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After an initial hiccup, I managed to actually succeed with my watercooling project in the Dan A4-SFX - it was not a full loop, just a custom-made aio and also noctuarize my 2060. That was back in 2020 and it was when I actually felt like I reached my end game state. However, I started to miss...

How about keeping the Panorama 2 and simply switching to a noctua fan instead?

Apparently, this is the daily driver from the ExplainingComputers youtube channel studio tour video for reaching 1M subscribers. Sad that we're not able to peak inside. The guy is an absolute legend btw. Everything is coherent and authentic from the dude himself, his voice, the pauses he has at...

If I'm honest, your current build is pretty much that already. Of course some games are not as nicely optimized, but in Cyberpunk, GoW (whatever most people play nowdays) you can have 60fps with the settings MAXED (but without RT) and 12GB VRAM sounds lovely. A 4070 Super could easily grant you...

I think with cases this big should be made more sturdier with solid metal panels and reinforced structure. I know this is somehow got sold as the new craze but cheap, wobbly mesh panels (especially at this size) and ...FABRIC(!) definitely has no place here. Imagine this housing a heavy triple...

For me, the handle is not very appealing as I would never transport a case that way instead of just picking it up single handedly or putting it in a snug camera bag if it's an actual haul between one place to another. And even the feet seems a bit unstable compared to those you could buy...

The L5 to me looks aesthetically the most pleasing case of all time. As for a 5L riserless case that is made to accomodate a low profile dual slot gpu and two 80mm case fans, I would suggest the A24-v5.

If it has to be battery powered, I would look for components with the smallest consumption. This would probably lead me to the 12-13400T - which is a 35w version of this cpu with -200Mhz. Then with a heavy heart, grab an ASRock A380 Low Profile (45w) instead of the 4060 (115w). It has a little...

Actually, I should've just linked that instead in the first place. Less cookies to accept, but the whole official page is just a giant jpeg that loads super slow for some reason:)

On the photos it looks dual slot. The official specification says the card itself is 40mm.

I also find it interesting. The LP version from ASRock cost about a hundred bucks - that's pretty cool for ANY gpu with 6GB VRAM, let alone a low profile card. And it's tdp is not 75 or 70, merely 45w. It's not going to compete with the 4060 LP in performance, but at 1/3rd of the price, it does...

There's an alternative option to this now with a proper heatsink + copper heatpipes that actually looks a lot better imo - being more rectangular and less like a soap. It's the 4060 from Manli and it's actually locally available where I am. It's even smaller at merely 149mm in length! That's...

I had the Full Copper X47 on a 3300x and there was barely any measurable differerence between that and my L9a + duct which I reverted back to because of this. Just to have the fan further from the panels, having less weight on the mobo with a much better mounting and backplate (...this was still...

Which is better when pc is on idle, or just playing games like FTL, whatever can run on integrated graphics? 0 RPM mode on the gpu with obviously higher temps on the chip within for longer period, or having it around a nice 36'C on idle with a low RPM? So the heatpipes are nickel plated on...