Brainless906

R6 siege is 102gb with HD texture pack installed and about 61gb without.

God damn that looks cool on the blue setting

Thats a lotta radiator, friend.

When I saw this case, I thought to myself, okay I have to build in it. After building it, I was questioned by friends why would I build such a rig? For what reason? My response "I have no clue I just wanted to build in this case becuase this Phanteks case is calling to me". I also reused some parts from my previous build such as the lg ultra wide monitor, the logitech mouse, my headphones, the microphone, Samsung 850 EVO SSDs and the PSU.
  
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor
      Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming ATX AM4 Motherboard
      G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory
      Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
      Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
      Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
      EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card
      Phanteks Enthoo Luxe 2 ATX Full Tower Case
      EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 1000 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply
 
Link to complete build parts
https://pcpartpicker.com/b/tMsZxr
 
Custom rigid tube water loop. (First time using rigid tubing)
2 - Black Ice Nemesis 480GTS Radiator.
1 - Black Ice Nemesis 360GTS Radiator.
1 - EKWB EK-CoolStream XE 360 Radiator.
1- Maelstrom D5 V2 Series with X300 reservoir.
I used PrimoChill 1/2in. Rigid RevolverSX Series Fittings and mix in with a bunch of Bitspower fittings also. And yes the EK XE 360 radiator is in push pull configuration. The Cables are from CableMod the pro series.
And yes there are 18 fans in there the cable management was a quite overwhelming. (RBG cables and PWM cables for each fan.. smh)
 
My thoughts on the build
I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. First looking at the Phanteks Case I thought man, that's a lot of room. But now that it's built seems pretty tight in there. I initially wanted to vertically mount the Maelstrom Reservoir/pump combo (I assume it would because the case was so massive), but turned out IT didn't FIT and a then it was suggested that I mount it laying down (Thanks Brainless906). Thank goodness that fit and with the LED strip running on the inside of the case on the corner of the PSU shroud, it actually lights up the reservoir and I decided not to use the ARGB that came with the reservoir/pump.
 
Thoughts on the Fan choice.
So I intially priced out for 18 Noctua NF-F12 industrialPPC-2000 PWM. But I thought to myself do I need that much airflow, with all these rads it could maybe passively cool or just need fans at low RPMs to just help it along. After further research (ie watching fan reviews on youtube) I came across a video by Bitwit promoting these "china made fans" by PCCooler. I gave it a try and to be honest I was quite surprised. Initial impressions was that it was quite sturdy and the RGB was not "overwhelming" ( I was fearful that this build would get too "rainbow puke" like). When I powered it on for the first time it was like a having noisy box fan blowing at full blast. But once I got into the bios and turned them down to 25% power they we quite quiet. Not as quiet as Noctua's (my old build used 140mm 2000 rpm industrial fans) but not enough to make a you cringe. So all in all, as far as budget fans go for 13 bucks and change per fan, I'm really glad I went with these fans. Not overbearing RGB with decent performance.
 
Bitwit Video link here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipfb3YZiWkc  (sorry LTT)
 
Lastly I'm not too fond of the bracket for the base that Phanteks added in to make it "easier" for builders. The bracket I feel somewhat restricts the airflow a little when you're trying to adjust it and if you put a anything 360mm (3 fans, or a rad with 3 fans) it butts right up against the the front rad/fans. So essentially you're blocking airflow at the bottom (because of the bracket) and on the front (because it's soo close). I was concerned with airflow so I did some adjustments to move the fat boy 360mm EK rad as far to the rear as I can but with that bracket it didn't help much and had to drill holes of my own.
Sorry if this was TL:DR but all in all I'm pleased with the way it turned out and if you have any questions or comments please feel free to share and I will answer it a promptly as I can.
 
3D mark Spy bench results:
https://www.3dmark.com/spy/8829660
 

 
 
First Time rigid Tubing
 


 
 
Installing the Radiators and the fans and planning out how to run my hard lines.
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This was a bit tricky, I ending up using a double rotary 90 fitting, extension fitting, a non rotary 90 fitting and lastly a "sli adjustable" fitting to make this work.

 
 
So I had to be a little creative here.  At first I thought I could bend a 90 rigid tube to make it fit but that was failure so I ended up using a 90 rotary fitting and a "double rotary extension so I could tighten it.  (Thank God my fingers fit in there to tighten it)

 
The EK block on the RTX  2080ti

 
The sought after hard to find Ryzen 9 3900X

 
Rigid Tubing!  For a first time ever bender I think I did well (all free hand too)

 
The END RESULT enjoy

 
really bad video quality of the system running (sorry)
 

videoplayback.mp4  
Complete setup (Bleed green Go birds!)

 

Friendly reminder that Project Veritas has been caught lying and distorting claims on multiple occasions (ACORN, the Washington Post and the like) and shouldn't be trusted.
 
Also, keep in mind that Google as a business is geared toward giving its customers useful information.  If you're looking for details on Islam, for example, Watson should be the last person anyone considers; he's a bigot and lies constantly.  While I do think his channel should rank higher if you're looking for it specifically, I'm not going to gripe much about it being downplayed.
 
And keep in mind that the Google Now cards "blacklist" is about ensuring that the brief news snippets that surface in your feed are reasonably accurate and come from trustworthy sources.  I don't know about you, but I don't want propaganda from Daily Caller or racist screeds from Daily Stormer floating alongside my sports scores and weather.
 
What I think Vorhies, Project Veritas and many others don't want to accept is that the truth isn't fair, and that some outlets are far more likely to spin lies than others.  If Google is interested in presenting facts in its knowledge cards, it has to rule out some sites.

8chan isn't going to get much sympathy -- it knowingly allows people who foster and celebrate mass murders.  Even if you're a hardcore "free speech at all costs" type, it's pretty hard to justify supporting a site that endorses particularly heinous illegal activity.

if they just drop the price quietly then nobody will know about it. the fact that we are discussing this is proof that their marketing strategy is working

Though maybe a little polished in the interview this tactic pretty much makes sense if you're sitting where AMD is sitting.
 
AMD had to know there would be  a swift response from Nvidia and that it would likely be matching and/or surpassing the new Navi cards. Easiest way to deal with this is aim high and be fully prepared to drop the pricing ASAP depending on how hard they responded.
 
That it is to say it could be completely planned at least in the base level but for PR they are playing it up to appear slick when really it was a necessary move as even AMD knew they couldn't out swing NVIDIAS top end.
 

Just like "I dont like it because it isn't build the way I want" is not a valid form of objective criticism. You can scream and kick about how its bad all day but you've provided nothing more than "BUT I DONT LIKE IT ?" as any kind of argument.
 
You're entitled to your subjective opinion obviously but don't be shocked when people ask you to back it up with some kind of objective reasoning beyond "it suck, LMFAO"
 
You could easily say this product doesn't align with my personal sense of value while still objectively understanding how it may appeal to a large portion of the demographic and having a basic understanding of what the objects limitations in performance/quality are and why they may exist.
 
I think it is hard to objectively say the Nintendo switch is bad console, where as, using your own reference we could easily objectively point out why the VITA was a failure. Show me a better mobile device for playing games and maybe theres a conversation to be had.
 
or you know SWITCH BAD, ME ANGER, POST COMMENT, STOP LIKE THING I DONT LIKE! ?

?‍♂️

That guy gets into every thread and shits on whatever the thread is about.

Just like "I dont like it because it isn't build the way I want" is not a valid form of objective criticism. You can scream and kick about how its bad all day but you've provided nothing more than "BUT I DONT LIKE IT ?" as any kind of argument.
 
You're entitled to your subjective opinion obviously but don't be shocked when people ask you to back it up with some kind of objective reasoning beyond "it suck, LMFAO"
 
You could easily say this product doesn't align with my personal sense of value while still objectively understanding how it may appeal to a large portion of the demographic and having a basic understanding of what the objects limitations in performance/quality are and why they may exist.
 
I think it is hard to objectively say the Nintendo switch is bad console, where as, using your own reference we could easily objectively point out why the VITA was a failure. Show me a better mobile device for playing games and maybe theres a conversation to be had.
 
or you know SWITCH BAD, ME ANGER, POST COMMENT, STOP LIKE THING I DONT LIKE! ?

?‍♂️

Jesus christ, my man who pissed in your Wheaties? If you don't prefer the switch over other consoles then that's fine but you seem incredibly into rage-jerking about it. The switch offers enough different to actually warrant it as one of the better consoles of the generation, if you ask me. In fact its the only console i've owned since the original xbox because its offers enough extra vs a my pc that can do everything a static plug into a tv system console (xbox1 and ps4) could ever do. Mobile games, in an ok build quality unit that costs less than a mid range GPU. I honestly don't see what's not to like. Could they offer a higher quality and slightly more powerful unit at a higher price? yah, but as its been put out there already on this post thats not a very large demographic and likely doesn't make a ton of business sense to do. As you mentioned yourself the VITA was a better quality system but we see how far that little thing got. Clearly Nintendo seems to be doing something right, despite your odd rage twards the whole thing.

Its a unique system, and as mentioned previously it will likely sell like hot cakes because even if the quality is slightly less the price is right and if you dont understand that then there's no helping you ?‍♂️

Just like "I dont like it because it isn't build the way I want" is not a valid form of objective criticism. You can scream and kick about how its bad all day but you've provided nothing more than "BUT I DONT LIKE IT ?" as any kind of argument.
 
You're entitled to your subjective opinion obviously but don't be shocked when people ask you to back it up with some kind of objective reasoning beyond "it suck, LMFAO"
 
You could easily say this product doesn't align with my personal sense of value while still objectively understanding how it may appeal to a large portion of the demographic and having a basic understanding of what the objects limitations in performance/quality are and why they may exist.
 
I think it is hard to objectively say the Nintendo switch is bad console, where as, using your own reference we could easily objectively point out why the VITA was a failure. Show me a better mobile device for playing games and maybe theres a conversation to be had.
 
or you know SWITCH BAD, ME ANGER, POST COMMENT, STOP LIKE THING I DONT LIKE! ?

?‍♂️

It is a valid reason to have design that is catered to kids. 

I think a huge reason why it is successful is because it doesn't try and be a mega performance console. If people wanted maximum performance they would just get a gaming PC. It is honestly the only console I have ever thought about getting because it is so different and there isn't really an alternative to it. 

ITT: People whining about a console that isn't for them not being for them.

I hope you never run a business, because you're guaranteed to run it into the ground with bad decisions.
 
The Switch is succeeding because it's accessible, flexible and... y'know, fun.  You can play it the way you like to play, whether it's handheld or on your TV; you don't have to spend a lot even for the 'full' Switch; and crucially, it has a killer game lineup.  Consoles shouldn't be just about spec sheets, and it's unfortunate that you don't understand that.

This is an excellent explanation of how these things work. 
 
I'd like to add that as long as the creator who gets the automated claim disputes it in a timely manner, there is no lost revenue during the period while it was "claimed". 
 
I've been down at IBM Think for the last couple of days and this thread is the first I'm hearing of this issue.. Aaaand it's already resolved. 
 
So, as far as I can tell, everything is working as it should...ish
 
We have noticed a significant uptick in copyright claims in the last couple of weeks, though, with some of them being in really really old content which suggests youtube has made some kind of change to ContentID and we've been trying to figure out how to address it.
 
We are generally pretty supportive of the creation of derivative works by our community and we want to make sure that they aren't being algorithmically claimed, but this change has caused other issues for us too. I woke up the other morning to a handful of claims made against Tech Quickie by LTT... Can't have that. 
 
I'm sure this will be resolved, but it's probably going to take some time for youtube to get their crap in order, as usual. 

Damn, those Tariffs really did a number on them. Who would have thought simply slapping a tariff on something without any economical analysis before hand could do so much damage? A lot of US steel companies are hurting from them too. 

It appears that the lack of hot chocolate this morning appears to be fumbling the fuck out of my mind, updated (i think)
it seems so 

From what i read the hack happened in 2018 only, and the only mention of 2007 was the data they got into were backups that were dated 07 and older.
 
This is the only mention of timeframe, and presumably this is june 14-18 of 2018.

27000$ stolen? did they get one lightning cord?

I really do hope they go with the North Star name. The memes will be great.

Yeah, sure. @ CD Projekt Red: Go ahead and cancel Cyberpunk 2077, since Witcher 3 didn't pay off.
 
Maybe, just maybe, if companies were to put out good, worthwhile AAA story-based games, then it'd be worth it. See: CD Projekt Red.

ITT: people hating PUBG just to hate PUBG.
 
Its a fun game. Get over it. Jesus.