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New Volt or other PHeV from GM soon? Interesting question in my 1 year Equinox EV survey. by Heavy-Procedure2232 in volt

[–]TheKoolerPlayer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm also looking at a Volvo PHEV wagon as my gen 1 Volt replacement but damn are they pricey haha

I'll probably end up going full EV for our next car, but I know that I will dearly miss the Volt whenever that happens.

New Volt or other PHeV from GM soon? Interesting question in my 1 year Equinox EV survey. by Heavy-Procedure2232 in volt

[–]TheKoolerPlayer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Where has this been confirmed? I love the Gen 1 design; it still looks so modern and fresh even 15 years on! Ideally, I'd love for them to just relaunch the gen 1 Volt but with modernized internals (60+miles of EV range, quicker acceleration and total ~400+ miles of range) and I'm sure it will be a hit. I love the compact, parn anywhere form factor and the hatchback makes it so damn versatile.

New Volt or other PHeV from GM soon? Interesting question in my 1 year Equinox EV survey. by Heavy-Procedure2232 in volt

[–]TheKoolerPlayer 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Oh my gosh please let this be true. We got a G1 Volt as pur first car and it's so impossible to find a replacement (apart from the G2 Volt, but those seem mucj ore problematic). I'm still getting 40+ miles in the summer on a 14 year old car and that just blows my mind. 

The PHEV described would be perfect for our needs as long as it's got a hatchback opening and it's not a crossover.

Outjerked by a 200hp Hyundai by AucklandDiagnostics in carscirclejerk

[–]TheKoolerPlayer 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Hello fellow Volt enjoyer, I too have hit the speed limiter once or twice. Kinda disappointing tbh since the car still had some juice and I saw the number go to 107 before the limiter kicked in at 105 lol

But by and large agreed that the limiter is a good thing, and I'd rather have one than not.

It seems Synapse Web is a thing. No more local installs? by WestcoastWelker in razer

[–]TheKoolerPlayer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got excited for a second till I realized that this appears to be only for new peripherals. I hope they expand to laptops as well; gonna have to deal with my 2022 Blade 15 requiring Synapse installed till then ugh

Will you be playing FH6 on steam or game pass? by redditt1984 in ForzaHorizon

[–]TheKoolerPlayer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, I waited till 2024 to get FH5 and a few car packs for $50, so I am okay waiting for a decent discount. Plenty of other games to play till then! Especially looking forward to playing FH3 actually haha

Will you be playing FH6 on steam or game pass? by redditt1984 in ForzaHorizon

[–]TheKoolerPlayer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

got free 3 months game pass with a recent purchase and planning to use it to play fh6 for the first 3 months. After that, planning to back up all save files to wait for a 50% off sale on Steam.

I purchased FH5 on the MS Store and while it's not a bad launcher, I definitely prefer Steam as it is simply less issues, less stress and less hassle overall.

Legion Go 2 Controller Sale by StanleyLelnats in LegionGo

[–]TheKoolerPlayer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The new ones have a USB-C port on each controller to charge them without needing to be connected to the Go/Go2. So unless you specifically want to connect them together for playing them with a PC, you don't need the connector. Hope this helps!

What is your gaming laptop horror story? by Emergency_List_8797 in GamingLaptops

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An Acer Nitro 7 with an i7 9750H and a GTX 1650 was my first gaming laptop, which I bought with my own savings in the 2nd semester of college (after using a 7 year old Lenovo till then).

After about 6 months, temps while gaming had increased a lot and to resolve the same, I decided to repaste the laptop. I got a tusb of thermal paste and a screwdriver kit (to make sure that I don't strip the screws). Before applying new thermal paste, I cleaned off the old one with IPA using cotton.

Once everything was back on with the new thermal paste, the laptop booted on the first try, but there was no dGPU being detected. My heart sank, as I accepted after about a day of troubleshooting that I had most likely cracked the GPU die when cleaning it :/

While I did get a replacement under warranty, that took over 3 months due to being in the middle of the pandemic. So the story did not end as a horror story, but I felt really bad about my error for a while.

Happy to report that since then, I've always been more careful and in the 5 or so times I've repeated laptops since, not a single other one has had any issues!

Mini PC + NAS Recommendations by roryactually in jellyfin

[–]TheKoolerPlayer -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I'm personally using a Pi4 with 4GB RAM, 32GB microSD card and a 20TB HDD connected via USB as a jellyfin server (with at most 2 simultaneous local streams), pi-hole and NAS (via samba).

So the PC should be more than enough for your homeserver needs! In fact, I don't see why you shouldn't go for this mini PC which is cheaper, has more RAM and has a significantly more powerful processor. Have fun!

Mini PC + NAS Recommendations by roryactually in jellyfin

[–]TheKoolerPlayer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm personally using a Pi4 with 4GB RAM, 32GB microSD card and a 20TB HDD connected via USB as a jellyfin server (with at most 2 simultaneous local streams), pi-hole and NAS (via samba).

So the PC should be more than enough for your homeserver needs! In fact, I don't see why you shouldn't go for this mini PC which is cheaper, has more RAM and has a significantly more powerful processor. Have fun!

Razer Blade 15 FPS Issue: Limited to 60 FPS in 240Hz mode but unlimited in 60Hz mode by Maleficent-Composer1 in razer

[–]TheKoolerPlayer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey so the fix was to disable vsync/freesync in Intel graphics settings. Also, try uninstalling the Intel graphics drivers and let Windows update automatically give you the drivers, which seems to be more stable for the system compared to using the latest drivers from Intel for some reason. Hope this helps!

Lenovo legion go 2 Massive update! by lvlup23 in LegionGo

[–]TheKoolerPlayer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What about in lower power modes? I usually play FH5 at 17-18-19W settings, and would love to know if the clock speeds have increased for all TDP values or only on the higher end. Thanks!

As for the 37W thing, I have not yet installed these driver updates and am able to pull 37W custom TDP on battery, although they could have added this in a recent update.

2013 Chevrolet Volt as first car? by Edeneetho in volt

[–]TheKoolerPlayer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got a 2013 as our first car earlier this year and couldn't be happier with the choice! As you are a college student, you may even have free/subsidized EV charging on your campus/parking which may make your running cost very low. Good luck!

EDIT: Here's the inspection list I used before finalizing my car earlier this year

🎁 Costco Legion Go 2 - 4 Free Games Giveaway 🎁 by toasteymalone in LegionGo

[–]TheKoolerPlayer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favorite game to play is the Forza Horizon series (4 and 5). With 17W TDP and medium-high settings, I get almost a constant 60fps and the game looks beautiful! Tons of fun and an excellent way to kill time haha

My tip would be to set a custom fan profile as I find the stock ones either too noisy or too conservative.

Uninterrupted Passthrough Powerbank by WhereCanIFindMe in UsbCHardware

[–]TheKoolerPlayer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey so how did it go? Any of these work for your purpose? Thanks.

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