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  • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.mlLinux gaming hardware/software
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    Those are both solid pieces of hardware. However, I would suggest getting a Ryzen 5600 for a notable per-core CPU buff over the 3600x, which should help quite a bit with games like Civ’s AI turn time. And since that CPU, Motherboard socket isn’t latest-gen either, you can buy used for cheap still.

    Ryzen 3600x vs Ryzen 5600.

    On a slightly different note: The 7k series Ryzen CPUs get you on the latest slot, AM5. This will get you future upgradability if you want it, but it will also come with higher costs as AM5 is the newest socket, so people aren’t unloading them onto the used market in quantity. Such cost considerations are best determined by you. Both are a solid choice though.


    For the GPU, I think the Radeon 6600 is a good choice. Radeon stuff works better in linux and that particular one is plenty strong for what you listed.


    I highly, highly recommend PassMark’s benchmarks for comparing hardware. They are the first place I look to get relative numbers. And from there I determine what I need/want.

    Single-thread CPU chart

    GPU Chart






  • If you’re coding or whatever this is fine.

    I want coders to learn from trusted sources too. How do you authorize a user and store the password (plain text, hash, encrypt)? Do you use MD5 or SHA-256? (Always hash passwords, don’t use MD5)

    If you have to encrypt some information, do you use AES or Triple DES ? (never Triple DES)

    When authorizing with OAuth, should one send the auth url, client id, client secret, scopes, and redirect url to the client machine? (yes, yes, no, yes, yes)


    These are basic questions with answers that are easy to find…and many programmers get them very, very wrong. Mostly out of carelessness, often the question itself doesn’t even pop into their head.

    Relavent XKCD



  • As long as they let you turn off the upscaling I won’t complain about it. Unfortunately there has been a trend as of late to force it on; the artifacting drives me nuts. It’s always harder to to see in youtube videos though, since they are compressed quite a bit compared to live play.

    Biggest thing that concerns me was their focus on pushing one into multiplayer in V. I’m worried that is going to intensify since it made them so damn much money doing that last time.

    Either way, game isn’t out for a year, and it isn’t out for PC for probably two years. So, just going to go back to enjoying my Breath of Fire IV playthrough I’m currently doing. :)




  • Since it is something with the computer itself and not the OS, some things to try:

    • Check for any motherboard status lights.
    • Reseat your RAM.
    • Run a memtest. Let it do a full pass, takes ~3 hours. If you see anything more than a single error, it’s the RAM.
    • Reset your BIOS to factory settings.
    • Update your BIOS.
    • Reset your CMOS.
    • As redxef said, unplug from the wall, hit the power button a few times to fully drain the system, then plug back in.
    • Unplug everything you possibly can. Leave just a single monitor, a single stick of RAM, the cpu, and the power cable plugged in. Literally nothing else, not even a keyboard. (You will need to keep your graphics card plugged in as the 2700x doesn’t have onboard graphics)
    • Swap to a different single stick of RAM and put it in a different slot.
    • Visually inspect for any exploded or bulging capacitors.
    • If you have gotten to here, swap in any spare parts you have from the prior list. Different graphics card, different ram stick, different monitor, different cpu or mobo if you have one.
    • Unplug/replug your internal power cables, and unplug any unnecessary internal cables (fans, rgb, etc) (Is it this? Probably not, but we are getting to the desperate part of the list.)
    • Reseat your CPU (don’t forget to clean off and re-apply thermal paste)
    • Cry a little

    The goal is to narrow down which piece of hardware is failing.






  • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldtoSelfhosted@lemmy.worldManage things "To be Read"
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    9 days ago

    Make a textfile you sync between your devices. Save the URL, book name, or whatever; each on a new line.

    So tags and the option to filter them would be nice!

    You can tag them at will. Put “#TagName” next to an entry and later you can ctrl-f “#TagName” (or anything else) in the file. Notepad++, grep, and other tools will even give you a list of everything that matched your search criteria if you want to see all items that match at once.


    I like to keep things simple!