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Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!
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MissThundercat
Are the cis okay?
Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!
People who give me gifts without asking what I need or could really use. I appreciate the sentiment, but next time, ASK!
People who give me gifts without asking what I need or could really use. I appreciate the sentiment, but next time, ASK!
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!
The goddam sewer backed up last night. The night before my girlfriend and I were supposed to leave for our first vacation together as a celebration for getting through the holidays. Guess that plan is down the sh-tter.
Just... f-ck.
Merry f-cking Christmas.
The goddam sewer backed up last night. The night before my girlfriend and I were supposed to leave for our first vacation together as a celebration for getting through the holidays. Guess that plan is down the sh-tter.
Just... f-ck.
Merry f-cking Christmas.
Cripes! How big is that sucker?
St. Clown
Ideas Posted are Likely Not My Own
Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!
They don't need to be big. Sometimes they just need to be fast.
They don't need to be big. Sometimes they just need to be fast.
Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
Not big, just very fast and very hot.
unofan
Well-known member
Yeah, it (pump/heatsink + radiator + pipes) has to be small enough to fit in the computer case, which is a mid-size tower. The pump/heatsink portion is all of maybe 4" by 4" by 2" thick, if that.
Edit: it's a closed loop, all-in-one system, so I'm not just buying a new pump but new radiator and tubes, too. And shipping.
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FadeToBlack&Gold
8647
Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!
People still do water cooling? I thought that and case modding died out a decade ago.
Shows you how long I've been out of gaming.
People still do water cooling? I thought that and case modding died out a decade ago.
Shows you how long I've been out of gaming.
Twitch Boy
Defacing this tagline is a MAX foul
Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!
I've seen setups with mineral oil and liquid nitrogen. Overclocking is still a thing, and that makes beaucoup heat.
Plus now there's cryptocurrency mining which really chows down on the processing power.
I've seen setups with mineral oil and liquid nitrogen. Overclocking is still a thing, and that makes beaucoup heat.
Plus now there's cryptocurrency mining which really chows down on the processing power.
FadeToBlack&Gold
8647
Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!
Oh Christ, forgot about those nutters. Yeah, makes sense.
Remember when people would leave their computers on overnight to do volunteer distributed computing jobs for the SETI@home or Einstein@home projects?
Oh Christ, forgot about those nutters. Yeah, makes sense.
Remember when people would leave their computers on overnight to do volunteer distributed computing jobs for the SETI@home or Einstein@home projects?
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!
Yeah, **** those people. We should make fun of them.
Yeah, **** those people. We should make fun of them.
FadeToBlack&Gold
8647
Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!
I should've been more clear. I didn't mind that.
The crypto nutters can get bent.
I should've been more clear. I didn't mind that.
The crypto nutters can get bent.
FadeToBlack&Gold
8647
Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!
You get one of these for Christmas?
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/kLkzIJX.jpg"></img>
Hope your sewer gets fixed.
You get one of these for Christmas?
<img src="https://i.imgur.com/kLkzIJX.jpg"></img>
Hope your sewer gets fixed.
Twitch Boy
Defacing this tagline is a MAX foul
Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!
I like the science behind crypto and the innovation it's inspiring, but I wouldn't go all in on it. May be smart to throw a few bucks at it in case it goes AAPL on us (personal opinion: that ship has already sailed,) but I wouldn't bet the farm on it.
All it takes is a big enough Very Important Entity to say "nope, party's over."
I like the science behind crypto and the innovation it's inspiring, but I wouldn't go all in on it. May be smart to throw a few bucks at it in case it goes AAPL on us (personal opinion: that ship has already sailed,) but I wouldn't bet the farm on it.
All it takes is a big enough Very Important Entity to say "nope, party's over."
cF[Authentic]
southpaw
How dare someone give you a present before asking what you want!
leswp1
New member
Re: Gear Grinding 9: I Need a Wine!
sorry.
Credit card people grind my gears.
Credit Card X bill arrived in the mail with less than 10d before it was due. I decide to call and pay by phone as this is one of those deals where there is no interest for 18 months and with holiday mail, etc I don't trust it to arrive on time. Person taking my numbers takes 3 tries to get it processedbut tells me I am all set. I get a confirmation # that I paid.
Christmas Eve we get home, open the mail and they sent us a collections notice for payment not made. Originated the day the payment was due saying they couldn't process the payment.
Reader's digest version- the person put in payment as a savings acct, not checking. Meanwhile they wiped our credit limit, sent a nasty notice to the credit ratings people, charged us a 25$ fee (which the person in 'collections' taking the payment never mentioned would be charged).
1h, 07 min and 56 seconds later, 3 diff depts, ( mr les spoke to 2 as well, because it is in his name) our credit is reinstated, they're going to send a correction to the credit bureaus and I know it was against company policy for anyone to authorize phone payments and personally process them.
Meanwhile... when I checked the bank balances to make sure nothing squirelly happened to make money go away, I found we have $$$ in each account but a charge on our reserve credit. mr les called the bank and no one at the bank can tell us why. This is after we had a mysterious keying error that used a check # 2 times and shorted us 1200+$. Proving one should always balance a checkbook!!
To complete the trifecta irony~ the same credit card that sent us to collections- the one that sent the bill so late last month I had to call to make the payment- managed to sent this bill early. Arrived today in the mail as I am on the phone trying to straighten this all out saying I am delinquent and charging me for last month with no notice about collections. I would cancel the thing yesterday except we are interest free for the next 6 months.
sorry.Credit card people grind my gears.
Credit Card X bill arrived in the mail with less than 10d before it was due. I decide to call and pay by phone as this is one of those deals where there is no interest for 18 months and with holiday mail, etc I don't trust it to arrive on time. Person taking my numbers takes 3 tries to get it processedbut tells me I am all set. I get a confirmation # that I paid.
Christmas Eve we get home, open the mail and they sent us a collections notice for payment not made. Originated the day the payment was due saying they couldn't process the payment.
Reader's digest version- the person put in payment as a savings acct, not checking. Meanwhile they wiped our credit limit, sent a nasty notice to the credit ratings people, charged us a 25$ fee (which the person in 'collections' taking the payment never mentioned would be charged).
1h, 07 min and 56 seconds later, 3 diff depts, ( mr les spoke to 2 as well, because it is in his name) our credit is reinstated, they're going to send a correction to the credit bureaus and I know it was against company policy for anyone to authorize phone payments and personally process them.
Meanwhile... when I checked the bank balances to make sure nothing squirelly happened to make money go away, I found we have $$$ in each account but a charge on our reserve credit. mr les called the bank and no one at the bank can tell us why. This is after we had a mysterious keying error that used a check # 2 times and shorted us 1200+$. Proving one should always balance a checkbook!!
To complete the trifecta irony~ the same credit card that sent us to collections- the one that sent the bill so late last month I had to call to make the payment- managed to sent this bill early. Arrived today in the mail as I am on the phone trying to straighten this all out saying I am delinquent and charging me for last month with no notice about collections. I would cancel the thing yesterday except we are interest free for the next 6 months.
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Jimjamesak
Already insane, UAA making it worse
Not to mention to the 3 screen setup all at 4K plus the microphone, sound mixer, and face cam for Twitch streaming.
unofan
Well-known member
Case modding is still pretty niche, but water cooling is becoming standard for even moderate gaming rigs. A basic all in one cooling system isn't much more expensive than the higher end traditional heatsinks but works better and quieter (until the water pump fails).
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