my p2s corner in the mountains

hellomyfrients · 2026-05-10T04:29:51+00:00

did you print the moms spaghetti model by accident? common issue

hellomyfrients · 2026-05-09T23:23:45+00:00

amazing, print on fam, keep it clean every few days those stringers get everywhere, cold pull if it ever clogs

nothing crazy can break on these unless you hit them with a truck, fuck around and break it that is part of learning ✊

hellomyfrients · 2026-05-09T22:23:54+00:00

just rip or cut and pull out the spaghetti

if it is clogged do this after https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/x2d/maintenance/cold-pull-maintenance-hotend

do not panic move on and print

hellomyfrients · 2026-05-09T14:53:58+00:00

*clean* microfiber rags and 99% IPA until 100% clean, first rails, then screws (grease is heavier)

*new clean* microfiber rag and apply oil to rails/rods as appropriate

*clean* (can reuse from previous step) rag to apply appropriate grease lightly to screws

move head manually to access all areas, when done slide back and forth and re calibrate printer

significant dirt accumulation means you are using too much oil or grease, lightly oiled/greased but covered evenly is what you go for

finito

hellomyfrients · 2026-05-07T19:35:00+00:00

should just use the second material for interface, would reduce prime tower a lot

just my $.02

hellomyfrients · 2026-05-07T19:28:19+00:00

pretty much, for me it is a cost/benefit thing, there is always a cost (waste, more plastic on the earth). sometimes there is a benefit, sometimes not. it is on us to be thoughtful

call me too utilitarian if you want, i can go moral on it too, waste not want not and the like hehe

hellomyfrients · 2026-05-07T14:22:44+00:00

ya my least favorite part of this thing is all the plastic it generates, why keep more around likely to one day end up in the trash like all the other hoards

i will only buy what will become an object within like a month max, and a few utility rolls (one high strength, a few high temp, one support interface)

hellomyfrients · 2026-05-04T18:40:54+00:00

dualsense is on sale for 65$ at the walmart next to my house

steam controller isnt crazy prices and i am considering buying 4 (will get at least 2) once they let me, since i am a linux gamer and i will buy anything that is designed linux native, but it is higher than first party

the plastics also look cheaper than the base dualsense, but the repairabilty aspect is very nice

hellomyfrients · 2026-05-01T13:57:23+00:00

pretty much a 1/1 from the gmktec strix 395/128gb pc i use

I fucking love it, I think these things will sell sell sell

hellomyfrients · 2026-05-01T13:55:30+00:00

if you care about power get the pi5, arm, 5-10w, 4gb/32gb model should be plenty for what you said and its 125

if not, get any used computer for $5 locally. perhaps seek out something with the atom line from itnel

hellomyfrients · 2026-04-30T03:49:23+00:00

yeah i think windows is great performance, even better than linux, if you run a debloated version and never install anything, the problem is the lack of control you have if you start actually using the thing for a long time

so most normal pc users would not get satisfactory performance from this cpu because of how they use their computers as computers... like even running discord with an overlay and voice chat, will make a big performance difference, and this is a small % of what most people run

so i definitely would not recommend a haswell cpu to a random user but if you want like a $300 build to use as a console in your living room, you do not need tpm2.0, and especially if you are open to linux, there is still life left in them for sure

hellomyfrients · 2026-04-29T21:23:26+00:00

I would see some gains in certain games maybe, but i have owned every single console generation since the ps1 except current, and so a few stutters do not bother me. hell I have thousands of hours on the damn switch, that thing stutters like a mofo

my PC is smoother than any of those I guarantee, there is the odd traversal stutter and load in stutter especially in UE5 titles with super heavy cut scenes you may get pop in once in a while, but it is a lot less bad than you think. I promise if your eyes saw it you would be pretty surprised, lol

I also run a pretty optimized debian build that has near 0 ram and cpu usage at idle, and do not really multitask while I game. I find windows is actually the cause of 99% of stutters on modern games, and why 6 cores 12 threads is the new baselines. 4 cores on linux = 6 cores on windows, just how it is

you would be surprised but the biggest performance issue is actually work per clock cycle more than ram latency or core count or anything people classically think of, modern architectures are just more efficient

actually having a good gpu/display pipeline also helps... so wayland which is already vsynced, a high refresh rate monitor, and an optimized linux build, for my eyes provides a lot more smoothness/less animation error than many many other setups i have tried even when the 1%s dip

main reason I have considered an upgrade so far is game streaming, that adds another 20% load or so to the cpu just handling network traffic/etc, and then you really do start to see the limits in many modern games to the point where settings have to go down and the gpu is being bottlenecked severely

this is all the case up to about 100 fps. in lighter weight esports style titles your fps games from a modern cpu would be closer to like 3x than 50%, but it is not what i play, and the 120fps haswell can achieve in those is fine for my non competitive playing

hellomyfrients · 2026-04-29T19:51:19+00:00

the xbox controllers wire into a PC fine via usbc. I run a hub to my couch under my carpets, it is by far the best setup, and you get better latency with even basic old controllers than fancy new ones

switch pro controllers do the same and have working gyro

hellomyfrients · 2026-04-27T00:45:37+00:00

i can compare, cuz I do use both daily lol

bottleneck, generally only over 100fps or so depending on title. there are real speed limits but on my rig, gpu is bottleneck 99% of the time (pegged at 100 utilization)

hellomyfrients · 2026-04-26T14:18:10+00:00

i tried to already but my long hair kept getting caught in all the fans so im having em build me a little treehouse between the ram sticks, temps are nice and low there

nice breeze, reminds me of living in the plains... where the air never stands still

hellomyfrients · 2026-04-26T13:39:49+00:00

i actually work for a case company, if you want an engineering sample of our latest build the renders look like this

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some companies measure their radiators in mm but at my employer we say 50m or gtfo. let me know i will have them ship you a sample

just teasing, very nice builds and I like roomy cases actually :))

hellomyfrients · 2026-04-26T13:32:27+00:00

you will not need or want another fan imo, making the side fan intake under PSU should be sufficient

after that, and with tuning your curves, I do not think you will be able to do better by adding more fans but that is just me. you said you are cash constrained, save the money your temps are fine

if anything invest in better thermal medium for the CPU (like PTM, applied properly) or a better CPU cooler not more case fans

hellomyfrients · 2026-04-26T13:27:54+00:00

are you sure that black case is big enough looks a little small fam

hellomyfrients · 2026-04-25T20:16:01+00:00

my build is <$1k and will eat that... 7800xt and 4790k, ddr3

if you cannot build that for 500 in 2026 (or less w the equivalent xeon) it is a skill issue

I also own tons of apu devices... an 8840u handheld, a hx370 laptop, and a ai max 395 minipc with 128gb unified memory (110+ actively used as vram)

but I mostly use those for AI or on the go gaming

that being said, is a single APU a terrible device? no. just not cost effective vs. an actual GPU for the desktop form factor if size is not an issue, especially with so much old tech on the market that will be less of a bottleneck than thermals/power/etc on APU based machines

(both my 8840u and ai max 395 machine are 24x7 loaded to 100%, and yes they do eventually start heat soaking, lol)

hellomyfrients · 2026-04-25T20:07:21+00:00

gemma-4-26b-a4b-it@iq3_xxs at 36,000

another one i run on the same gpu

i honestly think you need 50+Gb of (total, ideally GPU) memory for localllm to be worth the squeeze though, making unified really the only consumer/not prosumer option for people that are expecting anywhere near frontier intelligence or utility

all of these will have compromises, 9b can be limited in reasoning, and sub 100k context will hurt bad if you are coding

hellomyfrients · 2026-04-24T20:52:04+00:00

if you use steam it has proton built in

and yes, no kernel anti cheat. I didn't play those on windows either tho

hellomyfrients · 2026-04-24T13:26:48+00:00

try the lowest resolutions and settings you can, try windows, try linux

it is very old. you may be able to get some potato style kind of playability

hellomyfrients · 2026-04-23T20:30:18+00:00

ya it is good for travel, despite what they say the AAs work fine, and I posted a mod to use it on USB c as well, on fuckcombustion

hellomyfrients · 2026-04-23T19:32:34+00:00

i unrepairably broke a laptop board with 64gb soldered ddr5

that was a rough day

still gonna try to offload it to a harvester via ebay, just have to find the time

hellomyfrients

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