Computerlopnik: pre-built Gus, update #1

Kinja'd!!! "ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
02/01/2018 at 13:45 • Filed to: pre-built Gus, computerlopnik

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As y’all know, I picked up a new computer a week or so ago in the form of a pre-built Dell gaming machine with a ryzen 7, 16GB of DDR4-2400 RAM and a RX 580 8GB gpu for not too much more than the current value of the gpu alone at current crypto-crazed prices. The Ryzen 7 is impressive, but the machine came with one big weakness in the form of the sole storage drive being a 1TB hdd.

I had Amazon send a Crucial MX500 500GB SSD and did a clean install of windows 10 onto it as the boot drive. The 1TB hdd remains as mass storage for media files. Things are properly speedy now with the SSD. I tidied up the cabling a bit while a I was in there and replaced the side cover screws with thumbscrews. Also, Dell’s bios sucks. I decided it needed a name, and pre-built Gus felt right.

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DISCUSSION (20)


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
02/01/2018 at 13:51

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I got a new computer. I named it GarlicBread.


Kinja'd!!! Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
02/01/2018 at 14:02

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I named the last computer I built Athena.

But your computer looks more like a ‘Augustavo’ than a mere ‘Gus’


Kinja'd!!! Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > CalzoneGolem
02/01/2018 at 14:03

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With our without cheese?


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly
02/01/2018 at 14:05

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What? You can make garlic bread without cheese? Is that like a European thing?


Kinja'd!!! Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > CalzoneGolem
02/01/2018 at 14:07

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It’s either European or Gay


Kinja'd!!! itschrome > CalzoneGolem
02/01/2018 at 14:08

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does it mine garlic coin?


Kinja'd!!! itschrome > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
02/01/2018 at 14:11

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Nice rig! as for dell bios, make sure it has a bios thats older than the fixed bios dropped at 1/18 which are currently pulled from dells website. they had a “fix” for the specter and meltdown vulnerabilities that just kind of ruined your system. had to roll back mine. ugh.

also why ssd vs M2 drive? I see you have the slot for it. way better speeds over the ssd. I’m thinking of putting a pci-e M2 board in my rig.

Also I feel like i need to name my rig now... Hmmmm


Kinja'd!!! ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > itschrome
02/01/2018 at 14:16

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It was about $130 for 500gb on a SSD versus about he same for half the capacity in an NVME M.2 drive. I figure I can always migrate to Pci-e M.2 drive in the future. It is plenty speedy for what I’m doing with it as a home web browsing and racing simulation rig.


Kinja'd!!! Nibby > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
02/01/2018 at 14:17

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nice but you should’ve gotten an NVMe SSD!


Kinja'd!!! ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > CalzoneGolem
02/01/2018 at 14:17

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This checks out.


Kinja'd!!! ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Nibby
02/01/2018 at 14:18

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I figure I’ll migrate to one eventually. For now, I can live with the 15 second startup on the SSD.


Kinja'd!!! Mercedes Streeter > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
02/01/2018 at 14:18

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I’m adding two more PCs to the stable myself.

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The left one is the new case that’ll house my CRJ750 project. It’ll now be powered by a Core i3-7100.

The right one is a super secret project being dubbed Legacy 510. The case is an ASRock Deskmini 110W and it’ll house the Pentium G4400 that the CRJ750 was supposed to have.


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
02/01/2018 at 14:59

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The computer it replaced was named syrup.


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > itschrome
02/01/2018 at 15:01

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Garlic knots.


Kinja'd!!! His Stigness > Nibby
02/01/2018 at 16:56

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I just built two new Ryzen machines, one a Ryzen 5, the other a Threadripper 1950x, and it’s scary how fast they boot up with M.2. The screens can barely turn on before the OS is already loaded.


Kinja'd!!! TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Nibby
02/01/2018 at 17:02

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I have a PCIe NVMe SSD in my laptop and it takes longer to POST than it does to boot Windows.


Kinja'd!!! Nibby > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
02/01/2018 at 17:50

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that depends on which NVMe drive, how you installed windows, etc.


Kinja'd!!! Nibby > His Stigness
02/01/2018 at 17:50

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next time, use an old 4200RPM IDE drive!


Kinja'd!!! TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Nibby
02/01/2018 at 17:57

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Mine’s an OEM install or Windows 10 on a 512GB Samsung PM951 in a Dell XPS 15. Takes about 3 seconds to POST and then another 2 to get to the Windows log in.


Kinja'd!!! His Stigness > Nibby
02/01/2018 at 19:02

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Nuh uh! My last gaming rig was SSD, and that was right when SSD came out. I paid less for my 1tb Samsung M.2 NMVE drive than I did my 128 SSD back then.