Recent content by Mohonri

Gee, I thought *I* was kicking it old school--three of the four computers in our office are running DDR3 (2nd, 3rd, and 4th gen i5's), and I don't have *anything* running DDR5 yet.

If you're still looking, I may have a Radeon 5450 with HDMI out. Will check tonight. Super low-end, but at least it doesn't require a PSU connection!

Gee whiz, I'm still rocking a Pixel 3A, and it's working fine for me...

Oh, goodness, thanks for bringing up those painful memories. Of course, nowadays it's still not completely smooth--I still have to reboot the cable modem if I switch out the router.

I have a pair of 4GB DDR3 sticks, if that'd be sufficient.

Yes, it does, and for an extra few bucks (because it'll take a bigger box), I can include the PSU that came with the computer. These parts are from the wonderful times when all the big PC manufacturers used standardized parts!

Fair enough. I have a CPU/Mobo/RAM combo up for grabs. It's a working pull from an old HP tower (I wanted the case). i3-3240, 8GB RAM, rear I/O plate included. $15 shipped

Any chance you could clean up that area with a q-tip dipped in alcohol and post another pic? How big are those traces? I could make an attempt at repairing those--I do a fair amount of smallish SMD soldering at work, so I might stand a chance.

Yes, standard ATX power

I have a Dell Optiplex 790 motherboard with an i3-2105 and 6GB of RAM that I'm trying to get rid of. Anyone want it for the price of shipping? The front panel and fan headers are non-standard, but I'll include adapters for them. EDIT: Claimed!

Fortunately, the games played most in our house are Starcraft 2, Minecraft, TF2, and Kerbal Space Program, so I haven't been suffering terribly. Amazingly, the Windows 7 installation on that computer is probably 7-8 years old by now.

Man, I've fallen behind the times--my rig at home is running an i5-3570. Next year, though, I'll finally get around to building a new one!

LOL I just decommissioned our old HTPC, and all it has is a i3-2105, so I'm not much help, sorry :D

I totally get the reason for the plastic. I just think it's silly that the industry has standardized on something that is mostly useless.

The case is amenable to that idea--it has a pair of 80mm intake fans, and I can blank off other areas to steer airflow where I need it. I took a closer look at the 120mm intake fan on the current PSU, and was a bit annoyed to find that over 50% of it is blocked by a plastic sheet, so that the...