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sgt_sp00py

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About sgt_sp00py

  • Birthday Jan 07, 2004

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    wal mart
  • Interests
    Looking at PC Parts I wish I could afford, eating garlic bread, playing Minecraft/TF2, screaming into the void
  • Biography
    16 year old computer nerd who sucks at video games
  • Occupation
    9-5 job as a part time furry

System

  • CPU
    Ryzen 5 2600X @ 3.9 GHz
  • Motherboard
    ASRock B450M Steel Legend
  • RAM
    2x8 GB Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4-3000
  • GPU
    ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 580
  • Case
    Aerocool Bolt
  • Storage
    1TB Western Digital Blue + 120GB Inland Professional SSD
  • PSU
    EVGA 450 BR
  • Cooling
    AMD Wraith Max
  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Home

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  1. I was looking on Corsair's website, window-shopping as all PC enthusiasts do, and I decided to see if they did anything new in the custom cooling space. I was delighted to see that they have. Several new waterblocks are available, including a revised version of the XC7 CPU block and a black version of the XC9. But what caught my attention the most were the two new GPU water blocks, for the founders edition RTX 3080 and 3090. And, as expected from everything made by Corsair, they look beautiful. The block is much shorter than the previous XG7s, since the FE cards sport a shortened PCB. Also, the inlet and outlet ports have been changed from the solid black plastic of the previous XG7s to semi-transparent acrylic, which shows off the block's RGB lighting (This effect is better shown than described, so I've put a few pictures of it down below). In addition to this, the top part has been changed to resemble Corsair's Dominator Platinum RGB memory, which I find oddly amusing since if the ports were removed it would look like a more cartoony version of that memory. They've also changed the design of the backplate, which now instead of having the Hydro X logo on it has a very cool-looking design consisting of dozens of light-gray triangles, all of which surround the new Corsair logo (which, by the way, I am VERY much a fan of, since it looks a lot cleaner). All of these revisions make the block look a lot nicer in my opinion, but it's all aaesthetic up to this point. The least obvious of the revisions is the most important one of all. Corsair's previous XG7 blocks for the RTX 20 series were great. They were, at least in my opinion, the best looking waterblocks out there, but they had a somewhat major design flaw: if pressure was put on the front of the top part with the ports, the block would forcefully jet out the coolant from that area. This was because Corsair only used two screws to hold that part in place, with nothing holding the middle down. The situation where this flaw becomes something you need to worry about is very specific and rare, but it was a flaw nonetheless. With the new XG7s, Corsair went and added a THIRD screw holding the top in place by the middle, which should completely eliminate the problem. Even though it's not a situation most people would find themselves in, I'm glad Corsair fixed this problem, because it shows that they actually listen to their customers. I haven't gotten my hands on one of these blocks yet (don't think anyone has actually), and even if I did the cards themselves are rarer than TF2 updates, but from what I can tell they're beautiful and definitely worth considering for those who are thinking on professionally voiding their card's warranty.
  2. So, I opened iCUE today to change the lighting effects for my RAM, and I noticed something: there was a third device listed alongside the other two (My mouse and RAM are the only Corsair products I currently own), entitled "ASUS GPU: Vga 1". I was very confused upon seeing this, because A: I didn't install any plugins or anything to add this, and B: I know that certain ASUS motherboards were the only iCUE-compatible products that are not made by Corsair, but I don't have an ASUS motherboard. So I did a bit of clicking around on the internet, and as far as I'm aware there was nothing mentioned about confirmed GPU support within iCUE, be it from ASUS, Corsair, or their respective forums. I then realized that it was probably some weird glitch, so I tested this theory, only to be proven wrong: Even though my card only has one lighting zone, all of it's lighting can be controlled flawlessly from within iCUE. So Corsair must have put this functionality in the newest update without announcing it. And since the GPU is the only AURA-compatible product I have, I have no way of knowing whether or not more ASUS/AURA products had their lighting control forked over to Corsair. I may be misinformed, and they might have announced it without me knowing. But this seems like a really big deal so I find it unlikely that I could've just glossed over it. Also, I may be wrong about what I said earlier about how ASUS motherboards are the only non Corsair products that work with iCUE, and there might have been a way to control the lighting for every AURA-enabled product in iCUE, but I don't have an ASUS motherboard so again, I just can't see that being a possibility in my case. (Screenshot is of my iCUE home screen, as you can see the GPU is listed in it, which was not the case prior to today.)
  3. I want to know if it's possible to have two-way SLI set up using two watercooled RTX 2080 Ti cards. I've seen it done before but I want to know how it's done and if it requires any modding. In the All-ROG Gaming PC video, Anthony and Linus used a vertical PCI bracket that came with the ROG Strix Helios case, so I would also like to know if that can be purchased separately. (BTW don't worry about how expensive it is, it's a long-term project I'm working on. I'm definitely going to be using the RTX 3080 Ti or whatever equivalent Nvidia announces, but for now I want to know compatibility with the current-gen cards. I'll work from there and see if it can be done with future generation cards.) Thanks in advance!
  4. Does anyone here have more information on how to do the vertical SLI? Can the vertical bracket that Anthony found be bought separately from the case?
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