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Thanks E, that means a lot to me to hear my work is appreciated, and I have fun and enjoy doing it. If there's any shirt ideas you have in mind, let me know and I'll do my best to create what you want.

Was pretty much kidding about the graphics designer position. I am also a talented writer but probably wouldn't be great at reviews.

Didn't mean to disrespect or anything and I appreciate your positive response.. thank you.

27 minutes ago, pioneerisloud said:

I sincerely do not mean this in a rude manner, but I don't think it QUITE works that way mate.  I could be wrong, E can probably explain it a tad better, or maybe Avacado......but from what I've seen around here, you do good work, and things are offered based on your skillset and if you want to do it or not.  I didn't ASK to become a reviewer, it was offered to me based on what I bring to the table.

 

We're all in this together.  And that's what's important.

I was half kidding. Possibly mostly kidding. And yeah it came off as rude but that's okay.

4 minutes ago, ENTERPRISE said:

 

Yeah coming from US distribution, so will take couple weeks minimum before here

Figured as much.

I got another design planned but it will involve me using traditional mediums and then scanning it in, but I got some new watercolor markers expressly for this purpose. Let's hope they're better than the ones I already have.

Dunno when I'll get my official graphic designer position lol

Update:

Got form letters from Intel, Asus, Corsair and Thermaltake (Corsair and Thermaltake sent me stuff in the past)

Corsair sent a link to buy apparel and gear but it sends me to a server error page.

Intel directed me to theintelstore.com which I had no idea existed and is pretty cool and worth checking out.

Hey E,

Is the item being shipped from America? There's some incense I like and buy but it ships from the UK now and takes like a month to get here, I know stuff from the other side of the pond takes a while. Do you have any ETA on when you will have the shirt? Pretty excited, sorry to bother you from your duties with the new site move and Discord server.

@ENTERPRISE

It's only really dirty/noticeable on areas that are NOT near the rgb strip on the sides. The biggest culprit and problem is basically dead skin on the bottom of my mouse that accumulates around the rubber pads on the bottom. Then if I move it a certain way it'll transfer to the mousepad and look like a streak of light discoloration. I've tried using a toothpick to go around the edges of the rubber pads on the bottom of my mouse to get the dead skin off, which also accumulates on game controllers under heavy use around the seams where the halves meet, and its effective on game controllers but not on the rubber pads underneath my mouse. (I probably need to just peel them off and use Goo Gone on where the pads were to remove any stickyness.)

I usually have the bright white led recessed lights in my basement room (there's like 18 in the ceiling) OFF and have a lamp near my desk plus bright leds coming from my rig, and the mousepad looks fine then. But with those lights on its really noticeable.

Thanks for your advice. I will try it.

Anyone know how best to clean a mousepad that probably can't go in the dishwasher? Should I use Dawn on a damp towel?

In

bigred

Also this came today from the last one. Thanks @Fluxmaven

Yep, definitely getting a white/red one. You did a great job on the one with the traces and logo with icons, @UltraMega

So I'm wondering what the size/Oz. Is on the red and white mug with the logo, icons and circuit pattern? I use a much bigger than normal coffee cup in the morning and it looked larger than a standard mug. The black mug with Flux' design is cool but too small for me.

@UltraMega

Nice. Like the theme and caps a lot.

Nope, don't really follow stuff like that. Probably bad.

Okay, an update.

Intel said they don't give out free stuff anymore HOWEVER directed me to

Looks like they offer a lot of branded merchandise and I had no clue this even existed. Did anyone else?

Additionally, I emailed:

AMD

Nvidia

G.skill

Corsair

Asus

MSI

Thermaltake

Sapphire

Cooler Master

And I think that's it.

Guys, particularly bastiaan who I think is team captain, on our team page here:

https://hwbot.org/team/extremehw/

If possible, edit the "About Us" section and insert extremehw.net at the end. That way anyone poking around our page will possibly come to the site.

@Bastiaan_NL

4 hours ago, Nikado7 said:

My work in progress.  I drilled through the wall and put the computer in the garage.  Plan to wall mount the components and go back to my mora for extreme cooling since I can't hear anything in the garage.  So weird restarting the computer and hearing no beep no nothing just hoping the monitor turns back on.  

 

Oh I got a keychron wireless keyboard and wireless 502 lightspeed.  

Looks good dude. Clean and simple, no clutter.

20 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

 

My time with OCN since 2004 under the original ownership/leadership was THE golden era and I'm happy and incredibly privileged to have been a part of the journey. I look back to the golden years with many fond memories of achievements had by myself and others as well as the genuine sense of "community" that OCN fostered.  OCN was the "Right place at the right time" for me. I was at a stage in life that was really difficult and being a part of the community at that time was the positivity I needed to grow and overcome some obstacles, for that I will be forever thankful.

I was a member of OCN since 2011. I no longer use the site, but have fond memories of discussions, overclocking, benchmarking, and folding in the team competition.

I bolded what you said, as this rings true personally for me in the present day with EHW. I made an account here in 2020 but a few months ago I decided to get on and actively participate. It is about the only social interaction I have besides that with my wife and retired mother, and doctors and nurses at appointments. Everyone has been extremely good to me here and given me lots of rep much faster than I expected.

As you well know, I live with severe pain issues- Chronic Pain Syndrome, Degenerative disc disease, Chronic Neck Pain, Hip impingements requiring a hip replacement, and fibromyalgia. However, getting on this community and its Discord and especially finding out others in the hobby deal with similar issues has been extremely good for me.

The social interaction and engagement I get while discussing the hobby has helped my depression, and made the pain more bearable. So thank you for creating this forum. I have been way less depressed since starting to participate. (And thanks for not filling it with Reddit, Google, Facebook, and Twitter trackers/scripts. Jeez go to OCN sometime with NoScript in your browser. It's a mess.)

Hey all,

I am wondering what the best way is to clean a thick cloth mouse pad with rubber on the bottom and RGB lighting around the sides. It is https://www.amazon.com/UtechSmart-Extended-Brightness-Mousepads-31-5×11-8/dp/B07PQDLF51/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=utechsmart+mousepad&qid=1675115239&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUE1SzZOS0JJN09aMDEmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA2MTk5NjUxMzFHSTRCWFJETjJUJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAxNzc1MzVWMjBITEhYQ05CT1kmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

Sorry for the long ass link. I dont know how to shorten them

Anyway, I know with soft pads you can run them through the dishwasher but we have a brand new dishwasher that has a drying cycle that uses high heat. I also assume the little box attached to it in the top left with the button to change the colors that the cable connects to has a simple PCB inside.

Is there any other way to clean smudged areas on the mousepad? I had one just like this for years and the rgb became dim over time, I tried Dust Off wipes and alcohol wipes on the cloth to clean it and they left fibrous residue on the pad that never came off. Any ideas?

I've gotten shirts from redbubble and I had one in particular I wore for years and after 6 months or so the printing started to peel off/melt in the dryer. I got a ton of anime shirts and gaming shirts from them, and they'd be good for about 3 months but then the printing would start to flake off after enough washes. So I think washing it a lot and especially drying it might cause some wear. If it ruins it badly then you know you don't want to go with that site (printify I believe) if the art is going to come off.

Enterprise when you get the shirt you should wash and dry it like 10 times in a row to see how it holds up. Might be worth drying it once on high heat to see if it shrinks. You should pull it apart with both hands and make sure it doesn't rip. Etc

@ENTERPRISE

So no more 18601s all day or what?

I'm getting other units all the time in the last two days, completed 45 WUs yesterday (my record) but only made 30m points...

15 hours ago, bonami2 said:

Found him:

 

Here the response

I don't think he want to join us sadly. 

 

Too bad!

52 minutes ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Only 1 shirt. The one with the GPU PCB over the grid. Only 1 was ordered as this is a quality check only. 

Ok, cool.

That's not a GPU PCB, it is our chip we will eventually release in 2123. You'll see when you get it.

(Don't believe the specs; that is actually a DIP packaged Motorola 68000 I turned gray to look like a heatspreader.)

3 hours ago, ENTERPRISE said:

Sample set of merch has been purchased. Now just to wait for shipping

Awesome. One of each shirt? Did it include the white one with the logo and gradient icons or no?

6 minutes ago, UltraMega said:

 

Can always just do cash payments. 

Lol true enough. Check your pm's.

Hey, this is a really cool idea but unfortunately it takes money to make money.

Both the systems turned out great: nice and clean, nice RGB, Wraith cooler looks great (but unfortunately you can't really OC on it).

I would do this myself, and have money I could use to do it with, excepting that any money I make has to be reported to Social Security and they deduct it from my payment. So if I don't do something that makes me over $900 a month (substantially more) there is no incentive to work. It's really stupid. I could always do it on my wife's eBay account...

Anyway, I like this idea a lot.