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  1. aisle9
    Ok, not a game I could help you with, sorry. Might help if you edit the title of the thread to say Minecraft in there somewhere.
  2. aisle9
    Let's start with the name of the game you're talking about.
  3. aisle9
    I feel as though there's some information missing here.
  4. aisle9
    The bigger problem is that there are all kinds of Chinese knockoffs out there using shittier chipsets that don't support triple-channel or SATA III, but because those knockoffs are labeled as X58 and take X58-compatible CPUs, a lot of people would rather buy those than spend $90-150 on a really solid aftermarket X58 board.
  5. aisle9
    That would be a very expensive NAS in terms of power draw. The CPU eats a lot of juice, and I don't think there's an iGPU involved, so you'd have to run a dedicated GPU with it. IMO, there is no X58 CPU that makes sense for a NAS, but there might be a low power quad Xeon out there that runs at low power. X58 boards in good shape that come with their I/O shield are still worth inexplicably more than they should be on sites like eBay. For the board, RAM and CPU, $125-130 easily, maybe more. On FB Marketplace, not as much. I'd consider selling those parts and using the proceeds to fund the purchase of something like an N95-based mini PC.
  6. aisle9
    Pretty sure those red tags mean the CPUs came from the return warehouse. I do hope that Best Buy made a couple of phone calls to get whoever certified those into some very deep shit.
  7. aisle9
    The way the fans are set up in the picture is pretty stupid. Have hot GPU exhaust pulled through the 120mm CPU radiator. It looks like there are 9 fan mounts. Doesn't look like there's anywhere to put a rad bigger than 120mm, so I'd go with a big dual-tower air cooler if I had a CPU that required me to channel the power of the north pole to keep it under 90C. You could balance out those 9 fan curves really easily to keep it nice and cool in there, including having some of them shut down when you don't need full-blast cooling. Added bonus is that with so many fans, there are basically dedicated intake/exhaust for each component. It looks ridiculous, it probably costs way too much and it's not for me, but I still think that would be a solid choice for a lot of use cases. If you want a truly dumb case, go to Amazon and search "cool pc case", then look at all the $70-120 ultra-tight mid-towers that are basically a sheet of metal with slabs of tempered glass on the front and side, one 120mm exhaust and an "intake" that consists of a 0.5" wide, 1" long slit under the front panel. But it's got tons of potential for high-end CPUs because it can support a CPU cooler of up to 155mm, and what CPU can't be cooled by a Vetroo V5, right?
  8. aisle9
    Support for massive GPUs and coolers, 1x2.5" and 2x3.5" (which means potentially 5x2.5"), absolutely huge but airflow is going to be godmode in that thing. Disregarding price, which I'm guessing is in the $200-300 range, if you enjoy or can at least live with the bizarro aesthetic, that's actually a pretty solid case in a weird body. I love the name "McOrb" btw
  9. aisle9
    aisle9

    This is me wincing in pain as I pay $18 for a 4GB kit of 2x2GB DDR2 on Amazon because every single one of the three eBay sellers I've tried has just straight up never shipped it after I won the auction. I even tried yard sales for an ancient PC. Everything is either DDR3 or a moron who wants $75 for his Optiplex 760 SFF.

     

    Jesus, maybe it is cheaper (and more fun) to buy an Opti off of eBay...

    1. da na

      da na

      If you need DDR2 in the future, hit me up. I've got too much of the stuff.

      I assume you mean DIMMs, but if not, Motoeagle is a good seller of SODIMMs on Amazon. $12 for a 2x2 DDR2-800 kit - brand new module with legit Hynix or Samsung memory, not too shabby. 

    2. aisle9

      aisle9

      1 minute ago, da na said:

      If you need DDR2 in the future, hit me up. I've got too much of the stuff.

      I assume you mean DIMMs, but if not, Motoeagle is a good seller of SODIMMs on Amazon. $12 for a 2x2 DDR2-800 kit - brand new module with legit Hynix or Samsung memory, not too shabby. 

      Thanks, may take you up on that one day. The 1GB of RAM that came with my old-school AM2 motherboard/CPU combo isn't really getting it done, even in XP, so screw it all, let's max it out. Here's what I ended up with:

       

      https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0036WTB18

       

      Reviewers think they're Kingston sticks, so not terrible, but that's what 30-day guarantees are for. Surprisingly, the 1GB of RAM was way more than holding its own in Linux Mint with the Cinnamon desktop, but I wasn't really doing anything more intensive than formatting and partitioning disks in there.

  10. aisle9

    (seizure warning) It is with a heavy heart that…

    aisle9 replied to aisle9's status update

    Derp. Fixed.
  11. aisle9
    aisle9

    (seizure warning) It is with a heavy heart that I announce that Hypnotoad has been decommissioned. In his stead, I introduce the son of Hypnotoad--Hypnotank!

     

    Spoiler

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    1. Dedayog

      Dedayog

      You have to put the seizure warning BEFORE the announcement, gosh!!!

       

      lol, looks good!

       

    2. Caroline

      Caroline

      big fan

    3. aisle9

      aisle9

      7 hours ago, Dedayog said:

      You have to put the seizure warning BEFORE the announcement, gosh!!!

       

      lol, looks good!

       

      Derp. Fixed.

  12. aisle9
    Ryzen 7 2700X, 16GB DDR4, B450 microATX board. All used, of course. BYO cooler, but an AM4 cooler can be had for $15 on Amazon.
  13. aisle9
    TIL that there is a worthy successor to the late, great SpeedFan out there. Bless you, kind all-seeing cat. I'd hug you if I could.
  14. aisle9
    That is literally, exactly, 125% what thermal paste was invented for.
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    aisle9

    Thing #12,871 I hate about Tech Yes City: he replaces bad power supplies with worse ones, puts them in systems running an i7 and a GTX 1660, then brags about how much money he saved by turning the PC he's about to sell into a time bomb. Dickheads like him and the Toasty Bros are the reason people are hardwired to not trust anyone selling them a computer.

  16. aisle9
    Have you reset CMOS yet? The bad thing about those Chinese boards (ok, one of the main bad things, up there with keyloggers and trackers) is that they aren't exactly built with the best components. Salvaged chipsets, cheap and inadequate VRMs, etc. They typically don't last long, and you might have realistically just hit the wall.
  17. aisle9
    I think the bigger problem with Apple is that they actively find ways to stop third-party parts and third-party repairs from happening. Want to change your battery? Here, have a nonfunctional battery health function and a message every time you boot up the phone. Want to change your display? Hey, now Face ID doesn't work! And now that they do "allow" third-parties to get Apple parts, they make them so ridiculously, prohibitively expensive that it rarely makes more sense than just buying a new phone would anyway. You'd be amazed (or not) how few people get this concept. I'm not a vegan, but I have family who are, and few things piss them off faster than going to a non-vegan restaurant with vegan options and finding out that their tempeh panini was grilled on the same griddle that my steak panini was cooked on at the same time.
  18. aisle9
    Well, I'd start with an ITX motherboard, but after that things get a little less clear.
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    Go to Amazon and search "7840HS mini PC" and "7840u mini PC". There are tons of them and they change price constantly. Just avoid anything by Acemagician, Acemagic or Kamrui like the plague, make sure you know exactly what you're getting in terms of hardware (it can be difficult to tell what comes with RAM, SSD, what size, etc) and you're good.
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    So question: I had an X58 system back in the day, and I remember hearing so much about how much better triple-channel RAM was than dual-channel. 15 years later, was triple-channel RAM actually better, or was that marketing hype for LGA 1366? The fact that triple-channel disappeared immediately thereafter and was replaced by quad-channel at the high end and dual holding steady in consumer systems kind of suggests to me that it was, sadly, BS.
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    I can't believe I'm about to say this, but just buy a mini PC. There are models out there with the same specs for half the price (or less). Hell, you can get something fully specced out with a Ryzen 7 7840HS for less than that.
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    Define "within reason". My initial thinking is that you're going to have to go big ITX to make a 3080 and adequate cooling for a 5900X fit into it.
  23. aisle9
    eBay, assuming they have the same buyer protection that they do down here.
  24. aisle9
    Not necessarily. Some cases are so poorly designed that the back of them can come into contact with the back side of motherboard connectors. I think Salazar ran into a situation like this with a crappy case.
  25. aisle9
    What games? What resolution? What detail settings? And most important, budget and location? The configuration you posted won't hold up to 1080p high gaming for 3-4 years. 1080p low to medium, probably. The R5 5500 is weak, and if you're se ton AM4, I'd shoot higher if budget allows.
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