Finally finished my watercooling build, did a test run with just distilled water and a leak pissed out of a 90 degree rotary fitting on my gpu.
Almost shit my pants, trying to connect it head on with a straight compression fitting now.
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This system would fail to boot unless a case fan was plugged in. Didn't have any of those lying around so I just grabbed a nearby mobo and plugged in it's cpu's fan :v:
[QUOTE=fishyfish777;52806140]i used to be a big proponent of USB-C but i don't like that it tries to do everything but falls flat of doing everything in about half of implementations
- USB-A male to C female is out of spec even though technically possible safely
- A lot of chargers give no indication as to what they can charge or support aside from just not working
- Many "subpar" implementations exist for devices due to cost savings leading to tremendous confusion as to what the port does
- Thunderbolt 3 piggybacking off of the physical standard
- Devices getting rid of useful ports because they expect type c to pick up the slack
- Ports made to bad physical tolerances when they are the only port on the device, so if the port breaks then the entire device is down
- Tremendous amount of not useful cables and adapters produced out of spec, but useful adapters (i.e. USB3.0 header + power to 3.1 female with pd ) not produced due to spec or manufacturing limitations
just make some features mandated and call them usb 3.2 and 3.3 instead of this complicated bullshit goddamn[/QUOTE]So many idiots will try to use their phone charger for their laptop and I think Apple's replacement of every port with type-c absolutely crazy. By the time type-c becomes the standard for everything, those laptops will completely obsolete, they'd have been better off adding 2 type-c ports and keeping the USB-A, HDMI and card reader, then phasing out the other ports generation by generation, while encouraging manufacturers to make more USB-C stuff for them over the next few years.
Honestly, I think Apple would be better off if Steve Wozniak were in charge of it.
What the fuck kind of a cooler is that?
[QUOTE=RoboChimp;52806990]So many idiots try use their phone charger for their laptop and I think Apple's crazy replacement of everything port with type-c absolutely crazy. By the time type-c becomes the standard for everything, those laptops will completely obsolete, they'd have been better off adding 2 type-c ports and keeping the USB-A, HDMI and card reader, then phasing out the other ports generation by generation, while encouraging manufacturers to make more USB-C stuff for them over the next few years.
Honestly, I think Apple would be better off if Steve Wozniak were in charge of it.[/QUOTE]
You realize that if nobody forces adoption of the port, it'll never get adopted, right?
Tech illiterates are always going to use the cheapest, quickest option. For example it doesn't matter that DisplayPort is an ostensibly better display protocol, especially for PC monitors; they'll always use HDMI even when DP is an option because it's easy and they already know what HDMI is. Hell, tons of people still plug their shit in with VGA or DVI when they could be using DP or HDMI.
If nobody forces people to adopt USB-C, it'll never get adopted since plugging USB-A into a USB-A port is cheaper and easier than plugging a USB-A port into an A to C adapter then a USB-C port.
But, if nobody adopts it, we'll never get anything that uses USB-C natively, and eventually it'll just die off despite being ostensibly better than USB-A. It's essentially a catch 22. If we want USB-C to be the future, then somebody has to bite the bullet and just get rid of every port that USB-C is meant to replace, and Apple is the perfect company to do that.
[editline]21st October 2017[/editline]
Besides literally all you need is a dock like this and you're good to go for 99% of use cases and it barely (if at all) affects the mobility of the MBP.
[t]http://i.cubeupload.com/9RlduV.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=Cakebatyr;52806247]Thats what happens to my internet every time it rains heavily because theres a ~20km >10GHz microwave backhaul in the path to my ISP.[/QUOTE]
Tell them to get good equipment, shouldn't go to complete shit when it rains at that ghz
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;52807010]You realize that if nobody forces adoption of the port, it'll never get adopted, right?
Tech illiterates are always going to use the cheapest, quickest option. For example it doesn't matter that DisplayPort is an ostensibly better display protocol, especially for PC monitors; they'll always use HDMI even when DP is an option because it's easy and they already know what HDMI is. Hell, tons of people still plug their shit in with VGA or DVI when they could be using DP or HDMI.
If nobody forces people to adopt USB-C, it'll never get adopted since plugging USB-A into a USB-A port is cheaper and easier than plugging a USB-A port into an A to C adapter then a USB-C port.
But, if nobody adopts it, we'll never get anything that uses USB-C natively, and eventually it'll just die off despite being ostensibly better than USB-A. It's essentially a catch 22. If we want USB-C to be the future, then somebody has to bite the bullet and just get rid of every port that USB-C is meant to replace, and Apple is the perfect company to do that.
[editline]21st October 2017[/editline]
Besides literally all you need is a dock like this and you're good to go for 99% or use cases
[IMG]https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01MUAEI7J/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1508638692&sr=8-4&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65#[/IMG][/QUOTE]You don't have to force people to adopt a standard for them to use it, if you gradually replace some of the ports, people will use it. They didn't replace DVI, VGA and component video with HDMI over 1 year. People adopted it gradually. And I don't really understand how replacing the card reader with nothing helps anyone, that market could just move to PC. It's much nicer to have everything built into the laptop rather that having an adapter flopping out the side.
There are way, way, way too many USB-A devices out there for that to work. People will just keep using USB-A because all of their devices are USB-A. And if people keep using and buying USB-A devices, USB-C devices are never going to get made.
If you get rid of the USB-A port, it encourages people to actually replace their old shit with something new that has a native USB-C connection. It creates a market for manufacturers to start making USB-C devices for.
[QUOTE=Levelog;52807072]Tell them to get good equipment, shouldn't go to complete shit when it rains at that ghz[/QUOTE]
We're waiting for them to dig up all the roads and lay fibre. Knowing Shaw Cable its going to be FTTN and cable to the premises.
[QUOTE=helifreak;52807001]What the fuck kind of a cooler is that?[/QUOTE]
Just a massive shroud attached to a regular heat sink
My laptop has 2 USB-C and 2 mini DP but also has two USB-A and an HDMI for old stuff, I think it's a nice balance between both.
I'll likely get a USB-B to USB-C cable for my (eventual) DAC so I can swap it between the PC, laptop, and phone with the same cable.
I don't like how USB-B 2 and USB-B 3 are different connectors.
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;52807127]There are way, way, way too many USB-A devices out there for that to work. People will just keep using USB-A because all of their devices are USB-A. And if people keep using and buying USB-A devices, USB-C devices are never going to get made.
If you get rid of the USB-A port, it encourages people to actually replace their old shit with something new that has a native USB-C connection. It creates a market for manufacturers to start making USB-C devices for.[/QUOTE]I feel like the argument we're having is direct changeover vs phased/gradual conversion in the tech business space. And my personal philosophy has always been phased/gradual conversion, where as most people here seem to go for direct changeover.
I can see what your saying, the market won't grow if people aren't forced into it, but USB-C is a great standard, the market will grow, just not as quickly as you'd like it to, but the advantage is that with a gradual change, it'll make it seem like the macBooks are improving in the eyes of Joe Everyday and that the products are getting better. There's also the question of cost to the consumer, having to buy all those expensive adapter which may not be required in the future really adds up. I also think they've sort of put themselves in a difficult situation with a heap of their products using lighting connectors. I don't know why Apple don't just release a GPU in a box for thunderbolt 3 and call it something Applish, the Apple iPro/iDesign or something.
Actually no illiterate actually needs/wants/cares USB-C to happen. Their flash drives work just fine with USB-2. USB-A to micro charger cables work just fine. It's gonna be just "good enough" with USB-A for a while.
No one I saw bothers differentiating between quickcharge, 3.1 and 2 ports anyway. They actually don't care to know if they're different. Maybe it'll change when mobile devices fully drop micro usb for C
Well it doesn't break as easily as microB does and it's reversible, so if they just replace all the microB stuff with type-C, it would be easy to justify replacing everything eventually and again thunderbolt with it's daisy chaining could be an intensive.
[QUOTE=Cakebatyr;52807139]We're waiting for them to dig up all the roads and lay fibre. Knowing Shaw Cable its going to be FTTN and cable to the premises.[/QUOTE]
Still, 10ggz shouldn't be that shitty
[QUOTE=RoboChimp;52807254]I feel like the argument we're having is direct changeover vs phased/gradual conversion in the tech business space. And my personal philosophy has always been phased/gradual conversion, where as most people here seem to go for direct changeover.
I can see what your saying, the market won't grow if people aren't forced into it, but USB-C is a great standard, the market will grow, just not as quickly as you'd like it to, but the advantage is that with a gradual change, it'll make it seem like the macBooks are improving in the eyes of Joe Everyday and that the products are getting better. There's also the question of cost to the consumer, having to buy all those expensive adapter which may not be required in the future really adds up. I also think they've sort of put themselves in a difficult situation with a heap of their products using lighting connectors. I don't know why Apple don't just release a GPU in a box for thunderbolt 3 and call it something Applish, the Apple iPro/iDesign or something.[/QUOTE]
but the great features of type-c aren't super user facing
better to just pull the bandage off then slowly migrate to it and then down the road people have to buy ridiculously expensive adapters because "it worked 3 years ago"
[QUOTE=gman003-main;52805966]That's why I just use it to connect DisplayPort devices to other DisplayPort devices. All of the computers I have right now, save a positively ancient piece of crap, have DP or Mini-DP out. And for that, it's basically the best connector around.[/QUOTE]
I use 2 DisplayPort to HDMI adapters because that's how I can get my HDMI Asus crap TN panel monitors to work. I probably should have spent the extra money to get better displays but whatever. I've also ran into my fair share of completely shit DP to whatever adapters. I still have miniDP to whatever adapters laying around.
[QUOTE=Levelog;52807448]Still, 10ggz shouldn't be that shitty[/QUOTE]
Its specifically this past month of rain that has severely degraded the quality and speed of the internet. Something is definitely wrong because my internet drops to 2Mbps when its raining and most of the Shaw customers throughout town report similar 75% drops in speed.
I should setup a SNMP database and compare my weather station's rainfall metrics to the bandwidth reported by my router over time.
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;52807010]
Besides literally all you need is a dock like this and you're good to go for 99% of use cases and it barely (if at all) affects the mobility of the MBP.
[/QUOTE]
Are you seriously trying to tell me having something that massive loosely attached on the side of your laptop isn't going to affect mobility? You need to search up the dimension and realize how big that thing is.
No matter what your argument for having that thing is, it's another piece of hardware you'll have to carry around with you. For people that wants to use laptop pouches and similar type of light carrying packs, this is an absolute nuisance.
Let's not forget that if you accidentally leave that thing behind and needs one of the common peripheral ports, you're fucked.
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;52806091]Worth noting USB-C also has HDMI alt mode. In the future we might be seeing cheap laptops with just USB-C :v:[/QUOTE]
Depends on the C.
[editline]22nd October 2017[/editline]
[QUOTE=RoboChimp;52806990]So many idiots try use their phone charger for their laptop and I think Apple's crazy replacement of everything port with type-c absolutely crazy. By the time type-c becomes the standard for everything, those laptops will completely obsolete, they'd have been better off adding 2 type-c ports and keeping the USB-A, HDMI and card reader, then phasing out the other ports generation by generation, while encouraging manufacturers to make more USB-C stuff for them over the next few years.
Honestly, I think Apple would be better off if Steve Wozniak were in charge of it.[/QUOTE]
Apple's mistake was just not having enough USB C in general. One thing to have a breakout box to connect various things, it's another to need a hub to have more than a single wired device. Besides that, Apple being an entirely contained ecosystem, it works in their favour to set the trend with USB C only to really get people to move to it. Because as it stands, regardless of the connector, Apple Users have to buy Apple specific accessories and products. Now they're seeding a generation of USBC accessories.
The issue is C is so fucking vague when you dial into it, it's a nightmare to keep track of. One thing I think should have happened was TB3 should have stayed its own reversible port.
[QUOTE=garychencool;52795588][url]https://github.com/ImminentFate/CompactGUI/[/url]
In case you wanted to compress your games to save storage space without a performance hit[/QUOTE]
I think I'll give this a go for those absolutely massive games, or maybe even some static archives I don't touch. Wonder if it would be safe under Windows 2016.
Edit: Fak no one posted since my last one.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/J3QUR6j.png[/img]
Used 16k compression
[editline]22nd October 2017[/editline]
Saved 15GB on shadow of war, damn
[img]https://i.imgur.com/1e8AjZu.png[/img]
[QUOTE=Brt5470;52808417]I think I'll give this a go for those absolutely massive games, or maybe even some static archives I don't touch. Wonder if it would be safe under Windows 2016.[/QUOTE]
I am wondering why this have not replaced NTFS compresion or at least is available as an option in the same way? Is it beta or is it just another case of microsoft being uncordinated?
[QUOTE=drblah;52808541]I am wondering why this have not replaced NTFS compresion or at least is available as an option in the same way? Is it beta or is it just another case of microsoft being uncordinated?[/QUOTE]
I'd imagine like most things they're generational as MS improves them. ReFS existed with Windows 8 and svr2012R2, but is more fleshed out in 10 and 2016. I'd imagine maybe in a year or two 10 will see this functionality added.
[QUOTE=helifreak;52807001]What the fuck kind of a cooler is that?[/QUOTE]
It's from one of those old computers with case side-intakes for the cpu fan.
[QUOTE=Brt5470;52808417]I think I'll give this a go for those absolutely massive games, or maybe even some static archives I don't touch. Wonder if it would be safe under Windows 2016.
Edit: Fak no one posted since my last one.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/J3QUR6j.png[/img]
Used 16k compression
[editline]22nd October 2017[/editline]
Saved 15GB on shadow of war, damn
[img]https://i.imgur.com/1e8AjZu.png[/img][/QUOTE]
I wouldn't use FS level compression on games and data you'd frequently access. This is the easiest way to trash your loading time
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;52810460]I wouldn't use FS level compression on games and data you'd frequently access. This is the easiest way to trash your loading time[/QUOTE]
Not necessarily. If the bottleneck is on getting bits off the spinning rust, compression can speed things up overall. If it can be decompressed block-by-block, there's minimal extra latency from decompression, as long as you have excess CPU power.
Consider how modern GPUs will compress the framebuffer and textures in main VRAM, to cut down on access time.
Just finished crimping all the wires for my 3D printer
Why the fuck do micro crimp connectors exist.
I feel like I have been gently massaging a sea urchin for the past hour.
"I should probably check how much internet I have le-"
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Data caps are the biggest evil on this Earth
[QUOTE=Dr. Evilcop;52810800]Data caps are the biggest evil on this Earth[/QUOTE]
Bandwidth still isn't free though
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