#cheappcchallenge2024 — Public Fediverse posts

On Saturday's noon stream, we'll do further damage to the poor #CheapPCChallenge2024 HP minitower by wiring up some PCIe power. And we'll also (re)build an AT Socket 7 system that had some nasty mouse damage. https://youtube.com/live/-J4vI6hNzX4?feature=share

Looking forward to watching / reading everyone's entries for the #CheapPCChallenge2024 !

Thanks for participating, and if you missed it this year, I'll see you next year! It's always a fun time!

I'll start working on the wrap-up video asap, so if you have socials for me to plug, make sure they're in your entry!

Cheers!

Today is the last day for the #CheapPCChallenge2024

Get your posts or videos or blog entries done by the end of the day today (Oct. 30th)!

Sorry for the late reminder!

Reminder: There are just 8 days left for the #CheapPCChallenge2024 !

So, two weeks with this system went by really uneventful! So much so I might've forgotten to take proof of me using this system for two weeks, darn it...

For being such a budget oriented computer, it simply.. worked. And worked well. No hangs, no crashes, no real slowdowns to speak of, even with just 8GB of RAM.

I've gamed on this thing, compiled kernels and OpenWRT images, continued on coding projects and even used it for work as much as I could, I'm really pleased :3

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@shyra #CheapPCChallenge2024 system is up and working as a streaming PC! #TotallyNormalComputing

I'll be doing a stream Thursday afternoon at 3:00 eastern to build my entry to @shyra 's #cheappcchallenge2024 contest. It will involve using a cutoff wheel to make room for a GTX980 in a SFF HP. https://youtube.com/live/j9a7mYlNbe4?feature=share

Reminder that @shyra ‘s #CheapPCChallenge2024 closes at the end of the month! https://youtu.be/kQiSehbTZYo?si=tLBxtEAHmdUMB183

Re-post with alt text, oops!

So, what can $82 get you in a used gaming PC today?

A lot, it turns out... if you're willing to take some chances!

This is my entry for the #CheapPCChallenge2024

Please enjoy!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3urFqSddqOk

#cheappcchallenge2024 uh... I dunno if mine counts.
I found a 2U workstation in the trash the other week, and slapped it together with some "in lieu of payment" trade parts.

Pictures not captioned, sry, it crashes my app.
Specs in reply
-edit- oh crap this thing cost me less than $50. Wtf, I didn't even realize it.

May I present? The Meow Machine! My entry for @shyra 's #CheapPCChallenge2024 !

A PC that turned out much better specs-wise than I initially planned. This thing sports a Xeon E3-1231 v3 with whopping eight threads running at up to 3.8GHz, 8GB of 1333MHz DDR3 and an AMD RX570 GPU with 4GB VRAM on a basic HP 280 G1 motherboard, all for under 50 bucks! Not too shaby!

Now that my work for the #CheapPCChallenge2024 is complete, I’m glad to get back to my normal computers.

@shyra

I have my final score!

CPU SCORE: 31,740
TWO WEEKS OF USE: 14,000

3DMARK03 DEMOS: 800 HAHA

TOTAL SCORE: 46,540
TOTAL COST: $42.87

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I got the benchmarks running in Wine! I have results! They're really crap! Haha!

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Oh my GOOOOODDDDD I've been pricking about with this for HOURS. No version of Windows I've tried will boot on this thing. Normally I'd be delighted about this, but I need to get these benchmarks done. I'll try again in Wine with some config tweaks, but I may resort to taking the hit and running them in a VM with hardware acceleration enabled.

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HEY I'm planning on getting a 3D printer soon. I should try out some CAD crap.

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Actual Day 13: The usual. Farting about on my desktop. Discord, Masto, etc. Maybe I should play a game or something?

Rapidly running out of interesting things to say about An PC.

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Day 12. I fucked the day count up somehow. #CheapPCChallenge2024

Hang on, this is day 12. How have I fucked this up? I need to go until the end of Friday and that would be day 15 on my current count? I've fucked this up somewhere #CheapPCChallenge2024

It's hard to document this, in a way, because I'm not struggling to do anything except 3D Gaming.

Web, fine. Video editing, fine. Music, fine. YouTube, fine. It's all fine! #CheapPCChallenge2024

Day 13: I've been mostly ill today, but I've sat up for a bit to check in and use this thing for long enough that it counts that I used it.

If that was a sentence. #CheapPCChallenge2024

Day 12: Practically fuck all as I have a cold and I’ve gone to bed early.

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Day 11: Just farting about on the internet. Obviously I've been at work today, so it's evenings only for the rest of the challenge. I started playing Baldur's Gate 1 yesterday just as something to do.

Might try some emulation and fart about with some other desktops/WMs.

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THIS! This is what the #CheapPCChallenge is all about!

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Haiku won't boot on this box. I'm not entirely surprised. It's weird server hardware.

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