FEATURED What did you get today?

[Woomack]

Why would you run this without water in the loop? Seems a bit risky, no?

Because I didn't order 2 missing fittings as I didn't know if straight or 45° will fit. I only wanted to check if the graphics card works as in the past I had problems with thermal pad thickness, pressure on some components, etc. So it was like run, ~5 minutes, and turn off. I wouldn't try that with 300W+ card

 

[EarthDog]

I wouldn't try that with 300W+ card

At least not as long!

 

[Voodoo Rufus]

It's safe enough to fire up to test for posting. They use very little power at idle. Plus the thermal mass of the block will absorb significant amounts of heat.

I do like how some of these makers are supplying waterblocks for midrange boards as there's usually little to no options for them. But once you add the cost of the block to the board, one may as well have upgraded to a more powerful card anyway.

 

[Woomack]

It's safe enough to fire up to test for posting. They use very little power at idle. Plus the thermal mass of the block will absorb significant amounts of heat.

I do like how some of these makers are supplying waterblocks for midrange boards as there's usually little to no options for them. But once you add the cost of the block to the board, one may as well have upgraded to a more powerful card anyway.

Yes, it's just that I wanted that for some unexplained reason Even if I took something stronger then in this PC it would have to run at a lowered power limit. On the other hand, the price that I paid for the card+block wouldn't be enough to get the RTX3060Ti (at least where it was available).

Edit:
Fittings arrived and it fits ... like a glove

 

[Voodoo Rufus]

Yeah, I need to tinker with my 2080Ti in the Ncase M1 some more. That booger makes the single 240mm radiator quite warm when loaded.

Two new things for me. First, a Gainward 6800GT AGP Golden Sample. Despite having a nice skived copper slug of a heatsink, the fans flank the sink giving rather poor airflow. One blade was bent and the shroud was dented in, but I fixed it. Swapped to my Zalman full copper cooler anyway. Glad I didn't recycle it yet.. Second, a Gransfors Bruk splitting maul. I needed a new axe, and wanted a really nice one for splitting logs. This fine instrument should last me a long time.

 

[Blaylock]

Very nice maul there Voodoo. Mine is a cheap hardware store maul but does exactly what I need it to. What was funny was explaining to the misses why I wanted a maul and not an axe.

 

[Voodoo Rufus]

Thanks. I researched a little bit and discovered the different types of axes. My current one is falling apart and is more of a felling axe. Still works but a lot more work to split wood.

Sure, I could have gotten a nice Fiskars for a lot less $, but I like to get things that will last decades.

 

[JLK03F150]

Nice old video card! I like playing around with the older hardware. I think I have the same Zalman cooler on my 6800 Ultra agp.

 

[Woomack]

I think that all had these Zalmans on graphics cards in that time Back then it was great but also graphics cards had significantly less power. I think I still have one or two old cards with this cooler installed.

The graphics card block was added to the loop yesterday, so I will post some photos of the ITX PC in the case/modding section later today or tomorrow. So far it works good but the heat balance between the CPU and GPU is not how I expected it.

 

[unsafesteagle]

After 23 days I'm back home at my apartment with good outlook on physical therapy.

Couple new arrivals here;
Ryzen 5900x
2 corsair vengeance memory kits

 

[unsafesteagle]

Instead of a poe 1Gbps 8 Port Switch, I received a single 8GB Kingston Memory Stick

Other than that, not a bad day!

 

[WrkBoot]

WOW that looks like its in great shape

3 days, 5 states, 1800 miles and my new baby is home. She is my great-grandmother's 1962 ragtop beetle. Waiting on the birth certificate and data sheet for it so I know the original specs then the rebuild starts.

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[JLK03F150]

WOW that looks like its in great shape

I agree. I'd like to see a photo tour of it at some point.

 

[JLK03F150]

I got a new TV to replace my 15 year old 42" 1080p LCD. I bought a Samsung 50QN90A Neo QLED 50". Because of the thick bezel on the old 42 the new 50 is only 3 inches wider. Gotta love new tech. I also replaced my Denon 1080p 5.1 surround receiver because a couple of inputs had failed. I found a Sony 4k 5.2 receiver on sale - which is what started the process to begin with. Happy with it so far & I hope I get the same good service out of this TV.

 

[unsafesteagle]

Its a 85 lb junk/recycle stash!

 

[Voodoo Rufus]

Please tell me that's a loot haul to play with.....

 

[torin3]

Memory arrived today. 4x8gb of DDR4 ECC RDIMMS

 

[unsafesteagle]

Still working on the Mikrotik SFP+ Switch, steeper than i remember. Trying to boot into the non-router version of the firmware atm.

And another SFP+ Switch arrived today.

 

[unsafesteagle]

These are that arrived recently that i still have upgrades to complete, including some new arrivals today!

 

[torin3]

My 7 PCI-E motherboard arrived. CPUs should get here tomorrow.