Computers General

[Goujer (she/her)]

Finally made space on my messy project bench, so I can have something else than just heaps of unfinished console projects.

iMac that I've had since 2005? 06? Hadn't booted it in probably 10 years, and this silly thing just powers on without issue. Still, I installed a pirated OSX Panther on it long ago, and its clearly not running optimal on that, after all 1998 hardware trying to run a 2003 OS. I should look into downgrading it down to OS 9, as what it was originally running.
Pretty silly that it supports a modern-ish bluetooth keyboard just like that.

Those old iMacs and eMacs die hard, they're like tanks.

[VonDaab]

Just built my current system, but still didn't stop me from picking up a new case.



Because, WOOD.

Also bought an another Arc B580. because after I bought my first one, there was a new 3-fan model of it, and I want to try to build a quiet air cooled system.
Not to mention not a bad idea to have an extra GPU in the current market situation.

Lots of rumours going about Intel announcing a 300Watt B770 card come January, but I cant imagine it going for any sensible price now.

[Bella]

Finally made space on my messy project bench, so I can have something else than just heaps of unfinished console projects.

iMac that I've had since 2005? 06? Hadn't booted it in probably 10 years, and this silly thing just powers on without issue. Still, I installed a pirated OSX Panther on it long ago, and its clearly not running optimal on that, after all 1998 hardware trying to run a 2003 OS. I should look into downgrading it down to OS 9, as what it was originally running.
Pretty silly that it supports a modern-ish bluetooth keyboard just like that.

Man I miss my G1 iMacs. I wish I had the space to keep them in my current place. T_T

Nice mug too. ^__^

[VonDaab]

Well, took a good while to get around rebuilding my system. Slight delay due to the Ryzen 7600 frying itself and then the whole mucking about with the warranty. Got it replaced under warranty with a 9600X, which I don't mind.
There was some talk that ASRock has had issues with frying AMD CPUs, but it's becoming more apparent that its really AMD who's at fault as the fried CPUs are starting to crop up on various motherboard manufacturers. This is purely an AM5 socket issue it seems, and even then heavily implied majority on the 9000 series, but with my fried one being a 7000 series, I have a feeling its really the whole AM5 production.

But anyways, got that fish tank made. Also upgraded to a 3-fan Sparkle Nox B580.
Also will be getting more fans for it, as when ordering fans I wasnt sure if I wanted 2 or 3x140s at the bottom, but when building decided I wanted 3, so side panel ended up with only a single fan, so looking bit weird.