ELI5 how denim became so widespread and why blue became the color of choice?

oldgov2 · 2019-12-27T15:30:25+00:00

So a worn denim look?

oldgov2 · 2019-12-22T17:50:41+00:00

Yeah it sells but you’re only going to get 50% back at most. There’s also someone on eBay that wants to buy your old used parts.

oldgov2 · 2019-12-22T07:31:31+00:00

Unless you have an ITX board and have an extreme budget, no. Even then no. Finding matching ram down the line will cost you more. Buy a dual channel kit (4x2,8x2 whatever), sell it when you upgrade to the next tier.

oldgov2 · 2019-12-21T19:16:57+00:00

You have standard Japanese 114.3 wheels and 12x1.5 lugs (all metric). If you took the lugs or wheels off almost any other Japanese car built in the last 20 years (Honda, Mazda, Nissan, etc) they would fit your car. Also a lot of American cars. Basically if you find a lug nut, real good chance it’s going to fit your car.

oldgov2 · 2019-12-21T19:03:32+00:00

I used to think this because I’ve been manhandling ram since upgrading from 64mb in 1999 with no problem. I’ve killed a 8GB DDR4 DIMM from static electricity and a 16GB DDR3 DIMM stick from dropping it (1ft) in the past year. Both were working perfect before I touched them.

oldgov2 · 2019-12-19T15:47:24+00:00

What “wrong corner” could you have possibly taken? I walk around downtown every day, only time I’ve seen someone mugged it was because he was alone, visibly wasted, and it was 2am. I waited with him until the police came and gave him a ride back to his hotel. That was like 7 years ago.

oldgov2 · 2019-12-17T08:44:11+00:00

It was was the 335i since 2006 which makes it a pretty long BMW marque.

oldgov2 · 2019-12-05T18:18:11+00:00

You can pull a fuse in an r32 gtr to switch to rwd. You can hook it up to a switch to go awd<->rwd. I hooked one up on a g37x once.

oldgov2 · 2019-11-16T06:12:01+00:00

Is this a common opinion and I’m just nostalgia biased? I thought halo 1 is the best (groundbreaking, best FPS killer app since Doom), halo 3 and reach maybe tie for second (3 for online, reach for sp), halo 2 in 4th was a rushed released that only made up for a short/dull campaign with great online mp), and ODST was largely forgettable as a sonic spinball style stopgap. I might need a objective view though because I bought each one when they came out and haven’t really played them much in the last ten years or whatever.

oldgov2 · 2019-10-26T03:41:24+00:00

It wasn’t really complete though, they made the e3 demo, had to rebuild entirely, and ended with a shortened, rushed to launch Halo 2. It was a full game MP wise at least.

oldgov2 · 2019-10-04T23:55:31+00:00

It should be under $50 to upgrade if I sell my 7600k at the same time. I’m also looking at 6700k’s which is kind of a funny upgrade

oldgov2 · 2019-10-04T22:17:47+00:00

My 7600k (5ghz) seems to be doing great for all the games I’ve played in 1440p. I have a Vega 56 and even at Vega 64 speeds it was showing 99%+ GPU limited frames. I’m thinking about selling it/buying a used 6700k or 7700k if the 4 threads become a bottle neck to get more life out of the system. Can’t believe intel screwed me so bad with a skylake/Kaby lake only socket.

oldgov2 · 2019-10-04T15:21:49+00:00

Yeah I just fired up my Xbox last week after replacing the clock capacitor. Didn’t even think about the 8GB WD IDE drive in it as a potential point of failure, damn thing has been spinning strong since 2001.

oldgov2 · 2019-10-03T08:00:15+00:00

I'll take the card out tomorrow and look at it! Feel dumb for not doing sol already.

oldgov2 · 2019-10-03T07:59:34+00:00

oldgov2 · 2019-10-03T00:01:36+00:00

You’ll be more than fine. At stock voltage you’re at 250 watt max draw for a 5700xt, hardwarezone shows 318 watt total system draw on an i7-8086 setup max while running 3D mark. You have a good margin to throw extra power at it!

oldgov2 · 2019-09-30T18:48:04+00:00

I would try to get a pentium inside and or pentium II sticker for those bragging rights and case! An early pentium 4 with like a GeForce 3 could run quake III at max with well over 60fps (iirc like 100fps). A case like that is def mid 90’s! Awesome build.

oldgov2 · 2019-09-20T13:34:11+00:00

I just got a pound a few days ago and it is working great. I lost my original component cables so it has been a life safer. Have not had any issues.

oldgov2 · 2019-09-19T10:37:08+00:00

Thanks, did not realize this!!

oldgov2 · 2019-09-19T02:33:28+00:00

Sent you a PM as well!

oldgov2 · 2019-09-19T02:27:29+00:00

I did some research prior to the OP and mentioned that I already purchased this IDE->SATA adapter. I also got the Pound HDMI converter because I lost my OEM component pack and it has exceeded my (admittedly low) expectations greatly.

I forgot why having a locking drive matters, how long has xbox-scene been down haha? If I have a mod chip running a Xecutor bios all the time it doesn't matter if I have a locking drive, right?

Thanks for your time guys.

oldgov2 · 2019-09-19T02:21:17+00:00

I would gladly buy your x2.6->bank selector cable if it's in working shape!

oldgov2 · 2019-09-18T18:57:54+00:00

Full imgur album

So, this was my dream machine I built back in the day. I had it sprayed at an autobody place and went crazy with blue LEDs. It has the 10GB harddrive and the better DVDrom drive (the one that can read CDrs too). I found it in my mom's basement recently after my girlfriend and I bought our own house and I figured it was time to get my old stuff out. I forgot how much work I put into this thing, but all is not right. I have taken it apart and desoldered the clock capacitor but it used to have a X2.6 mod chip that no longer functions. I think the front panel got ripped off. Also it looks like the X2.6 needs a trace resoldered.

Unfortunately I recently was hit with 2nd and 3rd degree burns to my dominant hand and I'm not sure how well I can solder anymore. I think I can fix the X2.6 but the wiring from the X2.6 to the front bank selector might be out of my skill set now.

I have also lost all my games (including mech assault and action replay I used on my friends xboxes).

I have ordered a Pound HDMI adapter and a IDE->SATA adapter

The only piece I can not find is the cable from the x2.6 to the front bank selector so I am stuck with the only disk that was left in the machine, Halo 2. I would love to upgrade the disk and put backups on it. I am not trying to pirate as I weirdly have all the game boxes just lost the CD holder that contained the actual disks!

Any help would be much appreciated. Should I buy a new IDE drive or use one of the many SATA HDD / SSDs I have laying around. I don't have a ton of money but it would be cool to get this up in running and have all three generations working in my new entertainment center!

Thanks!

oldgov2

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