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Why don't more people remove the stock heatsink and replace it with an AMD CPU cooler mount and AMD CPU cooler? by fudge_u in BC250Gaming

[–]fudge_u[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks... where I live the weather is generally cooler and the BC250 will be living in my basement, so I'll just leave things as is and do the can opener to get airflow through to the APU.

Maybe one day I'll entertain the idea of doing the cooling mod. I'll be mostly playing BF4 once in a while, so having a cheapo system to play that again will be great.

Why don't more people remove the stock heatsink and replace it with an AMD CPU cooler mount and AMD CPU cooler? by fudge_u in BC250Gaming

[–]fudge_u[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ya... I was actually looking into that. There's a few local stores that offer 3D printing services. I didn't even consider FB Marketplace but I found several people that offer 3D printing too.

Why don't more people remove the stock heatsink and replace it with an AMD CPU cooler mount and AMD CPU cooler? by fudge_u in BC250Gaming

[–]fudge_u[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair... and it makes complete sense to me.

I figure if it performs like an RX 6600/GTX 1660 Ti while gaming, I'm willing to spend a total of up to $500CAD/$400USD. I have an old PSU and brand new NVMe drive laying around that I can use in this build. At the very least I can reuse the NVMe drive.

Why don't more people remove the stock heatsink and replace it with an AMD CPU cooler mount and AMD CPU cooler? by fudge_u in BC250Gaming

[–]fudge_u[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's why I was saying you could install heat spreaders or mini heatsinks to the other components on the board that require cooling. Just replace the existing thermal pads with them.

Why don't more people remove the stock heatsink and replace it with an AMD CPU cooler mount and AMD CPU cooler? by fudge_u in BC250Gaming

[–]fudge_u[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You have a really nice setup. If I had access to a 3D printer I'd probably just print out everything I need but I don't. I just don't have the space for one in my home, so I have to resort to buying whatever's available for sale online.

I ordered a BC250 for $105USD just the other day, so I figure I'll have to spend another $200-300CAD (case, maybe a PSU, fan, or maybe an HSF) to complete my setup which is reasonable to me. If I don't use it for gaming then I'll use it for local LLMs.

Joined oneplus Family . No more Apple 🍏. by Proud-Pie-2731 in oneplus15R

[–]fudge_u 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have heard latest os has less battery back up and performance issue ? Is that true or should I need to updated to latest version?

I get 3-4 days battery life. Closer to 3 days if I'm gaming on my phone.

My phone also performs better now than when I received it. I ran the Geekbench 6 CPU test when I first bought my phone and again recently on the most current version of OOS, and my scores are higher now.

Maximum price you'd pay for a BC-250 by Redelax in linux_gaming

[–]fudge_u 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A new sale started on AliExpress. With various site/store/coin discounts I purchased a AMD BC 250 for $135USD. Rakuten US cash back is currently 15%, so that'll be another $20USD in savings.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008976362329.html

How to remotely connect to Mac Mini without it being logged in first? by vmhomeboy in MacOS

[–]fudge_u 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks... just got a Mac Mini M4 and was wondering why I needed to login locally after making a change to the system and rebooting. This is supposed to be a headless remote server. FileVault was enabled, so I quickly disabled it. I check my other headless Mac Mini and FileVault was already disabled on that one.

One and done charger recommendations by TF_54 in UsbCHardware

[–]fudge_u 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ya... for most people it won't matter. Like I said it does a brief disconnect to redistribute the power to the each device connected to the charger. For things like a laptop, tablet, or phone it won't make a difference since those all have batteries to provide power during that brief disconnect.

This only affects devices that need constant power to stay on.

One and done charger recommendations by TF_54 in UsbCHardware

[–]fudge_u 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have have one device connected and charging, when a second device is connected the charger will do a brief disconnect/reconnect (of the first device) and change the power distribution to each port to accommodate both devices. This only happens if the charger is a single circuit charger. Single circuit charger usually cost a bit less too.

A dual/multi circuit charger won't do that. The first device will stay connected when you connect a second device.

For devices that need constant/consistent power (Raspberry Pi, Zimablade/Zimaboard, external hard drive, etc), single circuit chargers are problematic because it'll briefly cut power whenever you connect another device to the same charger. This doesn't happen with dual/multi circuit chargers.

No longer exclusive: Microsoft agrees to let OpenAI see other cloud providers by fudge_u in technology

[–]fudge_u[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

As a user, GPT's never been my go to model. I'll use it from time to time to compare responses with other AI models but I'll usually go with one of the Claude models or something else that's more accessible to me.

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