thevicparable

Spring is here. Prepping the summer reading list. These are all texts that were referenced in my undergrad English major, never ended up reading them properly, am finally ready to 4-6 years later.

Anyone else bumping the new C Tangana album?

As a kiwi I've definitely timed my Australian holidays with new GPU or console purchases - you can even get the GST refunded at the airport when you leave. But you're right the gap definitely ain't what it used to be. I think we forget sometimes that the US prices don't include taxes, and the reality is NZ and Aus are relatively small markets far away. Now I'm living in Europe and once you convert the currencies and compare with back home, the difference is quite often negligible. I don't think RRP is as unequal as people make it out to be, rather it's the scalping.

Some photos of the completed inside. The SG13 getting old now but after looking through some older build logs, it seems like only now parts are truly ready for it. With the rise of affordable NVME storage I hope we'll finally see more clean builds in the case. Photo below is taken through the back grille of the PSU bracket. Next to zero fan obstruction. Gonna be nice and breezy inside. Haven't tested it yet because I don't actually have a keyboard at the moment. Working on it!

Finally I can update this thing because my GPU arrived from home today! My trusty 1060 survived about a month of transit in its anti-static bag, bubble wrapped and surrounded by fabric and other soft items. The whole parcel was barely dented at all so I'm impressed! As mentioned in a previous post, I was left wondering how to run the HD Audio cable. ...with this being the clearance once the GPU is in. It looks kinda big by there really isn't much space between the card and the header. Oh well, worth a shot. Hope the angle isn't too harsh, there really isn't any other routing option that doesn't snake right across the m.2 heat spreader. Perfect fit!

I plan on staying as long as I can get work, though I'll visit home when I can/need to for visas. It's the same with ads here. Full of English words.

@Benji English is my mother tongue but I've been learning French for a few years and have lived in France for almost one. I've learnt more in my short time here than I did all my years at home combined. The -ing in English can be a noun or a verb, but yeah they only seem to use it as a noun over here. Another one I've seen come up, particularly in advertising is "fooding". Still trying to figure out exactly what it entails. Oh and a paperclip is a trombone. I think that's pretty neat.

I totally wasted the opportunity. My motherboard had gold accents while my RAM was blue.

And yet the French don't use résumé at all like we do. Some of the funniest parts of French are the ways they've (re)absorbed English -ing words into their vocabulary, but with slightly off meanings. Dunno about in Quebec but these nouns are everywhere in France jogging = sweatpants footing = jogging (bruh) pressing = dry-cleaner's brushing = blow-dry (first trip to the hairdressers was confusing) shampooing = shampoo (but unlike the rest which sound exactly like the English words with a French accent, this has a full on French pronunciation) camping = campsite/camping ground dressing = walk-in wardrobe parking = car park/parking lot planning = schedule/timetable The most ridiculous one has got to be relooking though. And its regular verb relooker. It means makeover.

Just joined this silly thing... I had no idea the original bird was an endangered NZ parrot, a kakapo. https://mashable.com/2017/07/13/cult-of-the-party-parrot-slack-reddit-meme/?europe=true Great read about the origins, And some useful conservation websites. https://www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kakapo-recovery/ https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/

What a gorgeous mod!! And high five for depression tech projects. Having one going when I start to go bad really helps I find. Hope you feel good again soon.

Had a go at fitting the PSU today. It's a great little unit, and I really hope that when it comes to finally testing the machine it won't be defective. In most SG13 builds I've seen people keep the PSU cables together in one bundle, but I tried to do something a little different. The 24-pin cable is quite short so there was no option but to have it go directly down to the motherboard. I've left the bend that was already in the cable because it avoids a bundle in front of the case fan. Also pretty happy with the stock cooler clearance with the PSU. For CPU and GPU power I tried to route the cables around the frame of the case, with a bit of tape to help train them because the Corsair ribbon cables are quite stiff. The aim is to keep as much out of the way of the fan as possible. I've also seen some people mount the PSU fan down to have it work as some kind of exhaust for the whole system. But I think mounting upwards so its airflow is completely separate from the system is the way to go. Considering that the unit is from the recall batch I'd also rather not expose it to temps any higher than I have to.

Cable time. Any ideas and feedback appreciated. The SG13 is a great little case. However, if I could change only one thing about the design, it would be to have the I/O cables attached to the frame itself so the front panel could come off cleanly. When I made the decision to rotate the fan, it was a real pain in the butt because I had already started routing cables.. The motherboard clearance is actially decent, which gave me an idea... ...to use just a little bit of tape to try and train the cables around the standoff so they can poke up from underneath the motherboard a little bit. Ideally it won't have to stay taped down and will hold its shape after a few days. I rotated the fan so the cable could run with the USB 3.0 connector. Neither cable is really long enough to go under the motherboard and back out again, so I went around the right side to keep it cleanish. My GPU is only single fan and as long as the motherboard so the cables won't be in the way. The most awkward cable is by far the HD audio which just kinda runs up the middle. It's too short to join and then run past the USB/fan cable. If ITX motherboards had their audio header with the rest of the I/O it wouldn't be a problem either. For now I'll be just leaving the cable as is and then see how I can tuck it under the GPU.

I lied, next post is case fan, but I suppose the beginning of cable management. Installs with rubber pins rather than screws which made it far less fiddly than regular fans, and nice and quick too. As you can see the case only supports three mounting holes for 140mm fans. This doesn't cause any problems with stability, but it definitely makes me glad I went with a fan that has a big rubber ring around it, to dampen any noise in case it rattles against the case a little bit. Weeeee bit bothered that the fan, ram and case are all different shades of white. But looking sharp overall. I mounted the fan this way because it initially seemed like the best idea for a clean cable run. But I have since turned it left 90 degrees.

Thank you! Here's hoping it stays that way! GPU is still a little while away so I've started figuring out possible cable runs. That'll be my next post.