It'll fit....oh, you mean you want it INSIDE the case
That would be nice lol. I want it in the top, just hoping there is clearance. There looks like there is plenty in pics I have seen online.
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That would be nice lol. I want it in the top, just hoping there is clearance. There looks like there is plenty in pics I have seen online.
Actually if it does indeed fit.. It looks like the "RGB" means "RFR". IE - randomly fart rainbows. It doesn't seem to have a cable going in to change it etc. As such it is a great thing Jonsbo show this pic.
Thankfully I still have one of these.
Thankfully I still have one of these.
TBH as long as it fits between the black bottom plate and the diffuser it should be fine.
Edit. I didn't realise the blown apart image is a render, and the black disc with the square lumps on it is highly likely the leds.
Edit. I didn't realise the blown apart image is a render, and the black disc with the square lumps on it is highly likely the leds.
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Oioi.
Sorry, life got in the way. It was a bugger. A real, real bugger. Ended up having to totally strip the rig out.
The only other pic I have is this one.
It took about three days. Kinda wish I hadn't now, but the stupid things we do.... I mean it wasn't worth it, but I did get an award in a 3dmark bench called "Keep a cool head" which means your CPU doesn't pass 45c lol. Nah it is much quieter and it looks exceptional too.
I then played the absolute balls out of the game. Was great fun, but the GPU does not have enough grunt for 4k and FSR crashes the game so I had to play it at 1440p. I then played through TLOU again at 1440p. Fancied a GPU with more chops, as we are returning to it this weekend to start all of the side quests.
So I got that. Cheapest high end GPU I have bought since before the Titan XP.
Sorry, life got in the way. It was a bugger. A real, real bugger. Ended up having to totally strip the rig out.
The only other pic I have is this one.
It took about three days. Kinda wish I hadn't now, but the stupid things we do.... I mean it wasn't worth it, but I did get an award in a 3dmark bench called "Keep a cool head" which means your CPU doesn't pass 45c lol. Nah it is much quieter and it looks exceptional too.
I then played the absolute balls out of the game. Was great fun, but the GPU does not have enough grunt for 4k and FSR crashes the game so I had to play it at 1440p. I then played through TLOU again at 1440p. Fancied a GPU with more chops, as we are returning to it this weekend to start all of the side quests.
So I got that. Cheapest high end GPU I have bought since before the Titan XP.
Aye it is flat. Very clever in all honesty. Saves on packing lol.
I set to work earlier. I got up for a wee at around 9 after being awake for 4 hours in the night and the doorbell went. It was my "The world's most expensive pillow" I got so I didn't want to ignore it then chase it. Time I got back up the stairs was I quite awake. Typical. Still, I get to test out said pillow tonight !
Goodbye old friend. Until we meet again (we will one day. Strict instructions if it dies or turns into a potato I get it back). You can see the mat there. Very flat. It's decent quality tbh. I heard this cooler wasn't the best, but I have been very pleasantly surprised. It's very hot in here, and even overclocked it runs at 77c.
I was also correct to go with the reference card. I knew it would look the best by far. It has that black and silver class like the rest of the rig, and I wasn't wrong.
First boot.
Power it down and put cable ties in and put it back together.
See what I mean about the GPU? it literally sits in there like a chameleon. Lovely.
Srs cooling.
Finished for now. Found the Cooler Master software that customises the Radeon leds.
Literally all I need to do is put in a real RGB circle into the cooler pump. But I don't mind it that much for now. Certainly not the weather to be messing around with it, far too hot now.
I then got to taste TLOU at 4k. I did enable FSR, which works great in Dead Island 2 also. Just not on Nvidia GPUs lmao.
Stunning. Just, absolutely stunning. It is like playing a movie.
I set to work earlier. I got up for a wee at around 9 after being awake for 4 hours in the night and the doorbell went. It was my "The world's most expensive pillow" I got so I didn't want to ignore it then chase it. Time I got back up the stairs was I quite awake. Typical. Still, I get to test out said pillow tonight !
Goodbye old friend. Until we meet again (we will one day. Strict instructions if it dies or turns into a potato I get it back). You can see the mat there. Very flat. It's decent quality tbh. I heard this cooler wasn't the best, but I have been very pleasantly surprised. It's very hot in here, and even overclocked it runs at 77c.
I was also correct to go with the reference card. I knew it would look the best by far. It has that black and silver class like the rest of the rig, and I wasn't wrong.
First boot.
Power it down and put cable ties in and put it back together.
See what I mean about the GPU? it literally sits in there like a chameleon. Lovely.
Srs cooling.
Finished for now. Found the Cooler Master software that customises the Radeon leds.
Literally all I need to do is put in a real RGB circle into the cooler pump. But I don't mind it that much for now. Certainly not the weather to be messing around with it, far too hot now.
I then got to taste TLOU at 4k. I did enable FSR, which works great in Dead Island 2 also. Just not on Nvidia GPUs lmao.
Stunning. Just, absolutely stunning. It is like playing a movie.
Thanks dude. Really has been a great build. Premium looks for low end to mid range money. Always a good thing !
So I decided to turn my £55 cooler into a £410 Asus one lmao.
Cost me £24. I already grabbed the software. Looks very easy to use, too.
Will create my own. Also has the tools in there to do so. Apparently they have AIDA baked into them somehow, so they are a lot easier to use. Of course the housing will be going in the bin. CNC has been dormant for quite a while now, so I feel something custom to clip onto the pump head coming on.
So I decided to turn my £55 cooler into a £410 Asus one lmao.
Cost me £24. I already grabbed the software. Looks very easy to use, too.
Will create my own. Also has the tools in there to do so. Apparently they have AIDA baked into them somehow, so they are a lot easier to use. Of course the housing will be going in the bin. CNC has been dormant for quite a while now, so I feel something custom to clip onto the pump head coming on.
It's IPS too apparently. You can get a nicer enclosure one for about a tenner more but I CBA. I don't like, or want, either. I will machine my own. At least now I won't have the wrath of my mother sitting directly below the machine trying to watch TV. Weather how it is now she can go in the garden.
Well today was a bit of a p1553r.
I finished TLOU again, this time at 4k. AVG FPS 55. A couple of stutters here and there, but then it was like that on the 2080Ti at 1440p too.
What was nagging at me though was testing the new card. I ran Timespy Extreme for an hour or so. However, for some reason the score was below average and just "Good". I wasn't that fussed. Figured maybe because I am using a lower rent CPU based on gaming that could be why. I also thought that maybe it was the MBA card letting the side down, as I hear the higher priced models are a little bit faster.
I thought "Hmm, I will open GPUZ and see !". Well firstly GPUZ isn't even on the rig. IDK why, I *always* put it on to check everything is as it should be when I do a build, but because the GPU was over 4 years old I didn't bother.
I should have.
So yeah, installed it and opened it. "AMD Radeon 6950XT X4 @ PCIE 3.0". Erm, WHAT? "OK so I will just have to run the render test and it will pop up correctly". NOPE !
So now I am starting to panic a bit. Like, what if something is wrong with the GPU?. Or, what if something is wrong with the mobo I have now had for many months and there will not be an RMA replacement for? panic set in.
I went into the BIOS and had a poke around. Looked at the Bifurcation settings but the X16 was not showing there either. Just X8 X8 or X4x2 and X8. What I did see though was a list of the lanes. And the X16 one was empty. Eh x2.
So I got the mobo box out and looked at the manual. Can you see it?
Who in the heck does that? Like, what dude thought it would be a good idea to make the top slot AKA "INSERT YOUR POWERFUL GPU HERE" X4?
Melons. Any way, fixed. Sadly fixed too late to play TLOU as I am finished that for the second time in a month.
So I bought myself Uncharted lol.
Well today was a bit of a p1553r.
I finished TLOU again, this time at 4k. AVG FPS 55. A couple of stutters here and there, but then it was like that on the 2080Ti at 1440p too.
What was nagging at me though was testing the new card. I ran Timespy Extreme for an hour or so. However, for some reason the score was below average and just "Good". I wasn't that fussed. Figured maybe because I am using a lower rent CPU based on gaming that could be why. I also thought that maybe it was the MBA card letting the side down, as I hear the higher priced models are a little bit faster.
I thought "Hmm, I will open GPUZ and see !". Well firstly GPUZ isn't even on the rig. IDK why, I *always* put it on to check everything is as it should be when I do a build, but because the GPU was over 4 years old I didn't bother.
I should have.
So yeah, installed it and opened it. "AMD Radeon 6950XT X4 @ PCIE 3.0". Erm, WHAT? "OK so I will just have to run the render test and it will pop up correctly". NOPE !
So now I am starting to panic a bit. Like, what if something is wrong with the GPU?. Or, what if something is wrong with the mobo I have now had for many months and there will not be an RMA replacement for? panic set in.
I went into the BIOS and had a poke around. Looked at the Bifurcation settings but the X16 was not showing there either. Just X8 X8 or X4x2 and X8. What I did see though was a list of the lanes. And the X16 one was empty. Eh x2.
So I got the mobo box out and looked at the manual. Can you see it?
Who in the heck does that? Like, what dude thought it would be a good idea to make the top slot AKA "INSERT YOUR POWERFUL GPU HERE" X4?
Melons. Any way, fixed. Sadly fixed too late to play TLOU as I am finished that for the second time in a month.
So I bought myself Uncharted lol.
Aye. I can only imagine it is because my board is a turbo nutter overclocking board, and maybe X4 is more stable on massive CPU overclocks?
Gawd knows.
Nah, they just did it to annoy him!
I didn't know you worked at Gigabyte. That's one slap I owe you when you come down next
MP - yeah I would imagine that is why they have done it. Buildzoid reckons it is one of the best boards ever made for overclocking, so there must be a reason.
Screen was delayed. Coming today apparently. I'll test it first quickly, then get on with measuring it for the shell I will make.
Bought this for the front. Don't want it too bright in there.
This for the body shell. Will use black also.
I then turned this into something I can work with.
Bought this for the front. Don't want it too bright in there.
This for the body shell. Will use black also.
I then turned this into something I can work with.
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Hi all. As you probably noticed I put this on hold. I started the Tag Mclaren project, and ended up using my acrylic on that. I then started getting nagged by AIDA, as the naughty version they send you with the screen does not work on Rocketlake. TBH I could not be ersed with nagging screens on a PC I only switch on to game with.
Last week I struck a deal with @Wing-Man for an 11700KF. I mean, I may as well make it as fast for gaming as I can. Very reasonable price, tbh only around £4 more than I paid for the 11400F when I built it and unlocked so a definite upgrade. The cooler has annoyed the crap out of me ever since I fitted it though. It just randomly farts RGB and there is nothing you can do about it. Given it literally sits side on right in front of me it is distracting. Even if I turned off all of the RGB there is nothing you can do about the pump RGB. I did look into changing it to ARGB so I could make it static, but the RGB LEDs are on a complicated looking circuit board with all of the pump controls. So basically cut the wrong wire? you have no pump. I have tried in vain to ignore it, but because it whirls and in the completely wrong colours it still annoys and distracts me.
I got paid today, and decided to get a better cooler. I budgeted quite high, with a healthy £300 ready to put into it. Basically everything I have put in this rig, even the 6950XT was cut price. So I wanted a really nice cooler. Searched on OCUK, but choice at the moment seems a bit limited. I did find an Aorus I liked for £240 or so. Decided to have a quick look elsewhere, and well, this might have happened for £55.
Yes, you did read that right. £55, brand new. A cooler that cost £350 when it launched. It is also nice and black, with no lights at all. Good ! I can let my case just be lavender and stop annoying me. Hilariously it was the cheapest AIO I could find, but easily the most ridiculous. It only fits Socket 1200, which is why I would imagine they are so heavily reduced right now, but I have S1200 so game on. Looking forward to having its huge box in my sweaty mitts
Last week I struck a deal with @Wing-Man for an 11700KF. I mean, I may as well make it as fast for gaming as I can. Very reasonable price, tbh only around £4 more than I paid for the 11400F when I built it and unlocked so a definite upgrade. The cooler has annoyed the crap out of me ever since I fitted it though. It just randomly farts RGB and there is nothing you can do about it. Given it literally sits side on right in front of me it is distracting. Even if I turned off all of the RGB there is nothing you can do about the pump RGB. I did look into changing it to ARGB so I could make it static, but the RGB LEDs are on a complicated looking circuit board with all of the pump controls. So basically cut the wrong wire? you have no pump. I have tried in vain to ignore it, but because it whirls and in the completely wrong colours it still annoys and distracts me.
I got paid today, and decided to get a better cooler. I budgeted quite high, with a healthy £300 ready to put into it. Basically everything I have put in this rig, even the 6950XT was cut price. So I wanted a really nice cooler. Searched on OCUK, but choice at the moment seems a bit limited. I did find an Aorus I liked for £240 or so. Decided to have a quick look elsewhere, and well, this might have happened for £55.
Yes, you did read that right. £55, brand new. A cooler that cost £350 when it launched. It is also nice and black, with no lights at all. Good ! I can let my case just be lavender and stop annoying me. Hilariously it was the cheapest AIO I could find, but easily the most ridiculous. It only fits Socket 1200, which is why I would imagine they are so heavily reduced right now, but I have S1200 so game on. Looking forward to having its huge box in my sweaty mitts
I thought about sticking tape over them. I did, honest. Problem is then the cover is white which would have meant painting. Can you see where this is going?
This rig was done to be completely nag free. It is for TV gaming, not fiddling modding and tinkering. I turn it on, game for 8 hours straight and then switch it off.
This rig was done to be completely nag free. It is for TV gaming, not fiddling modding and tinkering. I turn it on, game for 8 hours straight and then switch it off.
OK. This was not supposed to happen until today but you know how new and shiny go.....
I got home around 1pm yesterday and set to work. It took many hours to reach this stage.
At which point I realised the pump was upside down. Oops. Removed it and put it up the correct way, then spent many more hours sodding around. Eventually I got there.
And I am very happy. Sorta kinda.
The good.
It looks ace (IMO).
The horror stories about it guzzling power whilst just sitting there are untrue. Well, unless of course they have optimised it since. It uses no more power than a regular AIO at idle, and even with the 11700KF now in there it is the same as it was before. So that's good.
It works. Tremendously well. I saw idles of 17c last night (trust me, it was extremely hot in here) and when overclocking I got it to 5ghz very easily on all cores. Like, very easily. Max temp was 72c. Which is pretty amazing, given these are known to hit 95 very fast.
The cooler can obviously dissipate a lot of heat. The CPU was drawing well over 200w and it still remained at a very sensible temp level.
£55. Superb value.
The bad.
Yup, the CPU likes power. A lot of power. Can't blame the cooler for that, though. The cooler also likes power when the CPU does. I don't mind this, though. It uses around 140w by the look of it capped out. Power prices are dropping on Oct 1, so I am not worried about it in any way.
The pump noise is absolutely horrendous. It wires straight into a SATA power connector and I know it is running 12v. I can tell because you can literally hear it whipping the coolant into a froth in there. This is a pain, due to the SATA connector.
The Lian Li Strimer is a bit crap. I mean, it works, but yeah it's a bit crap. Glad it was only £19, and it does add some light so whatev.
The fix.
That will allow me to try it at 12v, 7v and even 5v. I just hope the cryo suite does not sniff for pump speed. I don't think it does, because obviously you can put it on any header (the sensor wire) on the board. I think the quick test will be remove the tacho PWM wire and see if it complains.
I got home around 1pm yesterday and set to work. It took many hours to reach this stage.
At which point I realised the pump was upside down. Oops. Removed it and put it up the correct way, then spent many more hours sodding around. Eventually I got there.
And I am very happy. Sorta kinda.
The good.
It looks ace (IMO).
The horror stories about it guzzling power whilst just sitting there are untrue. Well, unless of course they have optimised it since. It uses no more power than a regular AIO at idle, and even with the 11700KF now in there it is the same as it was before. So that's good.
It works. Tremendously well. I saw idles of 17c last night (trust me, it was extremely hot in here) and when overclocking I got it to 5ghz very easily on all cores. Like, very easily. Max temp was 72c. Which is pretty amazing, given these are known to hit 95 very fast.
The cooler can obviously dissipate a lot of heat. The CPU was drawing well over 200w and it still remained at a very sensible temp level.
£55. Superb value.
The bad.
Yup, the CPU likes power. A lot of power. Can't blame the cooler for that, though. The cooler also likes power when the CPU does. I don't mind this, though. It uses around 140w by the look of it capped out. Power prices are dropping on Oct 1, so I am not worried about it in any way.
The pump noise is absolutely horrendous. It wires straight into a SATA power connector and I know it is running 12v. I can tell because you can literally hear it whipping the coolant into a froth in there. This is a pain, due to the SATA connector.
The Lian Li Strimer is a bit crap. I mean, it works, but yeah it's a bit crap. Glad it was only £19, and it does add some light so whatev.
The fix.
That will allow me to try it at 12v, 7v and even 5v. I just hope the cryo suite does not sniff for pump speed. I don't think it does, because obviously you can put it on any header (the sensor wire) on the board. I think the quick test will be remove the tacho PWM wire and see if it complains.
I do. The PSU is a ROG Thor. Have you seen what they cost?. I mean yeah, I got it "cheap" for £150 but I certainly would not modify the cables tbh. Another issue is they are all black, and any confusion and something goes bang. Easier to make a little piggy back adapter tbh.
Edit. Talking of which. The only cables I had here to use are all either red or plain black. Again, that worried me. So I got this for £1.99 delivered.
Over the sake of £5 total I would not mod the PSU wiring.
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