You can login if you already have an account or register by clicking the button below.
Registering is free and all you need is a username and password. We never ask you for your e-mail.
I built a liquid cooled rig a long while ago. Stll have it, don't use it...can't remember why...motherboard went bad I think. CAN'T GET replacement parts anymore. At least not certified and new. If I had time, I would learn about (test for) what sorts of things go bad in motherboards over time and if I can just replace a capacitor or resistor or something, or if I can even get the more complex chips from somewhere and solder them in myself. Seems like everybody just throws them away though.
You can't GET them anymore (I couldn't). Course I spent $3K to BUILD my PC and when done, in 6 months you could BUY my rig's power off the shelf for $800 (no liquid cooling). JUST ONCE cured me of wanting the biggest rig on the block. Poop timing on my part as far as product cycles go. 8 years later...you CANNOT GET the motherboard (NEW form factors or something). You COULD find them from skeezies on ebay. but WHO would buy one of those?
view the rest of the comments →
[–] thebearfromstartrack ago (edited ago)
I built a liquid cooled rig a long while ago. Stll have it, don't use it...can't remember why...motherboard went bad I think. CAN'T GET replacement parts anymore. At least not certified and new. If I had time, I would learn about (test for) what sorts of things go bad in motherboards over time and if I can just replace a capacitor or resistor or something, or if I can even get the more complex chips from somewhere and solder them in myself. Seems like everybody just throws them away though.
[–] 24591001? [S] ago
Motherboards are pretty cheap, even for really good ones
[–] thebearfromstartrack ago
You can't GET them anymore (I couldn't). Course I spent $3K to BUILD my PC and when done, in 6 months you could BUY my rig's power off the shelf for $800 (no liquid cooling). JUST ONCE cured me of wanting the biggest rig on the block. Poop timing on my part as far as product cycles go. 8 years later...you CANNOT GET the motherboard (NEW form factors or something). You COULD find them from skeezies on ebay. but WHO would buy one of those?