Soldato
Another one 
So I had pretty much quit gaming on PC. I bought an XB1X and a PS4 Pro and had taken to being a couch potato pretty well. Then a friend of mine from Hampshire told me he gamed most nights with his pals, but they only played PUBG. And that was when the love affair began.
Absolutely cracking bunch of guys, my age, who share the same sense of humour and fun. So basically I have fallen in love with the game, but for more reasons than it just being a game. I had never really played online much before, but the highs and lows of PUBG are just epic.
I built a new PC when the pandemic kicked off in early 2020. I never even really used it until I began the PUBG. Now it is literally most evenings. So for the first time in years I had a valid reason to upgrade my 2080Ti, and I bought a 6800XT. Literally because I only really play PUBG on that rig now. I have another 2080Ti rig at my mother's house, but I game a lot more on that with other stuff because I don't have anything else there (no consoles, no surround sound, etc). She needs quite a bit of help now she's nearly 80, so yeah having one there was a must. I did think about swapping out the 2080Ti in it (as it has slightly dodgy VRAM) but worked out it was more trouble than it was worth.
So, I had a spare 2080Ti and a bloody good one at that.
So I upgraded that to a 6800XT, then wondered what to do. Thing is, GPU prices are through the floor, and with it being such a lovely card I really don't want, or need, to sell it. I put it back in the box a few days ago, then started with the ideas.
Right now I am running 3 rigs in my flat. One is a NAS, which I was going to change out for a full blown server (which I built) but never bothered setting up (I just don't need it TBH) and then of course the rig above, which now has a 6800XT in.
And then the server is literally just sitting there.
Doing absolutely nothing. I also have a PC I use for music.
As well as two consoles. Too much. So, I advertised the consoles, one has sold. My aim now is to replace the music PC, consoles, server etc with a PC. A PC that can store all of the audio locally (a much better idea) as well as play games, well, and replace the consoles. It would be a pig to try and hook my gaming rig to the PC, and would require a £250 DP cable from QED that can reach that far. So, I am going to take the Threadripper gear out of the server (which has 64gb RAM, and god knows how many SSDs in it !) and have sold the audio PC to a mate of mine.
So other than the Kingpin this is what I will be harvesting from the server.
TR 1920X, 64GB RAM, 960gb Revodrive 3 X4, and several SSDs.
So now I needed a case. One that can hold both of the AIOs. This soon becomes a problem. Most mid towers have mounts in the roof, but only enough space to either have a rad with no fans on, or just fans. Which is stupid. That extra 30mm? usually pushes you to a full tower, and that costs about £200 entry level. I looked around at a lot of cases. Hours upon hours, yet nothing was affordable enough or big enough.
Then I found out NZXT did this in 2018.
But the chances of getting one now? practically zero. I have searched, numerous times, for the Fallout 4 or Nuka World case they did. No chance. I don't know why, as they make 2000 of them, but it seems people either never get rid of them or just buy them and put them fully boxed into a wardrobe. So imagine how stunned I was when I found a used one (from a company, not a user) for £99. The inner child in me just went mad The main important thing is though that it has tons of space, and can easily host a rad with fans on in both the front and the top. Which is essential.
So I bought it. I then thought about cabling. I only have black or silver, and they wouldn't look right. So, off to OCUK and I ordered two kits of Phanteks. One red, one blue. I also needed one 120mm nice looking fan to bring air in at the back, and have 4 black Eloops which will be pushing that air through both rads and out (front and top).
For cabling it will go like this. 24 pin red, with the four last wires changed for blue. GPU, two 8 pins in red, with the final one being blue. CPU one 8 pin in red, the 4 pin in blue.
Case shipped out today, so should be here mid week. No doubt I will have other ideas for the theme. It's tacky AF, but I have a very reserved PC for my main gaming, this is going to be 100% fun.
So I had pretty much quit gaming on PC. I bought an XB1X and a PS4 Pro and had taken to being a couch potato pretty well. Then a friend of mine from Hampshire told me he gamed most nights with his pals, but they only played PUBG. And that was when the love affair began.
Absolutely cracking bunch of guys, my age, who share the same sense of humour and fun. So basically I have fallen in love with the game, but for more reasons than it just being a game. I had never really played online much before, but the highs and lows of PUBG are just epic.
I built a new PC when the pandemic kicked off in early 2020. I never even really used it until I began the PUBG. Now it is literally most evenings. So for the first time in years I had a valid reason to upgrade my 2080Ti, and I bought a 6800XT. Literally because I only really play PUBG on that rig now. I have another 2080Ti rig at my mother's house, but I game a lot more on that with other stuff because I don't have anything else there (no consoles, no surround sound, etc). She needs quite a bit of help now she's nearly 80, so yeah having one there was a must. I did think about swapping out the 2080Ti in it (as it has slightly dodgy VRAM) but worked out it was more trouble than it was worth.
So, I had a spare 2080Ti and a bloody good one at that.
So I upgraded that to a 6800XT, then wondered what to do. Thing is, GPU prices are through the floor, and with it being such a lovely card I really don't want, or need, to sell it. I put it back in the box a few days ago, then started with the ideas.
Right now I am running 3 rigs in my flat. One is a NAS, which I was going to change out for a full blown server (which I built) but never bothered setting up (I just don't need it TBH) and then of course the rig above, which now has a 6800XT in.
And then the server is literally just sitting there.
Doing absolutely nothing. I also have a PC I use for music.
As well as two consoles. Too much. So, I advertised the consoles, one has sold. My aim now is to replace the music PC, consoles, server etc with a PC. A PC that can store all of the audio locally (a much better idea) as well as play games, well, and replace the consoles. It would be a pig to try and hook my gaming rig to the PC, and would require a £250 DP cable from QED that can reach that far. So, I am going to take the Threadripper gear out of the server (which has 64gb RAM, and god knows how many SSDs in it !) and have sold the audio PC to a mate of mine.
So other than the Kingpin this is what I will be harvesting from the server.
TR 1920X, 64GB RAM, 960gb Revodrive 3 X4, and several SSDs.
So now I needed a case. One that can hold both of the AIOs. This soon becomes a problem. Most mid towers have mounts in the roof, but only enough space to either have a rad with no fans on, or just fans. Which is stupid. That extra 30mm? usually pushes you to a full tower, and that costs about £200 entry level. I looked around at a lot of cases. Hours upon hours, yet nothing was affordable enough or big enough.
Then I found out NZXT did this in 2018.
But the chances of getting one now? practically zero. I have searched, numerous times, for the Fallout 4 or Nuka World case they did. No chance. I don't know why, as they make 2000 of them, but it seems people either never get rid of them or just buy them and put them fully boxed into a wardrobe. So imagine how stunned I was when I found a used one (from a company, not a user) for £99. The inner child in me just went mad
The main important thing is though that it has tons of space, and can easily host a rad with fans on in both the front and the top. Which is essential.So I bought it. I then thought about cabling. I only have black or silver, and they wouldn't look right. So, off to OCUK and I ordered two kits of Phanteks. One red, one blue. I also needed one 120mm nice looking fan to bring air in at the back, and have 4 black Eloops which will be pushing that air through both rads and out (front and top).
For cabling it will go like this. 24 pin red, with the four last wires changed for blue. GPU, two 8 pins in red, with the final one being blue. CPU one 8 pin in red, the 4 pin in blue.
Case shipped out today, so should be here mid week. No doubt I will have other ideas for the theme. It's tacky AF, but I have a very reserved PC for my main gaming, this is going to be 100% fun.
