Planning A New Build in late January.

hdmi · Feb 29, 2024

kelper said:
@Lance1

Eee, I wish you'd get on with this project! It will be March tomorrow!

So? It will still be finished by the end of Maruary... just like the thread title says.

cereberus · Feb 29, 2024

kelper said:
@Lance1

Eee, I wish you'd get on with this project! It will be March tomorrow!

And he got an extra day's grace!

Scannerman · Feb 29, 2024

cereberus said:
And he got an extra day's grace!

Probably still waiting for that 4090Ti to come in, or, explaining the mysterious hike in this month's credit card bill to the missuz.

Scannerman · Mar 1, 2024

Part of me is wishing this build belonged to me.

Lance1 · Mar 12, 2024

Yes, I am waiting for parts. I have my WD Blue SN580 2 TB which I'm not installing till my Fractal Design Flex 2 PCIe 4.0 x16 Black Vertical GPU Riser arrives. It says it'll be here on the 18th. So I'll do a pic by Pic install of both the NVME and the GPU Riser but not a video. I have not abandoned his post just to let you know..

Scannerman · Mar 13, 2024

Lance1 said:
Yes, I am waiting for parts. I have my WD Blue SN580 2 TB which I'm not installing till my Fractal Design Flex 2 PCIe 4.0 x16 Black Vertical GPU Riser arrives. It says it'll be here on the 18th. So I'll do a pic by Pic install of both the NVME and the GPU Riser but not a video. I have not abandoned his post just to let you know..

I look forward to watching this work in progress. The picture of the Tomahawk with the Noctua and the 4TB Crucial NVMe is not for me. That one is for a friend who lives about an hour outside of town. (This old guy is still fighting with TPM keys lol.) :::sigh::: Your build is looking awesome, Lance. By all means, keep us posted.

Lance1 · Mar 18, 2024

I thought my GPU Riser would be here by now... No such Luck! Coming from the UK so go figure.

Lance1 · Mar 23, 2024

Putting a GPU vertical riser kit together was pretty boring. And installing a NVME is the same. But I did a quick video of the finished install and a pic. But I have a surprise I'll post later. So Stay Tuned.

Scannerman · Mar 23, 2024

Looking good! :) A 90° elbow on that power plug might help to 'spiff' it up a bit but it already looks great. Very tidy.

Lance1 · Mar 23, 2024

Scannerman said:
Looking good! :) A 90° elbow on that power plug might help to 'spiff' it up a bit but it already looks great. Very tidy.

Thanks I try to keep it as clean as I can. So... My Surprise... What do you think It'll be? This goes for everyone watching this post.

Scannerman · Mar 23, 2024

Lance1 said:
Thanks I try to keep it as clean as I can. So... My Surprise... What do you think It'll be? This goes for everyone watching this post.

Hmmm... You're going to give it to your old pal, Scannerman for a birthday present?

If you don't want any lights or glitz on the connectors they tend to cost more.

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But I own this one and although it looks on the janky side in the pic it really looks decent in the case.

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The LEDs are soo tiny and not invasive in the least. When your system is shut down the green light stays on indicating power to the board. I've had it for years and it hasn't failed me in the least.

I'm also thinking there's probably a better way to tuck that black SATA cable given the way you have your drives hidden already.

Lance1 · Mar 24, 2024

Scannerman said:
Hmmm... You're going to give it to your old pal, Scannerman for a birthday present?

If you don't want any lights or glitz on the connectors they tend to cost more.

Amazon.ca

But I own this one and although it looks on the janky side in the pic it really looks decent in the case.

Amazon.ca

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The LEDs are soo tiny and not invasive in the least. When your system is shut down the green light stays on indicating power to the board. I've had it for years and it hasn't failed me in the least.

I'm also thinking there's probably a better way to tuck that black SATA cable given the way you have your drives hidden already.

I like that 24 pin idea. I just might order one. Sorry Buddy... My rig and me are joined at the hip. OK I'll tell you. I have a
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 On it way to me. It'll be here next week.

Lance1 · Mar 24, 2024

I ran across this free software simply called FanControl Watch the video from JayzTwoCents and I bet you'll go to GitHub and download it.

Scannerman · Mar 24, 2024

Lance1 said:
I like that 24 pin idea. I just might order one. Sorry Buddy... My rig and me are joined at the hip. OK I'll tell you. I have a
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4060 On it way to me. It'll be here next week.

What?? Not a 4090??

Aaaw c'mon, even a 4070 is a step up. That's like buying a 1060 instead of a 1080Ti back in the day.

Scannerman · Mar 24, 2024

Lance1 said:
I ran across this free software simply called FanControl Watch the video from JayzTwoCents and I bet you'll go to GitHub and download it.

Yeah, I already did it months ago. Sadly, it doesn't seem work on all fans on older platforms such as the GIGABYTE Z68 system I built.

Lance1 · Mar 24, 2024

Scannerman said:
What?? Not a 4090?? Aaaw c'mon, even a 4070 is a step up. That's like buying a 1060 instead of a 1080Ti back in the day.

It's a cash flow thing. 4090 $2500.00 4070 $800.00 to 1000.00 I paid $527.00 all in and that 4060 will do everything I need it too do.

Lance1 · Mar 24, 2024

Scannerman said:
Yeah, I already did it months ago. Sadly, it doesn't seem work on all fans on older platforms such as the GIGABYTE Z68 system I built.

Ya that's to bad. It picked up on my R9 290X just fine and it's more then a decade old. Another reason for picking up the 4060.

Scannerman · Mar 24, 2024

Lance1 said:
Ya that's to bad. It picked up on my R9 290X just fine and it's more then a decade old. Another reason for picking up the 4060.

I found a different solution to that fan issue. Anyway, they're happy with the build and that's what matters. It does seem to be a good app though. I'm just yankin' your chain on that 4060. I'm running an old EVGA 1070 on this unit and it pretty much handles all my needs without issue. Could probably do with a re-paste but I'm too lazy to bother. It renders okay and still streams better than I thought it would. Perhaps if I were a hard core gamer I'd be more motivated to get a better card, but GFX cards are such a money grab these days. If I buy again I'll likely buy used. (That is, if I'm buying for myself.)

Lance1 · Mar 24, 2024

Scannerman said:
I found a different solution to that fan issue. Anyway, they're happy with the build and that's what matters. It does seem to be a good app though. I'm just yankin' your chain on that 4060. I'm running an old EVGA 1070 on this unit and it pretty much handles all my needs without issue. Could probably do with a re-paste but I'm too lazy to bother. It renders okay and still streams better than I thought it would. Perhaps if I were a hard core gamer I'd be more motivated to get a better card, but GFX cards are such a money grab these days. If I buy again I'll likely buy used. (That is, if I'm buying for myself.)

Your just yanking' my chain? I thought I felt my collar getting tight

Buy used! I don't think I would take a chance on a used GPU. You never know what your going to get. But each to there own. I already downloaded the driver and the DDU. Just getting ready! I just checked the Tracking Number and it already in transport.