What's your latest tech purchase?

[iBruceypoo]

Last few parts (until a storage upgrade/HDD retire) for the NAS have come in too. I feel like I've bought heaps and heaps and heaps of PC parts this year, but ... well, I guess, counting the HTPC build in November that isn't so far from the truth. Starting to reach the end (for now) though, which feels good.

Testing if I can get ECC working on my Ryzen 5 1600X and Biostar X370GTN will be interesting, but it should work. Found a pretty cheap 32GB kit in Europe on Ebay, so worst case scenario I still don't have ECC but I have 2x the memory, which will be nice, and I could even feasibly return it. Don't think I will though. And the recent addition of RTL8125 NIC support* in TrueNAS is a godsend for those of us who don't want 10GbE or the hassle of learning about enterprise networking standards to get cheap used fiber gear to work in a home. This, a switch (there are actually some to choose from now, yay!), and some wiring, and I'll be golden. Also some kudos to Delock for figuring out how to package an AIC with only easily recycleable materials. Brown cardboard boxing would be better, but printed cardboard is still better than plastic, and the cardboard insert is damn smart.

Btw had no idea Arctic had a "continuous operation" version of their P12/P14 fans with double ball bearings instead of their standard sleeve bearing. Should be perfect for the NAS (which isn't that noise sensitive, seeing how it lives in a hallway cupboard) with my DIY duct coupling this exhaust fan directly to the CPU heatsink. An excellent pressure-optimized fan with a 10-year warranty and rating for continuous operation for 129 SEK? That's a steal.

Your NAS lives in a cupboard? A cupboard under the stairs?

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When your testbench is angled 45degrees down, you find a solution to mount the 140mm fan so it doesn't slide forward and fall off. lol

(2) silicon fan grommets engaging the Noctua NH-P1 heatsink at the rear

Defeating gravity in simple terms.

 

[toilet pepper]

It just arrived! Here's some few pics. I'm installing it now.

 

[lexluthermiester]

When your testbench is angled 45degrees down, you find a solution to mount your 140mm fan so it doesn't slide forward. lol

(2) silicon fan grommets engaging the Noctua NH-P1 heatsink at the rear

Defeating gravity in simple terms.

Ah the simple things in life.

It just arrived! Here's some few pics. I'm installing it now.

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Was the green fluid intentional?

 

[toilet pepper]

Ah the simple things in life.


Was the green fluid intentional?

Thats what it came with. I think this is the same glycol fluid they use in cpu aio.

Any idea if I need to put thermal pads on the poscaps and connect it to the new backplate?

 

[Valantar]

Your NAS lives in a cupboard? A cupboard under the stairs?

The stairs are outside of the apartment, so no But I guess closet would be more accurate. Point is its out of the way, and low power enough that it doesn't mind not having much air to circulate.

 

[iBruceypoo]

The stairs are outside of the apartment, so no But I guess closet would be more accurate. Point is its out of the way, and low power enough that it doesn't mind not having much air to circulate.

Awe, I imagined a Harry Potter NAS living in the cupboard under the stairs on 4 Privet Drive theme.

@toilet pepper

That crazy green glycol coolant is COOL brother! Check out these crazy green tech shoes - just arrived today! Colorway is Sea Glass/Lime Blast/Glycol Coolant.

 

[freeagent]

I cant believe how high the tread goes.. I would be pissed to get those toes any other color than white.

 

[iBruceypoo]

I cant believe how high the tread goes.. I would be pissed to get those toes any other color than white.

This is the very first time they came in anything OTHER than traditional hiking boot colorways - so I grabbed 'em. I know very weird color - will wear them with gray sweatpants. Outstanding!

Size 10.5

 

[plastiscɧ]

This is the very first time they came in anything OTHER than traditional hiking boot colorways - so I grabbed 'em. I know very weird color - will wear them with gray sweatpants. Outstanding!

Size 10.5

so i do NOT want to be a killjoy, if you like hiking it is better than burning your money at the slot machine, and healthy in nature in any case.

BUT these are not hiking shoes in my opinion! these are sports shoes with a pronounced sole profile.

hiking shoes are at least made of goretex or leather and should always reach over the ankle.
if you only walk through the forest, your shoes are suitable. if you want to go high or in rough terrain, you should heed my advice. because you can easily twist your ankle and then your shoes do not protect you.

 

[iBruceypoo]

so i do NOT want to be a killjoy, if you like hiking it is better than burning your money at the slot machine, and healthy in nature in any case.

BUT these are not hiking shoes in my opinion! these are sports shoes with a pronounced sole profile.

hiking shoes are at least made of goretex or leather and should always reach over the ankle.
if you only walk through the forest, your shoes are suitable. if you want to go high or in rough terrain, you should heed my advice. because you can easily twist your ankle and then your shoes do not protect you.

They are NOT German hiking shoes and NOT made for German mountains.

They are light-duty snow, easy hill climbers and cool wet slippery sand beachers, and look amazing with gray sweat pants on any afternoon.

Fantastisch!

 

[plastiscɧ]

They are NOT German hiking shoes and NOT made for German mountains.

They are light-duty snow, easy hill climbers and cool wet slippery sand beachers, and look amazing with gray sweat pants on any afternoon.

Fantastisch!

k. but this is then not hiking. this i having a pleasent walk in nature. btw. the shoes are looking fantastic.

 

[Space Lynx]

Your NAS lives in a cupboard? A cupboard under the stairs?

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When your testbench is angled 45degrees down, you find a solution to mount the 140mm fan so it doesn't slide forward and fall off. lol

(2) silicon fan grommets engaging the Noctua NH-P1 heatsink at the rear

Defeating gravity in simple terms.

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been trying to find p1 reviews... what are your temps like?

 

[freeagent]

I have one pair of shoes.. they are Nike. I have bought Nike and only Nike since 1992

Quality wise.. they sure don’t make them like them like they used to but they hug my soles like no other.. so they get my big dollas

 

[Space Lynx]

I have one pair of shoes.. they are Nike. I have bought Nike and only Nike since 1992

Quality wise.. they sure don’t make them like them like they used to but they hug my soles like no other.. so they get my big dollas

New Balance has a Made in USA line of shoes. My grandpa gave me a pair of his that didn't fit, quite expensive since made in USA, but they fit me so perfect I couldn't believe it. First time I have ever had a pair of shoes fit so perfect. It's nice when you finally find that, glad you found that too!

 

[plastiscɧ]

Awe, I imagined a Harry Potter NAS living in the cupboard under the stairs on 4 Privet Drive theme.

@toilet pepper

That crazy green glycol coolant is COOL brother! Check out these crazy green tech shoes - just arrived today! Colorway is Sea Glass/Lime Blast/Glycol Coolant.

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my run trough the world shoes....

 

[iBruceypoo]

been trying to find p1 reviews... what are your temps like?

Noctua NH-P1 reviews should hit the proverbial fan this week upcoming or next and expect reviewers to consider it a total and absolute failure since, none of them will think outside the box.

 

[Space Lynx]

Noctua NH-P1 reviews should hit the proverbial fan this week upcoming or next and expect reviewers to consider it a total and absolute failure since, none of them will think outside the box.

this guy here did fan orientations on his P1 with a 5900x... interesting results. looks like you want to mount the fan top down, just like you did for best results.

 

[freeagent]

If they used bigger pipes it could have been great.. 8mm pipes.. that's where the action's at.

How many eons ago did they start this? CPU's have changed quite a bit since then. As usual they took their sweet ass time making sure everything was perfect for their 10 year old CPU that they based their cooler on. I don't think more 6mm pipes are the answer.. years ago maybe but not now.

 

[Space Lynx]

If they used bigger pipes it could have been great.. 8mm pipes.. that's where the action's at.

How many eons ago did they start this? CPU's have changed quite a bit since then. As usual they took their sweet ass time making sure everything was perfect for their 10 year old CPU that they based their cooler on. I don't think more 6mm pipes are the answer.. years ago maybe but not now.

did you watch the video? the temps are decent, especially when you add a top down fan. edit: although yeah I get it, that kind of ruins the whole passive thing... LOL

 

[Mussels]

I mean a passive heatsink can handle a 5900x 12 core chip... yeah its done well.

top down fan is something i want more coolers to use, just maybe not THIS huge

 

[iBruceypoo]

this guy here did fan orientations on his P1 with a 5900x... interesting results. looks like you want to mount the fan top down, just like you did for best results.

I went TOP DOWN before anyone went TOP DOWN! Albert told me to do it that way!

It simply makes perfect sense with a 140mm fan downfiring.

 

[plastiscɧ]

smoking kills, do not forget †

 

[Valantar]

If they used bigger pipes it could have been great.. 8mm pipes.. that's where the action's at.

How many eons ago did they start this? CPU's have changed quite a bit since then. As usual they took their sweet ass time making sure everything was perfect for their 10 year old CPU that they based their cooler on. I don't think more 6mm pipes are the answer.. years ago maybe but not now.

6 8mm pipes would have made the base problematically large. That's 48mm of just heatpipes, let alone the cold plate and the part clamping down on the pipes, which would need to extend out past the pipes a few mm on each side for mechanical strength. Intel IHSes are, what, 35x35mm? With Alder lake extending that in one dimension to something like 35x45mm? And Ryzens are something like 40x40? I don't quite see how a >55mm square cold plate would be of much use - the two outer heatpipes would do very little cooling with that kind of design. With 6mm pipes more of the pipes are closer to the source of the heat, which likely improves cooling even if they are smaller.

 

[freeagent]

6 8mm pipes would have made the base problematically large. That's 48mm of just heatpipes, let alone the cold plate and the part clamping down on the pipes, which would need to extend out past the pipes a few mm on each side for mechanical strength. Intel IHSes are, what, 35x35mm? With Alder lake extending that in one dimension to something like 35x45mm? And Ryzens are something like 40x40? I don't quite see how a >55mm square cold plate would be of much use - the two outer heatpipes would do very little cooling with that kind of design. With 6mm pipes more of the pipes are closer to the source of the heat, which likely improves cooling even if they are smaller.

They don't have to use 6x 8mm pipes, my True Spirit 140 Power already has that, and on my little 3770K only 4 pipes are doing something while you hope the CP is moving some of the heat to the others.. but it isn't. 5x 8mm pipes is a good compromise. My Le Grand Macho RT has 7x 6mm pipes and can do 90w passively. But my 5600X runs cooler with 5x 8mm pipes compared to the other two. I haven't tried my 5900X on my other coolers yet.

 

[Valantar]

They don't have to use 6x 8mm pipes, my True Spirit 140 Power already has that, and on my little 3770K only 4 pipes are doing something while you hope the CP is moving some of the heat to the others.. but it isn't. 5x 8mm pipes is a good compromise. My Le Grand Macho RT has 7x 6mm pipes and can do 90w passively. But my 5600X runs cooler with 5x 8mm pipes compared to the other two. I haven't tried my 5900X on my other coolers yet.

I'm guessing they tested a few different configurations before landing on this one. They probably needed to balance how many and how big the heatpipes contacting the IHS are compared to how well this lets you spread the heat out across the surface area of the cooler - which is of course all the more important for a passive cooler to trigger effective convection. Fewer, thicker pipes would possibly have gotten the heat faster from the CPU to the heatsink, but to a smaller portion of it. And even with those thick fins the heat wouldn't really travel far out from where the heatpipes pass through them after all.