rahulr1

I've recently got a new laptop and am looking for a 1 cable solution to connect 3 displays, a few peripherals, and have 100W power delivery. I'm aware that Thunderbolt docks cannot support more than 2 displays and some of mine are 1440p270hz which may not even work in the first place. I've got an old GTX 1080 collecting dust and seen some inexpensive eGPU enclosures that have a few USB ports and 100W PD. Does it make sense to use an eGPU to connect 3 displays and charge my laptop, or is there a benefit to Thunderbolt/USB4 docks that I should be aware of, or some entirely alternative solution that is better?

Oooh, I genuinely didn't even realise m.2 extenders were a thing. Thanks for suggestions!

Tempting but I think I'll keep the silent build... Silent.

So I've just finished up my ITX custom loop and everything is perfect except my rear NVMe SSD hit peaks of 77C which is not awful but I want to lower it somehow. Also the SSD is blocked by the motherboard tray so I can't use an SSD heatsink. I've added images of my loop and the SSD in question. I know that the heat is caused by my 3080 water block's passive heat dissipation. My best idea would be to add a small 80mm Noctua fan near the rear top section of the case with some creative mounting, but would I exhaust the hot air or have another intake for cool air? For context the front 2 fans on my radiator are also intakes.

If I'm correct I think the average temperature is around 60-65C for load temps? You reckon my GPU won't dissipate enough heat to throttle it into the 70+ range?

I would definitely test before asking for advice but I'd have to build the whole loop just for testing and I'd have to drain it if it's unusable

I've got a cheap 2TB Crucial P2 NVMe drive for storage and starting my build in the SSUPD Meshlicious. My GPU is a liquid cooled EVGA 3080 XC3 with an EK block and the EK passive backplate. I test fitted my parts and there's barely any clearance between the GPU backplate and the rear m.2, maybe 1-2 cm. Should I be concerned about the drive dying, and would a slim heatsink help? I've seen a few reviews for heatsinks showing increases in temperature. I've assumed these people have bad installations but maybe my GPU would cause the heatsink or conduct more heat than it dissipates and I'd have this problem. What would you guys advise? Thanks

Haha, don't worry this was just for a test fit. None of the stuff in the picture is in use

Yes, the mini-ITX mounting holes align with the centre top-left, top-middle and left-middle mounting holes for ATX mounts. Here's an example from an old build temporary I was doing.

Ah gotcha I'll keep that in mind. My board already has a small VRM fan but its probably because it's got weak 50A power stages so maybe a small 92mm will help!

Thanks a lot! So from what I understand, the goal is to exhaust all the hot air out of the system and avoid recycling heated air. If I don't have any fans near the VRM though or decide to use tempered glass side panels, exhausting the heat from a front rad still be better than recycling the air from the radiator fans? For context this would be the internal layout in my intended build, except obviously I'm using a custom loop and an SFX PSU.

I understand that in an air cooled SFX system, negative pressure is often optimal to encourage intake from GPU fans and to exhaust hot air from the system. In a liquid cooled setup would the passive heat dissipation from the water blocks mean negative pressure is still better? Or would the fans be more ideal as positive pressure intakes? For context I'm waiting on my SSUPD Meshlicious to arrive and I'm using a 280mm front mounted rad for an RTX 3080 and 5600X. There are no other fans in this system.

Thanks a lot everyone

To my knowledge I thought that the modmic was omnidirectional? Is there a unidirectional model?

So I just bought myself a Sennheiser GSX 1000 Amp+DAC to use in conjunction with my HD 598 headphones and I've finally dumped my old gaming headset (Logitech G430). I've gotta grab myself a new microphone now because I really don't want to hang a headset on my neck but I cannot for the life of me find anything that won't pick up my Cherry Blue keyboard, any suggestions?