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    Damascus got a reaction from MisterBanderson in Can anyone help with cases for the Galaxy z fold 4   
    Folding phones are fragile and have nearly impossible to protect weak points, I doubt there’s a case on earth that could protect a Fold 4 from you.  Give up and trade it in for a traditional phone and put a defender case on that
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    Damascus reacted to Zando_ in What are items found around the house that are made of pure nickel or pure silver   
    Genuine silver dollars are worth like $15-17 in silver alone, if they're a collectible one they can be worth far more to said collectors.
     
    Just get the proper gear for the task. It's cheaper and guaranteed to work properly.
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    Damascus got a reaction from Bombastinator in All images and history of my dual xeon SR-2!   
    Take the fans off, then you can easily access the mounting screws with a Philips screwdriver.
     
    You got an absolute steal with this thing!
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    Damascus got a reaction from Bombastinator in All images and history of my dual xeon SR-2!   
    More than just E-ATX, the SR-2 is a monster HPTX board iirc.  Top left in the bottom image is one of it’s successors.
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    Damascus got a reaction from Zando_ in First time builder freaking out...   
    This isn’t relevant to OP, the included CM 850w unit is one of the bulkiest options whereas the H1 PSU is prone to failure.  Beyond that, why would you think that the system not booting is caused by OCP?  
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    Damascus got a reaction from Zando_ in First time builder freaking out...   
    3 things to help troubleshooting:
    Put your hand on the AIO pump - is it vibrating?  picture of the motherboard and cpu block repaste, it never hurts 
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    Damascus reacted to PSU Daniel in PSU Tier List Rev. 8.6.0   
    We know, but we needed to Post this until 12 AM.
    This will be corrected after.
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    Damascus got a reaction from Eschew in Looking for a kind of keuboard?   
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    Damascus reacted to Zando_ in General Intel HEDT Xeon/i7 Discussion   
    Nice! Both are awesome chips, do be sure you have very chonk cooling though, in my experience once you add more than 1.3v vCore (these chips do 1.35v safe daily) they become a furnace, my 5820K would hit 93C under P95 load on an NH-D15S. Though @Damascushas suggested it may be linked to RAM speed somehow, as they only behave like that with 3000Mhz or higher RAM (I run 3200Mhz). Probably something I should test at some point. 

    Do be careful with the ASUS board though, IIRC the first revisions could randomly fry CPUs, it was apparently a problem ASUS just didn't address until the revisions/new boards for Broadwell-E. 
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    Damascus got a reaction from Zando_ in Water cooling assistance and PC hardware asistance   
    Not to mention, a loop involving 20 fans is going to be running near-ambient at full load, let alone idle.
     
    @EzimGet on YouTube, start watching every tutorial you can.  J2C has some great tutorials, Bill Owens (mnpctech) should have some advanced stuff and every major tech tuber has at least a few watercooling tutorial.  Set aside at least 5+ hours and just soak in that knowledge before you even open the box.
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    Damascus reacted to Zando_ in Water cooling assistance and PC hardware asistance   
    OP already bought all the hardware for a hardline custom loop, not an AIO. 
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    Damascus got a reaction from dizmo in Custom mechanical keyboard questions   
    See, when you buy that set of 20 USD stabs from "company" they wind up costing $41 CAD after shipping (real example)
     
    It is very, very rare to find all of the stuff you want from the same store, so you wind up paying shipping on basically every single tiny little piece.  Stuff adds up really quickly
    😛  The multi-color ones are also just amazing as stabilizers, and cost the same as any other good stab so why not
    Loads of em.  Alexotos has a Canadian vendor list as well, very helpful 
    Hahaha $400 for a case, I'm drooling.  What you'll soon see is that, because EVERYTHING good in this hobby is sold via group buy, most of those cool boards are unavailable.  And then scalpers get involved, and cases/keycaps double, triple, quintuple or more in price.
    I currently use cherry profile red samurai caps, very familiar/normal feel 
     
    https://drop.com/buy/drop-redsuns-gmk-red-samurai-keycap-set?utm_placement=23&referer=ZUCV7X&mode=guest_open&utm_campaign=Automated Daily Promotional 2021-05-26&utm_source=SparkPost&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily Promotional&utm_content=1622021742337.547651529794283511663421
     
    But I also have a board with these DSA deep space, which are super flat and uniform, and a set of SA caps that I haven't used in a while - I found the sculpt to be too much.

     
    Also, in response to that backlighting question - no.  There is no shinethrough in high end keebland, as the point of these overly expensive keycaps is the complementary colors the designer used.  If you want some backlit keycaps, there are actually loads of inexpensive options
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    Damascus got a reaction from dizmo in Custom mechanical keyboard questions   
    What chunk of your budget are you willing to spend on just caps?
    C3 equalz or Durock
    Asking this means you do, in fact need help with switches.  Some benefit massively from lubing, specifically linears and even more so budget linears 
    Time consuming and requires consistency,  not particularly difficult
     
    Drop is OK, they aren't #1 bang/buck but pretty easy to work with.  A GMMK pro, KBD75 or such would also be worth looking into 
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    Damascus got a reaction from dizmo in Custom mechanical keyboard questions   
    Your budget limts you to knockoff caps unfortunately, search around to see what colorways work and then grab a $40 copycat from China.  That or get some of the budget proper caps from drop, they have GMK red samurai and now mito on a regular basis for $80
    Zeal (in general) is expensive, Cherry isn't great and durock is really solid.  C3 equalz and durock cost about the same, (20 usd for the set) and are the same quality but the c3 ones have a lot of color options
    Yes and no.  Many tactile and clicky switches are actually hurt by lubing, so you don't mess with that anyways.  Some switches come poorly factory lubed, some come really, really nicely lubed (gazzew bobas iirc are like that) 
     
    So cost isn't really the factor.  I use gat ink blacks, which are about $1 CAD each and they're also lubed, because the factory coating isn't super consisconsistent.  You always absolutely no matter what lube stabilizers 
    Investigate the market more.  There are so many options that I literally can't list even a fraction, so scoot around on all the different webstores to see what might work for you. 
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    Damascus reacted to geo3 in Custom mechanical keyboard questions   
    This is difficult. TKL options are limited and those that do exist are usually a lot more expensive. 
     
    The Drop offerings are probably the only place you'll find something that fits both these requirements.  That or look for the IDOBAO ID87, but I think those are out of stock and hard to find currently.
     
    It doese indeed make a difference in both feel and sound. Lubing is the only way to greatly reduce spring ping, and also makes the switch feel smoother and more consistent between switches, improves the sound, makes it sound deeper and reduces the upstroke rattle.  It's not difficult but tedious. If you don't want to lube (and are interested in linear switches), get the Novelkeys Silk switches which are factory lubed, this is IMO the best stock switch there is (of the ones I've tried). 
     
    Durock, C3 or Zeal, GMK is a close 4th.
     
    But if you get a Drop board you can't use any of these because they use plate mount stabs only.  
     
    Here lubing is not optional IMO. Stabilizer lubing is the single greatest improvement you can make to a keyboard, period. I personally would take some cheep no name knock off stab that's been properly lubed than a dry Durock, C3 or Zeal stab any day of the week. 
     
    Drop. If you want quality caps that are not bank breaking.  KBD Fans has some decent offerings, but their quality varies from good to meh, nothing terrible though.  PBT is more resistant to wear that ABS and more resistant to UV yellowing, however a good quality ABS set (decent thickness, tight tolerances, etc ) will look and feel nicer than a cheep PBT set. 
     
     
    I disagree that tactile switches are hurt by lubing, I've lubed every tactile switch I own and they all improved. The only switch type that's hurt is click jacket switches, you can still lube click bars too. 
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    Damascus got a reaction from Letgomyleghoe in PC gaming change focus just to APUs and Laptops? We should stop thinking of GPU's as gaming hardware. Change my mind.   
    What if I want to play something that isn't ten years old on my 34" monitor tho, bro
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    Damascus got a reaction from PlayStation 2 in PC gaming change focus just to APUs and Laptops? We should stop thinking of GPU's as gaming hardware. Change my mind.   
    What if I want to play something that isn't ten years old on my 34" monitor tho, bro
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    Damascus reacted to Latvian Video in Jacked up Webcam prices??   
    If he can't get a webcam, he can use his phone as a webcam, I personally use DroidCam, it's free, but has a pro version with some more features
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    Damascus got a reaction from Mark Kaine in AWFUL Experience with Origin PC   
    Nvidia has a habit of cherry picking the best silicon for their founders cards, so if it's an FE directly from nvidia that's not bad.
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    Damascus got a reaction from AidyyJ in Mining PC   
    Blah, kinda boring.  If this is real, you literally already chose your parts.  Just go buy them, build your system like a human being with hands and 0.5 braincells 
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    Damascus got a reaction from Fasauceome in Mining PC   
    Blah, kinda boring.  If this is real, you literally already chose your parts.  Just go buy them, build your system like a human being with hands and 0.5 braincells 
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    Damascus got a reaction from Mling in Mining PC   
    Blah, kinda boring.  If this is real, you literally already chose your parts.  Just go buy them, build your system like a human being with hands and 0.5 braincells 
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    Damascus reacted to kelvinhall05 in would you be interested   
    >small production run
    >cheap
    >no compromises
     
    Pick two.
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    Damascus got a reaction from PlayStation 2 in What are Some of Your Collecting Holy Grails?   
    Special edition hardcovers of everything Brandon Sanderson has written/will write
     
    Holy grail ITX stuff:
    X99e-itx/6950x
    X299e-itx/18 core thingmy 
    An EPC621D4I-2M/W-3175X would be the crown jewel of grail ITX madness at the moment, although the fat-dtx board for epyc is also nuts
    Lonecase L4
    S5m (early prototype for what eventually became the current s4 mini, only three were made- one is privately owned, one is somewhere in sapphires holding and the third fell into the ocean right after being manufactured)
    1080 ti mini - first and so far only flagship gpu to be so small
    EVGA 3060 Ti XC - most powerful gpu per litre ever sold 
    Vega 64 nano - literally only one is confirmed to exist, was gifted to an Indian media mogul by AMD directly
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    Damascus got a reaction from handymanshandle in What are Some of Your Collecting Holy Grails?   
    Special edition hardcovers of everything Brandon Sanderson has written/will write
     
    Holy grail ITX stuff:
    X99e-itx/6950x
    X299e-itx/18 core thingmy 
    An EPC621D4I-2M/W-3175X would be the crown jewel of grail ITX madness at the moment, although the fat-dtx board for epyc is also nuts
    Lonecase L4
    S5m (early prototype for what eventually became the current s4 mini, only three were made- one is privately owned, one is somewhere in sapphires holding and the third fell into the ocean right after being manufactured)
    1080 ti mini - first and so far only flagship gpu to be so small
    EVGA 3060 Ti XC - most powerful gpu per litre ever sold 
    Vega 64 nano - literally only one is confirmed to exist, was gifted to an Indian media mogul by AMD directly
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