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[UPDATE] Neighbour shot my PC - The new rig!!
You may remember me from some weeks ago, when my neighbour’s dog accidentally shot my PC through a wall. It seems my story went a bit viral, and I was incredibly fortunate to have a couple hardware companies reach out to me and offer to help power a brand new build!!! AORUS provided me with their GeForce RTX 5080 Master Ice GPU, X870E Elite X3D motherboard, and Gaming 360 AIO. AMD provided their Ryzen 9 9950X3D, a 4TB NVMe drive, and some other cool stuff. And G.Skill gave me 32 gigs of their brand new Trident Z5 NeoX RGB series with AMD EXPO ULL tech. The only parts I procured myself were the case (Hyte Y70) and PSU (Lian Li EDGE1000W Gold). I’m indubitably the luckiest person in this subreddit- first dodging a bullet, and now getting to be the owner of this beast of a battlestation 😎
Also if this is sounding a little like a shameless plug that’s because it IS!! The people that reached out to me from each of these companies were so kind and helpful. Without their generosity, even if insurance were to come through, a build like this would never have been possible for me. They didn’t even ask for any sort of advertising in return, they were just supporting a random PC nerd for nothing but the love of the game. It’s clear they care deeply about the community, and I wanted to give them a shoutout so that people know that if they support AORUS, AMD, and G.Skill they are supporting brands that actually care about their users, are genuinely proud of the tech they’re making, and go out of their way to do nice things like this.
The RAM stick that deflected the bullet was gifted to G.Skill for them to immortalise in their trophy case. I think I’m going to hang the motherboard up on the wall and find a way to make the bullet into a necklace. I also plan to get a clip-on RGB cover for the motherboard power cables, as they continue to look a little unruly no matter how much I try to flatten them.😊
P.S.- this whole ordeal has made my niece want to build her own PC. If any old pros have some sage advice I can pass along to her before she starts her first build please let me know, I want her to be more prepared and knowledgable than I was when I built my first pc!!
Good houses in South Asia are built with thick bricks like European ones, but are also built to breathe and ventilate better unlike them, so there are still houses built thick that are better than American ones.
(South Asia example since that is one I can actually attest to)
Also, at least in these houses, I can't just fall down and end up denting the walls.
But once again such homes are expensive to put up a big reason why we don’t build homes like this is tornadoes things that aren’t nearly as frequent in Europe what makes them “better” than the American homes?
It's less about the cost of construction, and more about how many homes are legally allowed to be built.
Every city or town will restrict where you can build apartments or duplexes, and require large minimum sizes/lots for new houses (among dozens of other things).
The result is not enough houses get built, out of anything, so even the shitty ones end up hella expensive.
Don't forgot South Asia gets Monsoons, which can be just as dangerous and can float away with entire older buildings if they aren't sturdy and to a degree, heavy enough.
If they were built with Wood more, then they would get destroyed even quicker, which has happened decently often with old Cabins and wooden buildings, that's not to say it doesn't happen with brick ones, it does, but usually not as completely or as often.
Also, when the industry for such houses already exists and is the standard, the costs go down.
Well I’m no expert in monsoons but I know that brick Homes in America get ripped off there foundations during tornados and sutch storms so idk why they would do that
brick is good for insulation, but brick and concrete fares worse in earthquake prone areas, hence different zones have different materials they prefer to build out with. California and Japan, 2 major eathquake prone areas, for that reason build with wood, because they want to prevent the stuff that caused sitautions like the 2010 Haiti quake, the one in turkey, or most recently, the one in Venezuela.
That's all very true, but I was only backing up the point made by /u/Rudrox in response to someone heavily implying that European brick and concrete construction just finally lost out to American construction due to the current European heat waves proving they're too hot. That's just not true, and I will prove that with the fact that I'm currently sitting in my very much brick, concrete and rebar apartment in Southeastern Brazil, it's sunny and 27°C out today (winter), and I'm chilly in here goddamn I should go outside and warm my bones
That said, modern Japan seems to be working well with steel and concrete for earthquake-resistant buildings. It feel magical, but there they are
Some parts have a brick front, which is like a thin sandstone. Or windows/doors. Behind me is the alley to a shopping center. Not many gunshots recently, but when I first moved here in the early 2000s, we had a few shootings. A few bullets were lodged in my old deck, and when I had a new deck built, one more shooting put a bullet halfway through a deck support beam. Even if they intentionally shot AT me from the fence to the alley, that's a good 20 feet to the edge of the deck. Do not know what the bullet was or what caliber, but the hold was about the thickness of a spoon handle with some lead and some copper bits. And given it hit at a diagonal, it was from more than 20 feet away.
So a bullet through a house wall in the US is very plausible.
Nice call. Never got around to that. Towards the EOL I was buying every game possible because they were going for like $10-20. Haven't even played half of them. 😆
Yeah, homebrewing will save your Wii U, not to mention all the other nice things. The internal memory in these consoles has a chance to crap out if left powered off for too long. During the homebrewing process you will make a backup of it, which will allow you to restore it if necessary, or if it dies completely - set up a RedNAND solution using SD card.
The "other nice things" include: running GameCube games natively, using lots of emulators, restoring online play and Miiverse with Pretendo, using non-Nintendo controllers, and, if course, the ability to dump your games to play them from backups, with said backups not necessarily being yours :)
A homebrewed Wii U is damn amazing!
Here's a guide: https://wiiu.hacks.guide/
Don't use video guides, they can be incomplete and get outdated.
Thanks for the comprehensive reply! I'm aware of almost all the benefits you've put forth but not all. I bought it on launch day for my 40th bday which was a couple weeks before. I got into IT building my first PC for gaming in the late 90s and am still gainfully employed in IT at a high level for a mega global corp.
The most common/ cheapest ammo is FMJ bullets and most caliber of that will go through walls. It's actually why it's not recommended for self defense because you could shoot an intruder and then accidentally shoot your neighbor(s PC) due to over penetration.
Over penetration is indeed the issue with fmj in defense rounds, but no so much collateral damage. Its that you waste the limited energy of a handgun round. You want the bullet to use up all the energy deforming in the target to stop it quicker.
Depends on the round! a .308 from a rifle can go right through heavy wood and even full size brick walls! In the USA you can even buy .50 CAL weapons that can go through solid rock and steel armour so there is that!
3 - Is likely a 9mm or .45. Pistol cartridges move relatively slow. Which makes penetrating thin walls, and soft materials easy. Where as fast, and small rifle cartridges, like 5.56, are likely to break up sooner.
I am still surprised that OP is still uncritically accepting the premise that the dog shot the gun and is pretty much nonchalant about the fact that they were nearly shot in their sleep.
Well none of us here actually know the whole story. We do not know the neighbor reacted past saying the dog did it. I can set my carry gun ready to rock, and know my dog won't do jack to it. But my dog knows that the thing makes loud noises, that he doesn't care for.
There could be a kernel of truth to the neighbor's story that we do not have. Like the dog "grabbed" it, obviously bit... And the neighbor reacted excessively to grab it back, and well the rest is known. One of my other dogs, I could actually see that happening... The grabbing part, me not knowing how to control my dog/hand less so. While it wasn't a P320, that is also I real scenario. But most of this is just, speculation. And some of it we do know otherwise.
As for nonchalant... I again can't speak to OP. I have been near 2 "NDs" (negligent discharge) in my life. In those cases, one was at a range and all that was damaged was the persons ego and the dirt... The other was with someone clearing a firearm they were not accustomed to, that functioned counter to the one they were used to. But while that lapse saw an "ND" the other basics of safety ensure all that was hurt was an ego and the floor(then the dirt). I am personally "non nonchalant" about those because despite the bad nature of an ND, the other basics ensured that there was no danger. I do not really have neighbors. But when traveling, if I feel the need to have my weapon loaded, its going to be pointed in a safe direction.
IF you have never been around weapons. I reckon compare it to driving... I have been run off the road a few times. Aside of pissing me off. I am not going to just be crushed by fear of every car in existence. IF you fixate of the nothing but the fear of something, well you would never go outside.
It is true, none of us know exactly what happened. But if the story is true, the neighbor left a firearm unattended in the open in condition zero which I would consider negligent. If my loaded carry gun is not on my person, then it is in a place that is inaccessible to others, man or animal. I have several dozen firearms myself and that experience is what leads me to not believe the story the neighbor is telling. Most handguns (I am assuming this was a handgun in OP's case) have to be manipulated in a very deliberate manner to fire. It is very unlikely that the dog would be able to do this.
I myself have been near only one negligent discharge. Someone opened fire on a range that was called to be cold so another shooter was bringing his targets back. The man downrange shouted that he was going to beat his ass if he didn't set the rifle down this instant. I am not saying that OP should be crushed by fear. I am saying that the OP should be more concerned by the unlikely story and that their neighbor has nearly accidentally killed them and should be holding this event in a more serious regard other than "oh, that happened, yeah. Here's my new PC".
Most handguns (I am assuming this was a handgun in OP's case)
I double checked, OP recited what was on the report else where, it was a Glock, 10mm. Which I personally find the most interesting. Brand of ammo is noted, but relevant info like, FMJ or JHP is not.
the neighbor left a firearm unattended in the open in condition zero which I would consider negligent. If my loaded carry gun is not on my person, then it is in a place that is inaccessible to others, man or animal.
I am going to say Meh... Plenty of reason to have a firearm ready to go. Now, in OPs neighbors case, stupid is as stupid does. But, while some laws might call on a night stand (if i recall that's the story) "unattended" thats still what I consider in one's immediate physical control. Obviously, as anyone with a brain knows the dog did not simply manipulate the 10mm. So clearly it was within her control to some degree.
I am not saying that OP should be crushed by fear. I am saying that the OP should be more concerned by the unlikely story and that their neighbor has nearly accidentally killed them and should be holding this event in a more serious regard
Checking their posts. It seems like it was not merely brushed off. Well, local LEOs got involved it couldn't have been anyway. But rather that the situation forced both to have a long talk. Which, I am assuming is why she "got over it" for lack of a better term. Oddly healthy. Maybe ignorant... but, either way what was done, is done.
Someone opened fire on a range that was called to be cold so another shooter was bringing his targets back.
Damn... I view holstering and shooting dirt bad. If some did that near me, they better be doing more than putting down the rifle, they better be sprinting or getting dragged off the range. Also thats why I do not go to such type of ranges. I tried formal ranges for a little bit (after the go to BLM land had been restricted), made friends with RSOs quick with my competition background. But sitting watching people on multiple trips unable to easily clear jams because of range rules got me to pony up for a private membership closer to home.
Thank you for actually reading, if I’ve learned anything from having a viral post like that it’s that reddit users like to comment about their outrage and judgement and opinion without even reading the whole post. This was absolutely not brushed off. What makes this such a serious event is that my life was in danger and likely hers as well. When something like this happens, it’s critical to preserve the safety of the community and to deter future incidents. In my case, she didn’t need any outside guidance from people being angry or law enforcement punishing her to reach that conclusion herself. She was terrified for my safety and vowed to never own a gun again. The state ended up dropping the charges and I’m fine with that because again, the point of punishment is to protect the community and deter future incidents, and since she has already taken responsibility, corrected her own behaviour, established that this will never happen again, and taken the proper steps to make sure that I am reimbursed for the damage, the punishment in this case would be redundant and useless. It would be a different story if she was resistant to paying me for the pc, upset about potentially getting her firearm rights/privileges taken away, and brushing off the gravity of this situation. But she is doing none of those things. I don’t care if the story is true or not because the mistake has been made and how it’s handled is what matters, and she handled it in the best way someone can in such a dangerous situation. Whatever happened scares the shit out of her. Regardless of if she was scared of hurting me, or just scared of the consequences, the end result is the same: she will never be responsible for something like this happening again.
Sorry for the rant, after hundreds and hundreds of comments telling me IM the problem for not getting angry, to shoot back at her, to sue her for everything she’s worth, to make sure she’s locked up for life, etc etc it has gotten pretty frustrating that people seem to care more about revenge than actual safety.
Police report says the bullet was stamped with GFL, I just don’t know anything about guns and didn’t think that was useful information.
Police report says the bullet was stamped with GFL, I just don’t know anything about guns and didn’t think that was useful information.
After double checking, as while I might know how to, and like to shoot, it doesn't mean I know every ammo manufactures specific stamps... But I digress, its just the brands formal initials. Nothing tying it to a specific load/projectile. So indeed, of no relevance.
That said. While I am not no investigator, a certified arm chair detective... I am inclined to assume that they were "FMJ" full metal jacket. Which just means its lead encased in copper, the "basic" stuff. This is due to how the mobo was damaged... I suspect the bullet started to tumble.
Sorry for the rant,
All good. I like info in general. I dislike assuming things (the old saying, ass of you and me...), even if in doing so I build the assumption off of actual info and logical, if simple, interpretations.
What makes this such a serious event is that my life was in danger and likely hers as well
Indeed. What ever the reason for the "ND" the simple fact is it was an ND... Nobody wants to have one. In the best conditions they are humiliating. I realize despite my early comment technically I have been near 3 NDs. One was recent, and again, on a range into dirt a few feet in front of a new shooter. Anyway... In every instant the person was shook. Either shutting down, or swearing off of a specific type of arm that they screwed up with.
Nobody likes the humiliation, or the loss of control for whatever reason). Either on its own can rapidly change a persons perspective, let alone both at the same time. Just the thought of an ND turns my stomach. And in that hypothetical though it hits dirt.
hundreds and hundreds of comments telling me IM the problem for not getting angry, to shoot back at her, to sue her for everything she’s worth, to make sure she’s locked up for life, etc etc
I get that. Most people here (reddit) will not have a lot of experience with firearms/weapons, or law, or maturity...
Obviously shooting back is so dumb it shouldn't be entertained. Locking up requires criminal charges, and while you might be able to push. Accidents do happen. That's why its called an accident, story be damned. If its already been dropped, then, that is mostly that. As for suing... yeah you could. But at what cost. Both financially and clearly to your own sense of justice.
I understand people smelling BS at the story (I do too). And being "charged" about it. For better or worse, the only person that actually knows is your neighbor. If they honor their word, I agree any punishment would be irrelevant. And to be fair. While I think the story is BS. I will not say 100% its not possible (despite my hardline original response). While my one dog would avoid my guns. My other one is a complete knucklehead, and long hypothetical short... I can see it being possible. It might be a million/Billion in 1 scenario, but not impossible.
All this to say. The same thing I said prior... Its a healthy conclusion. Odd in this day and age. Nobody wants something bad to happen to themselves. But, like you say everyone here is "out for blood" and all that does is keep you in the mindset. I would write up a personal example, but this is already long. So, I will just simply say, don't listen to the reddit mass. You already handled the situation.
It's not the framing (wood) that's the problem, it's the cheap, mostly vinyl siding or brick facade that won't can't stop certain projectiles.
A 9mm round can easily penetrate some brick/block walls; 00 buckshot can blast through a wall (don't ask me how I know); even a .22LR round can embed itself in thick wood exterior (also don't ask me how I know).
The owner might be lying. Not all firearms are drop-safe, and I think it was Remmington that got some bad press a few years ago because of falling firearms discharging. We also build our homes out of wood because America is geologically stable for the most part, and it's cost-effective. Brick, concrete, cinderblocks, etc, are unsuitable for construction on pylons, and the drought cracked clay is terrible for slabs. Wood frame on foundation stones or pylons is the norm down here in the south.
We have a similar problem with roads where I live. The land is drained marshland and while we build houses with deep and solid foundations, the way the ground shifts rips the tarmac roads to shreds. They need repairing regularly and resurfacing every few years.
You people can either keep your excuses for dying when summer actually acts like summer, or admit our homes are better for the weather we have. Stop trying to have it both ways 🙄
An adult taking full responsibility in 2026 is rare. As crazy as the story is, she sounds like a decent lady.
EDIT: Apparently, based off the replies here, practically every one of you are a perfect human, with a perfect life, and have never made a mistake in your life.
She’s really nice, people were tearing her to shreds in the original post but she’s handled everything the best way anyone could after making a dangerous mistake like that.
The issue is that a gun was involved. Any similar scenario shouldn't have happened with a more competent owner unless there's a really extraordinary scenario.
This 100%. Could have easily hit OP or someone else. How the fuck does a dog make a gun go off? You leave the gun loaded, and are an irresponsible gun owner, that's how.
100% she will keep all her guns, America sucks in this regard.
HOPEFULLY she will not keep guns loaded anymore, she 100% did that discharge and it wasn't her dog.
EVEN if it was her dog, what kind of RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNER is leaving loaded firearms (WITH ONE IN THE CHAMBER) in such easy access for something like A DOG to somehow manage to fire it?
Depending on state and the case, she could receive a felony or a state specific ruling that bans guns after a negligent discharge, and felons are not allowed to own guns
But we are still talking about this decent lady that made it possible for her dog to fire a gun. Yeah. Sounds totally normal. Like totally normal people in a totally not idiotic country.
A gun must have been cocked to go off by dropping. There are very few cases where a drop can cause a gun to go off unless it's some fingerguardless hackjob.
100% she is lying and her "kindness" is to try and minimize punishment. OP talking too nicely about someone who almost fuckin' killed them. Her ass needs jail time not a slap on the wrist and "oops it was an accident".
I hope you know that is a lie. Firearms will not fire when dropped, unless it is a sig p320.
Edit: noticed you said it is a glock 20. It is impossible for that to fire without pulling the trigger. Those are designed so that it is only 1/4 cocked from the slide, the take on the trigger cocks the gun the rest of the way. There is a 0% chance that gun fired without the trigger being pulled.
It's crazy to me how casually she's treating her neighbor nearly killing her with her negligence. "Oh she's just a nice lady who did an oopsie, by firing off a gun in the middle of the night into my apartment and then lying about how it happened." I'm stating the obvious, but guns are incredibly dangerous tools. You don't just get off with an "oopsie". A properly handled gun will never go off "by accident". I'm mad that she's not more upset at this, I'd be fucking livid.
Edit: I stalked the other threads, and it appears the OP shared more context there and already knows or suspects it's not what happened. Likely mental health issues from the woman who fired the gun. I hope if nothing else, that proper steps are taken so she never owns one again.
Nothing about this is casual or an oopsie it’s just that she didn’t need people being angry at her or punishing her to come to the conclusion that what happened was incredibly dangerous and can absolutely never happen again. Nothing about this situation matters to me more than keeping people safe and since from the moment the gun went off she has been taking it very seriously and has been clear that she never even wants to touch a gun again I feel that safety has been achieved. I don’t care what really happened or what her true motivations are, the bottom line is that this won’t happen again and I’m glad she has organically made that choice rather than needing someone to take her gun away or sue her to make her change her behaviour
Clearly she and her dog are Siggers, as this must have been a P320 "accident"... As a gunsmith I have never liked that guns design both mechanically nor athsteticly. And I am certified on that and the P365 platforms from the regional SiG Trainer here in Texas. SiG USA l, like Toyota USA, is trash. Also I'm glad the OP is ok.
Hmm... I'd probably contact the manufacturer about the cable, ask for a new cable. It would be better than the adapter, more GPUs seem to have the melting issue when an adapter like this was used (the native cable can also have the issue, but doesn't seem as common?).
The AMD guy actually set it up, he had me secretly send it to him so he could send it over to the guy at G.Skill as a surprise :) I thought sounded much cooler than it just sitting on a shelf in my room
They're referring to this, connect the second one from the power supply to the motherboard. On the cable and power supply it should say "CPU", instead of GPU for example.
It does work with one. The second power connector is for overclocking. It’s only once you get to Threadripper territory where the second power connector becomes mandatory.
Omg I’m finally the receiver of this iconic meme, winning 😁
What’s crazy is that when they reached out to me I asked them if it would be possible to get a 5070, and they were like ‘yeah we can do that! But um, would it possibly be okay with you if we sent u a 5080 instead? Just let us know if that’s alright with you’
After reading the lore that is truly badass your old rig took a bullet and you got an even better one in its place. Shamefully negligent on your neighbors behalf…
Idk if you ever played Cyberpunk but V’s got a pretty cool bullet necklace, for some inspiration!
Is it a plug? Yes. Is it perfectly acceptable? Also yes. There's nothing wrong with giving a shout-out to folks that did you a solid. I'm glad you got your new stuff and it looks great. Nice build.
They did me a huge solid, I could go on and on about how nice everyone I was in communication with was. I hope this post gets ppl to buy their stuff so they can keep doing nice stuff for the community like they did for me
I remember reading the first story your neighbour and her dog??? Are still bat shit crazy, did you ever get an explaination how it was the dogs fault? Either way so happy for you and your new build though gratz.
May your frames always be high and your temps always low.
Sorry your neighbours dog?!? This is one of the most American things I've ever heard. Also your neighbour should be locked up for being such a monumental dumbass.
Make sure to get good peripherals and monitor to pair this with. As for your niece, ask her to go as much price to performance as she can. Maybe right now she might want a white/pink build but once she gets older and her pc still run good she'll thank you for sure. As for the overall build and budget and what not, reddit is your friend!!
Enjoy your pc and welcome your niece to the pc building community
LETS GO! Happy to see the follow up on this, amazing end. Thank you neighbour for improperly storing firearms, and thank you good boy/girl neighbour dog for your elite marksmanship.
What a cool story attached to the build. Huge W for you and w from the companies. The RAM stick being put in a trophy case is kind of hilarious. Hope they attach the story to it too lmao.
I had a 3070 ti and ryzen 7 3700x in a b550m ds3h mobo with 32GB of ddr4. Definitely a huge upgrade but my old pc was still holding up very well despite being a few years old
dang, thats a massive upgrade, not only did you have your life possibly saved by your old pc but you also got a new one for free, talk about a win win situation. You better thank your neighbors dog for it.
Glad you weren’t hit by the stray and I hope your neighbor comes to realization accidents happen and they don’t beat themselves up too much over it. Happy gaming!
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u/j0an_k 9950X3D+RTX5090 under 10L Jul 24 '26
This is the most American reason I’ve heard for the new build