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[EHW Ai]

On 25/02/2023 at 20:37, The Pook said:

Pook and D'Jango, Circa 2001

 

 

 

[Fluxmaven]

 

Picked up a Ubiquiti Enterprise 8 2.5Gb PoE+ switch. 

 

Also grabbed some horizontal cable management, a spare DDC pump, and an EVGA XR1 capture card.

[neurotix]

7900X3D, G.skill Flare X DDR5 6000 cas 36, Asus ROG Strix X670-E gaming, and a lightly used Corsair H150i off Ebay (current cooler won't fit because of the VRM heatsink on the top of the board).

[damric]

Michele bought it. 65" Samsung 4k 120Hz Free Synch Pro TV. Looks nice. I was just watching her play Hogwarts, which looks amazing with everything turned up. Her 5800X3D and 6900XT don't seem to be breaking a sweat. Actually her flying around on a broom looked so real it made me nauseous.

[The Pook]

On 04/03/2023 at 22:44, The Pook said:

RIP Maestro III, replacing/replaced it with an Acer Swift X 14

 

 

only a 5825u + 3050 Ti but the price was right 

 

everyone should get a cheap junker laptop to dick around with. only noobs use laptops on HWBOT so ez trophies

 

Found a working 50W BIOS (stock is 30W) but I can't find a working >50W. I did find the shunts though (10 mOhm would get me 83W after DB ). 

[The Pook]

 

for laptop BIOS modding shenanigans 

 

 

[pio]

Just scored a Dell E248WFP (1920x1200 / 60Hz / TN Panel) for $16.

 

Also scored a set of 2.1 Altec Lansing VS4121 speakers for $19.  Only had to open the subwoofer up and dig out all the rat poop and toys stuffed into the subwoofer....seriously had no clue it was THAT gross inside.  Whatever, its cleaned out now.  Looks fine on the outside.  They WORK fine.  Yay.  Do not recommend these speakers, but they will go nicely with one of my vintage builds, so that's why I bought them.  They're not HORRIBLE bad, but they're far from good too.

On that note, there was another deal I couldn't pass up at the thrift store.  There was a "chinsey" set of speakers sitting on the shelf, still brand new in the box.  I absolutely had to try them.  AVol AS200's.  I can't seem to find anything about them online, but found a few auctions that sold them years ago for under $5.  I paid $28 for them.  Definitely steep, but....they're so amazingly crap, they were worth the money just because of that fact.  They're literally a $9.99 brand new pair of 2000 era speakers from Ali-Express or something.  They sound exactly as you'd expect, and because of that.....they're quite lovely.  Yes, they suck....but you expect that.

[EHW Ai]

For my s23u:

 

 

I'll be making Hollywood quality movies of myself before you know it (no, you won't find them on Pornhub).

[schuck6566]

On 15/03/2023 at 13:56, pioneerisloud said:

Just scored a Dell E248WFP (1920x1200 / 60Hz / TN Panel) for $16.

 

Also scored a set of 2.1 Altec Lansing VS4121 speakers for $19.  Only had to open the subwoofer up and dig out all the rat poop and toys stuffed into the subwoofer....seriously had no clue it was THAT gross inside.  Whatever, its cleaned out now.  Looks fine on the outside.  They WORK fine.  Yay.  Do not recommend these speakers, but they will go nicely with one of my vintage builds, so that's why I bought them.  They're not HORRIBLE bad, but they're far from good too.

On that note, there was another deal I couldn't pass up at the thrift store.  There was a "chinsey" set of speakers sitting on the shelf, still brand new in the box.  I absolutely had to try them.  AVol AS200's.  I can't seem to find anything about them online, but found a few auctions that sold them years ago for under $5.  I paid $28 for them.  Definitely steep, but....they're so amazingly crap, they were worth the money just because of that fact.  They're literally a $9.99 brand new pair of 2000 era speakers from Ali-Express or something.  They sound exactly as you'd expect, and because of that.....they're quite lovely.  Yes, they suck....but you expect that.

For my 2.1 speaker needs I use 2 different sets of creative powered speakers I got used years ago. 1 actually from a dumpster where I lived at the time because the speaker wires had been chewed. I replaced the rca cables and bought a stereo speaker plug to hook it up to the speaker output on my comp and it worked great. The set I bought new were $39.99 (I think) and over the years the volume controller has gotten where it shorts makes noise in the speakers when it's adjusted. (It's a cheaper set than the dumpster recovered set). Sound is still pretty good though.

[EHW Ai]

 

[Snakecharmed]

On 15/03/2023 at 14:56, pioneerisloud said:

Also scored a set of 2.1 Altec Lansing VS4121 speakers for $19.  Only had to open the subwoofer up and dig out all the rat poop and toys stuffed into the subwoofer....seriously had no clue it was THAT gross inside.  Whatever, its cleaned out now.  Looks fine on the outside.  They WORK fine.  Yay.  Do not recommend these speakers, but they will go nicely with one of my vintage builds, so that's why I bought them.  They're not HORRIBLE bad, but they're far from good too.

 

I remember considering the VS4121 for a work build. This would have been in 2007 when I worked for a very small startup and we were basically building our own computers. I just needed something cheap but not completely scraping the bottom of the PC audio barrel. I ultimately got a used Altec Lansing VS2221 set (which was two generations older) on eBay instead and expensed it. I don't really remember much about how they sounded (other than forgettable, obviously) but like every Altec set I've ever had, the volume control knob aged poorly and gradually produced noticeable static with one channel sometimes cutting out along various positions on the potentiometer.

 

It's kind of wild thinking about the hoops we had to jump through to get marginally acceptable audio for low-volume music listening on PCs back then versus now.

[pio]

4 hours ago, Snakecharmed said:

 

I remember considering the VS4121 for a work build. This would have been in 2007 when I worked for a very small startup and we were basically building our own computers. I just needed something cheap but not completely scraping the bottom of the PC audio barrel. I ultimately got a used Altec Lansing VS2221 set (which was two generations older) on eBay instead and expensed it. I don't really remember much about how they sounded (other than forgettable, obviously) but like every Altec set I've ever had, the volume control knob aged poorly and gradually produced noticeable static with one channel sometimes cutting out along various positions on the potentiometer.

 

It's kind of wild thinking about the hoops we had to jump through to get marginally acceptable audio for low-volume music listening on PCs back then versus now.

I can hear voices coming from the "subwoofer" on this set.  They're really not that good lol.  For the purpose of why I bought them though, they'll work.

[pio]

Scored for $8.99 at the thrift store.  No idea what it even is.  I thought maybe an external CD copier, but there's no buttons other than a power button.  No connections either, except a power connection.  I'm stumped.  But its beige.   

 

 

 

[J7SC_Orion]

backup for the backups 

 

 

[EHW Ai]

 

They'll be paired with the Z790 Apex MB (ordered the 2x32GB sticks to make it easier for me to work in Premiere & After Effects).

 

[The Pook]

M E R V 

and earbuds for my laptop 

 

 

charger was too chonky 

[Memmento Mori]

dont know guys if you remember transport tycoon and rail road tycoon .. this is looking amazing 

[The Pook]

 

[Simmons]

My nintendy switch ran out of space lol

[ozlay]

Edited April 12, 2023 by ozlay

[bwalker36]

Went to return a router, left with:

 

Edited April 15, 2023 by bwalker36

[schuck6566]

20 hours ago, bwalker36 said:

Went to return a router, left with:

 

lol, been there,done similar.... 

[damric]

ALWAYS ASK FOR COUPON

 

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Luke (4/16/2023, 10:22:36 AM): The bass
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Luke (4/16/2023, 10:34:55 AM): I don't need that 
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Julio L (4/16/2023, 10:35:02 AM): Ok 
Luke (4/16/2023, 10:35:29 AM): When I learn how to play better and get the really expensive stuff I will
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Luke (4/16/2023, 10:38:02 AM): So we have a bass guitar, a case, an amp, and some extra strings 
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Julio L (4/16/2023, 10:41:45 AM): $260.99 for the amp and I will include the strings at no charge 
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Edited April 17, 2023 by damric

[The Pook]

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Julio L (4/16/2023, 10:18:19 AM): How can Julio make your day? 

 

[damric]

8 minutes ago, The Pook said:

 

Julio made my day saving me like $150