I got this Logitech MX518 for my birthday back in 2005.

At the time it was a relatively expensive mouse, so a group of my friends put their money together to buy it for me as a birthday present. Aaaand 21 years later… it still works.

Never been opened, repaired or had any parts replaced. Ever.

I’ve only cleaned it externally as well as I could over the years and tried to take reasonable care of it. Everything inside is still exactly as it left the factory in 2005.

It has survived several PCs, laptops, countless hours of gaming and probably more clicks than I could ever imagine.

I was living in Romania when I got it. Seven years ago I moved to Vienna, Austria — and of course, the MX518 came with me.

I’m still using it today. PUBG, CS2, whatever I feel like playing.

Lately I’ve been thinking about finally buying a modern gaming mouse. After 21 years, the difference in technology would obviously be huge.
But here’s the problem: I genuinely find it difficult to replace it.

It’s not really just a mouse anymore. It’s been sitting next to basically every computer I’ve owned throughout my adult life.

And somehow… the damn thing still works perfectly. 😂

Maybe one day it deserves a place in a Logitech museum.

Until then, I guess we’re still gaming.

Hot take: The 90-series shouldn't be considered a gaming graphics card anymore, nor should it be used in video game benchmarks.

Given its completely out-of-control price, it should be grouped with an H100 rather than a 70-series. Game developers shouldn't treat it as the upper limit of achievable performance.

Got a couple of used 2.5" SSDs for cheap so I decided to make a Game Cartridge system. Games are actually on those SSDs with a script to auto navigate steam to the game's page. Auto-starting the game right away is also possible.

Update: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1uyft21/update_game_cartridge_3dfiles_and_code/
published the 3D files and code

It was 20$ so I thought “what the hell, why not” and now I know why not. Does anyone know what this is actually? I’m assuming something malicious. They refunded it suspiciously easy 😬

It started with a simple cooler upgrade on my Ryzen 7600 and ended with bent pins on the motherboard. Since the board was dead, I decided to upgrade the CPU too.

For a whole week, I was torn between buying a Ryzen 7 7800X3D for 14,400 UAH ($350) or shelling out 19,500 UAH ($475) for the newer 9800X3D at a local Ukrainian store. My budget won, so I placed an order for the 7800X3D.

Fast forward to today: the courier arrives, hands me the tray CPU, I bring it home and look closely... Turns out it’s a Ryzen 7 9800X3D! Seems like the warehouse or the courier completely mixed up the items. The invoice is paid and signed, so the upgrade is officially mine. PC gods definitely compensated me for all the stress. Building the beast with RTX 5070 ti tonight!

EDIT: Wow, I definitely didn't expect this post to blow up so much! Thank you all for the comments and support.

I've just finished building the PC, and for everyone who was wondering — yes, it’s a real Ryzen 7 9800X3D! Everything booted up perfectly on the first try. The cooler is the Thermalright Phantom Spirit SE 120 ARGB.

Thanks again, you guys are awesome!

P.S. (Screenshot with proof added in the comments below!)

EDIT 2: My final Build:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
• Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE
• Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B850-PLUS WIFI
• RAM: 32 GB (2x16GB) GOODRAM DDR5 6000 MHz IRDM Black (Running perfectly on EXPO)
• GPU: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Windforce OC SFF 16GB
• SSD: Samsung 980 1TB M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe
• PSU: XPG Core Reactor 750W (80+ Gold)
• Case: Lian Li Lancool III RGB Black

After 8 years of owning Gigabyte's GTX 1080, it started showing artifacts and black screens. I tried repasting it, changing the thermopads, cleaning it with IPA and reinstalling drivers - nothing helped. So I resorted to the forbidden technique of putting it in the oven and holy shit, how did that actually works!! Guess I'll be able to play FH6 on premiere day :D

Yes I have enabled XMP and cleaned the desk.

Edit: I am now cleaning thoroughly the oven, thank you for kind reminders!

Recent lighting storm stuck my complex and traveled down my coaxial cable and into my apartment. Blew up in the middle of the night, so that was scary. Thought I’d share, not in the position to rebuild so there that I guess!

Does anyone remember these?

LOL, never owned one myself but remember seeing them where I worked. I might have even used it.

Kids today won't know what this is.

is this a steal?

RTX 5090 pulling ~550–600W, 16-pin voltage sitting around 11.4–11.5V under load. Checked the cable “just in case” and found discoloration before any melting/deformation.

Undervolting saved some watts, paranoia saved the connector.

Edit with a few details:

The PSU was a Phanteks AMP GH V2 1200W, ATX 3.1 / PCIe 5.1, using its native 12V-2x6 cable. No extension, no adapter and no angled connector.

I first noticed a slight discoloration on the white cable through the side glass. I then checked the GPU-Z sensor log and saw the 16-pin voltage sitting around 11.4 to 11.5V under load. That was enough to make me shut the PC down, unplug the cable and inspect it more closely.

The connector had only been unplugged and reconnected around 3 or 4 times, not 30. It appeared fully seated, there was no visible gap and the cable was routed normally without a sharp bend at the connector.

There was no smell, smoke, melting, deformation or crash. The GPU socket also looks fine. I stopped using the cable immediately.

I will RMA the Phanteks PSU and have now bought a Lian Li SX1200P 1200W ATX 3.1 as the replacement. I will only use the native cable included with the new PSU.

Edit 2:

Phanteks refunded the PSU. The Lian Li SX1200P has arrived and the 16-pin voltage now sits around 11.8V under load, so that already looks much better.

I also bought a WireView Pro II and will keep monitoring it closely from now on.

I been checking Walmart for markdowns this and grabbed it. How did I do? I had them open and it looked ok and to be a the right GPU. What should I Check when installing it?

Most compact goon corner ever 😭😭😭

What do I even do with this? It's not a magnet.

Should I cook it?

So i bought 25 KG of amazon return pallets every KG measured at 4$ so 100$ in total

And i opened this box and to my surprise there was 40 sticks of DDR5 RAM 16 gigs a stick

Still in shock