Your PC ATM

[Space Lynx]

quick pics for the Curious...I think I have 304 Big Box games (2 SSI from 1981 for only Apple II & commodore64) RARE

that is one awesome treasure trove man lol

 

[jallenlabs]

quick pics for the Curious...I think I have 304 Big Box games (2 SSI from 1981 for only Apple II & commodore64) RARE

I was curious, I saw the boxes in your PC photo. That's awesome!

 

[BryanNitro]

quick pics for the Curious...I think I have 304 Big Box games (2 SSI from 1981 for only Apple II & commodore64) RARE

Love the flashback, i can remember grabbing almost all of those game boxes

lan party soldier of fortune 2?

 

[iBruceypoo]

ATM

Designing an RKL waterloop off a test bench.

 

[Space Lynx]

ATM

Designing an RKL waterloop off a test bench.

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do you think you would get the same temps on that cpu with a noctua u12a with a strong fan curve? or nh-d15? just curious what was your decision process when picking between the 3 (especially since you do use a fan on the passive one making all 3 equitable)

 

[HQi88]

Did you do the paint job or was that someone else? I like it! Looks well done! I'm going to do that to one of my Dell T3500s shortly. I'll post pictures!

No the paintjob was there when I picked it up.

Yup, that's the way Intel used to do IGPs, on the chipset rather than the way they do it now, on the CPU package.

Actually, the chip without the heatsink is the southbridge chip. The IGP in on the northbridge under the heatsink.

Oh OK. I didnt know that!

As a way of a suggestion, that system is based on the Q43 chipset and as such it will take a newer C2Q, such as a Q9450, Q9550 or similar. They're cheap. Also, a low-profile GPU would also be inexpensive and a solid upgrade from that IGP.
Something like this for example;

HP NVIDIA GeForce GT730 2GB DVI DisplayPort Low Profile Graphics Card 802315-001 | eBay

HP Part Number: 802315-001.

www.ebay.com

Yeah I have been thinking of getting a Q9550 off of AliExpress but I would like to flip this PC and I dont want to spend money upgrading the computer just to break even when I sell it.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Here's my latest mod from the ghetto...

Yes, that IS a rubber base carpet tile cut to fit the wrist rest. The rubber was falling apart so I replaced it. This is my very favorite keyboard.
(I put this over in the Ghetto mod thread, but it fits here too)

 

[the54thvoid]

Does that not chafe? If 'chafe' is the right word?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Does that not chafe? If 'chafe' is the right word?

Nope, it's soft. Been using the same material for a mouse mat, which you can see off to the right in the picture.

 

[BryanNitro]

when I go to the computer store now.

 

[Ruru]

Put the stuff back to the Define case as the Eisbaer's pump died so I had to put an air cooler (Cryorig C7 w/ XT90 RGB fan) as a temporary solution.

I'll get a big tower cooler in few days.

edit: The case fans are 2x Corsair ML120 + ML120 Pro if someone is wondering

 

[Splinterdog]

It's fun to look back on the PCs from 2008 in this thread, CRT monitors included. I'm pretty sure I was still running a Pentium 4 back then.

 

[Ruru]

It's fun to look back on the PCs from 2008 in this thread, CRT monitors included. I'm pretty sure I was still running a Pentium 4 back then.

In 2008 I had a C2D E4300 @ 3GHz, 2GB DDR2-900 & 6800 GS, in fact I finished Crysis with that rig! And I had also a CRT (21", 1600x1200 @ 85Hz), got my first TFT in 2010 (a 17" 1280x1024) while I had a free weekend as I was in the military then (as here in Finland we have conscription in Finnish Defence Forces, served 180 days).

Also I love hardware from that era as LGA775 chips are something that you get hella cheap or even for free these days. AM2/AM2+/AM3 hardware is also hella cheap. And when you have a good board like I have (Asus P5Q Pro and Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA), playing around with these is simply fun.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

In 2008 I had a C2D E4300 @ 3GHz, 2GB DDR2-900 & 6800 GS, in fact I finished Crysis with that rig! And I had also a CRT (21", 1600x1200 @ 85Hz), got my first TFT in 2010 (a 17" 1280x1024) while I had a free weekend as I was in the military then (as here in Finland we have conscription in Finnish Defence Forces, served 180 days).

Also I love hardware from that era as LGA775 chips are something that you get hella cheap or even for free these days. AM2/AM2+/AM3 hardware is also hella cheap. And when you have a good board like I have (Asus P5Q Pro and Asrock AM2NF3-VSTA), playing around with these is simply fun.

I didn't get the major upgrade of that year until September, 2008. It was: 1: Asus P5QL Pro motherboard 2: Pentium E2180 a.k.a. "poor man's Core 2 Duo" 3: 2x512 MB (1 GB) dual-channel Kingston DDR2 SDRAM (Possibly was 800-rated (400 Mhz) 4: FSP 500W PSU that was OEM-gray (the housing) 5: eVGA GeForce 9500 GT 512 MB.

In August, 2009, I got a free upgrade to a Core 2 Duo E4500, because the Pentium E2180 clocked like poop, like it was a 90nm chip from 2005! (unstable at only 3.0 Ghz!) Both are Conroe. (65nm)
The E4500 had a very low VID of only 1.2 V while the E2180 was 1.3250V.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I didn't get the major upgrade of that year until September, 2008. It was: 1: Asus P5QL Pro motherboard 2: Pentium E2180 a.k.a. "poor man's Core 2 Duo" 3: 2x512 MB (1 GB) dual-channel Kingston DDR2 SDRAM (Possibly was 800-rated (400 Mhz) 4: FSP 500W PSU that was OEM-gray (the housing) 5: eVGA GeForce 9500 GT 512 MB.

In August, 2009, I got a free upgrade to a Core 2 Duo E4500, because the Pentium E2180 clocked like poop, like it was a 90nm chip from 2005! (unstable at only 3.0 Ghz!) Both are Conroe. (65nm)
The E4500 had a very low VID of only 1.2 V while the E2180 was 1.3250V.

My e6300 from that time was a good clocker.

 

[Space Lynx]

when I go to the computer store now.

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where can I buy these? I'd like to buy. haha

 

[Caring1]

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Yes, that IS a rubber base carpet tile cut to fit the waist rest. The rubber was falling apart so I replaced it. This is my very favorite keyboard.
(I put this over in the Ghetto mod thread, but it fits here too)

A waist rest? for fat gamers lol.

 

[lexluthermiester]

A waist rest? for fat gamers lol.

Fricken auto-correct.. I meant "wrist rest".

 

[Master3004]

Lol I swear it was dust free yesterday..

Threadripper not air cooled lol and only 1900x @ ca 4.1ghz barely hitting 50c
MSI X399-GAMING PRO CARBON AC
16GB DIMM DDR4 3066 MHz clocked @ 1533 MHz quad chan
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2
Nvidia GeForce RTX ..etc
its a Nuclear submarine atleast lol

jsut something to play with

LOL MSI ? Gigabyte ?

hmm.. maybe all 3

LOL MSI ? Gigabyte ?

hmm.. maybe all 3

dang .. didnt ad the 5tb on hd's lol

 

[FireFox]

Put the stuff back to the Define case as the Eisbaer's pump died so I had to put an air cooler (Cryorig C7 w/ XT90 RGB fan) as a temporary solution.

I'll get a big tower cooler in few days.

edit: The case fans are 2x Corsair ML120 + ML120 Pro if someone is wondering

Don't you have dust filters in the front of the case?

 

[Ruru]

Don't you have dust filters in the front of the case?

I do. Posted a pic before how they looked before cleaning them. They still aren't fully dustproof (which preinstalled is?) as I cleaned the case internals, pretty dusty after ~1yr of usage.

 

[Caring1]

Fricken auto-correct.. I meant "wrist rest".

I know, but the mental image made me laugh.

 

[Ruru]

Autocorrect is a curse... always when I set up a new phone, disabling that crap is the first thing to do, dammit.

 

[tabascosauz]

HTPC upgraded to Zen 3 (5600G):

 

[oxrufiioxo]

HTPC upgraded to Zen 3 (5600G):

Nice, that was fast.