My landlord recently told me about his other tenants have 600$ power bills before swapping to a locked rate. I wonder if the lad with the epic gaming PC is running a 4090.
Right. So when the house somehow burns down and it turns out the fella's super rig had one of the first 4090's; am I supposed to go "Oops. Sorry landlord. I knew this GPU had issues, and you asked me how much power these sorts of things use, but I decided to ignore the possible consequences; just to keep my nose out of others business?"
How about the families of the 5 people in that house? What should they be told?
"Sorry folks. I knew this GPU has issues and could possibly cause a fire, but people on the internet decided I was a bad person for doing the right thing, so I ignored the potential issue and didn't let the landlord know."
Yeah, no. Every gamer with a nosy neighbor does not need to be “protected” by people like you telling the landlord they’re going to burn the house down.
Except it was made my business when the landlord asked my opinion on why their house was using so much power, and he told me they had a high end gaming rig, multiple fish tanks, and Air conditioners going.
Nope, what your neighbors do in the privacy of their own home is none of your business even if the landlord asks. I don’t know why that isn’t obvious to you.
Except they aren't my neighbor. It's a completely different household. As I stated pretty clearly... "My landlord recently told me about his other tenants"
So, I have been involved via the landlord asking my opinion due to my knowledge of technology being a bit better than his.
But here people are, acting like they are somehow 'teaching me a lesson' while acting holier than thou, when they aren't. lol
And for the record. I did offer to go do a quick check with him to help rectify the situation so that everyone is being treated fairly, since he isn't that great at calculating things like power usage.
But instead he said no, cause he figures he can do the job well enough on his own. But now that this news has come up, I thought about the situation again, and figured I would leave my comment.
Clearly a mistake. I clearly should have just done what I thought was right, and not ask a bunch of people on the internet their opinion. That was dumb of me.
I'm proposing the difference between the house full of 5 people potentially burning down, over the possibility of saving them all that trouble by letting the landlord know that the newest GPU's have a problem with their cabling if the owner of said GPU is not careful.
One of these things is called 'being a responsible person'
But what I do know is the landlord said the fella is having a hard time not tripping the breaker with his new rig, and that their power consumption went up ever since he got the rig. So I figure that maaaybe he got the newest Nvidia GPU.
You all who are reacting the way you are, are over reacting. I haven't done anything yet. I asked a simple question, and you're all losing your mind.
If you read correctly the first time, you would notice that I said my landlord had asked me about the situation once already, but in regards to power usage.
So I am already involved. I was not being nosey. That's just your attitude being put out of place, and your ego showing.
And at this point, I don't care if I am breaking the rules of this site, because if it harbors people like you, then its trash.
Should I tell him this is a possibility if he is?