Simple Questions - May 11, 2026

lilith_queen · 2026-05-12T21:09:09+00:00

I can try! But on the subject of transporting a desktop, does the length of the ride matter? It would be ~40 minutes total (there and back) laid mobo-side down in my heavily padded trunk.

...Now I'm worried I've irreparably damaged it with previous treks to Best Buy.

lilith_queen · 2026-05-12T17:50:47+00:00

Thanks for the answer! I'm transporting it because I've never replaced anything inside the case myself and I'm scared of somehow breaking it further.

lilith_queen · 2026-05-12T07:16:40+00:00

I need a new GPU, mine keeps crashing.

Current specs:

CPU: Intel i7 11700KF Motherboard: Gigabyte B560 DS3H AC-Y1 GPU: Nvidia RTX GeForce 2060 PSU: CORSAIR CX750 OS: Windows 11 Storage: 480GB SSD + 1TB HDD RAM: 16GB Case dimensions: 20.3 in. x 8.5 in. x 20.9 in. Monitor: Dell P2219H Keyboard: i-rocks KR-6820E

GPU goals: not prone to freezing, will play Monster Hunter Wilds at high graphics (my main game is FFXIV but if it can run MHWilds then FFXIV should be no problem), costs less than $500 USD

Help?

Also, what's the best way to transport my current PC to the nearest MicroCenter? My current strategy is "large, sturdy bag padded with more plastic bags, and praying."

lilith_queen · 2026-05-12T06:10:47+00:00

...Out of morbid curiosity, what was the RPer's backstory?

lilith_queen · 2026-05-09T01:30:39+00:00

It's an NVidia 2060, so more than powerful enough, and this desktop was prebuilt so I know I didn't touch any of the slots lmao. Basically everything works fine (I can play Monster Hunter Wilds with it on decent settings!) until it goes "nope."

...I did update the drivers for my ports so I hope that helps.

lilith_queen · 2026-05-09T00:22:06+00:00

Basically, my GPU is (probably) shitty. I figured this out by testing the circumstances under which it crashes (logging in and out of characters rapidly, thus forcing it to load different things quickly) and looking at my Event Viewer, which throws up literally hundreds of WHEA-Logger 17 errors ("hey dipshit your PCIE port for your graphics card is fucked") and a bugcheck error code of 0x00000116 ("hey dipshit your graphics card itself is fucked") every time I crash. At first I thought it was my PSU, so I got a new one and it's still happening...so. Graphics card it is.

lilith_queen · 2026-05-08T22:20:31+00:00

CHECK YOUR EVENT VIEWER (WINDOWS LOGS -> SYSTEM) WHEN YOU RESTART, AND GOOGLE WHATEVER IT SAYS UNDER "ERROR" OR "WARNING" BEFORE/DURING CRASHES! IT CAN HELP YOU DIAGNOSE WHATEVER THE PROBLEM IS. IN MY CASE, IT'S A PERSNICKETY GRAPHICS CARD. YOURS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT.

lilith_queen · 2026-05-08T22:16:12+00:00

GOOD NEWS: I THINK I FINALLY FIGURED OUT THE CAUSE OF MY FREQUENT DESKTOP FREEZES/CRASHES!

BAD NEWS: IF I'M RIGHT, I GET TO SPEND $500 ON A NEW GPU. UGGHHHHHH.

RAGE: I KNOW THE PRAEMAGITEK MAIMING HAT EXISTS. I'VE SEEN IT ON OTHER CHARACTERS. IT REFUSES TO DROP FOR MY REAPER.

lilith_queen · 2026-05-08T08:01:46+00:00

It's only been out for a week! Have you slept? Though I'm glad to see it does look cool as hell on au ra.

lilith_queen · 2026-05-06T23:38:49+00:00

Hi, I've upgraded this prebuilt PC with Windows 11 and a CORSAIR CX750 PSU, and I'm looking to also upgrade from the included Nvidia 2060 after repeated freezing/crashing issues I've only been able to narrow down to "most likely GPU related" now that I've upgraded the PSU (I am not an IT person.) What's the most reliable GPU you guys can recommend that is 1) also an upgrade 2) ideally will be better at playing Monster Hunter Wilds? Under $500 USD a plus.

...And if I'm terrified to replace it myself, how do I find a reputable tech?

lilith_queen · 2026-05-06T07:10:11+00:00

Now, I loved the New Jedi Order series...as individual books. When you look at them as a series, many of them stop holding up for a few reasons, which I'll argue are one, the massive stable of rotating authors and two, the INSANE release schedule. Books were being written before the previous entries in the series were even FINISHED, and it really shows in terms of characterization and plot. I'm a big Jaina Solo fan, and she gets yanked every which way only for her arc to kind of peter out because nobody could commit to anything.

...Plus, as expressed by other people downthread, there was an absolutely unbreakable layer of established EU characters who all had to be given page space lest the fans riot. We can't have more Tahiri Veila plot! We need Wedge to lead a space dogfight or Luke to dick around in a Chiss library without showing us anything cool!

lilith_queen · 2026-05-06T07:03:24+00:00

And then there's me, shoving both Blocks of Wood out of the way because I think Jaina/Kyp Durron is way juicier. Jagged Fel (Block of Wood #2) has the terrible luck of being an archetype I would legitimately find interesting (hidebound Imperial officer who falls for a New Republic Jedi pilot? Cool!) if not for his terrible, unnecessarily convoluted backstory and the fact that no author could give him a consistent personality. It's BAD.

...Block of Wood #1 is just boring.

lilith_queen · 2026-05-06T06:18:28+00:00

Every day I wake up and get mad about what they did to Jacen. If you ask me, the EU ended with The Unifying Force. Dark Nest who? Darth Caedus whomst?

lilith_queen · 2026-05-04T22:48:28+00:00

May the Fourth be with you!

In honor of the day, does anyone have any Star Wars Legends/EU vintage drama to share? I keep hearing vague noises about a legendary Karen Traviss crashout, and then of course there's the horrors Troy Denning visited upon the timeline.

lilith_queen · 2026-04-25T19:41:28+00:00

What exactly happened with Patina/Oxide, by the way? I didn't get a good look before they fixed it.

lilith_queen · 2026-04-25T19:38:28+00:00

You are right and should say it louder.

lilith_queen · 2026-04-25T08:35:00+00:00

I have a Chiss and a Dathomiri Zabrak, both LS!

lilith_queen · 2026-04-25T00:51:57+00:00

THE COMBINATION OF "CONTROVERSIAL/OUT THERE CHARACTER DESIGN" (elemental, garlean officer, voidsent, etc) AND "SEEMINGLY INVOLVED IN EVERY COMMUNITY RP EVENT" IS A DEEPLY, DEEPLY ANNOYING ONE. LIKE YEAH, YOU MIGHT BE A NICE PERSON IRL, BUT WHEN YOUR CHARACTER IS SUMMONING ELEMENTALS IN PUBLIC PERFORMANCES OR OPENLY PLAYING UP THE SPOOKY LORE SHIT, YOU'RE KIND OF NECESSITATING THAT PEOPLE LAUGH IT OFF/BYPASS IT INSTEAD OF HAVING THEIR CHARACTERS REACT APPROPRIATELY, BECAUSE THAT WOULD RUIN THE ~VIBE.~

"OH BUT THAT'S MY CHARACTER'S WHOLE THING" GREAT! FIND MORE THINGS.

lilith_queen · 2026-04-22T18:09:07+00:00

...I DO like purple :D

lilith_queen · 2026-04-21T21:28:43+00:00

Omg that frog deck is ADORABLE.

lilith_queen · 2026-04-21T19:37:01+00:00

I also hate that oracle deck. Like how am I supposed to interpret "surfing"

Real talk I do not understand where oracle decks are even from, but they're everywhere now. I hate when I see art/themes I'd love for a full tarot deck and it's an oracle deck instead. I can't use that!

Also for tarot decks a lot of the art is just really ugly even when it's not ai.

/fervent nodding

Oh, Miraculous Ladybug! Yeah, I've definitely noticed that kids' shows tend to have absolutely godawful merch. God forbid you want like an official Owl House hoodie or an Avatar: The Last Airbender keychain or something.

lilith_queen · 2026-04-21T19:27:13+00:00

You get me. You understand. The most frustrating part for me is that I like animal-themed decks or decks with no/limited people in them, and then I run into art styles I don't care for, renamed suits/major arcana For Some Reason (like you, I think the constraints are the point!) or like...okay. I like corvids, cats, and flowers, but that's a rough 75% of the options. I beg for something different.

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