Tonberry

Thanks, man.
And here's the pump hiding,

Pardon my poor photos & lighting
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Disclaimer:
English is not my native language, so please tolerate my grammar and any strange or negative context which I might not mean to put it at all, simply because I don't English very well.

General Information and Inspiration of the build:
This is my very first time liquid cooling build. Even I never touch an AIO, I went stright to custom loop. I was mainly using air cooled system as I was denying to go liquid after all these years because of my paranoia to involve liquid in between electronics. Finally I got the courage to jump in, and when my courage took down my paranoia, I dedicated to give everything I got with the knowledge I gained from the internet.

I must say that this build was initially inspired by Metallic Acid works on the exterior appearance. He built so many PCs with brushed panels, and all of those builds left me speechless, while this build of mine is a brushed normal Evolv Shift TG with ZMT loop and some other mods on the chasis. Besides that, some other SFF builds also influenced this build.
Why I use ZMT, it was because I want to get the flexibility and ease of access when the time to upgrade hardwares has come.
The GPU was taken from my air cooled system by the way.   I'm not a big fan of RGB but I don't mind to have it. In this build the RGB are only at CPU block logo, GPU block Radeon logo, Ram module, and reservoir, but I guess, I won't turn on the RGB on the reservoir.
This build took me from the start since October 2019 due to my job schedule which makes me to leave home for several weeks before I come back and work on this build, even then it hasn't finished yet. It still needs some little work to be 100% complete.

This build is the most difficult for me by far. Modded the case for the first time, custom loop for the first time, and the case characteristics itself does add difficulties, but all those experience are so worth it. Initially I was planing to use EK DDC X-Top pump without using reservoir and I thought that to fill the loop without reservoir will be a PITA for a beginner like me, while using a reservoir will be a PITA at configuring the placement of the pump and reservoir knowing that I will use a long GPU. I was grateful that this build took me a long time in the process that allowed me to flex along that time frame. Gentlemen, a random EK-Quantum Kinetic FLT 120 appeard in my local market in the middle of this journey, EKWB released this awesome stuff, and this combo made the difference from my initial plan. This awesome pump-res combo gave me new and fresh idea to reconfigure the build.   My setup is a ship wreck so I'm not going to post it, just the build.
This build is a solid challange and a creativity catalist for me personally who never mod a case and never do liquid on a PC. I dare to say that I'm a totally beginner in both of these area, so I'm very open to any critique about it


TLDR, here the actual build that I put my best effort on it,   SLIVER GLINT   CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X   Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 I Aorus Pro WiFi   Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 3600 MHz   Storage: Intel 660P Series, 500 GB & 1 TB   Graphics: Sapphire Radeon RX 5700 XT   PSU: Corsair SF600 Platinum   Case: Phanteks Evolv Shift TG   Fans: Noctua NF-F12 (2x), NF-A14, NF-A12x15   Cooling: EKWB ZMT Tubing, Velocity Strike RGB, Vector RX 5700 +XT Special Edition, and Fittings.     Brushed front panel. It came from fully black Evolv Shift. Bare aluminium with few layers of glossy clear coating.                 ZMT tubings           Guess what..     The EK-Quantum Kinetic FLT 120 DDC!                                                     I must admit that I struggled so hard on the cable management.
I was about to make fully custom sleeved cables, but I hold my back to see if I can stuffed all those wide spread combed cables on such narrow spaces. But let's see..                 I sealed all the openings around the front radiator fan, and the one on the bottom also got the same treatment to enhance the air intake.                                   The fan & aRGB hub still loose, not fix yet.                             This one needs to prove its functionality on this configuration. I'm still 50/50 on this.     Dry leak testing. This tool work like a charm!    

Got a new mic + a new external soundcard/audio interface:

 

 
Got some new fenders for the street warrior princess:

Just got myself a tiny NiSi C-PL

 

 
 
It's so cute

 

Just got myself a tiny NiSi C-PL

 

 
 
It's so cute

 

Just got myself a tiny NiSi C-PL

 

 
 
It's so cute

 

Just got myself a tiny NiSi C-PL

 

 
 
It's so cute

 

Just got myself a tiny NiSi C-PL

 

 
 
It's so cute

 

Just got myself a tiny NiSi C-PL

 

 
 
It's so cute

 

here is some more

library of congress in DC

^mount saint helens

^just a cute chipmunk I found 

^my grand parents porche

This game is taking ages to get through. Have to stop everywhere and take pictures all the time. 😍
 
HORIZON: ZERO DAWN
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't have wide lens, so I decided to try take some exposure bracketing and panorama when I was on my work location. It was my 1st try of doing photo merge, so nothing to expect, it was just a tryout of the technique and to see how it end up, but I try..
 

Sony A6000 w/ Sony E 35mm F1.8 OSS
1/400s, f/8, ISO 100
Color graded.
 
It consists of 36 shots.
 
What surprised me was how hard it took my PC memory usage when doing it in LR. 97% of 16 GB physical memory load is alot. Never expect to be a heavy load like this..
 

I don't have wide lens, so I decided to try take some exposure bracketing and panorama when I was on my work location. It was my 1st try of doing photo merge, so nothing to expect, it was just a tryout of the technique and to see how it end up, but I try..
 

Sony A6000 w/ Sony E 35mm F1.8 OSS
1/400s, f/8, ISO 100
Color graded.
 
It consists of 36 shots.
 
What surprised me was how hard it took my PC memory usage when doing it in LR. 97% of 16 GB physical memory load is alot. Never expect to be a heavy load like this..
 

Hey.. That Anker cable is badass.. I own the 6 ft one for about 2 years now and still stay strong, the outer sleeve really strong without a scratch after all this time I use it, and can charge faster than the default charger cable for my phone. This one is a good product. The cable pouch is indeed really nice bonus.
 
Well spent money..

Just got a couple of extra usb c chargers from anker which came with surprisingly nice carrying cases. I also got a few usb c to usb a adapters so I can charge my iPad even if I don’t have a usb c wall brick with me.

1st find out wether the dust is visible by taking a shot of a uniform surface (no structure!)
2nd if it is visible, find a service point and/or repair shop and get a quote
3rd decide wether that price is okay for you or if you rather clone it out in post

Send to a professional camera repair.
Trust me, I once tried to clean an old (manual focus) lens, the parts involved and special tools needed, are not worth it, I ended up breaking the lens without even meaning to.
 

I bought myself a paracord camera wrist strap.

I bought myself a paracord camera wrist strap.

I bought myself a paracord camera wrist strap.

Anchor your hands as your stabilizer to reduce shake maybe, before jump to any editing software. You can't do much with JPG in editing software.

PC build trend is to downsizing. We now can see so many sff pc builds with high end specs.
We want the same trend for smartphone! Not the opposite, narrow & tall smartphones are uncomfortable to use, not as practical as before.
 
I really miss some less than 5" flagships, and I dont do apple. Last apple product for me was iPhone 4S, and that's enough for me, thanks.

Same! I currently use the XZ1 compact, and there aren't any phones that come close to the size and specs ratio. Sadly the phone didn't get the android 10 update, but i will still keep on using it, as there is nothing to replace it with.

I really don't need bigger size smartphone.
 
I need a Sony Xperia Z5 Compact size with flagship specs smartphone. The last smartphone that I really really like was the Sony Xperia Z5 Compact.