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Just now, legacy99 said:

Doesnt actually let you put it in the cart. i think its a goof on the Nvidia website. 

It's a goof or all gone i just seen it and nearly shat myself I'm sure a lot of other people did as well.

Reference cooler 1070ti FE is in stock on site go hurry

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/geforce-store/

i'm buying up old cards and hoarding them you never know this might be the end man

Still waiting for oreo on my samsung galaxy s7

you can add me not on very much but basically my username is the same here.

console cmd try it might help

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my isp sent a hit squad after me for that equipment i paid for it straight out when i moved. but because they deal with the renting thing they assumed i stole the modem from my last place. I actually had to contact their support to tell the hit squad to stop. it took weeks before they stopped calling me had to go through fiscal and everything to get it straightened out.

and with that a great sadness fell over the valley

5 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

1. Overspending on either overpriced stuff or more performance than you need.

2. You can get so caught up worrying about performance you forget to just play the game and enjoy it.

3. Sometimes you have to troubleshoot stuff, and lots of the time it's a pain

4. First time building can be difficult if you don't ask for advice, lots of people get terrible deals the first time. 

5. It can often be a lot more expensive 

 

and etc. 

Can't agree more with that 4th point.

a donation to the linustouchtipsfund ill throw you something together i know all abouts pc building hehe

they got some in stock for elite members

oh go with evga bridge

another shot with the tinted glass (obvious reflections) for the breadsticks the gpu looks like theres smoke coming out of it

Just now, aries757 said:

that's Beautiful. just Beautiful

 

not even joking  i don't know what about it but whether the large CPU Cooler or the glowing green Video card but this just butters my breadsticks...

Cryorig H7 is sexy af i had to put it in there lol

13 minutes ago, aries757 said:

pics of build?

umm is this okay im terrible at glam shots sorry if its bad.

So I piled this PC together mostly on eBay. Some parts I had lying around like a power supply and a case but I wanted to take my old motherboard which had a LGA 1156 and try and find a sweet deal for upgrading. Enter the X3440 Xeon processor the only real deal here. I'll include links though i don't recommend doing this these parts are old some of it is expensive and i bought mostly paperweights that weren't suppose to work risky.

CPU (star of the show)

X3440 Specs (LGA 1156)

# of Cores 4

# of Threads 8

Processor Base Frequency 2.53 GHz

Max Turbo Frequency 2.93 GHz

Cache 8 MB SmartCache

Bus Speed 2.5 GT/s DMI

TDP 95 W

VID Voltage Range 0.6500V-1.4000V

Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-X3440-SLBLF-2-53GHZ-8MB-1333MHz-LGA-1156-CPU-Quad-Core-Processor/382382372925?hash=item5907c3f83d:g:legAAOSw9V1aha8g

Ram

Kingston HyperX 16gb DDR3 1866 (expensive af/already owned)

Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/HyperX-DDR3-1866-240-Pin-8GB-FREE-SHIPPING/192423740718?hash=item2ccd59452e:g:5l8AAOSwJRZaVnll

Mobo

EVGA P55 FTW 200 (Very good at overclocking Linus has a guide on overclocking this generation of processors too pretty informative & helpful again another paperweight that wasn't suppose to work)

Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-P55-FTW-200-SLI-141-LF-E658-KR-LGA-1156-Intel-ATX-Motherboard-Core-i7-860/183081065437?hash=item2aa07b5bdd:g:R4cAAOSwD39aiNgQ

Cheaper Alternative: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Micro-X8SIL-F-LGA-1156-Intel-Motherboard-with-I-O-shield-Micro-ATX/253239879272?epid=80259044&hash=item3af645e668:g:g6YAAOSwe51Z-9Uh

Case (Don't use this i had this lying around not doing anything just get some crappy cheap case or use cardboard xd)

Fractal Design Mehsify C

Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Fractal-Design-Meshify-C-FD-CA-MESH-C-BKO-TG-ATX-Mid-Tower-Computer-Case-ATX-Pow/302403523970?epid=2170976193&hash=item4668a79582:g:YJYAAOSwIylZ0PyF

GPU

PNY GTX 780 (Overclocked see in Pics wasn't supposed to work at all)

Link is in general the for parts or non-working auctions you can score well if you land it right: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=gtx 780&_dcat=27386&rt=nc&LH_ItemCondition=7000&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

PSU

Corsair (don't know the exact model sticker was missing but it does say) 650w

Why it was put together

I mostly bought this due to what you get for your money on eBay X3440s go anywhere from 17-25 bucks US. Then I figured that maybe I should probably get a higher quality mobo. Found another classic eBay sell for parts or non-working discount. Bent pins possibly non-working EVGA P55 FTW 200 for 40 bucks US. Solid choice was able to overclock it stable to 3.8 GHz. Another eBay part I found for kind of a steal was a non-working PNY GTX 780 for 49 bucks US including shipping. I included 16 gigabytes of Hyper X fury ddr3 memory. Had left over from another build i sold. The finishing touch was a case I used the modern Fractal Design Meshify C which seemed to fit everything nicely. The front panel 3.0 ports won’t work obviously.

Final Thoughts and Benches

Everything here is super costly & old I wouldn't recommend it. I gambled with non-working conditions and came out ahead I benched and stress tested everything to death still working good as new. I'll also include benchmark pictures Cinebench and a couple of game benchmarks I have a lot so maybe an Imgur link would be more appropriate. If you got this route there are cheaper alternatives but all in all its still a heck of a PC centered on this Xeon very impressive.

Benches: https://imgur.com/a/pYcv4

i can make a gpu out of bits of metal probably wouldnt work though. but the miners won't know that I'll just call it a gtxkindof 1070 with big bold letters "good miner".

i play in debug mode mostly. have tried overclocking a 780 while playing everything was fine.

Stay with your current setup. You can download a gpu and save some money also the ram you can also download the internet is amazing.

you aint getting the best for your buck with that rx 560. I'd stay away from the msi boards too go with a Asrock board there amazing for the price.

banned for touching too many tips.

dose this laptop have a name like hp, acer, dell? they have disassemble guides out there for specific makes and models.

im here

man that blows now i really hope my board doesn't kick the bucket cause if it does I'm screwed.

i honestly didn't have the time to peak at every video that came out and was only interested in a few things like scrap yard wars so when that went out so did i. But when scrap yard wars comes back i think its worth the sub just to watch it early its great content most of the time.

id say prices come down in a month or two if you are planning on selling it but that's just a guess.  But if i were you i'd hang onto it treasure it, love it, don't ever let it go.