CaptainCakewalk
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Case badges from 2014 to the present. :D
CaptainCakewalk replied to CaptainCakewalk's topic in Off Topic
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Does anyone else do this? I've had this case for almost a decade and I love it! It's been home to at least 5 builds and many generation upgrades over the years, and the various badges I've accumulated over the years are still being added to. As an update: The DVD drive is not there bar the front cover. The reason for its inclusion, though? Well, I'm sentimental and the first PC I ever bought new, in 2008, had a LightScribe drive, which since died and I chose to mod it into my build.
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Show off your old and retro computer parts
CaptainCakewalk replied to TheTechnerd's topic in General Discussion
A couple of my older retro iMacs: The G3 was bought about 6 months ago for a shade under £100 and the eMac is actually a one owner, boxed example which I got for £125 (including shipping) with a bunch of useful software too. I use both of these machines rather often and the screen on the eMac is seriously amazing and has a max refresh of 139Hz at 800x600 and the lowest is 72Hz. I have a lot of other retro tech as well, I'll try and post some more here in time, and even have a Socket A machine which is used almost daily for games and the like. As a side-note: The eMac weighs over 20KG/roughly 50 lbs, and it has caught me out more than a few times. It's definitely a chunky little machine.
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And this is my eMac which I bought, box and all, from a fellow on eBay who had it from new back in the early 2000s and the screen on this is beautiful! Runs at 139 Hz (I think I'm correct there, but I may be off slightly) at its 800x600 resolution and I believe 72 Hz at its maximum resolution, which looks amazing! As you can likely tell by my other posts, I love retro technology and have a few PCs as well (Retro-Eleven which is my bedroom PC, Arpy which is my main PC and is my profile header, Retro-Cube which is a tiny little PC with a GTX 580 in it and a few other PCs and laptops such as my Surface Pro 4). I also draw a fair bit too, hence my avatar, and I love anything gaming.
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I'm wanting to post more here as sharing pictures is also a hobby of mine, be it in the real world or games. This is my iMac G3 which I got about 6 months ago, and it's running Mac OS 9.1 which runs alongside Mac OS X. It's a beautiful machine and was actually far cheaper than any other at the time or since at I believe a shade under £100.
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You should post in the Retro PC thread. There's a surprisingly large community of retro PC enthusiasts on the forum.
- Kilrah and CaptainCakewalk
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Will have one in a couple of days
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Sorry for the super late reply! That is an awesome old PC, my dude! I think the oldest one we have working here is a Socket A. Still need to get into the older stuff than even that, and would love to get my paws on a 486 at some point. Both myself and my brother have been amassing a growing collection of vintage tech, too. It's amazingly fun and wholesome, too.
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Very true! I must admit that even though it was not the best, I had some awesome times on that old PC. It's one of those CPUs that I remember being awful but... well, it got me into building and collecting.
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I'm currently watching a video on LTT about the worst CPU ever and I had to post this. It's an AMD Phenom 9500 and I did indeed daily this thing in a budget HP PC from 2008 to 2013 where I managed to build my own PC with an i5 3470 which, compared to this is a rocket-ship! So yeah, played WoW on this, raided and had to look at the ground to get 9 FPS on Elegon and listen out for his audio because I couldn't look up. I'm now a much more accomplished builder and have various PC's under my belt (both sold and personal) and this is what started it all. Rocky start is something of an understatement! :D
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Got this a few months back from a guy who never ended up using it and I love it! It was just over £100 and compared to it's £160+ price tag when new, I'm pretty darn happy!
- Levent, Lightwreather and Cyberspirit
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Well, it took a while but I have finally upgraded the last part of my main PC with a nice PSU. I am beyond happy!
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15 hours ago, Spotty said:There's a typo on the label where it says 125W instead of 125A for 12V.
You definitely live up to your name.
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Even on their website, it has the typo. What in the heck?! I don't know whether to find it amusing or annoying to my OCD... likely both heh.
Edit: Checked the specs and it's listed correctly on the manual. Definitely a weird thing to see on a PSU (at least in my experience).
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Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 5G is certainly an upgrade over my old S10 and the contract is cheaper too so definitely a happy person!
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Dang I haven't been on here in a long while. Will hopefully post some stuff here in the future!
In the meantime, here is my current build along with my favourite mouse.
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Post your SteamVR Performance Test results here
CaptainCakewalk replied to nicklmg's topic in PC Gaming
Rig Name: Arpy i7-4790K @4.4Ghz GTX 970 OC 16GB 1866Mhz DDR3 HyperX
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