Kainhander

I'd really like to see that unlisted video with the dual socket motherboard overhanging the cardboard box, but it's not on the playlist.

Hi All, I'm in the market for a new pair of cans to play games with. My second pair of HyperX Cloud Flights have bit the dust, for some reason the microphone stops working after about 18-20 months. I'm using a pair of Anker Soundcore Q20's as a stopgap, but the soundstage(?) is absolute crap- I can't hear footsteps or directionality until it's too late. This will be my absolute #1 requested feature. I'm not sure what I need for this though (open vs closed back, etc). The second feature I'm looking for is a mic that's halfway good. I've been listening to microphone samples on youtube, and almost all the gaming headsets have a nasally over-compressed sound to them. I'm not expecting a golden warm radio sound, but something better than the rest that doesn't sound like crap with my deeper voice. I've been evaluating the Cooler Master MH-751's vs some Audio Technica ATH-AD700Xs with a ModMic on paper, but I can't make a choice. Does anybody have any recommendations between these two for what I'm looking for, or have a better recommendation? Looking to stay in the sub-$200 range. As for fitment, I have a big head, and wear glasses. For example, all the SteelSeries Arctis headset bands are just barely too small for my melon. Thanks!

There's also Plex encoding that could benefit from this.

Just realized I had more horsepower sitting in the basement for folding, a dual Xeon just sitting there counting bits as a Unraid server with and attached DAS. It's a Dell Precision T5600 "workstation" setup with the carcass of an old PC as the DAS. What video cards could I put in there to crank up the heat? The Dell has a single 8-pin PCI-E power cable to share (300W total for GPUs = 75W x16 slot + 75W x16 slot + 150W 8 pin cable), so I'm limited a bit. The DAS side also has 2 6-pin PCI-E power cables I could extend / tap into. I could go dual used 1060s, or maybe a 5700xt? What's my best option for my constraints?

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It's a Dell Precision T5600 "workstation" setup with the carcass of an old PC as an Unraid DAS abomination. I just realized there's 2 6-pin PCI-E power cables I could tap on the DAS power supply, so that would be another 150W with a cable extension....

Just realized I had more horsepower sitting in the basement for folding, dual Xeon NAS just sitting there counting bits. What video cards could I put in there to crank up the heat? They've got a single 8-pin PCI-E power cable to share (300W total for GPUs - 75W x16 slot + 75W x16 slot + 150W 8 pin cable), so I'm limited a bit. I could go dual used 1060s, or maybe a 5700xt? What's my best option for my constraints?

Try it without the OC to see if it still occurs. If not, then check drivers for updates, and/or reset settings on f@h.

Perhaps, I'm just running stock with no PBO right now. Temps are 72C CPU and 74 GPU, so not a ton of headroom for OC here

Fold baby fold!

I've been folding all night on the same hardware (3900X / 2080 super) with no problems. Maybe reinstall and/or restart?

I found a 2080 Aorus Extreme for $560 at Microcenter, so I think I'm going to go that route for now. The 2080 Super is not worth the $100-$150 premium for ~5% better out of box speeds, and for now the Ti isn't worth the $500 extra for a ~15% improvement. I can use that towards the monitor or a 2180Ti next year

Hey Y'all, I'm looking to upgrade my rig soon and need some recommendations on hardware. I play mostly PUBG with a mix of Ultra/Low settings, but the occasional 1% and 0.1% frametimes kill me sometimes. GTAV is also in the heavy rotation, and RDR2 probably too in the near future. I can see Ray Tracing Minecraft too. I'd like to move to all Ultra settings @1440 p with buttery smooth framerates if possible. I'm currently running a Ryzen 1600 @ 3.8 Ghz, and an MSI GeForce 1070 Gaming X with a +100Mhz Core / +500Mhz Memory OC. Monitor is a 1440p ultrawide, going to be adding a second 100Hz ultrawide, or a 1440p 144Hz monitor soon too. I keep eyeing a 2080ti and a Ryzen 3900X, because being an enthusiast is fun, albeit expensive. How much of a difference in PUBG (and other FPSs running at Ultra settings) would a 3700X and a 2080/2080S make over the overkill solution? I've got an Asus Prime X370 Pro motherboard and a Seasonic Prime Titanium 750W PSU, so I should have the power to support any of the above. Thanks! ~Kain~

Leave both top ones empty, most of your airflow will be going from front to back, so trying to suck it out through the top just causes turbulence for the most part. The Le Grand Macho tower will act as a giant airflow straightener, so air will only want to go front to back. Doh, had just woken up and didn't read the whole thing before replying. I wouldn't use any top fans, and I would try to use it without a rear fan as well. The Le Grand Macho RT (LGMRT) does a pretty good job of straightening the airflow in the top part of the case, so top fans only gave me turbulence / more noise, and no noticible cooling benefit. Since the fan on the LGMRT is pretty decent, and the cooler fins are widely spaced I found I didn't need the rear fan either - it wasn't doing much if anything with this cooler. If you're not sure whether to ditch the rear fan, you could always get it, and then setup your fan profile to only turn it on when it gets hot, that way you don't have to hear it all the time. What CPU / Graphics card were you going to use in your build?

I was only able to fit a 120mm fan in the top-rear position, but I could fit a 140 in the top front position. This wasn’t due to the cooler though, but the 8-pin CPU power cables Sticking out from the motherboard in the back. I did do some further testing to see if the top fans did anything for temps, but all I got was more noise. I ended up taking out the F-12 in the rear and didn’t see any temperature changes, but removing it dropped the noise 1dB further. If you end up going with this case and this cooler, just get some good quiet 140 mm fans for the front and leave it at that. The cooling from those two fans and the LeGrand macho fan will be extremely sufficient, and very quiet.