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    flibberdipper got a reaction from Mitko_DSV in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    Got this 16GB iPhone 5S with a pristine display... but beat to hell body. Not sure what I'm gonna do with it, right now it just runs a clean wipe of 12.5.7. iPhone SE2 for scale.



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    flibberdipper got a reaction from SimplyChunk in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    Got this 16GB iPhone 5S with a pristine display... but beat to hell body. Not sure what I'm gonna do with it, right now it just runs a clean wipe of 12.5.7. iPhone SE2 for scale.



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    flibberdipper got a reaction from Average Nerd in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    Got this 16GB iPhone 5S with a pristine display... but beat to hell body. Not sure what I'm gonna do with it, right now it just runs a clean wipe of 12.5.7. iPhone SE2 for scale.



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    flibberdipper got a reaction from avidgamer121 in Show off your latest purchases   
    And the second addition to the ol' PC. Still have to dial in the fan curve a bit since I'm using the PCH as the reference temp since it's going to be the closest, but these will greatly help keep my bottom SSD cooler.

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    flibberdipper got a reaction from soldier_ph in Show off your latest purchases   
    I finally have to deal with the sizeable coolant leak my car has developed from a cracked radiator end tank. It loses anywhere from 200 to 400mL a day, depending on how warm it is outside and how much I've driven. And here I thought tax return season meant paying off some of the credit card. 🙂

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    flibberdipper got a reaction from CommanderAlex in Show off your latest purchases   
    I finally have to deal with the sizeable coolant leak my car has developed from a cracked radiator end tank. It loses anywhere from 200 to 400mL a day, depending on how warm it is outside and how much I've driven. And here I thought tax return season meant paying off some of the credit card. 🙂

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    flibberdipper got a reaction from SimplyChunk in Show off your latest purchases   
    I finally have to deal with the sizeable coolant leak my car has developed from a cracked radiator end tank. It loses anywhere from 200 to 400mL a day, depending on how warm it is outside and how much I've driven. And here I thought tax return season meant paying off some of the credit card. 🙂

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    flibberdipper got a reaction from IgniVellex in Can a power outtage break my monitor and nintendo switch?   
    Power outages really aren't not that black and white. In my experience it's very common for there to be harmful voltage fluctuations when the power "cuts" out: we just had a straight loss of service caused by a tree snapping a line last month, which caused a fairly significant voltage spike, and that in turn managed to cause an HDMI port on my TV to become highly flaky.
     
    As for the second part of what I've quoted, I don't think that's inherently the biggest issue. In my experience with my provider, when they get things back up it's not unlike flipping a power switch in the sense that we just go from no power to normal power (which is how it should be). The most harmful parts of power loss originate from issues like what I just experienced; whether it be a tree falling on a line, some dumbass deciding their car looks better parked where the power line used to be, or a transformer deciding it wants to transform into a firework.
    While I'm sure the power flicking on and off rapidly isn't exactly great for anything, it's realistically the super out of whack voltage spikes during power loss which cause things to let out the magic smoke.
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    flibberdipper got a reaction from Average Nerd in Can a power outtage break my monitor and nintendo switch?   
    Power outages really aren't not that black and white. In my experience it's very common for there to be harmful voltage fluctuations when the power "cuts" out: we just had a straight loss of service caused by a tree snapping a line last month, which caused a fairly significant voltage spike, and that in turn managed to cause an HDMI port on my TV to become highly flaky.
     
    As for the second part of what I've quoted, I don't think that's inherently the biggest issue. In my experience with my provider, when they get things back up it's not unlike flipping a power switch in the sense that we just go from no power to normal power (which is how it should be). The most harmful parts of power loss originate from issues like what I just experienced; whether it be a tree falling on a line, some dumbass deciding their car looks better parked where the power line used to be, or a transformer deciding it wants to transform into a firework.
    While I'm sure the power flicking on and off rapidly isn't exactly great for anything, it's realistically the super out of whack voltage spikes during power loss which cause things to let out the magic smoke.
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    flibberdipper got a reaction from da na in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    Can confirm, my mid-2009 MBP came with 2GB of 1066MHz DDR3. Not that the speed really matters here since 1066 is the fastest the C2D supports.
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    flibberdipper got a reaction from IR76 in What cable do I need for a Corsair cx600   
    Yep, they're just regular NEMA 5-15P to IEC C13 cables. Realistically any gauge wire will work, since even 18AWG is theoretically capable of delivering a little over 1kW without issue.
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    flibberdipper reacted to jaslion in How do i fix my vibrating hdd sound?   
    Add rubber washers between the case and the hdd. Else well thats just harddrives
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    flibberdipper got a reaction from Average Nerd in N64 terrible graphics? Help   
    Just like taxes we have to guess and get sentenced to death if we get it wrong. 🙂
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    flibberdipper got a reaction from Kilrah in How do i prolong my dads Iphone 11 battery Life?   
    Closing apps will do nothing for his battery unless there's one particular app that refuses to suspend and drinks battery for no reason, iOS has gotten really good at managing itself and all your junk. It's actually more likely that his battery life will get worse if you keep force-closing everything.
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    flibberdipper got a reaction from IR76 in How do i prolong my dads Iphone 11 battery Life?   
    Closing apps will do nothing for his battery unless there's one particular app that refuses to suspend and drinks battery for no reason, iOS has gotten really good at managing itself and all your junk. It's actually more likely that his battery life will get worse if you keep force-closing everything.
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    flibberdipper got a reaction from Kilrah in Pegatron M2N7B-LA Mother Board Drivers   
    I'd suggest you download Snappy Driver Installer Origin. If you do the full-fuck package it's like 58GB, however that has drivers for everything you could possibly want. Being that your board is out of an HP, that makes it pretty damn hard to get drivers unless you have the model of the PC it came out of.
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    flibberdipper reacted to Average Nerd in Should 30fps still be considered "minimum requirement"   
    It depends. When it's a constant 30 fps without stutters or drops, it's fine. When it does stutter or drop, it's not great.
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    flibberdipper got a reaction from Vecna in CPU usage on mac is normal and no sus downloads, but could there still be a virus   
    Avast has essentially become what Norton, McAfee, an AVG all used to be: A bloated turd that barely works, and if I'm not mistaken they still sell your info like nobody's business.
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    flibberdipper got a reaction from Fat Cat11997 in CPU usage on mac is normal and no sus downloads, but could there still be a virus   
    Avast has essentially become what Norton, McAfee, an AVG all used to be: A bloated turd that barely works, and if I'm not mistaken they still sell your info like nobody's business.
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    flibberdipper got a reaction from Fat Cat11997 in CPU usage on mac is normal and no sus downloads, but could there still be a virus   
    Ditto on this. Using Avast is a death sentence in itself, you might as well run something worthwhile.
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    flibberdipper reacted to DrMacintosh in CPU usage on mac is normal and no sus downloads, but could there still be a virus   
    Simply download Malwarebytes and run a scan. It's free.
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    flibberdipper got a reaction from sub68 in Show off your latest purchases   
    Dear god I never knew they made the USFF with a Pentium 4... Now I want one of those AND a 780 USFF for both ends of the whacky USFF generation: Pentium 4 shitbox and a Q6600 shitbox.
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    flibberdipper got a reaction from soldier_ph in Show off your latest purchases   
    lol nah, they're normal socketed desktop chips in pretty much all of the 1L OptiPlex, EliteDesk, and ThinkCentre models.
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    flibberdipper got a reaction from bluessorrow in Show off your latest purchases   
    Bought this (apparently) brand new 130w power brick for this PC I got for free: an OptiPlex 7040 Micro. Mine has an i5 6600T, 8GB of single-channel 2133MHz RAM, and a 128GB SanDisk X400. My inner dumbass really wants to give it an i7 6700, 32GB of RAM (anything higher than 2400 is overkill, but it'll probably get 2666), and a 512GB MP33. Just for the memes.
     


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    flibberdipper got a reaction from soldier_ph in Show off your latest purchases   
    I think my ultimate plan would be to limit the long-term turbo to 40-45w since that's about what the cooling in this thing can handle before encroaching on the 80s.
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