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Anti Natalism makes no sense from a resource depletion viewpoint

2024.03.28 22:38 Ok_Initial4507 Anti Natalism makes no sense from a resource depletion viewpoint

I find Anti Natalism to be a very self destructive concept. It is literally advocating for the extinction of our species. Most antinatalists recognize that their are problems that exist with today's society but are too lazy to come up with original thoughts and solutions. They think the only solution is to stop reproducing. I find these types of people to be very pessimistic and miserable. I wonder what percentage of this sub is just made up of anguished and depressed teenagers?
The below passage will debunk that Earth is in fact not resource starved. Give me your counter arguments and let's have a civil discussion. Thanks.
This will be a long, in-depth post by necessity.
I. Mistaking an economic problem for an environmental one.
First, we need to deal with a common misconception: The idea that economic problems have anything to do with absolute resource limits. Except in temporary disasters that interrupt supply chains, deprivation anywhere on this planet has almost nothing to do with the limits of the environment, and is instead a result of political mismanagement.
As a matter of raw resources, the richest and most developed nation on Earth should be Brazil, and yet it's not even close to being that. Based on the natural resources at its disposal, Nigeria should be a lot more developed than Iceland, and yet it's at the opposite end of the scale. I could give dozens of more examples, but the point should be clear: The amount of natural resources plays very little role in quality of life, except at the utmost extremes of deprivation (e.g., Greenland, Antarctica, the middle of the Sahara desert, etc.)
What matters is the ability of a society to manage what it has and develop technologies that utilize them efficiently, and the healthiness of political systems to enable it. In other words, people starving somewhere is not evidence of environmental limits, even locally: When you look at deprivation worldwide, every last bit of it today is a result of economic and political corruption, not a physical absence of resources at the roots of an entire nation's supply chain.
For the purposes of this discussion, the implication is that there is no evidence whatsoever that the 7 billion people on this planet are anywhere even close to the hard physical limits of this planet's ability to sustain us.
II. So what are the limits?
There are two types of limits we need to discuss: Temporary limits - i.e., current technology and supply chain configurations; and Absolute limits, which reflect the unavoidable fact of how much of something exists on Earth vs. how much would be needed.
Here we run into another common (and irritatingly irrational) fallacy - treating unsustainable energy sources as absolutes, when they are by definition temporary. Fossil fuels are finite, so even if the world is lazy in abandoning them or pricing them correctly to pay for the environmental consequences, they will become scarcer, prices will rise, and more money will flow to sustainable systems as a result until the latter are dominant.
Now, there is a huge global infrastructure in place dedicated to fossil fuels, so it will take time and money to replace with sustainable systems, but those investments are inevitable by the very nature of markets. However, corrupt politics can hinder that investment and direct public resources to shoring up these systems that are in fact harming the public, so once again we find that people being stupid is the problem, not there being too many of us in the world.
The point is that fossil fuels running out doesn't matter. We don't need them to maintain this population, and never needed them in the first place - we chose them because they were locally convenient and then just built larger infrastructures around that rather than planning ahead. A free lunch courtesy of hundreds of millions of years of slow chemical transformation in the ground before we existed.
It was estimated in 2009 that there was between 60 and 70 zettajoules (1021) of fossil fuel reserves on Earth. This all the naturally-occurring fossil fuel remaining for all time, and not even counting all the energy wasted finding it, extracting it, refining it, and transporting it.
Now remember that fact when I tell you that that much energy reaches the Earth from the Sun every four days. Whatever the rate of consumption of fossil fuels is, and whenever they would run out if we stupidly used them to the limit, it would last for decades - and all the economic potential of those decades is encompassed within four days of a single sustainable energy source.
The takeaway from this fact is that the ability of fossil fuels to sustain the human population is trivial compared to what becomes possible once sustainability is achieved.
III. Energy
Let's imagine that economic growth were simplistically an exact reflection of how much energy is consumed, and humbly say that we will only ever directly control 1% of the solar energy that reaches Earth (a Kardashev <0.01 civilization). Let's say that the fossil fuel reserves would last for 50 years (on average, since they would run out at different rates).
At 1%, it would take an economy totally dependent on solar - with no other renewables in its portfolio - 1 year and 1 month to achieve the economic growth that would have happened over half a century under the fossil fuel regime. Of course it's not that simple, but these are such staggeringly different scales of magnitude that it doesn't even matter.
And it does not stop, ever. Yes, you have to develop storage systems for night time and to distribute electricity from peak loads to off-hours, but these are well-quantified engineering challenges with commercialized systems already beginning to address it. These are systems that keep improving every year, keep getting cheaper and more reliable every year, and will continue doing so asymptotically.
So will there realistically be enough electricity for 50 billion people on Earth? Hell yes. And not merely enough for them to live an "adequate" lifestyle, but one that would appear utopian today. Though of course, we must reiterate the caveat that bad politics can and will screw things up in some places.
IV. Water
Here is another source of fallacious belief that Earth is running out of resources. Yes, there are sometimes shortages of freely available fresh water in some locations caused by drought - i.e., the planet fails to hand you free water by dropping it on your heads at a convenient rate.
But you might have noticed that 3/4 of the planet's surface is water - just in the inconvenient form of salt water. It's inconvenient because it takes quite a bit of energy to separate the water from the dissolved salts, and also inconvenient to transport the water once ready.
Fortunately, as discussed in the previous section, energy is not going to be a problem. In fact, the growth of renewables is already so robust that getting rid of it is sometimes a problem (i.e., it's so abundant its price is negative). Moreover, you hardly need to desalinate and pipe all-new water: Naturally-available fresh water will still be available in most places at most times as normal, and most water can be recycled indefinitely.
The world today consumes about 10 trillion cubic meters of water per year. If we were utterly insane and got all of that from desalination, and didn't recycle a single drop, the energy required would be about 5% of the completely-solar energy grid described above that only gets 1% of Earth's insolation.
So then if we scale that up to the consumption pattern of 50 billion people, again with no recycling, all of it coming from ocean desalination, and if nothing is done more efficiently on average than today, then it would indeed be challenging because it would half the world's energy at work. Which would merely mean that half a century of fossil-fuel-driven growth would occur over two years rather than one. I.e., still utopian, even under absurdly reckless and wasteful practices.
So would there be enough water to sustain 50 billion people? Again, hell yes. Not only sustain them, but irrigate deserts and build forests and farmlands out of worthless areas. Which brings us to the next category...
V. Food
Growing food takes both energy and water, both of which we have established will be absurdly abundant with the scaling and evolution of technologies that already exist.
Frankly, the current food supply could comfortably sustain quite a bit more people than already live on Earth: As noted in the introduction, the deprivations that occur in certain places have nothing to do with the raw production of food, but with political and economic factors preventing the food from reaching certain areas at certain times.
Venezuela, for instance, is a biologically rich country with ample rainfall and energy reserves, and yet because of political disasters its people have in recent years faced hunger and the collapse of supply chains. Whereas in the United States - and an increasing number of other places around the world - there is so much food that it's become a health hazard.
People in many developed countries are encouraged to become educated on the narrow nutritional details of what they eat in order to maintain a healthy lifestyle, because just eating what is most available - the standard method of survival across all time until a few decades ago - would make them obese and ill.
For this category, number-crunching is not necessary: Food is not going to be a problem, at least on a technological level. Improvements in farming techniques and phenomena like vertical farming would vastly increase the food supply, even though we're already gluttonous. Politics is another matter though.
Although this does raise issues of land use, which we will now address.
VI. Living Space (quality of life)
There is a fun video discussing the math of how small a territory the entire current human race could abide in at given densities analogous to certain cities:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_iNRGac_uM
The results are surprising. All 7 billion of us could fit at a comfortable density within a single mid-sized country, with the whole rest of the Earth left to go wild. So just from a living space perspective, there would not be a problem fitting 50 billion people on Earth - it would not be Soylent Green time, with dump trucks scooping up people from wall-wall swarms.
With a more comfortable, distributed density, no problem at all. Cities would look pretty much like what they do now in terms of density, there would just be more of them and only the densest ones would need to make special accommodation. And that's with current urban design practices, current construction practices and technologies, current civil engineering infrastructures.
Imagine where you live right now. That is what your community looks like in a world with 7 billion people. If we imagine that a world of 50 billion were evenly distributed on top of the current one, then that's a factor of about 7.
So right now you live in a town with 50,000 people, but in our 50B world, you live in a town with 350,000. Right now you live in an apartment building with 2 stories. In the 50B world you live in an urban high-rise with 14 stories. Or you live in a house in the boonies and your neighbor is a mile away, but now in 50B world your neighbor is only 800 feet away. Your giant backyard is now merely a moderately large back yard.
Sorry, this does not seem remotely dystopian to me. People who don't like certain kinds of environments move when their location gets too dense, and there is plenty of completely unused space on this planet. The vast majority, in fact, and not due to being uninhabitable - just happening to not be very close to resources that were once important to be near (e.g. a river delta) that now have little economic value in themselves.
And this is before we even bother considering the improvements in qualify of life, the scale of structures, and the cost of building cities that will be enabled by such technologies as automated transportation, automated mining and underground construction, and 3D printing of buildings and civil infrastructure.
We are not even close to the limits of this planet or of human potential on it. Not even close. There will be no problem whatsoever housing 50 billion people, and the lifestyle would not be like some Tokyo subway except for people who wanted to live in that kind of city. Everyone else would still have all the same options of suburban or rural living they do today.
As mentioned in the previous section, it won't be a problem competing for land between people and farms with vertical farming technology as well as things like vat-grown or 3D printed meats that don't require ranges.
This planet is big, and most of its land doesn't have people.
VII. Climate Stability
As good as this all sounds, we would still be pouring a vast amount of heat into the atmosphere, and that's a huge problem even when you've eliminated all the major industrial sources of greenhouse gas emissions.
Proactive measures would likely be necessary to cool the atmosphere, such as creating large-scale reflective surfaces to offset the change in planetary albedo introduced by the huge global solar infrastructure.
So based on our cursory examination, it seems like we could sustain 50 billion people on this planet with some basic shifts in technology that already happening, and do so not only without sacrificing standards of living, but while vastly improving them.
However, you can't get around the laws of thermodynamics, and dumping heat into the atmosphere would make weather patterns increasingly violent, and the cost of making cities resistance to that violence increasingly burdensome. This is actually the hardest issue to get around.
A civilization of 50 billion people would pump a lot more heat, a lot faster, so very fine-grained computational understanding of how the atmosphere works - and how any given remedial action would affect it - would be necessary over the long-term.
This is the hardest technological requirement of the whole bunch. The other technologies mentioned are just engineering, but figuring out how to manage an atmosphere and interfere in it constructively to keep people safe and open environments livable is raw science. It is CFD modeling on a grand scale, and basically comes down to Weather Control.
And that's where politics can really screw things up, because the powerful nations of the world would have to come together and agree on how to manage the climate. They would have to not increase their own rainfall at the expense of their neighbors (since "free" water would still be more desirable than merely affordable desalinated water), not dissipate a potentially destructive storm system over their own territory only to cause one over another country, etc.
It can be done, but this is the hardest part of it.
Conclusions:
Yes, Earth can sustain 50 billion people given the following conditions:
And what would it look like:
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2024.03.28 22:36 robby058935 First time building one had prebuilt before

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.
Gaming, play long range of games from rts like warhammer 3, to fps like siege and rust to single player games like Spider-Man
What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?
2k can go up to 2.5 if need be
When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.
Friend start work in week and when ever he has enough to buy my old one so max a month
What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)
I need a case and everything that would be in it except gpu I have 3080 10gb, need an os, want a good monitor 1440p already have a secondary monitor I was using and a decent mic
Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?
Canada Saskatchewan
If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.
Keyboard, mouse, headset, gpu- 3080 10gb) Monitor msi g27c4
Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?
I would overclock down the line
**Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)
32gb ram, 2 tb ssd, only air cooled
Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?
I’d like full tower cause I’ll upgrade eventually and want there to be a window to look in prefer case to be white with any kind of lighting colour scheme that goes well but can be anything that would look good
Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?
Yes I need a copy of windows(11)
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2024.03.28 22:34 bonbonbillings Budget is 1,500-2,000

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.
I’ll be playing mostly RPG games such as red dead redemption, minecraft, stardew valley, fallout 76. I would love to try out other games such as cod, the last of us. I also would like to use this computer for being able to browse the internet, watch YouTube, and movie.
What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?
I have a budget of 1,500 or if I need 2,000. But I don’t think I would need that much for the games I’ll be playing. I honestly just need to have an good setup and not something super crazy
When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.
I have about a 1,000 saved right now and I could possibly buy more on April 16.
What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)
Everything. I would need the components for the pc, the tower, monitor, i don’t really need a keyboard or mouse yet. I can always buy accessories later
Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?
I would be in so cal. My nearest micro center would be in Tustin
If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.
None.
Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?
I don’t think I need overclocking. I honestly don’t know what that means.
Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)
Idk
Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?
I would love a white and green (maybe a sage green) if possible if not then a white and pink set up. Also if i can add led so I can change the color of my set up I would like a window. I was thinking about this tower (Lian Li Lancool 205 Mesh Mid-Tower Chassis ATX Computer Case PC Gaming Case w/Tempered Glass Side Pa)
Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?
Yeah I think so.
Extra info or particulars:
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2024.03.28 22:34 swaaoa Going Nowhere Fast Part 1 REUPLOAD

Since 2128, humans have used pulse drives for space travel. These drives propelled ships three times the speed of light for only a few seconds, just enough to leave the gravitational pull of a solar system. For 150 or so years, humanity has been limited to the stars that are within fifty light years of earth. But not any longer, thanks to jump drives. These newer drives came about twenty-five years ago and have revolutionized human travel with current estimates showing us being able to travel up to 1,000 light years from Earth and potentially more. Propelling craft at a constant speed, ten to thirty times the speed of light. What a grand invention. Why that could be us, cruising through the void at impossible speeds. But no, our half-brained pilot had to fly us right THROUGH AN ASTEROID FIELD!" screamed the captain as his bulbous stomach shook as he barked at the pilot for his blunder.
"It ain dat bad capt, sails are workin, and da powa still good." the pilot retorted.
"You call this 'ain dat bad'? We got no jump drive, no ion engine, were on emergency nuclear power, radar and comms are shot, and were floating aimlessly towards some rock. How the hell is this 'ain dat bad'?
"We ain'ts flyin aimlessly, we gots control wit da sails and I thinks the ion drive shoulds be fine. Robots got that covered. Other thans dat, the powa shoulds lasts awhile, and from dere, we lands on da planet and builds some shelter and fix da comms. Simple as capt." The tweaky skeleton looking pilot smiled at the captain like a puppy hoping for a treat but got no treat.
"Simple as?..... we're dead. I'm gonna die on a rusty spacecan, a half brained pilot who can barely speak, a battalion of rowdy robots who are programmed in Chinese, which no one can speak -"
The pilot interrupted, "Vietnamese sir." The captain stared at his pilot for a few seconds, his mind tettering on the edge. In his head, he saw a branch, and it finally snapped. "Hehe, hehe he, hehhhahahh, AHAHHAHHAHA!!". The captain couldn't stop his laughter, not because he couldn't control it, but because he didn't care anymore. As he cackled the a tall and nerdy looking female engineer entered the cockpit.
"Ion drives are shot for good, but we can fix the main reactor as well as all the solar panels. We should be able to make it to Galem-4 in four months captain. Captain?" She hadn't noticed his cackling when she walked in and was taken back by the scene in front of her. "Captain, are you alright?" she said. A few moments went by before the captain snapped his head around, eyes bursting out his head.
"Yes, everything is fine. Fine as ever. Simple as really, hehehe!" he responded. Both the pilot and engineer stared at their captain, wondering what would happen next. Finally, the engineer spoke up.
"Captain, I think you should get some rest. It's been a long day. You deserve it."
"Yes, yes, rest. Need rest. Good, good, I deserve some rest." he said with a shaky tone in his voice as he slinked away to his quarters. Once he was out of ear sight, the engineer snapped at the pilot.
"What the hell did you say?"
"All I dids was tells him dat tings were unda control."
"Well, they're clearly not. How the hell are we gonna land without an ion engine? Gonna flop us down from orbit like that old Star Wars movie?"
"Pretty much it's justs thats I don'ts have the force."
"No one has the force Terry it's not a real thing."
"Youse sures? I've seens a man from Alpha Centari levitate a truck with his mind! Or was its a rock? And wasn't hes froms the Gamma Huroo system?"
The engineer turned away from the conversation as Terry continued his rant. As she was walking down the hall, Terry yelled, "Rachel, where's youse goings?"
"Back to work, Terry." she said in response. As she was walking down the hallway from the cockpit, the area opened up from a narrow hallway into a spacious sitting area with a large television as well as a couch and a center table. Sitting around the couch were four men, one woman and three aliens, all sitting in silence or playing some simple game, pondering on what the next step is. To the right was a bar and kitchen being manned by two red, four arm, boar faced aliens of the Ozax race named Rugy and Gugi. Rugy ran the bar, and Gugi ran the kitchen. Helping them out was a robot waiter named Abott, who spoke many languages and was programmed in English. To the left was another hallway leading to the crew quarters. Six rooms, four for the crew, which had four bunks each, one for the first mate and the other for the captain. The engineer Rachel slept in her workshop, while the pilot Terry slept in the cockpit, and Doc Franklin slept in this clinic. Straight back led to the auxiliary equipment, storage, engines, clinic, and weapons systems, which were all stored back there. A voice would break the silence emerging from the left of the room. It was the First Mate Yuri who spoke quickly, almost unintelligible at times.
"Captian's mind is shot. He needs time to rest. Until then, I'm in charge. Is that clear?" There was an audible grumble from the crew as they all accepted the situation.
"So what's next?" gurgled one of the Yourhu mercs, his tentacles dripping and spraying juice as he spoke.
"What's next is that we are all gonna get some rest. A lot has happened, and I'm just glad we haven't lost anyone. From what I can tell, we will be reaching Galem-4 in four months. Now Galem-4 is a partially habitable planet, so make sure you're wearing your UEV suits when on the surface. Not that that matters right now, but as I said, get some rest, and we'll think of a plan in the morning." He had finished his speech, and with that, everyone went back to what they were doing, not ready sleep. Yuri turned back towards his quarters for the night. Rachel and the Doc Franklin both began down the hallway to the respective places of work. Peace had returned to ship, an uneasy peace at that, but peace at least. As Matt stood up to go to his bunk, he felt a hand pull my arm. It was his twin sister Sierra.
"Where you going? We were gonna play another round of Mexican Train."
"Nah, I'm pretty tired, plus I need a shower after today. I'm almost as dark as the captain after putting out all those fires." A laugh could be heard from some of the crew as they continued on with their leisure and food.
"Don't be a party pooper, go get a shower and come back. Heklet is making his signature drinks tonight. Ain't that right, Heklet?" she shouted across the room to the same Yourhu merc who spoke up last.
"Not tonight. Tonight calls for something stronger." His tentacles curled up as he stood up and headed behind the bar and grabbed what he needed much to the dismay of Rugy who squealed in anger. "Zip it porky before I cook like one of those Christmas hams the humans make." A loud laugh erupted from the crew as Heklet started making the drinks. After a minute or two, Heklet was finished. "Alright, everyone, grab a glass. Just one glass." He gurgled. "This here is Fron. You only need one shot, and you're good for the night. Won't need anything else." A voiced blurted from the crowd. It was Jertz the other Yourhu. "You sure about this, Heklet? Most can't handle that stuff, and it'll kill the unworthy." A dark and uneasy silence fell onto the room, almost demonic in nature only for it to be quickly wished away by the laughter of the two large Yourhou. "Everyone! Drink up!" bellowed Jertz. "But seriously, only one, don't want anybody to wake up ten days from now."
First up was Corey and Felix, the other two humans on the ship. Corey was a few years older than Sierra and Matt. He was short with long black hair down to his shoulders that covered his eyes. He was constantly working with Rachel on her projects and had become her apprentice by the time we joined the crew. Felix was a quiet middle-aged bald man Hispanic with rough white beard and a rough past. Felix ran drugs for a while as a youth until getting caught and serving twenty-six years in prison for his crimes. After that, he hopped from ship to ship doing odd jobs. He joined about a year and a half after Matt and his sister had joined the crew. Both him and Corey took their shot, both showing obvious signs of disgust. Next was Matt's sister Sierra. She was tall and had blonde hair like her brother, but unlike Corey and Felix, he doesn't cringe when taking a shot. She sent the shot down into her gullet and gave a nasty burp and laughed at the two after. Next was Matt.
"Here you are, Matt." said Heklet, handing him a thick blue liquid poured in a whiskey glass. The mixture had no smell, which was odd to him.
"Bottoms up," he said as he felt the syrup like liquid touch his tounge. It was strong but flavorless, just a harsh burn as it went down into his stomach. He gave a little cough but nothing more as not to make too much of a scene. Nothing happened for the first minute, but then everything went black for the second, and Matt awoke to a world he couldn't imagine. He saw colors he had never seen, sounds that were impossible. All his senses were overloaded with information that could only be translated as bliss. But as fast as it happened, it was over. Or so he thought. When he awoke from his trip, everyone was eating breakfast, and he felt like he had the best night of sleep of his life.
"Wow, that was insane. I've never experienced anything like that." "That was nothing," responded Heklet. "Just wait until we land." The thought hadn't crossed his mind for a while, but in four months, they would be crashing on an unknown planet far from Earth.
"If we land." responded Matt as he got up and grabbed his breakfast.
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2024.03.28 22:27 Yessssiirrrrrrrrrr Weekly trash run for a storage buyer

Weekly trash run for a storage buyer
Just sharing the amount of trash I build up weekly buying storages. Average is 4.2 tons of trash per trip. Had to sneak this picture because they don’t want photos of the facility.
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2024.03.28 22:27 Informal-Resident-34 Need advice as a newbie.

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.
What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?
When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.
What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)
Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?
If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.
Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?
Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)
Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?
Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?
Extra info or particulars:
I looked up a few things on PC part picker but I'm a complete newbie so I'm not sure how well these would work for what I may need, but I found the following and thought it would work within my budget.
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor
MSI B550 GAMING GEN3 ATX AM4 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory
Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive
Phanteks Eclipse G360A ATX Mid Tower Case
Corsair CX650M (2021) 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
Any help would be appreciated.
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2024.03.28 22:24 luffydoc777 Building PC For Brother's Graduation Gift; Any Advice or Tips on Improvements/Value?

Hey all,
My brother's graduating from college (US) this spring. As he has only ever had a laptop, and as I got a new setup last month, I was planning to gift him my old PC as a graduation gift; however, after doing more dedicated research and realizing how archaic my old dustbucket was, I figured he deserved a brand new beast and that it'd actually be great fun to build a gaming PC together!
Here's the build that I am considering: PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor $357.00 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler $35.90 @ Amazon
Motherboard Gigabyte B650 GAMING X AX V2 ATX AM5 Motherboard $189.99 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory $106.99 @ Amazon
Storage SK Hynix Platinum P41 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $138.99 @ Newegg Sellers
Video Card Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 7900 GRE 16 GB Video Card $549.99 @ Newegg
Case NZXT H6 Flow ATX Mid Tower Case $109.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $129.00 @ Walmart
Case Fan ARCTIC P12 PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan $10.49 @ Amazon
Case Fan ARCTIC P12 PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan $10.49 @ Amazon
Case Fan ARCTIC P12 PST 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan $10.49 @ Amazon
Case Fan ARCTIC P14 PST 72.8 CFM 140 mm Fan $12.99 @ Amazon
Case Fan ARCTIC P14 PST 72.8 CFM 140 mm Fan $12.99 @ Amazon
Monitor Gigabyte M27Q 27.0" 2560 x 1440 170 Hz Monitor $269.99 @ Amazon
Keyboard Redragon K552 Wired Gaming Keyboard $39.99 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $1985.28
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-28 17:17 EDT-0400
Build will be for 1440p gaming; my brother plays mostly LOL, Valorant/CS and Fortnite but would also like to start playing AAA titles (Cyberpunk, Elden Ring, BG3) now that he'll have the rig to do it. Has no interest/need for 4k in the future, far as I know.
Some notes:
Including peripherals, we are trying to stay around $2000 for the total cost, with some wiggle room for any substantial performance boosts; however, something like swapping to the 7900XTX or 4080 is probably off the table unless someone is extremely convincing LOL
Any suggestions or issues with this build for two first-time builders? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated as well as any suggestions on peripherals!
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2024.03.28 22:24 Dry-Nobody3128 New SFF builder, think I have it figured out, but just to be sure...

Expecting a large backpay check from the VA here within the next month or so. Looking to upgrade my outdated PC to something for moderate gaming (Starfield, BG3, etc. I don't play CoD like you see in clips on FB/TT) that can keep up with my aged (read 35y) body and family life. I would also like for it to keep up with my 3D printing hobby as well as be reasonably future-proof. Not looking to do all of the RGB stuff like my last build evolved into (started in High School and grew from there).
Some old PC specs for reference off the top of my head:
CPU: I7 6700k MoBo: ROG Maximus VIII (non-Hero) Ram: 64gb DDR4 (something decent, don't remember) GPU: 12gb Titan (Maxwell) PSU: RM850 (refurbished) M.2: WD Black SN750 1tb SSD: Samsung 500gb cheapie Case: Thermal take Core P3 AIO: Deepcool Captain 360 White Plus misc RGB fans, strips, coolers, etc
Below is a partPicker list for my proposed build. Double checking for comparability from you more experienced SFF builders (this will be my first) with emphasis on the cooler selection and the power supply. I have seen mixed reports on the cooler compatability and have some small worries on the PSU wattage.
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor $357.00 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler Thermalright AXP90-X53 FULL 42.58 CFM CPU Cooler -
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX B650E-I GAMING WIFI Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard $311.99 @ Amazon
Memory G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory $104.49 @ Amazon
Storage Samsung 990 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $179.99 @ Amazon
Video Card Asus ProArt OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card $1149.99 @ B&H
Case Fractal Design Terra Mini ITX Desktop Case $179.99 @ B&H
Power Supply Corsair SF750 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply $169.99 @ Amazon
Case Fan Noctua A9x14 HS-PWM chromax.Black.swap 33.84 CFM 92 mm Fan $21.95 @ Amazon
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $2475.39
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-28 17:07 EDT-0400
Any criticisms or recommendations are much appreciated!
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2024.03.28 22:21 gameloxx Best low cost build with 4080 super and r7 7800x3d (canada)

Hey guys, so i wanna build a really good pc but i want to keep cost of parts other than gpu/cpu low. Does any of you know whick part i can use to keep cost low?
Edi: I dont care about looks.
Here is the part list:
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor $573.85 @ Amazon Canada
CPU Cooler Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler $48.19 @ Amazon Canada
Motherboard ASRock B650 PG LIGHTNING ATX AM5 Motherboard $247.24 @ Canada Computers
Memory *ADATA XPG Lancer Blade RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory $149.36 @ Canada Computers
Storage *Kingston NV2 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive $172.49 @ Best Buy Canada
Video Card *Zotac GAMING Trinity GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card $1575.49 @ Newegg Canada
Case Montech AIR 903 BASE ATX Mid Tower Case $68.99 @ Newegg Canada
Power Supply *MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $149.48 @ Best Buy Canada
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total $2985.09
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-28 17:20 EDT-0400
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2024.03.28 22:18 -LoFo- The Devil Lives On Satin Lane [Part One]

My windshield wipers tried and failed to give me a clear line of sight as my tires plowed through the standing water on the road. I considered myself lucky that the dash only had a few lights on. The interior of my ‘99 Accord had a habit of lighting up like a Christmas tree whenever the road gave way under my tires. I was half surprised to see the interstate empty on a Saturday, but chalked it up to the storm keeping people home. After several minutes of driving in near silence, the radio went from the usual static to a talk radio show. At least I was fairly certain it was talk radio as the storm drowned out the host's exact words in a scrambled mess. I glanced at myself in the rearview mirror as I brushed a few errant dusty-blonde strands from my forehead. My laptop bag sat idly in the passenger seat next to me. I kept finding myself looking at it instead of attempting to look through the wall of slush on my windshield.
Because I was late registering for classes, I had two options for an English course. Dissecting Russian Literature or Literature of Horror. Neither sounded like an amazing option. But, I decided that despite my hatred of all things Horror; I would tough it out for a semester and take my course credit. For our final assignment, we were tasked with interviewing someone on The Closest Your Life Has Come To A Horror Story–Professor Sloan’s words, not mine–and turning their story into a narrative. Most people had chosen their roommates or friends for this assignment. I didn’t have that luxury. Annie had practically moved out of our house before the year started back. Leaving me to pay the rent myself while I looked for someone to take her still-decorated room. Looking back, I could have used someone else. I should have used someone else. But I didn’t. Instead, my car was aimed down I-75 back to the small corner of Tennessee where I had grown up. The small corner I promised myself to leave behind and never come back to.
However, when dreams fade, so do those oaths that went from set in stone to scribbled on scratch paper. In the back seat–as opposed to the water-logged trunk–sat an ancient and equally decrepit hardback clamshell suitcase I had found at Goodwill for a whopping four dollars. Inside I had packed a week of clothes, my best guess for how long I would be gone. I didn’t plan on spending my entire week at home, instead, I would take a few days to get the story I needed before taking the long way back to campus. Stretching a nine-hour drive into a four or five-day one.
I pulled onto the final dirt road at around three in the afternoon. Judging by the sky, it was near dark. The rain had let up enough on the last half hour of the drive to allow me to listen to the full articulation of the man on the radio.
“I am your host Chris Boyd, and you are listening to Ready Set Rock on 98.9.” He said in the most over-the-top voice he could muster, “This next one goes out to all of those who would rather spend this rainy day in Boston.” In less than a moment, Chris was gone, his voice replaced with the opening notes to More Than A Feeling.
Eventually, the slight haze broke through enough for me to see my father’s home. My home. The same small, one-story farmhouse that the McMurtry family had lived in since before the constitution was amended. I nosed the front of my car down the mile-long driveway and killed the headlights before pulling to a dead stop. Before stepping out, I pulled my hoodie over my head and cinched the drawstring. The front of the house was adorned with a wrap-around wooden porch stained a dark chestnut brown.
Before I raised my fist to knock, I heard the deadbolt unlatch before the ever-familiar sound of the hinges creeping open, revealing Josiah McMurtry on the drier side of the threshold.
“Hey Cass!” he reached out to hug me and I didn’t fight it. His warm welcome made me feel bad for not calling more often. It wasn’t his fault I left, he had done everything in his power to try and make things right, make things better.
“You’re soaked, come in and I’ll grab you a towel.” He said before disappearing behind the door frame. I stepped inside and was hit with the distinct smell of nostalgia. The one that hit me with a thousand different memories all somehow intangibly linked together by this one smell. One I couldn’t describe on its own. I stood looking around the entryway in silence. Staring at the framed family photos dotted across the eggshell white walls. All of them depicted a bright and happy family. It felt ironic to me how fake they seemed. There were only two people left who could ever tell you just how fake those smiles behind the glass were. How much arguing had led up to the click of the shudder? How many nights did I lay awake trying to ignore the shouting matches through the same paper-thin white walls these pictures now clung to?
“Here,” my father said, carrying a faded purple beach towel, “it’s the first one I grabbed.” I took it with a quiet thanks before unfolding it. Staring back at me was the unmistakable image of a cartoon Barbie standing in front of whatever the latest version of the Dreamhouse had been when it was first printed. I draped it over my head and began to scrub out as much water as possible while blindly charting the hallway as if I had just walked it yesterday and not three years ago.
When I regained my vision, I was greeted with the sight of the family room. The same worn leather sofa that had sat against the wall, under the painting of the mountainscape, since before I was born. Pulled out from its normal position in the corner beside the couch, my father sat in his equally worn black leather recliner. He motioned for me to sit with the same grin on his face that hadn’t faded since the front door.
“This is for some project for school, right?” he said as I placed the towel onto the cushion next to me. Over the next few hours, I told him the premise of the assignment in exchange for a hot meal and the latest in his life. Once the rain died down, I grabbed my suitcase as well as my laptop from the now-musty Accord and lugged it up to my bedroom. Still painted the same disgusting yellow that my mother had painted when I was still too young to remember the ocean blue that stained the drywall. My shelves were still adorned with various childhood photos in handmade wooden frames. Also on the shelves were various medals and trophies ranging from soccer to dance competitions. I almost laughed to myself when I realized how few of them were first-place awards.
I sat the laptop on the particle board desk that was jutted against the wall just below the window that let the morning sun in to wake me up for school. It occurred to me that only a handful of years ago, the now barren desktop had been cluttered with projects and the family word processor I used to write my papers and stories on. The sight of it empty formed a small pit in my stomach. A pit that was small but screamed at me that I wasn’t taking in enough of every day. That time was slipping through the gaps between my fingers and I was too dumb to realize how much I had already lost despite the fact I was still only a junior in college. I shoved the thought aside and sat down at the desk and opened my laptop. I scrolled and clicked on a new project in Microsoft Word. When the window popped up, my mind seemed to walk away while staring at the blinking cursor. For one of the first times in my life, I could not come up with anything to write. Words refused to enter my conscious thought, and my fingers stayed frozen on the keys. I typed as many iterations of the same line over and over again. Hoping against hope that one of them would feel right. After the eighth or ninth version of:
“Josiah McMurtry dutifully served as an officer to the Cramer County police force.”
I stood up from the desk and turned around. I had read something once that said if you changed your physical point of view, you could beat writer's block. I stood staring at my closet door only for no words to surface. I did my best to concentrate on the paint that was as old as myself. I tried to focus on the way the handle used to feel in my palms when I would get ready every morning for school. The way I refused to open it the day of the funeral. How heavy it had seemed that morning even though it was still just a door. I did the best I could to block out those thoughts and go back to focusing on my project but nothing. Words still failed me.
Ruling out staring at the same blank page for another hour, I pulled out my phone and double-tapped the screen. Instead of the familiar warm glow of my background, the screen stays black. I cursed when I realized the battery was dead before shoving it back into my pocket. After checking both my suitcase and laptop bag, I realized that I left my charger still plugged into the port next to my bed. I made a mental note to myself to buy one in the morning before turning back to the laptop on the desk. The screen still displayed the blank page punctuated with the blinking cursor. I rolled the idea of trying to brute-force my way through the opening, just picking a first line and going from there. Eventually I came to the decision that I would sooner or later trash the pages and closed the screen.
I walked to the bathroom just down the hall, grabbed a towel, and started the shower. When I stepped in, I let the water fall across my face and hair. Eyes closed and not moving. Enjoying a small amount of peace. Life hadn’t been chaotic, at least not recently. But something told me to enjoy this. Like something gently nudging against an unlocked door and I listened. I shut my eyes and took a few deep breaths. I may not have known it then, but that was the last peaceful moment I would have for a long time.
After my shower I shut the water off and stepped out, grabbing a towel to dry myself for the second time that night. When I walked back to my room, I dropped the towel on the floor and began to dig inside the still open suitcase on the bed. In less than a moment my head snapped up, my attention pulling my head along with an invisible string. My eyes met the closet door again. Only now, it was open. The dusty and inky blackness spilling out onto my bedroom floor. I froze, still hunched over with my hands encased in several different colors and textures of fabric.
I tried to rationalize with myself for what felt like hours when in reality it couldn’t have been more than a minute. I cautiously stepped closer to the closet, taking hold of the edge of the door when it was in reach. Now that I was closer, I could see the pull cord dangling from the ceiling. I grabbed it and with one swift motion the darkness was gone, replaced with a blinding light emanating from the same naked light bulb I hadn’t changed since middle school.
Let there be light.
I was almost shocked when I saw absolutely nothing. I almost wanted there to be something lurking within the shadows. Instead, I was met with a face full of clothes that I hadn’t seen since I left and boxes of things I had grown out of over the years sitting on the closet floor. From toys to clothes to phones, all of it was stored in sixteen-by-twelve moving boxes. Looking down at the corrugated cardboard flaps, I was hit by, and subsequently swept away with a wave of nostalgia. I knelt down and opened the closest box to me.
Again, I almost wanted something to jump out at me. I almost wanted something to prove my fears were justified, something to tell me that I’m not crazy and that I hadn’t left the door open and just forgotten. But I found none of that. Instead, sitting on top of a mountain of miscellaneous items from fabric to childhood toys, sat a small handheld gray radio. Almost like clockwork, more memories came flooding in. I believe that everyone is hit with an almost deja vu level of nostalgia every once in a while. Almost like the morning alarm you forget you set the night before, rudely ripping you from sleep. But since I had first set foot inside the front door, it had happened at least three times now. The radio I now tossed between my fingers was the same one my mother had gifted me when I asked for an iPod. The same radio I took on every family trip and listened to every St. Louis game I could with my dad. Mike Claiborne’s voice is still etched into my memory. It only occurred to me at that moment, that so many memories and dreams can be tangentially linked to one small object. I stood to my feet, radio in hand. I flipped it over and popped off the battery cover to reveal the empty chamber. Two double-A slots. I grabbed the electric toothbrush from my bag and took out the two matching batteries before placing them into the slots and sliding the cover back of the radio. I took a deep breath, extended the antenna, and flipped the power switch.
When the radio crackled to life, it gave me the same emotion as the first time I had turned it on. All of it still feels like yesterday. Even now. I turned the dial until I hit 98.9. Chris Boyd was in the middle of a segment called how many questions. A Who Wants To Be A Millionaire style game where Chris asks questions of varying difficulty to “one lucky caller” as he dubbed them. They could choose the next song for every one they got right.
“Alright, Julie, to break the station record of nine consecutive questions; What was the name of the bassist on the Foo Fighters first album? You have ten seconds starting now.” Chris said. It had been so long since I had heard his voice, it was almost calming. You never know how much you miss someone until some piece of them slithers back into your life.
“Oh! I know this one!” Julie shouted, “It was the Nirvana guy!”
“Need you to be a little more specific on that,” you could hear the smile forming on his face, “Five seconds, Julie.”
“Novoselic!” she proudly shouted into the phone. Only to call it back less than a second later with a wait no!
“I’m sorry Julie but that is not correct. The answer we were looking for was Dave Grohl.”
“Dammit I knew it when I said it.”
“That’s okay though, Julie. Because you just tied the station record for nine questions! I will patch you through to my producer so you can make your selections.” With a thanks and the click of a button just in range for the microphone to pick up, Julie was gone. I placed the radio on the nightstand and laid on the bed with my eyes shut. I let the music become background noise as my thoughts began to take over the active portion of my brain. Questions I either couldn’t answer or didn’t want to answer. Questions I had been routinely pushing out of my head since the day we buried my mother’s empty casket. I opened my eyes and shut the radio off.
Easier to get to sleep, I rationalized whilst standing up to turn off the lights. I shut the closet door and climbed back into bed. In less than 2 minutes, a blanket of darkness grabbed me and pulled me under into unconsciousness. I saw flashes of memories, some I had no recollection of. Almost as if they had been pushed away so I couldn’t see them. But I wasn’t in them. First it was a faceless woman, suspended in the air by a rope with one end tied around her wrists and the other wrapped around the branch of a large oak tree deep in the forest. I didn’t recognize any of this. I was a passive observer in my own dreams. The next flash was similar. The same faceless woman tied down to a large rock, wrists and ankles bound together with seven formless figures standing over her. The flashes continued in this pattern until I was ripped from these reveries by the sound of my radio going off in the darkness.
I bolted upright in my bed. The lyrics of the song on full blast almost physically cut through the darkness. I groped my hand across the sheets for my phone, when I found it I frantically tapped on the screen for some sort of light to protect me but it was still dead. With this reminder, I was able to focus on what the radio was playing and who was singing. Roy Orbison was in the middle of telling me about a girl he couldn’t get out of his head.
I close my eyes, and then I drift away, He sang. His words echoing across the still room. I could see a silver fragment of the moon poking through the linen curtains. It gave me enough light to not break my shins as I inched toward the open closet that the sound was emanating from.
Then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you, Orbison continued.
My fingers curled around the crown molding of the door frame like they were solely responsible for me not flying away. I reluctantly stretched my free hand into the darkness. Letting my blind fingers wrap around the painted plastic case of my radio, feeling the buzzing in my fingertips as my grip tightened around the grill of the speaker. I pulled it back to my chest as fast as I could out of an innate and child-like fear that something was waiting to reach out and grab me. I fumbled the radio in my hands until I finally found the power switch. I clicked it into the off position and my room fell silent again. The only noise that filled my ears was the erratic sound of myself hyperventilating. Still standing in front of the open closet, the radio still being held by my paper-white knuckles, I began to retrace everything I could remember before falling asleep.
I went through the box
I pulled out the radio
I shut the door and listened to “How Many Questions”
I shut the radio off and went to sleep.
None of it made any rational sense and I began to think that something may have actually been in the closet waiting for me. I began to feel a pit forming in my stomach as a wave of nausea passed over me. I needed to get out of this house. At least for a few hours and let my brain rack for some sort of rational explanation. I backed away slowly and cautiously closed the closet door. Dropping the radio on the bed, I pulled on the same jeans and hoodie I had been wearing, I grabbed my keys and was down the stairs and out of the front door in less than a heartbeat. The rain had subsided to a slight drizzle by now. It wasn’t until the gaudy green LED’s of my car’s dashboard sputtered to life in tandem with the engine did I know what time it was.
12:24 AM
By my math I had gotten two or so hours of sleep. Maybe more, maybe less. I put the car in reverse and carefully backed out of the driveway, watching the shadows that lay just beyond the reach of the car lights for movement. I reached the end of the driveway and spun the front tires out onto the road before shifting back into drive. My eyes darted back and forth from the radio to the road as I fiddled with the dial. I always enjoyed driving in silence from time to time, but now just the thought of it seemed physically painful.
“And that is the end of my broadcast night, Kemp Creek.” Chris was saying, the static finally having given way to actual sound, “Coming up next is the early morning host, Peyton Bryant. I will see you all tomorrow night.” Chris’s voice clicked away as a small, copyright free, filler track took his place. I could imagine him standing up from his chair and handing over the headphones to the next host with some remarks before leaving the booth. It was a little after one when I pulled into the lot of the only building I could find with the lights still on. The illuminated pylon sign in the parking lot proudly proclaimed that the diner was open twenty-four hours a day.
The worn bell at the top of the doorframe chimed as I stepped inside. None of the three workers inside acknowledged my presence as I took a seat at the counter. Immediately I was handed a menu without a word from the sole waitress in the restaurant before she walked away to finish what she had been doing. I ran my fingers across the glossy laminated cover before catching a glimpse of my reflection from the incandescent light. I looked like I had seen a ghost. My hair unkempt with several clumps jutting out from my head, the look almost reminding me of puppets without strings. I stood up from the counter and made my way to the back of the restaurant. As I walked underneath the bright red RESTROOM sign, I heard the bell chime at the front door.
The bathroom was dark when I first opened the door, I felt my heart leap up in my chest. I had gotten rid of my nightlight when I was a child but seeing the dark bathroom made me wish I still had it with me. My fingers found the switch on the wall and popped it upwards. The grimey bulb above flickered on and after a second or two, the room was filled with a formerly white light. The dirt and germs that have caked onto the exposed bulb over the years has given everything a dirty yellow tint. I let the door slam shut behind me and stepped up to the mirror. Taking a few deep breaths to steady myself, I grabbed the handle for the cold water and pulled it towards my stomach. The sink sputtered as air was forced out of the line. I let the water pool in my cupped hands before shutting my eyes and pressing my hands to my face. My eyes stayed glued shut as my lungs filled with air. I slowly let the breath out through pursed lips.
Whilst making eye contact with the mirror, I wet my fingertips and ran them through my hair to regain some semblance of physical composure. After another quick breath, I left the room, hesitating a moment to debate turning the light off again before I left. In either a moment of anxiety or some other emotion I cannot name, I let the door close on the still bright room. When I turned the corner and the counter came back into view, I was partially surprised to see a man sitting only a few seats down from where I had been, idly sipping coffee from a ceramic mug while scrolling on his phone. It was almost surprising to see someone who wasn’t being forced to work the night-shift here, but then again, I was there too. I took back my perch atop the spinning stool decorated to keep up with the faux-fifties aesthetic that continued to fade with each passing day. Every storm chipping away at the painted exterior that no one will get around to repairing. The ripped upholstery of the booths that look more like a free couch on craigslist than something people pay to sit on. When the waitress circled back around, I flagged her down and ordered a coffee of my own. Cream, two sugars, same as always. After the waitress walked away, I could feel the man next to me glancing in my direction, trying to figure out if he should say something or go back to scrolling on his phone.
“Cassie?” he said, his voice accented with recent familiarity. I couldn’t place him until I looked over. I finally connected the dots when I saw his full face rather than the obscured version in my peripherals. Chris Boyd stared back at me, but not the one I had remembered. He looked like he had aged ten years over the course of three. His face had thinned out, hair had gotten fuller and it looks like he is finally able to grow the beard he always wanted.
“When did you get back?” he asked, cutting through both the silence and useless small talk he knew was coming if he didn’t.
“Today. Or yesterday, I guess.” What do you say to someone with whom you’ve imagined this exact scenario at least a hundred times? The waitress brought back my coffee and asked if I was going to order anything. Out of college instinct, I patted for my wallet to see how much I could splurge. Nothing. All of my pockets were empty. Shit. I told her that I didn’t know yet and she was off again to wipe down the same tables as before. I didn’t know if this was to look busy or if the vinyl-topped tables really needed that much attention.
We went back and forth trading stories filled with half truths to make us look better than we actually did. I filled him in on my current roommate and rent problems and he told me about life at the radio station and how he came into it. After dropping out after his second semester at Western Kentucky, he had found himself living on his parents couch not doing much.
“I tried to get Jason and Sam back together to try and get an actual record out. But by now they couldn’t give less of a shit.” he said, forcing a chuckle through a possibly equally forced smile. “Once they shot me down, I figured I could get rid of my guitar and CDs. Make a little extra cash to live on until I could find a cheap place to stay for the time being, you know?”
That was it.
My mind began to flutter in and out. Sparks of colorful memories in which I didn’t know what was happening. It was almost a mirror of my dream, only now I was watching the current moment through a haze. Completely detached. My breathing quickened as the flashes became less and less frequent. In the interim, my body was numbed and floating in a sea of ink. Both present and not. Somewhere between living and dead.
In less than a heartbeat, the ink was gone. Replaced by pure white as if I were stuck in a snowstorm. I tried to clench my eyes shut but it did nothing. In fact it may have intensified it as ringing started in my ears. Small at first. Barely recognizable as a whisper until it grew in volume exponentially by the second. Eventually I did my best to put my hands over my ears even though I couldn’t feel it. Eventually it all crescendoed into one large symphony of pain and noise until it all snapped back to that inky blackness. Only now I could feel my hands pressed firmly against my ears as my eyes clenched tight enough to cause my face to ache. But I could still hear noise, not ringing. scraping. Tires. Tires scraping and rolling atop pavement as an engine hummed along with them. I snapped my eyes open and found myself behind the wheel of my Accord. Unable to remember ever stepping foot off of my stool at the counter.
My chest tightened as I began to lose control of my breathing again. I swerved the car onto the shoulder of the desolate road and began to do the breathing exercises taught to me by Dr. Fleming.
In and out, one…two…three.
When I regained control of myself and was able to slowly open my eyes, I caught a glimpse of the sun rising just beyond the horizon. My eyes snapped to the LED clock in the dash, I almost lost control of myself again and let the panic re-consume me as I read the time.
6:02 AM
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2024.03.28 22:13 MoneyVirus A small review to my upgrade from consumer ssd's to enterprise grade ssd's

Hi,
i have started to build the proxmox ve server with two used samsung 850 Pro 512gb ssd's as zfs storage for vms and containers. i had, after 4 month, a wear out over 35% ( started with 100%) and and an average io delay of 9% to 16% (with zabbix server running) on the 2 ssd's for storage. I have read about the proxmox tests about enterprise ssds and bought two used samsung PM1653 960GB ssd's for 70€. i think the picture tells more than words can do:
https://preview.redd.it/8cbbdgw235rc1.png?width=732&format=png&auto=webp&s=2389c1a5a16358b6e9e81cc6a118a01d7fd0ba81
at ~ 14:30pm i have replaced the old drives with the new drives and expanded the pool. there are now no lags while restores or creating vms. the resilvering tooks only minutes (i have ~350 gb used). resilvering the old drives (last month i destroyed the data of one disk in the mirror with fio testing) took hours.
this was a good investment.

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2024.03.28 22:07 Dry-Understanding381 Help building a gaming/workstation pc - €3000,- budget

Hello, I am looking to build my first pc, since my laptop is getting older.
I will be using the pc for gaming (tarkov, league) and visual effects (heavy sims/rendering/comp)My maximum budget is €3000,- and would preferably stay a bit below that.
I have already tried to do my own research and create a build, but since it is my first time building a pc i would like some help. and see if there are better options/potential issues.
PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i7-14700K 3.4 GHz 20-Core Processor €436.48 @ Amazon Belgium
CPU Cooler Lian Li Galahad II Trinity 89.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler €148.16 @ Azerty
Motherboard MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard €239.00 @ Amazon Belgium
Memory Corsair Vengeance RGB 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory €233.85 @ Megekko
Storage Lexar NM790 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive €233.85 @ Megekko
Video Card MSI VENTUS 3X OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card €1152.95 @ Megekko
Case Lian Li LANCOOL 216 ATX Mid Tower Case €109.90 @ Amazon Belgium
Power Supply Corsair RM1000e (2023) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply €149.90 @ Amazon Belgium
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total €2704.09
Generated by PCPartPicker 2024-03-28 22:06 CET+0100

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2024.03.28 22:06 Secret-Affect-5206 Anyone remember the sky garden?

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2024.03.28 22:01 plzhelpimadumbass Best pc custom build site

I built my first PC, and can’t say I enjoyed it. For this reason, I am going to be ordering from a custom pc builder website. Which website is the most reputable? So far I have looked at ibuypower and with my specs (follows) there is a $250 - $300 surcharge for going with them compared to the same parts on pcpartpicker. Not very worried about the surcharge, but more worried about if anyone has had terrible experiences with them or knows of a better option for a custom pc builder.
CPU: i7-14700KF GPU: MSI 4080 Super RAM: 2x16 Corsair dominator platinum 5200MHz Case: NZXT H7 Flow Mesh Storage: 1 TB WD M.2 NVME SSD & 2 TB WD SSD MOBO: ASUS Prime Z790-V Wifi PSU: 1000W Corsair RM1000e
Please note the following:
I know I could just built it myself - I don’t want to. Please do not try and convince me to build it myself. I am just looking for the best site for a custom pc builder.
Finally - by “best” I am meaning a combination of response customer service in case of a PC dead on arrival and how much the surcharge is for them to build it.
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2024.03.28 21:57 Extension_Gas9604 Looking for a pc build

Hi everyone. I am a laptop user for years and the last pc I built was probably 15 years ago. I decided to come back to desktop community because my gaming environment is being stable now (No need to move to other places) and my gaming laptop is a bit loud.
I am currently using GP66 Leopard 11 (i7 11800H, 3070, tdp 130-135)
I have no issue with my gaming laptop because it provides what I want (except it is so loud when gaming). It can do 1440p, 70 fps, Cyberpunk 2077 (with performance boost mode disable, with dlss on and high setting - low shadow)
I am looking for a pc build that is similar to my laptop performance but could provide a quiet gaming environment and cold system.
Performance (sort of a rule of thumb): 1440p, 3A games (Cyberpunk 2077, RDR2) 70-90fps with high setting (can change the shadow to low for better fps).
I would like to know how much to build a pc like this performance? (ram and storage could be 16gbs and 1tb for now.). I got my laptop one and half years ago with around 1050USD, so I wish the pc could be around or lower than this budget
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2024.03.28 21:47 jsigs1 building a canvas spinner out of a treadmill

I'm trying to build a canvas spinner for large format spin art. I guess you could picture a large lazy susan, but more like helicopter blades instead of a table, mostly to reduce weight. i found a perfectly good treadmill on the side of the road a few months ago and was planning to poach the motor and the speed controller to build this contraption. but then i thought, why not just keep the motor mounted in it's perfectly good frame (with the nicer welds than i can probably do!) and just turn it on its side. I'd like to use the treadmill belt as it is for the most part. my plan thus far was to replace the driven roller (the one behind you if you were actually running on this thing) with a 3/4 inch rod mounted in a set of pillow bearings. (the tricky part) the rod would stick up a bit and I could mount a cross to the rod somehow. the cross would spin and I could mount a canvas to the cross. you should definitely look at the pictures because i know im not doing this justice. now i talked to a mechanical engineer friend of mine, and he said the weight of the cross (steel or aluminum square tube maybe?) mounted at that one center point would cause a lot of wobble in the cross blades. he said i'd be better off with lazy susan bearings. what do you all think? dead flat, no wobble would be ideal, but i could tolerate some slight wobble i suppose. after all, this is abstract art we are talking about, so no need to be ultra precise.
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2024.03.28 21:43 docvile rate my partspicker list for a 4/6k video editing machine

Have a friend that wants to build a pc for 4k editing and potential future 6k video editing.
Been out of the spec's game for a long, long time. Last time I was involved, SSD boot drive and 7200rpm mechanical drive were king.
Any recommendations or suggestions? Things I should or could swap?
This thing, what I imagine will be loud as fuck, will be tucked away in the corner of a room, so how loud it is wasn't an issue.
also wanted to ask if raid setups are still a thing? Any if so, would it benefit for the huge file formats? I think I read something like that.
Videocard already purchased from Microcenter.
*attempted to follow the how to link for pasting from mypartspicker and cant get spreadsheet to show correctly with reddit formatting.
Thanks!

[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/sryKQP)
TypeItemPrice
:----:----:----
**CPU** [Intel Core i9-12900K 3.2 GHz 16-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/gGH7YJ/intel-core-i9-12900k-32-ghz-8-core-processor-bx8071512900k) $314.99 @ Newegg
**CPU Cooler** [Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/9T92FT/deepcool-ak620-6899-cfm-cpu-cooler-r-ak620-bknnmt-g) $54.99 @ Amazon
**Motherboard** [Asus PRIME Z790-V WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/zLwmP6/asus-prime-z790-v-wifi-atx-lga1700-motherboard-prime-z790-v-wifi) $239.99 @ ASUS
**Memory** [Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5200 CL40 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/TJZ9TW/corsair-vengeance-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-5200-cl40-memory-cmk64gx5m2b5200c40) $169.99 @ Amazon
**Memory** [Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5200 CL40 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/TJZ9TW/corsair-vengeance-64-gb-2-x-32-gb-ddr5-5200-cl40-memory-cmk64gx5m2b5200c40) $169.99 @ Amazon
**Storage** [Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/DDWBD3/samsung-980-pro-1-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-mz-v8p1t0bam) $99.99 @ Amazon
**Storage** [Crucial P3 Plus 4 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/PPpzK8/crucial-p3-plus-4-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-ct4000p3pssd8) $237.99 @ Amazon
**Video Card** [MSI VENTUS 3X OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/gvcgXL/msi-ventus-3x-oc-geforce-rtx-4080-super-16-gb-video-card-rtx-4080-super-16g-ventus-3x-oc) - $1199.99 @ microcenter
**Case** [Lian Li LANCOOL III RGB ATX Mid Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/WggFf7/lian-li-lancool-iii-rgb-atx-mid-tower-case-lancool-3r-x) $155.99 @ Newegg
**Power Supply** [Asus TUF Gaming 850G 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MLzhP6/asus-tuf-gaming-850g-850-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-90ye00s2-b0na00) $129.99 @ B&H
*Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts*
**Total** **$2,773.99**

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2024.03.28 21:39 sumsh Is there any way to turn my Beelink N100 mini PC into an unraid server with 6 or more drives without using USB?

I’m currently self hosting all my docker containers on my N100 running Linux, and mounting my 2-drive Synology NAS for storage. I’d like to be able to add more drives, but not sure how without adding another NAS or building one from scratch.
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2024.03.28 21:38 BandoTheBear Biz owner mad that no one’s “volunteering”

Biz owner mad that no one’s “volunteering”
Censored names and business name but this business owners in Eugene is mad that no one will do free labor for him. He posted this on facebook and got dabbed on lol.
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2024.03.28 21:38 Deftonesy Help me save money on my first pc build! (7600x + 4070 Super)

Hello, finalizing my final PC build (first time!), I'm set on a 7600x + 4070 super, picked out the other parts based on reviews. Total budget is around $1400 strictly sold and shipped by Newegg since they offer free shipping to my country.
I'm just wondering if any of my components are overkill at this point, currently gaming on a 1080p monitor, but most likely transition to 2k once I have saved up enough for a new monitor. What components can i downgrade with insignifcant effects on performance to save money?
As for the case, this is not my initial pick and it'll most likely change since I'll be purchasing one locally depending on whats available.
[PCPartPicker Part List](https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4McHZJ)
TypeItemPrice
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**CPU** [AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 4.7 GHz 6-Core Processor](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/66C48d/amd-ryzen-5-7600x-47-ghz-6-core-processor-100-100000593wof) $229.00 @ Newegg
**CPU Cooler** [Deepcool AK620 ZERO DARK 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7J6p99/deepcool-ak620-zero-dark-6899-cfm-cpu-cooler-r-ak620-bknnmt-g-1) $63.98 @ Newegg
**Motherboard** [MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/cRQcCJ/msi-pro-b650m-a-wifi-micro-atx-am5-motherboard-pro-b650m-a-wifi) $147.98 @ Newegg
**Memory** [TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/2JLFf7/teamgroup-t-force-delta-rgb-32-gb-2-x-16-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-ff3d532g6000hc30dc01) $106.99 @ Newegg
**Storage** [Western Digital Black SN770 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/4KRYcf/western-digital-2-tb-m2-2280-nvme-solid-state-drive-wds200t3x0e) $139.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** [Asus DUAL OC GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12 GB Video Card](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Hc7scf/asus-dual-oc-geforce-rtx-4070-super-12-gb-video-card-dual-rtx4070s-o12g) $599.99 @ Newegg
**Case** [MSI MAG FORGE M100R MicroATX Mini Tower Case](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/Xm92FT/msi-mag-forge-m100r-microatx-mini-tower-case-mag-forge-m100r) -
**Power Supply** [Corsair RM750x (2021) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply](https://pcpartpicker.com/product/6NcG3C/corsair-rm750x-2021-750-w-80-gold-certified-fully-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020199-na) $119.99 @ Newegg
*Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts*
**Total** **$1407.92**
Generated by [PCPartPicker](https://pcpartpicker.com) 2024-03-28 16:34 EDT-0400
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2024.03.28 21:35 Ionicxplorer First build (pretty rare post right?). Any input appreciated!

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/drhq89
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz 8-Core Processor ($357.00 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: NZXT Kraken 280 99.68 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($144.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard ($144.00 @ MSI)
Memory: Kingston FURY Beast 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory ($114.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial T700 W/Heatsink 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 5.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($263.99 @ Adorama)
Case: Montech AIR 100 ARGB MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA 850 P5 850 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
GPU options: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT or 7900 XT
Total: $1084.96 (- GPU Price)
Here is something you haven't seen before!/s This will be my first PC build. Firstly my main question is about the GPU. I've listed the two I'm considering but open to recommendations within and outside those two. Lastly is there anything that's too much or overboard? I tried to look at AMD's recommendations for cooler, memory, and SSD.
I will use it for productivity and gaming. I play many different games on console now. My current PC has enabled me to play strategy games exclusive or just better on PC. I do plan on possibly connecting this to a 4K OLED as a display when playing certain games. However I'm limited in space so the monitor will be fairly small and probably not 4K. Any insight is appreciated.
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2024.03.28 21:34 Serenityincarnate Help building a new PC needed

>**What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.**
Gaming. I would like to play new games on high graphics settings. My PC struggled to get through games like Cyberpunk, Elden Ring, and Starfield on low settings and it is finally bothering me enough to upgrade.
>**What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?**
Ideally around $2000 CAD (or 1500 USD, I can order and pick up from the US if needed, but would really prefer Canada). I can be flexible if there is a good reason to go over. I don't know if my expectations are reasonable given this budget.
>**When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.**
Within a month.
>**What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc\)**
Just the tower.
>**Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?**
BC, Canada. (Could do US if absolutely needed, but no to Microcenter)
>**If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.**
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Chroma (closing in on 10 years old, but I will replace separately)
Mouse: Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless
Primary Monitor: ZOWIE XL2411K 24 in Secondary Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z 24 in
I like my 24 in monitors and have no plans to ever get bigger ones.
>**Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?**
I'm open to it, but I don't know much about how computers work on a hardware level, so let's avoid it unless there is a really good reason to.
>**Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)**
I would like at least 1 TB SSD.
>**Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?**
I don't care about style. All else being equal I'd prefer just a regular black case.
>**Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?**
Should have the OS covered separately.
>**Extra info or particulars:**
I've been looking to build a new PC, but haven't known where to start. Created a reddit account just to ask.
And for context, my current PC:
CPU: Intel Core i7-9700 GPU: Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti SSD: SK hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GB HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB RAM: Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB

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