Nitroholic

Don;t have it myself, but I know a few who have. Does look a decent game.

Just don;t have hte time to start into a new game right now

Congrats.

Does that mean she owns half your RC collection now?

https://shop.lcracing.net/collections/car-kits/products/emb-tg-1-14-4wd-truggy EMB do them RTR too

This was why I bought a Savage XS and before that a Losi mini 8ight...which was fun, but had real issues with dif bearings, chewing up spurs and generally just seeming to need more work than it was fun.

Still have hte SAvage, and it's been reliable on 2S. Push it to 3S, and the driveline wear stepped up a bit.

Also consider:

https://shop.lcracing.net/collections/assembly-required/products/emb-tghk-1-14-4wd-truggy-br-font-color-red-free-shipping-font

These are all capable of handling a decent range of terrrain, go fast enough to be fun, yet fit in a small holdall with all the stuff you need. Bigger scale trucks just take up more room and are more work to transport and store.

yeah...they just sneaked it into your pocketwhile you weren;t looking, then swiped your credit card to cover their tracks.

It's an age old trick, and I am amazed you fell for it 🤣

Does look impressive.

REminds me of my plans to build an 8 wheel FG based truck with 2 26cc motors, 4WD 4WS, I had enough parts to make it, but when I laid it out...I knew I had no way to transport it to anywhere I could run it. So it never got built.
Whilst I love a statement RC, it's no fun if you can;t take it out for a run!

Meh...what this needs is a pair of nitro motors under the hood, so you get smoke out the pipe.

Hmm....now. That gives me an idea

want to see it running....

probably need t o replace the lock barrel. But check first the latch isn't just sticking

nope. New PSU made zero difference.

I kind of new it wouldn't, but I had to try. It's a better PSU anyway. Just means I upgraded sooner. The old one was bought when a previous unit blew. It was cheap and available quick. This is a much better unit.

Yeah....slight issue there. My PSU has only 1 power lead with a split pair of 8pin connectors.

I have a replacement unit on roder from Amazon due tomorrow. Didn;t want to buy a new PSU...but...this is a possible fix, and a better quality PSU was probably on the cards anyway to avoid issues under load. If I ever actually get that far!

Will see how that turns out

yep. Made no difference

well...so far STILL no joy.

Updated BIOS, tried a few BIOS settings, did a CMOS reset. Still nothing.

Tried monitors with display port cable and HDMI for good measure.

Screens stay black, and my Mobo 'EZ Diag' shows a VGA light, telling me either the GPU is not detected or failed. Yes. Thank you EZ Diag, but I think the totally blank screen had given me a clue.

Yeah, going to do that anyway. According to the MSI website, there are several more recent BIOS updates, and the newest one was back in the summer. So I am going to snag that and see.

Probably a good thing to do anyway, as I haven;t updated it for several years

so far. .... trouble!

Plugged it in, and the Mobo won;t detect it.

Need to try a few tweaks now. Haven;t updated BIOS for a bit, and I have googled a few issues where the bios being set for PCIe Gen4 caused an issue, and reset to Gen3 sorted that. So have to try that.

My Mobo has 'EZ Diag' and the LED for VGA lights with the new GPU in, telling me the card is either not detected or in a 'fail' state. Card seems to have power as it has a few on board LEDs that light, and hte fans run. All the time...

but no output. Will see how I get on with tweaking over the weekend.

I have also been running my GPU on a riser cable, so I guess I should also try plugging it in direct to see if that makes a difference.

Merry Christmas!

yeah..but thats a micro ATX one, so it might not suit your build.

Thermaltake case is indeed mental...and cool. Not cool price though....

I'd rather do this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thermaltake-T200-Snow-PC-Chassis-Micro-ATX/dp/B08MZD5SG3/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3MTYJVT8SSBSV&keywords=thermaltake+ah+t600&qid=1703424236&sprefix=Thermaltake+AH+T600%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-2&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.23648568-4ba5-49f2-9aa6-31ae75f1e9cd

I officially don't 'have it' until Christmas day.

So I got to wait a few days. I bought a better monitor to go 1440 and higher refresh, but I need a GPU that can make use of it properly

nice

It's basically a flat board, on stand offs. This leaves space behind to run wires. The GPU is on a riser cable for looks. I 3d printed covers to neaten the holes and to mount the HDDs.

The CPU fan points up .. which prevents dust buildup. Cooling is great, and I get to enjoy that RGB goodness.

LAN parties require a lot of building work and a replaster. 

@Yrkoonscan are doing the xfx Merc 319 for £509 with free shipping (DPD next day) which is what I went for. The slightly lower clocked versio was £499

Just about to upgrade my old 1080 for a shiny new 7800XT.

I solved case issues, cooling issues, and space issues by getting rid of a case altogether.

takes up no spacer at all hung on the wall.

Happy Birthday!

1/18 Chevy K10 ?

Looks nice

Put the cash in an envelope, stick it to one side, then re-advertise the stuff for sale.

That will either flush him out of the woodwork, or, allow you to sell your gear. If he makes contact, you can refund his deposit. As long as you don;t bank the cash or spend it, you are acting in good faith. The guy hasn't paid for the stuff, and hasn't responded. Leave messages on FB and wait a week and you are good to go really.