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maniacdevnull: Apr 18, 2007; FOUR CUBIC FRAMES
DISPROVES SOFT G GOD
YOU ARE EDUCATED STUPID

Stux posted:

had this piece of shitfor a while:

looking at this made me remember that my p180 also has the firewire front port, laffo at the hubris of the mid oughties

# ? Mar 9, 2016 17:44

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# ? May 15, 2024 03:47

Silver Alicorn: Mar 30, 2008; 𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

firewire was good.

# ? Mar 9, 2016 17:47

Shaggar: Apr 26, 2006

no it wasn't

# ? Mar 9, 2016 17:47

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

it was good for all of those pc devices that used firewire, like as the video camera you aren't plugging into a mac for whatever silly reason

# ? Mar 9, 2016 17:53

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

and now a list of such devices:

:ins:

# ? Mar 9, 2016 17:53

Stux: Nov 17, 2006; Can't post for 11 days!

i still use firewire daily bcos there is no reason to update to an audio interface with anything else yet and usb interfaces are poo poo

# ? Mar 9, 2016 18:00

BONGHITZ: Jan 1, 1970

hornyman william

# ? Mar 9, 2016 18:14

LP0 ON FIRE: Jan 25, 2006; _{beep boop}

SO DEMANDING posted:

I wonder what sort of cases they're making these d-

components in closed cases are bad enough, but that is a hopeless dust nightmare

# ? Mar 9, 2016 18:36

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

not sure if the pink crap is for cable management or some kind of heatpipe

# ? Mar 9, 2016 18:38

SO DEMANDING: Dec 27, 2003

flakeloaf posted:

not sure if the pink crap is for cable management or some kind of heatpipe

that's a watercooling setup with pink dye

the four technicolor fans on the right are for the radiator

# ? Mar 9, 2016 18:42

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

hmm ok well i think that's enough internet for today

# ? Mar 9, 2016 18:55

Mr. Apollo: Nov 8, 2000

SO DEMANDING posted:

I wonder what sort of cases they're making these d-

the expansion cards use a separate riser cable

quote:

PCI-e X16 Riser Cable
Expand your Core P5 Green Edition GPU performance for SLI/CrossFire configurations with the Thermaltake PCI-E x16 3.0 Riser Cable. Support a wide range of GPU solutions and match the cable included in Core P5 Green Edition or other chassis, protect your GPU investment with EMI shielding and gain high conductivity to one of your most vital components.

# ? Mar 9, 2016 19:10

Cat Face Joe: Feb 20, 2005; goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes

in 2003 i had my computer running in an empty soda 12 pack box

# ? Mar 9, 2016 20:04

Apocadall: Mar 25, 2010; Aren't you the guitarist for the feed dogs?

LP0 ON FIRE posted:

components in closed cases are bad enough, but that is a hopeless dust nightmare

buy some air conditioner filters and cut to size for your fans, helps cut down on dust

# ? Mar 9, 2016 20:43

Blackula69: Apr 1, 2007; ＤＥＨＵＭＡＮＩＺＥＹＯＵＲＳＥＬＦ＆ＦＡＣＥＴＯＢＬＡＣＵＬＡ

any half-decent modern case has air filters built in

# ? Mar 9, 2016 20:59

Apocadall: Mar 25, 2010; Aren't you the guitarist for the feed dogs?

it's been a while since i bought a case so that's good to know, we talking $100 half-decent?

# ? Mar 9, 2016 21:03

Blackula69: Apr 1, 2007; ＤＥＨＵＭＡＮＩＺＥＹＯＵＲＳＥＬＦ＆ＦＡＣＥＴＯＢＬＡＣＵＬＡ

yes. here is my non-shameful new case, which was $100:

# ? Mar 9, 2016 21:20

Marzzle: Dec 1, 2004; Bursting with flavor

the ncase is like 200$ but you can finally be loud and proud about your 'rig lifestyle choices

my brother got one and the aluminum is pretty thick and the build quality is decent as hell. if I was going to be building an Adult Computer I would probably wanna get that case

# ? Mar 9, 2016 23:17

Bloody: Mar 3, 2013

Breetai posted:

get on my loving level

i bought this computer entirely with dollars earned by botting eve online and selling eve gold

# ? Mar 10, 2016 04:19

pram: Jun 10, 2001

Apocadall posted:

this 50 pound bastard (18.1Kg empty)

lmao

# ? Mar 10, 2016 04:32

barnold: Dec 16, 2011; what do u do when yuo're born to play fps? guess there's nothing left to do but play fps. boom headshot

NZXT makes decent cases. the Source 210 was not a good case.

those USB ports on the front are like half the depth they need to be, so your USB things are never securely plugged into the port and if you accidentally move the cable the wrong way it's liable to unplug itself. also, there are way too many grates for potential fans (10 fan grates, 3 on the top, 3 on the side, 4 on the back :eyepop:

) which ruins any sort of airflow you could have unless you drywall the grates basically. loving thing sucks and i regret buying it

# ? Mar 10, 2016 06:16

Phoenixan: Jan 16, 2010; Just Keep Cool-idge

Incomplete Fish posted:

my chieftec chenming was the best if they still sold these w/o windows i'd probably buy another one.

had a black one without a window and it was p good at the time

# ? Mar 10, 2016 07:17

ADINSX: Sep 9, 2003; Wanna run with my crew huh? Rule cyberspace and crunch numbers like I do?

lazydog posted:

i owned this in the year 2000

it was not a good case

Why the long case jim?

# ? Mar 10, 2016 07:45

pram: Jun 10, 2001

ADINSX posted:

Why the long case jim?

# ? Mar 10, 2016 07:49

qhat: Jul 6, 2015

The only case you should ever buy should be small for mini itx. There is literally no good reason to buy anything else.

# ? Mar 13, 2016 13:49

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

an insatiable desire for an ability to add shitloads of spinning drives

# ? Mar 13, 2016 19:15

Blackula69: Apr 1, 2007; ＤＥＨＵＭＡＮＩＺＥＹＯＵＲＳＥＬＦ＆ＦＡＣＥＴＯＢＬＡＣＵＬＡ

qhat posted:

The only case you should ever buy should be small for mini itx. There is literally no good reason to buy anything else.

most mini itx cases are bad and AIO water cooling is the new hotness

# ? Mar 13, 2016 19:19

qhat: Jul 6, 2015

Blackula69 posted:

most mini itx cases are bad and AIO water cooling is the new hotness

the bitfenix ones are good

# ? Mar 13, 2016 20:04

oh no blimp issue: Feb 23, 2011

echinopsis posted:

an insatiable desire for an ability to add shitloads of spinning drives

whatever happened to eSATA? have a small case and a load of spinny drives outside it

# ? Mar 13, 2016 20:07

qhat: Jul 6, 2015

Awia posted:

whatever happened to eSATA? have a small case and a load of spinny drives outside it

because literally nobody at all wants that

# ? Mar 13, 2016 20:08

oh no blimp issue: Feb 23, 2011

i have an external usb 3.0 drive

# ? Mar 13, 2016 20:09

qhat: Jul 6, 2015

then attach it to the usb port you mong

# ? Mar 13, 2016 20:12

maniacdevnull: Apr 18, 2007; FOUR CUBIC FRAMES
DISPROVES SOFT G GOD
YOU ARE EDUCATED STUPID

qhat posted:

because literally nobody at all wants that

I own and use an esata drive, a m a

# ? Mar 13, 2016 20:13

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Awia posted:

whatever happened to eSATA? have a small case and a load of spinny drives outside it

I currently use a external to host movies and it's slow, has a slow spin up time and I knock it over and it requires another power supply and cables

I would rather just have an efficient case packed to the rafters with drives mate

when I made my
mums PC the other week her case was sweet and empty. it lacked filters which I guess makes for dust internally but that happens anyway but it was like no screw drive attachment but would hold plenty of drives

reminds me I need to de-dust my heat sink. word is its bad to vacuum it?

# ? Mar 13, 2016 20:36

Jonny 290: May 5, 2005; [ASK] me about OS/2 Warp

Blackula69 posted:

AIO water cooling is the new hotness

sounds like its already not working

# ? Mar 13, 2016 21:17

PleasureKevin: Jan 2, 2011

i backed this on kickstarter but looks like it won't get funded.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dunecase/dune-case/description

# ? Mar 13, 2016 22:22

Sweevo: Nov 8, 2007; i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster