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Well, I was finally able to get my first build under my belt...……...at 73 years old. It's a time thing. I've probably made some mistakes but that's why I'm here. You guys know more that I ever will. I'll probably be giving tis to a family member for Christmas and would like criticism. The weak lind is probably the 1080ti that used to be a MSI Sea Hawk until the Corsair pump decided not to pump any more. Here's a few of the goodies.
Fractal Define R6 case
I9-9900KF (4700 clock)
MSI Sea Hawk (kind of) 1080ti (Clocked a bit) (Sea Hawk Corsair pump died)
Alphacool water block for the 1080ti
Hardware Labs Nemisis 360 radiator
Radiator fans 3x120 Cougar Vortex
Thermaltake CPU Block
Swiftech Maelstrom 200mm reservoir. (I wanted glass and not acrylic)
Some kind of Swiftech modded D5 pump
32 Mb Corsair Vengeance 3200 RGB
Thermaltake temperature/flow thingy with an alarm if temp gets high or flow gets low.
Thermaltake Pure Plus14 140mm top fans
Corsair RM850X power supply
Noctua 140mm rear fan
Samsung 970 Pro M.2 (500 GB)
(2) Samsung 860 Evo SSD (500 GB each)
 
 
I know the cable management sucks but even though I spent 50 years as an electrician you can only do so much without custom cables. I am getting a piece of 11 Gauge anodized aluminum made to cover up all the wires that I stashed behind the power supply. I got into the Christmas spirit with the RGB stuff.  My first computer was an Apple 2C. They've come a long way.
 
I guess it's time for a Benchmark when I figure that out.

Finally got my modem up and running but it seems a bit slow. I remember the excitement when the 56K video cards came out. Blazing speed. first pic. It could load a single low res pic in less than a minute.
 
Then came by video cards. Radeon 6450, GeForce FX5200 (128 meg) NVidia Riva TNT2 M64, and the NVidia GEForce 2 MX400. One of the NVidia cards even had a fan, by God, and that was the hot rod. I've been around awhile. These cards all seem to be a bit "laggy" when playing 1080 video games. I don't think that one frame every 5 seconds is quite quick enough. Who else has a "Junk Drawer"?
 
The struggles were real. 
 

Finally got my modem up and running but it seems a bit slow. I remember the excitement when the 56K video cards came out. Blazing speed. first pic. It could load a single low res pic in less than a minute.
 
Then came by video cards. Radeon 6450, GeForce FX5200 (128 meg) NVidia Riva TNT2 M64, and the NVidia GEForce 2 MX400. One of the NVidia cards even had a fan, by God, and that was the hot rod. I've been around awhile. These cards all seem to be a bit "laggy" when playing 1080 video games. I don't think that one frame every 5 seconds is quite quick enough. Who else has a "Junk Drawer"?
 
The struggles were real. 
 

Apple is necessary.
Only if eaten once a day to keep the Doctor away.

Apple is necessary.
Only if eaten once a day to keep the Doctor away.

Apple is necessary.
Only if eaten once a day to keep the Doctor away.

Apple is necessary.
Only if eaten once a day to keep the Doctor away.

The real reason for the Nest and other devices is......Because 'Merica…..that's why. We put a man on the moon using the length of the Kings nose, the length of his foot and the distance from his nose to the tip of his finger. It just works for us. At one point in our history most of us were from Yurp and other countries over there yet we use our measuring system. My Nest has saved me about 20 percent of my heating bills. My work hours vary so a programmable T-stat isn't really feasible for me. I just jump on my phone and tell the house to get warm for me. I'm old and for many years I had to heat my house with coal in a potbelly stove in the middle of the house.. I live in Appalachia and it's all we had. I killed pigs, cows, chickens squirrels, rabbits and deer. We grew our own corn, tomatoes, beans and then we canned it to use in the winter. We still do that around here.
 
Yes, we're spoiled but most of us are not lazy. We're the most progressive and productive country in the history of the world. Hell, during World War 2 we sold or gave away most of everything that our allies were using. We could build it faster than Germany and Japan could blow it up. We built almost 3000 Liberty ships (big Sucker cargo ships) in 4 years. We were launching three ships every two days. Germany sinks 25 in a month and we'll build 45 more. That's hard to overcome.  Wretched excess. It's in our DNA. I've been around for some 73 years and as an engineer I feel very comfortable with the Metric system but I still prefer to use a cup of flour and a 1/2 cup of milk. 2-4-6-8, I don't want to metricate. We don't have to and no one can make us.
 
As a lifelong sailor I could argue that a Nautical mile is the best way to judge distance. One minute of arc on Earth is one nautical mile. If you'r sailing one nautical mile per hour you are travelling at one knot. Easy Peasy.
 
And what the Heck is this meter or metre stuff. the distance light travels in 1/3000,000,000 seconds, give or take a bit. Who is going to measure that? My stopwatch struggles with hundredths of a second and I can't find where the end of the light is. My eyes must be getting old..
 
Every nation has their little quirks and idiosyncrasies. Please allow us to have ours also. We know that pickup trucks have very bad mileage and they're the #1 selling vehicle in 'Merica. No logic, just excess. It's what we do.  There is no right and wrong. It's just what is right or wrong FOR YOU. 
 
Have a wonderful time in your country but if you ever want to cool down it the summer or warm up when it's cold just hop a plane and come rent an apartment a camper or a motorhome. They're air conditioned. My motorhome has an air conditioner in the cab and two on the roof. I could loan you one. We'll take care of you. It's what we do......for better or worse, but that's another story.

Have you guys got yours decorated yet. I know...….to much time on my hands but Merry Christmas anyways.

Have you guys got yours decorated yet. I know...….to much time on my hands but Merry Christmas anyways.

Have you guys got yours decorated yet. I know...….to much time on my hands but Merry Christmas anyways.

Well, I was finally able to get my first build under my belt...……...at 73 years old. It's a time thing. I've probably made some mistakes but that's why I'm here. You guys know more that I ever will. I'll probably be giving tis to a family member for Christmas and would like criticism. The weak lind is probably the 1080ti that used to be a MSI Sea Hawk until the Corsair pump decided not to pump any more. Here's a few of the goodies.
Fractal Define R6 case
I9-9900KF (4700 clock)
MSI Sea Hawk (kind of) 1080ti (Clocked a bit) (Sea Hawk Corsair pump died)
Alphacool water block for the 1080ti
Hardware Labs Nemisis 360 radiator
Radiator fans 3x120 Cougar Vortex
Thermaltake CPU Block
Swiftech Maelstrom 200mm reservoir. (I wanted glass and not acrylic)
Some kind of Swiftech modded D5 pump
32 Mb Corsair Vengeance 3200 RGB
Thermaltake temperature/flow thingy with an alarm if temp gets high or flow gets low.
Thermaltake Pure Plus14 140mm top fans
Corsair RM850X power supply
Noctua 140mm rear fan
Samsung 970 Pro M.2 (500 GB)
(2) Samsung 860 Evo SSD (500 GB each)
 
 
I know the cable management sucks but even though I spent 50 years as an electrician you can only do so much without custom cables. I am getting a piece of 11 Gauge anodized aluminum made to cover up all the wires that I stashed behind the power supply. I got into the Christmas spirit with the RGB stuff.  My first computer was an Apple 2C. They've come a long way.
 
I guess it's time for a Benchmark when I figure that out.