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[Protomax]

1 of 2 sticks of RAM  for my upcoming PC Upgrade. 2nd stick arrives later this week and 5600x mb this winter. Got X470 Taichi Ultimate for like $130 and 2 sticks of 8GB 3200Mhz Crucials for $30 each(White color for be quite 500 dx black&white color scheme).

[sub68]

5 minutes ago, CommanderAlex said:

My mother's SL1, which came out in 2013, uses USB-B mini though. Just strange to mix different USB standards. 

thats a rebal and they take less data so...

[CommanderAlex]

1 minute ago, sub68 said:

thats a rebal and they take less data so...

Still though...

[Spotty]

28 minutes ago, Protomax said:

1 of 2 sticks of RAM  for my upcoming PC Upgrade. 2nd stick arrives later this week and 5600x mb this winter. Got X470 Taichi Ultimate for like $130 and 2 sticks of 8GB 3200Mhz Crucials for $30 each(White color for be quite 500 dx black&white color scheme).

Use slots 2 & 4 for the memory.

[Protomax]

1 minute ago, Spotty said:

Use slots 2 & 4 for the memory.

Yeah, I know that. Don't have a cpu yet, so I put the ram stick in the first slot just to figure out 
RAM and cpu cooler(Deepcool Redhat) compatibility, and put the motherboard back on the shelf :з
 

[soldier_ph]

Seasonic Prime 1000 PX, 80+ Platinum. A High End Power Supply for my Gaming PC for probably the next 10 to 15 years. 

[Protomax]

3 minutes ago, soldier_ph said:

Seasonic Prime 1000 PX, 80+ Platinum. A High End Power Supply for my Gaming PC for probably the next 10 to 15 years. 

Until 5090 with 800W TDP )

[8tg]

Gameboy Advance Album, Holographic by mingkurray

[8tg]

2 hours ago, soldier_ph said:

Seasonic Prime 1000 PX, 80+ Platinum. A High End Power Supply for my Gaming PC for probably the next 10 to 15 years. 

 

 

Nice, something that’s always a good investment, even if it’s overkill from the start, if you intend on upgrading a system repeatedly through a long period of time then a really nice psu goes a long way.

I have a friend who’s still using a first gen Corsair HX series 850w unit from a decade ago with zero issues even with an rtx 2080 now 

[CommanderAlex]

1 minute ago, 8tg said:

Nice, something that’s always a good investment, even if it’s overkill from the start, if you intend on upgrading a system repeatedly through a long period of time then a really nice psu goes a long way.

I have a friend who’s still using a first gen Corsair HX series 850w unit from a decade ago with zero issues even with an rtx 2080 now 

Going out on a larger, quality PSU is always the best and to "futureproof" yourself (as much as I hate the term). 

[Avocado Diaboli]

Found a used Paul Reed Smith MT 15 amplifier. Been looking to buy one for quite a while now, so getting one for 35% cheaper than new was some good fortune. Even though it's just 15 Watts, it's damn loud even on the reduced 7 Watt mode on my 4x12 cabinet and it sounds great. Really nice crunchy distortion, but I guess that's to be expected from a full 6 preamp gain stages and two power amp tubes. But still, I found it rare to get an amp where you can just plug in your guitar and have it sound great without any additional pedals to tweak the sound somewhat. The only other one I've managed to find, at least on the distortion channel, is the Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier below it, which at 100W is even more overkill for a home setup. 

 

Also, apparently, even modern guitar amps can't avoid RGB, or in this case at least red and blue for either of the two channels, because the glow from the tubes themselves clearly wasn't enough.

 

[Kilrah]

Everything modern with tubes has blue LEDs under them, it's atrocious.

[sub68]

1 minute ago, Kilrah said:

Everything modern with tubes has blue LEDs under them, it's atrocious.

Reminds me of early 2010 when blue LED fans were in cases

[BondiBlue]

I don't have pictures yet, but I purchased a couple broken Apple iMacs yesterday. One is a Late 2009 27" iMac and the other is a Mid 2010 27" iMac. They've both got Core i5 CPUs, and the 2010 has 8GB of RAM. I purchased them for use as monitors, and eventually they'll be used at least temporarily in a 7680x1440 surround setup with my PC. 

 

Both of the iMacs were listed as having dead GPUs, which is a known issue in most 2009-2011 iMacs. However, the 2010 seems to be perfectly fine - I ran it for a couple hours this morning without issue. The 2009 definitely has issues though, but I'll be able to sort it out. 

 

Just waiting on some more DisplayPort cables and I'll be all set to have two iMacs on my desk until I fix the third. 

[AndreiArgeanu]

10£ for all this, really good value overall.

[da na]

9 hours ago, BondiBlue said:

I don't have pictures yet, but I purchased a couple broken Apple iMacs yesterday. One is a Late 2009 27" iMac and the other is a Mid 2010 27" iMac. They've both got Core i5 CPUs, and the 2010 has 8GB of RAM. I purchased them for use as monitors, and eventually they'll be used at least temporarily in a 7680x1440 surround setup with my PC. 

 

Both of the iMacs were listed as having dead GPUs, which is a known issue in most 2009-2011 iMacs. However, the 2010 seems to be perfectly fine - I ran it for a couple hours this morning without issue. The 2009 definitely has issues though, but I'll be able to sort it out. 

 

Just waiting on some more DisplayPort cables and I'll be all set to have two iMacs on my desk until I fix the third. 

Did iMacs ever have 8000 series GPUs? I know that Mac Pros shipped stock with 8800s for a while. 

[BondiBlue]

1 hour ago, Mel0nMan said:

Did iMacs ever have 8000 series GPUs? I know that Mac Pros shipped stock with 8800s for a while. 

I think one of the 2008 models had the 8800 GS as an option. 

The iMacs I'm working with have Radeon GPUs, specifically the 4850, 5750, and 6970M. These are all known to be notoriously unreliable, especially the 6970M. 

[da na]

3 minutes ago, BondiBlue said:

I think one of the 2008 models had the 8800 GS as an option. 

The iMacs I'm working with have Radeon GPUs, specifically the 4850, 5750, and 6970M. These are all known to be notoriously unreliable, especially the 6970M. 

Ah. I've had problems with R770 based GPUs (4000 series) in non-Macs. A good bake usually fixes them but it may be different for an entire motherboard (unless the GPU is MXM, that'd be ideal...)

[BondiBlue]

8 minutes ago, Mel0nMan said:

Ah. I've had problems with R770 based GPUs (4000 series) in non-Macs. A good bake usually fixes them but it may be different for an entire motherboard (unless the GPU is MXM, that'd be ideal...)

These GPUs are MXM. A reflow can get some more time out of them (the 6970M in my 2011 iMac was reflowed in August 2020, and it's been running nearly 24/7 since then), but it's not a guarantee, and most people choose to take the time to upgrade the iMacs. I just need a functional GPU of any kind, as I'll be completely ignoring the computer part of the iMac when I use the 2009 and 2010 iMacs as displays. 

[CommanderAlex]

Free coffee at Wawa. 

[RoseLuck462]

Got anotha bottle, from the Mystery series, all black which is nice because I didn't have one of those yet! And an iPad Mini 6 yay v 

 

 

[flibberdipper]

Ended up buying a PowerDrive 2 and 1ft PowerLine II. Our last power outage made me realize I should prooooobably have some method of charging my phone in my car. That and I'm sure if I ever had a passenger with a phone that needed some love, they might like it as well. I will say, I'm surprised at just how obnoxiously fucking tight the ports are on the PowerDrive. I can see that being a pain point for passengers if they're not part of the Tim Apple master race.

 

[wasab]

I brought 100 shares of AMD stocks. I am sure these will skyrocket to the moon in a decade or so. 

[SimplyChunk]

bought these from fleabay:

 

Second hand but all seems good so far..£55 pounds posted

[soldier_ph]

Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD and 2x32GB 3200Mhz CL 16 Kingston Fury Renegade RAM: