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JD:

--- Quote from: Goth77 on July 31, 2024, 10:53:56 AM ---as a PC builder this has got to be one of the oddest setups I've seen. As janky as it may look I can't help but respect the work that went into this

I do have a couple questions and concerns though. Why is the case upside down? What are the internal specs? Your aloe plant looks like it may be dying or needs replanted into a bigger pot w/ new soil

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You're a PC builder but don't think the case is right-side-up? ;)
A lot of computers, especially weird form factor desktops/etc had weird proprietary motherboards that had an "upside-down" scheme, and since this is a cash register PC, it was most important for space savings. But yeah it's fine to have the mobo itself upside down, as long as airflow is alright
Aloe plant is fine, it is making pups, just has one fugly stalk
It's some i5 @3.2-3.5GHz, GTX 950 (though I own a 3050 but it's in my other PC), 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz, 500GB Samsung Evo SSD, 1.5TB WD Green from a million years ago

Update matching monitors. Left one needed backlight recap so I replaced the capacitors. Trying to find a third one

Goth77:

--- Quote from: JD on August 07, 2024, 05:41:29 PM ---You're a PC builder but don't think the case is right-side-up? ;)
A lot of computers, especially weird form factor desktops/etc had weird proprietary motherboards that had an "upside-down" scheme, and since this is a cash register PC, it was most important for space savings. But yeah it's fine to have the mobo itself upside down, as long as airflow is alright

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in all my years of PC building I've never seen one with such a form factor lol. I think the closest thing I've seen was an old IBM slim form factor PC with a pentium 4 that laid on it's side, but I still don't recall the pcie slot being at the top like that, it's just strange to see. Anyways, the specs are pretty good - I am curious though, is the SSD an NVMe or using SATA? Some PCIe gen 3 motherboards do have an NVMe slot but it's on the rarer side to encounter.

JD:

--- Quote from: Goth77 on August 10, 2024, 04:50:41 PM ---in all my years of PC building I've never seen one with such a form factor lol. I think the closest thing I've seen was an old IBM slim form factor PC with a pentium 4 that laid on it's side, but I still don't recall the pcie slot being at the top like that, it's just strange to see. Anyways, the specs are pretty good - I am curious though, is the SSD an NVMe or using SATA? Some PCIe gen 3 motherboards do have an NVMe slot but it's on the rarer side to encounter.

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Well, I can't say I've ever seen business/Point of Service terminals with NVMe drives, I think this is right around the cusp of them being ubiquitous, it's just a SATA Samsung 850 Evo SSD
I haven't, though, opened up any newer ones, though... so maybe it's a norm now. xD
Yeah I've seen lots of systems with this form factor though -- cuz I do a lot of picking of ewaste. LOL Most were HPs though like this one. It's really just an upside down mobo, I recall some desktop HP pcs that were a little weird had this sort of offset layout with the CPU socket on the opposite side of the board and the PCI slots further up for no reason other than I guess space saving and profit margins

Multisour:

--- Quote from: JD on July 26, 2024, 10:38:08 AM ---

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logged in to say how mega based the playlist is.
i recommend adding finger eleven - paralyzer, soad - b.y.o.b, dreamscape, asking alexandria - not the american average, maybe some motionless in white and born of osiris, and 21 guns by green day for the complete late 2000s youtube experience.

JD:

--- Quote from: Multisour on August 12, 2024, 08:20:39 AM ---logged in to say how mega based the playlist is.
i recommend adding finger eleven - paralyzer, soad - b.y.o.b, dreamscape, asking alexandria - not the american average, maybe some motionless in white and born of osiris, and 21 guns by green day for the complete late 2000s youtube experience.

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what if I told you most of those are already on there? ;)
I just cut it off at like 2008 though, SOME 2009 music.
I added a ton of music the past few weeks! The playlist is so damn long it actually takes a minute to load the library into WMP. LOL

Thx 4 logging in just to share cx

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