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    Production Velka series cases for ultra compact and portable desktops

    oh wait. it just went through.
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    Production Velka series cases for ultra compact and portable desktops

    dude seriously? Velka 7 is ALREADY gone? I was through the ordering in literally 30 seconds.
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    Production Velka series cases for ultra compact and portable desktops

    Dude... THAT is your "not calm tone"??? What the hell, man. I was expecting you to lose your stuff, not be mildly aggravated! What a tease. I popped some popcorn for the impending drama and everything! Feel free to visit me in Jersey and we'll show you how to properly lose your shit and start...
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    Production Velka series cases for ultra compact and portable desktops

    blargh. had a client meeting and all the velka 7s were gone before I got free... I guess all the components will have to wait a bit longer to find a home :( So what's the procedure for the next batch? Is it still just a shot-gun start, first come first served? Edit: and needless to say, if...
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    Production SFFTEC Shipping Updates

    I think that you are conflating people being happy with the product with being happy with the purchase experience. Those of us that got the test units (so far at least) seem to like the units. We are reporting back that we like the units and that they are working as advertised so far. I am...
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    Production SFFTEC Shipping Updates

    My s3 arrived today so I finally built out the system. Under gaming load the PSU is dead silent. Or, at least, silent enough that I do not observe it, even when putting an ear close to the case. Rig: Metalfish s3 w/ included 80mm fan set to ~1100 rpm 1600 AF w/ NH-L9A undervolted Gigabyte 2060...
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    Production SFFTEC Shipping Updates

    It's pretty high pitched and, because of that, unique in the soundscape of the room. That alone makes it noticeable to me. However, that's only under load. It definitely fades into the background on normal use. But I game with a set of headphones, so I'm not overly concerned about it.
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    Production SFFTEC Shipping Updates

    Since our area didn't have any fireworks due to Covid, I found myself with some spare time this evening to do something equally spectacular/idiotic. Pulled apart a sidelined rig with a custom loop and rigged up a fan-less icebath setup to isolate PSU fan noise. The goodnews: The fan is much...
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    Production SFFTEC Shipping Updates

    System build as follows: b450 strix Ryzen 5 1600 af 16mb 3200 Vengeance Gigabyte GTX 2060 Aero Can't pull a ton of wattage with this setup, but loaded it all up and ran conjunction of furmark and r20 on loop for an hour. Peak draw was only 433 watts Peak decibels is hard to say for the unit...
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    Production SFFTEC Shipping Updates

    Apologies all. Family found out about hamilton streaming on disney. My evening plans got changed for me ;) Will build and test today.
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    Production SFFTEC Shipping Updates

    Mine also just arrived. will load it up into the test bench to test this evening.
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    Production Velka series cases for ultra compact and portable desktops

    I was trying to find an example of the "white" Velka 3 1.2's. The only photos I see on the website that are at all white-ish look a kind of super light green to my eye, not actually white. Anyone happen to have a photo of what the white velka 3's look like? Or are the greenish ones on the...
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    SM560 Build gone awry...

    Yeah. It occurred to me late last night. System works great now. Just got done with benches and OC's. Just need to remount the 2.5" drives and cleanup some cables. The only knock is the 645lt has a pronounced high-pitched pump whine, even at reduced speeds. I'm not sure if it would bother most...
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    SM560 Build gone awry...

    If anyone ever encounters this problem in the future, do not pull your hair out, like I did. Instead, switch your BIOS PCIE from Auto to Gen 3... I think BIOS was assuming Gen 4 since the board and card support it, not detecting that the riser was a gen3 cable. With that fix, problem appears...
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    SM560 Build gone awry...

    It was going to be easy. Just a simple case swap, a TU150 for an SM560, changing only the CPU cooler from a NH-D15 to an 645lt... Everything else being kept the same. That sentiment was Hubris. I know that now. And the Gods of the Stable System deplore Hubris. After lulling me into a false...