What Are You Doing Right Now
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@MattSpeller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr Not familiar with Fractal Design
If you have unlimited money:
http://www.lian-li.com/en/products/#all/1/grid
specifically:
http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-k6/
http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-b12/For more budget friendly options:
http://www.corsair.com/en-ca/carbide-series-clear-400c-compact-mid-tower-case
200c and 750d also quite nice for the moneyThe Corsair looks interesting, but I don't want to spend more than EUR 70-80 maybe.
There won't be much inside: PSU, GPU (Radion Rx 480, ~25cm long), be quiet Pure Rock CPU cooler (Height: 155mm). Storage will be a M2 SSD, maybe 2 or 3 additional spindles, ATX mainboard.
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@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I was dead sure that I still have a Chieftec DA-01 somewhere, but I can't find it.
So I'm looking for a new case now. Saw a post from @moka here at ML mentioning Fractal Design, they look pretty great. I don't need anything that looks like a Predator or Transformer. But I also really hate cases where you may loose two or three fingers just from looking at them.
Any thoughts about the Fractal Design Define S?
http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-sI've built two builds with Fractal Design cases. They always come out clean. Lots of options for cable management too.
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@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I was dead sure that I still have a Chieftec DA-01 somewhere, but I can't find it.
So I'm looking for a new case now. Saw a post from @moka here at ML mentioning Fractal Design, they look pretty great. I don't need anything that looks like a Predator or Transformer. But I also really hate cases where you may loose two or three fingers just from looking at them.
Any thoughts about the Fractal Design Define S?
http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-sI've built two builds with Fractal Design cases. They always come out clean. Lots of options for cable management too.
Here's a review video (in German). I'm afraid that case would be mostly empty, would look a bit odd
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@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I was dead sure that I still have a Chieftec DA-01 somewhere, but I can't find it.
So I'm looking for a new case now. Saw a post from @moka here at ML mentioning Fractal Design, they look pretty great. I don't need anything that looks like a Predator or Transformer. But I also really hate cases where you may loose two or three fingers just from looking at them.
Any thoughts about the Fractal Design Define S?
http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-sI've built two builds with Fractal Design cases. They always come out clean. Lots of options for cable management too.
Here's a review video (in German). I'm afraid that case would be mostly empty, would look a bit odd
http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-nano-s
I like their ITX case. I used that for a friend in the past.
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@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I was dead sure that I still have a Chieftec DA-01 somewhere, but I can't find it.
So I'm looking for a new case now. Saw a post from @moka here at ML mentioning Fractal Design, they look pretty great. I don't need anything that looks like a Predator or Transformer. But I also really hate cases where you may loose two or three fingers just from looking at them.
Any thoughts about the Fractal Design Define S?
http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-sI've built two builds with Fractal Design cases. They always come out clean. Lots of options for cable management too.
Here's a review video (in German). I'm afraid that case would be mostly empty, would look a bit odd
http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/cases/define-series/define-nano-s
I like their ITX case. I used that for a friend in the past.
hehe, yes, but I've already ordered the board, standard ATX.
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@coliver I've built a couple systems with NZXT cases now, and really really like them. They're large, but the internal space is amazing to have compared to the cases I've used in the past.
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@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver I've built a couple systems with NZXT cases now, and really really like them. They're large, but the internal space is amazing to have compared to the cases I've used in the past.
What about the quality? Thin metal? Sharp corners?
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@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver I've built a couple systems with NZXT cases now, and really really like them. They're large, but the internal space is amazing to have compared to the cases I've used in the past.
What about the quality? Thin metal? Sharp corners?
Rolled edges or edges deburred all the way around, no splinters or cut fingers. Metal is a little thin for the size of the cases I've worked with, but they also almost always have thick plexiglass windows on one side of the case, and the opposite side of the case is sturdy. The interiors have always been painted (their mid-range generally), and even with the side panels off are solidly built. No bending from exerting a little to much force. I really like the additional internal fan mount to provide better airflow across the graphics card(s) and top of the power supply as well.
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Right now,... Picking my jaw up off the floor.... I am ....wow.
Running WSPR again this evening and the 20m band conditions are unreal.
2016-11-01 23:08 mycall 14.097006 -29 -3 EM77ur 5 DP0GVN IB59uh 13448km 158
That is 13,448km on just 5watts. And better still is that I smashed the coax Sunday by accident.
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Drinking at Touche.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Drinking at Touche.
someone buy JB a shot of Fireball for me
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Drinking at Touche.
someone buy JB a shot of Fireball for me
Hahah. No fireballs for me. Heading back to the hotel for the night.
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@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver I've built a couple systems with NZXT cases now, and really really like them. They're large, but the internal space is amazing to have compared to the cases I've used in the past.
What about the quality? Thin metal? Sharp corners?
Rolled edges or edges deburred all the way around, no splinters or cut fingers. Metal is a little thin for the size of the cases I've worked with, but they also almost always have thick plexiglass windows on one side of the case, and the opposite side of the case is sturdy. The interiors have always been painted (their mid-range generally), and even with the side panels off are solidly built. No bending from exerting a little to much force. I really like the additional internal fan mount to provide better airflow across the graphics card(s) and top of the power supply as well.
Thanks, but I've got really enough "Windows" running on the machine, don't need any in my case
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@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver I've built a couple systems with NZXT cases now, and really really like them. They're large, but the internal space is amazing to have compared to the cases I've used in the past.
What about the quality? Thin metal? Sharp corners?
Rolled edges or edges deburred all the way around, no splinters or cut fingers. Metal is a little thin for the size of the cases I've worked with, but they also almost always have thick plexiglass windows on one side of the case, and the opposite side of the case is sturdy. The interiors have always been painted (their mid-range generally), and even with the side panels off are solidly built. No bending from exerting a little to much force. I really like the additional internal fan mount to provide better airflow across the graphics card(s) and top of the power supply as well.
Thanks, but I've got really enough "Windows" running on the machine, don't need any in my case
Would prefer sound dampening foam instead.lol. I see what you did there
I guess it gets a bit cold there to use liquid cooling.
The foam would just cook it
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@nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@thwr said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver I've built a couple systems with NZXT cases now, and really really like them. They're large, but the internal space is amazing to have compared to the cases I've used in the past.
What about the quality? Thin metal? Sharp corners?
Rolled edges or edges deburred all the way around, no splinters or cut fingers. Metal is a little thin for the size of the cases I've worked with, but they also almost always have thick plexiglass windows on one side of the case, and the opposite side of the case is sturdy. The interiors have always been painted (their mid-range generally), and even with the side panels off are solidly built. No bending from exerting a little to much force. I really like the additional internal fan mount to provide better airflow across the graphics card(s) and top of the power supply as well.
Thanks, but I've got really enough "Windows" running on the machine, don't need any in my case
Would prefer sound dampening foam instead.lol. I see what you did there
I guess it gets a bit cold there to use liquid cooling.
The foam would just cook it Silent fans?Erm, I live in Germany, not in Siberia
My current PC uses a self-build watercooled system (with a quality ceramic pump from my former aquarium and a Tupperware bottle as a coolant expansion reservoir). I guess I got a little experience here. But I don't see any benefit for the new system in going watercooled.
So yes, would use ultra silent Papst fans (industrial quality).
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Just got back to the hotel. Closed down Touche with @rob.
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@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver I've built a couple systems with NZXT cases now, and really really like them. They're large, but the internal space is amazing to have compared to the cases I've used in the past.
I'll have to try them again. Last time I built with them the quality was very poor. Metal was too thin and many of the threaded holes were in the wrong spot by a cm or more. Makes it hard to line up components. For cheap cases I've been doing a lot of Rosewill. Cheap but the quality is good enough for what they are.
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Sigh.....10 x 2TB
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@Texkonc said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Sigh.....10 x 2TB
Problems? Or do you now have to wait on a rebuild?
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Work - and I"m not liking it...
