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Marysville High School. Up here in the good ol thumb of Michigan.

 

Little bit late, but Wooo Michigan!!!

Specs: CPU - Intel i7 8700K @ 5GHz | GPU - Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming | Motherboard - ASUS Strix Z370-G WIFI AC | RAM - XPG Gammix DDR4-3000MHz 32GB (2x16GB) | Main Drive - Samsung 850 Evo 500GB M.2 | Other Drives - 7TB/3 Drives | CPU Cooler - Corsair H100i Pro | Case - Fractal Design Define C Mini TG | Power Supply - EVGA G3 850W

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My mom thinks my computer is weak for $1500.

Psh, mine has to be approaching the $1500 mark. Dear god, this thing will cost a load.

Main rig on profile

VAULT - File Server

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

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Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

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Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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oh man i feel like a dickbag now, i think we got mosin40 banned :'(

CPU: AMD FX-8120 | CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Contac 30 | Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 | Memory: Kingston 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 | Storage: WD 1TB | GPU: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 | Case: Thermaltake Chaser MK-I | PSU: Thermaltake Black Widow 850W

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RIVA is, GeForce 4 is early 2000's, and FX 5200 was around the time of Vista (03 or 04, it has drivers for Vista).

I still got a working FX5200 in my brother's Roblox gaming system. And it's around Windows XP. Or even 2000.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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My cousins keep calling my desktop rig a TV just because I have and HDTV hooked up and not a regular monitor

 

CPU: Intel i5-4590  ll CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo ll  Mobo:  Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7  ll  RAM: 4x4GB (16GB) Corsair Vengance  ll GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 ll PSU: EVGA NEX650 G1 80+ Gold ll Storage:  Segate 7200PRM 1TB HDD , MX100 256GB SSD ll Case: CM Storm Scout 2 Advanced w/ modded window ll  Display: Insignia 22' 1080p Tv ll  Speakers: Logitch Z313 w/ subwoofer  ll Keyboard: Logitec G910 ll  Mouse: Logitech G502 HERO

 

 

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oh man i feel like a dickbag now, i think we got mosin40 banned :'(

That was my fault. I reported him.

So you dont feel bad. 

I feel bad.

n0ah1897, on 05 Mar 2014 - 2:08 PM, said:  "Computers are like girls. It's whats in the inside that matters.  I don't know about you, but I like my girls like I like my cases. Just as beautiful on the inside as the outside."

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That was my fault. I reported him.

So you dont feel bad. 

I feel bad.

oh... hopefully he didn't get permabanned, his profile is still viewable so i hope maybe it;s just a tempban or his profile picture was just removed. but i remember him having more posts than 17...

CPU: AMD FX-8120 | CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Contac 30 | Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 | Memory: Kingston 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 | Storage: WD 1TB | GPU: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 | Case: Thermaltake Chaser MK-I | PSU: Thermaltake Black Widow 850W

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oh... hopefully he didn't get permabanned, his profile is still viewable so i hope maybe it;s just a tempban or his profile picture was just removed. but i remember him having more posts than 17...

Nope, he has just 17 last time I checked.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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But the thing is, half of my rig was hand-me-downs so I only paid $702.92 for it.

Erm... This is what my rig will be valued at (USING MY PREFERRED MERCHANTS, THE XFX 7950 IS $200 OFF). I'll get the power supply later, but I have the OS and DVD drives covered. Sound card might be slightly less since it's just a SoundBlaster Z OEM.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ Newegg)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($87.28 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($74.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($80.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($129.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card  ($499.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ TigerDirect)

Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($26.97 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($26.97 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit)  ($142.98 @ Newegg)

Sound Card: Creative Labs Z PCIe 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card  ($82.99 @ Amazon)

Case Fan: NZXT FN-140RB 62.5 CFM 140mm  Fan  ($6.85 @ Amazon)

Other: Gigabyte Windforce Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($299.99)

Other: GIGABYTE GC-WB867D-I Bluetooth 4.0/WiFi Expansion Card  ($32.99)

Total: $2082.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Main rig on profile

VAULT - File Server

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Intel Core i5 11400 w/ Shadow Rock LP, 2x16GB SP GAMING 3200MHz CL16, ASUS PRIME Z590-A, 2x LSI 9211-8i, Fractal Define 7, 256GB Team MP33, 3x 6TB WD Red Pro (general storage), 3x 1TB Seagate Barracuda (dumping ground), 3x 8TB WD White-Label (Plex) (all 3 arrays in their respective Windows Parity storage spaces), Corsair RM750x, Windows 11 Education

Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

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Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.4GHz, 4x8GB G.SKILL Ares 1800MHz CL10, ASUS Z170M-E D3, 128GB Team MP33, 1TB Seagate Barracuda, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint (for video capture), MSI GTX 970 100ME, EVGA 650G1, Windows 10 Pro

Mac Mini (Late 2020)

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Apple M1, 8GB RAM, 256GB, macOS Sonoma

Consoles: Softmodded 1.4 Xbox w/ 500GB HDD, Xbox 360 Elite 120GB Falcon, XB1X w/2TB MX500, Xbox Series X, PS1 1001, PS2 Slim 70000 w/ FreeMcBoot, PS4 Pro 7015B 1TB (retired), PS5 Digital, Nintendo Switch OLED, Nintendo Wii RVL-001 (black)

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It isn't. Nowadays a mere 660Ti can outperform a 590, not to mention 590 struggles to stay cool.

Are you high?

 

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Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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Last Friday one of my second cousins came to my house. He's 7 and can not for the love of god understand anything computer related. He loves subway surfers, and he got a Surface RT for Christmas, SS is available on WP8 but not on WRT, and despite every. single. time. I meet him I tell him that he can't have it on his tablet every. single. time. he asks me to install it.

I am pretty sure it is on the store of windows 8, maybe it is not compatible with rt though.

Main PC:

ASUS F1A55-M LX, AMD A6-3500, (2x2)gb Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 1600mhz, Seagate Barracuda 500gb 7200rpm, 
 Corsair CX430M, Cooler Master Elite 343, Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit

Netbook:

Lenovo Ideapad S10-2, Intel Atom N280, (1x1)gb DDR2 667mhz, WD Scorpio Blue 250gb 5400rpm, Zorin OS 9 Lite
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Are you high?

 

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LOL, you didn't even find one with a 660Ti.

"If it has tits or tires, at some point you will have problems with it." -@vinyldash303

this is probably the only place i'll hang out anymore: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/274320-the-long-awaited-car-thread/

 

Current Rig: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Abit IN9-32MAX nForce 680i board, Galaxy GT610 1GB DDR3 gpu, Cooler Master Mystique 632S Full ATX case, 1 2TB Seagate Barracuda SATA and 1x200gb Maxtor SATA drives, 1 LG SATA DVD drive, Windows 10. All currently runs like shit :D 

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LOL, you didn't even find one with a 660Ti.

That's the point lol, they are so far apart that they aren't really comparable.

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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Erm... This is what my rig will be valued at (USING MY PREFERRED MERCHANTS, THE XFX 7950 IS $200 OFF). I'll get the power supply later, but I have the OS and DVD drives covered. Sound card might be slightly less since it's just a SoundBlaster Z OEM.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ Newegg)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($87.28 @ Amazon)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($144.99 @ Newegg)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($80.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($499.99 @ Amazon)

Case: Corsair 300R ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ TigerDirect)

Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($26.97 @ Newegg)

Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($26.97 @ Newegg)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro (OEM) (64-bit) ($142.98 @ Newegg)

Sound Card: Creative Labs Z PCIe 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card ($82.99 @ Amazon)

Case Fan: NZXT FN-140RB 62.5 CFM 140mm Fan ($6.85 @ Amazon)

Other: Gigabyte Windforce Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card ($299.99)

Other: GIGABYTE GC-WB867D-I Bluetooth 4.0/WiFi Expansion Card ($32.99)

Total: $2082.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Two DVD Drives? You do a lot of burning?

Also, why one 120GB and one 250GB SSD?

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X - CPU Cooler: Deepcool Castle 240EX - Motherboard: MSI B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC

RAM: 2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Pro RBG 3200MHz - GPU: MSI RTX 3080 GAMING X TRIO

 

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I am pretty sure it is on the store of windows 8, maybe it is not compatible with rt though.

 

No. On the Windows store there is an app that links to an Android game emulator of sorts, but it only works on Windows 8/8.1 non RT.

i'm a potato

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LOL, you didn't even find one with a 660Ti.

I think you're thinking of the 580, which is in between the 660 and 660 Ti. The 590 is an SLI 580 pretty much so around twice as fast.

Normandy - Intel Core i5 3470, 8 GB Corsair Vengenace LP, EVGA GTX 960 SSC, Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP, WD Blue 1 TB, Seagate 320 GB (steam), Seagate 320 GB (experimental, second OS, etc), Windows 8.1 + Ubuntu 14.10

Garrus - HP Stream 11

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Are you high?

 

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Hmm... Kinda surprised as I usually see see benchmarks done with other cards even less powerful than 670 on exact same settings get better framerates in games than I tend to get. Probably I have some issues, like 590 running too hot (or not enough RAM).

 

At least it looks nice (not as nice as the 690).

It may look nice, but at least the Gigabyte's model of the 590 only has a single fan, and imagine just one fan cooling 2 hot fermi chips, even though they've been underclocked quite a bit by manufacturer(s). I might have to underclock even more by myself, if I could do that at all...

Never trust my advice. Only take any and all advice from me with a grain of salt. Just a heads up.

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that moment when they don't even know how to internet properly... or install software... or turn on a PC confidently...

Mutsuki:

CPU: AMD A8 5600K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-DS2 (rev. 1.0) | RAM: 2 x Kingston Low Profile 4GB 1333MHz | GPU: Sapphire R7 260X OC 2GB DDR5 2xDVI | HDD0: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM 3.5" (SATA II) | HDD1: WD Elements (WD Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA II) connected via USB 2.0 | HDD2: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm (SATA II) | DVD: Samsung DVD+RW combo drive | PSU: FSP Hexa 600W | Case: Aerocool PGS V | Cooling: DeepCool Gammaxx S40 (stock fan), 2x 120mm Aerocool fan 1xDeepCool 120mm fan from a scrapped heatsink

eMachines D732Z | CPU: Intel Pentium D P6100 | GPU: Intel HD 3000 | RAM: 2x Kingston ValueRAM 2GB 1066MHz SODIMM | HDD: Hitachi 320GB 5600RPM

Acer ES13 | CPU: Intel Pentium N4200 | GPU:  Intel HD 505 | RAM: 1x 4GB (unidentified) DDR3L | HDD: (unidentified) 500GB 5600RPM

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...don't even know how to internet properly...

 

Verbing a noun, tsk tsk.    ;)

 Two motoes to live by   "Sometimes there are no shortcuts"

                                           "This too shall pass"

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Conversation on one of Linus' videos:

 

Person 1: shuttuppp a**swapper fa**ot! Please delete utube account & do not mention apple products! Thnx

 

Person 2: please throw your computer out the window. thx.

 

Person 1: shutupp, u indoor gaming fa**ot!! Go outside u wirthless mindsh*t smooth handed d**k licker!

 

Person 2: ur a stupid head!

 

 

That last one was priceless. 

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Tried explaining to my mother that the reason why I can fit so much stuff on my 27" screen compared to her 27" screen was because mine was a higher resolution... not sure how well it went, but it was odd cuz usually she doesn't question anything since my Dad, my brother (writes code but doesn't know anything about hardware), and I are all techies.

 

Also it was funny the other day my bro (working IT at the school bcuz u know he writes code so he must know this stuff) came home from work absolutely thrilled to have just learned that RAM had clock speed. He has experienced 2 high-end PC builds in our home and still had no idea...

 

Facedesk

Git Gud.

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Conversation on one of Linus' videos:

 

Person 1: shuttuppp a**swapper fa**ot! Please delete utube account & do not mention apple products! Thnx

 

Person 2: please throw your computer out the window. thx.

 

Person 1: shutupp, u indoor gaming fa**ot!! Go outside u wirthless mindsh*t smooth handed d**k licker!

 

Person 2: ur a stupid head!

 

 

That last one was priceless. 

yur a stoopid head

hurr durr durr

 

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i5 4670k, GTX 970, 12GB 1600, 120GB SSD, 240GB SDD, 1TB HDD, CM Storm Quickfire TK, G502, VG248QE, ATH M40x, Fractal R4

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i5 4278U, Intel Iris Graphics, 8GB 1600, 128GB SSD, 2560x1600 IPS display, Mid-2014 Model

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All the parts are here, just need to get customized cords to connect the motherboard to the front panel.

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