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TitianGerm

z0oT wrote: »

Anyone here have posture related problems from too much sitting incorrectly?

I gave the last 15+ years sitting 8 hours a day at a PC with bad posture and it's only late last year it finally caught up on me - back pain, and lately bad burning neck pain.

It got to the stage that I was dreading sitting at the desk. My job is desk based and there's not much choice for me to be sitting 8 hours a day - it hit my productivity big time at work. Plus, my gaming desktop ended up remaining powered off for weeks on end.

Thankfully though over the last few weeks, I've mastered good upright sitting posture along with getting back to my fitness regiment and it's pretty much fixed everything for me. I can enjoy a bit of gaming in the evening once more after a productive day at work.

I wish I realized the importance of good sitting posture years back.

Will work spash out on a stand/sit desk?

wotzgoingon

z0oT wrote: »

Anyone here have posture related problems from too much sitting incorrectly?

I gave the last 15+ years sitting 8 hours a day at a PC with bad posture and it's only late last year it finally caught up on me - back pain, and lately bad burning neck pain.

It got to the stage that I was dreading sitting at the desk. My job is desk based and there's not much choice for me to be sitting 8 hours a day - it hit my productivity big time at work. Plus, my gaming desktop ended up remaining powered off for weeks on end.

Thankfully though over the last few weeks, I've mastered good upright sitting posture along with getting back to my fitness regiment and it's pretty much fixed everything for me. I can enjoy a bit of gaming in the evening once more after a productive day at work.

I wish I realized the importance of good sitting posture years back.

Would you not get one of those desks that can change on the fly from standing to sitting. So you can change it up standing for a while and then sitting and keep changing throughout the day as it's not a great idea to spend 8 hours standing despite what standing desks sale people may tell you.

I know it's in work but just explain to the boss you are thinking of buying one out of your own money to use in work. It would be well worth the investment.

BloodBath

A good adjustable chair is important as well and yeah you should be taking regular standing breaks.

Your monitors center should be at your eye level as well sitting or standing.

Good exercise and stretches are important as well. Gotta stretch those hip flexors as they get real tight from sitting and will have a knock on effect on your back.

z0oT

I actually find the chair doesn't do very much if you sit with good posture. It's certainly not nearly as important as I thought it was.

Good posture, good core strength and regular breaks throughout the day have pretty much done the trick for me. Don't think there's a need to go down the route of the Sit-Stand desk yet anyway.

Definitely pay attention to your posture, if you disregard it - it'll come back to bite you!

Blitz17

Anybody in here handy with soldering ?

Removed my vega 64 to sell, took waterblock off and fitted stock cooler on. Fan doesnt come in at all. Card boots and drivers installed. Only a fan issue. Double le checked its connected properly and it is.

Noticed a burnt component on the pcb which from I can tell on google its related to fan control. I believe I have found the right component I need to buy online.

I need it replaced, I could attempt it myself but reaching out first.

Any help is appreciated

Cuddlesworth

Seems like it would be easier to sell with the block.

buzzerxx

https://www.amazon.es/gp/aag/main?ie=UTF8&seller=A2XVNWY4BRI385&isAmazonFulfilled=0&asin=B08HLYQ9XL&ref_=olp_merch_name_0


Any one know why this 3090 is still on amazon for 2 weeks now for €990 and not reported yet as false advertising ?

buzzerxx

https://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B08HLYQ9XL/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


sorry, this is the link i meant to send

Cuddlesworth

Amazon usually eat the cost of the scam on their site?

Aodhan5000

Reckon this is a scam? Seems too good to be true but I'm genuinely tempted to buy it:
https://www.amazon.es/Palit-GamingPro-DisplayPort-Advanced-TurboFan/dp/B08LHB7Z57/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_es_ES=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=rtx%2B3070&qid=1611743451&s=computers&sr=1-1&th=1

TitianGerm

Aodhan5000 wrote: »

Reckon this is a scam? Seems too good to be true but I'm genuinely tempted to buy it:
https://www.amazon.es/Palit-GamingPro-DisplayPort-Advanced-TurboFan/dp/B08LHB7Z57/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_es_ES=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=rtx%2B3070&qid=1611743451&s=computers&sr=1-1&th=1

Look at the seller. Someone else posted a link to them last week.

Defiently a scam.

Luck100

Aodhan5000 wrote: »

Reckon this is a scam? Seems too good to be true but I'm genuinely tempted to buy it:
https://www.amazon.es/Palit-GamingPro-DisplayPort-Advanced-TurboFan/dp/B08LHB7Z57/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_es_ES=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=rtx%2B3070&qid=1611743451&s=computers&sr=1-1&th=1

100% scam. The price is ridiculous. Look at their other listings, they have plenty. Nearly everything is priced in multiples of 100, they don't look like real prices. Feel free to buy a couple, I'll play you +10% over your costs + shipping if it's real!!!

Aodhan5000

TitianGerm wrote: »

Look at the seller. Someone else posted a link to them last week.

Defiently a scam.

Thought alright was way too good to be real, especially with OC version being cheaper than the standard. The search continues

Pangea

Finally got my PSU, went for the Corsair RMx 850w on Currys. Just need to start building now , will watch a few youtube videos to brush up on building skills.

wotzgoingon

Pangea wrote: »

Finally got my PSU, went for the Corsair RMx 850w on Currys. Just need to start building now , will watch a few youtube videos to brush up on building skills.

A couple of us on here have that PSU myself included.

Donegal Storm

Hey guys, anyone ever ordered from notebooksbilliger.de? Been searching high and low for a GPU recently and they've the best prices I can find

deceit

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Hey guys, anyone ever ordered from notebooksbilliger.de? Been searching high and low for a GPU recently and they've the best prices I can find

I bought an Rtx 2080 from them a year or so ago from them without issues but I'm based in Germany.

Donegal Storm

deceit wrote: »

I bought an Rtx 2080 from them a year or so ago from them without issues but I'm based in Germany.

Turns out they don't ship to Ireland, thought it was too good to be true :rolleyes:

Back to searching for a needle in a haystack then!

Cuddlesworth

Donegal Storm wrote: »

Turns out they don't ship to Ireland, thought it was too good to be true :rolleyes:

Back to searching for a needle in a haystack then!

Caseking.de ship to ireland, prices were about the same when I looked. Seem to be getting cards in once a week.

GHOST MGG

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Caseking.de ship to ireland, prices were about the same when I looked. Seem to be getting cards in once a week.

I got an order delivered today from caseking..it was ordered on the 21st january so not too bad delivery time, but i have to say packing was crap..that was my only negative

ShadowHearth

Guys, where I can have a look at decent prebuilts outside of Alienware. Though they have updated their AMD line with new cpus and gpus.

Considering whole UK situation now, it really limits options. I used pcspecialist for my laptop over a year ago. I presume now theu are a no go.

wotzgoingon

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Guys, where I can have a look at decent prebuilts outside of Alienware. Though they have updated their AMD line with new cpus and gpus.

Considering whole UK situation now, it really limits options. I used pcspecialist for my laptop over a year ago. I presume now theu are a no go.

I just read on here in another thread that caseking.de ship to Ireland. I do not know much about them or how their pricing structure is but I do know a lot of German retailers do not ship outside of Germany. And UK retailers do not since since brexit either.

game4it70

My new 5600x arrived last week and the box was damaged. I thought nothing of it as the cpu clamshell holder looked ok.

Went to install it today and found 2 bent pins :mad:
It can be hard to rma for bent pins as normally they blame the user.

I managed to fix them luckily so all good
Phew....

wotzgoingon

I was just about to say bend them back as it was always the way even with Intel back in the day.

Headshot

Looks like Googles Stadia is dead

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/77645/google-no-longer-wants-to-invest-into-stadia-kills-first-party-games/index.html

Good old Google packs it in again

wotzgoingon

Headshot wrote: »

Looks like Googles Stadia is dead

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/77645/google-no-longer-wants-to-invest-into-stadia-kills-first-party-games/index.html

Good old Google packs it in again

What was the service like? I never got one as it's a wild dream for me to be able to use that service with my 2Mb connection.

ED E

ED E wrote: »

Something let out the magic smoke in my home server last night. Not grounding but tripping the breaker, two inline 13As intact. Hoping t'fúck its just the SFX PSU.

Serephucus wrote: »

You still using that ITX time bomb mobo? Hopefully wasn't that.

Twas the PSU. Slightly swollen 400v (chonky) cap. Makes sense as the culprit as it was enough to trip an MCB.

New one is a v2, and Silverstone have some V3s which makes me think there was a reason to revise them.

Squidgy Black

Headshot wrote: »

Looks like Googles Stadia is dead

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/77645/google-no-longer-wants-to-invest-into-stadia-kills-first-party-games/index.html

Good old Google packs it in again

Not entirely sure about that as I don't think they had even released any first party games for it in the end, they'd assisted on one or two titles but never any Google made games from the studio.

I do agree though that it's probably not going to last long regardless.

Serephucus

ED E wrote: »

Twas the PSU. Slightly swollen 400v (chonky) cap. Makes sense as the culprit as it was enough to trip an MCB.

New one is a v2, and Silverstone have some V3s which makes me think there was a reason to revise them.

At least you didn't have to go replacing the board.

What PSU do you have again? Cause there's an ST30SF sitting in mine that I'm now thinking I might check the next time I'm back there.

AlmightyCushion

From what I have heard from a Friend who uses it Stadia works really well. However, I think Microsoft are in a great position to dominate this area. Their server infrastructure is on a par with Google's with Game Pass and the IP/dev companies they own, they will be hard to compete with.