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  1. 6 hours ago, bmx6454 said:

    cool idea, but not practical. its pricey for a reason, it takes a bit of tech. the rechargeable aa idea has some potential though. a company named ossia was working on wireless rechargeable batteries, don't think they have released them yet though. if you could get your hands on those, i don't see why it couldn't work.

    I saw the Ossia batteries in my searching, but the technology they use is not quite the same as Qi charging. They use the same type of principal as wi-fi and bluetooth, essentially. From what I saw they're supposedly going to release those next year. I just wanted to see if I could possibly engineer a solution myself, as that's kind of the road I'm going down (currently in school to be an engineer, I already have an IT degree) and I'm looking at projects that I can start planning out.

  2. Soooo....I'm currently running a Corsair Ironclaw wireless mouse, and while I love it, it seems as though I have to plug the darn thing in almost every day. I've been doing some research into available wireless charging mice and mousepads, but only a few models exist and they're also quite expensive. I was trying to figure out if there would be a way to convert a wireless mouse to be able to accept Qi wireless charging, and then all I'd need is a charging pad to plonk it down on. My idea, however, is to take a mouse that runs from AA batteries rather than my Ironclaw (I don't want to ruin it, but I have some older mice I can use for testing) like a Logitech G602, and add whatever it would need to take wireless charging without having to modify much else. Is this possible? Am I crazy? I feel like this should be doable. If you can get those add-ons for phones that let you have wireless charging with their existing batteries, shouldn't this be possible with a mouse and some rechargable AAs? I'm not an electrician or an engineer (yet), and my limited knowledge makes me think that there should be some way to do this. If anyone has any insight, if what I'm looking to do makes sense or not...please halp!

  3. As someone who is currently in the process of repainting some cases for custom builds, I have a few suggestions/tips that you might find helpful. First, yes prepping the case is the best way to ensure your paint looks good once finished. A light sanding to remove any existing coatings, then a basic soap+water wash to remove any leftover dust and stuff and air dry will be enough for most cases 🙃 then you need to consider your paint, and the types of materials the case is made from. If you have a case that has both metals and plastics, like the ones I've been working on, look for paint that specifies what surfaces its made for, and if it contains primer already or not. I personally would recommend Krylon Fusion as its made for multi-surface applications and also is a paint+primer formula so you don't need to worry about applying primer first buuuut that's just my experience with it and you may also not have the same paints available where you are. I can only get a decent selection of Krylon at my local Lowes and everywhere else has Rustoleum which I have not tried.

     

    The second thing I highly suggest to get a nice, even coat on all of the surfaces is to take the case apart as much as you possibly can. For mine, I even went as far as drilling out the rivets and taking it down panel by panel so I could paint every piece individually, but you might not want to or have the tools to do so. If you do, this mnpctech video shows how to do so and the stuff you'll need.

     

     

    Lastly, make sure you get a top coat to seal it all up once you've applied the color and whatever details you want. I've only just gotten into the case modding and painting thing but so far, its been fun, and I'm really looking forward to finally finishing a project this summer. Good luck to you!

  4. I got myself the Corsair Virtuoso SE earlier this year and I would highly recommend it. Its been amazingly comfortable for long gaming sessions, the mic is decent as I've had no complaints from any of my friends since I got it and it has USB-C which tbh its 2020 everything should have that by now. Another fun thing I discovered is that it is capable of two input sources at once - via wireless and wired (with the 3.5 cable, I haven't tried wireless and USB yet). Idk if this was a feature they advertised or not, but I discovered it kind of by accident and it just made me love the headset more.

  5. I have the K95 Platinum and as said above, Corsair uses a non-standard bottom row and the only pudding style keycaps right now are standard sizes and generally only in sets. I looked and looked when I bought my set (the Hyper-X one) but could never find any with the right dimensions for my board, so I left the keys that wouldn't fit and it really doesn't look too bad tbh. I thought it would bother me more than it did, but it really never was an issue after the initial "aw poop" moment when I realized I couldn't make it a whole matching set.

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  6. Oof on the power supply. I've been working recently with a few builds using a Rosewill PSU and those things suck a butt. Rosewill cases are okay, but stay away from those PSUs. Get a good Corsair, EVGA or Silverstone modular with some nice black cables and I'd say its perfect.

  7. WELP that plan might not work after all for me

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    As per manufacturer specifications, all sleeping pods have a maximum weight capacity of 220lb/100kg; for safety and health of our guests, only one person not exceeding 220lb/100kg is allowed per pod at all times.

    I am not within the weight limit for the stupid Panda Pods...sooo not the best idea if you're on the bigger side like I am, I guess. Looks like I'll have to figure something else out.

  8. I volunteered and spent my Saturday at the con, Sunday working. Being a broke college student, I couldn't afford a hotel so I decided to pull an all-nighter in the BYOC...

     

    DON'T. That was a mistake ? I was miserable most of Sunday, having been on my feet basically all day the previous day and with no real rest in between. I was lucky enough to be working the Gaming at Every Price Point booth, which was right next to Vertagear, who graciously let me lounge in their chairs the whole day.

     

    So with that experience in mind, as much fun as I had last year, being miserable and dead on my feet wasn't the best idea and my drive home was not fun either. (I drove up from Washington)

     

    I think I'm going to try and book a hotel this year, and will probably try to do the BYOC properly as I only brought my laptop last year which isn't meant for gaming and I've since upgraded my desktop to something I feel actually proud to show off, however its still a chonker and carrying it down the stairs in my house is terrifying...just the prospect of moving this thing around is why I didn't bring it last and opted for the laptop instead. I'm also definitely driving up again, as I'm only about a 2-hour drive away and that's the cheapest and easiest option for me. Assuming I have the funds, I plan to do it properly this year and not try to run on nothing but coffee and prayers on Sunday lol

     

    If you're like me, and you're coming on your own, and really don't need a hotel for much more than sleep and a place to change clothes, the Panda Pod hotel looks like a good deal. I think I'm going to book one of those this time around, so when I get tired of playing around at the BYOC at like 4am I can go snooze and actually feel like a human again for the second day. I also plan to volunteer, and if that's an option for you I also highly recommend it! Volunteering last year was awesome, and having volunteered for other conventions in the past like PAX I'd have to say this has been my favorite to work so far.

  9. Cable management is a giant pain in the butt. I have torn down and rebuilt my PC so many freaking times just because I don't like my cable management, and every time I only get a teeensy weensy little bit better at it...? cable monster aside your build looks pretty damn solid I'd say. If you're gonna tackle those cables my only advice is that cable ties are your friend.

  10. 1 minute ago, PositiveRaisin2 said:

    I recommend you get a UPS for the future

    ^^^^ If you're not running on a UPS, you should be. Even if you live in a modern house, that's no guarantee that something might happen and cause damage to your PC. You can get a pretty decent UPS from CyberPower for anywhere from $80-$200 depending on your system's total power draw at max. I run a 900Watt/1500VA on my system with an 850W PSU that never gets close to max even under load (I just upgraded from a 750W and never maxed that one either) and this is more than enough for my system.

  11. On 1/16/2020 at 3:39 AM, lerodemmy said:

    Weird... I’m only seeing the hardware lighting option for my H100i Platinum SE and its fans, and for my three QL fans.  I’m using a Commander Pro.

     

    The option isn’t there for any of my other RGB devices (K95, K95 Platinum, Glaive, Polaris Dominator Platinum).

     

    Like you, I have four sticks of Dominator Platinum RGB.  Can you please show me a screenshot of the hardware lighting for that?

    For the keyboards/mice, if they are able to save hardware profiles then you will need to create a hardware profile and then save it to the device. They usually come with 3 pre-made profiles already saved to the device (all rainbow vomit default settings). As for the Dominator Platinum, if you have "full software control" enabled they won't save the effects in hardware. If its off, it should save your chosen effect in hardware by default. I have mine set to rain purple/blue and if iCue isn't running, it still displays this.

     

    EDIT: Here's a link to a handy guide for iCUE on the Corsair forums that you might find helpful.

  12. As far as I know, this is only possible with the devices which can save to a hardware profile. So some keyboards, some mice, RAM, fans, etc. I run all Corsair fans in my system off a Node Pro, with 4 lighting strips, and 4 sticks of Dominator Platinum RGB and they all have a hardware lighting option. My keyboard and mouse have hardware profiles that they default to when iCue isn't running. The only things that rainbow vomit without iCue are the mouse pad and headset stand.

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  13. 1 hour ago, Aaralli said:

    If you connect the Node Pro to an rgb hub and then a fan it works fine. I'm just not sure if my corsair profiles will register the same.

    Node Pro controls RGB, but won't control fan speeds. I use one with 5 HD RGB fans and 2 light strips, and have never had control over fan speeds, only the RGB. I would make a backup of your profiles before you switch things out, maybe take screenshots of all your settings in case you have to dial them in again. Have you looked on the Corsair forums to see if anyone answered this question there?

  14. Just now, RecorderPlayer said:

    Is there too much of a difference between the full sized and mini motherboard, does the full sized offer any more features? I might get it as it does look not too much more expensive I'm just curious what the differences are.

     

    Thanks :)

    You'll lose out on some PCI-E slots with a smaller board, as well as having less space between components, and also less RAM capacity. Unless using a small form factor case, I would always opt for a regular size motherboard because upgrade/expansion is much easier later on. For example, if the built-in wifi dies you could still add a PCI-E wifi card to it. If you need more USB ports, you can add expansion cards for that too.

  15. I live in an ancient house, and even in a modern home I would never run my computer and a space heater on the same circuit. I'm lucky, my computer does a great job at being a space heater on its own ? but most definitely NEVER run a space heater through a power strip/surge protector as they aren't designed to handle that kind of power. Unless you want this:

     

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  16. 8 minutes ago, Windows95 said:

    I guess the scariest thing for a producer is lossing your projects

     

    however, the problem is making a backup of massive ass sample collections

    The more files you have, the longer backups take (or at least the initial backup if you use something that only copies files if they have changed), but the less you'll lose if you have a failure. Invest in some sort of external storage - either an external HDD, a NAS, or a cloud storage service to backup your important files. If you watched the recent Synology NAS video as Linus said its the 3-2-1 rule of data backups: Have at least 3 copies of your data, store them on 2 different kinds of media, and keep one safe off-site. I was taught the same thing in my IT classes.

  17. 41 minutes ago, RecorderPlayer said:

    Ok, thank you - I will take a look :)

     

    It might exceed by budget, however, so would you recommend I scale down another part such as downgrading the cpu to a 2600 and upgrading the motherboard in its place on the budget?

    If you go for a 2600 then you wouldn't need an x570 board unless you NEED PCI-E Gen 4 or something. I'd go with a either an x470 or b450 board regardless of if you get a 2600 or 3600. They can be found cheaper than the x570 boards, usually. You don't need a super high end motherboard unless you need the extra features for overclocking or something. I have a 3600 with an ASRock x570 Steel Legend wifi board and it does just fine. The only thing I'd change is maybe get the full ATX sized version of that motherboard, since you're getting a full tower case and its not much more expensive as far as I can tell. Otherwise, I think your build is just fine.

  18. Just now, Bombastinator said:

    So we’re both waiting to see what happens at this computer expo.  I’m extra curious about this hybrid HBM2 they’re talking bout for the new cards now.  I’m glad this thread caused me to learn more about HBM stuff.

    Hybrid HBM2? I know a fair bit about HBM/HBM2 as I'm a huge tech nerd and spend my spare time just researching stuff, but I've never heard of a hybrid HBM2. I'll have to look that up and see if its worth waiting to find out if it's going to be in any upcoming cards.

  19. @Tech Deck If you're not comfortable potentially ruining a perfectly good CPU, don't try de-lidding it. It sounds like you should be fine if you replace the stock cooler with a better aftermarket one. I'd try that FIRST, before anything else, because if it works then great, you're done. If not, then you could look into de-lidding if you feel comfortable risking it. Always start with the safest option first! It will save you a lot of headache and potentially money.

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