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Apart from that what is the one thing that you bought that was rather cheap/midrange but have served you or lasted longest till now , as in high grade equipment longevity.

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i bought a fan splitter for 2 bucks, that was pretty usefull lol.

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R5 5600X - Cryorig C7 - Asus ROG B350-i - EVGA RTX2060KO - 16gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3333mhz - Corsair SF450 - 500gb 960 EVO - LianLi TU100B


Desktop PC:
R9 3900X - Peerless Assassin 120 SE - Asus Prime X570 Pro - Powercolor 7900XT - 32gb LPX 3200mhz - Corsair SF750 Platinum - 1TB WD SN850X - CoolerMaster NR200 White - Gigabyte M27Q-SA - Corsair K70 Rapidfire - Logitech MX518 Legendary - HyperXCloud Alpha wireless


Boss-NAS [Build Log]:
R5 2400G - Noctua NH-D14 - Asus Prime X370-Pro - 16gb G.Skill Aegis 3000mhz - Seasonic Focus Platinum 550W - Fractal Design R5 - 
250gb 970 Evo (OS) - 2x500gb 860 Evo (Raid0) - 6x4TB WD Red (RaidZ2)

Synology-NAS:
DS920+
2x4TB Ironwolf - 1x18TB Seagate Exos X20

 

Audio Gear:

Hifiman HE-400i - Kennerton Magister - Beyerdynamic DT880 250Ohm - AKG K7XX - Fostex TH-X00 - O2 Amp/DAC Combo - 
Klipsch RP280F - Klipsch RP160M - Klipsch RP440C - Yamaha RX-V479

 

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GTX 780 DCU2 // 8600GTS // Hifiman HE-400i // Kennerton Magister
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SATAIII cable for $3.

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A jack cable for 50 euro cents. The second question is probably my nokia 5800, it's going to take much better than the current offerings to convince me to replace it.

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a mouse for like 1.99  :P

 Crust : Intel Core i5 4690K @ 4.4Ghz 1.45v  |  Motherboard : MSI Z97 MPower  |  Fruity Filling : MSI GTX 960 Armor 2Way-SLI |  Cooling : Noctua NH-D15  |  RAM : 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600Mhz | Storage : 2xSamsung 840 EVO 500GB SSDs Raid-0  |  Power Supply : Seasonic X-Series 1250W 80+Gold  |  Monitor : Dell U2713HM 27" 60Hz 1440p  |                                                                                                                                           

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Does free stuff count?

My PC CPU: 2600K@4.5GHz 1.3v Cooler: Noctua NH-U12P SE2 MB: ASUS Maximus IV RAM: Kingston 1600MHz 8GB & Corsair 1600MHz 16GB GPU: 780Ti Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 500GB SSD, Samsung 830 256GB SSD, Kingston 128GB SSD, WD Black 1TB,WD Green 1TB. PSU: Corsair AX850 Case: CM HAF X. Optical drive: LG Bluray burner  MacBook Pro, Hackintosh

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Two Thermalright TY-147 fans for 10€ (5€/piece), and they are great.

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Does free stuff count?

Meh! :huh:  Free, therefore cheap.. B)

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a nuctua fan

it out lived two motherboards ,ram  and a QX6700

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Rosewill Fan (80mm) for $4.

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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

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I got an entire PC for £1, 500GB hard drive, GeForce 9500GT, Athlon 3800+ and 4GB DDR2 because my friend was throwing it out. I just installed Linux on it and used it as a backup machine. Still got it, took out the GPU and put a 3TB WD red in there and now I use it as a NAS.

I own some games... not many, but they have taken my life.

 

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My old defy xt I won, along with free 6 months unlimited everything service

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$30 motherboard :P Still kicking @ss after almost 2 years.

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25 DVI-D cables that I found at the local scrapyard (in mostly original packaging). I still have about 19 of them, and one of them has been in use for a good while now.

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The alcohol pads that I used to clean the mounting surfaces before applying TIM. Free courtesy of my girlfriend's work. :D

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Meh! :huh:  Free, therefore cheap.. B)

 

 

If it was bought :P

(oh well... then 0 € for me for a SATA power cable splitter...)

 

 

Well in that case I "bought" a 16 GB ADATA usb stick for free  B)

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I got an intel core i5 750 and a asus ptp55d-e motherboard for free.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900x  GPU: ASUS Strix rtx 2080 Super RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 8gb x4 PSU: Corsair HX850i Motherboard: ASUS Strix x570-E Storage: Samsung 840 pro, Samsung 970 evo 1tb nvme, segate 2tb Case: NZXT H510I Cooling: Corsair h100i

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In all seriousness, My 1100t which I got for free. TL:DR below...

The guy I got it from bought a new water cooler. For some reason, before putting new TIM on it, he had it out of the socket. He dropped it and bent a few pins. While attempting to straighten the pins he broke one off. In a panic, and without doing much research, he rushed out to Microcenter to get another chip to fit in his board (the board I have now :D ). He got an FX 9590 not knowing about it's crazy VRM requirements. 

After getting the chip home he learned that he needed a new board. Instead of going back and getting an 8350 he got a Formula Z. So he's already out of some serious cash. I told him how he could attempt to fix the old chip and get his money back but he didn't want to try it. (He would rarely take my advice.)

I was looking to upgrade and was on a tight budget. He offered me his old board, which was still perfectly good, for $50. He basically threw the "dead" 1100t in there for nothing insisting that I'd never get it to work. 

Once I got the stuff, I took an old 939 chip I had lying around and baked it in the oven at 450 for about 10 minutes to loosen the solder and knock some of the pins out. I then took one of the pins, and with a magnifying glass and some tweezers put a pin in the corresponding hole where the pin was missing. Booted right up and has been rock stable ever since. 

He takes my advice more seriously now. :P

 

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In all seriousness, My 1100t which I got for free. TL:DR below...

The guy I got it from bought a new water cooler. For some reason, before putting new TIM on it, he had it out of the socket. He dropped it and bent a few pins. While attempting to straighten the pins he broke one off. In a panic, and without doing much research, he rushed out to Microcenter to get another chip to fit in his board (the board I have now :D ). He got an FX 9590 not knowing about it's crazy VRM requirements. 

After getting the chip home he learned that he needed a new board. Instead of going back and getting an 8350 he got a Formula Z. So he's already out of some serious cash. I told him how he could attempt to fix the old chip and get his money back but he didn't want to try it. (He would rarely take my advice.)

I was looking to upgrade and was on a tight budget. He offered me his old board, which was still perfectly good, for $50. He basically threw the "dead" 1100t in there for nothing insisting that I'd never get it to work. 

Once I got the stuff, I took an old 939 chip I had lying around and baked it in the oven at 450 for about 10 minutes to loosen the solder and knock some of the pins out. I then took one of the pins, and with a magnifying glass and some tweezers put a pin in the corresponding hole where the pin was missing. Booted right up and has been rock stable ever since. 

He takes my advice more seriously now. :P

 

That's quite a story, i really enjoyed that!! :)  kudos for that post

 

 

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&.......... I saw your status post! LOOL :lol:

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My Rosewill Redbone&OCZ Fata1ity 550w  which I plan on replacing this summer with a Red/Black NZXT H440 and Corsair AX850i and some custom cables...

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A USB OTG adapter for 3 bucks, I can plug 8 my Xbox 360 controller and my corsair vengence 2100 to my S5

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Honestly, 240GB Crucial SSD

 

$129

 

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Man I love SSD's

 

When this one dies I want an Intel 7 series

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A 6450 gpu, bought it a few years ago and it's still in use (in my dad's computer)

Works perfect for what he needs it for (watching videos)

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I found a monitor in a back alley, someone threw it out and it works and is alright for what I need it to do

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