Recent content by Disparia

Fun times in Frostpunk. Had an urge to play again after seeing the Frostpunk 2 announcement.

On week 2 of new keyboard, a Logitech G613. This is after several years with G110. I can't comment on their 18 month battery life claim yet, but so far the wireless has not given me any trouble. Been able to switch the receiver between desktop (with Logitech Software) and work laptop (basic...

Adding megapower (back) to the mix! This is the 6-core Xeon + X58 that I won here awhile back. BOINCed until it broke. Got it a new cooler, RAM, SATA SSD, and GTX 680 -- it's very era-appropriate. When it's not absolutely crushing DX11 (and some DX12 games) it's BOINCing once again to bring...

Had hoped for new systems for the wife and myself for the past year or so, but instead have been working on a HTPC/console emulator and just upgraded a side-box from GTX 660 to a 680.

OH you're a big one!

Was able to build my department a number of Q6600 workstations back in the day. Only clocked them from 2.4Ghz to 2.8Ghz, but it was from bus/ram increase and not just multiplier adjustment. No speed records or anything, but nice boost and they were very dependable.

My old stand-by mice were the M100 or B100 from Logitech. Basic mice which can be bought in multipacks for under $10/each. Not a big loss if lost at work or given to a colleague in need. At least, back in the before times when I did that kind of in-person thing... haven't seen the office in...

I won the board, CPU, original RAM, and a water AIO from a crunch-o-thon here at TPU years ago. All good at the time, but the AIO has now seen retirement and I've just received a new air cooler for it, a Vetroo V5. So quiet, but of course I'm only in the BIOS, no load yet. Also decided to buy a...

My X5660 system stopped working awhile ago but wasn't able to diagnose it until last week. Turned out to be the RAM, which is an alright problem to have as that component can be obtained. This will be an upgrade in capacity as well, 6GB to 12GB. Also picked up some MX-4 in the 8 gram tube --...

I'm looking forward to it, and my order said something about owning D3 content and Necromancer!? Maybe I'll continue playing then... it's actually the D3 trial that got me back into D2 last year. MrLlama, DBrunski, and Sweet Phil were also streaming quite a bit so I just gravitated back to D2...

Wait! what!? It's a GOLD edition NESputer! I heard those are like, very rare, as to my knowledge I've only made one. Might notice a missing port cover... I blame a cat. Will hopefully locate it or fab a new piece. Not bad for spray gold. Should it ever become scratched I could buy a gold...

Sharkoon, just re-release Mech SKG2. I couldn't get my hands on one the first time around!

Holy crap it's 2021, I need to get moving on this so I can play some games from 2001! Fans holes, standoff holes, and holes for the new feet. Was also primed as you can see in the pics.

Probably 350-ish. Number of custom systems for others, Pentium II through Athlon MP/Xeon. When replacing servers at S/M-sized businesses I'd usually start with a SuperMicro kit (case/power/board) and go from there. Rest were mine, with 3 more systems in "buy later" lists! But it's going to be...

Construction is solid and odd thing to say about a patch panel, but it looks pretty good too. I guess I've just used some really ugly panels in the past to be impressed by this one :)