EDIT: Cancelled by the seller! Not sure if it was a scam or just someone selling way under market price. either way im not getting this shit haha.

I opened amazon and just saw 64gb ram for 162 euro. what the fuck? I'm building a pc and already ordered 32 gb for 240, which i thought was a good deal. am i gods favourite child?

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Was fired last year from my job due to a work mistake causing disc herniation had to sell everything i owned and use my 12 year old gaming pc.

Finally got a job again and started working overtime to save up for a new pc, today i was out buying butter when i checked the "Demo section" in the electronics saw something say HP and a price of 180USD thought it was a printer but never seen a HP Omen printer before.
Picked it up just to realise it was a gaming pc... Rushed to the checkout with my butter and gaming pc in hand, they told me it was a pricing error and the original price was 2800USD but an employee must have made a mistype but since it was in the store they would honor the price and sell it to me.

Finally! Joining the RTX Club.
Upgrading from a i7 6800K and GTX 1060. (And this will ofcoure be donated to a family with no computer)

Check out how I built this case from scratch on my YT: MXC Builds :D

After dreaming for this setup since I was kid (flying Flight Simulator X with mouse and keyboard on my parents low end home desktop) I’ve finally made some money and made my own Pc and setup (I will add few more things like an entire A320 overhead panel when it will get released).

The Pc in photo is my first Pc build (built in 2024 coming from console)

4080 Super | 7800X3D | 32GB RAM CL30 | 2TB 990PRO | B650 Tomahawk | AIO Thermalright 360mm | Case HAVN 360 Flow | PSU MSI A1000G MPG | Monitor ALIENWARE AW3425DW

While all the Flight sim peripherals I got them from WINCTRL

I basically sprinkle water drops on top of tissue paper

So my girlfriend wanted to try gaming. We had no space for a desk so did this lol. Used my old computer and gear to get her going.

I don't need nor want an additional fan, not currently super into any fandoms so I hadn't considered any specific sculpture/figurine either

A family friend didn’t want to take the time to repair this monitor and said I could have it if I could fix it. The longest and most painful part was just opening the back up. After that I desoldered a single resistor and it’s good as new. I don’t understand why Samsung keeps putting these resistors in; I’ve seen so many videos and different variations of ultrawides with the exact same issue and fix.

Edit: I've seen quite a few people asking how I did this. The fixes are out there, but they can be a little tricky to find.

This video shows how to open the monitor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfMW-LtxnEs

These videos show the actual repair that needs to be done:
https://youtu.be/w69VoYzMNV0?t=746
https://youtu.be/1nq2boarFIM?t=295
https://youtu.be/AAZ9UlcAoNA?t=184 (The resistors are on a different board in this video; look for groups of 3 resistors to help locate if you can't find them on the board shown in the other video)

As you can see, there are several variations of these boards. I noticed that there are always 3 resistors close together, so that might help give you a clue where to find yours. Also, I saw quite a few variations which had them off in that little cut out area, which also might help you find them.

The cleanest way to remove the resistor is by putting a little dab of flux on the component and then hitting it with a heat gun designed for desoldering SMD components. My next choice would be using a soldering iron, but you would have to be very precise and make sure not to remove the other two resistors. If you have no soldering tools, you can use a pair of fine tweezers or side cutters to snap the component off the board. It's nasty, but it'll work in a pinch.

Hope this helps!

build in progress

With Ram going through the roof and GPUs having an uncertain future with VRam I decided to just pull the trigger, in case things are much worse this time next year. Worth it in your opinion?

I saw someone else had already linked a screen shot from the full video but I wanted to share some HD shots of my Custom Wood Noctua PC.

My wife and I have a little guy on the way. We live in a one bedroom place so I had to pack away the rig to make room for a nursery. The first of many more sacrifices to come...

They only made 300 of it, back in 2011. It's carried me through rough years, but now those are over and it's time for this command center to get the upgrade it deserves.

Here is the full writeup: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1vjnst5/restoring_the_old_thermaltake_level_10/

every day

Alright, here it is, my 16" 120hz OLED, Raspberry Pi 5 (16gb), Gamesir G8 with the RRtronicscreations 420mm extension mod...setup. What am I the only one that has tried this?

So, I wanted to build a dedicated moonlight target system, as my Steamdeck's 7" screen is just too small. So, I started to consider a tablet and extension controller setup.
But, because I was not swimming in cash at the moment, I didn't think my wife would be too happy about me buying a tablet (specifically a Galaxy Tab Ultra), understandably. So I started to look at the hardware I already owned:

Raspberry Pi 5 16gb I had purchased for a Pi-Hole, and a few different projects.
A 16" 120hz portable OLED monitor.
A Gamesir G8 that I had gotten used.

I first tried a configuration where I glued a strong MagSafe ring magnet to a Xbox controller adapter, the adapters that are used to hold a phone to a Xbox controller for gaming, but even with the strongest MagSafe magnets I could find the controller would disconnect from the back of the monitor (that also had a MagSafe ring on it, those white rings you can see in some pics) too often, plus it was a weird angle that would cause me to bend my wrist in an uncomfortable way. So I ditched that idea and purchased the RRtronicscreations 420mm extension mod for my Gamesir G8 controller, having the controller in this configuration was significantly better and more comfortable.

I had done some modification to the Raspberry Pi to improve my experience too.
First, I installed an Intel wifi 6e NIC, as the limited speeds of the built in wifi 5 chip was limiting the speeds I could set within Moonlight. I added two active cooling fans, allowing me to overclock the RP5. The first fan is just the regular aluminum heatsink cooler that raspberry pi makes, the second fan one is a 40mm x 40mm cooling fan that was built into the RP5 case I got. Because the active cooler used the only pins the RP5 has on its mobo for cooling, I spliced a USB A Male 2 Pin cable with the case fan, then plugged that cable into one of the USB ports of the RP5 to provide power to the second case fan.

For power, the only thing I needed to do was get a 1 input-2 output USBc cable. Connecting the input to a 96 watt Macbook charger, and putting the outputs into the USBc power input for the monitor and the USBc power input for the RP5.

The monitor is a Uperfect 2880x1800 120hz OLED monitor I got off Aliexpress. The panel is manufactured by Samsung, and is what Samsung uses in some of their laptops.
Unfortunately I had to use the HDMI input for the monitor, as the RP5 does not use USBc output for video, it only uses a HDMI micro output. Due to using HDMI input for this monitor I was limited to using 100hz, not 120hz.

While using the system, I just lay down on the couch, resting the screen on a thin pillow that is on my chest.
It's one of the better gaming experiences I've ever used due to having a vibrant screen only a few inches from my face, plus the comfort of laying down. HOWEVER the RP5 is still just a little under powered as I still do get some lag during graphically intense moments.
Also, I'm not going to use this system for fast paced FPS gaming due to the lag found within moonlight, but that is a issue of just game streaming in general, not the system itself.
But it is perfect for games like Fallout 76, RDR2, and Wreckfest, my most played games.

Will I keep this as my main gaming system going forward? It's hard to say as while it does really work well for me right now, I do miss having the portability of a battery, as for this I need to plug into an power outlet. But like I said it works for now.
I found employment so maybe I'll get myself a used Tab Ultra S9 and see how that works too.

Anyways, if you were considering doing something similar then learn from my trial and errors, as I had several during this setup, so if you have a question, feel free to ask.

I hope you like this battlestation.

I accidentally dropped the glass panel of my new PC case and it looked like this! I got that cracked stairs railing design 🥹

Started on the 1st of April. It's just a couple sheets of plywood with red mahogany coating and Semi-Gloss Poly.

Between the 5090 and my loop, my office was getting roasted even with a dual-hose AC. Room felt like a sauna every time I gamed. So I built a setup to vent all the PC exhaust outside instead of just blowing it around like a fart in a closet.

Made a shroud over my 360mm top rad

Hooked up two high-speed fans to a duct blowing straight out the window

Turned the rear case fan into a second exhaust, added another fan + duct

Built a clean-looking wood insert so I didn’t have janky plastic flaps hanging out the window

Tied it all together so both ducts push heat outside while the dual-hose AC keeps the room cold