"Nibby" (nibby68)
08/21/2019 at 19:25 • Filed to: None
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"Nibby" (nibby68)
08/21/2019 at 19:25 • Filed to: None | 3
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Dell Optiplex GX110 case modified to ATX layout
Corsair CX750M 750W PSU (cheapest semi-moudlar name brand PSU microcenter had at the time)
ASRock B450M Pro4 mATX motherboard
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8 Core processor
be quiet! Pure Rock Slim cooler
Arctic F9 92mm PWM rear fan
MSI ARMOR RADEON RX580 8GB PCIe video card
Samsung 970 EVO 512GB NVMe SSD
2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 7200RPM HD
Teac DV-W524GSB DVD burner
2xUSB 3.0 ports front
2xUSB 2.0 ports rear
4xUSB 3.0 ports rear
USB 3.1 port rear
USB
Type C port rear
Ethernet
Audio in/out jacks
PS/2 port
DisplayPort
HDMI
DVI
Steelseries Rival 110 mouse
Rosewill RK9000V2 Cherry MX Brown mechanical keyboard
25" Dell UltraSharp U2515H 2560x1440 monitor
Altec Lansing ACS495 2.1 speakers
The cool thing is Micro Center A - has B450 boards already upgraded to support Ryzen 3000 OOB and B - had a $50 mobo/CPU combination discount. So the motherboard went from $75 to $25.
Y’all have seen this case by now
janky but it works
the guts
dat GPU
Windows 10 desktop
Specs
Up and running
Bonus - an NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT for an upcoming Core 2 Duo XP gaming rig.
Cleaned up and redid the thermal paste + cleaned the fan.
S-Video!
just awaiting a proper case for it now
Any of you got any interesting PC projects going on
?
MM54
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 19:28 |
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Lemmings for DOS doesn’t support the sound card in my Gateway so all I can get are beeps from the internal speaker instead of the awesome soundtrack.
CB
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 19:33 |
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Still waiting on new custom board 5700XTs before the new build. Photo editing/gaming rig. Although I need to find a monitor good for both that isn’t hella expensive.
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Nibby
> MM54
08/21/2019 at 19:46 |
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D: what sound card do you have in it>
7:07
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 19:47 |
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What do you think of having an m.2 SSD as a boot drive? I’m looking for very quick load times from boot, followed by loading an application that runs on startup and immediately loads ~ 30GB of data in to RAM?
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Nibby
> CB
08/21/2019 at 19:47 |
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1440p master race
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CB
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 19:50 |
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But do I go for 21:9?
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CB
> 7:07
08/21/2019 at 19:58 |
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M.2 as a boot drive is a good idea.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 20:05 |
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I just ordered a new laptop? Does that count as a project?
What do you even do with all the PCs you build anyways? How many people are clamoring to buy a machine with 2008 's peak gaming performance?
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MM54
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 20:05 |
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It’s got an Ensoniq AudioPCI card, not all that surprised it doesn’t like it (it’s a windows 95 machine, but that is still over DOS so I had so
me
hope; to be fair it runs and plays fine, just no music).
Saracen
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 20:07 |
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Planning a new PC build for Cyberpunk 2077. First build in like 7 or 8 years.
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Nibby
> Saracen
08/21/2019 at 20:21 |
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ah sweet let me look at your parts list when you’re ready!
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Nibby
> MM54
08/21/2019 at 20:22 |
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sweet, specs of this rig? pics? any ISA slots?
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Nibby
> CB
08/21/2019 at 20:23 |
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your call! that’s your preference
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Nibby
> 7:07
08/21/2019 at 20:23 |
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M.2 drives are the way to go. which one are you looking at? what do you have right now?
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Nibby
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
08/21/2019 at 20:25 |
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usually end up flipping them actually
right now I have this one, that core 2 duo rig i’m prepping up, an i7 2600 rig as a backup box, another i5 2500 rig for sale, and my laptop
you’d be surprised there are people who actually buy this stuff
boredalways
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 20:27 |
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I thought XP couldn’t handle more than 4GB of ram. How did you get that to work?
BeaterGT
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 20:44 |
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Looks just like mine!
Jealous of your microcenter.
Brickman
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 20:45 |
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Im still looking into building a new PC. Maybe an AMD build with a Ryzen 5 2600X. The 3600x is a bit more expensive but newer and 16% better compared on userbenchmark.com
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/AMD-Ryzen-5-3600X-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-2600X/4041vs3956
Compared to my ancient i7 2700K :P
https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-2700K-vs-AMD-Ryzen-5-2600X/1985vs3956
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Nibby
> BeaterGT
08/21/2019 at 20:47 |
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it’s a 30 minute trek for me though
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Nibby
> boredalways
08/21/2019 at 20:48 |
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well XP sees 3 or 3.5GB (i forget) but speccy knows it has 8GB... the machine came with 8GB RAM
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Nibby
> Brickman
08/21/2019 at 20:49 |
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what’s your budget and usecase?
Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 21:20 |
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That old case is so ridiculous that I kind of love it.
I feel like there must be something that could be done with that floppy slot.
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7:07
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 21:23 |
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I haven’t looked at any particular one yet, but any time I install an SSD is a Samsung Evo or Pro. A Pro 850 is what's in there at the moment
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Brickman
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 21:41 |
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About 1k and some gaming like American Truck sim, Sim city 4, possibly the new flight simulator. Video editing.
All I need a new CPU, motherboard (asus), graphics, ram, and maybe a cpu cooler, but my Zalman CNPS99 00 does great.
Grindintosecond
> 7:07
08/21/2019 at 22:13 |
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Ive had a m.2 boot drive for the last year. 970 evo 500gb. It’s in a b450 MSI board and once post is over, it’s instant to the desktop. No longer do we have time to go take a pee between on and ready.
Make sure you get the right one for your m.2 slot. Some slots are only for SATA3, others handle NVME and pipe right into the PCIe lanes, and that’s the super fast one you want for the boot drive.
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Grindintosecond
> CB
08/21/2019 at 22:20 |
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I just bought a 21:9 35" and the market for that size is a bit odd. I was 16:9 24 inch, and had 3 of them for iracing/rfactor but stopped gaming that big once kids became interactive. Sold it all for a 29" 21:9.
Using that one, it’s actually shorter in height than a 24" by just a bit. The trick here is to get a 21:9 for the landscape and desktop room to multi-task, but also have it big enough you aren’t squinting to mkae out small stuff. IF you go over 29" for that aspect ratio I highly recommend 1440 otherwise things start to get kind of grainy and if your doing photo work, then you know what that’s like.
For gaming, My 1080 29" was a flat screen. Ge tting anything in the larger 34" sizes in 1440p outs my gtx 1070 at it’s limit for any more recent games where before at 1080 it was just fine. a 5700xt and a freesync 1440p 21:9 will be wonderful for a gamer. But if that’s not your biz, getting a large 21:9 that has a good display may be tough to find unless its a curved gaming screen. They also command a premium price, as 21:9 isn’t as popular so a 34" 100hz+ will set you back $600 or so.
but, I am not going back now after using the 21:9. I can work on three full sized pages in Word at a time, which is awesome for drafts, editing, cutting and pasting, etc. Or two square google windows and watch youtube while working on something else. Very useful they are!
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Grindintosecond
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 22:22 |
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I like the stealth build. I built mine last year out of the crystal 280x case and tasteful led fans. I’m not looking at a rgb flex piece but tasteful interactive things for the office instead. I do have a beige/white case with 92mm side and top fan holes to eventually use in the garage. It’s all steel and has a removable mobo tray...something i wish they still made.
404 - User No Longer Available
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 22:26 |
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Still trying to kick myself to start building that build sheet I’ve had for 2 years and replace my 3570K. But I still can’t find a justification for doing so, it’s running great.
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404 - User No Longer Available
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 22:27 |
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Well M.2 could mean M.2 SATA or M.2 NVMe...
I’m surprised a lot of YouTube builders don’t point that out.
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Nibby
> 404 - User No Longer Available
08/21/2019 at 22:54 |
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NVMe <3
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Nibby
> 404 - User No Longer Available
08/21/2019 at 22:55 |
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ivy bridges are great! don’t upgrade if you don’t absolutely need to.
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Nibby
> Grindintosecond
08/21/2019 at 22:56 |
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nanoxia and fractal design make some nice clean cases... also
the Antec P series
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Nibby
> 7:07
08/21/2019 at 22:57 |
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what machine do you have right now?
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Nibby
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
08/21/2019 at 22:57 |
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I’ve
looked into it and i can get a USB to floppy connector and an internal USB 2.0 port to USB 2.0 header to plug it in.... it would be kinda cool actually.
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Nibby
> Brickman
08/21/2019 at 23:04 |
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if you have a microcenter near you, you can nab a B450M mobo with BIOS updated OOB to support 3rd gen ryzen... if not, no big deal. something like this would be quite nice
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wX9fKB
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7:07
> Nibby
08/21/2019 at 23:28 |
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It’s a 6-8 year old consumer-grade HP. AMD processor, I think. 32GB ram. It survived an electrical strike mostly unscathed, and has been reliable over the years. When I retire it, I will either move my main work PC (Dell XPS 8900) up to replace it, buy a many core Xeon workstation, or build something from scratch. Video performance is almost irrelevant. This software likes multiple core processors, fast HDD, and mucho RAM. Whatever the new machine is, it needs to have 64GB RAM minimum.
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7:07
> 404 - User No Longer Available
08/21/2019 at 23:29 |
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Most wouldn’t even realize the gains between the two standards. I haven’t been keeping up, but have PCIe SSDs fizzled out? Seems like it’s m.2 right on the motherboard these days.
someoneatacura
> Nibby
08/22/2019 at 00:53 |
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I would look into some sort of customer airflow/duct to feed the CPU/GPU come fresh air.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> Nibby
08/22/2019 at 07:53 |
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But why a floppy drive? You’ll never use it. You wouldn’t even use an old zip drive, the storage density is just too low to be practical today.
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Nibby
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
08/22/2019 at 08:36 |
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Want to leave it there for sleeper status. The only thing on the outside that really gives it away are the USB 3.0 ports
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Nibby
> someoneatacura
08/22/2019 at 08:38 |
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except temps are not an issue!
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Nibby
> boredalways
08/22/2019 at 10:02 |
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do you know anyone who would be interested in this
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
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Grindintosecond
> Nibby
08/22/2019 at 11:25 |
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If I did this all over again I’d probably use a Lian-Li 011 case, or nzxt’s h400. But, if I had an extra $300 just for a case, My future office spaace needs would be met perfectly with Lian Li’s wall hanging case the O-7. several sizes exist, takes forever to put together and is all metal. I wouldn’t be that flashy with it though.
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Eric @ opposite-lock.com
> Nibby
08/22/2019 at 11:54 |
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I’m just wondering if there’s anything modern and practical that could be put behind the door that would make it functional in a sense, while still maintaining the aesthetic, since an actual floppy drive is totally pointless.
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someoneatacura
> Nibby
08/22/2019 at 12:14 |
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Yet.
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Nibby
> someoneatacura
08/22/2019 at 12:36 |
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they won’t be an issue. i’m sure of it.
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Nibby
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
08/22/2019 at 12:37 |
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look at this aptiva
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
pretty creative solutions all around here
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Nibby
> Grindintosecond
08/22/2019 at 12:42 |
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lian li makes such a wide variety of cases... have you seen the yacht one?
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someoneatacura
> Nibby
08/22/2019 at 13:55 |
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Until....
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Grindintosecond
> Nibby
08/22/2019 at 17:26 |
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Ridiculous. There's a market for that?
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boredalways
> Nibby
08/22/2019 at 17:39 |
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I don't unfortunately
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Grindintosecond
> Nibby
08/22/2019 at 17:39 |
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Curr ently as sits. MSI b450m titanium, 16g team dark samsung-b 3200. h115i cooling. 1500x runs all core at 4ghz, It was a placeholder until 7nm ryzen came out and as I promised myself, I just bought a 3700x and the world will be right. I could even do a 3900x on this board but I won’t need 12 cores for a long long time. Ill get it for when I do. Games of the future will use 8 as the consoles will have 8, so I’m happy.
I had to do some slight case adjustments so it could breathe. I got some black plastic spacers at ACE to raise the top glass up a half inch. As well as found some patio chair leg end caps that were clear and fit perfect on the bottom feet of the case raising it up also a third of an inch. So it can breathe in and out easier.....cooler. Worked well.
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Nibby
> Grindintosecond
08/22/2019 at 18:15 |
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yeah
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Nibby
> Grindintosecond
08/22/2019 at 18:17 |
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good stuff! are you worried about the glass’s durability? that’s my biggest fear with acrylic/glass cases
have you upgraded the BIOS yet? the 3700X is quite the CPU. it’s no 486 DX2 but very close!
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Grindintosecond
> Nibby
08/22/2019 at 20:30 |
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not yet. glass is no problem at all. it doesn’t come off but to clean. Just as durable as any stereo cabinet. bios update coming next week when the chip arrives and i’m off work so i can spend a day in case something isnt right. First rig i built was a 486 slc2/66 in college. then bought a notebook years later and didnt build again till the athlon 2500+ days where mine eventually ran 2.6ghz under homebrew water. It’s kind of amazing how much well spend just to play a game better. Opteron 165 after that. x4 965 after that...now this
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Nibby
> Grindintosecond
08/23/2019 at 09:04 |
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thing is you can get a lot more performance for your money these days than ever before... for practically any budget. used xeons can be pretty solid for gaming as well if you wanted to do something for less than $300 total or whatever
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Grindintosecond
> Nibby
08/23/2019 at 09:09 |
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Oh true. But just wait till the 7nm apu ryzens show up in 20 with the Navi bits. You’ll have 1060/rx580 performance all in one go.
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Nibby
> Grindintosecond
08/23/2019 at 09:09 |
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i’m just waiting for intel to re-release the 486 lineup
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Nibby
> boredalways
08/24/2019 at 10:48 |
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speaking of XP and 4GB RAM... look what I managed to do!
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boredalways
> Nibby
08/24/2019 at 10:58 |
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Boxer_4
> Eric @ opposite-lock.com
08/25/2019 at 20:27 |
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Why choose?
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MM54
> Nibby
08/30/2019 at 22:04 |
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It’s a Gateway box, Pentium 2, runs Windows 95 (B). The Quantum Fireball HDD failed so I put in an IDE/CF adapter, it has a CD drive, 3.5" floppy, 5.25" floppy, USB support I actually got to work with a flash drive, and a ZIP100 drive via parallel. Sound card is the previously mentioned Ensoniq AudioPCI, with video from a Riva 128. It’s a nice system.
I do have a free ISA slot (there are two, one houses a 56k modem at the moment), hadn’t considered that route
. I’m almost
afraid to look what an appropriate-
for-
DOS soundblaster card costs anymore.
VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely
> Nibby
10/10/2019 at 14:29 |
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I was looking into Ryzen 9 3900Xs and there are like 0 on the market right now under $800.
I wound up getting a Ryzen 3800X instead, on a mobo+cpu combo deal, but i haven’t installed it yet.
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Nibby
> VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely
10/10/2019 at 14:41 |
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much better idea