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BiggestAl

So I figured ill make a post knowing that best case scenario somebody out there is going to spit there drink on something in classic movie fashion. 

The punch line being that i call the rig i'm about to describe as a gaming rig =D

So way back in like 2010 0r 2019 somewhere in there my first computer took a dump and said by by. That "gaming rig" being a dell xps410 that i had purchased at dells recommendation after asking them for a gaming computer oh so long ago. Anyhowe, after that went the way of the dinosaur I said to myself "Alex... you should build a new one". At witch I answered myself (yes, im crazy that way) with a "Hell yea man!" 

After some discussions with friends i was pointed in the direction of the oil bath computers. I even watched Linus' video about how an applicant was bold enough to put one on his resume but Linus didn't think he would ever do a show about it lol. The project turned into a fairly large ordeal, at least for a first time builder and broke blue collar tech with no spare time.

All said and done I ended up building a custom lexan support tray to fit into a 20 gallon fish tank and frankenstein a window ac unit into an actual oil chiller and i do mean taking the ac unit apart and rebuilding the pieces into the bottom of the tank stand. 

Although it took me waaaaaay to long (thank you life) i finally have it operating and idling at 7*c typing this out.

Heres the good part. I tried overclocking it LMAO

AND fx6100 3.3 cpu, biostar ta990 motherboard, crossfired radeon r9 cards, 2 128gb ssd, and 20gb ddr3 ram and it gets a whole 369 and 62fps on cinabench lol

So yea, thats my "gaming computer" lol at least until some miracle happens and i can build the dream thats in my head now.

Hope yall at least got a chuckle out of that and thanks for reading.

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welcome to the Linus Tech Tips forums!

 

usually we ask the community to present discussion topics to talk about things.

stories are fine for a status update (located in your profile), but kinda miss on discussional value to engage the other members to share with on the forums.

just a heads up and again welcome to the forums and enjoy your Linus Tech Tips experience.

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4 hours ago, Sylvie said:

some may laugh, some may cry, welcome to the forums, BiggestAI

 

Thank you

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