Your PC ATM

[lexluthermiester]

Congratulations on the new CPU, it's amazing!

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Alder Lake is looking so tempting, but I'm sitting it out not buying waiting for Raptor Lake and the Raptor Bench Project

Resurrect my CaseLabs Mercury S8 open bench chassis for the Raptor.

"My Gawd - it's on wheels!"

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What's with all the liquid cooling parts that are not connected to anything? Are you buying parts in stages?

Technically every case can be an open bench chassis - just pull that silly side panel.

True!

 

[Ahhzz]

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[tabascosauz]

Okay, let's try this again without all the controversial beige.

Added the second A14 iPPC for push-pull on the C14S, swapped all case fans for Chromax, and tidied things up a bit further.

 

[jallenlabs]

Okay, let's try this again without all the controversial beige.

Added the second A14 iPPC for push-pull on the C14S, swapped all case fans for Chromax, and tidied things up a bit further.

Much better. You know, they make blue fan silencers too, don't cha?

 

[the54thvoid]

Much better. You know, they make blue fan silencers too, don't cha?

Ignore the bad man @tabascosauz , nothing wrong with brown.

 

[tabascosauz]

Ignore the bad man @tabascosauz , nothing wrong with brown.

See, that's what I tell myself, but I end up inciting civil war. I must have made a mistake somewhere

Much better. You know, they make blue fan silencers too, don't cha?

Yep. They come in the box and I tried them on, they are a very close match for the Cablemod kit. Unfortunately Chromax only gives you 4 per colour per fan, so one side would still have to be brown - I'd have to buy a separate box. Also didn't like it that much, too much blue, too flashy for my tastes. Same as my boards, I like having a third muted colour to break up an otherwise two-tone palette; here the blue is only intended to add a bit of colour. I'm boring like that, as I'm sure you can tell

 

[jallenlabs]

See, that's what I tell myself, but I end up inciting civil war. I must have made a mistake somewhere



Yep. They come in the box and I tried them on, they are a very close match for the Cablemod kit. Unfortunately Chromax only gives you 4 per colour per fan, so one side would still have to be brown - I'd have to buy a separate box. Also didn't like it that much, too much blue, too flashy for my tastes. Same as my boards, I like having a third muted colour to break up an otherwise two-tone palette; here the blue is only intended to add a bit of colour. I'm boring like that, as I'm sure you can tell

Hey, you tried it, it didn't suit you and you changed it. Nothing wrong with that. As an artist, I always look for balance of color, shapes, etc. Excellent build anyway.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Okay, let's try this again without all the controversial beige.

Added the second A14 iPPC for push-pull on the C14S, swapped all case fans for Chromax, and tidied things up a bit further.

Looks Glorious either way! Haters gonna hate.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Okay, let's try this again without all the controversial beige.

Added the second A14 iPPC for push-pull on the C14S, swapped all case fans for Chromax, and tidied things up a bit further.

Now see that looks good! Even the blue cabling looks like it fits in. MUCH better! You don't really need the push-pull with that setup, but as long as it doesn't hurt performance...

Much better. You know, they make blue fan silencers too, don't cha?

That would complement the cables really well.

Ignore the bad man @tabascosauz , nothing wrong with brown.

Aww man, you just gotta hush... Brown and black go well together, true, but with that shade of blue thrown in to the mix? Naw bro.

But hey, the way it is now looks good!

 

[tabascosauz]

Now see that looks good! Even the blue cabling looks like it fits in. MUCH better! You don't really need the push-pull with that setup, but as long as it doesn't hurt performance...

It's not exactly for the CPU, it's a RAM fan for the B-die. B-die starts shitting the bed if not kept below 50C, esp. at higher VDIMM or tighter tRFC.

• 1 x A14 on C14S: basically anything over 1.375V is not sustainable, so 3600 16-16-16 thereabouts
• 1 x A14 on C14S + 1 x janky A9x14 in the top: 1.45V is barely workable (49.3C?), 1.5V not okay (51C)
• 2 x A14 on C14S: 1.5V runs smooth at 44.9/45.0C, even under 98% memory load tortured in HCI and TM5

Side benefit is that having 2 fans, I can run both A14s at lower speed and get the same CPU temps at lower noise (idle, load is a bit louder).

 

[oxrufiioxo]

It's not exactly for the CPU, it's a RAM fan for the B-die. B-die starts shitting the bed if not kept below 50C, esp. at higher VDIMM or tighter tRFC.

• 1 x A14 on C14S: basically anything over 1.375V is not sustainable, so 3600 16-16-16 thereabouts
• 1 x A14 on C14S + 1 x janky A9x14 in the top: 1.45V is barely workable (49.3C?), 1.5V not okay (51C)
• 2 x A14 on C14S: 1.5V runs smooth at 44.9/45.0C, even under 98% memory load tortured in HCI and TM5

Side benefit is that having 2 fans, I can run both A14s at lower speed and get the same CPU temps at lower noise (idle, load is a bit louder).

Swapping to a 3080 ti I've had to drop my Dram voltage to 1.4v which leaves me at 3600 14-14-14...... Was running 1.5v 4000 16-16-16 the kit will do 15-15-15 but Neither of my Ryzen chips like that. So I feel your pain lol.

My 5950X can only do 3800 14-14-14 but the 3080 ti puts out too much heat for 1.45v

 

[tabascosauz]

Swapping to a 3080 ti I've had to drop my Dram voltage to 1.4v which leaves me at 3600 14-14-14...... Was running 1.5v 4000 16-16-16 the kit will do 15-15-15 but Neither of my Ryzen chips like that. So I feel your pain lol.

My 5950X can only do 3800 14-14-14 but the 3080 ti puts out too much heat for 1.45v

That seems all over the place! But generally better than my dual rank. I'm at 1.42v for 3600 14-14-14 and 1.5v for 3800 14-15-15. Not an inch more, 1.41v and 1.49v error out after a while.

That's why APU, no need to ever worry about GPU heat, it's literally cheating although admittedly they have their own battle with iGPU, IF and VSOC droop

 

[oxrufiioxo]

That seems all over the place! But generally better than my dual rank. I'm at 1.42v for 3600 14-14-14 and 1.5v for 3800 14-15-15. Not an inch more, 1.41v and 1.49v error out after a while.

That's why APU, no need to ever worry about GPU heat, it's literally cheating although admittedly they have their own battle with iGPU, IF and VSOC droop

Yeah it's crazy how much an extra 100w does to case temps... I'm not super concerned though the 5950X/3080 ti combo is uber potent even at 3600CL14/1800IF.... in benchmarks 3800CL14/1900IF is only a couple percentage faster at 1440p

If my kit wasn't 4x8GB I think I could do a bit better with temps.

 

[BryanNitro]

Corsair 4000D Airflow best case on the planet... and can be completely passive if you want to, i tested it if the fans fail box fan on low can be a backup.... 500fps BFV my CPU was bouncing 90 95C on liquid fastest pc on the planet for now been messing with hackers and aimbots,,, made a lag and ramp up button so when they try to clamp or ESP i can mux the systems they use,,, SO MUCH fun

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Corsair 4000D Airflow best case on the planet... and can be completely passive if you want to, i tested it if the fans fail box fan on low can be a backup.... 500fps BFV my CPU was bouncing 90 95C on liquid fastest pc on the planet for now been messing with hackers and aimbots,,, made a lag and ramp up button so when they try to clamp or ESP i can mux the systems they use,,, SO MUCH fun

I need some of whatever you are smoking.... Must be some good $%$%!

 

[FireFox]

Corsair 4000D Airflow best case on the planet

Corsair Obsidian 1000D or Lian Li V3000

 

[freeagent]

Okay, let's try this again without all the controversial beige.

Added the second A14 iPPC for push-pull on the C14S, swapped all case fans for Chromax, and tidied things up a bit further.

Man that looks great! I thought it looked good with the other fans.. and the blue cables looks good. As noted haters gonna hate..

 

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[BryanNitro]

She's total prototype AMIE fastest pc on the planet

PLAYING IN MOVIES IN REALTIME

$1681.54
3d arch 5800 XTHR 5.134Ghz All Cores at Peak 163Amps 204watts
3d arch RX6800 MERC XTHR 378Fps 3ms BFV 1080p Ultra MAX
MSI B550 Nitro ??? TY msi you did everything i asked to a ....... . ..
Micron 3866 CL16 16gb 17-17-17-32 29.9Gb after mod
Miner 1000Watt 90+ Plat Merc power supply 2x 92Amp dedicated GPU rails
SanDisk SSD boot 1Tb 642mbs
NVME Micron game 1Tb PCIE4 6420mbs
HDD WD Green backup 3Tb 5400rpm mod 110mbs all day.

be excellent to each other.... STATION....

 

[Audioave10]

3rd PC on the kitchen table... (what else is a kitchen table for?)
Corsair 600T case
Corsair HX650 PSU
Gigabyte GA 970A DS3P AM3+ mobo
AMD 8370 4.1 Ghz
Crucial Tracers 4GB @1600Mhz
GTX 285 1GB
WD black 640GB
Windows XP 32bit ....very overkill but runs old 32bit games with ease.
Dell 19" Monitor set at 1280 x 960 res
Logitech MX518
CM Storm w/Cherry Blue keys
Infinity PC speakers

 

[HQi88]

Found an old computer on the side of the road and brought it home. Just missing some DDR3 ram and a hard drive! Its rather different from all the high end desktops shown off here but she still runs!

Spoiler: Pictures!

Spoiler: Specs

Not sure who used to own this but they seem to have put a bit of work into it! Its also quite interesting that the C2Q doesn't have integrated graphics in the CPU but the Graphics Processor is built into the motherboard! Not sure why they would put a heatsink over the chipset but not the integrated graphics.

 

[Audioave10]

2nd PC in the man cave...
Hiper Anubis case
Corsair HX 620 PSU
Gigabyte 790X UD4P AM2
AMD 945 quadcore (95 watt) OCed to3.5 Ghz
Geil Black Dragon 1066 RAM @970 Mhz DDR2
Nvidia GTX 470
WD Black 640Gb
Windows 7 64bit
Logitech 518 mouse
G-Skill KM 360 KB w/Cherry Red switches
Rokit 5 self-powered monitor speakers
Samsung 27"1080P monitor
system has been the same for nearly 11 years (not used real often however)

 

[Space Lynx]

2nd PC in the man cave...
Hiper Anubis case
Corsair HX 620 PSU
Gigabyte 790X UD4P AM2
AMD 945 quadcore (95 watt) OCed to3.5 Ghz
Geil Black Dragon 1066 RAM @970 Mhz DDR2
Nvidia GTX 470
WD Black 640Gb
Windows 7 64bit
Logitech 518 mouse
G-Skill KM 360 KB w/Cherry Red switches
Rokit 5 self-powered monitor speakers
Samsung 27"1080P monitor
system has been the same for nearly 11 years (not used real often however)

can we get a picture of all those PC gaming boxes a better close up? I love looking at old PC gaming box shelves like that. lol agh those were the good days. everything being digital has its downsides... I really miss the old days.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Not sure who used to own this but they seem to have put a bit of work into it!

Did you do the paint job or was that someone else? I like it! Looks well done! I'm going to do that to one of my Dell T3500s shortly. I'll post pictures!

Its also quite interesting that the C2Q doesn't have integrated graphics in the CPU but the Graphics Processor is built into the motherboard!

Yup, that's the way Intel used to do IGPs, on the chipset rather than the way they do it now, on the CPU package.

Not sure why they would put a heatsink over the chipset but not the integrated graphics.

Actually, the chip without the heatsink is the southbridge chip. The IGP in on the northbridge under the heatsink.

As a way of a suggestion, that system is based on the Q43 chipset and as such it will take a newer C2Q, such as a Q9450, Q9550 or similar. They're cheap. Also, a low-profile GPU would also be inexpensive and a solid upgrade from that IGP.
Something like this for example;

HP NVIDIA GeForce GT730 2GB DVI DisplayPort Low Profile Graphics Card 802315-001 | eBay

HP Part Number: 802315-001.

www.ebay.com

 

[Audioave10]

can we get a picture of all those PC gaming boxes a better close up? I love looking at old PC gaming box shelves like that. lol agh those were the good days. everything being digital has its downsides... I really miss the old days.

quick pics for the Curious...I think I have 304 Big Box games (2 SSI from 1981 for only Apple II & commodore64) RARE