The Boxx

[CDR_Xavier]

(inaudible speech)

Ok. This is obviously not the original Boxx config. Original one is a dual-771-xeon eATX with a quite-pathetic Quaddro FX 380, with 4x2GB of FBDDR2.

 

It's a W480, with i5-10600K (upgrading to i7-11700K), with 32GB of Samsung 3200 (vengence is getting swapped out)

 

(don't worry about that hanging 860evo-on-a-sata-adapter; that's just temporary).

 

The power supply have tendency to overheat a particular inductor, because Seasonic really don't want to spin the fan. So I pointed the cooler at it. The fan is pulling through cooler and exhaust to the supply.

 

It's almost impossible to ignore the 2x RX470, but between the two cards is a quad m.2 PCIe card from Linkreal.

With four 512GB SSD from LiteOn, BiWin, Samsung (OEM) and ... WD SN730.

 

A Killer 1535 WiFi card (replaced TP-Link's 7265), and another (singular) m.2 adapter. The boot SSD is in 1x slot (considering getting a x4 adapter), 256GB Samsung (OEM).

 

Underneath the upper GPU is 32GB of Optane. It used to be used as a glorified USB stick, but I figured it will be more useful acting as a pagefile drive.

 

Flip around the back and you have the world's most pathetic HDD array (5x SMR 2TB). The 750GB is just temporary.

 

The front include nothing surprising but some very powerful intakes (replaced; original ones are much weaker Deltas)

The intake have filters, I removed it for picture purposes. Need to finish making 3D printed filter cover.

Those feet are 3D printed as well. It did not come with any.

Threw in a PCI Serial port cover because the board come with two. Might be useful in the near future. Also pretty identifiable wire-secured exhaust/overheat fans.

 

Side panels are solid aliminum, about same thickness as chassis.

[AAVVIronAlex]

Nice build.

[bal7]

very cool build tbh

[CDR_Xavier]

Found the original front cover for this. Looks pretty sweet actually.

Of course I washed the filter. Don't worry.

Ah yes. Random harddrive, SSD, and 3.5 inch adapters on top. But I have a hot swap after all. It's sort of equivalent to opticals.

[CDR_Xavier]

It's my birthday this friday, and I decided to treat myself to a brand new VGA.

 

Ooh what is it?

 

Well I think you definitely see this coming.

 

 

 

 

And I finally ditched the 12 year old Seasonic with overheating PFC for the 1000W from my friend. Oh. And spent like $25 on drive sleds. And found some longer cables for nicer runs.

I unplugged the one, because a spare spinning as the rest of them might not be a spare anymore. Depend on your definition.

[chips.]

Seeing those types of Computers brings me back so much nostalgia.

I love how cool old pcs looked back in the days. I like how the case is old but inside it's all modern stuff.

 

Why do people hate DVDs? they were so cool, and you didn't have to worry about not having internet. I mean now we have SDs but Some PC cases just don't support them or smh

 

lel

[CDR_Xavier]

On 8/4/2024 at 7:49 AM, ChipsTHING101 said:

Why do people hate DVDs?

Most people don't really find it useful .. at all.

I don't find it super useful either, mostly for dumping random stuff I find and having maybe a linux or two for boot.

 

Yeah no, old PC cases are like, totally sick.

 

I mean most of Fractal Design's stuff is pretty cool as well, but there's so much ... "junk" inside the case. Why do you need to isolate power supply, for instance. Cable management trays I sort of get it, but why make it so gigantic. And you put drives in the back, where they can suffocate nicely from the lack of cooling air.