discussion A build of Appreciation!

[Marzipan]

Motorola Moto G Stylus 5G (2022) - Full phone specifications

m.gsmarena.com

This is the phone I have

ahhh...my bad. yours has the Mediatek G88, not Mediatek Dimensity 700...and it scored 2700 on Passmark vs. my 765G's 3900. that answers why it won't install RISK: GB.

anyhow, back to happy PC thoughts! go 8700K go!

 

[Marzipan]

elucubrate! that fits Smithy's efforts in assembling this!

elucubrate​

[ ih-loo-kyoo-breyt ] verb

to produce (something) by long and intensive effort

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[Cannon Fodder]

OCZ!!!

And it STILL works!?

 

[sswilson]

And it STILL works!?

I don't see the model number on it, but there was a time when OCZ PSUs were highly recommended. (I had a Modstream 520)

OCZ Technology ModStream 520W PSU

The specific model we take a peek at today is the OCZ-520 12U. It's a 520 Watt PSU yet with the reserve to take it even up a notch, this baby can peak at 620 Watt ! Now that's what I call a cup-D sized power supply.

www.guru3d.com

 

[Marzipan]

And it STILL works!?

interesting how at one time their name meant the product was amongst the best...and then some bad PSU pretty much killed the brand.

 

[crazyea]

I don't see the model number on it, but there was a time when OCZ PSUs were highly recommended. (I had a Modstream 520)

OCZ Technology ModStream 520W PSU

The specific model we take a peek at today is the OCZ-520 12U. It's a 520 Watt PSU yet with the reserve to take it even up a notch, this baby can peak at 620 Watt ! Now that's what I call a cup-D sized power supply.

www.guru3d.com

I bought the mirror finish ocz psu back in the day. That was awesome. And yes, before they took a turn they were a highly regarded brand.

OCZ EvoStream 600W Review

The OCZ EvoStream 600W is a powerful PSU that comes with modular connectors to help you reduce the cable mess in your case. On top of that you get four independent 12V rails that can supply all the power your video cards may ever need. In our testing on a Crossfire system the 12V line was...

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[Lord Smithy]

These are all the individual components I was fortunate to be gifted by some wonderful Hardware Canuck members!
Thanks so much all! My last build was nearly 20 years ago!

Asrock z730 pro4/oem
Intel 8700K
512gb SSD
1TB SSD
32GB ddr4-3000
Strix ROG Geforce 1080
Corsair 650W Power Supply
Themalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE

My excitment over this has been through the roof!

 

[Lord Smithy]

Once I had all the components and studied them, Cam really stressed I needed a new case so I first chose a lian li case but it never shipped in decent time so I instead chose the Couger MX330.

I am super happy with its design, but disappointed that I didn't realize it only came with one fan, the exhaust one.

 

[Lord Smithy]

I had already put the ram onto the motherboard. I put in all four dimms.

I then applied thermal paste and put the cooler on and screwed her down. Once the power supply arrived I wanted to do a test run out of case.

But just before first power up I decided to take out the red dimms and use only the t-force deltas, to make any trouble shooting easier at first.

The machine was immediately able to boot up and i got into the bios. After some time of studying the in's and outs of the new UEFI Bios, I had learned enough that I felt confident using it.
I wanted to get the bios updated, but in doing so i made a couple of mistakes, nothing critical, just things that made it take longer than it should have. First I didn't realize I had downloaded the wrong bios file. I could not figure out why it would not find the file. then I realized that the z370 has different models.....the pro4 i had downloaded was wrong. I had thought the /OEM part of the name was just that it was oem....but nope - part of the model name lol.

Once i had the proper bios, my next mistake was chosing the wrong boot.....i selected the usb drive when I should have been selecting UEFI Usb.

upon figuring that out the Bios began updating! wooohooo!

 

[anabioz]

And it STILL works!?

Back in the day they were built different. They were built to last and outlive us, not the other way around. Tech was great back then.