Builds & Projects
Building a retro or modern PC? Working on some crazy idea? Talk about it here.

CRTs, Displays, and Video Output Devices
Talk about your favorite CRTs, consumer TVs, monitors, ultrawides, as well as capture cards, scan doublers, OSSC devices, etc.

CPUs & Motherboards
Talk about any CPU or motherboard here. For instance... Intel: Socket 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 370, 423, 478, 603, 604, 771, 775, 1150, 1151, 1155, 1156, 1200, 1366, 1700, 1851, 2011, 2066
AMD: Slot A, Socket A, 754, 939, 940, AM2, AM2+, AM3, AM3+, FM1, FM2, FM2+, AM4, AM5, TR4, TRX40, SP3, SP5

Graphics Cards
Talk about any GPU... regardless of the interface: ISA, VLB (VESA Local Bus), PCI, AGP 1x/2x/4x/8x, PCI-E x16 (1.0 → 2.0 → 3.0 → 4.0 → 5.0). You can even talk about iGPUs if you are a wild beast.

Sound Cards, MIDI, & Synths
Talk about sound cards like the Ad Lib, SB Pro, GUS, SB16, AWE32, GUS, ESS688, Crystal CS4232, SB AWE32, Yamaha YMF724, Aureal Vortex 2, SB Live!, Turtle Beach Montego, X-Fi as well as wave table expansions, soundfonts, and MIDI modules like the MT-32, CM-64, SC-55, Yamaha MU80, Yamaha DB50XG, Yamaha TG500, etc.

Storage & Memory
Talk about any store here: Drum, Tape, MFM, RLL, ESDI, IDE/ATA, SCSI, EIDE, ATA-33/66/100/133, SATA I/II/III, mSATA, M.2 SATA, M.2 NVMe, U.2, PCIe NVMe OR Any type of RAM: DRAM, SRAM, FPM, EDO, BEDO, SDRAM, RDRAM, DDR, DDR2, DDR3, DDR4, DDR5, LPDDR3/4/5, HBM, HBM2/3

Peripherals & Input Devices
Mice, keyboards, speakers, microphones, VR headsets, webcams, HOTAS, and other peripherals spanning interfaces from Serial (RS-232), parallel, ADB, DIN-5, and gameport to modern USB and Bluetooth

Headphones, Speakers, & Amps
Do you use headphones (in-ear, over-ear, open-back, closed-back, semi-open, electrostatic, planar magnetic) or speakers (bookshelf, floor-standing, desktop nearfield, subwoofer, soundbar, horn, full-range driver, studio monitor) with what amp? Solid-state, tube, hybrid, Class D, OTL?

Other Gear (Cases, PSUs, Lights, Fans, Etc.)
Cases, PSUs, fans, cooling, RGB nightmares, cathode tubes, cables, whatever else doesn't fit... cable management horror stories and strange things you found in a dusty thrift store?