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Other Geeky Stuff / Re: OLED monitors
« Last post by tp4tissue on Fri, 06 March 2026, 12:20:58 »There's no good reason to be < 77 Inches.
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Off Topic / Re: Gaming PC Parts discussion thread.
« Last post by tp4tissue on Fri, 06 March 2026, 11:29:51 »Just splurged on a new rig:
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + ASUS B650E-E TUF GAMING + Crucial Pro Overclocking 32 GB (2x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 <-- all from Micro Center bundle
Sapphire NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Samsung 9100 PRO 1 TB
MSI MPG A850GS 850w PSU
Running these in my old NZXT case with my old Corsair Hydro Series H60 cooler, until I replace them this weekend and finalize the build.
Decided to go for broke, with the impending hardware shortages prices are only going to go up, thanks AI
It won't be storage, the Petr0Dollar has a 50/50 chance of collapsing.
We (Murica') prints debt/money, people buy oil with it, then the saudis take that and recycle it into our bond/stock market. Now that is 'all might get blown up, our military bases in the region are all basically kaputttt, There's a huge probability of a major realignment.
Tp4 is looking into goldbacked RMB/Rubles
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Off Topic / Re: Gaming PC Parts discussion thread.
« Last post by tp4tissue on Fri, 06 March 2026, 11:24:06 »Ram is expected to go up another 70%, so if you haven't bought it, do it now.
Also, GPUs will go way up, so will phones. There's a very real chance that 2027 phone models will be cut down and have ram closer to what was top several years ago.
And then it will bleed over into EVERYTHING.
Now with Irento, we're going to see $200 oil.
Sooooooo.... Tp4 has bought alot of rice. Going all in on RICE.
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Off Topic / Re: We's prolly spad00dled..
« Last post by tp4tissue on Fri, 06 March 2026, 11:19:30 »The Wall, (anadia, was very cold.
You go there if you want to retire, or if Zombies happened. Projected project cost were 37Mil, They got coldfeet, sent Tp4 back, kekekeke.
You go there if you want to retire, or if Zombies happened. Projected project cost were 37Mil, They got coldfeet, sent Tp4 back, kekekeke.
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Off Topic / Re: Gaming PC Parts discussion thread.
« Last post by tp4tissue on Fri, 06 March 2026, 11:17:56 »Now, Tp4's impression of the new P14 Pro Fans from Arctic in the front.
LEDs look good, bright, pretty wide gamut, has 12x led vs 8/9 of budget fans.
It can push some air at 2500rpm, only need it at 1000
V-RAM heatsinks are very important, Tp4 found out the hard way, burned out VRAM.
They can run for years without sinks, but 1 day, the screen goes fuzzy, and it's done, dang.
LEDs look good, bright, pretty wide gamut, has 12x led vs 8/9 of budget fans.
It can push some air at 2500rpm, only need it at 1000
V-RAM heatsinks are very important, Tp4 found out the hard way, burned out VRAM.
They can run for years without sinks, but 1 day, the screen goes fuzzy, and it's done, dang.
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Off Topic / Re: We's prolly spad00dled..
« Last post by Computer-Lab in Basement on Fri, 06 March 2026, 11:15:37 »Your return fills us with hope.
I am genuinely glad to see a new tp4 ****post
Welcome back TP
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Group Buys and Preorders / Re: [GB] NP-R - Numpad Retro. GB LIVE - HOTSWAP ADDED
« Last post by Bagri on Fri, 06 March 2026, 11:05:54 »38
Off Topic / Re: Gaming PC Parts discussion thread.
« Last post by tp4tissue on Fri, 06 March 2026, 11:04:35 »Tp4 just rebuilt his childh00d PC.
KINDoffff wayyyyy overspent.. Mainly the PSU.
DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra D Mobo, 312mhz FSB * 9 multi, 1.6v chipset
Opteron 165 (Delidded), 2.808ghz OC, 1.525volts,
2GB, DDR1, 216mhz OC, 2.73v, 2.5-3-3-7-1T
Ati HD4870, 512mb, 1.35v, 830mhz core OC, 1150mhz mem, silicone glued black vram sinks (VERY important)
Brand new, 6heatpipe Thermalright SI-100 cooler + modified 939 mounting bracket, Turns out these fit perfectly, and have way better performance than the Older XP120 or Big-Typh00n of that CPU'Era.
Corsair SFX 850, Platinum PSU, $110 (On sale)
InWin 904 Plus, Ran open chassis, as open is the most quiet.
ARGB controller
Windoz 7
Total cost of (NEW) parts were $278 (includes tax). (_ ^ _)
4870s stock coolers are virtually unusable by Modern Standards, the Blowerfan on these with a tiny heatsink is hairdryer lvl, and the VRMs tend to burn out, because they're allowed to go 100C+ Tp4 measured 103C at 40% fan, which is already 3000+ rpm.
The only way to use 4870 these days, is to mount a custom sink on it, they used to make big arctic ones, but it's impossible to find nowadays. The Zalman CPU tower solution is a much stronger cooler than anything aftermarket you could buy, and it doesn't blow hot air BACK at the PCB, leading to extra Coolnesssss.
The Zalman aftermarket VRM gpu heatsink + the 80mm slim fan drops the vrm to 36C full OC load. That's 70 C difference.
That said, one can see why TP4 had to buy the stupid expensive SFX PSU, there's no way you'd get this to fit in most cases without it.
KINDoffff wayyyyy overspent.. Mainly the PSU.
DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra D Mobo, 312mhz FSB * 9 multi, 1.6v chipset
Opteron 165 (Delidded), 2.808ghz OC, 1.525volts,
2GB, DDR1, 216mhz OC, 2.73v, 2.5-3-3-7-1T
Ati HD4870, 512mb, 1.35v, 830mhz core OC, 1150mhz mem, silicone glued black vram sinks (VERY important)
Brand new, 6heatpipe Thermalright SI-100 cooler + modified 939 mounting bracket, Turns out these fit perfectly, and have way better performance than the Older XP120 or Big-Typh00n of that CPU'Era.
Corsair SFX 850, Platinum PSU, $110 (On sale)
InWin 904 Plus, Ran open chassis, as open is the most quiet.
ARGB controller
Windoz 7
Total cost of (NEW) parts were $278 (includes tax). (_ ^ _)
4870s stock coolers are virtually unusable by Modern Standards, the Blowerfan on these with a tiny heatsink is hairdryer lvl, and the VRMs tend to burn out, because they're allowed to go 100C+ Tp4 measured 103C at 40% fan, which is already 3000+ rpm.
The only way to use 4870 these days, is to mount a custom sink on it, they used to make big arctic ones, but it's impossible to find nowadays. The Zalman CPU tower solution is a much stronger cooler than anything aftermarket you could buy, and it doesn't blow hot air BACK at the PCB, leading to extra Coolnesssss.
The Zalman aftermarket VRM gpu heatsink + the 80mm slim fan drops the vrm to 36C full OC load. That's 70 C difference.
That said, one can see why TP4 had to buy the stupid expensive SFX PSU, there's no way you'd get this to fit in most cases without it.
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Off Topic / Re: We's prolly spad00dled..
« Last post by fohat.digs on Fri, 06 March 2026, 10:57:11 »Your return fills us with hope.
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Off Topic / We's prolly spad00dled..
« Last post by tp4tissue on Fri, 06 March 2026, 10:51:53 »So..... ssss.. it's quite clear what them epsteezzfills were all bout, and woot were behind it, it were a joint (iA + m055sde operatn'.
The problem now is, the state department is so packed full of ignorant m0rnz, that we went into Irento with NO PLAN..
It's likely we'll see i5r eel, do another 9 elebn' fal5e f1ag on us, Tp4 would avoid goin' 2 NY( or LA.
It probably won't wurk though.
Right now, even if we did fully mobilize ground troobz, every body, it would come out at most 500,000, they would all be dead in 6 months.
Remember, they have a 1 - 1.5,000,000 men army, To counter, we need realistically, 3-4.5 mil of our own.
Americans as they are today, even if we were hit by 9elebn false frag, Tp4 would suspect most draftable meatbags would flee to me><ico,(anadia
Now, here's the thing, IF we can't do this, and Irento doesn't let up, which they've already professed they would not. It's all FULL ON from here.
I5 ree11 now faces an existential-moment, which means, they would HAVE TO, use them tacti(oot nvoops.
GG Human kind,
Tp4 were just sent back from dat-WALL, (anadia is frozen, they are a people with no drive to excell/confront/compete, reason being, it's too cold, and so the personality that has persisted there is, DOCILE.
The problem now is, the state department is so packed full of ignorant m0rnz, that we went into Irento with NO PLAN..
It's likely we'll see i5r eel, do another 9 elebn' fal5e f1ag on us, Tp4 would avoid goin' 2 NY( or LA.
It probably won't wurk though.
Right now, even if we did fully mobilize ground troobz, every body, it would come out at most 500,000, they would all be dead in 6 months.
Remember, they have a 1 - 1.5,000,000 men army, To counter, we need realistically, 3-4.5 mil of our own.
Americans as they are today, even if we were hit by 9elebn false frag, Tp4 would suspect most draftable meatbags would flee to me><ico,(anadia
Now, here's the thing, IF we can't do this, and Irento doesn't let up, which they've already professed they would not. It's all FULL ON from here.
I5 ree11 now faces an existential-moment, which means, they would HAVE TO, use them tacti(oot nvoops.
GG Human kind,
Tp4 were just sent back from dat-WALL, (anadia is frozen, they are a people with no drive to excell/confront/compete, reason being, it's too cold, and so the personality that has persisted there is, DOCILE.