Reserved for PC Master Race
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Reserved for PC Master Race
Anyone else here into tinkering with PC's?
Swapped cases last night from a Corsair 240 to 460x. Definite improvement in case build quality; the old generation 240 was very plastic-y. It was also extremely cramped with a cpu and gpu water cooler.
Swapped cases last night from a Corsair 240 to 460x. Definite improvement in case build quality; the old generation 240 was very plastic-y. It was also extremely cramped with a cpu and gpu water cooler.
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Re: Reserved for PC Master Race
The last PC I built was a 486 DX50
I got tired of my computer always being in pieces when I actually needed it so I started forcing AOL to give me a laptop (back in the day where that wasn't a common practice) if they wanted me to respond off hours. Then I started buying Macs so I just didn't have to bother with building and it was someone else's problem if it broke.
I did assemble a Mini PC a few years ago to be a VM host, but the board, PSU, and cooling were already chosen for me so all I had to do was plug in the biggest CPU, RAM, HDD, and Flash drive that it would take.
I got tired of my computer always being in pieces when I actually needed it so I started forcing AOL to give me a laptop (back in the day where that wasn't a common practice) if they wanted me to respond off hours. Then I started buying Macs so I just didn't have to bother with building and it was someone else's problem if it broke.
I did assemble a Mini PC a few years ago to be a VM host, but the board, PSU, and cooling were already chosen for me so all I had to do was plug in the biggest CPU, RAM, HDD, and Flash drive that it would take.
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Re: Reserved for PC Master Race
Wait a tick, that thing's water cooled?!
(the old air cooled models were way better built)
(the old air cooled models were way better built)
www.kansascityautomuseum.com
Current:
2002 996TT X50, Guards Red
1987 928S4, Guards Red
1987 951, Guards Red
1973 914 2.0 Bahia Red
2006 955S, Lapis Blue
Other toys:
1988 BMW 325i Cabriolet, Alpin Weiss
1987 Bertone X1/9, Verde Chiaro
Gone but not forgotten: 1975 914 2.0, Laguna Blue; 1999 996 C4 Aerokit Black; 1990 964 C2 Guards Red; 2006 955S Arctic Silver
Current:
2002 996TT X50, Guards Red
1987 928S4, Guards Red
1987 951, Guards Red
1973 914 2.0 Bahia Red
2006 955S, Lapis Blue
Other toys:
1988 BMW 325i Cabriolet, Alpin Weiss
1987 Bertone X1/9, Verde Chiaro
Gone but not forgotten: 1975 914 2.0, Laguna Blue; 1999 996 C4 Aerokit Black; 1990 964 C2 Guards Red; 2006 955S Arctic Silver
Re: Reserved for PC Master Race
I haven't built a dedicated gaming rig for at least 5 years...at some point, I realized that spending $3-5K every couple of years to build a BETTER platform to get schooled by 13-year-olds wasn't necessarily a fulfilling hobby.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
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Spec this bitch out!
https://system76.com/cart/configure/thelio-massive-b1
56 cores and 768GB of RAM sounds awesome, but $40k before you put 4 $3500 GPUs in it is a bit nuts...
Nice walnut exterior though.
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That's just stupid. Awesome, but stupid.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
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Yeah I have a deep desire to own it (though my bank account says otherwise), but for the life of me I can't come up with even lame excuses for it. And I'm the guy that justified gold plating a used car part!
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Oh, hey, speaking of IMS bearings, I fucked mine UP with my MAP pro torch last night. I wanted to slag the whole thing, but the oxygen ran out. Probably had something to do with the hour I spent dicking around feeding pure oxygen to chunks of burning magnesium...
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
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At least 3 times I typed out a "you should sooooo light the remnants on fire" and then deleted it in that thread