[PC Build] Code name "FULL RETARD"

onemanhitsquad · Nov 29, 2024

Onasi said:
No-no, good surviving CRTs are an actual baller accessory to a proper retro system. This isn’t it. It needs to be a shitty slow early TFT, preferably one that already was scuffed by someone with a rainbow mark in the corner of the panel where it was damaged. Maximum ghetto vibe.

...and 15" max!

Macro Device · Nov 29, 2024

onemanhitsquad said:
...and 15" max!

That's what she said.

01:09 am as of me typing it. Had a pretty uncommon day starting off with flying colours, mostly the bloody red one. Shitfaced yesterday, hit the sack after 4 am, woke up with a blood fountain outta my nose, lost a pound of blood, also working thereafter till right now, periodically losing more and more blood. Doc said I'm gonna be okay but no silly hardware experiments for tonight I'm afraid...

Noci · Nov 29, 2024

Why don't you use it for crypto currency mining, probably spend more on electricity than you make on coins but at least it's multitasking as room heater as well

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Hope the nose bleed issue is not related to stress regarding this project, otherwise dump it as fast as you can as e-waste. Nostalgic hardware addiction can become quite serious.. :laugh:

If I'm too late with this advise, here you can talk to fellow sufferers :roll:

Macro Device · Nov 29, 2024

Noci said:
Hope the nose bleed issue is not related to stress regarding this project

Totally not. I just need to adjust to me being a bit more dated than I used to be which means I can no longer get as sky high as I did yesterday without grimy consequences. Will be fine. I never die.

Noci said:
fellow sufferers

I'm not suffering at all. Enjoying a different state of body and a different set of hardware. 'parently I'm still high.

Macro Device · Dec 3, 2024

Just for you to know: it's not possible to play Cyberpunk 2077 on this rig without using cloud services.

Macro Device · Dec 25, 2024

Now this bad boy's got a house. Unfortunately, no way to power the GPU up since I don't have any adaptor. Will fix it next year I suppose.

Both these optical drives are only installed for the memes. This "American" screwdriver, however, actually contributed to this PC build.

freeagent · Dec 25, 2024

Cool screwdriver

ShrimpBrime · Dec 25, 2024

Lol. Can't power on, but LOOK!!! cool screw driver.
Haha ya guys crack me up.

Builds like this is why I make submissions at hwbot. At least it gets put to use in some way.

Macro Device · Dec 25, 2024

ShrimpBrime said:
Can't power on

As a matter of fact, I can. For some reason, it boots up and even gets me into Windows but I'm not sold on it being capable of actual 3D loads. Even by 2007 standards.

Only spent $1 USD on this PC so far. Cost efficient as it is!

ShrimpBrime · Dec 25, 2024

Macro Device said:
As a matter of fact, I can. For some reason, it boots up and even gets me into Windows but I'm not sold on it being capable of actual 3D loads. Even by 2007 standards.

Only spent $1 USD on this PC so far. Cost efficient as it is!

Sry, read you needed plug adapter I suppose you meant for the gpu, I mistook it for power to PSU. Long day.... XD

1 buck pc! Nice.

Macro Device · Dec 25, 2024

ShrimpBrime said:
Long day.

Mine is probably longer. Woke up 19 hours ago. I'm used to Decembers being nuts but this particular December has broken all my records.

ShrimpBrime · Dec 25, 2024

Macro Device said:
Mine is probably longer. Woke up 19 hours ago.

6am to now 11:14pm w/e hours that is. Worked 8 of them.

Macro Device · Dec 25, 2024

ShrimpBrime said:
6am to now 11:14pm w/e hours that is. Worked 8 of them.

A resounding 17 hours. Compared to my 19 hours (13 working) it's a blessing. But still hard. Especially if you're much older than me (soon to turn 30).

freeagent said:
Cool screwdriver

Thanks.

I bought it as a little treat since I got laid off during the COVID fiesta. Late '21. No one's fault, just the company got bankrupt thanks to the virus. 'least the tool served and still serves me well!

ShrimpBrime · Dec 25, 2024

Macro Device said:
A resounding 17 hours. Compared to my 19 hours (13 working) it's a blessing. But still hard. Especially if you're much older than me (soon to turn 30).

On the way to pre Xmas dinner, sons pickup broke down on the toll way. Dropped wife and 2 other kids off at the restaurant went back up the tool way to stand on the side of I90 at Rte 25 on ramp east bound to get him towed. Went had dinner at a few hundred bucks, plus tip 100 bucks and back home. The tow was 395$ I suspect the fuel pump on the 89 WT took a shit like they do. So will be diagnosing and hopefully repair before Thursday with all available parts stores closed.

2 hours shorter than yours I'm beat enough.

Off to bed
Merry Christmas to you and your potential TPU hwbot point machine and screw driver. Good wishes to your relatives also.

Macro Device · Dec 25, 2024

ShrimpBrime said:
went back up the tool way to stand on the side of I90 at Rte 25 on ramp east bound

Sorry, I've never been to America and not really sure what that even means. XD

ShrimpBrime said:
Merry Christmas to you and your potential TPU hwbot point machine and screw driver. Good wishes to your relatives also.

Y'all have a blast too! It's a direct order!

R-T-B · Dec 25, 2024

bug said:
Yes.
Alternatively, you could use it to train LLMs.

Stahp. That's how we get the evil AI that hate us!

freeagent said:
That is an Abit Fatal1ty A8N SLi

Dude I had one of those. Sweet board for the era. I miss Abit.

freeagent · Dec 25, 2024

R-T-B said:
Stahp. That's how we get the evil AI that hate us!

Dude I had one of those. Sweet board for the era. I miss Abit.

Me too brother, me too. That is one brand that I would like to come back. I preferred them over Asus for sure.

R-T-B · Dec 25, 2024

freeagent said:
Me too brother, me too. That is one brand that I would like to come back. I preferred them over Asus for sure.

Yeah I've basically been buying mostly Gigabyte since then, and the experience has been mixed to say the least. I did try ASRock for a bit, and I think they may be better lol.

ASUS is probably decent, but they come with a tax as I'm sure you know, and I'm a cheapass on mobos.

None of them are Abit though. I also miss DFI. Both those I bet would've been awesome OCers if they stuck around, not that we can OC much anymore.

freeagent · Dec 25, 2024

R-T-B said:
ASUS is probably decent,

I just stick with their ROG line, I had a bad experience with their midrange, and it seems kind of spotty from user reviews I suppose..

R-T-B · Dec 25, 2024

freeagent said:
I just stick with their ROG line, I had a bad experience with their midrange, and it seems kind of spotty from user reviews I suppose..

yeah you pay for the big bad boards I have a feeling any brands gonna do at least ok, heh. I just stick my budget all mostly in my CPU/RAM, GPU, and PSU. Because you don't cut those components unless you really want to feel it.

Honestly, UEFI would probably be the biggest thing to worry about there. Some UEFI implemenations border on gaudy and dumbed down to boot. I bet ABit would've made a nice barebones functional one, come to think of it...

freeagent · Dec 25, 2024

R-T-B said:
yeah you pay for the big bad boards I have a feeling any brands gonna do at least ok, heh. I just stick my budget all mostly in my CPU/RAM, GPU, and PSU. Because you don't cut those components unless you really want to feel it.

Only because they have my trust.. for now. I like to run my setups fairly hard if I can

They seem to like it.. I have an AsRock, its pretty good, I had a Gigabyte X58, and it still lives in my buds arcade box. I haven't run MSi though.

I haven't really killed many boards, more than 5 less than 10.. A couple Abits, A couple Asus, A DFi, a Soyo, and I think that's about it..

R-T-B · Dec 25, 2024

freeagent said:
Only because they have my trust.. for now. I like to run my setups fairly hard if I can

They seem to like it.. I have an AsRock, its pretty good, I had a Gigabyte X58, and it still lives in my buds arcade box. I haven't run MSi though.

I haven't really killed many boards, more than 5 less than 10.. A couple Abits, A couple Asus, A DFi, a Soyo, and I think that's about it..

The only board I ever killed was a Pegatron oem thingamajig but it was helped on its way to deaths door by being pushed off the shelf by a cat (SFF server lol).

Macro Device · Jan 1, 2025

R-T-B said:
it was helped on its way to deaths door by being pushed off the shelf by a cat

This is precisely how my first motherboard that I bought with my hard earned cash came to an end. That feline, too. I was 14 and very depressed so it is what it is.

Anyhow, tomorrow I'll be doing STUFF with this necro PC. Got some ideas how to make it fun.

Macro Device · Jan 12, 2025

The PSU died. Welp. Gotta find another one.

This one is also dead. That was some smoke. My whole room stinks now.

System Name	D.L.S.S. (Die Lekker Spoed Situasie)
Processor	i5-12400F
Motherboard	Gigabyte B760M DS3H
Cooling	Laminar RM1
Memory	32 GB DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	RX 6700 XT (vandalised)
Storage	Yes.
Display(s)	MSi G2712
Case	Matrexx 55 (slightly vandalised)
Audio Device(s)	Yes.
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1000 W
Mouse	Don't disturb, cheese eating in progress...
Keyboard	Makes some noise. Probably onto something.
VR HMD	I live in real reality and don't need a virtual one.
Software	Windows 11 / 10 / 8
Benchmark Scores	My PC can run Crysis. Do I really need more than that?

System Name	The Dark side of the room
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	MSI MEG X570 Unify
Cooling	Custom loop watercooling (Bykski CPU-XPR-POM-M-V2, Alphacool Eisblock GPX, Freezemod PU-PWM5B18W)
Memory	GSkill Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 CL16 (4 x 16GB)
Video Card(s)	XFX Speedster QICK 319 Radeon RX 6700 XT
Storage	1 x Kingston KC3000 1024GB (boot drive) + 2 x Kingston NV2 2TB (games & storage)
Display(s)	LG 34WP65C Ultrawide 3440x1440 @ 160Hz freesync premium
Case	Thermaltake Core P90 TG (slightly modded)
Audio Device(s)	onboard Realtek® ALC1220 with Logitech Z906
Power Supply	MSI MAG A850GF 80 Plus Gold
Mouse	Generic
Keyboard	Sharkoon Skiller SGK60 (with brown Kalih switches)
Software	Windows 11 pro
Benchmark Scores	It's a form of exhibitionism...;-), but fun in a way But showing off is triggering.............

System Name	D.L.S.S. (Die Lekker Spoed Situasie)
Processor	i5-12400F
Motherboard	Gigabyte B760M DS3H
Cooling	Laminar RM1
Memory	32 GB DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	RX 6700 XT (vandalised)
Storage	Yes.
Display(s)	MSi G2712
Case	Matrexx 55 (slightly vandalised)
Audio Device(s)	Yes.
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1000 W
Mouse	Don't disturb, cheese eating in progress...
Keyboard	Makes some noise. Probably onto something.
VR HMD	I live in real reality and don't need a virtual one.
Software	Windows 11 / 10 / 8
Benchmark Scores	My PC can run Crysis. Do I really need more than that?

System Name	D.L.S.S. (Die Lekker Spoed Situasie)
Processor	i5-12400F
Motherboard	Gigabyte B760M DS3H
Cooling	Laminar RM1
Memory	32 GB DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	RX 6700 XT (vandalised)
Storage	Yes.
Display(s)	MSi G2712
Case	Matrexx 55 (slightly vandalised)
Audio Device(s)	Yes.
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1000 W
Mouse	Don't disturb, cheese eating in progress...
Keyboard	Makes some noise. Probably onto something.
VR HMD	I live in real reality and don't need a virtual one.
Software	Windows 11 / 10 / 8
Benchmark Scores	My PC can run Crysis. Do I really need more than that?

System Name	D.L.S.S. (Die Lekker Spoed Situasie)
Processor	i5-12400F
Motherboard	Gigabyte B760M DS3H
Cooling	Laminar RM1
Memory	32 GB DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	RX 6700 XT (vandalised)
Storage	Yes.
Display(s)	MSi G2712
Case	Matrexx 55 (slightly vandalised)
Audio Device(s)	Yes.
Power Supply	Thermaltake 1000 W
Mouse	Don't disturb, cheese eating in progress...
Keyboard	Makes some noise. Probably onto something.
VR HMD	I live in real reality and don't need a virtual one.
Software	Windows 11 / 10 / 8
Benchmark Scores	My PC can run Crysis. Do I really need more than that?

[PC Build] Code name "FULL RETARD"

onemanhitsquad

Macro Device

Noci

Macro Device

Macro Device

Macro Device

freeagent

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ShrimpBrime

Macro Device

ShrimpBrime

Macro Device

ShrimpBrime

Macro Device

ShrimpBrime

Macro Device

R-T-B

freeagent

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R-T-B

freeagent

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R-T-B

freeagent

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R-T-B

Macro Device

Macro Device

Processor	AMD R7 5800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero
Cooling	Thermalright Frozen Edge 360, 3x TL-B12 V2, 2x TL-B12 V1
Memory	2x8 G.Skill Trident Z Royal 3200C14, 2x8GB G.Skill Trident Z Black and White 3200 C14
Video Card(s)	Zotac 4070 Ti Trinity OC
Storage	WD SN850 1TB, SN850X 2TB, SN770 1TB
Display(s)	LG 50UP7100
Case	Fractal Torrent Compact
Audio Device(s)	JBL Bar 700
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex GX-1000, Monster HDP1800
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	Logitech G213
VR HMD	Oculus 3
Software	Yes
Benchmark Scores	Yes

System Name	I don't name my rig
Processor	14700K
Motherboard	Asus TUF Z790
Cooling	Air/water/DryIce
Memory	DDR5 G.Skill Z5 RGB 6000mhz C36
Video Card(s)	RTX 4070 Super
Storage	980 Pro
Display(s)	Some LED 1080P TV
Case	Open bench
Audio Device(s)	Some Old Sherwood stereo and old cabinet speakers
Power Supply	Corsair 1050w HX series
Mouse	Razor Mamba Tournament Edition
Keyboard	Logitech G910
VR HMD	Quest 2
Software	Windows
Benchmark Scores	Max Freq 13700K 6.7ghz DryIce Max Freq 14700K 7.0ghz DryIce Max all time Freq FX-8300 7685mhz LN2

System Name	Pioneer
Processor	Ryzen 9 9950X
Motherboard	MSI MAG X670E Tomahawk Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 + A whole lotta Sunon, Phanteks and Corsair Maglev blower fans...
Memory	128GB (4x 32GB) G.Skill Flare X5 @ DDR5-4000 (Running 1:1:1 to FCLK)
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 7900 XTX Speedster Merc 310
Storage	Intel 5800X Optane 800GB boot, +2x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs
Display(s)	55" LG 55" B9 OLED 4K Display
Case	Thermaltake Core X31
Audio Device(s)	TOSLINK->Schiit Modi MB->Asgard 2 DAC Amp->AKG Pro K712 Headphones or HDMI->B9 OLED
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti Pro 850W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless
Keyboard	WASD Code v3 with Cherry Green keyswitches + PBT DS keycaps
Software	Windows 11 Enterprise