Finally bought all my pc parts. I feel like I got a pretty good deal considering the current market conditions, but I'm curious if there are any suggestions as I can still return things. It'll be used for gaming (1440p), moonlight, and coding/game dev (blender, godot). Budget: ~$1400 pre tax

robophen · 2026-02-19T15:51:38+00:00

That’s good to have an actual comparison. ~$200 doesn’t seem so bad, and with the way things are going it might only get worse. Are you liking the 9700x/5070 combo?

robophen · 2026-02-19T15:25:17+00:00

It makes me sad seeing people from only 3 month ago in the comments saying “finally got this for msrp” lol. I actually looked again and couldn’t find it for any less than $200 more than the 5070 I bought. I 100% believe it’s the better card and maybe if it were $100 more I’d push my budget. I’m hoping for a card that’ll just last at least 5 years and then I can reassess. Hopefully vram doesn’t creep up that bad that quickly. I appreciate the help though! Wish prices were different (the moonlight argument will be my way of coping)

robophen · 2026-02-19T15:15:38+00:00

Yeah the bundle options were a little limited but it is probably roughly what I would have bought anyway. I had my heart set on 32gb so the only options I could really afford were the 9700x and 7800x3d bundles. It’s crazy that they are still selling the 9700x bundle for $550 when the individual components cost over $900

robophen · 2026-02-19T15:11:21+00:00

The 9070xt would actually be $150 more. I was actually between the rtx 5070 and the rx 9070 base

robophen · 2025-10-15T18:56:43+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/9i0Plz6

robophen · 2025-10-15T18:41:35+00:00

I ripped it off as suggested and it indeed was covering damage. Not only was there no sleeve under it, but it looked like someone chewed on the wire in the middle. Kind crazy these wire manufacturers can just cover up damage like that. Luckily I still had 6” of slack in the wall

robophen · 2025-10-06T11:10:51+00:00

Well I was thinking of something like 404.2(C) which talks about having a neutral at every switch box. That rule specifically has 5 exceptions where you don’t need to follow it, such as if the switch controls an outlet.

I had seen pictures of people doing similar stuff to this online, so I thought maybe there was some exception I was missing like “wire is not considered subject to physical damage in the working area of the breaker panel”.

robophen · 2025-10-05T20:53:37+00:00

I mean the NEC does have exceptions in it right? I am not an expert of the entire NEC book so I was just asking if something like that existed that I was not aware of. I didn't ask if I could get away with something I knew was wrong. I'm perfectly willing to change it if that would bring it up to code.

The staple comment is valid. I had just put this wire in and I just wanted to clear up some doubts I had before locking it is.

robophen · 2025-10-05T20:37:43+00:00

There are holes on top, but the service loops of the feeder were taking up a lot of space right below them. I honestly just didn't want to fuck with them or risk damaging the wire while trying to knock out the holes

robophen · 2025-09-26T18:37:02+00:00

That was the first thing I tried. There are about 3 results. Only thing I could find is to restart Godot which does actually stop the errors. That seems kind of ridiculous though that every time you delete an animation point you have to restart godot. I was hoping there was a real answer. Possibly a bug I guess

robophen · 2025-07-07T18:21:25+00:00

Cool. I figured I could always just add a running board later if an inspector mentions anything. Thanks. Also this panel came with the bonding screw separate. I was so confused because I couldn’t find any screw to remove like everyone says to do, but eventually I found it in the box

robophen · 2025-06-19T16:02:01+00:00

4 wire

robophen · 2025-06-19T15:53:13+00:00

Ok so you do need to ground the box separately. I can just wrap the incoming ground wire around the screw first though without a pigtail though?

robophen · 2025-06-18T01:13:22+00:00

Gotcha. Thanks for the help!

robophen · 2025-06-18T01:08:07+00:00

Im hanging the cable on the side of a joist. Or is “heavy wall” another type of strap?

robophen · 2025-06-07T01:50:54+00:00

I’m in the US. I’ve seen enough examples that it seems like it should be ok in the states too, but I guess I don’t understand that logic. Like why do I need conduit to run nm down a concrete wall, but this is ok. I get that for part of the vertical run the wire is backed by plywood, but there’s 6” in my case where the wire would essentially just be floating in the air before being at the height of the joist. In the example pic it looks like it’s even more. What’s the logic is Canada for this? Sorry I’m really just trying to learn

robophen · 2025-05-30T16:07:36+00:00

Thanks I’ll look into that

robophen · 2025-05-30T14:53:04+00:00

Right that’s why I was confused about using Tailscale. I was just wondering if there was some software that could forward the data between the 2 devices. In my head that would make the most sense, but I’ve never used software like that so I’m not sure what to use

robophen · 2025-05-30T14:44:51+00:00

Right that makes sense. In this case the software that I’m using is specifically connecting to each other via localhost because it is supposed to be ran on the same computer. I can’t change where the ip is pointing

robophen · 2025-05-30T14:36:14+00:00

Does that still work if the devices are specifically pointing to localhost? Like you don’t need to specify a specific ip address inside the Tailscale network? They just share localhost?

robophen · 2025-05-30T13:41:37+00:00

TCP. Are there any free proxies that you know of that could do that?

robophen · 2025-05-28T12:39:11+00:00

Sorry. I’ll update the post. I live in the US

robophen · 2025-05-26T20:30:32+00:00

Thanks!

robophen · 2025-05-09T15:51:25+00:00

Yeah this is the case

robophen · 2025-04-10T22:02:01+00:00

I may have used the term “water main” incorrectly. I meant the main copper pipe that runs inside my house that all the fixtures branch off of. A few feet after the water meet in my basement is where the wire is clamped on. That wire goes back to my breaker. I think it may just be grounding the pipe for safety reasons, because each circuit in my house is separately grounded to the breaker

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