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DavidKalinowski

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  • CPU
    Core I5 3450
  • Motherboard
    Intel DH67BL
  • RAM
    16GB
  • GPU
    Geforce GTX 550ti
  • Case
    generic full tower
  • Storage
    250GB WD Blue SATA SSD x1 1 TB Segate HDD x1 1.5TB Seagate external USB x1
  • PSU
    raidmax hybrid 550
  • Display(s)
    dell ultrasharp 24 x2
  • Cooling
    stock HSF
  • Keyboard
    logitech Elite Multimedia Keyboard ( HAS DIED! I got like 15 YEARS out of this thing.)
  • Mouse
    logitec generic
  • Sound
    onboard going out to a pioneer 5.1 reciver powering large floor statnding tower speakers
  • Operating System
    win10 Pro and some times linux through VM.

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  1. My experience a PH#2 will cover 85-90% of PC builds. every now and then I'll need a PH#1. I also got one of those 80+ tip precision screw driver kits off amazon for like 20 bucks, (comes in super handy for laptops and small electronics)
  2. Thanks for the suggestions, I'm using a tmobile mvno (tello) so unlocked GSM (forget which bands, but most newer unlocked should work fine.
  3. I dont want to spend a crap ton, I'm using a pixel 4a, it is still doing everything I want it too, battery is holding up amzingly well, I have no complaints at all. I just use it alot with banking/credit cards and I want to keep security updates going, but that isnt going happen. I thought about root/rom but that became such a chore when I had the nexus 5x because most of my bank/credit card apps refused to run (even with magisk hiding the root) so I'm leaning towards a 6a (renewed from amazon, maybe new.) but I've read so many complaints about the finger print sensor.. I got my wife an S21 renewed and she seems hapy with it, i'm just not a fan of samsungs UI.. and the bloat. So in closing, do I keep the 4a and root/rom it, save a buck on the 6a, or spend a buck on the 7a? do you think I would be safe to keep going with my current setup till the 8/8a comes out so the price on the 7/7a drops some more? and just to rant, I tried to post this in/r/googlepixel and evidently buying advice is a prohibited topic over there, I'm finding reddit to be less and less useful with every sub having some asinine rule against everything. For fks sake, its a forum about pixels, of course people are going to want help deciding on what to buy.
  4. Its been so long since i ripped a DVD lol. Hell I cant remember the last time I even turned on my blu-ray player. streaming has really spoiled me for convenience. I need to get an external Blu-Ray and back up my bd-discs
  5. Isnt the Q6600 just such a great little beast of a CPU? I still have one chugging along too ^_^ (its relegated to back up status since I got a newer computer but still. I built it before my son was born, he turns 15 this year, and it still works. Been overclocked to 3Ghz its whole life.)
  6. Yea it was decent upgrade over what the computer came with
  7. First I would figure out how many devices, are you getting all the hardware for them (Will you be having to handle warranty claims, etc later?) are you vending the software? if your just placing hardware and running cable, I would say 5 grand. If they are expecting more services after install, then that would go into a service contract, and would have to be negotiated in and of it self. There is a reason I have stopped being what amounts to a general contractor for technology Its a pain in the ass.
  8. Some people claimed you would need to but I got the cooler from a Z440 (which is a much better designed air cooler than the Z420 for like 20 bucks of ebay) and have had no issues yet. Only issue I get is my graphics card will overheat a bit if I dont use afterburner to run the fan at 100% (its an Nvidia Quadro somthing or other, roughly equivalent to a 1060 so not really meant for gaming) this is the heatsink just search ebay or amazon for Z440 heat sink.
  9. Ebay, craigslist, facebook market place, any online site that sells used PC parts maybe?
  10. How about Tomb Raider: Rebirth where Laura is resurrected after dying in ancient tomb, and is then found 1000 years later buy a new tomb raiding person, who turns out to be the decent of Her butler from the first game, and was regaled by tales of Laura's exploits, so she fan girls through out the game...and its sci-fi now. So they leave Earth and explore tombs on mars or something.
  11. Just to throw it out there, the Z420 with v2 motherboard will support an E5-2690 v2 10c/20thread @3.00Ghz ($29USD cpu) I'm using it to post this ^_^
  12. ... oh man... I'm sorry, but I was being sarcastic, ACME is a fake company from old loony toons cartoons.. its a running gag, its an acroym that means "A Company that Makes Every thing"
  13. Sounds to me like you are trying to record a concert or something that has banned the use of recording devices...maybe try google..or amazon..or your local acme spy shop..
  14. We have used these at my work with good results assuming you are just more or less trying to share the screen. https://www.amazon.com/Extender-Splitter-Multiple-Single-Management/dp/B07NQMYQ92/ref=sr_1_6?crid=2G572A75S5WK0&keywords=ethernet+to+hdmi+video+distribution&qid=1666703697&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjAyIiwicXNhIjoiMC4wMCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=ethernet+to+hdmi+video+distrobution%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-6
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