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Cool, now I can see how shitty my cable management is behind my TV.

ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR for a 1080p 60Hz screen and, wait for it, PLASTIC phone
 
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Not even Apple can reach this level of dickhead at cost cutting

FCF - Fused Chicken Fabrication? So if we apply the RepRap principles are we making more 3D chicken printers using 3D printed chicken parts? 🤣 I realize it's imitation meat but extruding a meat-like substance just sounds a bit off to me, unless you're making sausage. 

FCF - Fused Chicken Fabrication? So if we apply the RepRap principles are we making more 3D chicken printers using 3D printed chicken parts? 🤣 I realize it's imitation meat but extruding a meat-like substance just sounds a bit off to me, unless you're making sausage. 

Replaces the old BENQ with a shiny new Alienware panel. @KONA decides to prop the old panel on its side against the wall with the stand hanging off the side. I'm not mad but a desk mounted stand could get you sorted out 🤪. 
 
 
Zando, you can always pop off your second VESA arm until you get a panel sorted out. I'm assuming it would be a smaller panel mounted horizontally? That's what I did with my old 22 inch. It's a TN but I have it at enough of an angle that it looks just fine.
 
 

The fact that he cleaned up his neck tells me he's thinking about keeping the beard awhile. Personally, I'm cool with Linus looking a little less like a cute lesbian moving forward.  

You probably misunderstood what kind of pics we want in this thread. Like actual pictures of your battlestation, office, mancave, LAN center or what you might have.

I modified a Lian Li PC Q37 ITX box to fit my mATX threadripper system yesterday.
Still not 100% satisfied with the loop tho. 
Here's the before:

Here's the after:

 
Still a work in progress. I'm waiting on the second RTX 2080 and some more M.2 disks.

This looks really clean, love it!

My essentially 2017-era PC:

Intel i7 7700k @ 5.1GHz
AMD Vega 64 Limited Edition
16GB Corsair Dominator 2666MHz (3000MHz OC)
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB SATA SSD
Western Digital Red 2TB 5400 HDD
Gigabyte Z270MX Gaming 5
EVGA 650B3 Semi-Modular PSU
Corsair H115i Pro
3x Corsair ML140 Fans
2x Phanteks 140mm Fans
Phanteks EVOLV mATX TG Case
eBay Cable Extensions and vGPU kit
 

Alienware AW3420DW 34" 3440x1440p UWQHD Monitor
 
Alienware AW510K Mechanical Keyboard (Cherry MX Red Switches)
 
Razer Deathadder mouse
 
Custom full desk mouse mat.
 
Desktop will be coming next week.

Do you like Razer?

Here is my setup from signature. I had this old 32” 720p tv with damaged speakers laying around and used some "engineering" to install it as my second monitor. Removed the plastic frame and screw it in a shelf support bracket to create the angle, covering the metal with electrical tape… it can fool you by looking like a slim tv from far away and works very well (haha)
 
Also went ahead and installed a shelf just for the case, that way I have more space and its more secure up there (avoid spilling drinks etc). Same for the edifier speakers, and I gotta say, the audio quality improved by a lot in doing that.
 



 

Just finished construction and cable management, so I'm proud to show off my battlestation.
 
Ryzen 9 3900X
16GB DDR4 3GHz (I know it's much slower than is recommended, I wasn't paying attention when I ordered it)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Super Ventus 8G
ASUS X570 TUF Gaming Pro (Wi-Fi)
500GB Samsung 960 EVO M.2 SSD
1TB Samsung 860 EVO eSATA SSD
850W EVGA Power Supply
 
All built into a Corsair 220T RGB Airflow tower.
 

I decided to build my own.  I’d always thought vintage stereo cabinets were nice pieces of furniture, so I decided to buy a second hand one and see if I could retrofit it into a computer.  AMD Ryzen 3700, 64 Gb, Radeon RX 5700 XT.

 
Here are a few fun things I learned from this project:
You can repair wood veneer with superglue.  Who knew? Wireless charging goes thru wood (as long as it’s thin enough). Birch is a pain to stain evenly. Paper bag material is kinda like 2000 grit sandpaper… kinda. I could listen to this guy talk about restoring furniture for hours on end. Watercooling the X570 chipset is a must for silent operation. You can polish polyurethane to a shine with buffing pads and car polish. Watercooling looks amazing but is totally not worth it otherwise. Corsair’s RGB lighting system uses proprietary connectors.  I hate proprietary connectors.. My patience has limits The end result has a ton of minor flaws, is totally overkill for me and I love it.
This thing is so impracticable, how could you not love it?
 
 

 
P.S.  Originally from my blog post is here: http://jonrayner.com/2020/04/22/the-impracticable/ 

My Setup:
Case: Corsair Crystal series 680x imcl LL140 Fans and Commander Pro unit
CPU: Ryzen9 3950x
MB: ASRock X570 AQUA
RAM 64 GB 3600 MHz HYPERX 
PSU: EVGA 850W Titanium
Storage: 2x 1TB nvme M.2 ssd Samsung evo 970PRO + 5TB HDD
VGA: GAINWARD PHOENIX GS RTX2080Ti
LCD: Alienware AW3418HW
Keyboard: OZONE Strike Battle spectra (CHERRY Brown SW)
Mouse: Alienware AW959
VR: HTC Vive

Two pictures of my rig after the overhaul performed to my Define R6 during the last weekend.
 
Full thread (with video!)
https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1177406-define-r6-the-overhaul/
 

 

cpu-Ryzen 3900x 
motherboard-gigabyte aurous master X570
 
gpu-rtx 2080 Gigabyte aurous 
drives- 2 Corsair mp 600 gen4 m.2 1tb
            3 barracuda 8tb 
            1 barracuda 4tb
ram-32gb g.skill trident z 3600
Os-win 10
case-Thermaltake something or other I forget 
powersupply Vega 1000w 
cpu is closed loop cooled, GPU is air
 
 

Replaces the old BENQ with a shiny new Alienware panel. @KONA decides to prop the old panel on its side against the wall with the stand hanging off the side. I'm not mad but a desk mounted stand could get you sorted out 🤪. 
 
 
Zando, you can always pop off your second VESA arm until you get a panel sorted out. I'm assuming it would be a smaller panel mounted horizontally? That's what I did with my old 22 inch. It's a TN but I have it at enough of an angle that it looks just fine.
 
 

My takeaways from this video:
 
Linus looks better with a beard Linus needs to do some cable management Linus can get the aforementioned cable management supplies at LTTstore.com

I bought an 500GB SSD, however

 

Did you do a memtest?
 
 

Makes him look more rugged, like a Fiat panda with black plastic bumpers, I dig it.