What Have You Done Today - (Computer Version)
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I've managed to fill my 2TB Steam library hard drive. This is madness. However I have a 2TB drive sitting pretty much unused in my Mac so I might just stick it in my PC so I can effectively stick my fingers in my ears and go 'LALALALALALA' for a while longer.
nick09
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I was bored today so I exchanged the heatsink in parents PC to a 92mm tower type made by Rocketfish(Which is a best buy brand made from second quality cooler masters). Improved the cooling compared to the stock cooler(Of course the processor is an Athlon II X2 250 so it would be cooler no matter what).
I'll be transferring my computer from my Fractal Design Define 3000 case to my Fractal Design Define R3 case tonight. Then I might move my parents PC into the Define 3000 case since it's better quality than the Antec 300 case
I'll be transferring my computer from my Fractal Design Define 3000 case to my Fractal Design Define R3 case tonight. Then I might move my parents PC into the Define 3000 case since it's better quality than the Antec 300 case
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nick09
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I love it. It's a level over the Fractal Design Core 3000. Also weighs 8 pounds heaver. Currently my system weighs 33 pounds and 2 ounces with this case. Sure was not fun to walk downstairs in the middle of the night while holding onto to the computer to put it back next to the TV(Currently used as a media computer).
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I like the look of the Core 3000 for a more compact system, is it any good? My girlfriend wants me to build her a 'PC' (PC hardware, but Mac OS) and I was eyeing the Core 3000 for it. But yeah, I love my Define. It's just a nice, clean, understated monolith of a case. None of that 'look at my LED fans! I HAVE LIQUID COOLING' stuff. The door is a bit of a pain though as mine is always open.
nick09
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It's a good case but the construction can be lacking making it harder to close side panels or installing PCI-E cards(No problems with closing and opening side panels but I've encountered problems with the screw alignment in expansion brackets). When my 3000 came in it had a dent on the left panel which I'm not sure if the damage was from shipping or from the factory. I've been looking at the reviews of the new model with USB 3.0 and it seems like the problem I had is gone. You may have to use a pair of vice grips to get a few of the standoffs in(My case seemed like it had paint in the holes).
About the side panels, I've found that the Core 3000 side panels are less likely to damage the metal clips that hold the panel on the case than the Define R3(I had several clips flatten out and when I bent one back a chip of the paint popped off!).
So the Core 3000 is a pretty sturdy case that despite the drawbacks is still worth the money
About the side panels, I've found that the Core 3000 side panels are less likely to damage the metal clips that hold the panel on the case than the Define R3(I had several clips flatten out and when I bent one back a chip of the paint popped off!).
So the Core 3000 is a pretty sturdy case that despite the drawbacks is still worth the money
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If you'd ever want to consider having an internal IR receiver, I'd highly recommend an ASRock board. I've used the ASRock FM2A85X-ITX in a SFF HTPC build, and I'm rather happy with it.
And while we're at cases, I've just put a new build into a SilverStone SG10, and I'm really loving that case. It's my new favorite case for a Micro-ATX build.
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Going to install Windows8 on dad's laptop... gonna be fun :grumble:
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My new goal in life is to get this (JK):
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My new goal in life is to get this (JK):
Nice! But where is this supposed to be housed? In a fishtank?
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I see what you did there
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Today I plugged my PC into my TV to see how it would perform, the answer is: very. It's weird seeing such smooth frame rates on that big old thing.
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Well, I finally bought myself a Raspberry Pi, just to see how well these work running XBMC. Got delivered today, so set it up with the latest stable OpenELEC, and I can honestly say that I'm impressed. I mean, for a device that cost me less than A$40 delivered. Naturally, it won't work for any demanding codec without hardware support, but apart from that, it seems to work extremely well so far. Only thing that isn't working for me yet is Live TV, streamed from my server, as the TV signal is MPEG2 here in Australia, and the Pi doesn't come with a license. Thought of looking into transcoding the video signal server-side, but then I figured ~A$3.50 for a license really isn't all that much. In retrospect, I could have tried to do server-side transcoding, and only because it can actually take up to 72 hours until you'll get your license. Oh well, done now, at least it means I won't have to fiddle around with my server. Can't wait to see how well it works.
Edit: Just got my MPEG2 license. Added it to the config, and Live TV seems to be working as well now. Nice! And all for ~A$43 all up. Well, will have spent a little over A$50, once my raspberry colored case arrives (just had to
), and excluding the power supply seeing I was able to re-use one of my old ones.
Edit: Just got my MPEG2 license. Added it to the config, and Live TV seems to be working as well now. Nice! And all for ~A$43 all up. Well, will have spent a little over A$50, once my raspberry colored case arrives (just had to
), and excluding the power supply seeing I was able to re-use one of my old ones.
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was bored decided to fix my old laptop (installing ubuntu)
and i cant be bothered looking at the new one
and i cant be bothered looking at the new one
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I was hearing an annoying sound from my computer today so I decided to clean and re-apply thermal paste to my CPU. Last time I did this I did not use alcohol (Just wiped it down and re-applied) and made sure I did this time. I also thought about checking out my GTX 550 ti to see if it needed thermal paste and it did. There was nothing and I mean no thermal paste at all. I had no idea how long it has been like this but I was surprised.
After re-assembling all the parts and finding a few screws I accidentally knocked down, I tested my GPU to the same overclocks I tested last time. Max Temperature 60 degrees Celsius at 99% load. I will be overclocking it even more as long as it does not crash.
An extra note: My room is warmer now then when I did my first test.
After re-assembling all the parts and finding a few screws I accidentally knocked down, I tested my GPU to the same overclocks I tested last time. Max Temperature 60 degrees Celsius at 99% load. I will be overclocking it even more as long as it does not crash.
An extra note: My room is warmer now then when I did my first test.
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I'm about to start making a handheld mouse/keyboard replacement for use with Steam's Big Picture mode because it's getting a bit annoying when a game has a setup dialog or asks you to enter some text. I'm thinking I'll use two analogue sticks and a few buttons, one stick for the mouse (obviously), the other for Big Picture-style text entry (where you tilt the stick in a direction and it gives you four letters, then you press A, B, X or Y to enter the corresponding letter), then four buttons for cursor keys (and text entry), alt, tab, space, enter and mouse 1/mouse 2. That should cover it, I think.
Alternatively I could use the keyboard from my very much stalled Apple Pi laptop and get a £60 Apple trackpad, mount both on a piece of scrap MDF and call it a day...
Edit: Well, it sort of works... I found a bluetooth keyboard so I figured I'd just focus on the mouse part, I got it to do the pointy part but the click part is a bit broken at the moment, because every click physically takes more than one cycle of the Arduino so you basically accidentally spam mouse 1 every time you click. Doing so made the Arduino IDE crash and I lost my work, so now I can't be bothered and I think I'll just play a controller-friendly game for now.
Alternatively I could use the keyboard from my very much stalled Apple Pi laptop and get a £60 Apple trackpad, mount both on a piece of scrap MDF and call it a day...
Edit: Well, it sort of works... I found a bluetooth keyboard so I figured I'd just focus on the mouse part, I got it to do the pointy part but the click part is a bit broken at the moment, because every click physically takes more than one cycle of the Arduino so you basically accidentally spam mouse 1 every time you click. Doing so made the Arduino IDE crash and I lost my work, so now I can't be bothered and I think I'll just play a controller-friendly game for now.
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Did you figure out what the annoying sound was?
I broke piece of the fan on the 550 ti. I opened my case while it was on, to see if my GPU was hot. I touched it and forgot my pinky was above my fan and it hit breaking a piece of the fan. When I cleaned my desk I found the piece. I found out this morning what the sound was as it disappeared and I thought the fan was always like that (with a piece missing). Sorry for the misleading post.
Now when the fan speed goes above 75% in vibrates my whole desk.
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At least you didn't lose your pinky 👍. Keep an eye on the fan now that it's not balanced due to a missing blade. Doubly so if you do a lot of gaming.
