A Tale of broken laptops, trades, and epic wins :D

Mussels · Jun 22, 2017

Toothless said:
I'd be all over them board/cpu combo if i had cash.

i was drooling, they were being thrown out by a business that 'upgraded'

would love to know wtf they upgraded to, because with nothing more than a multi change in the BIOS they're top dogs in the CPU world at those clocks and could genuinely feed my 1080 for 4K gaming.

silentbogo · Jun 22, 2017

Mussels said:
would love to know wtf they upgraded to, because with nothing more than a multi change in the BIOS they're top dogs in the CPU world at those clocks and could genuinely feed my 1080 for 4K gaming.

It won't beat a web dev office I visited recently. While I was working on some stuff I was originally asked to do, their manager asked if I could look at few PCs from the perspective of upgrading (to be a near match to their newest i5-6400 systems).
One was an i7-2600+B75+120GB SSD+2x1TB HDD, another one i5-4690K w/ Z97 board, 32GB RAM and some random assortment of storage devices: from very old 250GB SATA-II HDDs to Crucial 120GB SSD for boot drive, up to 500GB Samsung 850 EVO! It was a total mess, but one hell of a high-performance mess.... Not sure how, but both systems ended up with Intel box heatsinks from Celerons and Pentiums (no copper core), so both were throttling and overheating like crazy. That haswell system was hitting near 50C on cold start in Ubuntu.

Mussels · Jun 22, 2017

Wife saw the stash, took one look at it said "that ones mine"

Soooo... she has a GTX 980 now.

Ferrum Master · Jun 22, 2017

Mussels said:
Wife saw the stash, took one look at it said "that ones mine"

Soooo... she has a GTX 980 now.

Sharing is caring

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Duality92 · Jun 22, 2017

Mine did similar with the Jonsbo VR2 I reviewed for OCN xD

rtwjunkie · Jun 22, 2017

Mussels said:
Today has been a glorious day for this thread

MSI GTX 980: $200
Gigabyte Windforce 980: $250

4x asus P67 motherboards with i7 2600's, 8GB 1333Mhz, corsair VX 550W PSU's - $150... total.

So you know, i'm building up some gaming PC's to sell. The i7's are doing 3.9Ghz quad, 4.1 turbo.

You have such luck that if you actively worked at this you could have a steady income. I wish that was me!

Mussels · Jun 24, 2017

Todays catch was a trade in from someone with a 'crap' PC as they were buying a system i was selling

Trade in is an i5 4590 (OC'd to 4.9Ghz super easy), H97 motherboard w/ M.2 support, 16GB DDR3 1600, PCI-E wifi AC card

I mean really? Throwing THAT away?

Edit: 99C load may have been responsible... wrong stock intel heatsink, bad paste job, dust, and one pin not secured correctly -.-

Toothless · Jun 24, 2017

Mussels said:
Todays catch was a trade in from someone with a 'crap' PC as they were buying a system i was selling

Trade in is an i5 4590 (OC'd to 4.9Ghz super easy), H97 motherboard w/ M.2 support, 16GB DDR3 1600, PCI-E wifi AC card

I mean really? Throwing THAT away?

Edit: 99C load may have been responsible... wrong stock intel heatsink, bad paste job, dust, and one pin not secured correctly -.-

Can I move in with you and we can start a compooter business?

dorsetknob · Jun 24, 2017

Mussels said:
Todays catch was a trade in from someone with a 'crap' PC as they were buying a system i was selling

your going to have to apply for carbon credits from the aussie goverment for all your efforts to recycle computers

Mussels · Jun 24, 2017

side note i got 4 OCZ fatality 550W PSU's without the modular cables - anyone know a cheap way to get those? My HX1000 and HX750 cables fit, but give the wrong voltages (i tested in a safe manner with a multimeter, me not silly)

Caring1 · Jun 24, 2017

Mussels said:
side note i got 4 OCZ fatality 550W PSU's without the modular cables - anyone know a cheap way to get those? My HX1000 and HX750 cables fit, but give the wrong voltages (i tested in a safe manner with a multimeter, me not silly)

Huh, how can cables give the wrong voltage?

Ferrum Master · Jun 24, 2017

Caring1 said:
Huh, how can cables give the wrong voltage?

They have different pinouts. Mirrored often.

Order the sleeved ones on ebay. I just give them the pinout drawing.

Mussels · Jun 24, 2017

Caring1 said:
Huh, how can cables give the wrong voltage?

12V rail is -3.3v with the incorrect cable, not exactly something i want to connect hardware to.

Modular PSU's almost never have compatible cables.

I found out this H97 board cant run past DDR3 1600, despite the BIOS having options for upto 3200... really asus? why have a feature that cant be used?

Caring1 · Jun 24, 2017

Ferrum Master said:
They have different pinouts. Mirrored often.

Order the sleeved ones on ebay. I just give them the pinout drawing.

That makes sense, I never considered that.

Ferrum Master · Jun 24, 2017

Caring1 said:
That makes sense, I never considered that.

I know one that also thought that. Burned the motherboard, SSD and sound card. Corsair wires A and B types. :roll:

Each time pressing power on it acted like electric chair, killing everything more. :pimp:

Frick · Jun 24, 2017

Caring1 said:
That makes sense, I never considered that.

To be fair, "wrong voltage" implies "defective voltage" meaning bad connectors, shorts or something.

r9 · Jun 24, 2017

I was looking to add GTX 1070 to my mining setup and came across this ad on craigslist the whole machine for $650.
I'm thinking 1070 is referred to something else.
Open the ad and what do you know it comes with 1070.
I see the ad posted a day ago.
I'm thinking this guy already has plenty of offers.
But people will always bargain or ask to hold it for them.
Also he said he would sell just the case for $500 or the whole lot for $650 and that he prefers to sell all at once.
So I txt the guy wanna buy the whole thing paying asking price cash no bs can pick it up right now.
What do you know he txt back.
He was like I'm tired of answering stupid txts all day.

i5 6600k
16GB DDR4
512GB SSD
Zotac GTX 1070
MSI z170
500w psu
PowerSpec Case
Evo 212
28" AOC Monitor
22" Samsung Monitor
Razer Naga Mouse
Razer Blackwiddow Ultimate Keyboard
2.1 Speakers
--------------------
$650

And here is one from two weeks ago

i5 6600k
Evo 212
16GB DDR4
512GB M2 SSD
1TB 3.5
Gigabyte z170 Gaming 5
650w psu
Case Corsair Crystal 460x
so everything but GPU $300

He had rx480 in but he just sold it for $150 I was too late.

Mussels · Jun 24, 2017

r9 here knows the deal, if you just offer wads of cash 'right now' people give you the good stuff cheap

jaggerwild · Jun 24, 2017

Never talk price before seeing the item..............

Mussels · Jun 24, 2017

oh lawdy, these i7 2600's are doing 4.2Ghz on these mobos... i'm in heaven

(heaven 4.0 and Intel burn test, to be precise)

Mussels · Sep 23, 2017

Ooops i britneyed again

Took my kid for a ride on his bike, went past a garage sale. They were packing up as 'nothing good is left'

Toothless · Sep 23, 2017

Mussels said:
Ooops i britneyed again

Took my kid for a ride on his bike, went past a garage sale. They were packing up as 'nothing good is left'

I'll do favors for one of those cards.

Or offer to buy if you decide to sell.

Mussels · Sep 23, 2017

the keyboards missing the palm wrest, small sads. working well otherwise - it doesnt like my front USB 3.0 ports (asmedia) but works fine on my intel ones at the rear of the system.

cdawall · Sep 25, 2017

What cards are those?

AlienIsGOD · Sep 25, 2017

cdawall said:
What cards are those?

GTX 780

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	WS#1337
Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	ASUS X570-PLUS TUF Gaming
Cooling	Xigmatek Scylla 240mm AIO
Memory	64GB DDR4-3600(4x16)
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio
Storage	ADATA Legend 2TB
Display(s)	Samsung Viewfinity Ultra S6 (34" UW)
Case	ghetto CM Cosmos RC-1000
Audio Device(s)	ALC1220
Power Supply	SeaSonic SSR-550FX (80+ GOLD)
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Modecom Volcano Blade (Kailh choc LP)
VR HMD	Google dreamview headset(aka fancy cardboard)
Software	Windows 11, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	HELLSTAR
Processor	AMD RYZEN 9 5950X
Motherboard	ASUS Strix X570-E
Cooling	2x 360 + 280 rads. 3x Gentle Typhoons, 3x Phanteks T30, 2x TT T140 . EK-Quantum Momentum Monoblock.
Memory	4x8GB G.SKILL Trident Z RGB F4-4133C19D-16GTZR 14-16-12-30-44
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX 7900XTX. Water block. Crossflashed.
Storage	Optane 900P[Fedora] + WD BLACK SN850X 4TB + 750 EVO 500GB + 1TB 980PRO+SN560 1TB(W11)
Display(s)	Philips PHL BDM3270 + Acer XV242Y
Case	Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO
Audio Device(s)	SMSL RAW-MDA1 DAC
Power Supply	Fractal Design Newton R3 1000W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk
Keyboard	Razer BlackWidow V3 - Yellow Switch
Software	FEDORA 41

Processor	Core i9-9900k
Motherboard	ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 6
Cooling	All air: 2x140mm Fractal exhaust; 3x 140mm Cougar Intake; Enermax ETS-T50 Black CPU cooler
Memory	32GB (2x16) Mushkin Redline DDR-4 3200
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX 4070 Ti Super OC 16GB
Storage	1x 1TB MX500 (OS); 2x 6TB WD Black; 1x 2TB MX500; 1x 1TB BX500 SSD; 1x 6TB WD Blue storage (eSATA)
Display(s)	Infievo 27" 165Hz @ 2560 x 1440
Case	Fractal Design Define R4 Black -windowed
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX-1000 Gold
Mouse	Coolermaster Sentinel III (large palm grip!)
Keyboard	Logitech G610 Orion mechanical (Cherry Brown switches)
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Start10 & Fences 3.0 installed)

System Name	Veral
Processor	7800x3D
Motherboard	x670e Asus Crosshair Hero
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO
Memory	2x24 Klevv Cras V RGB
Video Card(s)	Powercolor 7900XTX Red Devil
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 1TB, Samsung 980 1TB, Teamgroup MP34 4TB
Display(s)	Acer Nitro XZ342CK Pbmiiphx, 2x AOC 2425W, AOC I1601FWUX
Case	Fractal Design Meshify Lite 2
Audio Device(s)	Blue Yeti + SteelSeries Arctis 5 / Samsung HW-T550
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Corsair Harpoon
Keyboard	Corsair K55
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Professional
Benchmark Scores	PEBCAK

System Name	H7 Flow 2024
Processor	AMD 5800X3D
Motherboard	Asus X570 Tough Gaming
Cooling	Custom liquid
Memory	32 GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Intel ARC A750
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 2TB.
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Mouse	Lenovo
Keyboard	Eweadn Mechanical
Software	W11 Pro 64 bit

System Name	Black MC in Tokyo
Processor	Ryzen 5 7600
Motherboard	MSI X670E Gaming Plus Wifi
Cooling	Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2
Memory	2 x 16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319
Storage	Kingston KC3000 1TB \| WD Black SN750 2TB \|WD Blue 1TB x 2 \| Toshiba P300 2TB \| Seagate Expansion 8TB
Display(s)	Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p
Case	Fractal Design Define R4
Audio Device(s)	Plantronics 5220, Nektar SE61 keyboard
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x v3
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Dell SK3205
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Rimworld 4K ready!

System Name	Primary\|Secondary\|Poweredge r410\|Dell XPS\|SteamDeck
Processor	i7 11700k\|i7 9700k\|2 x E5620 \|i5 5500U\|Zen 2 4c/8t
Memory	32GB DDR4\|16GB DDR4\|16GB DDR4\|32GB ECC DDR3\|8GB DDR4\|16GB LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	RX 7800xt\|RX 6700xt \|On-Board\|On-Board\|8 RDNA 2 CUs
Storage	2TB m.2\|512GB SSD+1TB SSD\|2x256GBSSD 2x2TBGB\|256GB sata\|512GB nvme
Display(s)	50" 4k TV \| Dell 27" \|22" \|3.3"\|7"
VR HMD	Samsung Odyssey+ \| Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 Pro\|Windows 10 Pro\|Windows 10 Home\| Server 2012 r2\|Windows 10 Pro

Processor	5930K
Motherboard	MSI X99 SLI
Cooling	WATER
Memory	16GB DDR4 2132
Video Card(s)	EVGAY 2070 SUPER
Storage	SEVERAL SSD"S
Display(s)	Catleap/Yamakasi 2560X1440
Case	D Frame MINI drilled out
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Corsair TX750
Mouse	DEATH ADDER
Keyboard	Razer Black Widow Tournament
Software	W10HB
Benchmark Scores	PhIlLyChEeSeStEaK

System Name	Moving into the mobile space
Processor	7940HS
Motherboard	HP trash
Cooling	HP trash
Memory	2x8GB
Video Card(s)	4070 mobile
Storage	512GB+2TB NVME
Display(s)	some 165hz thing that isn't as nice as it sounded

System Name	Aliens Ryzen Rig \| 2nd Hand Omen
Processor	Ryzen R5 5600 \| Ryzen R5 3600
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 Aorus Elite (F61 BIOS) \| B450 matx
Cooling	DeepCool Castle EX V2 240mm AIO\| stock for now
Memory	8GB X 2 DDR4 3000mhz Team Group Vulcan \| 16GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX 5700 8GB \| GTX 1650 4GB
Storage	Adata XPG 8200 PRO 512GB SSD OS / 240 SSD + 2TB M.2 SSD Games / 1000 GB Data \| SSD + HDD
Display(s)	Acer Nitro x27OU 27" VA 165hz Freesync Premium\|TCL 32" 1080P w/ HDR
Case	NZXT H500 Black \| HP Omen Obelisk
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek \| Onboard Realtek
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650w 80+ Gold \| 500w
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 500 15 button mouse w/ Razor Goliathus Chroma XL mousemat \| Logitech G502
Keyboard	Corsair K65 Mini w/ Cherry MX brown keys \| Logitech G513 Carbon w/ Romer G tactile keys
Software	Windows 10 Pro \| Windows 10 Pro

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