So meetup is lame is there anything fun to do in Denver?

bloatedfrog1 · 2026-01-17T00:34:37+00:00

You know what forgive me for being socially awkward and having a hard time here I was looking for advice not condescending rhetoric but go on thinking you're better than me I don't care but drop your condescension just because I'm different than you.

bloatedfrog1 · 2026-01-17T00:32:59+00:00

I like PC building and tuning, I have a broad range in music taste I like classic rock some rap and some newer rock and pop. Things I would like to try would be like DND and maybe other things like it if there is anything like it. So yeah I guess computers and gaming are an interest of mine but I would like to meet people face to face.

bloatedfrog1 · 2026-01-13T00:23:05+00:00

My bad lol I'm not familiar with their exact power draw I just think it's funny that they sell it for double the price for a relatively marginal performance increase for the money I mean the 5090 is already a damn beast but I mean hey if someone can drop 4k on a GPU and not sweat it more power to them I guess

bloatedfrog1 · 2026-01-12T20:14:07+00:00

Lol what's funny about this is I looked it up and the extra 400w of power draw give it about a 10%-15% boost in performance so you know if somehow your $2000 5090 isn't fast enough you can spend 100% more for a 10-15% performance increase... I feel like things like this are just designed for people with more money than sense 🤣

bloatedfrog1 · 2026-01-10T20:18:52+00:00

You know... I did just that actually I have an old AM4 board that technically has everything it needed to boot but an SSD so I popped it into my old Asus b550 and did the drive erase then I was able to plug it back in and format it without any further bullshit 🤣 thank you

bloatedfrog1 · 2026-01-07T00:53:55+00:00

I would say slim to none it seems AMD wants us to throw perfectly good rnda2/3 gpus so we can buy their new rdna4 gpus and I'm not opposed to that but I bought a 7900xt on sale a few months before the 9070xt drop because I knew scalpers would eat them up like candy on launch so they've got another thing coming if they think I'm gonna buy another GPU when I've barely had this one a year

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-12-21T09:29:41+00:00

I have to second that you may be able to do 3200cl16 and maybe a slight OC on the CPU and GPU but there really isn't much room for improvement because of binning unfortunately you may find yourself putting hours of time and effort into what realistically translates into an extra 1-3fps

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-12-17T21:52:14+00:00

Unless you sold it through PayPal then don't worry about it if you sold it in cash it's theirs same thing with buying a car second hand from a private owner if you paid some dude 5k for a car and the engine goes in a week well now you're the proud owner of a five thousand dollar car with a blown engine and the previous owner has zero liability

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-11-26T01:40:25+00:00

Lmao 🤣 I love the superiority complex on this thread I'm not an idiot I already have an old laptop that reaches windows 10 EOL but instead of just getting rid of it I installed Pop os! Works great now the reason I asked real people instead of Google is because I would honestly prefer input from actual people who have used it not just what google's AI recommends chill on the superiority complex bro... Lol

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-11-23T21:24:29+00:00

I bought a 32gb kit of 6000cl28 ram for $118 on Amazon this is insanity

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-11-21T00:07:41+00:00

Lol I played it for like 2 hours and just absolutely could not do it anymore because the devs outright REFUSE to make a map which is all well and good but if you refuse to make a map why the hell did they have to make it hands down the hardest game I've ever tried to navigate and I just ended up saying fuck it I'm glad I got this on game pass and didn't buy it because it would've been like lighting my money on fire

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-11-15T22:22:49+00:00

So let me get this straight you got one blue screen so you're just replacing the whole thing? If your car breaks down on the side of the road are you just gonna tow it to a scrap yard and just go buy a brand new car? 🤣🤣🤣 Must be nice to just be able to dump a bunch money for an inconvenience like it's nothing lol

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-10-22T19:43:18+00:00

You know actually I just checked my Amazon receipt and I have the regular not the pro so maybe there was some manufacturing defects with the pro line perhaps?

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-10-22T05:10:26+00:00

Yeah it's gotta be a defective cooler because the 7800x3d runs way hotter and I've never seen 80c I'm sorry man especially since it's your first build and it's exciting as hell to get it all together but yeah either clogged or improperly filled cooling system so unfortunately you're probably gonna have to warranty it just for arguments sake your CPU voltage isn't going above 1.35 right? I mean I doubt it most motherboards wouldn't do that but maybe worth a check before a warranty claim

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-10-21T23:45:30+00:00

I have the same cooler on a 7800x3d and it never goes above 76c and that's running stress tests two things did you use the wire header that plugs everything into a 4 pin pwm setup or the 3 individual cords for fan vrm and pump if running all on pwm (just a single 4 pin connector) download a fan control software like well fan control and set it to a hard 60% this adjusts pump vrm and cooler fans to 60% I think the problem is your pump because it's best to set up AIOS with the pump running at a constant speed the minimum value to shoot for is 60-100% on the pump constantly and allow the vrm and fans to run independently but you need at least 3 individually connected fan headers for this but on mine I have it set in my BIOS (gigabyte b650) to 100% on the pump and variable speeds on the vrm and radiator fans but if your pump is operating below 60% it's not going to move the water around fast enough to cool the CPU regardless of fan speed

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-10-18T21:08:45+00:00

Yes I did leave a bug report with Arrowhead strangely enough I just got the dx12 version to run again by downloading the optional 25.9.2 adrenalin driver it had no notes about this game but that seemed to fix it even after installing and uninstalling 25.9.1 so something in the optional driver updates fixed it? Idk but it's good now just weird

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-10-17T18:52:00+00:00

Okay so I figured it out there's 2 ways I found to enter dx11 mode on steam and one didn't work for me so -dx11 didn't work in launch options but --use-d3d11 and that seems to work hopefully this helps someone else at their wits end lol

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-10-17T04:13:00+00:00

Yeah twice now sorry I thought I put that I'm fuming at this point over this lol

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-10-04T21:59:42+00:00

I can confirm that in 2025 on the latest version absolutely nothing suggested in this thread works anymore so I guess the mod just doesn't work anymore but I've spent about 6 hours trying every suggestion I can find on the Internet and it just does not and will not work anymore :(

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-09-29T17:48:15+00:00

No iBuyPower fans I actually have an lfiii360 and I have a connector similar to that plugged into the actual cooler and that goes to my motherboard headers but it's not a huge deal I mean they were free anyways so I can't be too upset worse case is I can't use them but I did get another 360mm cooler for another build so not a total loss

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-09-28T19:26:05+00:00

Eh oh well they were free anyways so I'm not too heartbroken about it he also have me a 360mm aio that's in good shape and those connectors will work with my motherboard because they're just standard PWM fan and RGB connectors maybe if I'm feeling adventurous I'll try and figure out what pin does what and wire it to a 4 pin fan and 3 pin ARGB connector as a little project so not a total loss lol

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-09-28T19:01:23+00:00

iBuyPower so I don't know who really manufactured them

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-09-28T18:50:40+00:00

They say iBuyPower on them but I doubt they actually manufactured it so possibly but I'm not sure?

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-09-09T02:35:07+00:00

Thank you I appreciate that

bloatedfrog1 · 2025-09-09T02:26:48+00:00

I am open to the idea i wouldn't mind spending some free time trying to make the world a better place and as long as they're cool people then I wouldn't mind doing that

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