PC Construction

[Black Hole]

I think that's going to be a good name for my PC.

Yes, I'm in general agreement, but still with the problem of picking a mobo from the plethora. The Gigabyte BIOS (if I can call it that) looks interesting for tuning cooling etc.

 

[prpr]

IIRC Zen was the Liberator's computer and Orac was the precocious but superior "portable" acquired later on.

<boing>
Confirmed.
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I was mortified when the Liberator got "metal cancer" and Servalan blew it to bits. I hated Slave.

 

[Deleted member 473]

Cheap and cheerful at its best.

 

[Black Hole]

I was mortified when the Liberator got "metal cancer" and Servalan blew it to bits. I hated Slave.

Ditto. Got the tune in my head right now.

 

[Deleted member 473]

Overwrite it, quick!

 

[Colsta]

Two things in particular stand out for me:
1. I didn't care for short hair on Women until super baddie Servalan (a sublime fusion of Rachel Ward and Darth Vader)
2. Paul Darrow's wry smile in one episode when we he punched the intercom quickly after the usual "bing, bong" and said "Avon"

 

[Black Hole]

Does anybody think the Asus ROG Strix B350-F Gaming would be a poor choice of motherboard?

 

[Colsta]

The only comment I can pass is ASUS boards are always amongst the most highly rated due to their tuneability and reputation for good quality capacitors.

 

[Black Hole]

Sounds like a good pick then - I have to stick a pin in the map sooner or later and just hope.

 

[Black Hole]

The die is cast:



That's from Overclockers - their prices seemed to be as good as anywhere and better than a few others I looked at. I had a look around for voucher codes too, but couldn't find anything that worked. Searched the local Freecycle for a graphics card, nothing doing and I didn't see the point of paying almost as much for a second hand card on eBay (or wait for delivery from China).

So in theory it will all come in one big Christmas present on Friday, and if any of it doesn't work I only have to deal with one supplier.

Thanks for bearing with me!

 

[prpr]

What are you putting it in?

 

[Black Hole]

Nothing yet, I'll just run it on the bench.

Finding a case is another can of worms!

 

[Trev]

WTF is going on with the formatting of this page?

 

[Deleted member 473]

What about a cooling fan? Several? Variable speed? I loved the sound of my final desktop, hand built, ramping up the volume as it crunched numbers.

WTF is going on with the formatting of this page?

Nothing.

 

[Black Hole]

WTF is going on with the formatting of this page?

Even after a refresh? Screenshot?

 

[Black Hole]

What about a cooling fan?

Stock CPU cooler comes included in the Ryzen 5 box.

Parcelled up for collection...

 

[Deleted member 473]

I meant a case cooler.

Even after a refresh? Screenshot?

I can't remember how to do a sceenshot in Android.

 

[Black Hole]

Simultaneous press of the home button and the power button - but it's a lot more fiddly than iOS.

 

[MontysEvilTwin]

I can't remember how to do a sceenshot in Android.

Power and volume down buttons at the same time.

 

[Black Hole]

I meant a case cooler.

When I get a case...