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Hello ive been wanting to build a pc for years but never had the money to do so ive threw together some parts on pc part picker and was hoping i could get some feedback on any possible issues as im more than likely going to go ahead and give it ago and build the end results. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/mmzFv3

Hi! I haven't used this forum before, and this is a post for self-promotion, but I hope it's ok (I do watch LTT, Techquickie, ShortCircuit, and TechLinked tho lol). Sorry in advance if it's not. I made a video concept of what could be a portable Xbox and I show it in a trailer-kind-of way. I designed this because I think it could be a very good device to leverage the technologies of Xcloud, but still be a decent portable gaming device when you're offline. -- link removed -- If you enjoy it please share and do all those things as it is a brand-new channel. Thank you for your time.

So recently my ROG 1 was in a terrible accident, screen dead, back cracked to hell. The shit I've tried to get the data off this thing with no screen is short of obnoxious. I bought the Desktop Dock to see into the device and use my mouse, only to find that I can't transfer files through it or the phone when it's docked. Now I'm gonna basically have to get a usb to USB 3.0 hub and click blindly hoping to hit the confirm button. So, here's my crazy idea: MAKE A PHONE WITH M.2. OR ANYTHING STANDARD THAT WE CAN JUST REMOVE AND PLUG INTO A COMPUTER. CRAZY RIGHT??? And for those that are telling me I should've backed up, yeah sure I'll just find a spot for 145gbs of data no problem.

PCPartPicker Parts List Motivation: Going to LAN parties with a PC built inside a Fractal Design Define R6 can be quite the hassle. However I love how quiet that case is, which is one of the main reasons it houses my current gaming rig. With PC hardware becoming ever more efficient and lots of companies focusing on better cooling for their components it's only a matter of time until the convenience of ITX builds will be greater than the loss in performance and noise. This is why I want to combine the two: A (close to) silent ITX PC. Concept: 'Passively' Cool Everything. GPUs and PSUs already turn off their fans while idling and only produce minimal sounds when running on a manual fan curve. So the thing to focus on is the CPU cooling. I want to replace the fans on the CPU cooler with a 200mm front intake fan. This 200mm fan would take in fresh air and push through the case and CPU cooler in order to passively cool the CPU, replacing the only constantly running fans with one that is barely audible even at full speed. Components: Case: The BitFenix Prodigy Mini-ITX is old. Really old. However where I live it's still sold at decent prices (80$ in ~2 weeks or 95$ from stock) and it combines everything that is needed for this kind of build: Natively compatible with 200mm fans, full sized GPUs and chonky CPU coolers Filtered front panel/intake Carry handles; to take to LAN parties The Case is the component I put the most research time into. There are numerous newer ITX cases around but I wasn't able to find one that fits the bill better. CPU Cooler: In order to have a realistic shot at passively cooling a CPU the cooler must be quite massive. The NH-D15 is the best cooler on the market, only really having the Dark Rock Pro 4 as competition, so it's the obvious choice. Rest of Components: This build is meant as a midrange/high-end gaming and midrange content creation PC. This is why the component choice is rather conservative, with a no-dollar-wasted mindset. Both the R5 3600 and RTX 2080 Super are subject to change in case newer components in the same price range outperform them. So is the motherboard. I'd prefer the X570 chipset because there's definitely no BIOS update needed, but those are either not available or still too expensive. What do you think about this build concept? Can a passively cooled CPU with an NH-D15 and a 200mm fan work? Do you know of any case that would be a better choice than the BitFenix Prodigy?

Hey guys, so in the last 20 days, I got into my head to try and come up with a new custom case design. Not only to test my skills in SketchUp, as I haven't used it for years, but also to test and learn a bit more about pc case design. The idea came to me when I saw the Fractal Design Era case. and... I loved the case, honestly. It was simple, beautiful and sleek. No rgb, no glass or acrylic or any of those. It isn't to say that I dislike them, but I can overlook them pretty easily. But two things bothered me with it. Cable management was the first, the second was the airflow. So far, this is the base I've developed. A bit stuck in terms of outside design now but, what do you think? (Size is 162mm x 318mm x 359mm (WxDxH))

This is my build concept for a solid gaming and streaming PC for streaming PC and Console games like Skyrim/fallout 4/ H1Z1 and VR games too. Location is US and budget is around 1600$ including peripherals, the lower cost the better obviously. Probably wont overclock but would like to have the potential for it down the line if I choose. I toyed with a more beefy build awhile ago and decided to tier things down to something much more practical. The monitor I plan to get is not found on PC part picker but is on amazon here at 199$. Will likely get 2 monitors so I can stop using my tv as a second screen and start using it as a tv but I won't be getting that right away so I'm not factoring that into the budget. The theme of this build is black and white, that's why I wanted to chose a case that is minimalistic. I do not want water cooling. What improvements can be made? PCPartPicker part list: | Price breakdown by merchant: CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor ($233.49 @ OutletPC) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.88 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($163.95 @ B&H) Memory: Corsair Vengeance LED 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($109.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($93.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.99 @ SuperBiiz) Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card ($424.94 @ Amazon) Case: NZXT H440 (Matte Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.99 @ Amazon) Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.89 @ OutletPC) Keyboard: AZIO MGK1-K Wired Gaming Keyboard ($66.99 @ Amazon) Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Chroma Wired Optical Mouse ($49.96 @ B&H) Monitor: BenQ Zowie RL2455HM 1ms Response Time Gaming Monitor ($199 @ Amazon) Total: $1428.06

Hi! I´ve always thought about building my own case, because what´s on the market is mostly pretty bulky, or mini-itx. So what about instead the traditional one chamber case, make a water cooled two chamber one. Of course, no matter how you do it, you lose the DVD drive, and (if it fits not behind the Mainboard) the HDD. Also no full ATX PSU, max SFX-L. PCIE extensions have to be pre-routed, and only slim PSU cables are possible. But it doesn't end there: if it should be really smaller, you have to go with short GPU's (and if you chose two, it´s possibly not Nvidia, because of the SLI bridge) so they don't overhang the big radiator. So what do you think about it? Have you ideas to improve this concept? Or have you even built your own case? PS: The different colors of the tubes represent the expected temperatures and I just wanted to have them done, so they look awful.

Hey LTT Community! FIRST THINGS FIRST. This is a simply concept to spark the interest of some individuals. This is to just bat around some ideas and concepts of a non existent technology and to see how eager some might people be to adopt it? or if they even would adopt it? This is my time to claim that I do not know it all, and I try to use less concrete terms because I am simply speculating and dreaming here. So please be gentle with me for I'm not trying to claim any of this as fact. I like to have fun with ideas..... I got this idea from a post someone made asking if it was possible to plug an input into a graphics card. Like a camera or something plugged into your GPU to see what is playing. Of course the responses were to 'just get a capture card'.... But that got me wondering. Do you think any GPU manufacturer would ever put a port on their graphics card designed for capturing input? And MORE importantly, would you the consumer use this feature? would it be a waste of a port on your graphics card to you? What about if there is an optional/removable port like the old school VGA connectors for low profile GPU's just something to unplug and put away when you don't need it? Or even one port that will do both. A dedicated Display/HDMI that can accept an input or just output based of a setting in the software. I understand there is probably some technical boundaries preventing this, but this seems do-able. I mean it seems every release it about the speeds, the clocks, and the gamer ecosystem of things like shadow play or freesync or G-sync. I believe the next step to blow the socks off would be to integrate a capture card into the GPU's themselves. Maybe better quality or capture rate because of a direct connection to the GPU? or a dedicated processor/chip like Nvidia's h264 dedicated encoder and decoder. Let me know what you guys think! I'm excited to hear! Would this put capture companies out of business? Is there something I am totally missing here? Is there a reason why some capture cards are the size of a GPU and is it possible to shrink that and make it fit onto a GPU? And please if there is something that could prevent this from happening, post it down below! I want to see if we can get past it and maybe actually see this in the future! Thanks for reading everyone! I look forward to hearing from you!

So I just re-watched Linus' review on the Razer Blade Pro as I was helping my friend look for a new laptop and an idea/question came to my mind. Linus made a comment about Razer not supporting the Core on the Blade Pro because there's nothing really to upgrade to, but what about SLI? I'm not much of an Electrical Engineer but does anyone know if it would be possible to do that through the USB-C Thunderbolt 3 port? I didn't see anyone mention it in the comments of the video and the only thing I could find on the web was this topic of someone running external GPU's w/ Thunderbolt 2.

I am in the process of planning a wall mounted PC that is completely water cooled, but with a twist, it will use almost no tubing. I am planning on mounting the components to acrylic, two sheets sandwiched together, one thick and one thin. I will use a CNC router to make channels in the thick sheet which will be covered and sealed by the thinner sheet, these channels will carry the water to and from each of the waterblocks. There will be holes drilled through the top sheet with fittings in them, small amounts of tubing will be used to connect those fittings to the waterblocks. This will be done in between each of the waterblocks and finally to a radiator array and back into the reservoir, which will be mounted on the acrylic as well. Hopefully that explanation was clear enough to get the point across. I have most of the parts picked out, but need help choosing a few. I need a new motherboard (as I am having trouble with my current one) I would like it to have VRM and chipset waterblock support (Preferably EK). I will also need to figure out the dimensions of the acrylic sheets and what type of sheet to get. I was planning to do a white UV fluid so that I could put lights under the bottom layer of acrylic to make it glow, I know that UV and acrylic don't really mix too well so I might have to figure out a different kind of plastic to use (maybe PETG). I also don't know how sheet acrylic will handle exposure to water and UV fluid. I am going to need to find PCI risers that are long enough to reach the cards, I am thinking that they will be at the bottom of the motherboard. I would also like to be able to spread my GPUs apart, but to do SLI I would need to be pretty creative with the bridge, unless I can figure out how to make my own custom length bridge (maybe unsolder the connectors to two flexible bridges and use CAT7 cables to link them together). Custom length cables are also going to need to be a thing for this build. List of waterblocks: Motherboard chipset block Motherboard VRM block 2x EK RAM block (To tie in to the fully watercooled aspect, I know that they don't really do much) Supremacy EVO 2x 1080ti blocks (hopefully it comes out, but if not regular 1080s will have to do) Intel 750 SSD block 2 HDD blocks for my Velociraptors (they get really hot without airflow) Other than the parts that are watercooled I will have 4 SSDs and 2 more HDDs. As you can probably tell this is still pretty half-baked, any advice is greatly appreciated.

Hey guys! I was having trouble understanding the general concept of servers. So, I was told by a company representative to make a small server (I was told to buy a cheap PC, because it would do the job) so that I could read and write on it from multiple computers. I asked if I could make a NAS drive, but the representative said such a server wouldn't be needed, as it's kind of slow for what the software needs to do anyway. I'm absolutely new to networking, so can someone help me understand what he intended? The only type of server is I knew of are NAS servers, so I'm thoroughly confused. Any help would be great! Thanks in advance!

At the GPU Technology Conference (GTC), NVidia has presented an interesting concept system which allows for four-way Virtual Reality. The system itself is powered by four Quadro P6000 GPUs and creates four Virtual Machines in order to drive four HTC Vive Business Editions. According to the Article at Guru 3D http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/nvidia-showcases-multi-users-vr-system-concept.html I could think of some neat gaming setups for this where you could have everyone in the same room for a Multiplayer VR experience. Now if you could have a truly wireless VR setup with this in a large space (like a warehouse) that could make for a great time with some future potential games. So how about it @Slick or @LinusTech, do you think you could get NVidia to loan you some time to play with this? https://www.pcper.com/news/Graphics-Cards/GTC-17-NVIDIA-Demos-Professional-Multi-User-VR

I can't express how excited I am for the Slate concept Corsair had shown off earlier this year. I am probably going to be the first to preorder the case as long as its not $600 or more. Is this just me? I like the look of the case but I wanted the dual MOBO option to be completely honest and the Enthoo Elite is just really ugly to me.

Hey guys! So I love designing things and I redesigned Floatplane for fun tell me what you think! There's some small descriptions explaining the different design choices and what is missing. This is mostly a fit & finish exploration and not an actual "ready-to-code" design. So for the branding I went with something modern and simple. The perfect circle is uusable in any situation and represents the shape of a floatplane going forward. It is stylized but still recognizable. A design elements that I added is the frame/scafolding on the right. Floatplane is meant to be a a place for creators to be able to share to their communities, Floatplane gives them the frame to do that so the frame design represents this and supplements the design. The color palette is on the dark side because when you watch videos, you want to be immersed in the content with a slight tint of blue like the original color. So here's the basic channel view. To feel immersed in the channel you're viewing, the creator could chose their color palette, image and so on. The goal is to clearly separate the site navigation and the zone for the creator to work in. It is their place, their colors, their content. Right now the left elements (title, description, etc.) are big, but once you're subscribed to someone they would be way smaller to make place for more content. The creator could share whatever they want in whatever format they want. Single videos, featured videos, per week, per month, per playlists or even share links and files if it is relevent to the community. In this design here, we see a more "girly" oriented channel and how the design system can actually adapt. In this case, it's the back-to-school so the new back-to-schoool videos are featured in the top, but for relevancy, the older back-to-school videos are right under since it is that period. Of course, the side information is big, but this is just to show off the design and would be smaller if already subscribed. The design is highly responsive. Not featured right now is the navigation that would be on the left under the title, but this is mostly a fit & finish exploration. The goal was to take a different approach of the classic top cover and navigation (like every other site out there) and just run with it. Have a great day everyone! Jay

I am a system builder, I make and sell systems as a past time, and when I saw the You Tube tech crowd all making videos on this giant Corsair super tower case. I wanted it, I use my computer as part of the decorations of my room. So after all, the videos of a couple YouTubers surfaced, I herd nothing more of this case. I went around to varies websites, looking up information on this case but I had little to no luck. So I emailed Corsair and got this reply! This is very encouraging!

My friend made this video for his final. The idea is a modular system that enables you to stack different components on top of each other. What do you guys think? Would this be something you would be interested in? Thanks!

Hey everyone! So I've been a big fan on LMG videos on Vessel and thefloatplaneclub sounds like a great idea like explained in the WAN video. So I took all of the ideas posted by Linus on the original post and made a quick design from it. Is this the end goal for thefloatplaneclub? Is there a timeline or a set of next steps? Tell me what you think, but I would really like to have a proper site other than YouTube, something that accommodates the sponsors, conversations, links and information about the hardware shown, etc. Jay

[media] Hi, my name is Raphael Bastos, im an industrial designer from Brazil, and this is my graduation project. It was developed in 1year at PUC - RIO. I will release a development video as well. Im passionate about technology and i would love work with it and i think this project can make it happen, so please share if you like it S2. Feel free to comment, i will respond to all your questions. For more informations: raphaelessa@gmail.com Portifolio: www.raphaelbastos.design or https://www.behance.net/rapzz

Thought this would be a good way to shorten the length of the keyboard to fit more comfortably on your desk while still retaining a numpad just noticed that even the dots lined up lol ^

Ford, (yes THAT ford) has made a concept for a bed, while looking kinda cool it keeps bed hoggers on their side of the bed Ok... what the fuck is this... Though ford may be our lifesaver of this century. anyway... How would it feel? I'm starting to have quite a few questions for this bed Source from The "how to build a PC" guys Note: If this isn't techy enough, Moderators, can you kindly move it to the right section

This has probably already been tried, but if you have a really loud computer, could you just buy semi-permeable sound-proofing, cut it to size, and stick it all over the inside of a pc and the fans?

Hey guys i made a concept of a MacBook gaming Editon.It is my first viedeo in this style i edited so enjoy! (Music:HIYA Elephant Heart )(as viedeo i took the 15" viedeo from apple)(Btw:Cooling that would be interesting....) -content removed by staff- (Btw:Cooling that would be interesting....)

Case panels view with PC-stack insideCase Skeleton and Sample Front Plates. ** Green/Red GPU mounting mechanism, ** Blue - SSD mounting bracketsV2B-The Dark Tower designA couple of weeks ago I started a thread to document my experimental mini-ITX builds where the aim was for a completely silent PC with no performance compromise (using high-end components i7-8086k & RTX 2080 Ti).The concept was to use high TDP CPU cooler to cool the GPU in a unique stacked formation/orientation that makes airflow and cooling efficient. Efficiency in airflow greatly reduces the need for high fan speed rpm to keep the components cool while being very quiet.Here's a link to the thread if you want to look at the details in my experiments.https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/mini-itx-build-with-noctua-d15-performance-gaming-pc.9833/From there, you'll get a much better understanding of my motivations plus design choices and considerations.The result is UniQ-1, a 11.2L (7"x7.5"x13") case that not only house the very unique mini-ITX build that is very unorthodox from the norms yet very efficient in the use of space, but also able to support the various conventional builds.Components support:Motherboard: mini-ITXGPU : Up to 300mmSSD/HDD : 1 HDD, or 2 SSD, or 1 HDD & 1 SSDPSU : SFX/SFX-LAir Coolers : As large as Noctua NH-D15, C-14s, Dark Rock Pro, Dark Rock TF, etcsAIO Cooler : 120mm, 140mm, 240mm (maybe)The design:The objective of the design was to use large heatsinks for both GPU and CPU, and later expanded to use AIO's. Because of how efficient these heatsink are at cooling the components, fan speed can be very low ( 30% - 120/140mm fans), and together with an open-air vent enclosure, yields a very silent PC with zero compromise in performance.GPU Mounting bracketsThe GPU is vertically mounted and is facing the motherboard (opposite of convention mounting), using a folded pcie riser cable. I have designed a bracket so that GPU can be mounted vertically and can be shifted vertically and horizontally. This is done because GPU can have different mounting holes and it directly dictates how the GPU heat sink can be stacked or placed with the CPU coolers. The brackets I have here can be pivot left/right via the slider, and screwed straight into the legs of the chassis, it's not shown here but there will be various holes/screwing points to allow for different vertical mounting position of the green plate. The vertical mounting point on the leg is not a slider (for now) to make sure the mounting is sturdy on the vertical junctions.The case allows for easy removal of the side/top panels and front plate. The top plate is especially useful to remove quickly to gain access to the GPU outputs.The temps I'm getting is around 55-60C for CPU & ~55C RTX 2080 Ti (OC'ed) & ~45C GTX 1080 Ti (OC'ed), under full gaming load. This is all done while the fan speed never goes past 40%, making the rig technically silent in operation. More thermal studies will be done with the actual case later. I suspect it could raise the GPU temps by 5-10C.This is my first draft of the case with my intention to allow for better supports with various components and not just the ones that I have tested. I haven't finalized the design of the front plate, but with the current infrastructure of a panel system, all the panels (including the front plate) can be replaced with different design/material.Note that the case was first designed for my unique stacked tower builds, but the sides can be modified with brackets to allow for full AIO supports that can be mounted front, side, or rear. This is for those that want to start out with AIO's that they already own and not want to invest in expensive air coolers such as the Noctua-D15/DarkRockPro4 or Nocuta-C14s/DarkRockTF.My main goal is to design a case for myself but I've got many requests to commercialize this product for public consumption so this is my attempt at designing a case that could be used not only with my design but just about anything that's available out there. My first hope is this case will allow people to join in and hop on my innovation in PC design in contrast to the more conventional (abeit outdated ATX platform).Keep your mind free and never stop challenging the norms!**Please reply to the discussion to help me improve the design that works for the general audience. I will monitor the interest base on activities to decide if I want to pursue a large order from a case manufacturer.Update #1 - Using non-moded GPU & 120mm AIONon-Modded 3-slots GPU & 120mm and 240mm rad AIOs for CPUIt seems there are a lot of interest in using this case with non-modded GPU. Although this is not the case designed purpose, there's no reason it wouldn't work! So I mock up some models and this is one of many ways you can use non-modded parts with this case. I'm going with the extreme and use a 3-slot GPU (real dimensions) in this mock to demonstrate how much room is there to accommodate "normal" components. Given that front, right side, and rear are open air space, you can practically mount the 120/2400mm rad anywhere. This is just one example.Update #2 - Modular T-sandwich layoutT-bracket Addon : For sandwich layoutSomeone mention the word "modular" somewhere in the post yesterday and it got my juice flowing. Here's my take on modulating my case to include a T-backet addon that can me mounted to the base frame of the case to allow for the sandwich layout that made popular by Dan A4 and similar case. This is definitely a deviation away from my original layout, and don't get me wrong, that's still the top priority. Hence this is why I call this an addon or expansion.I believe with a simple addon like this it will allow the case to be very versatile. Not only will it house my original stacked design, but also able to allow for more traditional and modern placement of components for those who don't want to attempt modding their GPUs.THe T-layout is not final, it's just one configuration that I came up with, it can be refined.In the above picture, the case is now laying sideways. the top mounted 120mm fan is use as intake and the C-style (C-14s or Dark Rock Pro TF) will exhaust the air out to the front. I also show how a 120mm AIO can be mounted, this can be used either for the CPU or GPU (kraken G12 or hybrids). The PSU is mounted at the bottom of the case and connector will be extended to the back. 2 SSD can be mounted righ above the PSU directly to the new T-bracket.The "divider" is currently placed this way to house a 110mm tall CPU cooler (the Dark Rock Pro TF is used as an example). And there's still space left over for a full size GPU with a maximum length of 330mm.As for side panels, a few of them can be re-used (maybe 5?) from the original orientation. The old bottom panel will be replaced with the T bracket (in reference to the new design) since it needs cutout for the mobo and gpu mounted back-to-back.I hope this makes sense and this can add another layer to original case design.

From the Verge, by Ashley Carman. https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/6/20/15842654/lenovo-laptop-concept-flexible-display Lenovo recently revealed a laptop concept with foldable mechanics like the Samsung newspaper revealed at the 2016 Consumers Electronics show. This laptop is very much a concept with the reveal speakers stating that the vision would be fulfilled by using "advanced materials" and "new screen technologies." Obviously very specific in the way they presented it. Although this may come in the near future, I have to echo the author's disbelief and skepticism on the subject of Lenovo's complete abandonment of a touch pad in favor of using stylus, voice control and tracking nub as the devices main means of navigation. This piece of news might not be the most surprising stuff out at the moment but would make for some good ground to debate the future efficacy of bendable devices and portable media after Samsung released their fordable smartphone earlier this year.