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It's time to break out the old iron and see what I can make out of it. It needs some work, but it will be worth it to keep this beastly classic running for another number of years. I will be putting in a new keyboard, the current one is shot. Adding 8gb of ram instead of 4, upgrading from the t7300 processor to the t9300 processor. I will also be putting in a 256gb Kingston ssd and removing the old OCZ 120gb drive and keeping the 750gb storage drive. I have already upgraded the Bluetooth card and it works as intended as well. After it's done, I am going to try Zorin OS on it to see what I can do with it!

Hey everybody, Just giving a run down on my XPS workstation for doing creative work. it's a Dell XPS 8940 with the 10700 i7. It originally came with 16 gb of ram, 512gb ssd for program/os drive and a 2 tb HDD for storage. It has a RTX 2070 super graphics card in (one of the main reasons I bought instead of built), and it's a nice looking compact system. It didn't take long for me to start upgrading to the system I needed compared to the system I bought. I quickly swapped out the cooler and fans for Noctua units for slient working. I repasted the CPU with noctua paste as well. I also added the VRM cooler heatsink that never came on my system as well. The machine runs much cooler now with all of the brown goodies inside. I re-routed some cable work as well. After, I started swapping other parts. First up was the storage. I swapped the 512gb drive with a 4tb Hynix SSD and swapped out the 2tb with an 8tb HDD for finished project storage. Next up was the ram. The 16gb was pulled in favor of 128gb of patriot ram. This makes the system much quicker doing photo, video and graphic work that I do now. I also added a firewire port in the rear for my old MiniDV camera as well. Overall, this system was bought, upgraded and used with budget in mind. I am currently swapping my office around and upgrading the space to make it more up to date for when I start doing some youtube work for different things. I want the space to look great and feel like a place I want to work it.

Hey everyone. 2 years ago, my husky stepped on my previous dell 2 in 1 5687 (i think) and broke the screen. I upgraded to the inspiron 14 5406 2 in 1 with the 1165G7 processor and irisXE graphics. It came with 12 gb of ram, and a 512gb SSD. Since moving on and getting some field work for photography and videography, I have upgraded my system to a 4tb Hynix SSD and 64gb of patriot ram. The screen, overall build quality and feel of this system is great. I repasted the cpu and gpu and that made a big difference in the cooling of the machine as well when encoding video. I am currently completing a setup where I have the same basic system as my desktop workstation in a portable package. I have a 2 SSD enclosure for scratch and project drives for resolve, a 2tb storage drive for finished projects, a second 14-inch portable monitor with touch for dual display work and more. Overall, this system has everything I need to get work done while mobile.

Hey everyone, I am back! Glad this place is reviving. I have been venturing around a couple of others and it's just not the same. Thankfully, this place should take hold with the regulars again!