OT: 114th Obsequious Banter Thread: One fortnight and counting

[Chinatown88]

What kinds of games do you play most?

PoE 2

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Coworker to my wife: "What are you doing for his 40th? Are you having a party?"
Wife: "No, we're not doing anything."
Coworker: "Come on, you have to have a party!"
Wife: "I guarantee you that the last thing he wants is a party."

Keeper.

I have a buddy who has an arrangement with his wife. She throws him a party every year and he doesn’t show up. They all take pictures with a giant cardboard cutout.

 

[PDX Flyer]

Be aware for severe weather later today. Almost in a moderate risk, 4 out of 5, which is pretty unusual for this area. There is a risk for tornadoes with the storms that will be coming through.

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PNW looking good!

 

[wankstifier]

I have a buddy who has an arrangement with his wife. She throws him a party every year and he doesn’t show up. They all take pictures with a giant cardboard cutout.

Wake rehearsals are so in

 

[Cody Webster]

PNW looking good!

Can't wait!

 

[PDX Flyer]

Can't wait!

When are you coming out, mid September?

 

[trostol]

What kinds of games do you play most?

honestly i do not do a whole lot of PC gaming...but right now the little machine is chugging along to play BG3..other than that ..American Truck Simulator and the occasional Civ or Civ like

 

[Beef Invictus]

Be aware for severe weather later today. Almost in a moderate risk, 4 out of 5, which is pretty unusual for this area. There is a risk for tornadoes with the storms that will be coming through.

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Fed in DC is shutting down at 3. They haven't done that for thunderstorms in ages.

 

[Cody Webster]

When are you coming out, mid September?

Yeah, fly out Sept. 13th and come back the 17th. On the 13th I get into Bandon at 12:15PM and we don't have any golf planned that day. We're playing two rounds per day the 14th, 15th and 16th and then I have like a 2PM flight out on the 17th. The day to do any exploring will be the day that I get in.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

honestly i do not do a whole lot of PC gaming...but right now the little machine is chugging along to play BG3..other than that ..American Truck Simulator and the occasional Civ or Civ like

BG3 and all Civ-style games are far more CPU intensive than GPU. I would upgrade that before the graphics card.

 

[Embiid]

Apocalyptic..

‘Help me, Jesus!’: Snake falls out of sky, lands on woman, then both attacked by a hawk

A snake fell out of the sky and landed on a woman mowing her yard.The bizarre incident didn’t stop there. Peggy Jones was then attacked by a hawk.

www.click2houston.com

 

[trostol]

BG3 and all Civ-style games are far more CPU intensive than GPU. I would upgrade that before the graphics card.

just how far up the line can I move from the current chip I have? which is so you don't have to go back to the first page lol

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 3.5GHz [4.0GHz Turbo] Quad-Core 8MB Cache 65W Processor

 

[JojoTheWhale]

just how far up the line can I move from the current chip I have? which is so you don't have to go back to the first page lol

AMD Ryzen 3 2300X 3.5GHz [4.0GHz Turbo] Quad-Core 8MB Cache 65W Processor

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ is the foolproof way to check compatibility between parts. In your case, it’s the mobo compatability that would limit you.

 

[DancingPanther]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ is the foolproof way to check compatibility between parts. In your case, it’s the mobo comparability that would limit you.

PCP art picker? They must be some wild looking paintings

honestly i do not do a whole lot of PC gaming...but right now the little machine is chugging along to play BG3..other than that ..American Truck Simulator and the occasional Civ or Civ like

Civ is the bomb

 

[PDX Flyer]

Yeah, fly out Sept. 13th and come back the 17th. On the 13th I get into Bandon at 12:15PM and we don't have any golf planned that day. We're playing two rounds per day the 14th, 15th and 16th and then I have like a 2PM flight out on the 17th. The day to do any exploring will be the day that I get in.

Your arrival day is my bday and I have the whole week off. Watch out, Bernie and I might drop in! Jk we will be up in goats rocks WA

Edit: I’ll get into specifics when I get a chance to get at a map but as I mentioned, Charleston would be a great spot to hit on the way down from the airport to get oysters. A bit off of the main road but a cool sleepy harbor. Port orford has an emerald Green Bay unlike anywhere on the coast. The state park just south, Humbug has a cool hike/beach. Might be a little far though... can’t exactly remember. Bandon state park is really cool also and right by the golf. I stayed in the hiker/biker there and explored the park, really beautiful

 

[trostol]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ is the foolproof way to check compatibility between parts. In your case, it’s the mobo compatability that would limit you.

well it is going on 5 years old..might just be best to get a new PC at this point lol

thanks for the help though!!!!

 

[Beef Invictus]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/ is the foolproof way to check compatibility between parts. In your case, it’s the mobo compatability that would limit you.

It galls me that RAM doesn't normally have voltages in their regular specs along with timing and such. You have to dig into motherboard and memory specs to check that. The average joe probably doesn't know to do that, but might see RAM as an easy thing to upgrade/fix.

 

[JojoTheWhale]

It galls me that RAM doesn't normally have voltages in their regular specs along with timing and such. You have to dig into motherboard and memory specs to check that. The average joe probably doesn't know to do that, but might see RAM as an easy thing to upgrade/fix.

Ask @Striiker about me trying to explain that you have to manually enable XMP even on a pre-built PC just to get the advertised speeds on your RAM.

I was trying so hard to strike the balance between not assuming knowledge and not treating him like an idiot. Luckily he understood immediately.

 

[Lord Defect]

Ask @Striiker about me trying to explain that you have to manually enable XMP just to get the advertised speeds on your RAM.

I was trying so hard to strike the balance between not assuming knowledge and not treating him like an idiot. Luckily he understood immediately.

Do I have to do that to a brand new, unmodded laptop?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Do I have to do that to a brand new, unmodded laptop?

Laptops might or might not have the capability, but if it does, then yes. If you want me to check for you, link it here or via PM.

Most (but not all) builders ship it with XMP off even if capable. This is for warranty reasons.

 

[Beef Invictus]

Ask @Striiker about me trying to explain that you have to manually enable XMP even on a pre-built PC just to get the advertised speeds on your RAM.

I was trying so hard to strike the balance between not assuming knowledge and not treating him like an idiot. Luckily he understood immediately.

That's the kind of thing that a decently knowledgeable and competent person would reasonably not know. It's ridiculous. When I'm in charge these people will be electrocuted.

 

[Striiker]

Ask @Striiker about me trying to explain that you have to manually enable XMP even on a pre-built PC just to get the advertised speeds on your RAM.

I was trying so hard to strike the balance between not assuming knowledge and not treating him like an idiot. Luckily he understood immediately.

Which is especially challenging since I am, without question, an idiot.

 

[Lord Defect]

That's the kind of thing that a decently knowledgeable and competent person would reasonably not know. It's ridiculous. When I'm in charge these people will be electrocuted.

I guess you forgot about your secretary of blowtorching.
Sad face.

Which is especially challenging since I am, without question, an idiot.

Seconded.

 

[Beef Invictus]

I guess you forgot about your secretary of blowtorching.
Sad face.


Seconded.

They arent being blowtorched though

 

[Lord Defect]

They arent being blowtorched though

I’m multitalented