u/IceAokiji303

Who's this blurry one?

Who's this blurry one?

Southern Finland. Sorry about image quality, all I've got to work with.

My sister sent me this picture of a bug she found in her home, asking what it might be. I was only really able to rule out some options, thinking of maybe a true bug or some odd beetle like a weevil.

Further detail I got was "definitely 6 legs rather than 8", "no visible wings", "big, or maybe not like Big big but too big to be a tick".

I know the image isn't that much to go off of, what with the lack of pixels, but hoping the general body shape might be a clue for at least a general direction if not species - it *is* rather distinctive, what with the long thick knob-ended legs. Feel like it should be familiar to me too.

u/IceAokiji303 — 11 hours ago

Double checking before potential purchase

I've been looking at some prebuilt gaming PC options, and found one from a local seller that seems alright, at 150€ off til tomorrow night too: https://www.jimms.fi/fi/Product/Show/214366/jimms-a-a-gtg-b1/jimm-s-gtg-beetle-9060-xt-pelitietokone (sorry, page is only in Finnish, I'd assume browsers can translate it at least passably).

Does this seem like a reasonable machine? Anything important I might have neglected to check?
I don't run any super heavy games (mostly Final Fantasy XIV, Honkai Star Rail, Minecraft, and some lower-load Steam games, would maybe want to get Monster Hunter Wilds going at some point but that's about it), and am not bothered about maybe having to lower graphics settings on some games (art direction >>> raw graphics any day!), so don't need the PC to be top-of-the-line. Specs at least seem sufficient with this.
I've also been considering building my own, but it honestly seems like a pricier option right now, with the cost of some components (and some being hard to find in general).

edit: A Wi-Fi adapter card I would likely need to get added, as one isn't included. They'll do it for 25€, plus the cost of the card of my choice (20-60 looks like).

Any feedback would be appreciated.

u/IceAokiji303 — 5 days ago

Kind of a long shot, but I was wondering if anybody might have any experience with laptops, or really any PCs, by the Cepter brand.

I currently have a new Lenovo LOQ 17IRX10 (RTX 5060), and while I do like it otherwise, the fans make an unpleasant whistling noise when active, which the warranty guy says is normal. It's still (barely) in its return window, and a few times the noise has had me considering a return, but I've also considered keeping it and getting a desktop for more regular use and this one for travel. I'm kinda starting to run out of alternatives for a laptop, as all the others I can find around here don't suit my needs for one reason or another.

Now however I've run into one consideration. There is a laptop by the Cepter brand (page in Finnish, sorry; cost is ~170e more than the LOQ I got on sale), which as far as I've understood is Power's (the store) own brand. And there's just like... nothing on these things online. The specs look alright to me (though I'm far from an expert, might be missing something crucial), and I checked out a display piece at a store yesterday and honestly it seemed fine – some things being small upgrades like a mostly-nicer keyboard and speakers as well as a more solid-feeling case, while others small downgrades like one fewer USB-A and a smaller screen with an aspect ratio I don't care for as much – couldn't get its fans to go hard to test whether it might also whistle (and also upgradeability is a big question mark, but what's there is probably passable). So overall acceptable, but I'm a little worried about the uncertainty of going for such an unknown.

So just in case anyone here has any experience with Cepters, could you possibly share, and help me weigh the choice? Or even if not, a reality check on whether to trust a relative unknown of a brand like this.

I do know Cepter has at least previously had not the best reputation with other products like mice and headphones (caveat: I actually got a pair of Cepter headphones earlier and those were pretty good for me, but I also have to acknowledge some of my own peculiarities that often make "lower-quality" headphones better for my ears, and the material on the ear cups started falling apart pretty fast so...), and I've seen some critical notes on their older PCs from like 5 years ago, as well as a blanket "don't buy Cepter" from a used-PC seller site. But still, the thought keep popping back up that maybe this is a serous attempt from them to make a good one and maybe it would be worth it...
Any feedback would be appreciated.

u/IceAokiji303 — 14 days ago