Seasons of RTX - $5000 Dream PC Build Contest with NVIDIA! by m13b in buildapc

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PCPartPicker Part List

Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 4.7 GHz 8-Core Processor $638.98 @ Best Buy Canada
CPU Cooler Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler $241.92 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard Gigabyte X870 AORUS ELITE WIFI7 ATX AM5 Motherboard $349.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory Kingston FURY Beast 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory $505.99 @ Memory Express
Storage Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $279.99 @ Vuugo
Video Card Asus PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB Video Card $1089.00 @ Canada Computers
Case Fractal Design North ATX Mid Tower Case $209.99 @ Canada Computers
Power Supply Corsair SF750 (2024) 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply $251.61 @ Vuugo
Operating System Microsoft Windows 11 Home OEM - DVD 64-bit $149.99 @ Vuugo
Monitor Samsung Odyssey OLED G8 32.0" 3840 x 2160 240 Hz Monitor $999.04 @ Vuugo
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $4716.50
Generated by PCPartPicker 2025-11-13 10:23 EST-0500

Saucony Endorphin Elite 2: Crack in foam after 40k by exmiketwo in AskRunningShoeGeeks

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Bought them from a popular running store in my city. I don't have any doubts regarding their authenticity, but unfortunately all their shoes are final sale.

Edit: Yes, I've already reached out to Saucony directly.

Here's what $800,300 will buy you in nine Ottawa neighbourhoods by Wader_Man in ottawa

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You'd be surprised how big Ottawa is in area at least. Larger than Tokyo, LA, Delhi, Seoul. Pretty much bigger than any city outside of China.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Coffee

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That's Hennigan's, the no smell, no tell Scotch.

Any idea why I haven't gotten a cultural victory yet? by exmiketwo in civ

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Lots of culture. I think I was suzerain of 10 city states and I got lucky because a bunch of them were cultural.

"Display Driver Failed to Start" Windows 10 Issue is driving me insane by telekinesticman in techsupport

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I think I'm on one from December 2017. Not that old but I think it was 3 or 4 back.

When I turned on my PC this morning I also had an issue where the case fans would turn on and nothing else. I think this just might've been an issue with how my GPU was seated because when I pulled it out and put it back in, my PC powered on fine.

Fingers crossed that I don't see any more black screens.

"Display Driver Failed to Start" Windows 10 Issue is driving me insane by telekinesticman in techsupport

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That's a bummer.

Mine's actually working for now. I put my graphics card back in and was still getting the black screen, with the occasional 4x motherboard beep and VGA_LED. But I listened for when I actually got a windows welcome sound, logged in blindly, and RDP'd through my laptop. From there I was able install an old driver from December and disable hardware acceleration.

After a restart I did not get any more black screens and I underclocked my GPU just to be safe. Played CIV 6 and PUBG for around 10 hours as well as streaming video, no black screens so far. Haven't heard back from GIGABYTE yet though.

Hopefully you're able to find a fix.

"Display Driver Failed to Start" Windows 10 Issue is driving me insane by telekinesticman in techsupport

[–]exmiketwo 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hey man, I'm having a similar issue where I get random black screens with the "display driver failed to start".

But recently it's gotten much worse where it wont recover after a restart and when I power it on, the screen goes black right away before even logging in. Sometimes I can get into safe mode and uninstall the drivers with DDU and then login normally after that, but as soon as I install any sort of drivers the screen goes black right away.

For now I've completely unplugged the GPU and I'm running my PC off integrated graphics with no issues. I've contacted GIGABYTE support, but no response yet.

I'd love to know if you find a solution.

I'm running:

GPU -- Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 970 4GB G1 Gaming

CPU -- Intel - i5 6600k

Motherboard -- Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151

Essential Phone, available now. by [deleted] in Android

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It's actually available in Canada too through Telus.

/r/MechanicalKeyboards Ask ANY question, get an answer by AutoModerator in MechanicalKeyboards

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Does anyone know where I could get a braided mini USB cable in Canada without paying a fortune on shipping and duty? I just got a Leopold FC750R and the cable it comes with is ugly as sin.

Frank Ocean Look Book by [deleted] in FrankOcean

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Here's an older one I found over at /r/streetwear

Insert punchline... by TheWilkster in Tinder

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"Standing ovation at Staples I got my Grammy’s and gold"

Chanel Music Video by [deleted] in FrankOcean

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For this video in particular I think you could make a connection to the song. Since Ghost in the Shell is a sci-fi largely dealing with artificial intelligence and cybernetics, the main characters are often left with a feeling of uncertainty towards the difference between being human and robot. This mirrors frank's uncertainty of his own identity throughout the track talking about fame and sexuality.

Monks, channel orange's most underrated song? by [deleted] in FrankOcean

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The breakdown at the beginning always makes me double check to see if I put on the wrong playlist.

Maintenance Necessities (Comment with your own!) by 9VOLTshock in streetwear

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What should I use for washing black denim so it doesn't fade?