Absolutely terrible fucking news
I just found out that somehow in the less than 2 weeks since I bought the acer monitor that I use with my windows 7 rig, it somehow managed to get a scratch on it
so it's basically useless to me because I have whatever mental defect makes it so that literally any imperfections or damage on a monitor is obscenely distracting
The most disturbing thing is the fork on the table...because now I am imagining you're using that for eating :(
I thought this thread would be fun, but looking at the majority of pictures I feel like I need to get fresh air...if I didn't have my OCD for cleaning I would have enjoyed them :O
Anyways, my setups are 2+2 (not going to show pictures, they are perfectly placed now):
Hall (Backup PC):
Micro ITX tower with 500W PSU
Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H (Rev 1.x)
Ryzen 1300X quad-core (3,9Ghz overclocked)
2x8GB 3200Mhz DDR4 dual-channel
512GB SSD SATA
RX470 4GB (undervolted to ~85W)
Total price: 135€ (2024)
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Room (Main PC):
Regular ATX tower with 650W PSU
Gigabyte B450M-DS3H (Rev 1.x)
Ryzen 3600 six-core (3,9Ghz overclocked)
2x8GB 3200Mhz DDR4 dual-channel
1TB SSD M2 NVMe PCIe 3.0x4 (3500Mb/s)
1TB HDD 7200RPM (SATA)
RX590 8GB (undervolted to ~130W)
Total price: 243€ (2024)
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Emulation (main device) with Batocera:
Case with active cooling + heatsink
Radxa Rock 5A (RK3588S octa-core 4xA76@2,4Ghz + 4xA55@1,8Ghz)
4GB RAM DDR4
256GB eMMC module
Total price: 89€ (2023)
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Emulation (secondary & carry away device) with Batocera:
Asus Chromebox 2 (i3-5010U dual-core 2,1Ghz)
2x2GB 1600Mhz DDR3 dual-channel
256GB SSD M2 (SATA)
Total price: 29€ (2025)
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I have many other devices, mostly Mini PC's and a couple of Android TV's, which are alright for emulating, minimum Dreamcast, I don't get devices weaker than that.
I enjoy repurposing computers, so this probably will change in the near future :)