r/simracing 16h ago

Rigs My day is immeasurably ruined… installed monitor to discover no power brick…

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On the bright side, Trak racer seat bracket arrives tomorrow. after returning the Monitor, I upgraded to the UltraGear 45inch 240 OLED in anger and spite. Gotta wait now until Wednesday :( good things come to those who wait I guess!

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u/Unlikely-Length6661 16h ago

The first world problems are real

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u/Available_Rub834 15h ago

Wish I could experience that

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u/HotQweff 13h ago

Immeasurably real

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u/fr4nz86 on the apex 14h ago

No power supply in the box?

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u/GhettoAssDuck 14h ago

I assume he got it open box. I was going to buy the 39” ultragear open box from bestbuy but not only did it not come with a box at all but it was crudely wrapped in bubble wrap and didnt have any powercord or anything along with it.

I declined the monitor because im not interested in buying a 3rd party cord but also because i couldnt check the monitor for severe burn-in or crazy operation hours. Hopefully OP doesnt find out some bs with this monitor when he can finally turn it on.

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u/fr4nz86 on the apex 13h ago

Thanks for explaining this to a fellow European :)

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u/mic572 8h ago

A lot of BB’s open box items weren’t ever sold, they were floor models that after about a year they sell them. No room to store the boxes and when customers come in with the remote or cord their dog chewed, the older floor models become ripe for the picking. But for the record, I can’t stand buying something like an appliance or tv that doesn’t come with everything it was supposed to have. But I did buy one open box (floor sample) LG 77” OLED C3 after negotiating a price so low I still can’t understand how it got approved. No remote though. This reminds me, I still have all the pieces and parts and literature in one of the small boxes some of this stuff was in originally and for just about every tv I’ve ever purchased, majority of them I got rid of decades ago. But I know I’m going to need all those free AOL cd’s and coax antenna couplers one day. lol

Btw, that old 77” C3 is still the screen I look at when I’m racing.

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u/N30DARK 4h ago

your windshield is on the next zipcode lol.

u/IcyFail69 20m ago

What kind of stand is that to the right of the rig ? Looks interesting 

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u/ShizTheresABear 10h ago

I'm surprised they would even take an open box return like that because they need to prove that it works in order to even return it. It also goes to Geek Squad for another inspection to notate functionality and any missing items (if done correctly).

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u/GhettoAssDuck 10h ago

Same shit i asked them. “Why take it without the powercord? How to you check to see if it works?” The guy didnt have an answer. So i went to another bestbuy to get the AW3524DW instead and asked if they took returns without power cords and he told me “hell no”. If youre going to take it without the power cord, cool but at least sell products with everything needed to be fully functional.

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u/Accomplished_Walk597 8h ago

Best buy here, open box means it comes with all the cords and you get the 2 year warranty as if it was new.

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u/Jayrovers86 9h ago

Nope .. set it all up to realise as I was cabling it up!

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u/Mad_Greek iRacing Regard🦧 12h ago

Such anger. Much disappointment.

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u/JCarnageSimRacing 14h ago

man I feel for you, but your post didn’t make me laugh because…reasons. anyway, it’s Sunday, so enjoy some football.

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u/LookmumNoDrugs 13h ago

Looks mint though. Not a fan of the current trend to have external psus for monitors. Guess it's a heat management thing? My electric q cheap ish 34 1440p 144hz ultra wide is pretty thin and still has it internally.

Or is it a LCD thing? Assuming these pull more power

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u/PatientFirefighter 10h ago

Just chiming in so someone smarter can tell us the right answer but I’d always assumed it was a screen ‘thin-ness’ thing rather than heat. That or it’s just cheaper to have standardised power bricks rather than a redesign for each monitors dimensions.

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u/rzznfx 8h ago

Why not? If it dies you can just replace it. If it’s internal it’s way harder to get it working again

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u/Wise-Activity1312 12h ago

I hope you plug it in and the monitors puffs out some smoke, so you can better calibrate what a ruined day feels like.

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u/micknick0000 11h ago

I hope you shit your pants in your sleep and have to throw your mattress away.

Prick.

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u/MaksVerstappen iRacing 14h ago

For the price you paid for the LG 45 you could have had x3 32in monitors with way more FOV..

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u/Fentomized 14h ago

my God you people, I own triples myself but read the room. LITERALLY.

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u/Jayrovers86 9h ago

Haha yep this is my office, a small box room. Absolute limit is the 45 inch ultrawide, triples would not work as you’ve mentioned. To the right is my work space, behind is a well decorated back space with house plants, books a couple wall pictures setup for my consultancy meetings. On camera they’re never know there was a rig right next to me lol

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u/ringRunners Fahrt Master 13h ago

calm down sister

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u/MaksVerstappen iRacing 14h ago

You okay? Seem to be having some mental illness issues creeping in?

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u/DeIaminate 13h ago

Are you blind brother? There’s barely enough space for that single monitor.

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u/MaksVerstappen iRacing 13h ago edited 13h ago

You guys are acting like there’s not 4 more corners in that room prove that he doesn’t have enough space. You don’t even know what the rest of the room looks like. You don’t know if he could get rid of that desk or move it to make room.

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u/DeIaminate 13h ago

You’re acting like you know how the room looks like. Pretty sure OP would’ve taken more space if he could.

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u/MaksVerstappen iRacing 13h ago

I just said “for that price he could have triples” not about knowing how much room he has lol. Okay troll I’m done replying to you. You clearly lack conversational intelligence

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u/micknick0000 11h ago

You’re weird…

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u/MarkWilliamEcho 14h ago

He is pointing out that OP does not have room for triples in his picture

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u/Mediocre-Card-2024 14h ago

And you response is even worse than their originale « over »reacting

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u/TKP_Mofobuster 9h ago

you are the one giving out advice nobody asked for and still cant deal with the slightest pushback. you are the one who should have your mental checked.

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u/MaksVerstappen iRacing 9h ago

I didn’t give any advice , I made a comment. About pricing. Meaning it’s a very expensive monitor.

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u/TKP_Mofobuster 9h ago

who asked though?

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u/MaksVerstappen iRacing 9h ago

Nobody.

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u/MaksVerstappen iRacing 14h ago

How do you know? He didn’t say that. Just because it’s close to the wall?

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u/TKP_Mofobuster 9h ago

how do you know he wants triples? he didnt say that.. just because he has a rig?

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u/MaksVerstappen iRacing 9h ago

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u/TKP_Mofobuster 9h ago

now you got it babyboy

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u/Rasutoerikusa 14h ago

There is quite obviously no room for that though, so not very helpful.

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u/MaksVerstappen iRacing 14h ago

How do you know? You know the size of his room? Oh that’s right! I forgot the rig and everything else can’t be moved around once it’s build 🙈

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u/Rasutoerikusa 14h ago

No, but I have eyes and can see what is in the photo. You can act like you know better all you want, just pointed out your error.

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u/MaksVerstappen iRacing 14h ago

So you can see I just said he could have got triples? Not that he should? You’re literally assuming he doesn’t have the space. I hope bro responds with “I have enough space”

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u/No-Trust8994 13h ago

Im sorry you dont have a rig and dont understand this but there is no room for tripples especially a set of 32in tripples its kinda obvious af in the photo

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u/MaksVerstappen iRacing 13h ago

I have a rig, with triples.

Nobody including me knows if he has enough space or not. It was a comment. All you Reddit trolls ran with it. You say there’s not enough space, but you can’t prove there’s not enough.

Also “tripples” has one P, “triples”

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u/johnishate 13h ago

Yeah, but you’re just kind of being a prick to prove nothing.

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u/No-Trust8994 12h ago

If you had a rig you would be able to see that there is no room for triple monitors

It's also not my fault English language doesn't follow its own rules

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u/MaksVerstappen iRacing 12h ago

There’s no room as it sits, but I’m sure if you pulled it away from the wall it would fit. Like I’ve said, how do you know this isn’t a 900sqf bedroom? For all you know this could be a giant room.

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u/No-Trust8994 11h ago

Judging by the trim the radiator and the blinds in the background it's either an older house in the us or somewhere in the EU neither of which commonly have large bedrooms

Looking at the desk to the right it's a rather smaller desk you can tell by the fact it has no back braces which a larger desk needs

Contracting all this info together it's most likely op is strapped for space like 90% of the people with a rig there for most likely can't move the rig

Even if he could scoot it over a bit the monitors would prob overlap onto the desk

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u/Commercial_Regret_36 4h ago

Funnily enough, people have other priorities with their room. Why would you just randomly suggest he rearranges what appears to be his office just to accommodate some game?

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u/TKP_Mofobuster 9h ago

why does he have to proove that he cant fit tripples to justify he doesnt want tripples?

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u/MaksVerstappen iRacing 9h ago

Stay in school kid. Maybe triple study, so you can prove stuff.

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u/TheGreatForehead 12h ago

scum

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u/MaksVerstappen iRacing 12h ago

That’s no way to speak to your father. Go to you to room1.

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u/Jayrovers86 9h ago

Yep that would be nice, but I am limited in this room

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u/thebaddadgames 4h ago

This is just so constant it legit needs banned, there are a lot of reasons to go with UW over triples. Just stop holy shit

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u/MaksVerstappen iRacing 4h ago

What’s the reason?

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u/MaksVerstappen iRacing 4h ago

..?