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Just built my first PC
(lemmy.world)
Specs: CPU: Rysen 5 7600 GPU: RX 7700 XT RAM: 32 GB DDR5 5600mt/s Mobo: B650 Eagle AX Case: H5 Flow RGB Cooler: Arctic Freezer 36 A-RGB PSU: System Power 10 750w
When I was your age we had to build the processor with hammers and nails, kids these days all using prefabs, makes me sick.
Hand blown vacuum tubes, a power supply rated in PSI...
I remember making silicone wafers and then resisting the urge to eat them.
I remember when the parts took up the whole space in the case. Now I see people with aquarium sized cases, but the computer is just this tiny little square in the corner taking up 1/1000th of the space in the case.
Computers these days generate a lot more heat, so when you build them too tight you get thermal throttling and other issues. And lets not forget how video cards keep getting bigger and bigger, like we’re heading back to room-sized mainframe days.
When i was young and build my first pc's i would always use just whatever cases i got from my friend who worked in IT. It was mainly these beighe/white hige ass server towers. So seeing these builds makes me kind of nostalgic. Some 15 years ago i was obsessed with building the smallest most powerful pc's i could. There was often no room for anything and it was quite satisfying. Now i don't even know anymore. I think i build a fishtank again.
I made it off a rock... Didn't have the privilege of a hammer.
You whippersnappers don't know how good you have it! When I was your age, we only had flintstone hand axes to build our processors!