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[flibberdipper]

I've started to slowly accumulate parts for my desktop because I got absolutely fed up of the interactions between Intel's drivers and Nvidia's drivers on my laptop (frequent crashes in Adobe products and various games).

 

This run was 32GB of 3200MHz LPX, a Z690I AORUS Ultra, and a 12600KF. Then in a few more months when I've hopefully recovered a little bit financially I'll be getting the SM580, EK AIO, 750W SuperNOVA GM, some cables, and another cheapo SSD to abuse for ShadowPlay/OBS. Then even further down the line from that I'll be getting some kind of video card to replace my poor half-height 1050Ti.

 

Bonus pic of the ghetto setup, which is currently extra ghetto while I wait for the mounting hardware to show up on Monday:

[atxcyclist]

The first adaptive refresh monitor I've ever owned or even used, a Dell S2522HG; 1080P 240hz G-SYNC and FreeSync capable, and pairs nicely with my 3060 Ti where I can pretty much constantly hit the 200fps engine limit in Doom 2016. The Windows desktop at 240hz is somewhat surreal, and now I want a higher DPI mouse.

 

 

[Virus__]

On 4/3/2022 at 8:27 PM, Virus__ said:

Just picked up a Core i5 7600k, ASUS Z270i ITX motherboard, 250GB WD Black NVME drive & 16gb of Corsair Vengeance 3200mhz DDR4 ram for $430 AUD ($320 USD) will go well in my spare Ncase M1, just need a cooler, PSU & some fans, and I will have a working NAS again. I already have this motherboard which cost me almost this much when I bought it brand new 4 or 5 years ago!

 

 

It showed up today! Now to just get a cooler & power supply for it.

[Tan3l6]

Replicas...

 

But actually can't tell the difference without the box they came in.

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[DigitalHabit]

I just picked up an executive office chair with 4 inch padding from a liquidator for only $50, so far it's the most comfortable chair I've ever owned

 

[SimplyChunk]

2 hours ago, DigitalHabit said:

I just picked up an executive office chair with 4 inch padding from a liquidator for only $50, so far it's the most comfortable chair I've ever owned

 

A decent office chair will s*** all over any 'Gaming' chair that's three times as much as it

[IPD]

21 hours ago, atxcyclist said:

The first adaptive refresh monitor I've ever owned or even used, a Dell S2522HG; 1080P 240hz G-SYNC and FreeSync capable, and pairs nicely with my 3060 Ti where I can pretty much constantly hit the 200fps engine limit in Doom 2016. The Windows desktop at 240hz is somewhat surreal, and now I want a higher DPI mouse.

 

 

Just wait till you try 2160p.

[WhitetailAni]

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iPhone 4 running iOS 5.1.1...

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(cut off to obscure serial)

But it has some new tabs in Settings...

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And some more apps on the home screen...

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Not what I was expecting when I bought an iPhone 4 on iOS 5.1.1. It came with the passcode "1966" when the seller got it. How they know, I have no idea.

[SimplyChunk]

21 hours ago, atxcyclist said:

The first adaptive refresh monitor I've ever owned or even used, a Dell S2522HG; 1080P 240hz G-SYNC and FreeSync capable, and pairs nicely with my 3060 Ti where I can pretty much constantly hit the 200fps engine limit in Doom 2016. The Windows desktop at 240hz is somewhat surreal, and now I want a higher DPI mouse.

 

 

I've only just got in to adaptive refresh too.  It's seriously good

[atxcyclist]

5 hours ago, SimplyChunk said:

I've only just got in to adaptive refresh too.  It's seriously good

I cannot believe how much more lively it makes a computer feel, I've missed that. I had a 21" Mag CRT back in the day, 1600x1200 @ 85hz was so good, and this is like experiencing that feeling again.

 

I still miss that display a little, but I don't miss lifting it's 50+lb heft. I'll take my current monitor, haha.

[mCode]

So happy rnow

 

 

I'm aware this isn't the best version but I'm going to watercool it replacing the fans anyway

[Virus__]

On 4/12/2022 at 8:29 AM, FakeKGB said:

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iPhone 4 running iOS 5.1.1...

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(cut off to obscure serial)

But it has some new tabs in Settings...

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And some more apps on the home screen...

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Not what I was expecting when I bought an iPhone 4 on iOS 5.1.1. It came with the passcode "1966" when the seller got it. How they know, I have no idea.

Is this a DevKit..?

[WhitetailAni]

2 hours ago, Virus__ said:

Is this a DevKit..?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It seems to be a fairly standard iPhone 4. Most likely it escaped on the production line where someone "forgot" to flash the production OS and "accidentally" dropped it on the floor.

[Virus__]

1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It seems to be a fairly standard iPhone 4. Most likely it escaped on the production line where someone "forgot" to flash the production OS and "accidentally" dropped it on the floor.

Still pretty cool.

 

[WhitetailAni]

3 minutes ago, Virus__ said:

Still pretty cool.

 

I tried calling the number for lols and it's no longer in service. The area code is in the Cupertino area though.

[Virus__]

6 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

I tried calling the number for lols and it's no longer in service. The area code is in the Cupertino area though.

Last time a production iPhone 4 got leaked, Gizmodo got banned from all Apple events..

[Bitter]

https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/5658/toshiba-mg03aca400-4tb-enterprise-hdd-review/index.html

Grabbed one of those used for $50 shipped, not a stellar deal given it's high power on hours (a LOT) but there's only 49 power cycles on it so it was on and stayed on. Crystaldiskinfo isn't giving me a decimal value for writes though, suggestions?

 

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-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------

ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name

01 100 100 _50 000000000000 Read Error Rate

02 100 100 __0 000000000000 Throughput Performance

03 100 100 __1 000000002D76 Spin-Up Time

04 100 100 __0 000000000032 Start/Stop Count

05 100 100 _50 000000000000 Reallocated Sectors Count

07 100 100 __0 000000000000 Seek Error Rate

08 100 100 __0 000000000000 Seek Time Performance

09 __1 __1 __0 00000000EECE Power-On Hours

0A 100 100 __0 000000000000 Spin Retry Count

0C 100 100 __0 000000000031 Power Cycle Count

C0 100 100 __0 00000000002E Power-off Retract Count

C1 100 100 __0 000000000047 Load/Unload Cycle Count

C2 100 100 __0 002900120028 Temperature

C4 100 100 __0 000000000000 Reallocation Event Count

C6 100 100 __0 000000000000 Uncorrectable Sector Count

C7 200 200 __0 000000000000 UltraDMA CRC Error Count

F1 100 100 __0 0011FAE0456D Total Host Writes

F2 100 100 __0 002A2CC9DF6D Total Host Reads

 

 

 

If I convert F1 to gigabytes from hex it's 77gb written. I'll probably use this as cold backup, I had intended for a NAS but that's too many on hours assuming on hours are spinning hours? I don't know how this one counts up?

Power On Hours : 61134 hours

Power On Count : 49 count

 

[Bitter]

1 hour ago, FakeKGB said:

I tried calling the number for lols and it's no longer in service. The area code is in the Cupertino area though.

They're coming to get you.

[Moonzy]

Bought a bag for my MTG decks

 

Customized it a bit, those green stuffs makes taking things out 10x easier

[Mr.Meerkat]

On today's list of Cashies special...a waterproof Camera that generally has 2 out of 5 stars!  

[WhitetailAni]

17 hours ago, Virus__ said:

Last time a production iPhone 4 got leaked, Gizmodo got banned from all Apple events..

That wasn't a production model, it was an EVT (Engineering Validation Testing). The person who forgot it was in charge of the baseband section, or cellular capability, and so it needed to be out in the field to test.

[IkeaGnome]

Got a game on the 24th. Got new dice. It's a full set, but the D20 is the reason to get it. D6 also has that on sides 1 and 6.

and a pair of joke dice. 

[SimplyChunk]

27 minutes ago, IkeaGnome said:

Got a game on the 24th. Got new dice. It's a full set, but the D20 is the reason to get it. D6 also has that on sides 1 and 6.

and a pair of joke dice. 

They'd be great for strip D20 those

[IkeaGnome]

8 minutes ago, SimplyChunk said:

They'd be great for strip D20 those

I mean, you're not wrong.

[Virus__]

Just bought these to finish off my NAS (PSU & SSD are going in my PC) should be here Tuesday!