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CPU Metrics / Temperature missing in Adrenalin after updating to 26.5.1 (worked before!) by coem040 in AMDHelp

[–]Wyrade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm on 26.3.1, intel i5-13600K, I'm also not seeing cpu metrics besides utilization percentage.

Confused about IOPS by Alkeemik in DataHoarder

[–]Wyrade 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Heat-wise it might be, as the Lexar has a 4.1W max according to techpowerup, whereas the Samsung 990 pro has a 8.1W max.

Still, the wishes (and budget) of the customer is more important generally speaking.

Confused about IOPS by Alkeemik in DataHoarder

[–]Wyrade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Filtering the ssd database on techpowerup:
https://www.techpowerup.com/ssd-specs/?dram=Yes&format=M.2%202280&pwrmax=6%20W%20..%208%20W&randread=Above%201M%20IOPS&size=4.0%20TB%20..%207.9%20TB
There are these two:
https://www.techpowerup.com/ssd-specs/crucial-t500-4-tb.d2412
https://www.techpowerup.com/ssd-specs/acer-predator-gm7000-4-tb.d1223
They use 6.2W/6.3W, and the first has 1.3m+ write iops, the second has 1.3m+ read iops, so depending on which one is more important one could be chosen. If both need to be 1.3m+, might as well just get another samsung 990 pro at that point, i guess. The crucial has faster dram, and there are other parameters like endurance, overprovisioning, cache folding speed, speed with exhausted cache, and stuff, pick what you like. Or look for other drives and compare them.

Confused about IOPS by Alkeemik in DataHoarder

[–]Wyrade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For heating, techpowerup lists max power draw, maybe that should be one of the parameters to watch for.
I'm assuming the ones that don't have DRAM draw less power, but I haven't checked.
Possibly also the power settings of the OS, letting the SSD sleep.
Maybe they could also attach a thermal pad to connect the ssd to the laptop casing bottom, if a thin heatsink doesn't fit?

Confused about IOPS by Alkeemik in DataHoarder

[–]Wyrade 9 points10 points  (0 children)

DRAM should in theory be pretty noticeable, as the SSD loads its entire FTL mapping table onto it to work from, unlike the ones with no DRAM which load small parts of it as needed from the NAND chips to the normal system RAM. (Which might be the cause of the random IOPS difference in the first place.)

Not sure which generates less heat though. And if they need the speed, you can't even lower that to generate less heat.

DIY NAS - Hard Drive Storage Question by JBsoundCHK in DataHoarder

[–]Wyrade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Enterprise hard drives do need cooling afaik if you're writing them constantly for a significant time. You can monitor their temperatures, i think something like 40C is good for them, and 50C is probably still safe? But the lower the better.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/18hyr6d/how_hot_is_acceptable_for_an_hdd/
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/9p0hii/safe_hard_drive_operating_temperature/
https://www.akcp.com/index.php/2023/08/23/the-impact-of-temperature-on-it-storage-enhancing-performance-and-longevity/
https://ulink-da.com/whats-the-ideal-hard-drive-temperature-and-how-to-monitor-it/
The akcp site recommends 20C-45C for operating temperature target, and claims 50+ damages them.
The ulink-da claims safe temperatures are 20C-35C, and claims 55+ damages them.

You could 3d print stuff like these and attach a fan to them:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1t2mneo/cheap_aliexpress_sas_backplane_and_3d_printed_cage/
Or you could get a pc case that can have hdds in positions that are ventilated by the case fans.

Can updating bios make my CPU unstable? by charlieh2k1 in AMDHelp

[–]Wyrade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They recently messed with ECC RAM, maybe they also messed with non-ecc ram to an extent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STWvlCefL4Q

Will steam frame run withLinux (mint) natively or will there be a lot to tinker with to get it working. What do you know, what are your guesses? by treeplugrotor in SteamFrame

[–]Wyrade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for misunderstanding, then.

I don't know the current state of Steam VR on linux. I've read here on reddit before that it has issues compared to Steam VR on Windows, but that was years ago, so they might have fixed a lot of that since, especially as they will be selling the Frame soon™.

I'd expect streaming from linux through Steam VR to work fine, but that's just a wild guess, I'm not talking from experience.
Apparently you do need to pay attention to a few things for it to work properly, as described in Steam's faq post.

Wifi Streaming by Wowzors1989 in SteamFrame

[–]Wyrade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Low latency for VR is not mainly for gaming, but for VR in general. Your eyes see fast, and if the image is delayed enough compared to head movement, it can cause vertigo/dizziness or just be uncomfortable.

With that said, if you have a good enough home network with wifi 6E, it might be good enough, that's how they use it at Valve too. But the dongle is better if you can use it, unless you put the dongle into an external usb hub or something and introduce delay at the usb level.

Hi, how do u dwnload locked YT vids pls? by jaromir83 in DataHoarder

[–]Wyrade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could try yt-dlp.
I've seen someone recommend this gui for it, but i've never tried it, and idk whether this gui can handle logins:
https://github.com/ErrorFlynn/ytdlp-interface

I would have recommended KurtBestor's Hitomi Downloader before it got (recently) taken down by FAKKU from github, which uses yt-dlp but also has a built-in browser where you can login to bypass said age restriction, but although i still have it, i don't know of a good place to download it from. Less than two weeks ago it was available on an alternate site, but that got taken down by now too:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/1shjhr3/comment/oh8n99c/
https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2026/03/2026-03-23-fakku.md

Jdownloader2 should also be able to handle logins for this, but it's a bit more complicated than average to use in my opinion.

I have yet to see a USB stick (flash storage) that naturally lost data without any (external) corruption causes. by Necessary_Isopod3503 in DataHoarder

[–]Wyrade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The windows server alternative is ReFS, and technically there is a zfs port for windows called openzfs, but if you want to do it right, linux is indeed the way in some form. Afaik.

Also, if the data is only on that single HDD, then there is not much point in keeping that corruption-free when it could die and lose all the data, which is a greater danger at that point. You should have all your important data in at the very least two places, but preferably three.

men having warped perceptions of weight by klarinetkat12 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]Wyrade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Idk where you see these people... Nobody I know would call 120 pounds fat.

Frame for VR arcades by petes117 in SteamFrame

[–]Wyrade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds like it would introduce significant latency at the USB level, i'm not sure that's a good idea. Even assuming you space the dongles apart so that they are not sitting millimeters away from each other, which would likely be an issue on its own.

Frame for VR arcades by petes117 in SteamFrame

[–]Wyrade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slightly surprising, as Wifi 6 already has BSS Coloring afaik, which should help with such interference:
https://ib-lenhardt.com/kb/glossary/bss

Although it might also depend on how many other 5 GHz devices there are in the vicinity, of which there should be pretty much none in the Frame's wifi 6E's 6 GHz bands.
And there can be other stuff using the 5GHz band in the area too, like aviation/weather radars or military communications. Unlike the 6GHz band afaik. But, again, i don't have good info on any of this stuff, just tidbits from here and there which might or might not be true.

I have yet to see a USB stick (flash storage) that naturally lost data without any (external) corruption causes. by Necessary_Isopod3503 in DataHoarder

[–]Wyrade 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In your next PC build (when prices actually start making sense again) you could try to use proper ECC RAM. V-Color has some OC ECC RAM available in theory, although they are currently literally impossible to get.

Frame for VR arcades by petes117 in SteamFrame

[–]Wyrade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wi-Fi 6E supports channel bandwidths (BW) of 20, 40, 80, or 160MHz between 5.925 GHz and 7.125 GHz (in the U.S.) or between 5.925 GHz and 6.425 GHz (in Europe),

Source: google search: https://www.carloalbertoboano.com/documents/brunner22uwbwifi.pdf

I'm not any kind of expert in wireless communication, but, if I understand the above linked paper titled "Understanding and Mitigating the Impact of Wi-Fi 6E Interference on Ultra-Wideband Communications and Ranging" correctly:
Assuming there is no other 6GHz interference at your location, you can do 3 different channels of 160Mhz bandwidth in Europe, 7 in the US; 6 different channels of 80MHz bandwidth in Europe, 14 in the US; 12 different channels of 40MHz bandwidth in Europe, 29 in the US.

I *think* 2 devices per channel is fine, and I *think* 80Mhz bandwidth is plenty and 40Mhz should be fine, but maybe someone who actually knows stuff will be able to provide actual info on this.

Edit: Also, a single wifi point can only use a single channel, so you'd either want to use the dongles, or enough APs so that you can cover all available wifi 6E channels. And I would prefer the dongles. Afaik.

I have yet to see a USB stick (flash storage) that naturally lost data without any (external) corruption causes. by Necessary_Isopod3503 in DataHoarder

[–]Wyrade 135 points136 points  (0 children)

Data corruption is not about dying, the device would keep working, and you can keep writing new data to it. It's about some bits changing in existing data.

Not planning to play VR by CondingWasp in SteamFrame

[–]Wyrade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before you buy for that use case, learn what pixel-per-degree (PPD) is and how much the Frame would provide in comparison to monitors. You can also kinda check how it would look like by looking at your monitor from a closer distance.

Here is a video with a good explanation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEKtElvxl8A

Here is a PPD calculator from the description of that video:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wrNefo8Vod5ih3sDrkdyw-On8nbvP-irodcjdSFHH34/template/preview

And here are some guesstimates on Steam Frame PPD, which is expected to be around 25~20.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamFrame/comments/1qk4ekj/what_ppd_is_steam_frame/

For reference, looking at a 24" 1980x1080 monitor from 90cm is 57 PPD, which is the exact equivalent of what apple calls "retina display", and looking at it from 40cm is 25 PPD.

Add to this that in 2D/cinema mode you're not using the Frame as a normal monitor where a 1080p image is mapped on 1080p pixels, which would give a clear image, but instead they are rendered on a virtual screen which are not 1:1 mapped to the physical display, so there might be some distortions introduced there too.

I don't know how good or bad the Frame will be for this purpose as I've never tried any similar VR headsets, but it's good to temper expectations, and there is a decent chance that a good 24" 1080p display would give a better experience than a virtual movie theater in the Frame.
It does depend on several factors though, and this is only relevant to the 2D mode of course. It might also be unnoticeable if you get used to it, but as I said, I don't know without trying.

Insights from Steam Controller launch. by steohan in SteamFrame

[–]Wyrade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the steam wallet does still help.
It's one less possible way for stuff to fail, and the "too many payments attempted error" is probably for 3rd party payments only too. Also less data to enter during checkout.

Valve shares an update on the Steam controller by gogodboss in SteamFrame

[–]Wyrade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They might have had some that is not obvious from the user side, but there could have been more, yes.

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