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Fishfaced Nincompoop
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System Name | Black MC in Tokyo |
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Processor | Ryzen 5 5600 |
Motherboard | Asrock B450M-HDV |
Cooling | Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2 |
Memory | 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz |
Video Card(s) | XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319 |
Storage | Kingston A400 240GB | WD Black SN750 2TB |WD Blue 1TB x 2 | Toshiba P300 2TB | Seagate Expansion 8TB |
Display(s) | Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p |
Case | Fractal Design Define R4 |
Audio Device(s) | Line6 UX1 + some headphones, Nektar SE61 keyboard |
Power Supply | Corsair RM850x v3 |
Mouse | Logitech G602 |
Keyboard | Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown |
VR HMD | Acer Mixed Reality Headset |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | Rimworld 4K ready! |
I bought this monitor for a few bucks quite some time ago with dead caps on the PSU and the "two seconds to black" syndrome (meaning it turns on screen gets black after a few seconds). Caps was replaced, but it was still not working, so I left it at that.
Now it turns out one set of the CCFL tubes is broken. Quite broken, so I assume someone's been poking around in there, causing trouble. I did plug in some lamps from another monitor when it was in parts, and that worked, but they didn't quite fit.
So the question is: Would you consider it worth the money to get a new set of lamps? This site has a set for a whopping $60 with shipping, TWO sets can be had on ebay for roughly €35ish. One of the reasons is that it's bound to be better than the monitor I have now, aaaaaand a larger combined working area is not to be sneezed at.
Yes I could scavange lamps from various monitors (a friend of mine is a good scavanger ), but if I'm gonna use it I want the backlight to be somewhat consistent.
So, what is your opinion?
Some specs:
21.3 inches
S-PVA panel, 1600x1200
8ms gtg
Contrast 900:1
Pivot, and S-VHS which I would find extremely useful
and so on
Thanks for looking!
Now it turns out one set of the CCFL tubes is broken. Quite broken, so I assume someone's been poking around in there, causing trouble. I did plug in some lamps from another monitor when it was in parts, and that worked, but they didn't quite fit.
So the question is: Would you consider it worth the money to get a new set of lamps? This site has a set for a whopping $60 with shipping, TWO sets can be had on ebay for roughly €35ish. One of the reasons is that it's bound to be better than the monitor I have now, aaaaaand a larger combined working area is not to be sneezed at.
Yes I could scavange lamps from various monitors (a friend of mine is a good scavanger ), but if I'm gonna use it I want the backlight to be somewhat consistent.
So, what is your opinion?
Some specs:
21.3 inches
S-PVA panel, 1600x1200
8ms gtg
Contrast 900:1
Pivot, and S-VHS which I would find extremely useful
and so on
Thanks for looking!