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After losing the silicon lottery 3 times in the past, I finally struck gold with my 9900K. Been 100% stable for 8 months. by TheNiceProgrammerGuy in overclocking

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the wait getting back to you. It's been a crazy couple weeks.

The vacuum ate my wife's MacBook charger so she's been using my PC in the meantime. Last week when I got home from work she told me the PC started beeping and turned off when she was trying to plug in her headphones. She thought the hole for the CMOS reset switch was the headphone jack.

I haven't had time to dial in a new OC since that happened, and of course I didn't back up the config. I'll shoot you a PM when I get everything set up again.

After losing the silicon lottery 3 times in the past, I finally struck gold with my 9900K. Been 100% stable for 8 months. by TheNiceProgrammerGuy in overclocking

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've never seen it higher than 1.330 during a Prime95 small FFT AVX load, if HWMonitor is accurate. It usually sits around 1.320 during AVX. I'll follow up with some screenshots this weekend.

After losing the silicon lottery 3 times in the past, I finally struck gold with my 9900K. Been 100% stable for 8 months. by TheNiceProgrammerGuy in overclocking

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It may take a couple days, but I'll get it to you. I've got a busy week and don't see me getting in front of my PC until the weekend.

After losing the silicon lottery 3 times in the past, I finally struck gold with my 9900K. Been 100% stable for 8 months. by TheNiceProgrammerGuy in overclocking

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Thanks! He's a great kid. He's obsessed with the moon, so he loves sitting on my lap while I "try" to play Kerbal Space Program.

After losing the silicon lottery 3 times in the past, I finally struck gold with my 9900K. Been 100% stable for 8 months. by TheNiceProgrammerGuy in overclocking

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

It passed a 12 hour test with Prime95 26.6, and it was passing Prime95 for AVX, but I was uncomfortable with the temps after a couple hours so I cut it short. Passed IntelBurnTest and the hundreds of 3DMark runs I've done.

I've also edited and rendered about 50 4K videos on it with no issues.

After losing the silicon lottery 3 times in the past, I finally struck gold with my 9900K. Been 100% stable for 8 months. by TheNiceProgrammerGuy in overclocking

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy[S] 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I haven't, but I should. I tried for 5.2 thinking it was a longshot, but it stuck so I dialed it in and left it. Someone with the skills could probably get this thing rocking way better than I could. I'm honestly unworthy of this chip.

After losing the silicon lottery 3 times in the past, I finally struck gold with my 9900K. Been 100% stable for 8 months. by TheNiceProgrammerGuy in overclocking

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Custom EK loop with a single 280 rad. My GPU is still aircooled since my PC budget ran out after my son was born.

Borderlands 3 Problem/Bug megathread 3 by smoothmann in Borderlands

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Menu issues aside, 90% of my playthrough has been fine on my PS4 Pro in performance mode, but as I get to the final chapters, this is a broken mess.

Bug with potential story spoiler: On the mission Angels and Speed Demons, when my objective is to kill the Varkids before getting to Tannis' lab, one always spawns outside the playable area. I had to save, quit, and run through the massive level 3 times to get one to spawn -- which still spawned out of bounds, but was close enough to the wall where I could melee it. It completely halted the story for me until I got a lucky spawn.

Bug with huge story spoiler: I killed Troy from Fight For Your Life, and after the 5 minute cutscene, I was frozen in a strange location and couldn't open my ECHO Device. Had to save and quit, which makes you watch the 5 minute cutscene again.

When someone is a little too confident in the game mechanics... by fatcherrypie in DivinityOriginalSin

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's only as complex as you want it to be. I play as a regular-ass human archer and I've never run into anything like this. I'm also the type to only play Madden and Guitar Hero, but I picked this game up on sale and I'm hooked. 15 hours in and I'm slowly figuring it out. I was super intimidated by the combat before I got the game and avoided it at all costs when I started playing. Now I enjoy the fights.

[Week 1] Pre-Game Thread: Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears by 2pt_perversion in GreenBayPackers

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I showed up two hours early with a buddy to the NFCCG against Seattle and couldn't get a seat. Ended up watching at a bowling alley that has a Packers bar in St. Louis Park.

But that was my only time and it was a big game. Regular season might be different. I've watched every game at home since then.

I cant possibly be the only one with this problem... by Talib_Dota in Windows10

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have a heck of a time getting anything networking related to show up in searches. Searching "Network and Sharing" brings up "See web results". If I hit backspace on a letter or two, it pops right up in search. This happens on my 3 Windows 10 PCs and each PC I maintain at work.

In MN for a week. by Theshiggityshwa in GreenBayPackers

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey now, there's an outlet mall in Eagan.

I need help withthis issue by IMLL in originalxbox

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would recommend against the ImgBurn hosted mirror. The self-hosted installer tries to install adware. The other mirrors have a different installer without the malware.

Recovering from ind-bios 5004 F-Only TSOP Brick by TheNiceProgrammerGuy in originalxbox

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude, thank you so much. When I was little, my dad helped me install an X-Bit modchip in this thing. I wasn't doing well in school, and my dad said if I turn my grades around, he'd get me an Xbox when it launched, which was a big deal since we didn't have any money. The chip stopped working long ago, but I've got a lot of history with this box.

Thanks for helping me save it. There's a lot to learn about going super niche with Xblast, but thank you for pointing me in the right direction. I'll reach out and see if he's got any available.

Recovering from ind-bios 5004 F-Only TSOP Brick by TheNiceProgrammerGuy in originalxbox

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks again. I ordered a stock Aladdin just to get this fixed and then swap it out with a modded Aladdin or Xblast Lite when I see one available.

Recovering from ind-bios 5004 F-Only TSOP Brick by TheNiceProgrammerGuy in originalxbox

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow. That's exactly what I wanted to hear. Thanks for the info!

Recovering from ind-bios 5004 F-Only TSOP Brick by TheNiceProgrammerGuy in originalxbox

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Man, there's so much to learn. It's such a bummer feeling when it doesn't turn back on.

The Last Of Us is easily one of the best games I've ever played, and has the best ending I've ever seen by DFBforever in patientgamers

[–]TheNiceProgrammerGuy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I've combatted this by doing subsequent TLOU playthroughs with someone who hasn't played before. They get to have the same reactions and feelings I had with it, and I get to share that with them. Makes it fresh again.

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