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8 years ago
And I'm back. Wow that was bad luck. So, story time for the people who were curious.
Moved my computer so Micheal and I could spend time together and keep warm. Was fine for a while, then machine died. No power to peripherals, unless I switched off the PSU, waited, and then switched it on again. Noticed the blue LED on my mouse flicker and then die. So this meant it was 1 of 2 things: A bad PSU, or the mobo. I am now in a tricky situation because I have no extra PSU to test with. Any parts I order, if they're wrong, means I'm double fucked because I could be waiting up to 2 weeks for a second round of parts.
So I just decided, fuck it. Looking at Newegg, I bought new machines in 2007 and 2012. Well. It's 2017 now and I figured it was about time anyway, so I replaced all the old standards and just built a thing. Then we get the worst snowstorm of the year. No hyperbole. Delayed my shipment that was already late by an additional 3 days. I went a week without a machine. Then it gets here and I realize I had no thermal compound and the CPU didn't come with a stock heatsink. Dug like a madwoman for hours and luckily found some extra.
Ended up being a bad board, so it was the smart decision. As a bonus, my old ram had the same timings and close to the same speed as Micheal's, so I underclocked it slightly and nothing went to waste except an old i3 2100 which is probably still good.
New systems important bits:
AsRock Z270 Killer SLI/AC
Core i5 7600k (Overclocked @ 4.4GHz)
NVidia GTX 960 SSC Edition (@ 1450MHz)
16 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 (@ 3200MHz)
Samsung EVO 250GB SSD (My first one! Wowwwfast)
Huge CPU upgrade that eradicated my old Sandy Bridge bottleneck and doubled the speed of my RAM (Even with the higher CAS of DDR4).
So happy birthday to me! I'm 30 today with a new computer. I get to spend the day installing stuff.
Moved my computer so Micheal and I could spend time together and keep warm. Was fine for a while, then machine died. No power to peripherals, unless I switched off the PSU, waited, and then switched it on again. Noticed the blue LED on my mouse flicker and then die. So this meant it was 1 of 2 things: A bad PSU, or the mobo. I am now in a tricky situation because I have no extra PSU to test with. Any parts I order, if they're wrong, means I'm double fucked because I could be waiting up to 2 weeks for a second round of parts.
So I just decided, fuck it. Looking at Newegg, I bought new machines in 2007 and 2012. Well. It's 2017 now and I figured it was about time anyway, so I replaced all the old standards and just built a thing. Then we get the worst snowstorm of the year. No hyperbole. Delayed my shipment that was already late by an additional 3 days. I went a week without a machine. Then it gets here and I realize I had no thermal compound and the CPU didn't come with a stock heatsink. Dug like a madwoman for hours and luckily found some extra.
Ended up being a bad board, so it was the smart decision. As a bonus, my old ram had the same timings and close to the same speed as Micheal's, so I underclocked it slightly and nothing went to waste except an old i3 2100 which is probably still good.
New systems important bits:
AsRock Z270 Killer SLI/AC
Core i5 7600k (Overclocked @ 4.4GHz)
NVidia GTX 960 SSC Edition (@ 1450MHz)
16 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 (@ 3200MHz)
Samsung EVO 250GB SSD (My first one! Wowwwfast)
Huge CPU upgrade that eradicated my old Sandy Bridge bottleneck and doubled the speed of my RAM (Even with the higher CAS of DDR4).
So happy birthday to me! I'm 30 today with a new computer. I get to spend the day installing stuff.
.....happy birthday xD
*Sneezes confetti*
HSSSS of happehness <;3
-Spoon
I'm looking forward to building a new rig. Still running on an i7 950, which despite having come out in 2009 actually runs most games pretty well. I can definitely feel a bottleneck in Overwatch and Star Citizen, though, so maybe a new Ryzen rig is what I need... Here's to hoping Vega is good.
I'm not sure if you work with a Cintiq or something similar, but if you still use basic tablets like me, you should consider getting a large 2k or 4k monitor to maximize your workspace. It feels really great, especially since the new processors/gpus can handle it. A Cintiq is always better, but a large, hi-resolution monitor is the next best thing to really spruce up your workspace.