PC Pc Gaming/building thread

[Ry009]

Cheers fellas.

 

[dwwaino]

I think I prefer 11 over 10 too if that helps. The auto HDR features are better and the Windows gaming stuff that often caused gremlins and you'd typically have to disable don't seem to be the same problem in 11. In fact I don't think I've had to really tweak anything in 11 and anything I initially didn't like as much as 10 I just got used to anyway.

 

[dav3]

The main thing that shits me is the "show more options" thing in the context menu, it's annoying having to go into a 2nd layer of menus to get to stuff like 7-Zip

 

[drd23]

The main thing that shits me is the "show more options" thing in the context menu, it's annoying having to go into a 2nd layer of menus to get to stuff like 7-Zip

This might be of interest to you then - I haven’t used it because I haven’t moved to W11 yet but it purports to fix the context menu

Shell The Essential App

Context menus have become worse in Windows 11 and weren’t good in Windows 10. This application will fix it for both modern Windows operating systems.

christitus.com

 

[dav3]

This might be of interest to you then - I haven’t used it because I haven’t moved to W11 yet but it purports to fix the context menu

Shell The Essential App

Context menus have become worse in Windows 11 and weren’t good in Windows 10. This application will fix it for both modern Windows operating systems.

christitus.com

Cheers, yeah there's a bunch of third-party stuff that can resolve a lot of the Windows 11 quirks, although I guess I try to avoid installing extra stuff like that if I can.

 

[blackshadow]

Scored myself an Omnidesk sit-stand desk during Black Friday sale period and have just set it up. Very impressed so far. It feels like a proper set up for both working from home and gaming.

 

[dwwaino]

Scored myself an Omnidesk sit-stand desk during Black Friday sale period and have just set it up. Very impressed so far. It feels like a proper set up for both working from home and gaming.

They have some solid stuff. I got myself one after moving house recently too. A bit pricey in terms of a desk but got it on sale as well.

 

[blackshadow]

A couple of photos

Standing height

Sitting height

Server cupboard open (it’s fine closed as I put fans in on the end of the cupboard to put fresh air in the bottom and exhaust hot air out the top - was too hot prior to fan installation)

 

[drd23]

IDK why I never thought of this before, but I didn't realise that a double degree results in two separate certificates

 

[dav3]

A couple of photos

Standing height

Sitting height

Server cupboard open (it’s fine closed as I put fans in on the end of the cupboard to put fresh air in the bottom and exhaust hot air out the top - was too hot prior to fan installation)

Nice

I've contemplated getting one of the bases to use with my Ikea Kitchen Bench Desk, but that would mean I'd have to actually clean up my cabling, and that just seems way too hard

 

[blackshadow]

Nice

I've contemplated getting one of the bases to use with my Ikea Kitchen Bench Desk, but that would mean I'd have to actually clean up my cabling, and that just seems way too hard

I got a great cable tray with the desk and it’s been really handy for getting the cable management sorted.

Something like this would do the trick.

Under Desk Cable Management Tray, KYONANO 2 Pack Cable Tray, Wire Management Tray to Hide Cables Power Strips, Large Under Table Wire Organizer for Office & Home : Amazon.com.au: Home Improvement

Under Desk Cable Management Tray, KYONANO 2 Pack Cable Tray, Wire Management Tray to Hide Cables Power Strips, Large Under Table Wire Organizer for Office & Home : Amazon.com.au: Home Improvement

amzn.asia

 

[dav3]

I got a great cable tray with the desk and it’s been really handy for getting the cable management sorted.

Something like this would do the trick.

Under Desk Cable Management Tray, KYONANO 2 Pack Cable Tray, Wire Management Tray to Hide Cables Power Strips, Large Under Table Wire Organizer for Office & Home : Amazon.com.au: Home Improvement

Under Desk Cable Management Tray, KYONANO 2 Pack Cable Tray, Wire Management Tray to Hide Cables Power Strips, Large Under Table Wire Organizer for Office & Home : Amazon.com.au: Home Improvement

amzn.asia

I've got two of these under the desk, but I have so many cables/devices on and around my desk there's powerboards and power supplies everywhere. PC lives under my desk too and some of the cables are already at their limit length-wise

 

[dwwaino]

I'm spewing that when I got my Omnidesk the deal didn't include cable tray and I didn't even realise otherwise I would have added it at checkout. Need to get something like what dav3 posted because I ran the cables through some clips that I stuck under the desk but they fell off after about a month. Now I've got a bird's nest of cables just hanging down that I need to sort out over Christmas.

 

[blackshadow]

It took me longer to cable manage than to put the desk together.

I bought a new 5 outlet (PC,
laptop dock power brick, monitor, USB charging station, desk controls) powerboard with a cord long enough to reach the power point - that helped a lot. I’ve got a few switch under the desk so I can switch keyboard and mouse between PC and laptop - they plug into it with USB cables and a single cable runs to my monitor where I have a wireless mouse dongle and my keyboard plugged in.

Monitor is connected to PC via display port and to laptop dock via HDMI, monitor detects signal and switches and will run with laptop screen and monitor as a dual screen for work. Bit of a poor man’s KVM but it works.

I also used a shit load of cable ties to secure and stash everything away and I’ve got an Ikea (I think) cable box that I’ve stuck to the desktop to hide the laptop dock and USB charging station away - it’s got holes for them cables to run when needed otherwise they are stashed away.

 

[Ry009]

Not sure what a bigger prick is, moving house or cable management.

 

[dwwaino]

Not sure what a bigger prick is, moving house or cable management.

Cable management easily

 

[Ry009]

Cable management easily

Still the best meme I've seen

 

[dav3]

Another month, another Steam Sale with mostly the same deals. One decent one that stood out is Days Gone for $25 bucks

 

[dwwaino]

I can't see much interesting either. I miss the flash sales and the community choice ones that were meaningful discounts on decent games.

 

[Total Power]

Another month, another Steam Sale with mostly the same deals. One decent one that stood out is Days Gone for $25 bucks

CDKeys had it for 9.99 euros a few days ago.

 

[dwwaino]

Normally regular new builds are fun even for marginal gains. Since I don't drink or smoke and hardly go out it's what I spend my money on every 2-3 years. The more I finalised what was going to be the next build the less interesting it became. A lot of this stuff like DDR5 and Zen 4 needs to be mature. It sucks a bit because building a new system is always exciting. I think I'll just grab a 4080 instead with my Christmas bonus as many have just had another round of discounts this week. Their pricing is a little more sensible now (that's still subjective though) and make reaching for a 4090 less worthwhile if you're a regular upgrader and don't care about future proofing for a bajillion years. Initial pricing and bad-guy-nvidia has scared many away so heaps are still on the shelves.

 

[dav3]

Normally regular new builds are fun even for marginal gains. Since I don't drink or smoke and hardly go out it's what I spend my money on every 2-3 years. The more I finalised what was going to be the next build the less interesting it became. A lot of this stuff like DDR5 and Zen 4 needs to be mature. It sucks a bit because building a new system is always exciting. I think I'll just grab a 4080 instead with my Christmas bonus as many have just had another round of discounts this week. Their pricing is a little more sensible now (that's still subjective though) and make reaching for a 4090 less worthwhile if you're a regular upgrader and don't care about future proofing for a bajillion years. Initial pricing and bad-guy-nvidia has scared many away so heaps are still on the shelves.

#firstworldproblems

 

[dwwaino]

#firstworldproblems

 

[RossFC]

Upgraded my PSU for Christmas.

Had a non-modular 650 bronze from Corsair for 5 years, now have full modular 850x gold from Corsair, about $180 from PCCaseGear.

Noticed when I cleaned the inside of the box and plugged everything in, my average cpu temp dropped from about 38 to 29 degrees, (it was about that 5 years ago but climbed up in recent times).

 

[dwwaino]

Purchasing a Strix 4080 OC and having to wait until Wednesday to pick it up because Monday and Tuesday are public holidays due to Christmas falling on a Sunday.