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Rastafun

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  • Location
    Scotland
  • Occupation
    Electrical Engineer

System

  • CPU
    R5 1600
  • Motherboard
    GA-AB350N
  • RAM
    8GB Patriot Extreme 3200
  • GPU
    GTX 1070 FE
  • Case
    Fractal Design Node 202
  • Storage
    256GB Evo 950, 2TB Seagate Barracuda, 1TB WD Blue
  • PSU
    Came with the case
  • Display(s)
    Dell P2715Q, ViewSonic VX2450WM
  • Cooling
    Cryorig C7
  • Keyboard
    Ducky Shine 3 w/ MX Blue
  • Mouse
    Logitech Performance MX
  • Sound
    JBL something or other
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro

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  1. That's all well and good for hobby use, but I wouldn't want to risk $1000s of hardware when I can just RMA my power supply or buy a new one for less than $100. Replacing components is easy if you know what you're doing, but what if someone doesn't know how parts are rated? You could end up with a choke with a self-resonant frequency equal to the switching frequency, or a capacitor whose ripple current causes it to burn out too quickly. I've also run into shorted supplies that had blown traces (those went straight into the junk bin). I'm kinda rambling at this point, but the point is that PC power supplies are necessarily much cleaner than, say, an LED power supply. If it's too noisy, it can cause crashes. Edit: I hope that doesn't come off as attacking you, I just got a bit rambly
  2. Honestly, I have a hard time believing you. You're telling a layman to poke around in a high-wattage power supply armed with a soldering iron and no knowledge. That's dangerously irresponsible, and where I am if you use your credentials as an engineer to tell someone to do something that gets them hurt, you're gonna be in a world of shit.
  3. Do not fuck around with power supplies. They are way more dangerous (doubly if broken) and complicated than you seem to understand, and without adequate knowledge you can destroy the rest of the computer or seriously injure yourself. I'm an electrical engineer and I don't even feel comfortable trying to repair a power supply (I have the knowledge, but it's not my field).
  4. Unless you're already an electrical engineer, I don't think it's feasible. You would have to find a main board from a donor laptop that fits, then interface the keyboard, trackpad, speakers, screen, and battery with it. It would be no small feat for an engineer, let alone a hobbyist. If you're really set on it, it would be a great learning experience, though. Actually, I might have to add this to my to-do list.
  5. Apart from it coming to PS VR, not a thing. For being so close to launch, Bethesda has kept pretty tight-lipped. Oculus supports steamvr as well as its own library. Without needing 3rd party software, it currently supports more games than the Vive. Lack of games is a problem for all of VR, not just Oculus.
  6. Honestly, everything looks great. If you can find it for cheaper, you can activate windows 10 with a Windows 7 or 8 key. The GTX 1060 is a pretty good card, if you're happy with its performance there's no need to go higher. I'd personally go for the extra 3GB VRAM, but that's just my personal preference. You can get another 8GB kit of RAM when it's on sale (cyber monday or whatever), no need to get it all at once, 8GB is more than sufficient for gaming. Also, the wraith spire cooler that comes with the R5 1600 is pretty good, you have some room to overclock.
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