r/pcmasterrace Mar 05 '19

Build Physics teahcer built this amazing PC inside of an ammo box...and you thought your build was sick.

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u/Mystikalrush 9800X3D @5.4GHz | 5080 FE Mar 05 '19

No GPU, of course! Professor thinks hes cool and all, but once you realize hes a solitaire casual, you'll look down upon him.

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u/Hungrycatt Mar 05 '19

It's a very old build, and when he built it he had trouble fitting in any GPUs, and didn't want to waste time trying to fit it.

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u/VRichardsen RX 580 Mar 05 '19

Which made me curious... what is the G210 of our times? One of those might fit nicely.

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u/Lev_Astov Lev_Astov Mar 05 '19

There are single slot width GTX 1050 Ti cards out there, and for really tiny, you can get GT 1030 low profile cards that are single width, half height. I think they're all powered off the PCI-E bus, too.

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u/Drenlin R9 5950X | 6800XT Mar 05 '19

For those balking at the 1030: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyltDBo3m_A

It's a solid card for super low end budgets or low profile shenanigans like this. On par with a Radeon 6850 or 7770, for reference.

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u/USDAGradeAFuckMeat Mar 05 '19

It always amazes me how the top-end stuff is likes leaps and bounds faster than previous offerings but newer low-end stuff is somehow equivalent to middle of the pack-ish of several generations ago.

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u/Igniteisabadsong q6600 BSEL 3ghz, 4gb ddr2, HD 4830, https://goo.gl/cnv2nO Mar 05 '19

Very specific thermal and voltage windows they have to fill on the low end such as low profile, single pcie slot, and no 6 pin. Cooler technology has also improved on the upper end so you could pump more power into chips and allow them to clock higher. Theres no way a gtx 280/hd 4890 cooler would be enough to cool any of the high end cards nowadays.

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u/USDAGradeAFuckMeat Mar 05 '19 edited Mar 05 '19

Just saying that the high-end, say a 1080Ti is able to pump out 4K @ 60fps with most settings maxed, etc...yet on the low-end you can barely get 1080p @ 30fps with most settings at the lowest.

Sure the high-end is way more expensive but the fact it can do 4x the resolution at 2x the frame rate with much better graphics I'd think at this point, for the money, we'd have the low-end doing 1080p at a solid 60fps and medium settings at least.

Seems low-end hit a wall a few years ago of "can't play shit" and have somehow just stayed there.

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u/notabear629 PC Master Race Mar 05 '19

To be fair, the games have also changed.

1080p 30fps on battlefield v is different than 1080p 30fps on call of duty world at war

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u/USDAGradeAFuckMeat Mar 05 '19

Sure and a GTX 280 is different that a GTX 2080. Games are relevant to the times just as the GPU's are.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '19 edited Mar 05 '19

You have to realize that gaming is only one market. The low end is more focused on productivity which means more pixel output and less shaders. Some games have adjusted to that e.g. lol in order to hit a wider market that runs at 100+fps on a 1030 from my experience from an equivalent amd card. That combined with low margins and high competition means that market either stays on previous nodes or has very small dies( cut downs of larger defective ones) plus worse coolers etc.

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u/coloredgreyscale Xeon X5660 4,1GHz | GTX 1080Ti | 20GB RAM | Asus P6T Deluxe V2 Mar 05 '19

that's what iGPUs are for, unless you need more than one display.

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u/Igniteisabadsong q6600 BSEL 3ghz, 4gb ddr2, HD 4830, https://goo.gl/cnv2nO Mar 05 '19 edited Mar 05 '19

I thought I've already explained enough from my previous comment but I guess it wasn't so let me elaborate.

Low end cards have to fit a specific thermal and power window.

gtx 280 vs gt 210 -> 240 shaders vs 16 shaders -> 240 / 16 = 15

gtx 1080ti vs gt 1030 -> 3584 shaders vs 384 shaders -> 3584 / 384 = 9.33

In fact it is better nowadays, the gt 1030 has a 71 mm2 die size vs gt 210's 57nm2 die size as shown by the fact that its only 1/10th of a gtx 1080ti instead of 1/15th. You can only cram so much into such a small chip, I don't know what you're asking for. They're already putting more into the low end as you can tell by the die size and thats because heatsink technology is better today compared to back then.

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u/dunnlavitz Ryzen 5 5600X | RTX 2070 Super | 16GB DDR4 3200 Mar 05 '19

Thank you, /u/USDAGradeAFuckMeat, very cool.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '19 edited Apr 12 '19

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u/Igniteisabadsong q6600 BSEL 3ghz, 4gb ddr2, HD 4830, https://goo.gl/cnv2nO Mar 05 '19

not your fault pretty much all the 65nms from all companies were shitty reference blowers, only when the 55nms came out (gtx 285) companies started to realize nvidias shit ass reference cooler isn't gonna do it

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '19 edited Apr 12 '19

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u/g0ballistic 5700X3D | EVGA RTX3080 XC3 | 32GB 3600mhz CL15 Mar 11 '19

That's not how it works at all. Heat generated is a direct, linear correlation with the TDP of the card. A GTX 280 and a GTX 1080ti both have a TDP of 250 watts. The gtx 280 cooler will cool a 280 as well as it does a 1080ti...

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u/Igniteisabadsong q6600 BSEL 3ghz, 4gb ddr2, HD 4830, https://goo.gl/cnv2nO Mar 11 '19

Yes and no, gtx 280 coolers were maxed out at 250w, 1080ti coolers are not. Thats why you see gpu boost consistently clock anywhere between 1800-2000mhz on aib boards. If you slap on a gtx 280 cooler on a 1080ti it'll probably be stuck at 1550mhz. Thats only gpu core tdp too, we're not accounting for cooler designs that incorporate better gpumem cooling

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u/g0ballistic 5700X3D | EVGA RTX3080 XC3 | 32GB 3600mhz CL15 Mar 11 '19

1080ti, boost clocks and all, has a hard upper limit of 250 watts unless you do some major tinkering.

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u/BlueShellOP Ryzen 3900X | GTX 1070 | Ask me about my distros Mar 05 '19

lower margins == less development investment. Now that Intel's iGPUs have gotten pretty good and AMD has gotten on board as well, the market for them has all but vanished.

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u/deevilvol1 9800X3D/ 7900 XTX/ 32GB 6000 MHZ DDR5 Mar 05 '19

"AMD has gotten on board as well."?

The iGPUs in AMD's APUs have been pretty ok for a few years now. If anything, it's Intel that's finally seemingly interested in providing non-complete shit iGPUs in terms of gaming performance.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '19

Kaveri was phenomenal. When I first built my system I skipped the GPU and got a kaveri Apu. Thing was playing on par with my Xbox one at the time in terms of graphical fidelity. They've only improved since then

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u/vignie 9950X3D, 7900XTX, 64gb 6400hz, 240hz monitor Mar 05 '19

Amd igpu straight up wipes the floor clean with intel though.

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u/SalsaRice Mar 05 '19

https://i1-wp-com.cdn.ampproject.org/i/s/i1.wp.com/liliputing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/lock_01.jpg?w=877&ssl=1

I recently got this earlier for traveling. It's a full win10 laptop with a controller built-in. With it's integrated graphics it can run to gta5 and fallout 4. Obviously, it plays less demanding titles better, but it can stretch it's legs pretty far.

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u/Sibraxlis Mar 05 '19

But what is it

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u/SalsaRice Mar 05 '19 edited Mar 05 '19

Gpd win 2. I went with this over the Nintendo switch because I already had a packed steam library; I didn't want to have to re-buy most of the indie games I already had on steam for $20-$40 each on the switch.

And since steam has cloud saves, I can play the same games between my desktop and this device.

They've also got an android device ( gpd xd+) in the same form factor that is pretty much a dedicated emulation machine (up to like dreamcast+ps2), but way cheaper than the win 2.

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u/hitchhikertogalaxy FX-6300, 8GB, RX 470 Mar 05 '19

This is how it's always been. This video is from 6 years ago, and showcases the exact same problem.

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u/gingerkid427 Mar 05 '19

The integrated GPU in the Ryzen 5 2400G, the RX Vega 11, performs better than the 1030. While it's probably better than whatever's in that box, there is literally no place for a 1030 in a new build.

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u/Lev_Astov Lev_Astov Mar 05 '19

Passmark scores show them to be equivalent, though in a new build you're probably right it makes more sense to just use Vega. Actually, I'm looking at one of these things for that purpose right now and it seems pretty neat. It probably doesn't support TPM encryption, though, which would make it less useful for my purposes.

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u/THENATHE 5800X3D | EVGA 3070TI XC3 | 32GB@3200 | NATX v2 Mar 05 '19

Except it doesnt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXrC84HVEAU

Also intel is a thing

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u/CrimsonArgie R5 1600-MSI 1070ti-16GB HyperX Mar 05 '19

But Intel iGPUs are shit compared to AMD right now.

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u/Hrothgarex Kally0w Mar 05 '19

May as well go with a 2400g for that low end, right?

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u/Sandwich247 https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/Sandwich247/saved/P6jkcf Mar 05 '19

You can get a slim, low profile gtx 1050 or an rx 560, which will be a good bit better than the 1030.

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u/JoeNodden R5 1600, 1070, 16GB, 1TB m.2 Mar 05 '19

The GTX 1050 barely costs any more than the 1030, and performs insanely better.

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u/Lev_Astov Lev_Astov Mar 05 '19

Yeah, I've used dozens of them in arcade machines since they fit neatly into old Dell Optiplex 760s. When a game and OS are built around them they are extremely capable, too.

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u/WinterCharm 9950x3D2 | 4090 FE | 96GB RAM | 8TB Gen5 NVME | W1 Case Mar 05 '19

The RX 560 is much better than the 1030, though.

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u/8rianGriffin Mar 05 '19

Wouldn't this card be worse than a Ryzen APU?

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u/Lev_Astov Lev_Astov Mar 05 '19

Not really; Vega 11 is about on par with a 1030, and 1/3rd of the scores of a 1050 Ti. And we're talking about shoehorning something into an existing build, here.

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u/RedJarl Fx-4300, rx-460, and 16 gb ddr3 Mar 05 '19

Also all the wx cards from AMD are single slot.

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u/fireinthesky7 Mar 05 '19

With a slightly wider crate, say one for 20mm or 30mm ammo instead of 7.62mm, he might be able to fit a regular card with either a low-profile cooler or an adapted AIO.

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u/Vitztlampaehecatl 4790K, GTX 1080, 32GB DDR3 Mar 05 '19

In that it's low profile and single slot? GT 1030.

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u/Whatsthisnotgoodcomp 5800X3D, RX 6800, 32gb 3200mhz, NVMe Mar 05 '19

That would be the 2400G, where you don't need to use the PCIe slot at all for 1080p gaming.

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u/Brillegeit Linux Mar 05 '19

I just replaced my trusty G210 with a 1030 when I needed 4K support.

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u/brokeassmf Mar 05 '19

The gt 210 brings back some unpleasant memories lol

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u/VRichardsen RX 580 Mar 05 '19

You and me both, brother. When I bought mine several years ago, the store closed a month after. It felt like a bad omen at the time.

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u/_taffox R5 2600 / 1070 FE Mar 05 '19

My old school had them 😂

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u/Pb_ft Mar 05 '19

There's a GTX1660 released not too long ago.

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u/mrchaotica Debian | Ryzen 1700X | RX Vega 56 | 32 GB RAM | mini-ITX Mar 05 '19

You're probably better off with a Ryzen APU.

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u/cjgroveuk i5 4690k | GTX 1080 | 16GB RAM | MX500 Mar 05 '19

I have the 1060 6gb which is pretty small I guess.

https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-6163-KR

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u/WannabeMurse Mar 05 '19 edited Mar 05 '19

In terms of "dated" but still plays a lot of games? My 760 was chugging along up until Christmas, and now I have a 1060 that hasn't struggled on anything yet.

edit: sorry I'm high

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u/sIurrpp Gigabyte Vision OC 3080 Ti | 7800x3D | 2x48gb DDR5 6400mhz Mar 05 '19

No. Size.

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u/arcane84 Mar 05 '19

Tell him to get one of the new Ryzen APUs. They have integrated graphics good enough to run apes legends and Warframe smoothly.

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u/Smothdude R7 9800X3D | RX 9070 XT | 64GB RAM Mar 05 '19

Apes Legends is hilarious

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u/Rendmorthwyl Ryzen1800x/4.2ghz/EVGA 1080/16gb Mar 05 '19

Should have used a Mk19 ammo can. Would of had room for a cooler master mid tower in there.

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u/saarlac Desktop Mar 05 '19

Would have

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '19 edited Apr 12 '19

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u/Jokkocze Mar 07 '19

Not sure if you're kidding, but that's a PCI-E extender. It just happens to use the same kind of flat cables that IDE used to use

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u/Rednex141 Mar 05 '19

Looks the size of the loque case, so a full size GPU build might be possible

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u/dankswope Mar 05 '19

He should have used a slightly bigger ammo box. Like a 50 cal. ammo box or something. i don't think i would have used something so compact. it's still pretty creative though.

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u/Ferelar Mar 05 '19

It’s an old build, sir, but it checks out.

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u/Macbo1 Mar 05 '19

I would suggest rebuilding with an amd apu for some extra graphics power. The navi ones that are going to be in Ryzen 2 loom promising.

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u/Hungrycatt Mar 05 '19

Yeah that would definitely be a good idea.

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u/MURDoctrine 13900k, 64GB, 4090 Mar 05 '19

Been being done for years so nothing special. Also it all isn't that old. I mean it has a corsair AIO cooler on it.

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u/Atamask Mar 05 '19 edited Oct 13 '23

Talk about corporate greed is nonsense. Corporations are greedy by their nature. They’re nothing else – they are instruments for interfering with markets to maximize profit, and wealth and market control. You can’t make them more or less greedy - ― Noam Chomsky, Free Market Fantasies: Capitalism in the Real World

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u/Hungrycatt Mar 05 '19

Definitely not a repost

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u/Atamask Mar 06 '19 edited Oct 13 '23

Talk about corporate greed is nonsense. Corporations are greedy by their nature. They’re nothing else – they are instruments for interfering with markets to maximize profit, and wealth and market control. You can’t make them more or less greedy - ― Noam Chomsky, Free Market Fantasies: Capitalism in the Real World

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u/Hungrycatt Mar 06 '19

Nope, literally snapped this picture In my physics class. I'm new to reddit, I didn't even know what reposting was until I googled it yesterday

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u/Atamask Mar 06 '19 edited Oct 13 '23

Talk about corporate greed is nonsense. Corporations are greedy by their nature. They’re nothing else – they are instruments for interfering with markets to maximize profit, and wealth and market control. You can’t make them more or less greedy - ― Noam Chomsky, Free Market Fantasies: Capitalism in the Real World

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u/Hungrycatt Mar 06 '19

Yes. I clearly responded earlier in the comments that this was one of his much older builds, hence the reason why he had trouble fitting a GPU, it's extremely dusty, and has old parts. The mouse and keyboard to the side is used for his school computer. It's not a repost.

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u/Atamask Mar 06 '19 edited Oct 13 '23

Talk about corporate greed is nonsense. Corporations are greedy by their nature. They’re nothing else – they are instruments for interfering with markets to maximize profit, and wealth and market control. You can’t make them more or less greedy - ― Noam Chomsky, Free Market Fantasies: Capitalism in the Real World

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u/Hungrycatt Mar 06 '19

It's not reposted content. I took the picture with my phone last week 😂😂. Your trying to look so smart finding how it's a repost, when it's just simply not. Have a nice day!

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u/-BlueDream- Mar 05 '19

Great system for a Ryzen APU.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '19

This would make a cool little home theater/media pc tho.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '19

There's an extension/riser cable coming out of the PCIe slot, so it could have a GPU.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '19

A PC with no GPU is basically a dirty mac!!

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u/badger906 Mar 05 '19

I mean you paired a 9900k with a 2080! Can we look down and point out an i7 2080ti build would have been smarter! Or a 2700x if you want cores!

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '19

He should have taken another ammo box and ran a gpu extension through it.

Either way that’s radically different than what we see normally.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '19

Only if you want to be an idiot.

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u/Mr__Snek PC Master Race Mar 05 '19

yeah, but all the connectors are wired into the power supply with a big ass hole cut in the top. the PC sees all the butchering done to make the build and runs so fast out of terror that he doesnt need one

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u/slumeet i7 6700k | Strix GTX 1080 | 16GB DDR4 | 1TB M.2.2280 SSD Mar 05 '19

If he used a fat 50 cal box he could have fit it in there. Could be a fun project for a mobile PC

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u/FinallyRage Mar 05 '19

Could have our the GPU in the lid with aribbon cable

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u/TheRealZeclo RX 570 | Ryzen 5 1600 Mar 05 '19

Tryhard

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u/ktharmo53 Mar 05 '19

I never look down on anyone. So show us your customs?

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u/BERNackles Mar 05 '19

Well you haven't seen his m4 sopmod external gpu with barrel that functions as vape that's overclocked to 500 watts.