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My wife is ~12 weeks pregnant with our 2nd child. We just got tests back which included the gender. It's another boy.

To be honest, it feels like our excitement for this pregnancy is near zero right now. The pregnancy wasn't really planned. Nor has it been easy for her. We had told ourselves we'd talk about a 2nd child in the new year. New year day came around and she realized she was a week late. Surprise!

Now we love our first son to death. He is our pride and joy. We had gender disappointment when we first found out his sex too. But it was brief. We got over it and havent looked back. We told ourselves we would love this new baby too no matter what. But the realization that we won't be

I have (I guess, had, RIP) a 10mo old ssf pc build. b650 mobo, 96gb corsair ram, 24gb rtx 4090, Corsair SF1000L PSU all stuffed into a A4H20 ITX mini case. Temps were always reasonable considering the size of things (never over 85 at max, often far lower), but just a few days ago, I had a failure.

Happened while doing some GPU intensive video generation work. All was working fine until the monitor suddenly cut off and the light on the gpu turned off. Long story short, I troubleshooted but the problem only grew worse with each check to the point the gpu stopped booting entirely upon start up of the pc. The GPU was officially dead while the rest of the PC seemed to boot fine. I could even h

I have a 10mo old ssf pc build. b650 mobo, 96gb corsair ram, 24gb nvidia 4090, Corsair SF1000L PSU all stuffed into a A4H20 ITX mini case. Temps were always reasonable considering the size of things, but just two days ago, I had a failure.

Happened while doing some GPU intensive video generation work. All was working fine until the monitor cut off and the light on the gpu turned off. Restarted without thinking much on it only for it to happen again upon restart of the rendering. Checking the eventviewer on windows, got the following error: Event ID 153 from source nvlddmkm cannot be found.​

Long story short, troubleshooted but the problem only grew worse to the point the gpu stopped bootin

May seem an odd place to seek direction, but I wanted to see who else has maybe had to make similar decisions.

I WFH full-time. Been in my role for over a decade and eventually positioned myself over years where my workload isn't very demanding on my day-to-day. There are ups and downs, but some days I barely work.

This has been amazing for helping us raise our 3yo. Last three years I have acted as his primary care giver while my wife goes in office. Naturally, my son and I have developed a very strong and close bond with each other. He's at the age he is going into preschool 5 days a week for 4 hours a day, but afternoons are all us, going on adventures and playing.

Recently, an old cowo

I had the genius idea to tear out 15 tons of 50 year old cement and brick from my back yard. Now I have a dirt pit, crippled hands, and am looking to fix the yard up. I dug a nice trench for a block retaining wall and need to fill it with a type of gravel for a steady base. But which gravel do I use?

Every DIY youtube channel casually instructs, "go get your aggregate bade" while they pour 50 lb bags of grey rock into their trench. Cool, easypeasy. Except a simple google search shows I'm completely beyond my element: Class II, Type II, Aggregate, Paver Base, etc etc. Too many different gravel types to count. Manufacturer of the blocks I'm using says nothing about the type of gravel to use.

Technically there are two noises here:

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1. A soft constant high-pitched whine/hum. It seems to be coming from the heatsink for the M.2 NVME SSD? Is this normal?
2. A metallic/electric jostling. I hear similar from my GPU when doing VRAM heavy stuff, like a sort of coil whine. This sound is constant though and coming from CPU/liquid cooler block.

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Brief video with the noises: https://imgur.com/a/lGaM8vx

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New mITX build. Original PSU cables. Noise happens the moment I turn the computer on and continues while idling. Not very loud, but enough to be heard a couple feet away.

I'm within return window still, but trying to figure out

New build in process. I ran into some issues and had to undo the cooler block. Upon cleaning the thermal paste off of the block, I found what looks like a gouge in the plate metal that was not there when I put the cooler block on.

I hand tightened in a crisscross/star pattern to try to avoid damage and intentionally didn't over-tighten, but seems maybe I twisted one nut a little too tight?

Now I'm concerned whether I can continue using this cooler or if I need to get a replacement one. And whether the pressure may have fucked up my CPU (AM5) or mobo too. I don't see any bent or damaged pins, but wtf do I know. Doubting myself entirely now.

Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/6xiOeDd (I have a 1

New build in process. I ran into some issues and had to undo the cooler block. Upon cleaning the thermal paste off of the block, I found what looks like a gouge in the plate metal that was not there when I put the cooler block on.

I hand tightened in a crisscross/star pattern to try to avoid damage and intentionally didn't over-tighten, but seems maybe I twisted one nut a little too tight?

Now I'm concerned whether I can continue using this cooler or if I need to get a replacement one. And whether the pressure may have fucked up my CPU (AM5) or mobo too. I don't see any bent or damaged pins, but wtf do I know. Doubting myself entirely now.

Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/6xiOeDd (I have a 1

Hi! I'm building a new PC using AMD AM5 CPU. The AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D to be specific.

PCPartsPicker.com says that the following product is compatible for my PC build: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/xQcgXL/corsair-vengeance-96-gb-2-x-48-gb-ddr5-6000-cl30-memory-cmk96gx5m2b6000c30

However, when I go to Corsair's website, it says that version of DDR5 is "optimized for Intel® motherboards". When shopping for DDR5 optimized for AMD on Corsair's site, they don't actually have a 96gb version available. Max they offer is 64gb (2x32gb): https://www.corsair.com/us/en/p/memory/cmk64gx5m2b6000z30/vengeance-64gb-2x32gb-ddr5-dram-6000mt-s-cl30-amd-expo-memory-kit-cmk64gx5m2b6000z30

Can I still buy the

I'm building a SFF PC with a 4090FE. Clearance for the connector is tight, so I'd like to use an angled cable. Most angled cables I can find online are just triple 8-pin. I'd like to get a quad.

Like this: https://store.cablemod.com/product/cablemod-basics-c-series-12vhpwr-90-degree-pci-e-cable-for-corsair/

Just not cable mod. And not as long since this is a smaller build.

Any recommendations?

Hi! I'm looking to build a SFF PC that will allow me mobility while not sacrificing much in terms of high-end specs. Trying to balance future-proofing with functionality.

Intended use is primarily AI process work and graphical rendering. Some game play, but this is ultimately intended to be a creative workstation more than a gaming rig.

Max Budget = $4,500 (purchasing in the US)

Current build plans:

Component	Selection	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D 4.2 GHz 16-Core Processor	$592.08
CPU Cooler	Corsair iCUE H100i RGB ELITE 59.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	$119.99
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B650E-I GAMING WIFI Mini ITX AM5 Motherboard	$311.99
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 96

The unit is still in the box and sealed. Seller is willing to provide me with the receipt as well. Purchased directly from NVIDIA.

Being sold for $1900. Too good to be true?

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/desktop-computers/alienware-aurora-r15-gaming-desktop/spd/alienware-aurora-r15-amd-desktop/wdr15amd50h?configurationid=5dbc6fa7-b3b8-435e-9680-0173b765bb44

Been looking at a new PC specifically for AI use, namely Stable Diffusion. This pre-built came up and now I'm trying to rationalize why I should not get it considering the price point.

I was looking at Intel i7 or i9 chip vs. this AMD, but not sure there is significant enough difference when it comes to performance to warrant a difference.

Not terribly experienced with Alienware, but havent seen much bad stuff on them.

Trying to find a legit reason not to purchase this right now. Anyone with knowledge i