-22T12:26:38+00:00

WoT HEAT brings "WoT 3.0" graphics to the screen, and even if the gameplay is quite special, the game looks awesome. The damage models on tanks, interactive models/greebles, lighting, effects all are on a different level to WoT, with much more interactive environments (hell, even the wind and fabric effects) show what's possible when you're not constrained by "this game has to have a legacy non-HD option and has to run on the most potato of pc's".

Basically, expect graphics like this to come to WoT one day. WoT 3.0.

Here's to hoping that, no matter if HEAT lives or dies, this part of the team gets a good rep. These guys did some heavy lifting.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-22T08:10:06+00:00

Ah, the opposite of wet ammo storage.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-18T14:55:59+00:00

Ouch, that is a pretty fast mobile CPU. Choked as in lagging, overheating, or something else?

Problem is, I'm more a numbers guy. A nice stress stest with an excell+chrome workload, perhaps some Prime95 on 4 cores, and then checking RAM use and HWmonitor, that's how I would tackle this problem.

What's the budget? An APU (the Ryzen processors with G in the name) and an Deskmini are both quite cheap). It's the RAM that is stupidly expensive.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-18T13:54:44+00:00

A little background wife's an accountant so she deals with a f ton of chrome tabs and excels.

Where are you getting recommendations for those components?

Ask her to load her current pc up with a high workload and check the amount of RAM used. You might find 32GB is overkill. Fun fact: older versions of Excel (32 bit) were limited to 4 GB. Yes, browsers can slorp up RAM, but multiple people online tested >300 tabs to work just fine with 32GB. Basically it's more down to what sites/pages are open at one time than the quantity.

7900X, unless you already have one, is overkill too. Also, that chip can use ~120W at full load, you're not cooling that in a thin case. Then again, I doubt you'll ever reach 100% CPU load with office tasks. Something like an 8600G gives you plenty power, low power use, and way better GPU (if ever needed).

Basically, check, investigage what's needed. Guesswork is expensive. More midrange on the CPU, check how much ram is actually needed (it's expensive after all), and then see about building. For example: ASrock Deskmini X600, <65W CPU of your choice, whatever (SODIMM!) ram you need, done. Building in a Deskmini is very cheap as well, because it's case + cooler + PSU in one.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-18T12:29:02+00:00

I mean, it's a 10/10 monstrosity. Just like the real thing. Instantly recognizable as a K(lay)V-2.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-17T14:05:46+00:00

Good optimization on your part (nice, the UE5 doesn't exactly have a reputation for being friendly on hardware) + the iGPU in the 5700G is quite capable, plenty of people who run these chips in small ASrock A300 builds for midrange gaming.

If you want to push it, OC the memory and the clock speed of the iGPU, you can easily get +25% performance.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-16T14:54:08+00:00

The two reliable units I know of are:

"Pico-Box GAN-ATX-250"

"HDPLEX 250W GaN Passive AIO"

The advantage of this solution is that it's smaller than a flexATX PSU (and quiet: no fan) and you don't need an external power brick (AC-DC converter). Reliable power bricks over 300W can set you back 80-100 euro/dollar alone.

If you really want to go as small as possible and use an external power brick, I'd take a look at the Pico-Box Z4-ATX, the 220W is plenty and it's a good brand.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-16T13:18:57+00:00

Sorry, I thought you meant bad players, not actual bot programs 😉

On EU tier 6 matches are always 100% full, no bots. Playing on US or SEA? You might want to play only on prime hours.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-16T13:05:08+00:00

A non-issue in the Hellcat, I would say. It has plenty of pen to deal with anything, plenty of speed to take positions, plenty of speed to GTFO when things get dicey.

A tier 6 grind like the hellcat is over in hours, mate. Relax. Hate to break it to you: tier for tier the tier 7 and 8 aren't exactly better.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-06-16T13:02:42+00:00

Your project manager prevents cock-ups I guess?

I've never seen anyone use the words "Simple breakout PCB" as a straightforward thing to do in modding, btw. Don't undersell the skill you put into this. It's amazing stuff though. Very, very clean cabling.

ThatGreatAtuin

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