Category: PC Hardware

Ex Lease Tiny PCs

Nov 2021 PBTech $251.48incl Dell Optiplex 9020 Micro Desktop (A Grade OFF-LEASE) Intel Core I5 4590T 8GB 256GB SSD NO-Optical Win 10 Home – Reconditioned by PBTech-w/3m warranty PBT ‘Refubished'(e.g. they gave it a wipe with a micro fibre cloth..) Replaced TV PC Dec 2021 29 Mar 2022 PBTech $256.48incl Lenovo Think Center M93 Tiny […]

Where are all the SSDs?

So many SSDs in so many machines now.. but what is where: Other peoples: Dell 15″ Lappy: Sata Samsung EVO 950 500GB (New Jan 2021) Sandy Game PC: Probably MX500 500GB ? xxxxxxxxxxxxx Gaming: RTX 3080 Dell Aurora R11: Original PC611 NVMe SK Hynix 512GB Sata WD240 Green GTX1080 Box: M2 Crucial MX500 1TB GTX […]

Skytech Omega 2080 Ti Version

Product description Processor: Intel i7-8700K Coffee Lake 6-Core 3.7GHz Processor Motherboard: Z370 GAMING Motherboard with SLI Capability Video Card: NVidia RTX 2080 Ti 11GB 352-bit GDDR6 with Real-Time Ray Tracing Graphic Card (Brand varies) Memory: 16GB DDR4 2400mhz Gaming Memory Power Supply: 700 Watt 80 PLUS Certified Power Supply HDD:1TB SSD Liquid Cool: 120mm AIO […]

Workshop Power Connections

RC4-4DOF Motion Sim Rig 20190525 If Mount PC on Rig, (reduce to 1 PC, use wireless connection): On Rig requiring power: PC + Monitor (double header plug) Subwoofer Wheel Motion platform Off Rig, requires coiled mains cable 1 per each below: 240-110v Converter 240v to rig Set 1: Minimum set for PC Use function only […]

Zotak Mek1

20201230 Machine not used for 18 months Swapped out: MX500 1TB SSD for Kingston SSDNow 960GB SUV400S3 Kingston was left over from that used GTX 1080 machine Kingston is very budget and not good as system drive so is fine for game/data drive in this box and will fre up MX500 for use elsewhere 20181108 […]

Backups, Raid, SSD, M-Disc

After issues with our Raid setup, need to do an upgrade. 20161010: Basement server W7SERVER PC, built 2012? Windows 10 autoupgraded from Win 7 20161010: Gigabyte 880GM-UD2H (Ordered Asus M4A78L-M Socket AM3 MB (6 Sata) but out of stock so got a Gigabyte 880GM-UD2H AM3 Rev 1.3) AMD Athlon X2 845 2 x Kingston 2GB […]

Dell XPS 2710 driving 4K Screen via HDMI

thewarehouse.co.nz: Veon 55″ UHD TV Bought new in Mar 2016 NZ$899 Manufactured by Soyo in 2014 according to MonInfo Reminder to self: Only HDMI4 port does 60hz refresh others are 30mhz max Dell XPS 2710 Doesn’t have HDMI 2 (1.4) Intel HD-4000 onboard graphics With target UHD screen attached Right Click Right desktop and navigate to (Intel […]