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@#8,940 , the game works; the card was untouched, and only the package was damaged
Yesterday I moved all the stuff from Hyte Y40 to ASUS GT502. I changed the radiators to 2x 360/30mm Heatkillers with EK white 120mm fans. It's still not exactly as I wanted, but it works better than in the Hyte Y40 case and is some more space (even though the case is not so much larger). Some cables were changed too, and I still wait for white 24/8pin power cables and additional fans to fill the gap and improve the airflow as I run them at 30% speed. One quick photo.
Yesterday I moved all the stuff from Hyte Y40 to ASUS GT502. I changed the radiators to 2x 360/30mm Heatkillers with EK white 120mm fans. It's still not exactly as I wanted, but it works better than in the Hyte Y40 case and is some more space (even though the case is not so much larger). Some cables were changed too, and I still wait for white 24/8pin power cables and additional fans to fill the gap and improve the airflow as I run them at 30% speed. One quick photo.
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Well the NH-L9A actually works now. No stress testing, but had the board running on a desk and it didn't get above the mid 30s under mild load. Tossed it in the case and it still runs at a cool upper 30s. Quiet too. For what it's worth, the AMD Stealth cooler is a decent stock HSF but I actually have to put my ear to the case to tell if the fan on the Noctua is spinning.
There were slightly better small coolers (a bit taller than NH-L9x), but most are discontinued or unavailable anywhere, so the NH-L9x seems like the best option.
I have NH-L9a-AM5 (so the same, just different mounting) on Ryzen 7600 and it's silent. No problems with new Intel CPUs too. Up to ~80W you can't really hear it with the typical ambient noises. The max speed is at about 100-110W and it's about the max TDP for this cooler. The only problem which I have in that PC is PSU as it's in In-Win Chopin, so it's not possible to replace the PSU with something really quiet.
This is a nice clean build Woomack. I think white tubing would really set it off too. I was trying to figure out why it looks like something is missing. That's when I realized, I don't see a pump or reservoir. What kind of sorcery is this?
EK combo pump/res/block. I made a thread here about some issues - https://www.overclockers.com/forums...wm-d-rgb-thoughts-and-possible-issues.803646/ I fight with that for some longer. It was fine in my earlier ITX PC, but it has problems when radiators are not installed in an optimal way. It took me a lot of time to get rid of bubbles, and I was rebuilding everything because it wasn't possible in the Hyte Y40 case.
There are no white tubes in stores. I changed only fittings to titanium as it's close to radiator endings and silver heatsinks. The only white tubes have Alphacool, but the expected availability is 4-5 months. All other brands have only black or transparent. I remember some brands had soft white tubes, but everything was discontinued a while ago. Now the only white fittings are for hard tubes, and hard tubes are only silver or black.
Today arrived white power cables, so I will use them instead of black/white, and in 2-3 days, 3 more fans will arrive, so I will install them instead of the plates on the right side. I guess that's all. I have to correct something in the black/AMD rig, but not much. Probably only 3 new fans, and that's all.
At first, I wanted a vertical graphics card mount, but ASUS failed the vertical mount bracket, and as long as I use RTX4070 FE, then it's fine, but this RTX4080 is too large and it's not possible to install taller RAM. Now I think that connecting the graphics card power cable wouldn't be possible too. I could use it on the bottom of the case, but also very close to the motherboard, and then I couldn't use the radiator on the bottom. A radiator on the side is not possible when there is one on the top. Nearly every mid-tower case has the same problems.
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It aint much, but it's an honest purchase -
Got tired of using cheap flash drives for local transfers and as boot/install media. Already have a little NVMe dock, so grabbed this earlier today - one of the cheapest 2TB drives the local MC had (came out to ~$75).
Got tired of using cheap flash drives for local transfers and as boot/install media. Already have a little NVMe dock, so grabbed this earlier today - one of the cheapest 2TB drives the local MC had (came out to ~$75).
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I like this idea. I have a couple USB3 flash drives that will almost do SATA speeds which is pretty impressive for a drive the size of my pinky finger. But since M.2 USB enclosures are also very portable, not much reason not to for larger files or backups.
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With prices where they are, it's almost a "why not" decision. A 1TB M.2 drive and a cheap enclosure will run ~$75, and 2TB will go about $100. Physically a little larger than a typical flash drive, but IMO storage capacity and speed make up for it.
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20Gbps is reserved for some USB-C ports right? Type A ports max out at 10?
Exactly. If you read want speed, get a 4.0 x4 m.2 in an enclosure connected to 40 gbps Thunderbolt.
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If you really need it..... https://www.amazon.com/ACASIS-Enclo...mzn1.fos.f5122f16-c3e8-4386-bf32-63e904010ad0
Not very cost effective yet. Plenty of 1GBps USB options now though.
$50 for 20Gbps: https://www.amazon.com/ORICO-Enclos...ix=20gbps+m.2+nvme+ssd,electronics,120&sr=1-3
Not very cost effective yet. Plenty of 1GBps USB options now though.
$50 for 20Gbps: https://www.amazon.com/ORICO-Enclos...ix=20gbps+m.2+nvme+ssd,electronics,120&sr=1-3
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Y'all booting off USB drives? What the shizzle frizzle? I'm just over here having them sling MKVs around...
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Nope. I just used one for cloning my father's work machine with Macrium and then plugging it into his new rig. He went from an AMD FX8350 to a 12600K. It was well past time.
