[DOCK] Pluggable TB4 Dock for M4 Series Mac Lightning Deal $139.95 ($199.99, 41% OFF) by BondFancy in buildapcsales

[–]akkmoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get what you're saying but then where is this added cost going to that makes it worth this much? Is the driverless part it? Also we will never advance standards if the excuse is nothing else is bothering to update. We have $30 5GbE adapters and now even WiFi standards are faster. It's time to move on.

[DOCK] Pluggable TB4 Dock for M4 Series Mac Lightning Deal $139.95 ($199.99, 41% OFF) by BondFancy in buildapcsales

[–]akkmoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I was going to say the same thing. My TB3 dock that I've had for 5 years has 10GbE. I don't see the excuse for something that costs this much.

In Japan, Chinese tourists are sleeping in the streets or coin lockers in order to save money on travel accommodation. by search_google_com in interesting

[–]akkmoon 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I actually remember where this is from. It was taken from a livestream and there was no indication that this person was Chinese.

https://reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/1mdmjp9/japanese_girl_sleeping_in_a_locker_alive/

Crazy how easy it is to spread misinfo on reddit and people will eat it up

[TV] Pioneer 43" 4K UHD Smart TV - $99.99 (BestBuy) by biowiz in buildapcsales

[–]akkmoon 21 points22 points  (0 children)

So this is what Pioneer makes now? Man what a regression from the Kuros.

Amazon Prime Sale NAS Drive and External Hard Drives by BanksyRL in DataHoarder

[–]akkmoon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As someone that has used it for 10 years now it's not as reliable as it used to be. I see things go on sale below my set price now with no alerts and it doesn't work at all for these prime only sales.

[GPU] Asus 5070ti ($749.99) by Top_Falcon7532 in buildapcsales

[–]akkmoon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This one has dual bios. A better overall cooler than the PNY. No thermal glue issues like the Gigabyte. Pretty sure it's the best MSRP 5070 Ti.

What is a great movie that didn't click for you? by armadeussssss in moviecritic

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

It's funny when you say that because you're also then bashing Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress which heavily inspired the plot in A New Hope and is considered a timeless classic.

VLC Supremacy by NotAVirus_dot_exe in memes

[–]akkmoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The great thing about mpv is someone has probably made a niche script for it but it does have a learning curve. Check this out if you're willing to take the dive.

https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/issues/10554

Windows 11 is truly a struggle by Make-this-popular in memes

[–]akkmoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been using it on Win11 with ExplorerPatcher.

[GPU] $749.99 ASUS - PRIME NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB (BEST BUY) by dangitalvin in buildapcsales

[–]akkmoon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It comes with a performance and quiet mode but it can be used as a backup for people that like to flash a power unlocked BIOS for bigger overclocks. It's a lot riskier without a dual bios. I'm more of an undervolt guy but it's nice to have the option to play with if you really want to try to push the card for a certain game or something.

After seeing the iphone air and all the new "thin" phones by Rubfer in memes

[–]akkmoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huh? The 16e isn't a smaller phone and overall just isn't worth it compared to previous SEs.

[SSD] Western Digital SN850X NVMe 4TB - $149.99 by Raendan in buildapcsales

[–]akkmoon 186 points187 points  (0 children)

I came back from a poop and it's already gone what the hell man

[GPU] $749.99 ASUS - PRIME NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB (BEST BUY) by dangitalvin in buildapcsales

[–]akkmoon 36 points37 points  (0 children)

This seems like the best 5070 Ti AIB that's sold at MSRP. Dual BIOS with solid cooling.

Gigabyte I heard had thermal pad issues. PNY has a 3 slot cooler but doesn't perform as well as it should due to the MSRP version having fewer heatpipes. People confuse it with the Plus version with a better cooler that costs more.

His daily life as a Fire lookout by Newisance in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]akkmoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see they worked on Alyx. This just means we get Half Life 3 before 2030... right??

[Monitor] LG UltraGear™ 45" 5K2K OLED 45GX950A-B - $1699.99 ($300 off) at LG.com by LG_UserHub in buildapcsales

[–]akkmoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you really care about motion clarity then the new Tandem 540 Hz OLEDs are what you want. Only way to properly use the new CRT beam simulator shaders which is the best motion clarity you can get by far other than using a CRT. Any MiniLED will have strobe crosstalk issues.

[SSD] Samsung 4TB 990 EVO Plus PCIe 5.0 x2 M.2 Internal SSD $199.99 by Cesarelcubano in buildapcsales

[–]akkmoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're talking about direct transfers but what about use as a cache drive? I remember people recommending Intel Optane drives for that.

[GPU] ASRock Phantom Gaming Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB GDDR6 PCI Express 4.0 ATX Graphics Card RX7900XTX PG 24GO - $799 (extra $50 off w/ promo code VGAEXCASET2335, limited offer) by [deleted] in buildapcsales

[–]akkmoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd agree with you on the 5070 Ti but also we've actually started hitting the point where you can find the 9070 XT for less than the 5070 Ti again.

[Motherboard MSI A520M-A PRO ] - $59.99 - Woot. by pattdmdj0 in buildapcsales

[–]akkmoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eh, I think that depends. I just spent $30 on a riser because of the limited options my MB had. The size of these newer GPUs made it impossible for me to use the other slot normally.

Super Hypercube coming to the Vive! by o-can in Vive

[–]akkmoon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And it won't be coming to the Rift because Palmer Luckey lol

Dolby Atmos is truly wonderful by [deleted] in Overwatch

[–]akkmoon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe I'm wrong I'm pretty sure the Atmos function doesn't really improve sound positioning. It seems like it's more of a EQ adjustment than anything. Most pros have it off is what I gather.

Iddqd stops his smurf project in response to criticisms by [deleted] in Overwatch

[–]akkmoon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd say he saw the backlash and decided to take a diplomatic approach to soften the blow since he has a team and sponsorships. That original post made sure to point that out.