Hi. I'm Denchik — a backend developer who spends evenings with a soldering iron, a 3D printer, and a box of LEGO. Here are short notes and, sometimes, longer articles: retro hardware, DIY projects, games, and life between Belgrade and everywhere else. There's always a cat named Persik somewhere nearby.
The graphics card has also made it to me. I've already put a few dozen hours of gaming on it. The only downside is the 60w power limit. I was hoping for 70–75. It worked almost without any hassle — I just added my card's ID to the official drivers. There's enough power for limited 4K (think well-optimized CryEngine games). DLSS works. Just a little more power would make it really great. I'm already thinking about a Chinese 4060 LP to replace my A2000. But maybe it's worth waiting for the Frankenstein 5000-series cards to show up :D
Dell OptiPlex 9020 SFF won't boot with four 8GB memory sticks
Four 8 GB DDR3 sticks, the stock BIOS, Libreboot, a serial log and raminit failing on a single byte.
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Building a compact gaming PC out of an office Dell OptiPlex: a trip to a Belgrade e-waste workshop, a Xeon from AliExpress, and an A2000 that officially doesn't exist.
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