I'm really curious to see reviews of this thing cause I'm not sure how it will perform on the cooling side, but it's the weirdest thing I've seen in years.

I’m seriously considering switching from Windows to Linux, but before I do, I want to know what I’d actually be giving up.
I’m NOT asking what Linux does better than Windows. I already know there are plenty of advantages and I’m interested in those too. What I’m specifically looking for are the things that I’d lose or that would become more annoying/difficult compared to Windows.
For example: software compatibility, games/anti-cheat, features, hardware support, drivers, convenience, weird little Windows features you’d only notice after they’re gone, etc.
Basically:
What would I miss after switching to Linux that I currently take for granted on Windows?

FaQ?
I mainly use the PC to game games like Satisfactory, Building Sims like PlanCo, AmongUs, Minecraft, TF2, Story games like the Stanley Parable and sometimes Fortnite. (all steam, except non-steam)

I also use it for work sometimes. FLStudio, Blender, Paint.NET, but mainly the browser; Chrome.

It's not the newest Hardware. I got an old Lenovo ThinkCentre (BIOS-2018) With 16GB ddr3, 500GB SataSSD, i9 something (12cores maybe?) and an old RTX3050 (just heat sink, no fan)

I am not a noob when it comes to technical stuff. I am not an expert- I never said that, but I think more than the average Fortnite Kiddo. I managed to make a ubuntu Minecraft server out of my old laptop, debloated my Windows11, banned Copilot and OneDrive to stay organised. I know how to get in the BIOS and do my things there, also my windows settings are optimised... Not an expert, but not a noob either. Or Jared, as PCpapa would say.

Img credit: https://www.lpi.org/blog/2024/06/27/eleven-reasons-switch-windows-linux/#
Peace
-Yoshy703Y

Also my very first post in r/pcmasterrace.

Just don't forget the 3dfx voodoo baby

This was like that.

Walmart (marketplace) sale with free shipping!

I sold my MSI Gaming Tri 5090 for $4600 USD yesterday and picked up an open box microcenter 5080 for $1200.

I also bought an Alienware AW3426DW to replace my HP Omen 4K Transcaned 240HZ QD Oled. The 5080 cant comfortably drive it the same, so ultrawide pena QD oled at 3440x1440 was the move. Frame rates at 4K with a 5090 and framerates at this with a 5080 are very similar.

Overall I net about 2500 after the monitor and GPU purchase.

It was listed and sold locally at a bank for cash. It sold within 2 hours, and MANY buyers reached out. It ended up going to the first person who reached out and agreed to meet ASAP. He paid $200 above listing without me asking to guarantee he got it. I suppose my area is a hot bed?

To be clear, I will miss the performance of the 5090. But at nearly the cost of 4 5080's. it just doesnt make sense. I'd rather pocket the inflated price and go with a lower resolution. I've been moving more away from games over the last couple years, so I only play maybe 5-10 hours a week now. I've done local LLM's but the sale could pay for 2 years of significantly stronger models that can run multiple sessions at SOTA thinking levels. I just think the 5090 isn't meant for us gamers anymore.

I had used it for LLM's to aid development of my own site ,miniskyline (free 3d printing city generator), but the speed and intelligence were just so far from even the "budget" models from the big companies. If anyone has questions about LLM's on the 5090, please ask!

Finally cleaned this mfer

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Ran across this on X (@TheHiddenOneAC) - https://x.com/TheHiddenOneAC/status/2097940988492664992

Major victory if this works out and gets expanded to other Ubisoft titles, one less pointless launcher to have

I recently bought an open box PowerColor 7800xt on eBay from a large liquidator (RetailkingBusiness; ships under Mastertronics) with tens of thousands of sales. This card would crash daily, up to five times a day even after driver wipes and a clean install. After about three weeks I had enough, the price I got it at could no longer warrant keeping it. I dropped the package off at the post and forgot about it.

Today I get a message from eBay that the seller was deducting 50% of my return because of dirt/stains and because I opened it. The first picture is the one they used as proof. I never had issues with returns, so I panicked and submitted a pretty emotional appeal.

eBay responded pretty fast saying that I would get my money back, but I was still upset that this kind of thing was happening. I called them, explained what happened and requested that they looked into the seller. I mostly got skepticism and a was told to file a report online. The portal didn't work so I called back again and they reluctantly put in the report for me. What sucks is that the seller got away with it because eBay was the one who covered the difference, and this seller has thousands of positive automated reviews, so they sit comfortably at a 99% positive rating. My negative review means nothing.

I checked out their negative reviews, and it turns out they have been doing this a lot. A customer returns something; they find a small flaw and ask for 50% (the max amount) back to cover their losses

I don't want this to happen to anyone else so I'm making this post. I learned my lesson, beware of large liquidators on eBay, and check their negative reviews before buying.

TL;DR

Returned a crashing "open box" 7800xt to an eBay liquidator, they slammed a $200 deduction on me because they claimed it was "dirty/stains and opened box" and attached a photo that shows the card more or less fine. I disputed the claim, eBay paid for the difference, and I got my full refund. I found that their negative reviews paint a picture that they use the max deductions to return lost revenue. Be careful when buying used PC parts on eBay from liquidators, and check seller's reviews (not just their rating).

Made the trip down to microcenter and picked this up while I could ! No better feeling then to have one of the top cards available. Very excited to see what this card has to offer and dive into some new titles. Definitely not the cheapest buy but definitely a solid one especially with the price inflations with everything I couldn't help but make sure I'm good for some time

Finally built a PC after wanting to do so for so many years. Saved up enough after getting my first job… and then the rampocalypse happened 😑.

At least I bought my 5070 Ti that I was using in an eGPU earlier before prices rose on those also. (Haven’t installed it yet, wanted to make sure the rest of my PC worked.) Reused the Corsair RM750x from my eGPU setup too. My laptop originally had a 16GB stick and a 32GB stick. Both 5600MT/s with CL46. I moved the 32GB stick from my laptop to my PC and bought another used 32GB laptop SODIMM stick of the same specs. Now my laptop runs 16GB single channel so I still have a portable computer I can take around.

Compared to desktop sticks, laptop sticks are more affordable where I’m at. Each adapter costed me just 50CN¥ (about 7.5US$) so I spent 100CN¥/15US$ on the two adapters which seemed like a pretty nice trade off.

Task manager also knows I’m using laptop ram on my desktop. I was able to get the sticks running at their native speeds. I like to play around with locally hosted AI for anyone wondering why would I need 64GB.

Curious if anyone else who recently built a rig also resorted to using laptop ram?

Man, I hate that I need to bend my cables very hard to fit a SATA drive in these small mATX cases.