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Looking to get myself a test bench. Are there any that are commonly recommended? In terms of cost I'd prefer to get one around $150USD but I might be willing to go for a higher cost one if it's really amazing.

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4 minutes ago, alenbasic said:

Looking to get myself a test bench. Are there any that are commonly recommended? In terms of cost I'd prefer to get one around $150USD but I might be willing to go for a higher cost one if it's really amazing.

I built one out of wood, and honestly ,its fantastic! 

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Cheap. Easy. Non-conductive. Totally customized. It’s fantastic. 

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Rig: i7 13700k - - Asus Z790-P Wifi - - RTX 4080 - - 4x16GB 6000MHz - - Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Boot + Main Programs - - Assorted SATA SSD's for Photo Work - - Corsair RM850x - - Sound BlasterX EA-5 - - Corsair XC8 JTC Edition - - Corsair GPU Full Cover GPU Block - - XT45 X-Flow 420 + UT60 280 rads - - EK XRES RGB PWM - - Fractal Define S2 - - Acer Predator X34 -- Logitech G502 - - Logitech G710+ - - Logitech Z5500 - - LTT Deskpad

 

Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Lyr 3 - - Fostex TR-X00 - - Sennheiser HD 6xx

 

Homelab/ Media Server: Proxmox VE host - - 512 NVMe Samsung 980 RAID Z1 for VM's/Proxmox boot - - Xeon e5 2660 V4- - Supermicro X10SRF-i - - 128 GB ECC 2133 - - 10x4 TB WD Red RAID Z2 - - Corsair 750D - - Corsair RM650i - - Dell H310 6Gbps SAS HBA - - Intel RES2SC240 SAS Expander - - TreuNAS + many other VM’s

 

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6 minutes ago, LIGISTX said:

I built one out of wood, and honestly ,its fantastic! 

Looks pretty cool, mate. Got some more pics of it from different angles?

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One of the most common is the Praxis Wetbench. 

 

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there is also the thermaltake core p series, which can be used in a testbench-like mode. here is for example a filled up core p5

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GN did a review here of the p3:

 

I know Lian Li has a couple ones as well, but i'm not sure about the quality of them

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I'm considering buying Lian Li PC-T60A - much easier to swap components and the system would be cooler than in almost any case....

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On 3/4/2020 at 10:31 PM, alenbasic said:

                 

Looks pretty cool, mate. Got some more pics of it from different angles?

Its now just a test bench, sorta gave up on the "retro gaming PC" idea. I rebuilt that i7 920 system in the pix in my Antec P180 case from forever ago, and got an erra correct PSU and my original RAID 0 VelociRaptor drives for it as well. So, the pic I sent a few days ago is how I use that case now, super convenient little test bench setup.

 

Pic is a link to my Flickr, has a handful of pix on there.

 

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Rig: i7 13700k - - Asus Z790-P Wifi - - RTX 4080 - - 4x16GB 6000MHz - - Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Boot + Main Programs - - Assorted SATA SSD's for Photo Work - - Corsair RM850x - - Sound BlasterX EA-5 - - Corsair XC8 JTC Edition - - Corsair GPU Full Cover GPU Block - - XT45 X-Flow 420 + UT60 280 rads - - EK XRES RGB PWM - - Fractal Define S2 - - Acer Predator X34 -- Logitech G502 - - Logitech G710+ - - Logitech Z5500 - - LTT Deskpad

 

Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Lyr 3 - - Fostex TR-X00 - - Sennheiser HD 6xx

 

Homelab/ Media Server: Proxmox VE host - - 512 NVMe Samsung 980 RAID Z1 for VM's/Proxmox boot - - Xeon e5 2660 V4- - Supermicro X10SRF-i - - 128 GB ECC 2133 - - 10x4 TB WD Red RAID Z2 - - Corsair 750D - - Corsair RM650i - - Dell H310 6Gbps SAS HBA - - Intel RES2SC240 SAS Expander - - TreuNAS + many other VM’s

 

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On 3/7/2020 at 6:16 AM, LIGISTX said:

Its now just a test bench, sorta gave up on the "retro gaming PC" idea. I rebuilt that i7 920 system in the pix in my Antec P180 case from forever ago, and got an erra correct PSU and my original RAID 0 VelociRaptor drives for it as well. So, the pic I sent a few days ago is how I use that case now, super convenient little test bench setup.

 

You inspired me to give it a crack myself. Just need to get some motherboard mounting screws, and a couple of brackets to hold the PSU and stuff in and it'll basically be done. I'll also add a power switch to it to save me having to short the mobo on each time but overall pretty straight forward.

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9 hours ago, alenbasic said:

You inspired me to give it a crack myself. Just need to get some motherboard mounting screws, and a couple of brackets to hold the PSU and stuff in and it'll basically be done. I'll also add a power switch to it to save me having to short the mobo on each time but overall pretty straight forward.

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Love it! What I do for mobo shorting, its pretty ghetto but sorta "fits the theme", I just took an old broken PC power button, cut the actual button part off so your left with the mobo header and two exposed leads. I have full ATX mounting holes via T-nuts in the top piece where to mobo goes so I can use real brass standoffs that a normal case would use. I run one of the power leads into the T-nut threaded section, screw a standoff down onto it and then to turn the PC on I just take the other lead and touch it against that standoff. Simple and IMO elegant, at least its elegant as far as a wood PC goes. haha. You could even do something like tape the lead to one side of a hdd/ssd/cddrive and touch the other lead against that, just trying to close a circuit. Get creative with it! 

Rig: i7 13700k - - Asus Z790-P Wifi - - RTX 4080 - - 4x16GB 6000MHz - - Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Boot + Main Programs - - Assorted SATA SSD's for Photo Work - - Corsair RM850x - - Sound BlasterX EA-5 - - Corsair XC8 JTC Edition - - Corsair GPU Full Cover GPU Block - - XT45 X-Flow 420 + UT60 280 rads - - EK XRES RGB PWM - - Fractal Define S2 - - Acer Predator X34 -- Logitech G502 - - Logitech G710+ - - Logitech Z5500 - - LTT Deskpad

 

Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Lyr 3 - - Fostex TR-X00 - - Sennheiser HD 6xx

 

Homelab/ Media Server: Proxmox VE host - - 512 NVMe Samsung 980 RAID Z1 for VM's/Proxmox boot - - Xeon e5 2660 V4- - Supermicro X10SRF-i - - 128 GB ECC 2133 - - 10x4 TB WD Red RAID Z2 - - Corsair 750D - - Corsair RM650i - - Dell H310 6Gbps SAS HBA - - Intel RES2SC240 SAS Expander - - TreuNAS + many other VM’s

 

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On 3/9/2020 at 4:57 AM, LIGISTX said:

Love it! What I do for mobo shorting, its pretty ghetto but sorta "fits the theme", I just took an old broken PC power button, cut the actual button part off so your left with the mobo header and two exposed leads. I have full ATX mounting holes via T-nuts in the top piece where to mobo goes so I can use real brass standoffs that a normal case would use. I run one of the power leads into the T-nut threaded section, screw a standoff down onto it and then to turn the PC on I just take the other lead and touch it against that standoff. Simple and IMO elegant, at least its elegant as far as a wood PC goes. haha. You could even do something like tape the lead to one side of a hdd/ssd/cddrive and touch the other lead against that, just trying to close a circuit. Get creative with it! 

Here's the somewhat finished testbench. I used a cherry mx switch connected to some breadboard jumper cables for the power button but you probably can't see it in this pic.

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1 hour ago, alenbasic said:

 

Here's the somewhat finished testbench. I used a cherry mx switch connected to some breadboard jumper cables for the power button but you probably can't see it in this pic.

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Love it! Love the cherry switch button, thats dope!

Rig: i7 13700k - - Asus Z790-P Wifi - - RTX 4080 - - 4x16GB 6000MHz - - Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Boot + Main Programs - - Assorted SATA SSD's for Photo Work - - Corsair RM850x - - Sound BlasterX EA-5 - - Corsair XC8 JTC Edition - - Corsair GPU Full Cover GPU Block - - XT45 X-Flow 420 + UT60 280 rads - - EK XRES RGB PWM - - Fractal Define S2 - - Acer Predator X34 -- Logitech G502 - - Logitech G710+ - - Logitech Z5500 - - LTT Deskpad

 

Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Lyr 3 - - Fostex TR-X00 - - Sennheiser HD 6xx

 

Homelab/ Media Server: Proxmox VE host - - 512 NVMe Samsung 980 RAID Z1 for VM's/Proxmox boot - - Xeon e5 2660 V4- - Supermicro X10SRF-i - - 128 GB ECC 2133 - - 10x4 TB WD Red RAID Z2 - - Corsair 750D - - Corsair RM650i - - Dell H310 6Gbps SAS HBA - - Intel RES2SC240 SAS Expander - - TreuNAS + many other VM’s

 

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5 hours ago, LIGISTX said:

Love it! Love the cherry switch button, thats dope!

Yeah, when I found out that keyboard switches are momentary like computer power buttons it just seemed like a great fit especially as I had a few of these laying around. Here's a better photo of the cherry switch + breadboard jumper cable combo (ignore the terrible soldering job).

 

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11 hours ago, alenbasic said:

Yeah, when I found out that keyboard switches are momentary like computer power buttons it just seemed like a great fit especially as I had a few of these laying around. Here's a better photo of the cherry switch + breadboard jumper cable combo (ignore the terrible soldering job).

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This is actually brilliant. WTF

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10 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

This is actually brilliant. WTF

Thanks mate, appreciate it :)Credit goes to @LIGISTX though for inspiring me to give it a crack.

 

EDIT: In case you're wondering (since it's probably hard to see the real color) that's a blue switch too :P

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