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@CanadianLuke /me dredges up the past (remember when I got suspended from chat for talking about the POTUS in here? :D)

Other Cat

@OtherCat hm?

@OtherCat Cleophobic coating? So... the coating repels newspapers? :P

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12:24 AM

@Bob wasn't there a PDA device (before the iPhone) called a "Cleo"?

Other Cat

@Bob yes! Plus, it's really glass it just feels like it's plastic because explosion proof!

am I thinking of this Sony thing?

CLIÉ

The Sony CLIÉ is a series of personal digital assistants running the Palm Operating System developed and marketed by Sony from 2000 to 2005. The devices introduced many new features to the PDA market, such as a jog-wheel interface, high-resolution displays, and Sony technologies like Memory Stick slots and ATRAC3 audio playback. Most models were designed and manufactured in Japan. The name is an acronym for creativity, lifestyle, innovation, emotion though formerly communication, link, information and entertainment. It was initially an attempt at a new coinage term, though it means "tool" in the...

12:25 AM

@allquixotic o.O

> Memory Stick slots

A look inside Astaroth and thermals under a Folding@home load.

Your thoughts on the cable management?

@bwDraco much better than mine

if not for my case forcing me to separate the I/O from the mobo, my cabling would look like this:

lol

I spent a bit of time refining the cable layout a bit earlier, rerouting cables so that they did not have to go through the toolless SSD tray (in the event more storage is added).

One of the two 3.5" drive cages was also removed, seeing that's incredibly unlikely that I would need more than three 3.5" hard drives inside.

I also moved the PEG aux power cables a bit further out so they wouldn't block the graphics card's airflow.

The ATX12V cable harness required a bit of trickery to get into place without putting undue stress on the motherboard connector, and the adapter attached to the USB 3.0 header on the right edge of the board used for the USB 2.0 ports on the case had to be routed similarly.

It's a bit messier near the power supply area, but airflow there is less critical.

So... anybody else got comments about cable management?

That Brazilian Guy

1:30 AM

@Bob It repels FAKE NEWS, alright?

It is THE BEST coating. My friends tell me, "it really is a great coating"

2:06 AM

Testing overclocking - it looks like I might have a golden sample on my hands. The processor seems to be doing 4.0 GHz at 1.35V. More stability testing is going to be needed and I'm probably going to raise the voltage a bit to ensure stability but this looks fantastic even for a Ryzen 7 1800X.

Premium motherboard, cooling, and power supply all play a role but this is much better than expected.

Well, not quite - it's actually 1.4V.

But that's still very good for Ryzen.

I'll play with the load line calibration a bit.

ha

got mine (7700k) up to 4.5 on standard vcore, but put it back after

that was with the auto-oc though

apparently didn't get quite as lucky with the lottery as you did :P

2:23 AM

4.1 GHz... Prime95 just dies on a couple of cores.

LLC level 4, 1.40V.

2:40 AM

Note that during XFR operation, the processor can hit up to 1.5V, so that should be considered the absolute max. 1.35-1.4V is best for long-term operation.

1.4375V, 4.1 GHz: The machine hard-reboots.

It was apparently stable at 4.0 GHz using LLC3, 1.40V.

LLC4 will help a bit more.

So... I'm going to try to validate 4.00 GHz at 1.400V, LLC4.

It's getting around 1760 on Maxon Cinebench R15.

(memory at 2933 MT/s)

3:33 AM

reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/78zteh/…

le sigh

This is why my Dawn of the Creed Collector's Edition has not shipped.

reddit.com/r/assassinscreed/comments/790k8q/…

Probably won't start the campaign just yet – will run the benchmark to prepare.

support.ubi.com/en-US/faqs/000031971/…

> The shipments for some Ubisoft Store pre-orders of Assassin’s Creed: Origins have been delayed.
Affected users will be receiving an email from the Ubisoft Store with more information as soon as possible.

We recognize that this delay is a large inconvenience and we sincerely apologize.
We have taken steps to prevent this issue from happening in the future and will do our best to rectify this situation for currently affected players.

4:06 AM

@Discovery I don't understand love. Next. — The Dark Lord 10 hours ago

I knew this day would finally come.

4:24 AM

Sounds ominous.

All settings maxed – resolution scale 100% (rendering at native 1080p) – dynamic quality off.

GPU not overclocked.

At resolution scale 200% (4K rendering to 1080p):

That shows just how potent the GTX 1080 Ti is.

No, it's not 60 fps, but the card's holding good frame rates throughout the benchmark. There's also remarkably little in the way of stuttering.

The processor is operating at 4.0 GHz during this benchmark.

4:54 AM

@bwDraco the light source behind your monitor is amazing; I've wanted a dim, ambient light that helps me see on my desk for years but haven't gotten around to buying one

@allquixotic Actually, just my flashlight in a glass jar and a diffuser wand with some tissues stuffed in it to reflect most of the light downwards.

I need something just bright enough that even with a dimly lit screen, I can still see items on the floor, or on my desk

@bwDraco that's amazing

#lifehack

Ugh. The controls are completely different.

I am probably going to just hold this off for later.

Save file deleted after ~30 minutes of play - will start over on a future date.

I really want to finish AC4 first.

I don't want to wind up getting confused with two completely different control layouts.

(would rather replay the tutorial sequence when I pick up the game later)

@allquixotic my screen's bright enough for that :P

and a backlit keyboard

@JourneymanGeek does the whole bias lighting thing

I tried a couple months ago and it works okay

Assassin's Creed Origins controls resemble the Dark Souls control layout, which is totally different from the traditional Animus controls.

5:08 AM

@Bob mine is too, but not when playing a game that gets dark, like nighttime in a survival game

when I'm on gmail or RA or most websites, there's so much pure white that it easily illuminates my room

but even a somewhat dimly lit room in SWTOR and the monitor's not putting out enough light to see things in the room

@allquixotic oh yea, that happens

that's why I got the backlit keyboard :P

when you walk into a dark area in a game and your hands drift off the right keys...

mine's just a solid daskeyboard mechanical keyboard with Cherry switches of some kind (Brown, IIRC)

no backlight

...and I have no experience with anything resembling Dark Souls.

(looked up the controls to make a comparison)

might get a Corsair K68 (dust and spill-resistant version)