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    New build won't post

    per the manual, use A2 and B2:
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    Who is camping out for the 5090?

    An extra 1100 for a 360 aio?
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    Nvidia GeForce 6800 Ultra AGP Engineering Sample

    I almost grabbed one of those on eBay last month but I can't remember why I didn't. I ended up going ATI but for some reason the 6800 series was always most interesting to me
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    Who is camping out for the 5090?

    I haven't had a green card since my ti4600.
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    Day 2 of power outage .. temporary Laptop setup Thinkpad X13

    30 hours would be pushing my solution for sure. I run all my networking on UPS's, and could charge up devices in the car if needed. Also have a Bluetti 716wh power station. But I think that'd all be dead in 30 hours. About 10 years ago we were without power for a few days in a winter storm and I...
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    USB flash drives are a great invention

    I have a couple 1TB usb drives that are pretty fast. I load them up with videos when I take a trip. Used to have to bring a hard drive, now it fits on my keychain.
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    Who is camping out for the 5090?

    any time I camped out it was for fun and I enjoyed it. I wouldn't hesitate to camp out at best buy from midnight to 5am again with friends. However, this time of year in new england, I will not be doing so. It's an interesting experience though if you haven't done it.
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    Deleted

    I'd probably go itx just to torture myself.
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    Do e-retailers launch online sales of new hardware at a particular time?

    wonder if best buy will have that timer bullshit again to add to cart, only to have it... not add to cart.
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    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition Review - The New Flagship

    This one one card where a GPU and PSU bundle would actually make a little sense.
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    windows eleven de-bloat tool

    a 2 click tool that you need to disable antivirus that changes a ton of windows functions? What could go wrong?
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    The Post Your Old/Retro Builds Thread

    In case the x800xt aiw didn't work out, I picked this up as well. I do plan on using the aiw video input functionality though so hopefully this is not necessary.
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    The Post Your Old/Retro Builds Thread

    For $25, you'll get a good amount out of fun. Better than most new games!
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    Those of you who have built more than once, what motherboard manufacturer(s) is the best in terms of longevity?

    My gigabyte boards have been surprisingly trouble free over the years. I say surprisingly because several were the cheapest model available for the socket matx board. Probably had about 5 over 10 years wirhout issue.
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    Ryzen 3700x stuck in motherboard socket. What to do, if anything?

    I have a 3d printer, I don't have a big adjustable wrench :D
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    Ryzen 3700x stuck in motherboard socket. What to do, if anything?

    I'd 3d print a square sleeve just big enough to fit around the perimeter of the cpu snuggly, and put that over the cpu and use that to rotate the cpu. With the sleeve that fits well, you could even use a set of channel locks or something on the outside of the sleeve without worrying about...
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    The Post Your Old/Retro Builds Thread

    Another piece of the puzzle :)
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    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition Hands On, Taken Apart

    I thought that was the flux capacitor? Sorry I read that in Doc Brown's voice. I really wish some AIBs would take note that we want a card that looks and feels like an FE for near FE prices. We do not want 5 slot cards. Given the size of the FE PCB, I think we need to see some creativity on the...
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    FS/T: TONS OF STUFF! Minisforum ITX, DDR5 RAM, motherboards

    honestly they are the highest quality radiators I've laid my hands on. They are a work of art. I'm pretty much done with custom water cooling though and just got them to compare how 120vs240vs360mm rads perform for curiosity. Never ended up doing the test and have a watercooling test bench with...
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    FS/T: TONS OF STUFF! Minisforum ITX, DDR5 RAM, motherboards

    the Minisforum ITX boards with soldered CPUs do not come with RAM or storage. The BD790i SE does not come with a wifi module, while the BD790i non-SE and AR900i do come with wifi and antennas. They use laptop ram and the 2 ram kits I am selling are compatible. Bump!
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    The Post Your Old/Retro Builds Thread

    No beige here. Being a 2005ish era build going for a little more modern look. Back then I had a couple chieftec dragons. I almost went with another, but I found a different chieftec case that is a little more professional looking which I think goes with the dual opteron nicely as a workstation...
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    The Post Your Old/Retro Builds Thread

    Working on an agp opteron dually soon. Have a bunch of old gpus but most are pcie so I have a new agp gpu coming hopefully next week. I got my case for the build yesterday so I'll post it up when I unbox it. Do you guys think running wraith prisms would look out of place or a subtle touch to an...
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    RM1000x blew my motherboard?

    Did you reuse any modular cables?
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    Sold DDR3200 as 3600 - Seller says it clocks fine so who cares

    The result is not a problem for performance but is literally not as advertised. A 3200mhz kit that runs 3600 is not a 3600mhz kit.
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    Sold DDR3200 as 3600 - Seller says it clocks fine so who cares

    Someone might want to use it on a board that doesn't support ocing or custom timings. It was a mistake on the sellers part even if accidental. While I don't think the difference is enough to complain about, in real world it is of little consequence, if the buyer wanted to return it I'd say...
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    Where to obtain Windows XP in 2024/25?

    Thank you for all the help everyone! I think I have now secured a clean iso. After playing with xp, I think i will try to get windows 10 running on it for regular use for security reasons. Parts are starting to roll in!
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    noblechairs ICON Gaming Chair, Real Leather, Midnight Blue/Graphite $399.99 (Dead)

    That's a nice looking chair.... I want it but don't need it :(
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    Where to obtain Windows XP in 2024/25?

    I am putting together a retro PC from the XP era and haven't used XP in at least 10 years. I have since tossed all my OS discs, but also know XP is insecure to use now. I heard you can install an unofficial SP4 to get it much safer though. Anyway, where is a legit/"safe" place to get an XP...
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    Bambu Labs 3D Printer Sale

    No regrets getting an A1 Mini here, but I do have another printer for larger stuff. 9 times out of 10 I'm sending prints to the A1 Mini though. Gone through 1.5 spools of PETG in the past 24 hours.
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    GALAX's GeForce RTX 5080 Box Design Leaks Out

    is anyone so hyped for 50 series to get excited about a box leak?
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    The [H]ardForum Perpetual Freebies Thread

    Will it post in current condition? I just need to post test a few mobo cpu ram combos to make sure they are compatible
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    The [H]ardForum Perpetual Freebies Thread

    Anyone have any agp graphics cards? Not expecting anything amazing for free, but I need one to test some old parts for an accidental retro build(woops!) and I haven't secured a gpu yet. Much appreciated!
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    FS/T: TONS OF STUFF! Minisforum ITX, DDR5 RAM, motherboards

    heatware under mnewxcvheatware, ebay feedback here. *YOU* must also have verified feedback. (((I have 2FA enabled))) Items are used. Prices are PP F&F. Shipped prices are US48. Make an offer! Willing to offer big bundle savings! Got an eye on a new project so everything must go! I will have...
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    Anyone running a local instance of Llama 3.3(70B)?

    I'm messing with the smaller llama 3.1 8B right now. Fits a bunch of different cards. I am going to see how 3.3 70B runs on CPU once I add some system memory as well. Hoping it is somewhat usable with a 16 core ryzen.
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    Minisforum BD770i/BD790i SE

    Well I went a little nuts in trying to find the best board for my application. I now own a BD790i(7945HX), BD790i SE(7940HX), and AR900i (13900HX). I will be testing them all to find the best one for my use case, and maybe using the others for some secondary PCs or throwing in the FS/T forum...
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    Ray Tracing Has a Noise Problem

    I mean noise is a real thing in raytracing. You can trade performance for quality but these are games not overnight renders. I haven't been distracted enough by in game noise to make me not enjoy it.
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    I want to build a NAS

    I think 2.5gbe would be fine as that should be about 300mb/s, and I haven't had issues editing off of a local hard drive which is slower than that. I would definitely consider 10g in the future, but the cost to overhaul the network isn't something I'm ready for, and I already have 2.5gbe...
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