wacky1980

katt doesn't age. i believe this thread to be lies!

i found a non-oem license from an old pc i had sitting around. it transferred, and we good now. i have pushed a couple benchmark tests on it and everything seems to be running at expected specs. i still can't believe that nvme drive hits 3400mbps sequential read. just crazy. cabling wasn't bad. there's a lot of channels to pull cabling throuh, all the way around the mobo and out the front for the drives. the case leaves a few things to be desired, but it's not too bad overall. the rgb is controlled on the mobo by some msi-branded software, but there's also a button on the top of the case that *i think* is supposed to control it as well. i haven't got that figured out just yet. the highest temp i could reach on the cpu so far is 78C. we installed a couple games on it for the boys to kick around, and when we're playing minecraft the temp moves between 50-60C but rarely outside that range. still haven't put the nuts to it by editing videos, but i think we're recording again tonight so we'll see how that goes later this week.

got 'er rolling now. she pretty. not too bad for my first build.

i think etiquette dictates you can use it until someone legit needs it, and then you have to give it up. but you can only use it for the chair -- not the wheels.

i had the memory in the correct slots and they sure looked properly seated. pulled the one from slot 4 out entirely and moved the one from slot 2 over to 1, and then everything came up. moved them both back to their original positions, and everything came up again. 🤷‍♂️ idle temps on the cpu (oc) hang right around 29-30C (sitting in bios that is...i haven't loaded the monitoring software in windows yet). the 2700x came with a decent air cooler, and i have 4 aftermarket fans -- 2 intake and 2 exhaust -- moving air pretty well. once i have my windows install sorted, i'll add the software and run some benchmark tests to see where everything sits. boot time into windows is scary fast on that nvme, at least as fast as my chromebook. this windows install is being a betch though. i can't move any activation keys onto this pc from any of the other 3 i have (all win10) because apparently starting with win10, the activation key is bound to hardware and can't be transferred? i'm still not very well-educated on this so i'm gonna keep poking at it until a solution presents itself. worst case scenario, i can always install the cracked version from my torrent site or (ugh) buy a license.

figured it out. not sure what the problem was, but i pulled the memory modules and re-seated them, and all is well now. installing windows as we speak. managed to use the factory oc to get the cpu up to 4.15ghz, and ram is currently pushing 3200. we'll see how well that translates into gaming / editing boost...

got the rest of the components installed last night...but i can't get anything to output to display. maybe not booting into bios properly, or not really booting at all, not entirely sure yet. i put in approximately 0 minutes of troubleshooting because it was 2am and i had to be awake this morning at 6. none of the led debug lights are coming on, so it's not an obvious problem just yet, but i have a few ideas. gonna strip out the storage drives and gpu and try a couple more things. if i have to, gonna pull the mobo and try a breadboard boot (ugh, not exciting after getting it all put together). but it could also be something as simple as a bad display cable, so my first step is gonna be using dvi on a known working monitor. nothing's ever easy.

got damn. didn't realize how tiny those nmve cards are. anyways, i got about halfway built last night with the parts that had already arrived. got psu, fans, and nvme drive + heatsink today. if i get time this evening, i'm gonna attempt to get the rest of the hardware dropped in place and try to boot into bios to make sure we're looking good. still trying to decide what to do as far as os. i really don't wanna drop $100 on a new win10 license, and i'm not too interested in a linux distro because it's been awhile and i'd be rusty. thinking i can just use the license from the old pc i'm retiring. that's still a thing we can do, right?

the local post office receives package dumps from UPS, to handle the "last mile" delivery of packages via amazon's "UPS SurePost" delivery option that you cannot deselect when placing an order. this option is still listed as "Prime 2-Day" which is fine by me, i don't need 1-day delivery for the most part. so when the package arrives at the post office at 5:30am on day 2, one would think the post office is going to get it on the truck and out for delivery today. and in this case, one would be flat fucking wrong. it will sit on the loading dock until the next day for some reason. best part is, they won't let me walk in there today and carry it out. our post office is literally across the street from my office. and this is a town of 2,000 people, so it's not like they're too big to track down a package upon request, in their one delivery bay. they just won't do it. i can see the pile of boxes from the service window, but they won't walk their happy asses back there to get my box off the top. their excuse? they haven't check them in yet. to that i say BULLSHIT because my tracking update says plainly that the package was accepted at the local post office. but they won't budge on this position. one time i waited in the lobby until an hour after they closed the customer service window (singular, one window) to collect a package because i told them i wasn't leaving without it. i've railed on these boards against the USPS in the past and been told by folks that it's fine, they're doing great and should be commended for their amazing work. i'm not sure what reality those folks reside in, but it is not this one.

i'll bring it up and we'll see.

so i guess that rules out the friendship with rupaul then.

pls no

now that you mention it, i don't ever recall seeing too many non-white people in those videos...

i'm confused. are you saying he's a racist, or that he's not?

dude is a total queen. i wouldn't be surprised if he and ru paul weren't friendlies.

was it worth it?

demo...you mean like, demolish? shit's way too expensive for that.

exactly. he and shane dawson (a famous youtuber i guess?) collaborated on a makeup palette (and here i thought collabs were only for music and beer) and it was released a couple weeks ago. people were apparently going ape shit over it, shopify crashed, etc etc. the only reason it's on my radar is because wife has been watching their youtube videos nonstop for the last month or so. i guess this jeffree guy is the one who had a million bucks of unreleased makeup stolen out of a warehouse last year. that's the only other time i remember reading his name until a month ago.

what is it about this fabulous little dude that gets ladies so hot for makeup? is his stuff really that good, or is it just brand power? i don't get it. she spent an hour in an online checkout to get that conspiracy pallette a couple weeks ago. it's just makeup. right?

i had about 30 items in an amazon wish list and 3camel tracker for the last couple weeks so i could keep an eye on prices. with the exception of the ssd, not a damn thing went on black friday OR cyber monday sale. there was some price shuffling on thanksgiving, but nothing too crazy. the cpu went as low as $160 after i bought it at $170. and the GOD DAMN mobo is back in stock at amazon today for $99 with prime and no tax, after i bought it at newegg last night with tax+shipping. too late to cancel that order now too, so i ate shit there. i think i'm out the door at around $900 altogether. now if everything works and i'm not missing screws or anything dumb like that...

i got the r7 2700x for $170 which i think was pretty decent (not the best deal out there but i'm content). found some slightly faster RAM from crucial yesterday so i went with that instead. hopefully i can oc to make use of it! the gpu is really the only place where i compromised. and the only reason i did is because i found it for $110 (about $70 off). if it doesn't give us what we want, it won't hurt much to upgrade it in a month or so when i'm not buying an entire pc worth of components. also, i ended up going with a 1tb nvme ssd instead of sata because i got a good deal on one today. and i picked up an extra 4tb hdd because it was on sale too. so storage should be good. the mobo has been a pain to lock in because it went out of stock everywhere at the same time. i ended up grabbing one from newegg for a little more than i wanted, but at least i'll have it this week so oh well. some rgb fans, better heatsinks, and a wifi card all on the way as well, and i think we're all set. should hopefully get it built over the weekend, and i'll post pics if/when it happens.

spiteful brewing - mrs o'leary's chocolate milk stout. at 7&%, it's a lighter alternative to the 2019 bourbon county stout we dipped on earlier. oof.

take it to rants

it came through here last night at about 11pm. our house is fine, but there were straight-line winds a couple miles north of here that took down some buildings. it's still pretty gusty this morning, but nothing like 70+ we had last night.

even if it's just a hobby, the tips you offered and a ~very~ simple editor would go a long way towards improving the quality without sacrificing really anything except a small amount of time. and if viewers aren't distracted by spelling errors or poor framing, they're going to pay more attention to the content. i dunno, it's just a no-brainer to me. but i pay attention to shit like that when i'm watching user-generated content. if you don't pay that kind of attention, i guess it doesn't really matter all that much?