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Post by MyHappySk8er on Apr 20, 2020 6:50:48 GMT
I actually want an i7 or an i9-9900K right now. I always have so many applications and tabs open at once and it eats up a lot of my i5-9600K CPU when they're intensive ones. The i5's individual core performance is definitely not bad, but I definitely could use the extra cores. I'm also thinking about upgrading from my 2070 to maybe a 3000 series or a 4000 series(when they come out) to make up for the fact that I'm on 1440p(might try 4K one day). I also really wish I had more room for video games, but my 2 1TB SSDs are already almost filled LOL. I might get another one. I could also use more 3200Mhz RAM. I'm not confident in getting Ryzen CPUs yet. I've had a Ryzen 1600 before and the individual core performance was not good enough for games that still only run on 4 cores. I don't make that much money so I can't get that really good stuff. I wish I was a programmer that made big bucks
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Post by Uncle Bob on Apr 20, 2020 18:05:58 GMT
The last time I built a "gaming" computer was nearly eighteen years ago. It was based on a single core Pentium 4 550 Mhz OCed to 825. The multiplier was locked. So, the OC was achieved by bumping up the buss speed and the core voltage. It had a lot of memory. 128 meg of SDRAM. That alone cost $125. It put in a huge 40 gig ATA 100 hard drive for $150. And, the thing that made it a real screamer was the graphics card had 64 meg of its own memory. lol Then, the only game I ever installed was Flight Simulator 98. The most powerful computer I now own is a mini pc, I got for free, because the ssd that was soldered to the motherboard died. Fortunately, it had an expansion bay where I threw in a $20 128 gig ssd and did a clean install of Windows 10. Works great. It is a desktop computer that is literally 5 x 5 x 2 inches. Quad core Celeron, 4gig DDR 4, 2 HDMI 4k outputs, wifi, blutooth, USB 3.0 ports, etc. And, like both my laptops, I don't use it. Retail price, if you have to buy it, is a whopping $220. I'm just keeping it as a spare. Can't be bothered to transfer files.
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Post by MyHappySk8er on Apr 20, 2020 19:38:24 GMT
The last time I built a "gaming" computer was nearly eighteen years ago. It was based on a single core Pentium 4 550 Mhz OCed to 825. The multiplier was locked. So, the OC was achieved by bumping up the buss speed and the core voltage. It had a lot of memory. 128 meg of SDRAM. That alone cost $125. It put in a huge 40 gig ATA 100 hard drive for $150. And, the thing that made it a real screamer was the graphics card had 64 meg of its own memory. lol Then, the only game I ever installed was Flight Simulator 98. The most powerful computer I now own is a mini pc, I got for free, because the ssd that was soldered to the motherboard died. Fortunately, it had an expansion bay where I threw in a $20 128 gig ssd and did a clean install of Windows 10. Works great. It is a desktop computer that is literally 5 x 5 x 2 inches. Quad core Celeron, 4gig DDR 4, 2 HDMI 4k outputs, wifi, blutooth, USB 3.0 ports, etc. And, like both my laptops, I don't use it. Retail price, if you have to buy it, is a whopping $220. I'm just keeping it as a spare. Can't be bothered to transfer files. I have a gaming laptop that I straight up gave to a family member that's pretty decent, but I don't see myself getting one again. I can get a much better performing desktop for much cheaper. It's also easier to upgrade and has a much better screen(1440p monitor as opposed to a small desktop screen). On another note, I'm quite shocked that so many of the Computer Science people at my uni know only either C++ or Java. I also find it a little funny that one of my classes is solely using Python when it doesn't have to. I think Python is just so bad when it comes to teaching programming because of how "easy" and "high-level" it is. I don't know why this annoys me, but the ignorance of my Computer Science and programming peers just bothers me. I'm not asking them to know a lot about the stack and heap, but a lot of them are so bad at programming. They throw everything in the main class and don't bother making separate classes or functions. They don't know how to program out algorithms properly or Google things. It's so bad.
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Post by Uncle Bob on Apr 20, 2020 20:35:18 GMT
Java? Really? Does anyone still use Java? I don't have it on any of my machines. The last time I took college courses was six years ago. And, one of them was C#. I took a 40 year break between high school and college. There were two main reasons I decided to take some college courses. There were some things I was having trouble learning through independent study and there were some certifications I wanted. The most important thing I learned was, the reason the first course taught is not, "how to use a search engine" is, a passing grade in that course would probably make you drop out of school, because then, you would know formal education, as we have known it, is redundant.
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Post by MyHappySk8er on Apr 21, 2020 0:57:43 GMT
Java? Really? Does anyone still use Java? I don't have it on any of my machines. The last time I took college courses was six years ago. And, one of them was C#. I took a 40 year break between high school and college. I don't know much about the real-world, but for some reason many of my peers only know how to do Java. C++ is very versatile and you have to do a lot of things yourself(with the benefit of being able to edit a lot more things), unlike in Java where many things are abstracted for you. Assembly is even harder. Python abstracts so much that it's way too easy and you shouldn't be teaching programming with it. The most important thing I learned was, the reason the first course taught is not, "how to use a search engine" is, a passing grade in that course would probably make you drop out of school, because then, you would know formal education, as we have known it, is redundant. Yeah. It's so stupid. I have so many classes that have nothing to do with Computer Science. I think 50% of my classes(at most) are related to Computer Science(programming, algorithm analysis, data structures, etc.) and then I take all these other classes where I learn stuff I won't bother remembering. The worst part is they use up your time that could be spent on the Computer Science courses. I really want to program but even a lot of the Computer Science courses are much more theory and math-based. You don't actually program most of the time. The only theoretical classes that really helped my programming skills would be Data-Structures and Cryptography.
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Post by Uncle Bob on Apr 22, 2020 11:55:30 GMT
There's something to be said for a well rounded education. I'm not even going to debate the matter with you. Perhaps a trade school might have suited your desires more closely. Hard to say. I don't know you or your situation. I will say that what led to my high degree of career satisfaction and decent financial success, was my wide variety of interests and experiences. I retired at the tender age of 54.
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Post by MyHappySk8er on Apr 24, 2020 21:04:02 GMT
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Post by MyHappySk8er on Jun 12, 2020 23:55:27 GMT
Ugh. I sit in my room with the windows and doors closed(I shout a lot of things while playing). My PC has some high-end specs and my case has lots of fans with a water cooler. This makes it output quite a bit of heat and the heat from this summer certainly doesn't help either. It gets so god damn hot in my room when I do anything demanding with my computer. I decided to purchase a mini-portable AC unit. Hopefully this will alleviate the heat problem because it legitimately affects my ability to play well. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08764QXF4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Post by MyHappySk8er on Jun 19, 2020 22:34:26 GMT
This is very random, but for fun I decided to make some code in Visual Studio C++ that reads a text file that has a link on each line. All you need to do is put a link on each line and the executable file will open each one in your default browser. There are probably fancier ways, but I use this to "check-up" on things or to get my day on the computer started. I have a link to this site as one of the lines in the text file.
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Post by MyHappySk8er on Aug 16, 2020 0:01:33 GMT
I noticed that my new i7 CPU was heating up quite a bit(it would sometimes reach 100C when playing very demanding games like Ghost Recon: Wildlands even with a liquid cooler). I noticed a while back that one of my 120mm intake fans was broken when I went to install my new i7 and new motherboard. I had two 120mm case fans just sitting in their boxes because I was too lazy to replace the broken fan(there was the broken fan's spot and a spot for another 120mm intake fan next to it). I replaced it with the two new fans and my temps went down like 15-20C. Also: www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-rtx-3080-ampere-all-we-knowIt seems that the 3080 GPU is set for launch on the 31st of August. I'm interested to see AMD's next-gen stuff too. I'm debating on whether I should just build a whole new PC or just get one of the new 3000 series GPUs. I'm definitely not gonna upgrade anything until the new 3000 series launches, though. I need to see what the prices and performances are like at least.
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Post by Uncle Bob on Aug 16, 2020 8:54:41 GMT
For the first time ever, my main machine is one I didn't build myself. I bought it used, from ebay. HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Small Form Factor. I had decided to buy or build something based on the i7 6700, or better. I almost bought the same model, with an i5 intending to upgrade it to the i7. But, the i7 alone was going to cost almost as much as the basic computer. When I stumbled on the one that already had the i7, I snagged it. It came with a single 8gig stick of DDR4. I added another one. It came with a Samsung 256 gig SSD. It worked okay. But, I wanted something quicker. I bought an $8 adapter and installed an XPG SX8200 Pro 512GB drive, in the PCIe x4 slot. Boots is seven seconds. CrystalDiskMark scores below. I didn't want to be in and out of the case all the time, testing different drives. So, I added two eSATAp ports. Now, I can connect virtually any SATA drive, directly to the motherboard, without opening the case. I love it. This is the first desktop I've ever had that doesn't need a graphics card. The onboard graphics are adequate, for my needs. I have two 40" flat screens connected. And, I could connect a third. Now, here is the thing that has me puzzled. It's not a problem, just weird. The CrystalDiskMark scores are about 10% higher, with the CPU turbo boost disabled.
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Post by MyHappySk8er on Sept 9, 2020 3:06:17 GMT
I was watching the NVIDIA special event a week ago, and it seems like the audience reacted very well to the announcement of the 3080 GPU. NVIDIA is claiming that the 3080 will twice the power of a 2080 for pretty much the same price of $700. That's fucking insane. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get a 3080. Some of my Computer Science friends are excited about it.
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It’s pretty ironic, Buddy. A couple of dogs like us fighting the last battle.
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Post by Eula on Sept 9, 2020 17:08:34 GMT
A thread of mine that has outlasted two accounts... nice.
Anyways, I have a AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and RTX 2060 Super now. Looking into upgrading to a 3900x for the ultimate flex, as well as a RTX 3070.
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Post by MyHappySk8er on Oct 13, 2020 20:44:59 GMT
I recently started using GitHub for group programming projects and I never realized how useful it was. You can have multiple versions of the same code and it helps you keep things organized and updated.
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It’s pretty ironic, Buddy. A couple of dogs like us fighting the last battle.
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Post by Eula on Oct 18, 2020 13:56:56 GMT
I recently started using GitHub for group programming projects and I never realized how useful it was. You can have multiple versions of the same code and it helps you keep things organized and updated. Git in general is dummy useful. I use it for my Doki Doki Literature Club, Minecraft, and Terraria mod lmao.
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