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Postal268 · 05-12-2022, 05:21 AM

Currently have 3 running computers I threw together myself. My main one is a little bottle necked on my GPU cause of the chip shortage the past year though. I also have like 5-7 half built computers and a tub of parts.

Can't exactly put a year on the computer itself cause some parts are newish and most are pretty old. I collect other peoples broken computers and build my own from what parts I can salvage but I usually have to buy my graphics cards second hand. My current main pc is using a CPU from 2017 and a GPU from 2016

My main PC at my desk
CPU: Intel Core i7-8700
Ram: 16gb
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070
SSD: 500GB
HDD: 4TB
OS: Win 10

My bedroom PC is built from left overs of my old computer
CPU: AMD FX-8350
Ram: 8gb
GPU: ATI RX580
SSD: 250GB
HDD: 1TB
OS: Win 10

On my TV I have a computer I built from some really old parts of mine
CPU: Honestly Can't remember
Ram: 8gb
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 3890
HDD: 1TB
OS: Win 10

I have 3 atm cause I bitcoin mined with all of them to save money on my heat bill this winter. My house is only 730sqft but my usual electric bills in the winter (before bitcoin mining) were $200-$250 (our electric rate basically doubles at "peak" hours which in the winter is during the night when the heat works the most) this winter my electric bills ran me between $90-$120 plus I made some crypto from it all, not much, but they were basically space heaters that made money lol now I also set my heat 9 degrees lower than my ex used to like it when she lived with me so that also helped a lot. She'd keep the heat on 77 and I set it 68 this whole winter but for first and last months of the winter I didn't have to even have the heat on thanks to the miners. Ecomodding my house lol

05-12-2022, 05:21 AM	#72 (permalink)
Postal268 EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Apr 2022 Location: Harrison, TN Posts: 10 FrankenRex - '90 Honda CRX HF 90 day: 44.02 mpg (US) Red Rocket - '91 Honda Civic DX 90 day: 38.23 mpg (US) Golf Cart - '12 Mitsubishi i-MiEV 90 day: 127.77 mpg (US) Easter Egg - '88 Honda CRX HF 90 day: 43.16 mpg (US) Thanks: 6 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Currently have 3 running computers I threw together myself. My main one is a little bottle necked on my GPU cause of the chip shortage the past year though. I also have like 5-7 half built computers and a tub of parts. Can't exactly put a year on the computer itself cause some parts are newish and most are pretty old. I collect other peoples broken computers and build my own from what parts I can salvage but I usually have to buy my graphics cards second hand. My current main pc is using a CPU from 2017 and a GPU from 2016 My main PC at my desk CPU: Intel Core i7-8700 Ram: 16gb GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070 SSD: 500GB HDD: 4TB OS: Win 10 My bedroom PC is built from left overs of my old computer CPU: AMD FX-8350 Ram: 8gb GPU: ATI RX580 SSD: 250GB HDD: 1TB OS: Win 10 On my TV I have a computer I built from some really old parts of mine CPU: Honestly Can't remember Ram: 8gb GPU: ATI Radeon HD 3890 HDD: 1TB OS: Win 10 I have 3 atm cause I bitcoin mined with all of them to save money on my heat bill this winter. My house is only 730sqft but my usual electric bills in the winter (before bitcoin mining) were $200-$250 (our electric rate basically doubles at "peak" hours which in the winter is during the night when the heat works the most) this winter my electric bills ran me between $90-$120 plus I made some crypto from it all, not much, but they were basically space heaters that made money lol now I also set my heat 9 degrees lower than my ex used to like it when she lived with me so that also helped a lot. She'd keep the heat on 77 and I set it 68 this whole winter but for first and last months of the winter I didn't have to even have the heat on thanks to the miners. Ecomodding my house lol __________________ Last edited by Postal268; 05-12-2022 at 05:26 AM..