If you want help:
>Assemble parts list
https://pcpartpicker.com/
>State the budget for your build (and country if not USA)
>List games/software you use often, as well as your monitor resolution + refresh rate
>Clarify your goal for build improvements: lower price or improved specs?
How to assemble a PC, select components & more (outdated)
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php?title=Build_a_PC
CPUs:
No i5 unless discounted
>R3 1200 - Budget builds (<$500)
>R3 1300x - Good stop-gap between the 1500x and the 1200, only get a 1400 if you absolutely need multithreading
>R5 1500x - Good but up to 1600 if you can
>R5 1600 - Best value for higher fps gaming / mixed usage; 1600x if you want higher stock clocks
>i7 7700k - Only for select gaming scenarios (ask if unsure)
>R7/Used Xeon/Threadripper - Compute/Multitask/VM/mixed use; Not for just gaming
GPUs:
Coin miners have driven price up and stock down, waiting to buy a GPU might be wiser
>Integrated CPU Graphics - Desktop stuff and very light games
>GTX 1050(Ti) - Lower end budget cards, drop settings on newer games, RX560 beaten by both
>RX570 - 1080p@60~hz maxed, running most maxed older games at 100~Hz
>RX580 and GTX1060 6GB - 1080p@80hz maxed, 1440p@60hz at lower settings; RX580 better in newer games
>GTX 1070 - 1080p@130hz /1440p@60hz at high
>GTX 1080 - 1080p@144hz / 1440p@60hz maxed, 4k@60hz in a few games; Probably the highest end card you need for 1080p/1440p
>GTX 1080Ti - 1440p@144hz and 4k@60hz maxed/high in many games
RAM:
>Check your Mobo QVL before buying any RAM
>Ryzen CPUs benefits a lot from high speed RAM
General:
ALWAYS LOOK AT PRODUCT REVIEWS!
Always consider an SSD. Try buying a large SSD for what you'd pay for your SSD+HDD combined, and add a HDD later
NVMe SSDs aren't for a faster OS boot, they're for productivity/scratch disk/VMs. NVMe and M.2 are not the same thing, M.2 is a form factor.
The Ryzen lineup comes with surprisingly good stock coolers. consider using them over any <$30 cooler.
>i5
>for any reason
>intel in general
when will vega benchmarks be out
Does the number of PCIe lanes you have SLI going through (8x or 16x sli) matter? Documentation says that 8x is half the performance of 16x, so when I buy any CPU that isn't an i9 with 40+ PCIe lanes am I losing a lot of performance?
I want to buy Ryzen, an M.2 and do SLI in the future. But Ryzen only has 24 PCIe lanes which would mean:
8x - GPU #1
8x - GPU #2
4x - M.2
Total: 20 with 4 to spare for some other card
Which is great, unless 8x sli is horribly inefficient compared to 16x.
At what age did you grow out of using an adblocker and realise that blocking advertisements is effectively stealing content?
hehe... good goy
>>61659683
I treat ads as lesser evil that drives the web, being as bad as trolls and fake news comments on almost every internet page these days.
>>61659683
hmmmmmmmm
not yet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtP1cxxqGos
>"Code is an art form"
Do you agree with that, devs of /g/ ?
No. It's like saying the bristles on a paintbrush are an artform.
girls can code bro :^)
just b urself
>>61659606
>tfw no klossy gf
She's doing youtube commercials for some "build your own website" thing now
How do you expect to ever have a career/love interest/real friends without social media profiles?
>career
You need to know people and they need to know you are good and that information doesn't travel trough social media anyways.
>real friends
You can stay in contact with real friends without social media
>love interest
nobody cares
>>61659495
Unless you live in the outback, there are a lot of other candidates competing for the same jobs and girls are you, and the recruiters/girls would rather call the people they can have an idea about by going through their profiles than a "mysterious" psycho.
>>61659540
as you*
Lets talk about bad Linux design choices and what Microsoft got better.
I'll start, binaries don't have specified file extension
>>61659303
The possibilities in async io, see PyParallel.
A good, standard UI library and desk... jk it's fucked.
>>61659303
Fuck off /pol/ack
>>61659303
Gnome 3 is cancer
This is the systemd hate thread! Hate as much as you want on systemd here! Release all your hate!
Systemd thx for hanging my notebook on boot because it doesnt have a backlit keyboard :333 I think its a stupid reason to hang a system, but you know best!
systemd@leds:dell::kbd_backlight.serivce, how does any init service go on without you?
>>61659293
Best launcher for android? Moto G4 plis here, default launcher google, looking for something light fast and cool icons (no need 3d things and shit)
pic not related
nova
>>61659250
KISS launcher
Yup, Nova
Stop Talking About demonotaku Edition
old >>61647353
>Not sure what private trackers are all about?
The mission of /ptg/ is to promote the highest possible standards of tracker service by providing members with opportunities for professional development, by recognizing technical competence through examinations and by advancing the interests of its members.
>Have a question?
FAQ https://pastebin.com/hrXxMHs9
WIKI https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Private_trackers
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IRC #ptg irc.rizon.net 6697/9999 SSL only
Use >>>/g/ptg as a link to find the /ptg/ thread.
Remember the following:
>Staff occasionally read these generals and have posted here before.
>Staff may pretend to be normal users asking for invites and when you invite them, they ban you for inviting strangers
>This is a thread for educational purposes only don't offer or ask for invites
>>61659014
fuck off neon
>>61659014
>Stop Talking About demonotaku Edition
hi kyle!
LET'S DONATING BOYS!
Does a blacked out gayming chair still look ridiculous?
Yes.
>>61658962
Yes. It's silly and stupid because you've put bolsters on an office chair that will experience no lateral G forces.
>>61659986
its also really uncomfortable if you have large lats
I'm going to travel to another country where I'll be moving around for a couple years, so the only computer I'll have will be a laptop with no external drives (they'd get checked a lot at borders so I'd rather carry as little as possible).
Now I need to upload a few hundred gigs (up to 1 TB) of files in encrypted containers so if I want to access something I can download it there instead of carrying it with me.
What's a free service (I'm really tight on money and can't afford payment plans) that I can use to upload said files and not have them being deleted or banned for inactivity or for having multiple accounts?
I don't want MEGA because I'll always be afraid it will go the way of Megaupload, and don't want OneDrive because I've already been banned there for inactivity.
Thank you in advance.
>>61658657
Hook an SFTP server up to the router in your parent's/family member's basement if that is an option for you.
>>61658657
OwnCloud
>>61658687
>>61658692
Not an option for me.
Also I don't want to worry about it working and whatnot. I just need my files available online for those semi-rare moments where I'll need them, so no rented servers either.
One of the greatest GNU/Linux distro's out there, although it's very unpopular. I mean, it doesn't include systemd, but instead uses runit. It's package manager is decent. It's a pretty minimal install. I see no flaws. What do you think, /g/?
>>61658536
If it weren't for Devuan I'd surely given this a try.
>>61658536
>no systemd
Dropped
>>61658823
>systemd
Opinion discarted
They're going full botnet.
It's like a windows into your faggotry
>>61658534
>>61658570
Why are you using software that hates straight white men?
Maybe the women should choose to be in STEM.
>2017
>not using an Acer Predator 21X as your main laptop
>21" 2560 x 1080 IPS LCD screen
>i7-7820HK 2.9 ghz CPU
>2x Nvidia GTX 1080 GPUs
>64gb of DDR4 RAM
>2x 512gb PCI SSD
>>61658294
>Acer Predator 21X
>9000 shekels
xd
absolutely disgusting
>>61658311
poorfags btfo'ed
Do you still apply the stickers that come with your cpu/gpu to your case?
I stick them on my netbook. They add jiggahertz. It's now rocking a quad-core processor and a desktop video card, among other things.
Yes
I have a core i5 but I managed to successfully upgrade it by placing a core i9 sticker on top of the old one
It's seriously one of the best distributions out there. If you think otherwise, show me. Tell me one flaw that openSUSE and its derivatives have. I'll wait.
>>61658255
yast is bloat
also
i'm not a beta tester
>>61658255
Mascot.
>>61658424
I'm not a chameleon, unfortunately