I think I might have a problem...

RedMogg

RedMogg

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I made the mistake of offering a member a 480mm radiator, as I have a bit of a stockpile of water-cooling gear.

When I opened my storage cupboard to take a couple of pictures for him, I realised that my "collection" might be somewhat verging on "hoarding".






















The "chesterdraws" is filled with fans, networking gear, motherboard & component boxes, etc.

The tubs stacked to the ceiling contain hundreds of various WC fittings (hard & soft), various sizes of radiators, CPU blocks, pumps, reservoir tubes, EK FLT360, loads of Aquacomputer gear, RGB controllers & fan hubs, case accessories, hard & soft tubing (ZMT/Clear/PMMA/PETG), tools/bending mandrels, heat gun, etc, etc.

And a full MoRa420 setup with 4x Noctua 200mm fans & chrome grill...

Someone tell me it's perfectly normal and I don't actually have a problem, please!?

Anyone else with a "Tardis of Tat" as the Wife lovingly calls our storage cupboard..?
 
Sin_Chase said:
I dont have boxes in the loft full of stuff...nope...not at all :rolleyes:

I may or may not still have IDE cables from the early 2000s
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while not watercooling... don't we all have the ide cables in the cupboard from the early 2000s, just in case we ever need to use one on a motherboard that doesn't even have that fitting lol

I know I've got some serial cables/adapters tucked away somewhere, along with floppy drive and zip 250mb drive 'just in case' lol. I keep meaning to reduce my 'just in case I need them' storage but I might need them lol
 
I used to do this but now strictly limit myself to 1 crate. If it can't fit in the crate, I need to sacrifice something from the crate or sell it/dispose of it.

Result is that I have 1 crate of genuinely useful things and was able to recoup funds from anything that didn't fit, or binned it and was free of the clutter. That's a win for me.
 
Two crates and three shelves in the loft, nothing worth anything,. Socket 475 and 1150 kit, a few Noctua coolers, four old Samsung F3 drives, some fans.

No IDE kit anymore, though I still have Corsair DDR with LED lights from an old Athlon build from the IDE days.
Some molex fan cables too I think.

Probably still got some old Mac, PC AND Server memory too, All from the IDE days I think, server stuff may even be DDR2. Worthless and I can't test it anyway as the wife made me get rid of all the old retro stuff I had.

No water cooling kit as I never got around to it.
 
RedMogg said:
I made the mistake of offering a member a 480mm radiator, as I have a bit of a stockpile of water-cooling gear.
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I saw your post offering that. I'm in Eastleigh and about to swap a 360 and 280 full loop for an AIO and air cooled 5090 (when OCUK get their Lian Li delivery and fulfil my pre-order)

I was going to take the old water cooling stuff to the local recycling centre, but you're welcome to it if you need to feed your hoarding urge
 
WiGgLr said:
I saw your post offering that. I'm in Eastleigh and about to swap a 360 and 280 full loop for an AIO and air cooled 5090 (when OCUK get their Lian Li delivery and fulfil my pre-order)

I was going to take the old water cooling stuff to the local recycling centre, but you're welcome to it if you need to feed your hoarding urge
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(Much appreciated, but the Wife would probably kill me...

...and she's after a new patio, so I wouldn't put it past her.)
 
I've generally become the opposite in recent years, and really try to chuck things away. What annoys me so much though is when I throw things out that have been sat for years, then often within a few months there will come a time where I could have done with one of the things thrown away!
 
RedMogg said:
I made the mistake of offering a member a 480mm radiator, as I have a bit of a stockpile of water-cooling gear.

When I opened my storage cupboard to take a couple of pictures for him, I realised that my "collection" might be somewhat verging on "hoarding".






















The "chesterdraws" is filled with fans, networking gear, motherboard & component boxes, etc.

The tubs stacked to the ceiling contain hundreds of various WC fittings (hard & soft), various sizes of radiators, CPU blocks, pumps, reservoir tubes, EK FLT360, loads of Aquacomputer gear, RGB controllers & fan hubs, case accessories, hard & soft tubing (ZMT/Clear/PMMA/PETG), tools/bending mandrels, heat gun, etc, etc.

And a full MoRa420 setup with 4x Noctua 200mm fans & chrome grill...

Someone tell me it's perfectly normal and I don't actually have a problem, please!?

Anyone else with a "Tardis of Tat" as the Wife lovingly calls our storage cupboard..?
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Yes, you do have a problem!
Now give me all that water cooling gear and make your problem become my problem :D :D :D :D

But on a serious note, that aquacomputer gear, cpu block, radiator and some other bits would be very useful.
Why not sell the stuff on MM? I would probably grab some of your stuff.
 
Drangueos said:
Yes, you do have a problem!
Now give me all that water cooling gear and make your problem become my problem :D :D :D :D

But on a serious note, that aquacomputer gear, cpu block, radiator and some other bits would be very useful.
Why not sell the stuff on MM? I would probably grab some of your stuff.
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Currently re-homing my son's rig into a Havn HS420 and will be making use of some of the above (first time doing hard tubing, so wish me luck).

Also building a rig for my nephew out of the spare AM4 components I've got - just need to sort a PSU & suitable case.

Once we're all done, I do intend to sort through the pile and offer it up on the MM - just have a severe lack of spare time at the moment; house stuff, murder trial and sorting EHCP/Care plans for our nieces & nephew...

(That's if I don't just throw a match to the lot, Heath Ledger's Joker-style!)
 
RedMogg said:
Currently re-homing my son's rig into a Havn HS420 and will be making use of some of the above (first time doing hard tubing, so wish me luck).

Also building a rig for my nephew out of the spare AM4 components I've got - just need to sort a PSU & suitable case.

Once we're all done, I do intend to sort through the pile and offer it up on the MM - just have a severe lack of spare time at the moment; house stuff, murder trial and sorting EHCP/Care plans for our nieces & nephew...

(That's if I don't just throw a match to the lot, Heath Ledger's Joker-style!)
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Good luck, looks like you are going to need it :p

I just moved houses, after 15 years to a temporary one, as my landlord sold the flat and I had to leave in a rush.. working everyday and had no time to find a place for me yet... so yeah I understand the severe lack of spare time
 
RedMogg said:
Have you seen my pictures..?
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Yes, and I'm trying hard not to make you any offers...... really hard!!
I have a friend who builds PCs with me, and he is also trying hard, despite not even having seen this thread yet!!

RedMogg said:
I'll just buy a bigger house, thanks.
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If you sold all that stuff, you could probably afford a second house.... jus' sayin', y'know :D
I'm sure Mrs Mogg wouldn't mind!
 
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