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Looking for a storage box recommendation

EleventHour
By EleventHour
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Not sure if this is the right section for this.

 

Alrighty guys and gals, I'm looking for a new system to organize my boxes and ziplocks of extra parts, screws, cables, and tools. I know, I know, it's like a 5yr old tried to put away his toys... So I'm looking for some opinions on a good storage solution.

 

I have a few requirements:

Needs to be travel ready storage. 

I would like it to have some kind of compartmentalized storage trays to keep different screws/cables separate. 

I need it to be able to hold my iFixIt Pro Tech Toolkit and a few other hand tools in some larger compartment as well.

 

I want to hear some personal reviews and experiences with what a home professional/SBO would use. 

 

Ready? 

 

Go!

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use a cardboard box

hello!

is it me you're looking for?

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Desktop: X99-PC

CPU: i7 5820k

Mobo: X99 Deluxe

Cooler: Dark Rock Pro 3

RAM: 32GB DDR4
GPU: GTX 1080

Storage: 1TB 850 Evo, 1TB HDD, bunch of external hard drives
PSU: EVGA G2 750w

Peripherals: Logitech G502, Ducky One 711

Audio: Xonar U7, O2 amplifier (RIP), HD6XX

Monitors: 4k 24" Dell monitor, 1080p 24" Asus monitor

 

Laptop:

-Overkill Dell XPS

Fully maxed out early 2017 Dell XPS 15, GTX 1050 4GB, 7700HQ, 1TB nvme SSD, 32GB RAM, 4k display. 97Whr battery :x 
Dell was having a $600 off sale for the fully specced out model, so I decided to get it :P

 

-Crapbook

Fully specced out early 2013 Macbook "pro" with gt 650m and constant 105c temperature on the CPU (GPU is 80-90C) when doing anything intensive...

A 2013 laptop with a regular sized battery still has better battery life than a 2017 laptop with a massive battery! I think this is a testament to apple's ability at making laptops, or maybe how little CPU technology has improved even 4+ years later (at least, until the recent introduction of 15W 4 core CPUs). Anyway, I'm never going to get a 35W CPU laptop again unless battery technology becomes ~5x better than as it is in 2018.

Apple knows how to make proper consumer-grade laptops (they don't know how to make pro laptops though). I guess this mostly software power efficiency related, but getting a mac makes perfect sense if you want a portable/powerful laptop that can do anything you want it to with great battery life.

 

 

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6 hours ago, rattacko123 said:

use a cardboard box

A cardboard box and baggies is what I'm trying to get away from. I want organization and sturdy construction. Something that will last and look decent enough if I have to go work on a PC/device somewhere. 

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