I just spent half a day restoring my old IBM PC 330 to a working state. It features an Intel Pentium 166MHz with 16MB of SDRAM and an 8GB IDE harddisk drive. There's also a networking card, as well as a Soundblaster 16.

As much as I appreciate its compact design, it's a real pain to assemble! Oh, well.. looks like everything's working again. Hurray! 😀

#PCGaming #RetroPC #RetroComputing #IBMPC #Pentium #90s #PCBuilding #Oldschool #Retro #MSDOS #DOSGaming

218-pound PC built inside a cast-iron Victorian radiator — cooling an RTX 5090 'probably out of the question'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/pc-building/218-pound-pc-built-inside-a-cast-iron-victorian-radiator-cooling-an-rtx-5090-probably-out-of-the-question

If you are planning to build a desktop PC then this resource will be useful.

https://mobomaps.com/

It will help with planning how to install PCIe and SSD devices for best performance, or what performance you may lose if you populate additional SSD or PCIe slots on the main board 😊

[cc @paulshardware ]

#PCComponents #PCHardware #PCBuilding
#Motherboard #PCIe #SSD

Dell's new prebuilt PC has special custom power connector for Nvidia GPU — even large OEMs apparently fear the 16-pin power connector meltdowns

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/pc-building/dells-new-prebuilt-featuring-an-rtx-5070-ti-comes-with-bolted-on-12v-2x6-connector-even-large-oems-fear-the-16-pin-power-connector-meltdowns

Thermal Grizzly pops the top on Ryzen 7 9850X3Ds for you, charges eyewatering premium for delidded chips — almost double the cost of a regular model, comes with its own warranty

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/pc-building/thermal-grizzlys-delidded-ryzen-7-9850x3d-is-twice-the-price-but-packs-a-two-year-warranty-pre-tested-chip-is-covered-for-nearly-any-chip-failure

PC novice hits the jackpot with free RTX 3090 PC from kindly neighbour — potent build features $1,500 GPU paired with liquid-cooled i9-10850K and Asus Maximus motherboard

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/pc-building/pc-novice-hits-the-jackpot-with-free-rtx-3090-pc-from-kindly-neighbour-potent-build-features-usd1-500-gpu-paired-with-liquid-cooled-i9-10850k-and-asus-maximus-motherboard

Someone needs to start a Graphics Card manufacturer called Humanitas.

#PCGaming #GPU #PCBuilding

First time buying a higher wattage #nvidia #GPU and of course I managed to hit one with a very annoying high pitched coil whine when GPU is drawing >100 watts. Hopefully the merchant will accept it for RMA 🙏

#pc #pcbuilding #gaming #nvidiartx #asus

With todays prices I would not be able to have afforded my pc. Not even close. That memory cost 400 Bucks total. 9 months ago.

#pc #pcmr #linux #pcbuilding #prices #ai

Youngest has had his share of a new gaming computer saved up for months (~£500/€575/$680), about one third of the total. Just had an email from our usual parts supplier, and the absolute state of things.

I’ve traded him my games PC. It’s DDR4, but has a couple upgrades. Mini-ITX in a nice aquarium case. Going to miss it, but he’s happily playing Minecraft and downloading his Steam library.

Can this bubble not just burst already 😒

#PCBuilding #gaming #AI #parenting