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The Official PC building thread - 4th Edition
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7. November 2013 @ 17:12 |
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
DDP, This microscope. For the price, I won't complain. I've gotten interesting closeups of Bugs, dust, Coins, wire, etc. Rather fascinating.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005AF0BZO/ref=cfb_at_prodpg
If you don't like the software it comes with, VLC media player has the capability of using it :) Which comes in handy for the laptop.
If you want to look at some cells clearly at this kind of magnification, take as thin a "sheet" as you can manage from an onion and have a look. You could use a razor blade to separate one off. They are a relatively huge compared to a red blood cell so you should get a good look :-)
Edit: Just to add cos why not, onion epidermal cell ~0.4mm, red blood cell 0.004mm or 4um, for comparison!
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7. November 2013 @ 17:14 |
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Originally posted by Ripper:
Originally posted by omegaman7:
DDP, This microscope. For the price, I won't complain. I've gotten interesting closeups of Bugs, dust, Coins, wire, etc. Rather fascinating.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005AF0BZO/ref=cfb_at_prodpg
If you don't like the software it comes with, VLC media player has the capability of using it :) Which comes in handy for the laptop.
If you want to look at some cells clearly at this kind of magnification, take as thin a "sheet" as you can manage from an onion and have a look. You could use a razor blade to separate one off. They are a relatively huge compared to a red blood cell so you should get a good look :-)
Thanks bud. I may just do that :D
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7. November 2013 @ 17:15 |
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Meanwhile in the anachronism of optical media...
Ordered two copies of a concert me and my brother attended on DVD - released independently by the artist so no alternative places to buy.
Both discs came DOA (incorrectly manufactured so the spindle centre overlaps into the data layer corrupting it) - I'm not looking forward to this returns process...
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7. November 2013 @ 17:20 |
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
Thanks bud. I may just do that :D
Have fun. I edited my post above to give you an idea of what you might see relative to your red blood cell experiment!
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7. November 2013 @ 17:21 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Meanwhile in the anachronism of optical media...
Ordered two copies of a concert me and my brother attended on DVD - released independently by the artist so no alternative places to buy.
Both discs came DOA (incorrectly manufactured so the spindle centre overlaps into the data layer corrupting it) - I'm not looking forward to this returns process...
Anachronism! I laughed! You'll get no argument from me ;)
Thanks Ripper! That does put things into perspective!
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7. November 2013 @ 21:26 |
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
Originally posted by Estuansis:
I mentioned earlier that I block fans; have overspun a few and learned my lesson, lol. Killed a 600W StealthXStream that way I believe. Long ago when I was much less experienced than I am now :)
Yeah, I probably screwed up one of mine. But, it seems to be ok at the moment (touch wood) My rear exhaust fan hit warp 10 the time before last. I hit it just right! Made a rather curious sound. But perhaps the speed it hit, it traveled back in time, causing it to grow younger, and fitter? LOL!
I thought you screwed up the monitor when the fan hit it? Am I missing something here... ;D shame on me, the devil mad me say that..... LOL
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20. November 2013 @ 14:37 |
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You are the Devil steve! LOL!
Finally just blew out the PC. Or should I say, MEGA tower :p I was getting video signal dropouts. Though the behavior is more suggestive of a video driver issue. The side panel was barely breathing :S I just don't look forward to disconnecting it. It's on the left side of my desk, where it's somewhat crowded to get to. And my back has been bothering me something fierce! The 60 pound behemoth is no joke LOL! Can't wait for my next build. I have all sorts of ideas for it :D
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20. November 2013 @ 14:40 |
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like a lot lighter weight case?
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20. November 2013 @ 14:49 |
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Originally posted by ddp:
like a lot lighter weight case?
I haven't made any final decisions, but basically, I wanna keep the primary basic. And have a separate build, for hard drives and what not. I may even sell the HAF 932. The steel case adds quite a bit of weight to the equation. I may try to focus on chiefly aluminum. And... I may pay to have it custom built. Costly, I'm sure. But why not? It could be exactly what I want it to be ;) If I'm really feeling industrious, I may even make the panels myself. I do have quite a bit of scrap aluminum laying around :p
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20. November 2013 @ 15:06 |
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That's not a bad idea, I've also thought of fabricating my own case, made of good quality aluminium. My uncle has a mig welder I could use and I can get my hands on a small break press so the rest is easy but time consuming of course. I could even bend radius's and get real fancy. Now if I had the time....
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20. November 2013 @ 15:22 |
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Originally posted by Mr-Movies:
That's not a bad idea, I've also thought of fabricating my own case, made of good quality aluminium. My uncle has a mig welder I could use and I can get my hands on a small break press so the rest is easy but time consuming of course. I could even bend radius's and get real fancy. Now if I had the time....
Time and resources. That's what it amounts to ;) We'll see how I feel in february, when I get my lump sum of funds.
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20. November 2013 @ 17:38 |
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Yeah my HAF is not the PC that goes to LAN parties very often :)
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20. November 2013 @ 17:39 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Yeah my HAF is not the PC that goes to LAN parties very often :)
Ahh, why not? LOL! Yeah, they're pretty beastly!
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20. November 2013 @ 17:40 |
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It did do, back when a LAN party meant a short cab journey to the venue a couple of miles away. Now that the two places I visit are either 160 or 210 miles, it's a bit much to do, especially by public transport!
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20. November 2013 @ 20:26 |
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no wheels or wheeled dollie for it?
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20. November 2013 @ 23:33 |
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That wouldn't work in this house. I hope to remedy that, one way or the other next year.
Damned Video Card, warranty void sticker came off while I was blowing it out! I wasn't even directing it at that area much. I hope ether(Starting Fluid) can reactivate the adhesive, should I need to ;) Works on other things :D
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21. November 2013 @ 03:36 |
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Got wheels on it, but I'm not using them all that distance, even the short corridor journeys I kept making back when the HAF did go to LANs caused one of the wheels to wear so much that it broke in two.
The replacement set are a different size, so it sat wonky for a while until I could replace the rest!
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21. November 2013 @ 03:45 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Got wheels on it, but I'm not using them all that distance, even the short corridor journeys I kept making back when the HAF did go to LANs caused one of the wheels to wear so much that it broke in two.
The replacement set are a different size, so it sat wonky for a while until I could replace the rest!
Eesh! The wheels aren't tough eh? I'll have to keep that in mind. Though I'll probably sell the case next year. Not sure yet.
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27. November 2013 @ 21:55 |
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27. November 2013 @ 23:05 |
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Can't say it surprises me. They've been faltering for some time now. I bought their ssd, because I refused to believe that any company could be so bad. But clearly, I was lucky. *touch wood*, my SSD is still doing well. I'm more concerned with my video card and/or video driver. And it better NOT be the Dell U2410 LOL!
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28. November 2013 @ 07:18 |
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Their quality has been plummeting for a while now. They used to put out quite decent products from respectable OEMs. But the latest generations have seen a massive drop in quality. I've always been a fan of OCZ due to my good experiences with their products. It's hard to maintain that positive outlook though when you hear so many reports of questionable failures. I think their RAM is still okay, but that's the limit of products from them that I'll trust.
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 4GHz(20 x 200) 1.5v 3000NB 2000HT, Corsair Hydro H110 w/ 4 x 140mm 1500RPM fans Push/Pull, Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5, 8GB(2 x 4GB) G.Skill RipJaws DDR3-1600 @ 1600MHz CL9 1.55v, Gigabyte GTX760 OC 4GB(1170/1700), Corsair 750HX
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28. November 2013 @ 08:34 |
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I've not got much anecdotal data one way or the other on OCZ from a personal perspective, the only SSD I had from them was a JMicron, which rendered it a terrible product, but not necessarily terribly made, and not necessarily OCZ's fault either.
However, the anecdotal evidence from my friends speaks volumes, as do the statistics. Almost a dozen people I know owned an OCZ SSD at one point. I think only one of them still works.
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11. December 2013 @ 16:48 |
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What do you guys think of this bad boy?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817801093
I'd really like this dock, for connecting a 3Tb drive. And another question, why wouldn't it support 4Tb? GPT is GPT! LOL! I understand limitations on SD/USB, but this isn't the same thing. Most of the docks say up to 3Tb too. Surely this is an oversight...
Perhaps it's because there aren't many 4Tb drives to test. Certainly at the initial release of these docks.
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11. December 2013 @ 16:59 |
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Time to find out for yourself, but with caution eh? :)
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11. December 2013 @ 17:10 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
Time to find out for yourself, but with caution eh? :)
I suppose. I am itching for a WD 4Tb. I'll have funds in a week. I may just entertain the idea. I need to clone some of my more precious data ;)
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