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A computer store near me has this wall of motherboards, so cool.

And just look at all these Linksys WRT series routers!

Probably acquired them when someone ran outta business.

They've been around for a while and love to collect like me, so we get along quite well.

Ahh, are these on sale BTW, the routers, esp?

They're mostly for display in the shop, but maybe if I asked really nice.

Here's my setup for the big RackNerd thread of 2021

Woah, that's impressive, man. That green lit keybaord an HP Pavillion gaming?

Yeah that's my 2019 HP 15Z, Ryzen 5 1050ti. Not a bad little rig for $450!

"Not a bad" is an understatement. That laptop had great thermal management (both hardware and software) for the price it retailed for.

Oddly enough the reviews from Best Buy said the exact opposite, but I snagged it anyway and mine is excellent still to this day. Probably fixed the cooling issue with a BIOS update by the time I purchased it, I guess the fans weren't kicking in when they should have been?

I was able to play Cyberpunk 2077 on it with no problems when it released, when people with much higher end hardware were complaining of constant problems, so I was happy with my choice.

I see, maybe you got one of the very first generations. Pavillion series you own was later famous among gamers for badass thermal management.

My first laptop was compaq. 2GB ram, pentium. 5kg weight.

Whatever happened to Compaq?!

Absorbed by HP.

Yup. That was solid laptop though. Service was also good at that time.

I have an old Compaq sitting in my mom's garage somewhere, probably only a handful of years newer than that IBM Thinkpad. I should go get it and see if she will still boot.

I think it will. Mine still turns on. Screen damaged but can see some gibberish on it.

Still own the old Compaq? Remember how much you got it for?

Not working. Just have it in a box. I think I got it for 32K at that time.

Didn't know laptops were that cheap in those days.

Cheap? Noooo. 30k was big amount at that time. Dont forget the inflation.

Oh yah, completely forgot about that. I was talking about the amount I was quoted for a low end laptop when we got our first desktop PC in 2004. They quotes us 60K for a low end laptop.

not a bad deal in rupees

Back in the day though that was an amount of luxury for us.

ah i see, context is eveything i suppose. Dont know exactly what its like there or what was "normal" at the time

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TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

He's a professional at this, so he knows slow and steady wins the race.

I am like retired professional competing with young guys.. 🤣

Retiree making a re-entry. Cue music.

🤣🤣

Feeling like Dhoni?

Definitely not. 🤣

Maybe some CSK music will get you there.

what is csk music? Im not familiar with that. a genere?

No, it's actually a cricket team. Chennai Super Kings.

Got it. One of your favorite teams?

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I'll be not going for anything now!

Theres a lot of things! Im sure you can easily pick up something from the giveaways!

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TrK got his sleep? Or going to sleep

He slept?

Most prolly. He is known to be a night owl.

He didn't sleep the entire night.

Yup, pulling an all-nighter is tough. Did that last year.

Not good for health though. Did it couple of days last year on some project. Got sick after few days.

Yah, at times you get so damn used to it, that you become delusional about it being perfectly healthy. Most of the times, it's not.

I slept like 2 hours a day for an entire week.

I have done that during exams.

I think most of us do that before exams. Atleast backbenchers.

Yup, studying at the 11th hour is a special skill we had.

And forget everything before exam, because lack of sleep.

Never faced that. I performed best at the 11th hour.

when crunch time comes, thats what really puts the pressure on

Hell yeah. Even now, I believe I can perform very well when under pressure.

YEah i feel like my productivity quadruples during crunch time

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TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

He's a professional at this, so he knows slow and steady wins the race.

Absolutely. Consistency is key if you want the first prize.

Master. 🙇‍♂️

No consistency in real life though.

You'll get there.. we mature and tend to settle as we age.. or just get married.

Not ready to take that magic potion as an experiment yet.

You seeing anybody?

Nah, figuring out life for myself first.

no a bad thing to do and never too late

Thanks for that, man. I needed some assurance.

no problem! anytime you need some encouragement I am here for you my friend

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Anyways, gotta get back to work and also have my breakfast. Will see you guys very soon. Keep it alive.

You also have work today?

Yup, need to finalise my personal project today.

The mystery project?

Yah, should be online for public consumption in the next 2 days, if all goes well.

very neat. I look forward to seeing it when its done

Sure, dude. Will tag you when I share the link.

Thanks for looking out! Good to know you always have our back!

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And I need to hit the bank now out of money to even purchase a pack of biscuits

UPI?

Empty....... Like my wallet

Then you mean hitting bank means robbery?

Need to borrow some money from father

Thats one way to look at it. frather banks

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I mean I'll be here when I have free time but not for anything else!

np i get it. Takes a lot to stay invovled in all these conversations. It stinks to fall behind because there are some hidden treasures in here such as blazins cars, the giveaways, and the general fellowship and support you see through this thread.

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Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

I wish first 5 gifts are laptops with different configs this year.. everybody wins a laptop.

Interesting. That would mean, the configs have to be lowered a bit. But, it'd guarantee more laptop winners.

Exactly.. lower specs..

Maybe Framework laptops?

Means?

Easily customisable laptops - https://frame.work/ Even GPU can be upgraded without soldering.

Oh this. Is it still in making. Seen something like this for mobiles as well few years back.

No no. This has been around for a few years now. They started doing plug and play GPUs only recently I guess.

I didnt even realize that. Feels like it has been forever

Yah, there were YT channels covering these laptops.

I dont watch much youtube so that could explain how i was living under a rock

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Just going to have fun in the racknerd party!

Thats all you can do here!

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I know it's not physical tech, but I once built a fully functional clock in Minecraft.

How did you do that?

Complex Engineering

Well, have never played Minecraft before. But, the functioning of the clock, did you code it in Java?

Oh, friend, no this is built with items in the vanilla/unmodded version of the game. With redstone you can make some crazy circuits, most people shy away from it though.

I haven't yet played Minecraft, but, doesn't seem easy to make a functional clock. Kudos.

Thank you! It was quite the undertaking, but I had a lot of fun doing it. If I still have the save file I'll get a screen recording from my Xbox.

Sure, do share it if you have it.

Found it, and it does function! I forgot I went back and switched from a complex solid state circuit to what is basically the Minecraft equivalent of, hm how do I explain, like a cylinder that is like an HDD but also like a punch card? You'll see in the video.

Sure, waiting for it.

Posting it again so you don't have to dig to find it.

And another example I did.

very thoughtful for you. Had to take some time to hunt that down in the thread im sure

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I know it's not physical tech, but I once built a fully functional clock in Minecraft.

How did you do that?

Complex Engineering

Well, have never played Minecraft before. But, the functioning of the clock, did you code it in Java?

Oh, friend, no this is built with items in the vanilla/unmodded version of the game. With redstone you can make some crazy circuits, most people shy away from it though.

I haven't yet played Minecraft, but, doesn't seem easy to make a functional clock. Kudos.

Thank you! It was quite the undertaking, but I had a lot of fun doing it. If I still have the save file I'll get a screen recording from my Xbox.

Sure, do share it if you have it.

Found it, and it does function! I forgot I went back and switched from a complex solid state circuit to what is basically the Minecraft equivalent of, hm how do I explain, like a cylinder that is like an HDD but also like a punch card? You'll see in the video.

Sure, waiting for it.

Posting it again so you don't have to dig to find it.

And another example I did.

very thoughtful for you. Had to take some time to hunt that down in the thread im sure

Absolutely incredible. 😮

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@SillyGoose said:
Xpress caught up alot!

he did! he really put in a lot of hard work these last few days!

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Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Tearing apart laptop? worst nightmare.

It's actually fairly easy to reassemble in most cases, unless you don't desolder anything.

I am bad at hardware soldered hardware.

Me as well. I try to stay away as much as possible, but recently I have taken an interest to it

You soldered anything recently?

Yup, a router and my Android box.

Router? what did you solder in that?

UART. It helps you get shell access to any device that supports it.

what is UART? So many acrynmoms now! You guys know too much!

I recently came to know of it. It gives you shell access to the device. So, even if you don't have SSH access, you can debug easily.

yeah it seems like a really niche thing not many know about it. I guess you dont need it until you need it!

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Damn... yea not even gonna try for this laptop anymore... @TrK you are insane dude... its been like 48 hours or so and you have 1k+ comments

Not the first time for him. he was playing it cool during BF cause he just wanted the iPad.

That makes more sense now. I didnt recall the race being so close in the BF thread as it is now

Yup, the loss of the iPad also hurt him Ig. That's why he's going for the laptop aggressively.

Its his own fault. He should've commented less..

The deal could have finalised..... Sed.... But let's see what I will do with 450 usd sitting on my RN account.

You already converted? should've waited a little more?

Don't have any money left to pay for greedy customs

Will they take payment in any other form? I..e chocolcate chip cookeis or tea

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Unfortunately though, for you, you will have more competition. Remember, harder the battle, sweeter the victory.

Ha ha true that.

Anyways, you got the caliber to get the gaming laptop.

yeah xpress has shwon he is a worthy contendor for you i think. Lets see if it keeps up

He only has to worry about TrK.

Trk vs Xpress, the battle of the ages. Dont forget you are technically in this battle as well! Until you pause on jan 1

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TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

He's a professional at this, so he knows slow and steady wins the race.

I am like retired professional competing with young guys.. 🤣

Retiree making a re-entry. Cue music.

🤣🤣

Feeling like Dhoni?

Definitely not. 🤣

Maybe some CSK music will get you there.

Not a fan of IPL though. Basically stopped watching cricket after retirement of Dada. Fan of him since school.

Me too. Never been a fan of cricket my whole life (Yes, I was an anomaly among friends). But, still watched it for Sachin, Ganguly (Dada), Sehwag, Dravid, etc. and the gang. Since their retirement, I believe it has degraded.

I need to start watching cricket one day. It seems very popular. I jsut dont understand the rules and need to take the time to learn

Oh yeah, it's really popular in India.

Is it pretty mucha n all year sport? When is prime time for cricket?

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@SillyGoose said:
Ben's be making movez!

Not intentionally. Just trying to secure my telly is all, sorry lappy guys

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Cece is like, Dad why did you buy such an expensive laptop?

Babe its to gift our beloved xpress.

You get the Nitro, you ain't touching my Strix.

Next year maybe, we will have a Strix in the pool.

If business is good, maybe I'll upgrade and offer up my used one next year in some kinda of raffle. Would be easier to get a used model through customs I imagine!

What if I shipped it all torn apart, and the winner had to assemble it?

Tearing apart laptop? worst nightmare.

It's actually fairly easy to reassemble in most cases, unless you don't desolder anything.

I am bad at hardware soldered hardware.

Me as well. I try to stay away as much as possible, but recently I have taken an interest to it

You soldered anything recently?

Yup, a router and my Android box.

Router? what did you solder in that?

UART. It helps you get shell access to any device that supports it.

which router it is?

Amplifi HD. It's a friend's that I got to tinker with, cause he wasn't using it.

How do you like it? never tried that brand

They are pretty solid. Not sure of their newer models though. I believe their CEO left Apple to start the brand.

oh cool, i didnt know that. So they started with a pretty knowledgable foundation then

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TrK is so hyped now, he won't be leaving the first spot for anyone

Anyone hoping for the laptop needs to grab it from him, but, he's extremely competitive and that's understandable.

I'm here.

Go for it then..

Let's go go for it don't give up

Anybody who gave up- too soon. Take xpress' example. Learn from him.

Am i that much behind?

No, pardon me if I gave that impression. I was just talking about your spirit. Nothing can stop you from reaching that laptop, despite your busy schedule.

He's a professional at this, so he knows slow and steady wins the race.

I am like retired professional competing with young guys.. 🤣

Retiree making a re-entry. Cue music.

🤣🤣

Feeling like Dhoni?

Definitely not. 🤣

Maybe some CSK music will get you there.

Not a fan of IPL though. Basically stopped watching cricket after retirement of Dada. Fan of him since school.

Me too. Never been a fan of cricket my whole life (Yes, I was an anomaly among friends). But, still watched it for Sachin, Ganguly (Dada), Sehwag, Dravid, etc. and the gang. Since their retirement, I believe it has degraded.

I need to start watching cricket one day. It seems very popular. I jsut dont understand the rules and need to take the time to learn

Oh yeah, it's really popular in India.

Should become the national game at this point

im surprised its not! What is the national game then?

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More people like cricket than hockey

Are you talking about field hockey, floor hockey, or ice hockey?

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Unfortunately though, for you, you will have more competition. Remember, harder the battle, sweeter the victory.

Ha ha true that.

Anyways, you got the caliber to get the gaming laptop.

Ha ha I will try though.

Btw you received the credits? how much it was? I just received mine , seems dustin is active.

Yah, received it a few minutes ago as well, ig. It's $850, the retail Amazon price of the gaming PC, same as the laptop that's on 1st in this thread.

rupees i assume? Good deal

Nah, got the credits in $, if that's what you mean.

nice deal. Do they also offer gift cards or credit instead? OR just rack nerd credit?

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I'm a new member.Go Go Go（jumpy）

Welcome. Please feel free to ask any questions you have on the giveaways or in general about RackNerd.

+1 ! All of us here can attest to how great rack nerd and its community is!

Yup, that everyone of us can do. We could also answer general queries to help Dustin out.

I try to do this when i can. If people ever post questions about the racknerd services I am sure to let them know how much faith i have in their services and how reliable they have been

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@markz said:
Merry Christmas racknerd

merry christmas to you as well markZ! Good to have you here!

orangejoose

RackNerd is always so thoughtful and supportive of the community. Thank you! I hope you had a Merry Christmas and wish you a Happy New Year!

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Yah, I believe I had a similar setup. Only that they decided to get me Win 98 with it, not even XP.

Why 98? I got it with XP. I used to format the system everymonth and reinstall the OS, to increase the PERFORMANCE.. 🤣🤣

Yah, remember the time, we used to measure a PC's performance based on the number of times the XP loading bar moved before desktop loaded?

Oh yeah. I spent most of the time tuning the PC than using it. Funny days..

Remember the application - SpeedumyPC and bviously, RAM Downloader?!!

i downloaded so much ram it wasnt even funny

LOL! What was your record?

ha, it has to be 0 before my computer imploded

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I know it's not physical tech, but I once built a fully functional clock in Minecraft.

How did you do that?

Complex Engineering

Well, have never played Minecraft before. But, the functioning of the clock, did you code it in Java?

Oh, friend, no this is built with items in the vanilla/unmodded version of the game. With redstone you can make some crazy circuits, most people shy away from it though.

I haven't yet played Minecraft, but, doesn't seem easy to make a functional clock. Kudos.

Thank you! It was quite the undertaking, but I had a lot of fun doing it. If I still have the save file I'll get a screen recording from my Xbox.

Sure, do share it if you have it.

Just because you're interested, I'll fire up Minecraft right now and check. It probably doesn't work due to updates they have made in all of these years, but the structure should still be there. I just hope it wasn't lost in the transition to the newest version.

Oh you don't have to go through all the trouble if it's tough.

Oh I already posted it for you many pages back.

Yah, saw that. Commented as well. Remember how many hours or days it took. I was extremely impressed.

I dont know how he found the time do to all that! I know you said you dont play minecraft but what he did is not easy!

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And I need to hit the bank now out of money to even purchase a pack of biscuits

UPI?

Empty....... Like my wallet

Then you mean hitting bank means robbery?

Need to borrow some money from father

Family for the win.. my dad supported me in lots of my difficult times, and still do

true that. Many of us would be nowhere without our families

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RACKNERD'S-NEW-YEAR-PARTY-IS-ON-FIRE

Come warm your hands !!

Hehehe, we don't need hot hands over here, the party is on fire!

Yah, this winter, I don't need warmers. I am at the RackNerd party on fire !!

racknerd keeps the firing burning in our hearts

The thread passes the fire on to us. We are like those ancient Greek marathon runners

they didnt set the ancient greek marathon runners on fire right?... right?

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Xpress caught up alot!

Need to... if I want lappy or PS5. Others don't excite me.. lappy is my main thing though..

If i end up in lappy or ps5 spot at the end somehow, i will trade for the telly if they allow it!

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man i need my coffee..........

Your coffee schedule is weird.

no need for schedule just drink it

Spoken like a true coffee drinker

true that. I could make do with some cutting back. It doesnt seem to work anymore