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  • Wanted: Haswell Socket 1150 CPU

    From ~misfit~@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 16 13:07:57 2021
    XPost: nz.wanted

    Just a shot in the dark... I don't suppose anyone here has a quad-core Haswell CPU sitting around
    surplus to requirements and that they don't want the earth for? (A cooler for it would be a bonus too.)

    I've got a bargain on a socket 1150 based PC that I was going to use as a spare machine for light
    gaming for guests / backup. I have a GPU that's adequate and I've added to the existing 4GB of RAM
    with an 8GB stick out of my main machine but the dual-core Pentium that's in it isn't up to the
    task. I tried it with Path of Exile but it's CPU-bound and unplayable. (My main machine is running
    an i7 4790 and runs it smooth as silk so something in between the two should be fine.)

    Then I'll just get a cheap 120 GB SSD for it and it'll be fit for purpose.

    Cheers,
    --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville

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  • From ~misfit~@21:1/5 to Malcolm on Tue Mar 16 13:37:19 2021
    On 16/03/2021 1:21 pm, Malcolm wrote:
    On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:07:57 +1300
    ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:

    Just a shot in the dark... I don't suppose anyone here has a
    quad-core Haswell CPU sitting around surplus to requirements and that
    they don't want the earth for? (A cooler for it would be a bonus too.)

    I've got a bargain on a socket 1150 based PC that I was going to use
    as a spare machine for light gaming for guests / backup. I have a GPU
    that's adequate and I've added to the existing 4GB of RAM with an 8GB
    stick out of my main machine but the dual-core Pentium that's in it
    isn't up to the task. I tried it with Path of Exile but it's
    CPU-bound and unplayable. (My main machine is running an i7 4790 and
    runs it smooth as silk so something in between the two should be
    fine.)

    Then I'll just get a cheap 120 GB SSD for it and it'll be fit for
    purpose.

    Cheers,
    Hi there ~misfit~ ;)
    Alas, all I have is a LGA 1155 i5 (real quad core) Xeon... :(

    Hey Malcolm! Great to 'see' you! Thanks anyway, appreciate the reply and knowing that you're still
    here. :)
    --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville

    This is not an email and hasn't been checked for viruses by any half-arsed self-promoting software.

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  • From Malcolm@21:1/5 to shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com on Mon Mar 15 19:21:31 2021
    On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:07:57 +1300
    ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:

    Just a shot in the dark... I don't suppose anyone here has a
    quad-core Haswell CPU sitting around surplus to requirements and that
    they don't want the earth for? (A cooler for it would be a bonus too.)

    I've got a bargain on a socket 1150 based PC that I was going to use
    as a spare machine for light gaming for guests / backup. I have a GPU
    that's adequate and I've added to the existing 4GB of RAM with an 8GB
    stick out of my main machine but the dual-core Pentium that's in it
    isn't up to the task. I tried it with Path of Exile but it's
    CPU-bound and unplayable. (My main machine is running an i7 4790 and
    runs it smooth as silk so something in between the two should be
    fine.)

    Then I'll just get a cheap 120 GB SSD for it and it'll be fit for
    purpose.

    Cheers,
    Hi there ~misfit~ ;)
    Alas, all I have is a LGA 1155 i5 (real quad core) Xeon... :(

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  • From geoff@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 25 15:44:53 2021
    On 16/03/2021 1:37 pm, ~misfit~ wrote:
    On 16/03/2021 1:21 pm, Malcolm wrote:
    On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:07:57 +1300
    ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:

    Just a shot in the dark... I don't suppose anyone here has a
    quad-core Haswell CPU sitting around surplus to requirements and that
    they don't want the earth for? (A cooler for it would be a bonus too.)

    I've got a bargain on a socket 1150 based PC that I was going to use
    as a spare machine for light gaming for guests / backup. I have a GPU
    that's adequate and I've added to the existing 4GB of RAM with an 8GB
    stick out of my main machine but the dual-core Pentium that's in it
    isn't up to the task. I tried it with Path of Exile but it's
    CPU-bound and unplayable. (My main machine is running an i7 4790 and
    runs it smooth as silk so something in between the two should be
    fine.)

    Then I'll just get a cheap 120 GB SSD for it and it'll be fit for
    purpose.

    Cheers,
    Hi there ~misfit~ ;)
    Alas, all I have is a LGA 1155 i5 (real quad core) Xeon... :(

    Hey Malcolm! Great to 'see' you! Thanks anyway, appreciate the reply and knowing that you're still here. :)

    I'm still here too ! No CPU of the spec you need though sorry.

    cheers

    geoff

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  • From Malcolm@21:1/5 to geoff on Wed Mar 24 22:41:49 2021
    On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:44:53 +1300
    geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> wrote:

    On 16/03/2021 1:37 pm, ~misfit~ wrote:
    On 16/03/2021 1:21 pm, Malcolm wrote:
    On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:07:57 +1300
    ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:

    Just a shot in the dark... I don't suppose anyone here has a
    quad-core Haswell CPU sitting around surplus to requirements and
    that they don't want the earth for? (A cooler for it would be a
    bonus too.)

    I've got a bargain on a socket 1150 based PC that I was going to
    use as a spare machine for light gaming for guests / backup. I
    have a GPU that's adequate and I've added to the existing 4GB of
    RAM with an 8GB stick out of my main machine but the dual-core
    Pentium that's in it isn't up to the task. I tried it with Path
    of Exile but it's CPU-bound and unplayable. (My main machine is
    running an i7 4790 and runs it smooth as silk so something in
    between the two should be fine.)

    Then I'll just get a cheap 120 GB SSD for it and it'll be fit for
    purpose.

    Cheers,
    Hi there ~misfit~ ;)
    Alas, all I have is a LGA 1155 i5 (real quad core) Xeon... :(

    Hey Malcolm! Great to 'see' you! Thanks anyway, appreciate the
    reply and knowing that you're still here. :)

    I'm still here too ! No CPU of the spec you need though sorry.

    cheers

    geoff

    Hi
    It's all too quiet in here these days.....

    Good to see a few folks still lurking ;)

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  • From Crash@21:1/5 to malcolmlewis@cableone.net.invalid on Thu Mar 25 21:19:40 2021
    On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 22:41:49 -0500, Malcolm
    <malcolmlewis@cableone.net.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:44:53 +1300
    geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> wrote:

    On 16/03/2021 1:37 pm, ~misfit~ wrote:
    On 16/03/2021 1:21 pm, Malcolm wrote:
    On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:07:57 +1300
    ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:

    Just a shot in the dark... I don't suppose anyone here has a
    quad-core Haswell CPU sitting around surplus to requirements and
    that they don't want the earth for? (A cooler for it would be a
    bonus too.)

    I've got a bargain on a socket 1150 based PC that I was going to
    use as a spare machine for light gaming for guests / backup. I
    have a GPU that's adequate and I've added to the existing 4GB of
    RAM with an 8GB stick out of my main machine but the dual-core
    Pentium that's in it isn't up to the task. I tried it with Path
    of Exile but it's CPU-bound and unplayable. (My main machine is
    running an i7 4790 and runs it smooth as silk so something in
    between the two should be fine.)

    Then I'll just get a cheap 120 GB SSD for it and it'll be fit for
    purpose.

    Cheers,
    Hi there ~misfit~ ;)
    Alas, all I have is a LGA 1155 i5 (real quad core) Xeon... :(

    Hey Malcolm! Great to 'see' you! Thanks anyway, appreciate the
    reply and knowing that you're still here. :)

    I'm still here too ! No CPU of the spec you need though sorry.

    cheers

    geoff

    Hi
    It's all too quiet in here these days.....

    Good to see a few folks still lurking ;)

    Yes - and some of very long standing!


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  • From ~misfit~@21:1/5 to Crash on Fri Mar 26 02:13:30 2021
    On 25/03/2021 9:19 pm, Crash wrote:
    On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 22:41:49 -0500, Malcolm <malcolmlewis@cableone.net.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 15:44:53 +1300
    geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> wrote:

    On 16/03/2021 1:37 pm, ~misfit~ wrote:
    On 16/03/2021 1:21 pm, Malcolm wrote:
    On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:07:57 +1300
    ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:

    Just a shot in the dark... I don't suppose anyone here has a
    quad-core Haswell CPU sitting around surplus to requirements and
    that they don't want the earth for? (A cooler for it would be a
    bonus too.)

    I've got a bargain on a socket 1150 based PC that I was going to
    use as a spare machine for light gaming for guests / backup. I
    have a GPU that's adequate and I've added to the existing 4GB of
    RAM with an 8GB stick out of my main machine but the dual-core
    Pentium that's in it isn't up to the task. I tried it with Path
    of Exile but it's CPU-bound and unplayable. (My main machine is
    running an i7 4790 and runs it smooth as silk so something in
    between the two should be fine.)

    Then I'll just get a cheap 120 GB SSD for it and it'll be fit for
    purpose.

    Cheers,
    Hi there ~misfit~ ;)
    Alas, all I have is a LGA 1155 i5 (real quad core) Xeon... :(

    Hey Malcolm! Great to 'see' you! Thanks anyway, appreciate the
    reply and knowing that you're still here. :)

    I'm still here too ! No CPU of the spec you need though sorry.

    cheers

    geoff

    Hi
    It's all too quiet in here these days.....

    Good to see a few folks still lurking ;)

    Yes - and some of very long standing!

    Indeed! I found a CPU that I could afford on Trademe and it's currently being taken for a drive
    around the North Island by the courier. Aramex. They picked it up from Manukau yesterday, had it in
    Pukekohe South today but then took it to Mt Roskill! Maybe I'll get it tomorrow...

    It's an i5 4570S, nothing hugely powerful but it has the bonus (by virtue of being an "s" model) of
    being able to run using the same cooler that's sitting on the Pentium G3260 that's in the
    motherboard at the moment. That's saved me a few dollars and hopefully it'll do what I want of it.

    Goodnight gents,
    --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville

    This is not an email and hasn't been checked for viruses by any half-arsed self-promoting software.

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  • From Tony @21:1/5 to shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com on Thu Mar 25 19:52:44 2021
    ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 26/03/2021 2:13 am, ~misfit~ wrote:

    Indeed! I found a CPU that I could afford on Trademe and it's currently >>being taken for a drive
    around the North Island by the courier. Aramex. They picked it up from >>Manukau yesterday, had it in
    Pukekohe South today but then took it to Mt Roskill! Maybe I'll get it >>tomorrow...

    I shouldn't have jinxed myself. Aramex (née Post Haste) have decided that my >street is rural and so
    handed the package off to an "NZ Post Rural Agent" to deliver. So far NZ Post >tracking have no
    record of the number that Aramex say NZ Post have assigned to it. :-/

    --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy >little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville

    This is not an email and hasn't been checked for viruses by any half-arsed >self-promoting software.
    Aramex used to be completely mis-named Fastway Couriers. Changing their name has not helped them. My belief is that their problem is that they are a franchise organisation and there are several areas that have no franchisee. When they need to deliver in one of those areas they send it on to another company. It has happened to me several times and we are not rural either. We had one delivery sent from 60kms away that took 4 days.

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  • From ~misfit~@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 26 13:33:39 2021
    On 26/03/2021 2:13 am, ~misfit~ wrote:

    Indeed! I found a CPU that I could afford on Trademe and it's currently being taken for a drive
    around the North Island by the courier. Aramex. They picked it up from Manukau yesterday, had it in
    Pukekohe South today but then took it to Mt Roskill! Maybe I'll get it tomorrow...

    I shouldn't have jinxed myself. Aramex (née Post Haste) have decided that my street is rural and so
    handed the package off to an "NZ Post Rural Agent" to deliver. So far NZ Post tracking have no
    record of the number that Aramex say NZ Post have assigned to it. :-/

    --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville

    This is not an email and hasn't been checked for viruses by any half-arsed self-promoting software.

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  • From ~misfit~@21:1/5 to Tony on Fri Mar 26 15:21:45 2021
    On 26/03/2021 1:52 pm, Tony wrote:
    ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 26/03/2021 2:13 am, ~misfit~ wrote:

    Indeed! I found a CPU that I could afford on Trademe and it's currently
    being taken for a drive
    around the North Island by the courier. Aramex. They picked it up from
    Manukau yesterday, had it in
    Pukekohe South today but then took it to Mt Roskill! Maybe I'll get it
    tomorrow...

    I shouldn't have jinxed myself. Aramex (née Post Haste) have decided that my
    street is rural and so
    handed the package off to an "NZ Post Rural Agent" to deliver. So far NZ Post
    tracking have no
    record of the number that Aramex say NZ Post have assigned to it. :-/

    Aramex used to be completely mis-named Fastway Couriers. Changing their name has not helped them. My belief is that their problem is that they are a franchise organisation and there are several areas that have no franchisee. When they need to deliver in one of those areas they send it on to another company. It has happened to me several times and we are not rural either. We had one delivery sent from 60kms away that took 4 days.

    Hi Tony - good to 'see' you here.

    Fastway! That's right, thanks. I knew it was one of the shite couriers that had undergone a
    re-name. Fastway were (are) even worse than Post Haste. Back when they were Fastway they often told
    me that I was rural. I don't know the number of times I told them that 'rural' has a defined
    meaning and according to the local council I'm not rural. They told me that they have their own
    definition.

    I haven't had this issue since they've been Aramex, in fact I saw an Aramex van deliver to my
    neighbour a couple of days ago. I've had them deliver here quite often since their name-change and,
    other than being a couple of days slower than NZ Post they've been reliable. Maybe this time it
    went through the hands of an old Fastway worker?

    Cheers,
    --
    Shaun.

    "Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification
    in the DSM"
    David Melville

    This is not an email and hasn't been checked for viruses by any half-arsed self-promoting software.

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