Sinister Twin.

ALXAndy

ALXAndy

ALXAndy

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Here we go again. So a few months back I built a PC to play games on the TV. I do most of my gaming there now. Any way, it looks like this.



And I love it. Fastest PC I have, with the 4080 Super and all. However, today I sold my enormous collection of BMX bikes and so I decided to splurge on a top end PC. I am absolutely in love with the case (Lian Li Dan). Now the idea is to pull out the board and RAM from it, replace with a 570i Strix with a 5700X3D and 32gb DDR4 and it will look pretty much as it does now. That will then go to my mother's house, and I will keep the 760i Strix which is pretty much new and start the new build there. Currently it has a 12700KF in it, but I bought a 14600KF to replace it.



OK. So why not a 9800X3D? well to be honest I would hope this new PC can push 4k pretty well. Besides, DDR5 is now botty bleeding prices and yeah. Time I buy a new mobo and RAM I am looking at at least £700 more. It ain't worth it. So, a 14600KF




With 32gb of this.



On this board.



Will be plenty. So why Sinister Twin? well, I am going for the complete opposite of the above but using the exact same case.



Mostly because it is utterly fantastic. Funny thing is I have another Strix ROG led panel too, so they will look very similar inside. I do need a cooler as the one I run now at my mother's house is a 360 so I once again went with Thermalright. This cost me just over £50.



For the PSU I bought a Strix Loki. The 750w one will not cut it, so I got a 1000w.



I then got three reverse flow intakes (same as the white one)



And a rear exhaust.



Again, all Thermalright. Total cost on all the fans was £34.

So why do I need a 1kw PSU? well, because this.



 
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Well I did overlook one thing. I remembered that it was a sod before to connect up all the fans because ITX. I fitted my Aquaaero set up in there. So I just grabbed this.



Will be more than suitable.
 
Deliveries day ! Case first.



PSU. I was surprised how heavy this is compared to the exact same model in 850w.



These are the fans I ordered. Sadly the 3 reverse intakes will not fit due to the GPU being silly lol.



CPU



GPU



Cooler



OK so to confirm said fans would not fit I got the case out.



They don't. Bah. So I installed the rear fan. I know from experience now to fit the cooler last.







I then had a bit of a conundrum. There are very few slim fans on the market. I used to use Arctics slim fans but the wires are like hair and I had three just literally up and die in my NAS for no reason. Which is super concerning tbh. So those were out of the question and so are Noctua's plain black ones at £25 a go. So I found these. £9 each, IIRC, with good solid motors.



Again, Thermalright. I then remembered I needed quite a few fan extensions (I will be putting the fan hub in the same place as last time 'cause I know it works well there) so I got these.

 
3 intakes, one rear, two in the roof on the AIO. It keeps air moving upward.

Edit in. That is how the case was designed. It's also why it has a dust filter in the floor.
 
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Just a quick one. The bottom fans are here and fitted. Not done anything else as I have been peeing around with the AMD AIO board thing all day. What is hilarious though is the 5090 is bigger than an entire PC on a board.
 
OK well a slight change of plans. I don't know what possessed me to do this but I decided to get one of these (I do know why I did it, explain in a bit)



So why? well it was cheaper than the 14600KF and I get BF6 with it free. Being a 4k rig I don't need a super fast CPU. I also don't need that CPU to pull lots of power. I also love this board I got.




Because it is super plain. I will make small covers for the bits of the IO you can see (in black).

So do I feel stupid? no, not really. I still have one of these, see.



And @Cenedd just sent me 64gb of DDR4. So, the board, RAM and 14600KF will go in my server. Whopping upgrade.

Oh, and this.



Obs.
 
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OK last BF computer buy. I noticed the other day at mum's that the PC there is running low on space. Problem is it has a 1tb SATA drive in it that I don't want to put into the white build. I have nowhere to put it. As such I bought this for the new PC.



Its "only" 1tb but will be used for booting the OS. I also have a 2tb gen 4 to use that I only got recently. 3tb for a TV gaming rig is more than enough. I then bought a external case for NVME (got one already with a 1tb MSATA drive in, it's awesome) and I will use that externally to run the 1tb gen 3 drive I remove :)
 
Well I got a bit paranoid. Nothing had shipped so I phoned HQ today. I had a feeling it was either BF causing bedlam or DPD being overwhelmed. However the mobo I ordered is now out of stock so I was paranoid about it not coming.

Turns out it was DPD. I bet BF is a horrid time for them. It has now shipped and providing its here before 2:30 tomorrow all will be good. If not I'm out for a flu jab.

I wasn't going to CNC anything for this build. Then I remembered I'd had an idea on the white one that I never carried out so I'm going to do that and make a cover panel for the inside to cover the wiring.

I've ordered an A4 limited edition acrylic so I shall be using that. Should be more than enough.
 
OK so this is the acrylic I got. I will make several bits out of this.



I then remembered I wanted to create something for the white PC, and never did. Basically the board came with this.



The case has one minor annoyance. To remove the front panel to clean the filter you have to remove the top. If, on the other hand, it had a pull tab at the top you could open it without doing that. I thought about cutting off the ring but I think I can machine a channel for it to fit into. The last thing I got is this.



Sinister Twin.
 
Yup screw them apples. Must be bedlam.

DPD are out. Any time in the next hour apparently. Wicked, I can have my flu jab later.
 
Cenedd said:
Damnit, you're......right :eek: Was thinking unkind thoughts about the random-brand SSD you'd bought but today was looking for one and discovered that Predator is better known as Acer and that the GM7 is about the cheapest known-brand that uses TLC rather than QLC - and endurance is far more of a consideration than performance for this particular use (plugging into a Pi at Gen2 speeds).
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Their Predator range is their best gear. And it's really cheap for the spec.

I bought 32gb DDR5 for £83 before the madness. Its 6000 too!

And the packaging is exquisite. Hence why I've now got two sets of the memory and two of their SSDs.

The stuff came. Pics later. Oddly the board has many more connectors than the manual shows which is odd.

Talking of manual. There isn't one....

Me - "Oh you gits no manua.... Oooo free badge, get down"

:D
 
Board.



Flip it over, fit Gen 4 2tb.



Free badge !! :D



OK and this is the RAM. Like I said, beautifully packaged. In fact I have had Dominator Plats a few times and they came in garbage boxes. I mean look, it doesn't exactly matter but Acer's Predator range is just over the edge of budget. And if they can do it why can't other companies (hint, they just greedy mofos).





 
I was going to buy a 265k. Missed out. Oh well I didn't need it any ways.

Fan not here yet. Coming Tues. Im just loading up on coffee before lugging a PC to mum's (the white one).

Hopefully that one will be done tomorrow.
 
OK I am here. I am going to be without a PC for a few hours so I figured I would post this first. Thankfully it is not a complete reinstall for the white one, but I am changing GPUs. So I am downloading DDU now and drivers for the 4080 Super.

I got a bit concerned over the NVME. It is Gen 5, and these get notoriously hot. The weedy little cooler with the mobo doesn't look up to the task, so.



I got that. If it makes a noise I will just cut the fan connector. The X570i Strix I am using also has a piddly fan, but I have never heard it.

Reet, back later. I just fitted a 1tb NVME into an external case so I can ditch the SATA drive. Just copying the data across now.
 
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