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I recently bought this LG 32UN880P Ergo for my new desk but my Dell Precision 7510 is crying for replacement. Can’t run most of my programs anymore without bringing up some driver incompatibility messages. I have looked at this affordable gaming horse from Dell, the G16 7630 and the G15 5530. i am aware there are other ones out there just need your suggestions cause I need to change this pc and have the best experience of this beast monitor.
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Do people really like extra rounded corners? In UI as well as physicall design. It's like a strat of new mainstream aesthetic, copying iphones (eww). Atleast give users option to customize what they want, isn't it enough companies controlling some of our actions? Whyyyy, I personally hate rounded corners so much it makes me bang my head in a wall, even win 11 started it but those are nice. I mean rounded corners are super good but why everywhere, use them where they are suited or atleast give freedom. About physical design, there are no phones which have less rounded corners except Samsung note ultras and me smol budget brokey Peak of mobile physical designs (imo) : galaxy note 9, xperia xa1 Tldr : rage about rounded corners I would love to hear yalls thoughts
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Budget (including currency): Around $500 USD Country: US Gaming: Horizon Zero Dawn, Hitman World of Assassins, Alan Wake Remastered, Spider-man 2, Death Stranding, Elden Ring, Red Dead Redemption 2, God of War etc. (a mix of newer linear and open world titles as well as some indie) Emulation (Yuzu, RCPS3, PCSX2) Programs: Adobe CC Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premier mainly), Blender, Unreal Engine 5 Current Build: CPU - i7 4790 Motherboard - PC5F7 RAM - 16gb GPU - Zotac 1070ti Mini Case - Optiplex 9020mt Storage - 500gb SSD, 4tb HDD PSU - EVGA 750 GQ 80+ Gold Planned PC: MOBO - Gigabyte B660M AORUS ELITE AX DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard CPU - i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor OR i3 (12th Gen) i3-12100 Quad-core (4 Core) 3.30 GHz CPU Cooler - White NZXT T120 RGB 50.18 CFM CPU Cooler RAM - White Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 CASE - White NZXT H5 Flow RGB ATX Mid Tower Case Existing Parts/Bringing from current PC: PSU - EVGA 750W GQ 80 Plus Gold Semi-Modular Main Storage - WD Blue 500GB SATA SSD Secondary Storage - 4tb WD Blue HDD 5400 RPM GPU - Zotac 1070 ti Mini (Dual Fan) Main Monitor - 22" Sceptre 1080p 60hz Secondary Monitor - 20" Sceptre 1080p 60hz Keyboard - CoolerMaster SK650 Mouse - Razer Death Adder 2013 I'm looking to get the parts for this new PC from now till early January. My main goal is to build a lower budget machine that's future proof to upgrade down the line. I know this won't instantly give me the highest quality gaming due to the 1070 ti and 1080p low hz monitors. But those will be upgraded down the line. I stuck with DDR4 as it's cheaper and I believe will perform great for the price even when compared to DDR5. As for the motherboard, I was looking for again mid range price with an LGA 1700 socket while retaining M.2 slots, RGB and fan headers, many USB 2.0, USB 3.0+ and USB C ports/headers, built in Bluetooth (the wifi is unnecessary but seems to come with the Bluetooth which is a must for me), BIOS USB. I also want something that will Aesthetically match the rest of the build including the GPU. A benefit of the case I picked is airflow, it comes with two front panel RGB fans and the dedicated 120mm GPU fan as the 1070 ti runs very hot even with 2 fans and down clocked in my current PC. If anyone has recommendations on changes in parts additions etc. that would be greatly appreciate. Especially if you have experience with Emulation on something like the i3 vs. i5 listed!
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Budget (including currency): 500-550 000 HUF, about 1500 USD, though flexible to a point Country: Hungary Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Regarding gaming, mostly FPS and Sandbox games. I will be also using it for work, so must be able to handle CAD softwares and running different programming languages Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): It would be fully from the ground. I have friends who can get the parts on a cheaper price. All peripherals already available, 1080p 60hz-144hz.- 1 reply
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Hello all, i am considering upgrading my graphics card, for a budget of about 600 USD. so i am torn between the rtx 3070ti and the rtx 4070. the main use of the gpu would be rendering and CAD. i know some of you would suggest some AMD cards but sadly i cand consider them due to the lack of support for AMD in the software that i run. so please share your thoughts and expertise on the topic.
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I am going off college begging in august. I'm looking for windows laptops with at least a 30 series card, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage. This laptop needs to have good battery life for when I am out and about using various CAD programs, capable of running video games at decent speeds (probably when plugged in), good cooling, and a relatively small size considering the rest of my desires for this machine. I would preferably like to stay in the $1200-$1800 range with around $2000 being my absolute cap. I know that finding a laptop with all these requirements is a little tough and if sacrificing one of them is needed then so be it. Thanks in advance for the help!
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Hey there, Most of the posts here are looking for monitors with good refresh r / response time, I am looking for monitors with good contrast, I work as a developer and video/photo editing and most of the monitors I found that have a good black are because they have a low nit / low brightness. And to be fair I am a bit overwhelmed with every monitor out there claiming they have the best color profile and blablabla. My budget is around 500 / 600CAD (could go higher if really worth it) Any opinions on that?
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Two points; we all know that the 3U rack size is the least liked by many server enthusiasts and manufacturers, and even hated by some for its odd size; many large servers use axial fans in 80, 92, and 120mm sizes, but very few beyond the 1U format will have squirrel-cage/blower fans for full system cooling. Even in the rare case which such fans are used, the air is always drawn in from the front of the chassis for obvious reasons. I have a random idea to design a chassis in 3U form factor that dedicates all of it's front-panel space to a pair of 8" HD (old HD, not 1080) screens for system telemetry, maintenance, and casually observing running workloads... but how to cool it? Through the top, of course! (my rack has an open 3U space in the top, so this works perfectly) But I couldn't just pick an axial fan to mount on the top and blindly believe it would work, no, I needed a more strategic approach to the issue-- so I looked at datasheets from the few manufacturers known to make high-speed fans, and found something perfectly fitting as well as energy efficient from San-Ace under their C133 line, model 9TJ48P0H01. To those of you wondering why I'd do such an odd configuration and with powerful centrifugal fans, the simple answer is; I was bored. (and I have a mad obsession with fans!) Because the fans I intend to use are proprietary in shape, the only way to mount them and effectively direct the airflow in a full-scale server chassis is to design a custom base and shroud to affix the fans and the inlet nozzle uniformly to the target chassis. I ran the numbers several times, and while at first I didn't think it would all fit, I made it work just barely staying within mechanical tolerances. Needless to say this is going to be ludicrously dense. Overall dimensions are 420mm wide, 140mm deep, and 107mm total height. Each fan (133mm wheel diameter) is separated at the midpoint by 140mm, leaving effectively 2mm of running space between each wheel and the walls of the shroud. Vertically it has about 5mm from the base plate to the bottom of the wheel, and some odd 12-13mm from underneath the cover plate to the top of the wheel. Am I concerned about the fan wheel rubbing against the side walls? Well first off that's what the screw holes on the base plate are for since that's how the fan is expected to be mounted, and second, as Linus would say; YOLO! Also a little side comment here; the numbers weren't quite what I expected, so I plan to split my 3U design idea internally; the system itself will live on a 2U upper-deck area (the effective cooling path for this fan model only covers 2U vertical area) inline with the custom fan assembly, while the power supply and other components will be in the bottom 1U of the chassis' usable space, making it possible to create a monster of a system! Here are renderings of the semi-final assembly I've made so far:
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Hello community, i was wondering if you could suggest me a font style that looks good on every background/style. Because i got this request from my clients to make 30 quote poster. I sent 10 sample, and he only picked one which is the most simple to make and i thought, well this is good, easier for me. So i made another 10 with his requirements, but he said i should've just use one font style only. And i am like, what? This is the most ridiculous requirement ever because i have to make 30 of em with the same font style and i am sure you already know that the font has to follow the background in order to match. I mean, its not a problem for me but to me personally, it looks so ugly because i am not allowed to use semi transparent black/white rectangle behind the text either. Its gonna look like some junior high school student who just made it. What do you think? Because i've explained to him the correlation between the font style and the background but he insisted.
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Hello. I work from home as a motion graphics designer, and I have a 2 display set-up, one specifically for gaming (LG GN800 27" QHD 1ms 144Hz) that I also use as a secondary display for my After Effects workflow and a primary 4K display that I use only for animation and design work (also content consumption via the Apple TV 4K 2nd gen). I have recently purchased an LG 27UL850, intrigued by the price point, design, colour performance and IO, but I have noticed an issue...the horrible ghosting... Now, I'm absolutely aware that 4K IPS displays (below 600$ in price) have a 5ms response time at most, therefore some ghosting is to be expected, but this LG display has a severe amount of it. Maybe I am especially sensitive to these things, because of my job, but I heard similar complaints over the LG Ultrafine Line with regards to ghosting. Every sort of movement I see is a blurry mess, even at low speeds, and THANKFULLY amazon accepted my request for a refund, so I'm in the market for a replacement. I am aware of the BenQ PD2700U, but I'd like to know if there are some alternatives too. Please consider that I'm not made of money, therefore I'd ONLY need these characteristics for the display: 4K Resolution 60 Hz Decent performance with ghosting (within the limits of IPS 4K panels) 99/100% sRGB HDR 10 (or beyond) With regards to the budget I'd prefer staying within 600$ USD, but I can approach 700$ if it's worth it. Thank you so much!
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Hello, I am a Industrial designer working mainly with Solidworks, Rhino3D, Keyshot and after effects. I am buying a new laptop with a budget or around 1000 USD I have selected the omen 1660ti variant, or should i go with any other laptop? please suggest, and will RTX at this cost help?
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Hey Guys!, im currently wondering what all the msrp's of the 3060 designs (ROG Strix, MSI, Zotac, u know what i mean) are, since i may buy one once the prices are down.
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So to explain, I downloaded the Material Design Icon Set for Android on Github. The problem is every icon is in its own subfolder and there are a few thousand icons. The problem I solved so far is the renaming of each file to actually pertain to the content of the icon itself. File Renamer Turbo is helpful in that regard. As well as many other scenarios. What I'm trying to figure out is if there's a faster way than opening each folder, two at a time, Control F to search for the file type (in this case SVG) and then dragging them over to the folder I'd like them in. Then repeat this process. Is there a faster way to complete this process? This folder alone has 345 unique Icons and every icon has 5 variants so I'd like to make this process as painless as possible Here's a quick video explaining the process I have now.
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Hello good people. Just wanted to show you my mancave machine. Build description is on the imgur album. Payphone to PC The specs are very modest but RDR2 medium quality getting 60fps isn't bad. But seriously made me consider a dedicated GPU. There isn't one that would fit organically, but with a riser I might be able to achieve it. Any thoughts or ideas? Thanks.
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Budget (including currency): $500 Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Sketchup, Cad, Adobe Suite, Video Editing, Rhino, Rendering etc. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Any tips or ideas are appreciated
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Soooo I thought I would hit off my first post in this community (long time LTT fan) with a review about the Samsung Frame TV (2020 Model). I hope you guys like it! If you not really into reading, i will link you to my review video at the bottom of the post. Oh, and if anyone is wondering: My first language is German. - HARD FACTS - The TV features 4K resolution, offers HDR and a refresh rate of 120Hz. The peak brightness is about 550 nits. The TV uses the so called QLED technology, which among other things delivers extremely low input lag. The screen comes with the Samsung one Connect Box, offers a HDMI 2.1 Port and also Freesync support. The operating system is Tizen OS. The so called NoGap-Wallmount is also included. The TV comes in following sizes: 75 inch, 65 inch, 55inch, 50inch, 43inch and 32inch. Just be aware, only the screens bigger than the 50inch model offer 120HZ, the 32 Inch Model is only 1080p. So all my following statements should be valid for the 55inch, the 65 inch as well as the 75inch model. Currently (Early January 2021) the prices are the following: 32" Model: 470€ / 600$ 43" Model: 800€ / 1000$ 50" Model: 1000€ / 1200$ 55" Model: 1100€ / 1300$ 65" Model: 1500€ / 1700$ 75" Model: 2300€ / 2800$ -Design- If you are thinking about buying a Samsung Frame TV, then you are probably doing it for the design. Well, that’s at least that what I did. I didn’t want to have a huge black box sitting on an ugly television stand. I wanted a television that blends into the living room, and doesn't stand out. The Samsung frame series offers itself for that purpose for several reasons. First off all the TVs come with the so called “nogap-wallmount”, which lets you mount the TV really close to the wall. If you have a perfectly straight wall, then the no gap claim actually delivers. The walls in my apartment are about 100 years old but still, the TV sits really flat. The second feature that lets the TV blend in better is the included one-connect box. There is just once tiny cable that needs to be connected to the TV. This small optical cable powers the TV and carries all the HDMI, USB, Audio and Network connections. By using some nice cable management its quite easy to make this cable almost invisible. If you have dry wall, it would also be easy to just route the cable inside the wall. And last but not least this television offers the so-called ART-Mode. Here the TV displays professional artworks from famous painters and photographer. You can select what kind of border you want as well for even better immersion. Furthermore, the TV adjusts the brightness regarding the brightness of the room. Just be aware, there is only a very limit selection for free available, but you can sign up for a monthly subscription. I just would suggest putting your own pictures in the art mode. Of course, thats free of charge. When everything comes together, the result, in my opinion, is really great. Especially when art mode is activated, the TV just blends way better into the living room than any other TV I have ever seen with my own eyes. You probably couldn’t fool everyone by saying that they are looking at an ordinary artwork, but I would say it comes pretty close. And having all the cables and ports packed away is a huge plus for me. You also can buy additional frames for your frame (ha!) if you want to customize it. These frames clip to the TV via magnets. -Picture Quality- Im going to be honest right from the start. You do not get the best image quality for the price. Don’t get my wrong. The Frame offers a gorgeous 4k screen. The contrast is very high, the colors a vivid but still really accurate. To precise, the contast raio is about 8000:1, which is just an awesome result. That also means that the black levels are really black, but of course far from OLED-Levels. The viewing angles are just okay. Thanks to the high brightness of about 550 nits glare is not really an issue, even if your room is quite bright. But still, for that much money, you would get a higher rated model from Samsung or other brands. You not only pay extra for the beautiful looking design, but also for the included One-Connectbox and the NoGapWallmount. For example, the TV does not offer any local dimming, so the HDR experience is by far not as good as it could be for the price. You just have to ask yourself, how much the design is worth to you. -Ports- The Samsung One Connect box offers a decent amount of ports. You get four HDMI ports, one of which is HDMI 2.1. Furthermore, it offers two USB ports, a ethernet port, digital audio out, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and a TV Tuner. The HDMI 3 Port supports the new eARC protocol. For some reason, the USB ports only offer 2.0 speeds. The HDMI 2.1 is listed as supporting 4k at 120HZ at a 10bit with a 4:4:4 chroma sub sampling. For some reason, this is still a little bit buggy in combination with the PS5 (XSX seems to work fine), as it wont work with HDR when you are trying to play a Game at 4K with 120Hz. But Samsung seems to be working on an Update. -Input Lag & Gaming- I don’t own any precise mesuarement tools to measure input lag, so im refearing to the great and detailed review of RTINGS.com. There they mention that the input lag is amazing. Its very low in Game Mode or PC Mode. Even while using a 10bit HDR signal the input lag is still very low. I played quite a lot of Rocket League on my PC, and was quite suprised how nice it felt playing on the Frame. Thanks to the low input lag, 120Hz Panel and HDMI 2.1 this TV is just awesome in terms of gaming. Doesn’t matter if you use a PC, a next gen console or even an older model. -Operating system & remote- Over the last couple of years, I got to experience a lot of different TV operating systems so far, but I have never used Tizen OS before which Samsung uses on this TV. Compared to my experiences with AndroidTV or my FireTV stick, this operating system is really snappy. After some time, I always felt that, especially AndroidTV starts to get laggy over time. So far I haven’t had any issues with this one. Its easy to use, and even people that are not tech savvy will find everything they need quite fast. TizenOS also comes with its own app store, and you will find all your typical stuff there like Netflix, Disney+, Plex and so own. Still, the store doesn’t offer the wide range of different apps as the AndroidTV store. I got all the apps I needed though, like SteamLink and also the app of my local Austrian TV broadcaster. Your mileage may vary though. So just leave a comment if you want to know if a certain app is available. The remote feels really nice. Its pleasant to use because it doesn’t have that many buttons, so you will find the right button blindly. You get your four cursor buttons with a big center button in the middle. You got a volume rocker which also functions as a mute button and an additional channel rocker. There is one dedicated button for voice commands which you can use if you into that sort of thing. There is also a dedicated Netflix, an Amazon Prime and a RakutenTV button. I could imagine that, depending on the region, these buttons could be different. Even though I like the simple design, I think that a few extra buttons would have been nice. I don’t understand that there is no dedicated fast forward / backward button. It just doesn’t feel that intuitive to do that with the cursor buttons. I also would prefer to have a menu button that always shows up the context menu in a certain situation. #Sound quality The sound quality of the build in speakers is really decent. That’s probably due to the fact that the TV is a little bit thicker than other modern TVs. It get quite loud, the highs sound clear, but of course the TV lacks in terms of bass. If you not a audiophile person, you probably are just fine with the build in speakers. But even a generic soundbar will enhance your listing experience. In my review video on YouTube there is a short audio comparision at the 8 minute mark. #Summary Design first, everything else second would be a fitting headline for this television. It’s just so obvious that Samsung but a lot of thought into designing a nice looking television It’s not just the look of the hardware but also the software. Art mode helps to blend in the television way more than I would have expected. Luckily, the picture quality also doesn’t fall short, you still get an amazing contrast ratio, the brightness levels are also impressive. The HDR experience is, compared to the price, by far not the best that you could get, but other than that I never thought that I am missing out on anything. Tizen OS is snappy, and all the apps that I need are in the store and work flawless. The OneConnectbox makes cable management so easy and tiddy. You need to decide for yourself how important design is for you and if you want to pay a little bit extra for it. If you more into watching my review in video form, there you go: If you have any questions regarding this television just hit me up and leave a comment. I hope you enjoyed this little review. I will now start browing through the forum to see if it is as crazy as the average LTT video comment section
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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
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I understand the physical process of layering photoresists on silicon substrates, shining a UV light on what you want to get rid of, and then rinse and repeat until you have a CPU die. But what I don’t understand is how engineers come up with the complicated and intricate designs of processor cores, cache, memory channels and PCIe lanes, etc. It feels like since these things are many miles long I feel like it would take a lot of space on a computer and a genius to take a glance at it and say “oh, this does that!” Whenever I look up “CPU die schematic” I only get gross oversimplifications that show blocks and lines, not all the individual logic gates and mosfets. The closest I can get to this is the Intel 4004 die schematic. Not even a Motorola 68000 schematic.
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Im thinking of going with a scheme like THIS I would LOVE all of your opinion in order to make this an aesthetically pleasing build P500A White, with a EVGA CLC 280 I currently have a cooler master centurion 534 and an asetek 570LC My plan is this, Getting a P500A White, A CLC 280 and THESE cables To complement my Gigabyte X99 SOC Champion motherboard that is primarily black+orange Current PC I7-5820K GIGABYTE X99 SOC Champion GTX 980TI FE 860 Evo 1 TB Asetek 570LC 120M AIO 32GB of Crucial Ballistix 3200Mghz CL 16 ram
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Hi Everyone, I need everyone's help and that is only when you can. So lately I have been looking for ways to build my own workstation. For my personal workstation for my line of work it needs to be one that's capable of 3D modeling and render so I'm able to make props, armor, statues of comic book characters or for board games, work on my diorama of the fictional towns/country I'm building. While at the same time I need it will allow me to do some graphic design, adobe illustrator, and other stuff for scenery backgrounds for either theatre and possibly film production. I'd also like my workstation to give me the opportunity to draft, edit video, photos, audio and music. I'd also like to be able to sync up my devices with my workstation, play video games and video chatting with friends and coworkers, and some other stuff. Any help will be greatly appreciated. The list below are some of the software I'll be using. Microsoft Home & Business, Armorsmith Designer, AutoCAD, Autodesk Fusion 360, Adobe After Aftects, Adobe Audition, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier Pro, AutoREALM, Blender, Celtx, Cue Player Premium, ETC Lighting, GNU Image Manipulation Program, Inkspace, OBS Studio, OptiTrack, Pepakura Designer 4, Pro Tools, SFX, Show Cue System, SketchUP, Skype/Zoom, VenueMagic, Vectorworks, vRigger, and Zbrush. Please feel free to contact me as soon as you can. There is absolutely no rush. Thanks PS I know it's a lot of software but for my line of work they will help me.
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With the justifications/excuses for building a computer with a custom water cooling loop out of the way, I move on to the design of the computer in this entry. For this first water cooling computer build, as with all my previous personal builds, it needs to be built of components to be low maintenance and last at least 5 years. To achieve that enthusiast components are to be used, namely an x99 motherboard, lga 2011-v3 CPU, and a GTX 900 series graphics card. The exact components were selected based on their relative performance per dollar and my overall budget. Another key part is honestly the looks. As with interior decorating (laugh if you want), I decided to search out the current computer parts available and see if there was a well designed inspiration piece to base the computers color scheme upon. Good inspiration pieces I have seen are motherboards and cases. This time around, I came across the ASUS X99 ATX motherboard. I was particularly drawn to the black/white design with chrome/blue accents on the heat sinks. Choosing components that fit the style of the motherboard helped keep a cohesive color scheme. These particular colors are also rather common, so finding matching components was relatively easy. The final computer component selection: Case: NZXT H440, white MB: ASUS X99-A CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K, 6-core 3.3GHz GFX: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 (reference) RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 4x4GB DDR4 2666 SSD: Intel 730 Series 480GB PSU: Corsair HX750i Full Modular (complete overkill...) Many of the above internal components changed as I settled on the type of cooling in the system. Air At first this was not intended to be a water cooling build. My first intention was to air cooling everything, but I wasn't satisfied with the decibel levels of some of the heat sink fans. Additionally, air cooling wouldn't look like anything special through the case side panel. Hybrid In my second attempt at silent cooling I decided to try and throw in an AIO cpu cooler along with the EVGA GTX 980 hybrid cooling card. But again I wasn't satisfied that the AIO would have a double 120mm radiator and the graphics radiator would only have a single, even though the graphics card can actually produce more heat than the cpu under load. Also, this would likely end up looking like a mess with two different water cooling tubes running through the case. Water Finally, I scrapped both of those ideas and decided to finally build that water cooling loop I had always wanted. I know it will not be cheap or easy, but I have the opportunity and the time to make it happen. This also allowed for some of the blue accents to be incorporated back into the systems aesthetic design, which would have otherwise only been brought out by a few blue/white custom cables. The decision to go with a custom water cooling loop came with more hurdles than I first through. A quick google image search comes up with a long list of functional water cooling loops, but I personally only find a small percent that I like. To me, a computer interior dominated by flexing gigantic colored tubes does not look good. It does not reflect the refined yet powerful system components hiding under the uncontrolled mess of tubes. Many may disagree, but this is just my opinion. I want people who have no interest in computers at all to find this design attractive. So finally, I focused on hardline tubing for my first custom water cooling system. I have heard from many sources this is a bad idea for a first time custom loop. I just see no other alternatives that will satisfy what I want to create. This could get interesting... The selection of fittings and specific tubes was of major concern for the look of this computer. From an engineering and design perspective, I found the Monsoon cooling fittings and clear PETG tubes attractive in many ways. First, the quality of the O-ring seals between the tubes and the water cooling components look second to none. Second, the color choices can tailored to most designs. Tube lights can also be integrated directly into the fittings if the look is desired. For the water blocks I looked for something clean that would match the color scheme of the build. EKWB nickel plated water blocks for the X99 CPU and the GTX 970 fit the bill. The nickel should look very similar to the chrome accents, while the black plates should fit right in. The long list of water cooling components: CPU WB: EK-Supremacy EVO X99 - Nickel (NEW!!!) GPU WB: EK-FC970 GTX - Nickel GPU BP: EK Backplate - Black Pump: EK-DCP 4.0 PWM (completely overpowered, but PWM = low noise options) RES: EK-DCP 4.0 XRES RAD: Swiftech MCR320 Quiet Power Res - Black 3x Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition High SP Fan (for the RAD) 5x Monsoon Light Port 90 Rotary Angle Fitting 5/8" - Chrome 2x Monsoon Free Center Compression Fittings 1/2" x 5/8" 6-pack - Blue Monsoon PETG Hardline Tube 1/2" x 5/8" 4-pack Monsoon Hardline UV Cure Adhesive for Acrylic Monsoon Hardline Bender Kit 1/2" x 5/8" (for first time build) 4x Monsoon G 1/4 Plug - Chrome 6x Monsoon G 1/4 Plug - Blue PrimoChill ICE Fluid - Clear Custom cabling will be done using CableMod ModFlex cables. This should bring a little more blue accent color into the system. The individual wires have been purchased and will be used to make blue/white patterned cables. Making the cables myself also means a much reduced cost, as I only need to buy cable components for the cables that I know will be seen through the side window of the case. I highly recommend making customized cables based on price alone, but I haven't done this before either... Custom cable connectors and wires: 2x 24-pin ATX Connector Black 2x 8-pin EPS Connector Black 4x 6-pin PCI-e Connector Black 8x 16" Sleeved Wire White 4x 16" Sleeved Wire Blue 16x 24" Sleeved Wire White 16x 24" Sleeved Wire Blue Variety of CableMod clear combs Over all this is a very new build with many unknowns even as an experienced computer builder. The inside will hopefully end up attractive, with an understated but noticable water cooling system and blue and chrome accents being echoed by every major component. All the unknowns could make for interesting reads in later entries...
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