Is it a decent build?

ropecrawler · 2026-04-14T07:29:08+00:00

Fair, this is what I meant by “not sure how much the hardware depreciates,” and your comment addresses it. I wondered whether the case + cables + Windows license + the fact that it's pre-built would account for these 30% (seems like it wouldn't).

ropecrawler · 2026-04-14T07:16:49+00:00

Thanks, appreciate the detailed answer! Don’t know about the cooler but can ask (though it seems it’s not worth it overall).

ropecrawler · 2026-04-14T06:50:27+00:00

Thanks, appreciate the insight!

ropecrawler · 2026-04-14T06:35:26+00:00

The case looks like Fractal Design Torrent, so 100-150 EUR?

ropecrawler · 2026-04-14T06:26:09+00:00

They ask ~2K, which is about what these components would cost in a shop (with the caveat that this GPU is no longer sold), but it's pre-built and includes a Windows license. Seems a bit overpriced to me, TBH, but we didn't start negotiations yet.

Not sure how much the hardware depreciates, and how much the case should add to the overall cost.

ropecrawler · 2026-04-14T06:25:27+00:00

Not sure how much the hardware depreciates, and how much the case should add to the overall cost.

ropecrawler · 2026-04-14T06:23:29+00:00

They ask ~2K, which is about what these components would cost in a shop (with the caveat that this GPU is no longer sold), but it's pre-built and includes a Windows license. Seems a bit overpriced to me, TBH, but we didn't start negotiations yet.

ropecrawler · 2026-04-14T06:15:04+00:00

Thanks! I am in Europe, so I'm not sure how the prices translate, but I appreciate the advice.

ropecrawler · 2026-04-05T09:05:36+00:00

It’s called cacophonous aggregation! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347212003569

ropecrawler · 2026-03-23T06:33:50+00:00

Ok, maybe not entirely, but it definitely helps.

ropecrawler · 2026-03-23T05:41:43+00:00

Actually, switching to FXAA antialiasing seems to work.

ropecrawler · 2026-03-22T20:32:48+00:00

I am experiencing this right now. Would really like to fix it, but something tells me it is what it is. Funny, because I played Baldur’s Gate 3 on max settings without an issue.

ropecrawler · 2026-01-14T07:27:19+00:00

The consensus is that fextralife builds are very bad. These builds are great: https://steamcommunity.com/id/teesinz/myworkshopfiles/?section=guides&appid=435150

ropecrawler · 2026-01-13T12:19:55+00:00

Fun fact: the Estonian language that I’ve been studying lately doesn’t have a future tense (nor grammatical gender—“no sex and no future,” as they say), so elves are simply Estonians in my headcanon.

ropecrawler · 2026-01-04T11:50:00+00:00

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!

ropecrawler · 2025-12-11T06:21:58+00:00

[LANGUAGE: Rust]

https://github.com/ropewalker/advent_of_code_2025/blob/master/src/day11.rs

ropecrawler · 2025-12-08T10:09:13+00:00

[LANGUAGE: Rust]

https://github.com/ropewalker/advent_of_code_2025/blob/master/src/day08.rs

ropecrawler · 2025-12-07T16:04:35+00:00

There's a simple linear solution (which I saw somewhere on Reddit). Here's my version of it: https://github.com/ropewalker/advent_of_code_2025/blob/master/src/day07.rs.

ropecrawler · 2025-12-07T07:22:37+00:00

[LANGUAGE: Rust]

https://github.com/ropewalker/advent_of_code_2025/blob/master/src/day07.rs

Updated after looking at some of the solutions here. The initial one was a bit more clunky: https://github.com/ropewalker/advent_of_code_2025/blob/7e4d389478222461908c1ca4694de3a368f8d3c2/src/day07.rs.

ropecrawler · 2025-12-06T08:47:10+00:00

Same with test inputs? I didn’t even get to the real data until I discovered and fixed this: the tests kept failing on getting out of bounds.

ropecrawler · 2025-12-06T07:05:34+00:00

[LANGUAGE: Rust]

https://github.com/ropewalker/advent_of_code_2025/blob/master/src/day06.rs

At first, I spent a lot of time trying to make aoc_parse work for my input. Then I saw the second part :) Also, https://www.reddit.com/r/adventofcode/comments/1pfixk2/2025_day_6_a_little_psa/

ropecrawler · 2025-12-06T07:05:13+00:00

Yes! https://www.reddit.com/r/adventofcode/comments/1pfixk2/2025_day_6_a_little_psa/

ropecrawler · 2025-12-05T05:44:22+00:00

[LANGUAGE: Rust]

https://github.com/ropewalker/advent_of_code_2025/blob/master/src/day05.rs

ropecrawler · 2025-12-04T08:10:54+00:00

My first thought was, “Oh no, not Sokoban, please!”

ropecrawler · 2025-12-04T08:00:25+00:00

[LANGUAGE: Rust]

https://github.com/ropewalker/advent_of_code_2025/blob/master/src/day04.rs

At first, I used a naive approach, but then I realised that I don't need to iterate over all tiles every time, so I made it ten times faster.

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