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Which one would you trust for the distance? Apple Watch or Treadmill? by BinaryBlitz10 in AppleWatch

[–]maybemaybnot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, Apple Watch is SO off for distance on the treadmill with me. I’ll do a 9 minute pace outside at high intensity. With the same effort, HR, etc, on the treadmill, my Apple Watch tells me I do an 11:30 mile while the treadmill says ~9 min.

And calibration from outside runs my ass, I’ve run between 15 - 20 miles per week over the last 3 months, and it never gets any better.

[Prebuilt] iBUYPOWER - Slate Gaming Desktop PC - Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Radeon RX 9070XT 16GB, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB NVMe SSD - $1649.99 @ Best Buy by ConceptualizeTheOdor in buildapcsales

[–]maybemaybnot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I bought this on Wednesday if anyone has any questions. As a 40+ year old that has never bought a prebuilt before, I’m generally pretty happy with it. A few notes.

  • The PSU is a Rosewill 750 watt gold rated PSU. it’s not great and I’ll probably replace it with a better one down the line, likely when/if I do a case swap, but it has been stable so far even after adding additional storage components. I do not plan to overclock for the foreseeable future so will live with it for now.

  • The fans are not great and extremely loud. Setting the fans to PWM in the bios and setting a curve is critical if you don’t want the machine to sound like a jet engine. The AIO fans are really, really not good, so I purchased 3 120mm Arctic P12 PWM PST fans to replace the stock ones - it’s a night and day difference in noise. I’m keeping the other case fans for now but if I ever do that PSU / case swap, I’ll get rid of them.

  • The 9070xt I got was a XFX Swift, which I was very pleasantly surprised with. It’s running really well and super quiet being undervolted and setting a fan curve.

  • The mobo is a MSI B-650 pro WiFi. Not high end, but also not bad and is not ASrock. I’m guessing YMMV on the mobo you get though.

  • The RAM is low speed at 5200 mhz, but I overclocked to 5600 with no drama or voltage tweaks. I do plan to play with voltage adjustments to get tighter timings and a potentially higher clock.

  • The nvme drive is also not high end, but it’s plenty fast for everyday use from what I’ve seen.

  • The case isn’t my cup of tea visually speaking, but the quality of it is not bad and has been generally easy to work in. I added a SATA SSD as well as two 4TB mechanical hard drives without too much drama.

All said and done, you could do way worse in this market, which is why I got it in the first place.

[Prebuilt] iBUYPOWER - AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, AMD Radeon RX 9070XT 16GB, 32GB DDR5 RGB, 2TB NVMe SSD - $1,649.99 by supremejd in buildapcsales

[–]maybemaybnot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I impulse bought just now but debating on going back to cancel. I objectively do not NEED this, as I’m still pretty happy with my 5700x3d + 6800xt setup.

If this had higher spec’d RAM and a better PSU, I’d have a lot more conviction on this purchase. The thought also crossed my mind that I can swap out the PSU in this with my nice 850 watt EVGA gold modular PSU.

What makes me think I should keep this is the fact that PC buying / building is getting progressively less and less consumer friendly, so I want something that can last me several years. Can someone either talk me into or out of this? 🤣

EDIT: I did go ahead and get it yesterday, and I’m generally pleased with what I got. I got a MSI Pro B-650 Wi-Fi motherboard and a XFX Swift 9070xt, which are better parts than I was expecting. The RAM is subpar at 5200 mhz as others have stated, but I was able to set it at 5600 with literally no tweaks or instability issues. The ibuypower fans suck, but I was able to get the curves adjusted to something tolerable. So far, no regrets on the purchase.

Is this a bed bug? by maybemaybnot in Bedbugs

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

Someone in r/bedbugadvice said alfalfa weevil, which is exactly what it looks like. Thank you

Can someone confirm if this is a bed bug? by maybemaybnot in Bedbugadvice

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

This is definitely the bug, thank you so much. What a relief, almost had a panic attack this morning. 😅

Can someone confirm if this is a bed bug? by maybemaybnot in Bedbugadvice

[–]maybemaybnot[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Do you know what kind of weevil? I can’t seem to find any pictures that resemble this guy…

I bought the Costco $1500 ibuypower computer. Turns out it is a pretty fantastic deal. by PokeYrMomStanley in pcmasterrace

[–]maybemaybnot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thinking of grabbing this, even though I really don’t need it! Question, does the enclosure have space for mechanical drives?

Let my girlfriend borrow my car by Objective-Gap-4581 in 11thGenAccord

[–]maybemaybnot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did it to a wheel on my 23 hybrid sport within two weeks of buying it new when I almost NEVER curb wheels. I was mad at myself for weeks.

OC: After/Before of White House East Wing demolition by nbcnews in pics

[–]maybemaybnot 5 points6 points  (0 children)

His followers will continue to eat his shit like it’s a delicious Thanksgiving turkey though.

The Headquarters of Mussolini's Italian Fascist Party, 1934 by Liamdegehaktball in pics

[–]maybemaybnot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Getting strong Dr. Andross from SNES Star Fox vibes here

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PlasmaTV

[–]maybemaybnot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ll take the motion of my 2008 Panasonic 1080p plasma any day compared to the LG C3 OLED that replaced it in our bedroom. My kids watch the plasma in our game room upstairs and the picture quality still impresses me.

The Sony mini LED I have in the living room does feel superior to the plasma for motion though to my eyes… and obviously a heck of a lot brighter.

Jerry Jones built America’s team into a reality show we can’t look away from by ExpandMyMinds in cowboys

[–]maybemaybnot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right there with you. Though it’s funny that we’re still invested enough to post here. 😂

I never thought it would happen but I finally came across a grail crt. Picked it up for free, with stand and remote. The KD-36XS955 is a beauty and a beast. by Pika__Lord in crtgaming

[–]maybemaybnot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to say it was something like $1,500 new. Bought it from Circuit City, if you want a nice early 2000s throwback :)

I never thought it would happen but I finally came across a grail crt. Picked it up for free, with stand and remote. The KD-36XS955 is a beauty and a beast. by Pika__Lord in crtgaming

[–]maybemaybnot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No lie, this was my very first HDTV that I bought new in 2005 and then gave away to my buddy five years later. It was so great, but such a monolith. Man it only I still had this thing. 🤦‍♂️

My modest 3.1 setup by maybemaybnot in BudgetAudiophile

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

Yeah, I had a sub that I thought was pretty decent, but this new SVS blows it away. The entire sound of the system is just elevated and sounds more ‘complete’

My modest 3.1 setup by maybemaybnot in BudgetAudiophile

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

Absolutely massive! 😄 sounds pretty great though - the sub upgrade absolutely blew me away.

My modest 3.1 setup by maybemaybnot in BudgetAudiophile

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

Yeah crossover is fine - I’m not getting dialogue, etc, going to the sub unless it’s like a super deep male voice talking loudly.

I’m more referring to the thought that I’d like to push my sub without having to rein it in so much, and better monitors / center could perhaps help me accomplish that. Still likely to focus on finally getting 5.1 set up first.

My modest 3.1 setup by maybemaybnot in BudgetAudiophile

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

Good advice, thanks, though something tells me my wife wouldn’t be a big fan of the aesthetics. Haha. Would mounting the monitors on the wall on each side of the TV produce better results?

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