What's your latest tech purchase?

[FireFox]

That's a great case if it is the one I'm thinking of, 6 front fans?

Actually 8 front fans but i put just 6, paid for it around 550€

 

[cst1992]

With all those fans, it must get loud.
Even if one fan is quiet, all the noise must add up.

 

[jallenlabs]

Picked up a GTX 1660 for my workstation today for $120.

 

[sepheronx]

This came in today. Needed it as my MX-4 ran out, and this was $14 CAD and thought give it a try since I heard good things about this.



And figured I would share this. Only missing a RTX 2070 to have a family of 4 gens. And the odd adopted child, the R9 390X I got a week ago.

I just installed the RTX 3070. So far so good.

 

[kapone32]

This came in today. Needed it as my MX-4 ran out, and this was $14 CAD and thought give it a try since I heard good things about this.
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And figured I would share this. Only missing a RTX 2070 to have a family of 4 gens. And the odd adopted child, the R9 390X I got a week ago.

I just installed the RTX 3070. So far so good.
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You could get $1000+ selling those 3 other cards.

 

[cst1992]

You could get $1000+ selling those 3 other cards.

So could I selling my car. Doesn't mean I'll sell it.

 

[kapone32]

So could I selling my car. Doesn't mean I'll sell it.

Totally understood I still have my Sabretooth 990FX and my OCZ Revodrive3

 

[cst1992]

Totally understood I still have my Sabretooth 990FX and my OCZ Revodrive3

Yeah man. Those are treasures. Could be sold, but not gonna sell!

 

[FireFox]

With all those fans, it must get loud.
Even if one fan is quiet, all the noise must add up.

It is quite silent, fans spin at 800rpm when the System isn't loaded, when gaming isn't that noisy ( acceptable )


In this build i had 11 lian li BORA120-1S running at 1800rpm constantly

 

[sepheronx]

You could get $1000+ selling those 3 other cards.

im thinking of selling the GTX 1070, the GTX 970 4GB and the R9 390X I am hoping to build a couple systems around.

 

[biffzinker]

Kind of like lite bright for adults (I'm aging myself with that one!)

You played with those when you were kid too?

mine are sometimes white static or sometimes Audio Lighting

I'm pretty happy with static white for my build. Right now it's red/white cause I haven't touched MSI's software for the mainboard.

 

[FireFox]

You played with those when you were kid too?

I'm pretty happy with static white for my build. Right now it's red/white cause I haven't touched MSI's software for the mainboard.

Even using static white i still decrease the brightness

 

[cst1992]

In this build i had 11 lian li BORA120-1S running at 1800rpm constantly

Your own personal airport. Nice.

 

[neatfeatguy]

Finally had time to setup my new stuff! Purchased it a week ago, but lacked time until now.



Picture is after everything was installed, what you see there are just the empty boxes.

Right now the 5900X sits around 26C on idle and runs into the low 70s from running the Stress function on CPU-Z or running CineBench R20 - the temps may improve slightly as I just installed everything and they say it takes a while for AS5 to cure. Single core boost I see flirt with 4.9 and all core boost hits around 4.55.


Sadly, I've ran into a couple of issues....nothing bad, just very irritating ones. Two issues I've encountered:

1) I seem to be lacking a proper second 120mm fan that I can mount on the other side of the heatsink. The only two spare 120mm fans I have, one just plan flat out doesn't work (she spins freely, but doesn't power up) and the other has covered screw holes for mounting (see picture below I quickly grabbed off the internet.....in fact, that might be the exact fan I have) so I can't hook the wire mounting brackets on the fan to hook on to the heatsink. I don't want to look into picking up a second fan for the Hyper 212 due to issue #2, unless it's my only option.


2) The Hyper 212, she fits just fine in my case (Cooler Master HAF XB Evo), but I didn't take into consideration I have a top mounted fan on the case. The fan itself needs about half an inch to clear the heatsink. The top fan won't spin if I set the top panel on all the way. I currently have the top panel slightly off center so it's resting high enough to allow the top fan to spin.

So, does anyone have any suggestions as to another decent heatsink that'll give me at least another inch of room (or more, that's always nice) to allow the top mounted fan to spin?
The Hyper 212 black I have is 158.8mm high.
My case can support up to 180mm, but that's too tall.
I'm looking for something in the 135mm range or shorter that'll work well with a 5900x. I don't want to go back to an AIO unless I absolutely have to.

 

[Valantar]

So, does anyone have any suggestions as to another decent heatsink that'll give me at least another inch of room (or more, that's always nice) to allow the top mounted fan to spin?

Noctua NH-U9S?

 

[kapone32]

So, does anyone have any suggestions as to another decent heatsink that'll give me at least another inch of room (or more, that's always nice) to allow the top mounted fan to spin?
The Hyper 212 black I have is 158.8mm high.
My case can support up to 180mm, but that's too tall.
I'm looking for something in the 135mm range or shorter that'll work well with a 5900x. I don't want to go back to an AIO unless I absolutely have to.

Even if you don't want an AIO. That case begs for a 240 or 280MM Rad in the front. If you want a heatsink I would do these. If you like RGB there is this option.

Cooler Master MA620P Twin Tower RGB CPU Air Cooler, 6 CDC Heatpipes, Dual 120mm RGB MasterFan - Newegg.com

Buy Cooler Master MA620P Twin Tower RGB CPU Air Cooler, 6 CDC Heatpipes, Dual 120mm RGB MasterFan with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

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Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB CPU Liquid Cooler - Newegg.com

Buy Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB Close-Loop CPU Liquid Cooler, 240mm Radiator, Dual Chamber RGB Pump, Dual MF120R RGB Fans, RGB Lighting for AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1200/1151 with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

www.newegg.ca

 

[SN2716057]

I saw the video from Optimum Tech of water cooling in the NR200.

If/When I ever get another gpu for my sig rig, the current water cooled 1080 ti will go in the NR200. Thus I prematurely bought this cpu pump block.

 

[xrobwx71]

Not very exciting but I just installed this in our Camera system at work.

 

[cst1992]

Not to get you down, but this reminds me of this YT video:

In light of that, I'd take the advice in your sig and keep another one as backup.

 

[neatfeatguy]

Noctua NH-U9S?

Thanks, I'll check this one out.

Even if you don't want an AIO. That case begs for a 240 or 280MM Rad in the front. If you want a heatsink I would do these. If you like RGB there is this option.

Cooler Master MA620P Twin Tower RGB CPU Air Cooler, 6 CDC Heatpipes, Dual 120mm RGB MasterFan - Newegg.com

Buy Cooler Master MA620P Twin Tower RGB CPU Air Cooler, 6 CDC Heatpipes, Dual 120mm RGB MasterFan with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

www.newegg.ca

Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB CPU Liquid Cooler - Newegg.com

Buy Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB Close-Loop CPU Liquid Cooler, 240mm Radiator, Dual Chamber RGB Pump, Dual MF120R RGB Fans, RGB Lighting for AMD Ryzen/Intel LGA1200/1151 with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

www.newegg.ca

Thanks for the suggestion. I used a Corsair H100i for the past 5-6 years on my 4670k and while I liked it, I guess I could have explained a bit more about wanting to avoid an AIO on this case with my current GPU.

My 980Ti card is just under 13" long (12.92" or something) and with a front mounted AIO I was using the radiator width made it almost impossible to wedge my GPU into the allotted space. I had to wiggle and wedge everything in place and the GPU pressed up against the radiator....getting those things in and out to properly clean the radiator was a pain in the ass.

Perhaps in the near future if I can acquire a new GPU that won't be as long I might go with another AIO, but for now I'd rather not have to deal with the shoving and stuffing of my GPU into the fins of a radiator.

 

[kapone32]

Thanks, I'll check this one out.

Thanks for the suggestion. I used a Corsair H100i for the past 5-6 years on my 4670k and while I liked it, I guess I could have explained a bit more about wanting to avoid an AIO on this case with my current GPU.

My 980Ti card is just under 13" long (12.92" or something) and with a front mounted AIO I was using the radiator width made it almost impossible to wedge my GPU into the allotted space. I had to wiggle and wedge everything in place and the GPU pressed up against the radiator....getting those things in and out to properly clean the radiator was a pain in the ass.

Perhaps in the near future if I can acquire a new GPU that won't be as long I might go with another AIO, but for now I'd rather not have to deal with the shoving and stuffing of my GPU into the fins of a radiator.

I have the case so I understand everything that you are saying.

 

[xrobwx71]

Not to get you down, but this reminds me of this YT video:

In light of that, I'd take the advice in your sig and keep another one as backup.

I've had good luck over the years with WD regarding the surveillance version. I had a 6TB that lasted 5 years (and still is working). Yes, I am a backup fiend.

 

[freeagent]

This came in today. Needed it as my MX-4 ran out, and this was $14 CAD and thought give it a try since I heard good things about this.
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Maybe check with Thermalright.. A couple of years ago I bought a 6.2g tube of TF8 and it came in a hard clamshell, and the TFX I just got also came in the same type of clamshell that you have to surgically remove the tube and spatula from.

Or maybe I should check with them too lol

 

[sepheronx]

Maybe check with Thermalright.. A couple of years ago I bought a 6.2g tube of TF8 and it came in a hard clamshell, and the TFX I just got also came in the same type of clamshell that you have to surgically remove the tube and spatula from.

Or maybe I should check with them too lol

check with thermalright on what?

The thermal paste works good so far. Put it on a GTX 970 and it worked well.

 

[freeagent]

If its legit, but if you are getting good results then I guess its good. Maybe that's their new packaging?