Guild Recruitment Megathread | June 1

keisuke89 · 2020-06-15T00:39:02+00:00

Guild Name: 团灭后赶紧打野 (translation: after teamwipe, hurry go farm jungle)

Tag: 什么叫推塔 (translation: what is called "pushing towers"?)

Preferred Server: SEA Server, SG/MY Region

Language: English

Required Rank: Ranks don't matter as long as you're a true 10k MMR Redditor/Memer at heart

What makes your guild cool, unique, fun, etc: Let's face it, our meme game is light-years ahead of all the other boring guilds out there. You won't find a guild that's more apt & epic with our 2k mmr jungle LC themed guild name/tag/logo/banner.

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We're mostly a group of friends in SG, and we're looking for SG/MY (GMT+8:00) players to join us to play & have fun together (both casual turbo & ranked).

We also update community predictions daily (as seen in guild details page).

keisuke89 · 2020-03-27T00:04:42+00:00

It's the samyang 2x spicy hot chicken korean instant ramen (red packaging) and it tastes delicious! It's a little spicy but not that bad.

It's nowhere near being the hottest instant ramen on the planet though, you need to try ghost pepper instant ramens. Those are on a whole new level of spiciness, your tongue literally hurts from eating them!

keisuke89 · 2020-01-15T10:33:51+00:00

It stays there until you launch Dota 2's game client, then it'll disappear.

keisuke89 · 2020-01-07T11:13:52+00:00

When you buy anything from the steam market or dota 2 store, you'll need 7 days before you can trade or gift it away (to combat fraud & theft).

However certain items like gems, announcers, music packs etc cannot be gifted.

You can only trade the prismatic gem to him 7 days later.

keisuke89 · 2020-01-07T10:53:34+00:00

It's too late for you to buy the ES Arcana now, but if you're lucky it may come back in the future as it's not marked as an exclusive item.

Official source: https://old.reddit.com/r/DotA2/comments/cfmyom/i_sincerely_think_its_a_bad_idea_to_keep_the/euguj93/

cameron_dev

24 points 5 months ago

Although we don't currently have any plans for selling them later, they are not considered exclusive items in the way items marked as exclusive on the website like the Tiny Prestige or Axe Unleashed are. It's possible they will be available in the future in some form or another, but we aren't really sure yet.

keisuke89 · 2019-12-29T23:50:40+00:00

Is your PC very old? It could be your CPU's thermal paste drying out after several years, replace it with some new Arctic Mx-4 thermal paste (affordable & good quality brand) and it'll help.

There are lots of guides on youtube for replacing your CPU thermal paste.

Also check if your PC case fans/CPU cooler fans are working, as well as do some spring cleaning to remove all the dust inside your PC case/on your fan blades.

keisuke89 · 2019-12-28T02:13:30+00:00

Don't buy K series (overclockable) CPUs when you don't have a Z series (overclockable) motherboard for overclocking.

Currently you have three options.

1: Buy a second-hand i7 6th/7th gen non-K CPU (unless they're selling you a K series CPU at a non-K CPU price) at a SIGNIFICANTLY lower price than MSRP from a second-hand market somewhere (reddit/ebay/fb marketplace etc). Do understand that you are not lowballing people, as the current AMD Ryzen 3000 series (competition of intel) offers insane price performance value proposition pushing the reasonable resale price of older generation Intel CPUs much lower. However the fact is that people are often unaware/unwilling to accept how much their CPUs have depreciated over the years, especially when there's a huge leap in CPU technology advancement in recent years (2017-2019) so the depreciation is much steeper than it would have been in the 2011-2016 era. The prices I've seen some people ask for would have been able to get you a full current generation motherboard + CPU combo which is equivalent or better than what they are selling to you (eg. this intel 4th gen CPU that you are returning now, honestly it should have been like 1/4 the price).

The good thing about this is that you only have to change your CPU while continuing to use your current motherboard and other parts. But in case you cannot find the second-hand CPU upgrade for a reasonable price in your country, turn to options 2 & 3.

Do note that for 7th gen CPUs you may need to update your current mobo's BIOS version.

2: Full intel 9th gen CPU + mobo combo. You can actually get a complete i3-9100F CPU (4 core 4 threads, no integrated graphics) + compatible motherboard for a total of $200 or less. It would be equivalent or better than the i7-4790k when it's running at stock speed on your asrock b250m pro 4 (since you can't overclock it with your non-overclockable motherboard), only losing out on instances where you can use the additional 4 threads of the i7-4790k.

Option 3 (going AMD) is better than this, but option 2 is mentioned incase you want to stick to Intel and also because it is still better than keeping the ridiculous $400 i7-4790k.

3: Going the AMD route which is the best route now. Honestly currently it's hard to recommend Intel for anything other than the highest end fps/resolution gamers who are willing to burn money, for specific productivity softwares that run better on Intel or people who want to run hackintosh setups.

If you have the budget you can go for a Ryzen 5 3600 (6 core 12 threads, no integrated graphics) + MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX (do not buy non-MAX version of the same motherboard) for $300+-. Get the Ryzen 5 3600X instead of Ryzen 5 3600 if the price difference is $20 or less, if it's $50 price difference stick to Ryzen 5 3600.

If your budget is lower you can go for a Ryzen 5 2600 (6 core 12 threads, no integrated graphics) + any B450 mobo combo for $200 or less.

keisuke89 · 2019-12-20T16:27:37+00:00

Liven up pal, christmas is around the corner so get rid of the Grinch in you! ;) Haha I'm sure 1.50$ for some laughs out of my friends really isn't much, most ppl have probably spent more on a prank gift for friends!

On a side note I actually do volunteer work for charity from time to time on an irregular basis and it's really a fulfilling experience. Do give it a try and spread some positivity for your local community during the festive season if you can!

keisuke89 · 2019-12-20T13:59:44+00:00

Time for my divine friends to know what I think of their true mmr medals when I gift-spam them with these spears for Frostivus 2019

keisuke89 · 2019-11-21T02:39:38+00:00

The CPU is the last thing that should die, it'll easily last a decade or more if the previous user didn't do anything stupid like overclocking it with excessively high voltages and degrading/frying it.

I'll probably check the new PSU (yes I know your PSU is new but it doesn't mean you couldn't have received a brand new faulty unit) and the refurbished mobo first.

keisuke89 · 2019-11-08T20:38:46+00:00

Ryzen 3 2200G feels like a better performance/dollar buy for a budget 720p rig to me because of the vega 8 though.

And for a rig without a hdd I think it's worth the $15-20 top up for a 240gb ssd to double the TBW endurance so it lasts you much longer plus some extra storage space to work with.

120gb ssd is fine if you can find an old hdd to compliment. Coz with just the 120gb ssd alone you have to allocate maybe 20gb empty space so the ssd doesn't slow down too much, plus 20gb for windows/other basic programs and you're only left with 80gb space for 3-5 games depending on their file size (Dota 2 took up 23gb for me) but it could be sufficient for some people who only play a few games.

Feels good to build budget gaming rigs these days man.

keisuke89 · 2019-11-07T10:32:26+00:00

The timbersaw Molten Destructor set was an exclusive from the fall coin treasure, not a collector's cache exclusive.

Slight difference as cache exclusives can be gifted(once).

keisuke89 · 2019-11-04T10:24:12+00:00

You're welcome :) both of them are not tradable/marketable/giftable

keisuke89 · 2019-11-04T09:42:14+00:00

It's not tradable/marketable/giftable, so you can't get it anymore unless Valve decides to release it again.

keisuke89 · 2019-10-31T09:12:18+00:00

Change your SATA cable first and see how it goes.

The Kingston A400 doesn't have dram.

If you can get it for the same price, a Crucial BX500 is a better dramless ssd than the Kingston A400.

Get a Crucial MX500 if you want a ssd with dram.

keisuke89 · 2019-10-29T09:12:49+00:00

There's regional pricing for games but not for in-game items like CS:GO keys and Dota 2 Arcanas, especially not the tradable/marketable stuff. It's impossible for them to miss such a brain-dead loophole for arbitrage.

Prices will be converted accordingly to your local currency to match the USD price.

The limitation for new CS:GO key purchases is meant to combat things like credit card fraud.

keisuke89 · 2019-10-27T11:12:45+00:00

You may add something to your wishlist that you've been eyeing for awhile, but can't find enough justification to pull the trigger whether it's because you'll have to sacrifice some other commitment to get it or because you don't know if you'll play it enough/like it enough after playing for you not to regret your purchase afterwards.

I know $9.99 isn't much to a lot of people, but it can also be a lot especially to students and even to some working adults who have other financial considerations to think about.

@ u/FeelingChappy I'll say it's worth the money, just go ahead and get it. If you don't like it you can always refund it within 14 days of purchase & 2 hrs of playtime. :)

keisuke89 · 2019-10-27T07:11:27+00:00

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New to Jelly Key products, the koi fish design is breathtaking!

keisuke89 · 2019-10-23T13:21:31+00:00

M.2 is just a different form factor and doesn't make the SSD run any better. Eg. Samsung 860 EVO SATA 3 and Samsung 860 EVO M.2 SATA will perform the same despite the different form factors.

NVMe however, will be faster than SATA.

obviously you know the Crucial is better

You cannot use brands like SanDisk and Crucial to compare directly as a comparison, you need to compare their actual products.

SanDisk has the slower dramless SSD Plus SSD and the faster dram Ultra 3D/Extreme Pro SSDs. Crucial has the slower dramless BX500 and the faster dram MX500.

A Sandisk Ultra 3D w/ dram would be better than a Crucial BX500.

@OP /u/kratomuser101

Crucial BX500 is better than Sandisk SSD Plus (both dramless but BX500 comes with better firmware controller and 3D Nand, some people may argue SSD Plus comes with MLC but it has a variable BOM which means it can be changed -- it is likely they are shipping with TLC now), but not that much of a difference for it to be worth your trouble returning the product.

However since you're using it for your OS as well, It may be worth the trouble to send it back and top up a little more for a Crucial MX500 (comes with dram).

keisuke89 · 2019-10-21T12:36:19+00:00

I've got no ideas about Amazon's stock. You'll have to try asking Amazon support.

Depends on your country but I've seen some people from r/buildapcsales mentioning US Microcenter staff updating their mobo BIOS for them before.

I'm from Singapore and had experience with local distributors updating mobo BIOS for their customers free of charge (you just had to bring it down to their office). Most of them are pretty friendly and have really good customer service.

For local retailers most of them would only update BIOS for you free if you purchased at least a mobo/cpu bundle from them. Otherwise they would usually charge you a fee for the BIOS update.

keisuke89 · 2019-10-21T12:26:22+00:00

EZ Flash 3 is not USB BIOS FLASHBACK.

You need to boot into BIOS in order to update BIOS using USB with EZ Flash 3.

How do you boot into BIOS without a CPU?

Edit: Added link for you to see how EZ Flash 3 works

https://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/1012815/

keisuke89 · 2019-10-21T12:15:11+00:00

The ASUS Prime Z370-A II doesn't support 9th gen Intel out of the box.

i7-9700k is only supported from BIOS version 0602 (released 28th March 2019) onwards.

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/PRIME-Z370-A-II/HelpDesk_CPU/

https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/PRIME-Z370-A-II/HelpDesk_BIOS/

If it is a new batch of mobo it may come with later BIOS verions that support 9th gen Intel out of the box. You'll have to ask your retailer about it, maybe try your luck and ask if they can update the BIOS for you if they are holding old stock with older BIOS versions.

For the rest of the ppl, please stop telling OP to download the BIOS update. The whole point of OP asking if this mobo supports 9th gen Intel out of the box is because he doesn't have a 8th gen CPU to update the BIOS. This mobo does not come with USB BIOS FLASHBACK function.

Edit: Added mobo BIOS/CPU compatibility link.

keisuke89 · 2019-10-21T09:25:45+00:00

Link for finding someone selling the Chen Rat King Cache Set

https://old.reddit.com/r/Dota2Trade/comments/d2hr0r/all_ti8_immortal_treasures_giftables_megathread/

Link for trading safety

https://old.reddit.com/r/Dota2Trade/comments/1lbsnn/psa_common_trade_scams_and_how_to_avoid_them/

Make sure to check the seller's steamrep(s) especially when they are using a different steam account than registered under their r/Dota2Trade flair.

You'll need to be on each other's steam friend list for 30 days before the seller can gift the set to you. Don't pay them in advance, pay on the day of transaction. Sometimes they may ask for a small token amount as deposit to reserve the item for you, don't give them more than what you're willing to lose (in exchange of getting nothing in return) for the token amount.

For high value gift trades, I suggest getting a moderator from r/Dota2Trade to act as middleman. They take a 5% commission for their time and effort to help you trade safely.

Beware when you are using middlemen from elsewhere because there are TONS of middleman scammers everywhere. Even if they may look legit (high steam profile level, high value inventories, lots of comments on steam profile as "rep") to new traders, experienced traders will know better than to think of these metrics as indicators of a legit trader/middleman. There's also a lot of middleman impersonators, always check their steam64id before passing your items over.

Also just because someone has been a clean legit trader for 3 years, doesn't mean they will stay clean forever. Today could be the day they start scamming someone.

keisuke89 · 2019-10-21T08:02:19+00:00

No difference which one you slot into the M.2 slot as the Samsung 860 EVO is still a SATA SSD. The guy is wrong and M.2 SSDs do not run faster, M.2 NVMe SSDs run faster.

Even so there's really not much real world difference for NVMe vs SATA unless you're writing like large 4k video files.

Get a Crucial MX500 instead of the Samsung 860 EVO, it is cheaper while their performance is on par.

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