stratosteve

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Awesome. Glad someone else took advantage of it. My buddy bought the hedge trimmers and i tried them out yesterday. Impressed with those as well. That impact wrench is a BEAST.

TurboTim

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Ha. My 10 years was last week. Congrats to us.

TurboTim

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I have to walk around both of these every time I need to use the rest room. The model A is visibly more refined, but the T is what I would rock.

Joe Perez

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I'd have a hard time with that one...

Years ago, I worked with a guy down in Dallas who'd restored a model A. Not a "rub it gently with a diaper and carry it in an enclosed trailer to Pebble Beach" restoration, more of a "this is a ten-foot car that you can actually drive, and I've rebuilt the whole wiring harness from scratch using all modern materials" restoration. And you know what? It actually wasn't a horrible car to drive; it even had an electric starter, and things like the throttle, brake, clutch and shifter in what we all assume to be the "normal" location, unlike the model T.

rleete

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I'm torn. Mid 1920's stuff is much more practical as far as a summer driver. There's a 1924 Dodge I've had my eye on, as well as a model A sedan. But the T is so simple, so elemental, so basic. It's like the distilled essence of car. Finding one in that sweet spot between rusted out basket case and restored show car is the toughest part.

rleete

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Any possibility you could snap some pics? I just love seeing all the variations of these cars.

Girz0r

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IT Types

I'm piecing together a desktop PC for a friend. Light user, not into gaming. Just needs it for office/internet/media (dvd,bluray,music cds - decent onboard sound etc)

I'm coming to the conclusion when piecing together cases + mobos, its almost better to go with a mid-atx vs a micro-atx? What gives.

For the cpu I'm shooting for i5-6600 & 16gb ram - Windows 10. Will adjust pricing down to lower cpu model if everything goes off budget. ($600ish max)

mgeoffriau

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Unless you need room for more than a couple storage drives or a massive videocard, what would be the purpose of mid-atx? Micro-atx is a common and widely available format.

triple88a

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I recently made a mini ATX build. Runs like a champ.
reuse as many parts as you can and find what you can on ebay.
If you need to go smaller look for a mini ITX board.

Also why do you need DDR4? DDR3 boards can be had for 40-50 bucks.
Not sure if you remember my build but for facebook, internet, movies, and other light programs it rocks.

https://www.miataturbo.net/insert-bs...omputer-88825/

Joe Perez

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Serious question: if it's just a simple machine for simple uses, why build when you can buy? It's generally cheaper, plus they get a warranty.

This one meets all your specs, and is $100 below your budget: Acer Desktop Computer Aspire T AT3-710-UR53 Intel Core i5 6th Gen 6400 (2.7 GHz) 16 GB DDR3 2 TB HDD Windows 10 Home - Newegg.com

In terms of the processor, that one boasts nearly double the passmark score of the CPU in my home machine (2010 vintage i5-750) on which I run AutoCAD and play TF2. Present-day mainstream CPUs are so overpowered as compared to application demands that it's getting downright silly.

triple88a

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Because for 500 bucks you can build a much better system?

EO2K

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Since when do 'light users' need 16gb of ram? /boggle

Joe Perez

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Show me the build specs, including the retail cost of the OS.

z31maniac

Because reasons.

codrus

I pretty much consider 16G to be the useful minimum these days.

--Ian

EO2K

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For word processing and spreadsheets? So I'm guessing you also need an i7, a GTX 980 Ti and 1000w PSU?

triple88a

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Here's 1 that will wipe the floor with that 6400
Intel Core i5-4440, Diablotek DIAMOND - System Build - PCPartPicker

Also keep in mind those are NEW. If you go with refurbished/used product you can get it for cheaper.

codrus

I'm just tired of running out memory whenever I decide I want to load photoshop or run a VM.

--Ian

Joe Perez

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Wipe the floor? It doesn't even satisfy the criteria of being "a much better system"

The Passmark score on the i5-4440 is lower than the i5-6400 and consumes 30% more power, which you'd expect given that it's two generations older. It also has a much lower-performance GPU (not that any on-chip GPU is especially fast.)

It lacks an optical drive of any kind, and the reviews on that case constantly criticize both the build quality and the unreliable power supply.

Not to mention that 256GB is way too small to be the only drive in a Win10 system. A 5400 RPM rustbox might not yield breathtaking performance, but for the average user, the 2TB capacity is going to be much more valuable.

You also forgot the mouse and keyboard, and as specified, you have no front USB 3.0 ports.

triple88a

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Yes wipe the floor. Also your scores are wrong.
Intel Core i5 6400 vs 4440
Optical drive is also included on that list.
You can add a 1-2tb HDD drive if you'd like or you can even swap it for a 512gb that costs 83 bucks at the moment or if you want to lower the cost further, remove the SSD completely and get a HDD alone. There's other cases with front usb 3.0s within 10 bucks of that case. I didnt bother looking for fancy cases as i was at work.

Oh and not to mention thats about 100 bucks less.