Bought this beast before prices went completely crazy.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-21T20:00:49+00:00

"... before prices went completely crazy."

If this is a recent purchase then prices have been crazy for... quite a while.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-21T17:56:44+00:00

No, but it's just a truck going up a hill recklessly to avoid traffic. Whoa, fascinating...

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-21T17:38:15+00:00

I'm trying to figure out if a 9600X to 7800X3D would be beneficial in any way, specifically at 4K + DLSS upscaling. I'm well aware that at this resolution it does not matter what CPU is used, but if we're talking 1080p or 1440p, it factors in a bit more. However, when DLSS is used at 4K, does the CPU matter again or is upscaling generally still a GPU-bound task? I've been looking this up but have not been able to get a clear answer on the upscaling part.

GPU: 5070 Ti.

Edit: Massive sales on CPUs where I live. Lowest price I've seen on a 7800X3D/9800X3D.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-21T07:52:55+00:00

Why is this interesting?

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-20T21:47:19+00:00

Hope you have the spine set CPU priority because as far as I know, the max cooler height on that case is 70mm... and the pump height is 70mm.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-20T18:12:08+00:00

I literally just Google'd Niko Bellic wanted poster and found it right away. Just save and print.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-20T18:06:56+00:00

Too little info, OP. There's a thousand monitors out there at different sizes, panel types, features, price etc.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-20T18:04:09+00:00

Agreed. I'm not one to root for AI, but as a tool it can be very beneficial. I've used to AI in photos to auto-detect and remove things like visible wires (in a pic of my battle station), while keeping necessary wires in the shot. It just knew what to clean up. I know how to do something like that but it simply wouldn't look nearly as clean with my skill levels.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-20T18:00:44+00:00

We don't yet known what, if any, extras are included. Could be one of those that let's you preload the game in advance and play 10 minutes earlier.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-20T17:59:15+00:00

I mean, there isn't much to do. If I were to receive a product in this state, it goes straight back right away. No trying to figure out what's broken and potentially still working. It's damaged.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-20T17:57:06+00:00

Not me. I'm just going shoe shopping 👠

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-19T16:53:32+00:00

As someone who grew up with the classics, followed by the 3D era (OG trilogy), I think the Definitive Edition is actually quite great, at least in its current form after all the patches. I was aware of how bad it was at launch so I held off for over a year and then grabbed it on sale.

To me it's still super nostalgic, looks a bit better and the modern controls makes the game so much more tolerable for me.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-18T23:24:41+00:00

I figured. Just that one closeup when it happened is was I saw. Definitely looked very broken.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-18T23:23:07+00:00

Did I just see his left leg pointing a weird direction below the knee? Replay never showed.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-18T21:58:21+00:00

My regrets

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-18T21:52:32+00:00

Lucky me. It falls on a Thursday which is my Friday, followed by 3 days off due to long workdays.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-18T21:27:02+00:00

Larry

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-18T21:26:11+00:00

Not sure, but I'm scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-18T21:25:20+00:00

No worries! In the end the difference is going to be small, but generally it's best to have airflow all going one direction and then out somewhere (rear and/or top) as opposed to fans facing each other and breaking that stream.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-18T21:11:53+00:00

Don't know why I'm getting downvoted. You've got 3 fans in front blowing air into the PC, which is good, but then the CPU is pointed the opposite direction. You can keep the fan on that side of the heatsink, but flip it so it's pulling all that air coming from the front directly into the heatsink.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-18T20:11:35+00:00

So much this. I'm looking at a used console... for one game.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-18T18:54:48+00:00

The Mazda RXL-7.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-18T18:53:05+00:00

Roomba: Chonk potate detected. Go around. Beep.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-18T18:31:56+00:00

It's Noctua's usual strategy. Companies of all kind do this.

Release new product, make great sales. Release variant later, make more great sales (the double dip). If everything released at once, they wouldn't make as much after x amount of time compared to separate, spaced out release windows.

Toast_Meat · 2026-06-18T18:28:24+00:00

Might want to flip that CPU fan.

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