Meganter

Howdy all, finally close to finished with this system after working on it for most of this year, just in time for 2021.
 
Started the year off doing 3950X, motherboard, ram etc paired with my old faithful SLI 1080Ti's but with SLI dying more and more, it was finally time to get crippled financially and go big on GPU. Also figured I would jump on the newer gen CPU since I plan on keeping this one for a while. Last of the water cooling bits arrived just in time for Christmas holidays so a friend and I threw the last bits in last night.

Did a quick OC on the card to see how she went under water - pretty damn well I think https://www.3dmark.com/fs/24433500

Thinking about a few more tweaks to the layout in the new year, but going to be a while until the parts are in. Now........ I just have to get around to painting the cracks in here while i have the time off over Christmas, not keen.

 
CPU:
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Motherboard:
ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Formula
RAM:
G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32GB (4x8GB) 3600Mhz CL14 DDR4
GPU:
ASUS ROG Strix RTX 3090 OC 24GB
Case:
Lian-Li V3000WX Aluminium Full Tower Case - Black Tempered Glass
Storage:
Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe 1TB, Samsung 840 QVO 4TB, Samsung 850 EVO 1TB, 2 x Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB, 2 x Seagate 8TB Backup Plus Hub Desktop Drives
PSU:
Corsair HX1000i 80 Plus Platinum 1000W
Displays:
LG 38GL950G-B 3840 x 1600, 2 x Dell 3219Q 32" 4k, Oculus Rift S
Cooling:
EK Velocity RGB AMD CPU Waterblock Nickel Plexi, EK-Quantum Vector Strix RTX 3080/3090 D-RGB - Nickel + Plexi, EK-Quantum Vector Strix RTX 3070/3080/3090 Backplate – Nickel, EK CoolStream XE 480 Triple Radiator, EK CoolStream XE 360 Triple Radiator, EK-Quantum Inertia D5 PWM D-RGB - Plexi & EK-RES X3 - TUBE 400, 6 x Noctua A12x25-PWM Radiator Fans, 7 x Jonsbo RGB Fan 120mm, 4 x Jonsbo Reverse RGB Fan 120mm, EK-ACF Fitting 10/16mm - Black, TUBE PrimoChill PrimoFlex Advanced LRT 15.9 / 9.5mm - Onyx Black, Bykski B-TME-SE-AL Thermometer
Keyboard:
Logitech G915 Lightspeed RGB Mechanical Keyboard GL Tactile
Mouse:
Logitech MX Master 3
Sound:
Audioengine D1 Premium 24-Bit DAC / Headphone Amp, Anthem MRX 500 Receiver, Emotiva XPA-7 Gen3 Power Amplifier, VAF DC-X 63 front channels, VAF DC-X 35 surround channels, VAF DC-X centre channel, 2 x VAF MPB SW4 Subs, DB Dynamics Centerpoint Series P663F rear channels, audio-technica ATH-A2000X headphones, SteelSeries Arctis 7 Wireless Gaming Headset Black

With the GPU mounted to the bracket it was time to modify the side panels to allow my cables to come out the back and go straight into the motherboard for USB power and the GPU for the HDMI input. Then put everything together and see how stuffed everything ended up. Even the shorter cables that come with the SF600 seem way too long in this case. On my to do list, at some point I'd like to make shorter cables to help with the rats nest behind the PSU. Overall, the computer runs super hot like I figured. In Cyberpunk 2077 with my 9900k and 2070, I averaged 28 FPS. With this set up, I was able to set 60 FPS and not drop under it. When I turn the frame rate lock off, I get up to about 75 or so with the same settings. The temps are from Cyberpunk. It's the new Crysis for sure. 60 FPS and everything is that hot. 
I did grab a template for Aida64 and have been making it fit my needs. The C Drive is where OS and apps are saved. F drive is where games are saved. When I plug a USB thumb drive in, it takes the D or E slot depending on how many are plugged in. This fills in the gap between the C and F free storage. I have been having a hard time getting RTSS to show FPS with Aida64. It worked until I updated some drivers and then was broken. It was working though. Just gotta figure out what broke it. 
 

As I touched on above, I don't use RTX or have a use for it in it's current state. This puts the pure rasterization power of AMD as what I want. While on paper the 6800 XT is a "smaller" GPU for this generation I was still very impressed, and worried about it's size when I unboxed it. I'm really impressed with the overall packaging. The retail box was really well designed with pretty hard foam, but the foam was soft enough that you could poke it and it moved. Giving the GPU a solid hold, but some room to not be worried about a sharp drop. The RVZ03 uses a bracket with a short PCIE extender to connect to your motherboard. When in horizontal mode, the case "hangs" the GPU upside down over 2 120mm fan mounts. I was able to stuff two slim Noctuas into this. With the GPU mounted, there is 2 slim 120s feeding the 3 fans for the GPU. The GPU bracket has some cable management built in if you get creative. The Corsair cables were difficult to run through it since they aren't the sleeved kind, but the one where the cables attach to the side of the next one. I was able to snake the PCIE power cables through the holes in the GPU bracket to keep cables fairly well managed. Even the 6800 XT is super beefy compared to a slim 120mm fan. I did get worried that it would even fit.
 

This was my first experience with AMD. I've always been "Blue and Green." I really enjoy how the AM4 socket works though. I feel like AM4 is much better for someone "newer" or "nervous" about building their first PC. With Intel, you have that, almost obscene amount of force to fully seat the CPU in the socket. Not with AM4. I actually checked a few times to make sure it was actually all the way in the socket. It just felt too loose.
The MSI MPG B550i is a beautiful motherboard. Very little LEDs on it, typical ITX 2 DIMM slots, 1 PCIE slot. Simple and clean looking. This motherboard also has 2 M.2 slots. Combined with the rest of the stuff I wanted out of a motherboard, this was a pleasant feature. On the front I was able to place my 1TB Corsair Force MP510 as a boot/application drive. On the rear I put the older brother. A 2 TB version for games. Noctua didn't use the AMD factory cooling so I wasn't able to try out the black brackets. Once I figured out what way I needed to place my cooler, I attached the brackets and started populating the motherboard. 
 

For the case we have RVZ03. Every build needs a good case. What I would call a good case is something that uses it's space as well as it can. Allowing good airflow, obvious and hidden cable management solutions, and not fall apart in your hand. I read a lot of really good things about Silverstone in general and the RVZ03 in particular. I wanted to go with as small of a case as I could while keeping cables some what clean, air flow as high as I could, and not have the case fall apart the first time I looked at it wrong. 
Once I got a hold of it, the RVZ03 fits the bill for this. It's a little bit on the expensive side for a PC case, but really well priced for ITX cases. I knew I was planning on powering this with a Corsair SF600. Silverstone says an ATX psu will fit. I wasn't 100% sure how well the 600 Watts would do for this build. I have a Corsair RM1000 I knew I could make work if needed. Right now, the SF600 is mounted with only 1 screw until my ATX adapter comes in. While Silverstone says an ATX PSU will fit, and with no components in the case it will fit, it's going to be a tight fit. 
The outside panels for the case came apart really easily. The front panel unscrews. The side panel use tension tabs. I was able to pull both of them off. Remove the diffuser from the front panel and notch it for some cables. After some test fitting, I decided to bring the cables out from the top left tab that shoots off the diffuser. The plastic for this case is strong, but just thing enough that I could bend it without breaking it and forcing a HDMI cable through it.
My only real complaint so far with this case is the length of the front panel connectors. They can practically go from the front of the case, to the back and then plug into themselves on the front. This makes it easy for managing them out of the way when the case isn't fully stuffed, but if you're planning on doing a full build like this, I had better luck managing them by turning them towards the PSU, pulling the bracket out that the GPU mounts to near the PSU and running them under it.
 
 

Here's my first build log. I've built PCs before. I've just always been to anxious and forgotten to take good pictures along the way. I'd like to start off by saying that I didn't expect this build to go as well as it did. I was figuring after a benchmark or two I'd either be massively undervolting the GPU and CPU or putting it all into a Phanteks Enthoo Evolv that I have in the closet. At work, I'm lucky enough to have a desk job and the ability to refresh web pages as they restock. I was able to score everything for MSRP. Including the 5800x and the 6800 xt straight from AMD.
Parts:
There are a few reused parts here. I pulled my Corsair SF600 out of my 9900k/2070 pc that has been my main machine for the last 2 years now. I am reusing my 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance 3200 MHZ at CL16. I had originally intended to upgrade this if needed, but as you'll see it's not as easy as just pulling ram and putting new ram in. It's doing just well for what I do and so it's got it's new home. 
Motherboard: MSI b550I MPG Gaming Edge Wifi. This was literally my only choice. I don't have Ethernet ran into the office yet so I have to have WiFi at least temporarily. I know it's not the only ITX motherboard with WiFi, but I also needed BIOS Flashback of some sort. Switching from Intel and living in Alaska with long shipping on a good month, using AMD's loaner program would have taken a while. This was the only motherboard that could be found that also has optical audio out on the rear IO. Had to have it to keep that Schiit stack going.
Cooler: Nocuta L12S. This is the largest cooler I could find that would fit in this case, and I actually had this one sitting in the closet in case my 9900k build wouldn't accept an AIO. Even this little cooler is stuffed in here.
CPU: Ryzen 7 5800x. While I mostly just play games, I do run a multi monitor set up. It's not uncommon for me to be playing a game like AC Vallhalla, Watchdogs Legion, or other large single player games and streaming in Discord. The 9900k worked really well for me for just that. So I wanted to keep the 8 core 16 thread set up. Knowing what I know about how hot the 5800x is, I probably could have gone to a 5900x and been just fine, but the 5800x fit what I wanted in a CPU, and with the heat issues made me plan that little bit more.
GPU: Radeon 6800XT. "BuT wHy No RaYtRaCiNg?!!!" I have a 2070. I've literally never once turned on Ray Tracing. I have no use for it in it's current state. When I play multiplayer games, it tends to be eSports titles. I want the high FPS. When I play single player games, I just want to turn settings up and enjoy the game in all it's prettiness. Rasterization and VRam just mean more to me. I play at 1440p so that put the 6800 XT as my "happy spot" on paper. So far, it hits that "happy spot"
Monitor: Uperfect 7 inch monitor. In the process of this build, I decided I wanted to build a laptop. Big monitors are going out. I'm a 7inch gamer now. /s I've been eyeing Aida64 for a while. Up until the recent Jayz2cents video, I didn't realize just how easy it was to set up. That what the various cables and adapters are for. Finding a way to set up an Aida64 monitor on this case with as little cabling outside of it as I can. 
Case: On paper, it looked like it might not work. On paper, it also looked like it would work. Knowing how hot the components I went with are, it was going to be tight. The tear downs of this case made it look like I could run some cables in the panels out side of the chassis it's self. Having a separate "compartment" for the GPU should make cooling easier. As for going for the RVZ03 instead of the RVZ03-RGB. I've been in a fight with myself to get rid of RGB. It just causes more headache than pleasure. 
RGB: Welllll, the 6800 XT has the red LEDs built in. I was able to run the USB and HDMI cables for my resource monitor in a way that it completely blocks out that RGB. The case has RGB in the front panel. A portion of the diffuser got cut up to allow cables to pass through it. Looking at the case now, I seem to have "forgotten" to plug the strip behind the diffuser in /s. 

Sponsors:
This is where I'd like to take a moment to thank the sponsors of this build. We have two here.
Work. I'd like to thank payroll for sponsoring the bill for this build. I'd also like to thank IT for turning a blind eye to all the "side projects" I do while payroll is working on counting up how much I get from their sponsorship.
Patience. I'd like to thank the gift of patience. When I didn't get the 6800 XT on launch day, I could have given up. I could have gotten angry. Patience got me the 6800 XT and the 5800x in one drop the morning that the 6900 XT came out and everyone was focused on that.
 
 

This build reuses a bunch of parts from my previous which had Dual AIO. This is my first custom-loop with hard-line tubing and no distro-block; I definitely fucked up quite a lot in the process.
 
Spec list:
CPU: AMD Ryzer 9 3900X GPU: Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 Trinity Motherboard: Asus ROX Strix X570-E Gaming Memory: 2x16GB G.Skill Trident Z Neo (3600Mhz, C16) SSD: Corsair MP600 Force Series (1TB) HDD: WD Black 6TB, 7200RPM Case: Lian Li O11-XL PSU: Corsair HX Platinum 850Watt 80+ Platinum Monitor: C49RG90 49" 5120x1440 120 Hz
  Keyboard: Corsour K70 RGB MK.2 (Cherry Brown) Mouse: Logitech G900 Chaos Spectrum (Wireless-ish, shitty battery life)
  CPU Block: EK-Quantum Velocity (D-RGB, Nickel + Plexi) GPU Block: EK-Quantum Vector Trinity (3080/3090, D-RGB, Nickel + Plexi) (With backplate) Pump/Res: EK-Quantum Kinetic TBE-300 D5 PWN D-RGB Acetal Radiator: 2x EK-CoolStream PE360 Fittings: AlphaCool (Nickel) Tubing: AlphaCool HardTube (Brass with chrome) Some build-log:
Before I started building, I had tested the 3090 and memory in my old system and everything worked fine. So I started the new build, did all of the tube-runs...
Of course, with the GPU in the vertical mount bracket... On first boot, obviously it did not work due to the PCI-E Gen 3 riser.
I managed to leave the 3090 in the riser (and thus in the hard-line loop), whilst unplugging the riser and plugging in a different riser behind it- this was a pain in the ass because of all the hard-line tubing getting in the way of my hands.
With my old 2080 Ti plugged in I was able to get into the Bios, which had no option for setting the PCI-E generation. I decided to try update my bios and was happy to find the updated version did have the option.
After setting the top slot to use PCI-E Gen 3, I removed the 2080 Ti+Riser, and plugged the 3090's riser back in- at which point disaster hit.
 
My clumpsy hands hit the tube going into the CPU a bit too hard- or at least one too many times- and (a relatively small amount of) water spilled out. I pulled the power plug, did what I could with papertowels (but found that almost nothing seemed wet at all), and called it a night- leaving what residual water might be left to dry fpr 24 hours. Afterwards, I turned it on, got into windows, and visual artifacts started to happen; I immediately turned the PC off, but afterwards it would not turn back on again.
 
I tried the system with my 2080 (+ riser), it worked. I took my 3090 out of the loop (connected a soft-tube between the radiator and CPU), removed the riser and tried the 3090 without the riser; almost immediately resulting in a post-code (62) and the screen doing nothing. I tried a few more things but could not get it back to work and was pretty devastated (this was on christmas day). I plugged the old 2080 Ti back in and just played Cyberpunk for the rest of the day.
The next day I took the radiator and backplate off from the 3090, wanted to see if I could find any signs of either water or anything burnt or alike. I saw nothing, no wetness, no dampness, no signs of any burns or short circuits. I figured it was dead, but decided to just try it one last time... And it worked (or at least, I got a post). At this point I did not have any water running through it, so I turned it off immediately and had no idea if it was stable. I had already gotten into windows before immediately after the water-spill, so I wasnt completely reassured. Anyway, I reconnected it back into the original loop (did not have enough fittings for soft-tubing to quickly test things that way), managed to get back into windows and after having no problems in windows for about half an hour, played cyberpunk for a few hours to make sure it stayed stable (which it did).
At this point I had to go back to finish up some more cables in the case (including the front-panel cables, of which only the power switch was connected- and water-temperature sensor. Both rather inaccessible- so I drained the loop first, but was/am still quite cautious about touching the tubes.
 
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Anyway; TLDR: 3090 pulled a Lazarus on me. Was dead, but now he (she?) lives.
I am super pleased with how everything looks.
 
 
I know the tube-runs arent perfectly straight. Unfortunate, but it's my first custom loop, let alone hard-line. So I'm kind of okay with that.
I also know the RGB on my GPU block isn't working. It is plugged in, but apparently broken (and never worked before either). Other stuff plugged into the same ARGB header works  fine. I do not want to go through the trouble of having it replaced and replacing the block, dealing with the opening up the loop for replacement etc.
Yes, some of the cable management could definitely be nicer.
Yes, I custom modeled and 3D printed that bracket/mount for the pump-res combo.

Dude... Blindly following a brand is fanboyism.
 
Well, no. Most top of the line PSUs are in fact not doing so. Probably because Seasonic is so bullshit to deal with as an OEM(/ODM), apparently.
 
You should get out more, then. Seasonic has plenty of shit. This is why you don't blindly follow a company.

Where'd you pull this definition from? Fanboy is pretty generally used by the PC enthusiast segment to describe people who follow a brand no matter what, deny they have bad products, etc. etc. And "most people who build computers regularly will start to notice this", so...
 
This pretty clearly wasn't your primary intent, and this fact is only further evidenced by your previous statements.
 
Because you literally recommended a brand, which is an idiotic thing to do. If you had added anything to this, like perhaps an actual list of model names from which the OP could pick one to buy, it would've been less an issue.

A little background first.  I am a professional creative who has been creating content for large advertising campaigns for nearly 25 years.  I design, develop, shoot and edit so my rig needs to be able to accommodate several different types of workflows including handling a photo library of over 1 million RAW files, editing of 8k/30, 4k/120 and 360 video and AR/VR development.  Throughout the years, I've always run MacOS as my primary system, but also use Windows and Linux a nearly equal amount so it made sense to consolidate the Mac & Windows portions into 1 system that can be run simultaneously and using Logitech's Flow software, I am able to basically combine the MacOS and Windows desktops on the 2 monitors just by moving the mouse between the screens.  Bottom monitor is MacOS, top is Windows 10, for usability, its one big system.
 
With Apple having long ago abandoned any sense of reality regarding the professional market, I've been running powerhouse Hackintosh's since the first beta's of OSX86 in 2004, so I was no stranger to the hurdles before setting out to build basically the ultimate creator Hackintosh with a monster PC living in the basement.
 
Specs:
System 1 - ATX:
Intel i9 10980xe @4.9ghz Asus Prime X299 Deluxe II 256GB (8x32GB) Corsair Vengeance Pro 3200 CL16 2 x AMD Radeon VII 16GB Corsair AX1600i 8TB (4x2TB) NVME PCIe RAID 2 x 2TB NVME (System/Cache Drives) 5 x 14TB Seagate IronWolf Pro HDD (Photo Library Storage) 2 x 20TB Glyph StudioRaid USB3 External HDD (Overflow/Portable Storage) EK Velocity CPU Block EK Velocity Radeon VII GPU Blocks EK Quantum Kinetic D5 300 Pump/Res 2 x 480mm x 60mm EK Coolstream XE radiators macOS Big Sur 11.2 Beta - Opencore 0.6.4 System 2 - Mini ITX:
AMD Ryzen 9 3950x (PBO Settings) Gigabyte Aorus X570i Pro Wifi 64GB (2x32GB) Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600 CL18 Nvidia RTX 3090 24GB-Dual 8-pin reference card - 385watts (System was built with a TitanXP, then an RTX Titan and now the 3090) Corsair SF750 2 x 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVME (System/Data Drives) EK Velocity CPU Block EK Velocity RTX 3090 GPU Block EK Quantum Kinetic D5 300 Pump/Res 240mm x 28mm EK Coolstream SE radiator 420mm x 45mm EK Coolstream CE radiator Windows 10 20h2 Case / Fans / Lighting:
Corsair 1000D 19 x 120mm Corsair LL fans 6 x 140mm Corsair LL fans 4 x Corsair Commander Pros 4 x Corsair RGB Hubs 2 x Corsair Node Pros 2 x 8 way powered PWM hubs (the front 16 fans for the MacOS system are controlled by the CPU header) 8 x 300mm 5v LED strips 7" LCD USB/HDMI Touch Screen (Sold for RaspberryPi) CableMods fully sleeved cable sets Build Pics:
 
Odd neighbors -  First batch (Nov. 19) Intel i9 10980xe & AMD Ryzen 9 3950x

 
 
The 1000D is a big case and that's a lot of fans.

 
 
Building the fan/radiators in modular packs to keep the wiring in check as much as possible.  25 fans = 50 wires.  If I ever need to undo something, at least each element will be self contained.

 
AMD Radeon VII's ready for a swim.  The card that nobody bought because it sucked for games.

 
 
Insert witty joke about Chrome tabs here.

 
1 system blocked in and the 1000D still looks huge. (Note the original plan was this Gigabyte X299X board, but it wouldn't boot Opencore so I went to Asus)

 
 
A little more full... Mounting the stand-offs for the 7" LCD panel on the front of the HDD cage.

 
Latest addition: RTX 3090 under water.

 
Where it lives.  Dual Samsung CRG9 49" screens on a custom desk.

 

 
Overall the build took about 3 weeks to complete from start to finish and has been in 24/7 operation since February 2020. Over that time I've swapped the GPU in the ITX system from the original Titan XP, to a RTX Titan and now to the 3090.  At one point in July, a compression fitting down on the ITX systems CPU waterblock developed a slow leak, which is completely not visible from anywhere once the rig is assembled.  After noticing about an inch of water missing from the reservoir in the morning and the system still running, I powered it down, pulled it apart and dried everything out but the motherboard never powered back up.  At that point the board was replaced and both loops were taken apart, cleaned and refilled, which in itself is a full day process.
 
Performance is what I expected, I'm able to edit 8K RAW footage from both RED and Canon easily on the MacOS system within Premiere Pro and After Effects.  On the PC side, the 3090 makes short work out of the AI enhanced video apps that I use to upscale and convert drone footage or 3D photogrammetry processing and at the end of the day has no problem firing up whatever game I want to unwind with.
 
The BIGGEST issue with this build is moving it.  The tower alone weighs 160lbs. 
 
PCPartPicker List

What are you even talking about? Genuinely have no idea.
 
 
OP wants more performance. GT 1030 will be a negligible performance increase, and a really shitty deal for $90. OP has up to $120, so spend $35 on a CX450 ($55 - $20 rebate) and the rest on a used 570/580. You have zero clue what you are talking about and very obviously zero experience working with and upgrading these old prebuilts. Please stop spreading misinformation.

The $35 CX450 I linked.

Sorry, we can't help with pirated content.
 
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There's your problem. Buy the game legit, and you'll have access to all updates, bug fixes, and other support. Complaining about a cracked game being broken is kinda like complaining your car is wrecked when you drove it into a tree.

Hello, here last build project, I designed and modeled and then 3D printed the structure.
-Raspberry Pi 3b+
-7 inch IPS Touchscreen Monitor, TeNizo 1024x600 Capacitive Touch Screen HD HDMI
-Usb wifi adapter TP link (just because it looks cool with it ^^ )
Softwear use to CAD modeling: MOI3D
3d Printer: Prusa i3mks
Hope you enjoy it   

Eighty #391 Update - Switch Spring Switcheroo!
'Chew couldn't take it anymore. Gimme back muh heavy linears pls and thank. 🙏
 
Swapped in Kailh BOX Ancient Gray springs into my Modded BOX Black switches!
 

'Chew's TKL Keyboards - The GMMK TKL + First Edition Eighty
Top: Kailh BOX Ancient Gray Switches. Bottom: Modded BOX Black Switches.
 

Kailh BOX Ancient Gray Switches - Lazy Pic #1
 

Modded BOX Black Switches - Lazy Pic #2
 

KBDfans × ai03 2-in-1 Aluminum Switch Opener + Switches
BOX Ancient Gray spring (left) is smoller than BOX Black spring (right). 
 

Kailh BOX Ancient Gray + Modded BOX Black Spring Swap!
Left: Before. Right: After.
I hereby dub thee: Modded BOX Heavy Black Switches!
Can baaarely see the difference, but it feels significantly more comfy. 🥰
 

Eighty #391 + Modded BOX Heavy Black Switches
Oh heeey! Lookin' damn fine.
Stupid GMMK photobombing in the corner, grrr. 😆
 

Modded BOX Heavy Black Switches - Up Close n' Personal
Heavy switches in a heavy board. 🥰
 
Sound Sample: Modded Heavy BOX Black Switches

Sound Sample - Modded BOX Heavy Black Switches.mp4 Hoshī go brrrrrrrrr... 
 

 
Yes, I could have just popped in the BOX Ancient Grays into the board instead of spending literal hours on spring-swapping 200 switches (100 BOX Blacks + 100 BOX Ancient Grays).
 
But but but, I already modded the BOX Blacks a lil' bit, so I might as well go all the way and mod them even further, yes yes? Yes. 😑👌
 
'Chew is weird, m'kay?! I have a tendency to put a stupidly unnecessary amount of time and energy into the little personal things. 🤣

Eighty #391 Update - Bring Out The Heavy!
...It's not an obsession.
IT'S NOT AN OBSESSION AND I DON'T NEED AN INTERVENTION! 🤣
 
Gateron Ink Black switch modding things and thoughts in this Status Update!
 

Modded Ink Black (150g) Switches + Eighty #391 (Modded BOX Heavy Black Switches)
[Licks lips.]
Hungry.
 

Eighty #391 - Keycaps Removed
Feck. Clumsy fingers nudged the switches and now they aren't lined up neatly. 
 

Eighty #391 - Modded Ink Black (150g) Switches Installed!
Be still, my beating heart.
Smokey black switches with smokey black stabilizers. The consistency is sooo unbelievably satisfying.
 

Eighty #391 - Keycaps Installed
Have I ever mentioned I love these keycaps?
I love these keycaps. 🥰
 
Sound Sample: Modded Ink Black (150g) Switches

Eighty #391 - Modded INK Heavy Black Switches.mp4 THOCKITY THOCK THOCK THOOOCK!!!
I'm ascending.
I mean, I'm -cending. Ayyy...
 

Obligatory Monkeytype Typing Test (Time 30)
I'ma seriously slap anyone that blames the keeb for low WPMs.
Can hit 130+ WPM on 150g switches just fine. 💪
 
 
Awww, yaaasss! ()
 
Eighty #391 was captivating at first, but now I'm-- I'm... IDK, I'm speechless. How many times can I say I love my keeb before I start sounding like a broken record? 😆 What's a feeling more powerful than love? Because whatever that inexpressible feeling is, that's how I feel about the Eighty #391.
 
I feel like the keeb's reached it's peak, in terms of tweaks and upgrades. 🤔
PCB, Plate, Gaskets? Satisfied. Case? Extremely Satisfied. Switches, Stabilizers? SMOKEY BLACKS N' HEAVY AS HECC N' YEEE I'M SATISFIED! Keycaps? Absolutely Lovely. Satisfied. Cable? Meh. Easy Purchase. Everything that I want in my ideal board.
 
When I die, pls bury this keeb with me.
Also bury Den's GK64 with me, pls n' thank you.
 
...Oh. I just thought of my next money sink. 

Really weird to see a picture of Rick Sanchez next to the phrase "share the love"
 
I encourage people to check out the reviews of 30 series cards that HWUnboxed did, not only can viewers draw their own conclusions about how fair they feel the content is, they can hopefully throw some ad revenue their way.

It's also frustrating how statements and facts are now in the belief realm ... if that worked, I would've believed about money growing on trees, and would've planted a USD bill tree in my backyard long ago !

And even modern Seasonic high end units are doing so! LTT had their Prime 1000W something-or-other trip in their 6900XT review.

How exactly are your "4+ years of experience" relevant to whether Seasonic manufacturers their own products or not? 
 
Some they do. Some they don't.

 
So I'm somehow a troll because I'm not praising Seasonic at every turn? Definition must have changed from what it was last I checked...

Seasonic S12III is a RSY platform. Seasonic M12II is a Seasonic platform, and it's still bad. Being a Seasonic PSU or a Seasonic platform doesn't make it good.
 
Seasonic's high-end platforms are excellent, but so are the high-end CWT platforms Corsair uses in RMx, and the FSP Group custom architectures BeQuiet uses in the Dark Power 11. And none of these manufacturers are immune to issues-- early Seasonic Focus units had issues with high-transient GPUs, and certain batches of Corsair SF gold units were prone to failure.

Well, there's two things wrong here: First, Seasonic doesn't actually manufacture all their PSUs. Second, their ODM/OEMing their own shit doesn't mean anything. It is not a guarantee of quality, nor does it mean Seasonic will be the best option for you. 

Here's some advice: don't. Don't look for efficiency in particular.  Look for good units first of all.