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This is a story of a little ITX computer who was not wanted by anyone.
It had dents, scratches, some holes on the top, and well beauty? There was none....
One day, a buyer bumped into ITXrella. ITXrella said "I believe I am what you are looking for!"
The buyer said "Why would that be? You don't look like a good score!"
ITXrella was upset, and started to cry.
It turned away, with its back to the guy.
The buyer saw the I/O ports, and suddenly, he started to question.
"Is really a piece of junk? or is there more to this obsession?"
"Two ethernet ports? must be realtek junk"
ITXrella giggled and said "oh, I can give you more than that, you hunk!"
The buyer then said, "Ok, let's see what you've got!"
She laid down, and took off one of her panels to see what he thought.
The buyer said "What is this? a crappy 500GB drive?"
ITXrella immediately said "Just wait, the real deal is about to arrive!"
She took off her other panel, and now the buyer was in awe.
The buyer said "Oh my god! This should be against the law!!"
The real beauty was hidden inside you see,
and now the truth is finally free!!
What will happen next? Will ITXrella get a new dress (case) and new jewelry (maybe a low profile gaming video card)? or will the buyer love her for who she is? Will she grow up to be an ESXi machine? Will she host a powerful router VM? a home theater PC? or maybe she will be a beefy, cool and very quiet gaming console!!
Find out soon, from the next buyer!!
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The specs and part out prices:
i5-6400T with a TDP of just 35W!! - $150 shipped
ASRock H270M-ITX/ac with dual Intel gigabit ethernet ports, 802.11ac, and bluetooth (and yes, its kaby lake ready/NVMe ready!!) - $105 shipped
Lite-on Y48CM LJT-128L6G-11 M.2 128GB SSD - Not sold separately
Team Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) (The board is upgradable up to 32GB) - $75 shipped for 2x8GB, $140 shipped for 4X8GB
IN WIN BQ656 with a 120W power supply (no, it is not the 80w PSU listed in the link) - not sold separately
Generic seagate 500GB 5400RPM 2.5" drive (because reasons) - not sold separately
Price for the whole bundle -
I COMPLETELY miscalculated the value! I used a high tech tool (Windows calc.exe) to correct the price:
was $495-->$455-->$445 shipped for the whole package
Other options:
The BYOD (Bring your own dress) package - Mobo/CPU with HSF/RAM/SSD - was $380-->$370 shipped
The eye candy package - Mobo/CPU (with HSF)/RAM only - was $350-->$340 shipped
The to the point package - Mobo/CPU (Without HSF) /RAM only - was $330--> $320 shipped
The No respect package - Mobo /CPU (no HSF) only - was $265--> $255 shipped
Trades I'm looking for:
1TB M.2 NVMe SSD
32GB (2x16GB) DDR3L SODIMM
MacBook Pro with an i7 or a newer i5
Apple watch 2
2TB+ 2.5" HDDs
Battlefield 1 for PC
Doom for PC
Steam gift cards
Amazon gift cards
Trades will depend on the item to determine if cash should be added on either side of the trade.
I will add more trades later, but feel free to ping me.
Hope you enjoyed the show, and thank you for your time!!
This is a story of a little ITX computer who was not wanted by anyone.
It had dents, scratches, some holes on the top, and well beauty? There was none....
One day, a buyer bumped into ITXrella. ITXrella said "I believe I am what you are looking for!"
The buyer said "Why would that be? You don't look like a good score!"
ITXrella was upset, and started to cry.
It turned away, with its back to the guy.
The buyer saw the I/O ports, and suddenly, he started to question.
"Is really a piece of junk? or is there more to this obsession?"
"Two ethernet ports? must be realtek junk"
ITXrella giggled and said "oh, I can give you more than that, you hunk!"
The buyer then said, "Ok, let's see what you've got!"
She laid down, and took off one of her panels to see what he thought.
The buyer said "What is this? a crappy 500GB drive?"
ITXrella immediately said "Just wait, the real deal is about to arrive!"
She took off her other panel, and now the buyer was in awe.
The buyer said "Oh my god! This should be against the law!!"
The real beauty was hidden inside you see,
and now the truth is finally free!!
What will happen next? Will ITXrella get a new dress (case) and new jewelry (maybe a low profile gaming video card)? or will the buyer love her for who she is? Will she grow up to be an ESXi machine? Will she host a powerful router VM? a home theater PC? or maybe she will be a beefy, cool and very quiet gaming console!!
Find out soon, from the next buyer!!
=============================================================
The specs and part out prices:
i5-6400T with a TDP of just 35W!! - $150 shipped
ASRock H270M-ITX/ac with dual Intel gigabit ethernet ports, 802.11ac, and bluetooth (and yes, its kaby lake ready/NVMe ready!!) - $105 shipped
Lite-on Y48CM LJT-128L6G-11 M.2 128GB SSD - Not sold separately
Team Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200) (The board is upgradable up to 32GB) - $75 shipped for 2x8GB, $140 shipped for 4X8GB
IN WIN BQ656 with a 120W power supply (no, it is not the 80w PSU listed in the link) - not sold separately
Generic seagate 500GB 5400RPM 2.5" drive (because reasons) - not sold separately
Price for the whole bundle -
I COMPLETELY miscalculated the value! I used a high tech tool (Windows calc.exe) to correct the price:
was $495-->$455-->$445 shipped for the whole package
Other options:
The BYOD (Bring your own dress) package - Mobo/CPU with HSF/RAM/SSD - was $380-->$370 shipped
The eye candy package - Mobo/CPU (with HSF)/RAM only - was $350-->$340 shipped
The to the point package - Mobo/CPU (Without HSF) /RAM only - was $330--> $320 shipped
The No respect package - Mobo /CPU (no HSF) only - was $265--> $255 shipped
Trades I'm looking for:
1TB M.2 NVMe SSD
32GB (2x16GB) DDR3L SODIMM
MacBook Pro with an i7 or a newer i5
Apple watch 2
2TB+ 2.5" HDDs
Battlefield 1 for PC
Doom for PC
Steam gift cards
Amazon gift cards
Trades will depend on the item to determine if cash should be added on either side of the trade.
I will add more trades later, but feel free to ping me.
Hope you enjoyed the show, and thank you for your time!!
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