Recent content by generalguy

How well do third party GPU blocks fit? The Gigabyte 4090 gaming OC block I have from EK is too tall to fit into some of the smaller cases in a vertical mount, like the louqe ghost. The inlet/outlet manifold sticks out far too much even with low-profile fittings. Would need a custom cutout for...

Welp, pulled the trigger, let's see how this goes. Definitely a better engineered solution than EK's. And the cold plate isn't nickel coated fwiw. I don't think it matters even with liquid metal "staining" but if anyone cares it's good ol fashioned copper red. I'm using I'm assuming that the...

Is the beefcake backplate required? I don't mind upgrading but I'm curious to in now what it adds over the lobo included sheet steel one. And is the cold plate nickel plated in the beta kit?

PCI-SIG does not care about PSU vendors. They make the protocol specs and they mostly represent CPU vendors and add-in card makers and such. That said 450W is more than enough for a 4090. If you need more and don't care about the PSU's OCP tripping, bridge the pins. 600W is within the 850W...

Handle is pointless. Some thermal/airflow simulation would be good. No point in slapping a big cooler and having it choked.

Not a patent lawyer, but reading the claims -- which are all that matter -- it would be fairly straightforward to engineer around this. Perhaps NFC could sue, but it's a fairly specific and poorly worded claim list: no mention of micro-ATX or triple slots. Potentially any deviation from the...

oh this is exactly what i'm looking for. Hotswap is nice but not a dealkiller. Vibration dampened mounts would be nice. Would love to order this, is it being made?