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I did snag another GPU and nothing was damaged! Someone sold me a 1660 for $100, which wasn't bad, put it all together again, and no problems. Posts up like it's fine. GPU also works within spec as ewll. So I dodged a bullet! I even sold the busted GPU for $10 for parts. Cool!

Man, I loved Reddick. He made some great plays for us. The Panthers made other choices in who to pay, whether it was Rhule or Fitterer at the end of the day. Reddick is a great pass rusher and impact player, but as we've seen, he wasn't truly a full time player in that he had to come out. Is it a quibble? Probably, but Frankie has been more than fine. He's not the pass rusher that Reddick is, but he's really coming into his own as a player and I'm thrilled that we have Luvu. Would Reddick have been as impactful this past season? Considering we switched from our hybrid approach to more of a standard 4-3 when Wilks took over - I'm not totally sure. I'm happy for him.

I wouldn't. lol But no, I have nothing. Just my one little system I'm trying to build.

It was, and the room stank of something similar to mineral oil. Nothing else was hot. Getting a cheap gpu to test tomorrow. Thinking that the gpu died, and the futzing with it led to the smoking ruin of that gpu.

OK, so I have been wanting to build a personal PC for a long time, more for gaming and running my more complex renders and simulations (Houdini). I sold some of my junk on good ole' facebook marketplace, made enough cash and got the following: Ryzen 7 1700 ("gently used")- $60 Asus B450 Prime A II (New) - $79 32 gb Corsair LPX DDR-3600 Ram - $72 XFX GTS RX 580 4gb - Had on hand, from a friend. Antec NeoGold 500watt PSU - highly rated by the Power Supply Cultists) A M.2 SSD for the OS and stuff ($30) My slightly older SSD from a junk build I finally get all my parts in, and I'm stoked! I set it all up, do a post check and it works! Get my case, have some fun getting everything in the case, but low and behold - IT WORKS!!!!!! Then I spent a while downloading all my stuff onto the PC, great! Everything is going GREAT for a few days. I ran some benchmarks, and it performs as expected. Cool, this morning, I go to turn it on and NADA. A small click from the PSU (like it did when I started it normally) and NOTHING. No fans, nothing. I don't have any RGB. The board has some amber running lights, but that's it. No flashing, no beeping. Hrm. So I dialed up the guy I bought the CPU from and he was super cool and walked me through the basic trouble shooting. We thought it might be the motherboard. We did the CMOS reset, I tried a different power supply, etc. Nada. Then I took out the GPU - and low and behold - we have action! The case fans ran, the CPU cooler ran (it's AMD with it's little red ring was lit up). But when I put the GPU in and plugged it into my power supply, nothing. After realizing the power switch on the case was not working, I pulled the GPU, swapped the power button with the reset button, a reset the GPU. Plugged it back in. and tried to fire it up. As soon as I powered the computer on BLAM! A loud pop, then the back of the GPU started smoking. It came from the surface like water evaporating from a hot rock. I immediately pulled the cut the power. I pulled the GPU, which didn't show any black marks on the PCI connector, nor in the motherboard. But the smell was bad. I'm curious if not having a good connection with the power and the GPU caused the smoking. It's my understanding that the GPU just wouldn't operate or have a lot of problems if it didn't have enough power. To hope I didn't destroy everything, tried another GPU-less start and it fired up. The little amber running lights on the MB, the red ring on the AMD cooler, and all my fans immediately kicked on. So aside from the horror show that was - what damage do you think I did? I'm pretty sure my GPU is fried. I'm returning the MB since I have some time to do it. What can I do differently? Thoughts? Ideas? Or do you just want to laugh and make fun of me? Ha ha, I won't blame you!

To expand on the idea of "pre-interviewing" DC candidates; I think it was IF we hired a young coach. If we hired a guy, it would be helpful to say "so here's some guys we interviewed, this is what they said; what do you think?" Since Frank has been around a bit, he's got a much better idea of what/who he wants so the previous interviews aren't as useful for him. I don't understand why everyone is making such a big deal about the DC interviews. It's the FO's (Tepper's) dime, it gathers information, and that's it. Listening to podcasts, videos, and reading here (not finishing because it gets repetitive) to hand wringing over interviewing these DCs before we had a coach is just silly. Believe it or not, our team is run by NFL guys. We do have a meddlesome owner, but so do many teams. I think the team wanted to try to help a young coach because they thought for sure they'd get one. It turns out they didn't, and the gas and time of the FO folks was wasted, and countless keystrokes across the internet. Let Frank find his coach, everything else that happened before is water under the bridge at this point.

This has usually been the case with Playoff Coordinators, especially the deeper they go into the playoffs. I'm sure Steichen would love to get one of the 32 HC jobs in the NFL, but he's got to prepare for a big game. If he blows that game, does it hurt his credibility to be a good HC? It's a double edged sword. As far as The Roar, I like it. Do I agree with John and Billy all the time? No. I appreciate their insight, and it's a nice listen on the way to work. Ultimately, they are just 21st century journalists trying to make a living doing something they love. More power to them.

Ahh, the cap. Where we always say "We have no cap room!" Or "The Saints have a billion in dead cap!" Then FA proceeds to happen per usual... Good times!

You had me at bickering and eating paste! Love it!

For all the well earned poo thrown at Tepper, apparently even Sean Payton was impressed. Jeff Duncan, long time saints beat reporter in New Orleans said that he's heard from Payton and his camp that they left the Panthers very impressed with Tepper and the organization. That Payton actually liked the job opportunity, but knew the Saints trade tax would be an issue, and acknowledged that the idea of Payton's Legacy in NO was a problem for him. Benjamin Allbright is another well connected source with some words about the Panthers coaching prognosis, and again, it's not all bad. Sure, we have challenges, but that's why we're a top 10 pick, and are looking for a coach. We have a deep pocketed owner, there are a LOT of good football minds in the FO, and while many of y'all are ready to crucify Fitterer on his front lawn, he's respected in the NFL. Back to the issues of Steichen - there are a lot of reasons that he could have had a bad interview. Could be that he's just too busy with his current job and wants that ring. Could be he didn't mesh/gel with Fitterer and Tepper. We weren't there. You don't hire a coach who isn't ready to be a head coach. The fact of the matter is we don't know enough as fans. So you either have to trust the FO (which is hard), and wait to see how the season unfolds. I really liked the idea of Steichen, but it looks like that's not going to happen. Hopefully the Panthers make the right choice of HC and QB and we have have some success. Life is more fun when the Panthers win.

Honestly, we just have to see what happens. The doldrums of the offseason. While it's fine to pretend we're all some expert armchair GMs around here, the reality is that none of us know jack poo about building a successful NFL team. We might know a lot about things they don't know about. I'm pretty sure my knowledge of D&D rules for the past 30 years is WAY more than the Panthers FO, but it doesn't make me more knowledgeable than a NFL GM. I was fine with the CMC trade. We couldn't win with him. It's no loss there. There were reports that GB offered a 1 for DJ. How legit were those rumors? Same with Burns. There's a lot of agent smoke that goes out to these NFL insiders. Or teams could be floating some of these to see what traction there might be. What does it mean when the trade doesn't occur? That it wasn't going to happen. Again, there's a lot of spin in the NFL news cycle since everyone's an expert and insider. So does Fitterer deserve to be fired? I don't know. I don't think Dave is going to pull that trigger this season considering the investment in Fitterer retooling the entire scouting department. Fitterer is going to have a chance to pick his coach and his QB. We'll see what happens from there.

I don't see a really good reason to fire Fitterer right now. Like @kungfoodude said: We need to give him a chance with complete control as opposed to playing second fiddle to a used car salesman. Now, if he bungles this off season, then there you go.

What's the incentive to move on from Lance? Here's the thing about Purdy - does he look good because he's actually a quality NFL player? Is he the next Tom Brady style story? Or does he happen to be in the best system in the NFL? As we have seen, coaching matters. Scheming matters. The player is almost the least of the variable. I think they will probably keep Lance next year and let him and Purdy battle it out. If Lance looks good but loses out to a better Purdy, then they might get more from that. They are both on rookie contracts so there's more incentive to see if Purdy is the real deal or if Lance's light finally clicks on and he can stay healthy.

Unless a show either hits the jackpot, or it gets canceled by the end of the first season. That seems to be what Netflix does. Or it also makes tons of cheap, shitty shows. I really liked 1899. The look and feel was amazing. Getting into the mind bending stuff was cool. I hate it will never get the treatment it deserves. Same with Warrior Nun, a fun show.

You're pretty much stuck with a crop as most prints work on that 4:3 ratio. If you're OK using a custom print settings, you can do that at home. I don't know of many places that will do a 16:9 print. Here's a good thread that has some ideas on how to do that: https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3041428

I played it a long time ago and loved it. I was super excited for the show, as I am over most nerdy things! It blew me away. So good! Familiar with the game but being a true adaptation as opposed to a retelling. The atmosphere was so good. even my wife who lives by HGTV and stupid fiancé crap was enthralled. Can’t wait to see more!

Very nice @Evil Hurney! I love it when people create charts that are actually easy to read and logical.

Used to be Vance High School.

That whole reddit thread is a goldmine of fun. We've had that similar feeling several times. I have no idea what Tepper is going to do, but I completely understand that having an offensive guy helps create continuity is a great idea. We're going to have to pick the "right" candidate who can lead, plan, hire good coaches, and develop players.

You have to give the Jags credit! Man, what an epic come back. To go from pooping the bed in the first half to bringing your team back. Sure, the Chargers helped, but the fact that Lawrence was able to jump right back in was great to see. Coaching matters, and having an unflappable QB with enough competitive arrogance to bounce back from set backs. It's going to be very interesting to see how the Panthers offseason progresses.

Simple - don't be a toxic ass to people. That's how we should all be behaving. I disagree with you about tanking. I think that the current history of the NFL is that coaching matters more, and you can trade up to get your QB. You keep mentioning Justin Herbert, which does suck to lose out on, but hindsight is always 20/20. There were plenty of questions about him as the draft approached. He was not a sure thing. If there is a QB you want, you go get them. That's how the Bills got Allen, and the Chiefs got Mahomes. The NFL and football is not a one man show. I don't expect the men on our team to give up, hoping that a 20 year old kid can save the franchise. I'm WAY more concerned with finding the right coach and system. We're not as far away as some teams from being real threats in the playoffs. That's how I can respectfully disagree with you. I don't have to call you, or anyone else I disagree with names, make a bunch of non-sense threads, or otherwise act like a kid's first time online without the netnanny running. That's what I'm seeing. Fan however you want. I'm about done here for the next few days. Let all the toxicity run it's course.

There is just so much toxicity in the fan base right now. It's really disappointing. Then again, I need look no further than the rest of social media and my community to see that everyone is just getting more and more toxic. I get that your fantasy football/Madden brains are the smarterest people in the room. But chill out. You can't control it. Sure gripe, but going after each other is not being a fan, it's being a dick. I'm all for discussion and disagreement, but the toxicity here is really stupid.

Man, some of y’all are so angry at things you can’t control… Be like Elsa and let it go!

Lesson learned, if you want a QB, you go get them. If they want Young or Stroud, well the 49ers wrote that playbook.

I love how some of y'all think that a few draft positions are going to affect how we trade up for a QB. Doesn't matter if it was 6 or 9. We'll still have to sell the farm for one of the top QBs or see what we can do with who is there. Look, it appeared the Panthers tried to lose. No Burns, both of our starting guards went out with injury, questionable time management at the end...sheesh. It's really the Saints fault. We didn't go out of our way to win it, but man, did they try to give it to us lol. And Fug the Saints I'm happy for my dog to rub their butthole on their faces