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    Enclosure Will Streacom f1c Evo support a 95w TDP cpu

    It's somewhat complicated: the PSU is the HDPLEX 200W DC-ATX but it only fits when taking off the nice heatsink on one side, because the black mounting plate in the front of the case that holds the power button assembly is in the way. When taking off the heatsink of the PSU it's a very tight...
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    Enclosure Will Streacom f1c Evo support a 95w TDP cpu

    Took off the lid and increased PL1 to 50W. About 15 minutes into kernel compile the CPU settled at 2.8GHz and CPU temp maxed out at 85C. Then set the PL1 to 20W again and interestingly the CPU showed higher temps, oscillating between 88-100C with the freqency going back and forth between...
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    Enclosure Will Streacom f1c Evo support a 95w TDP cpu

    I did some initial testing. I got a 69C reading on the MB sensor with the CPU long term power limit (PL1) capped to just 20W after 50-60 minutes of Linux kernel compiling + playing a 1080p movie with mpv with some demanding post-processing for additional GPU shader workout + light browsing...
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    Want to build a NUC-like mini PC

    And the chipset has PCIe 4.0 x4 uplink to the CPU which should have similar performance to x8 PCIe 3.0? So in theory there should be more bandwidth available for TB3 than on the Intel boards. The controller is Titan Ridge on this AMD board, the Intel ones have the older Alpine Ridge. The Mac...
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    Want to build a NUC-like mini PC

    I wonder if the Mac Mini is actually better in this regard as in being more custom and they're wiring the 4 PCIe lanes for TB3 directly to the CPU lanes. Otherwise for an ITX board the AMD one looks to be better, having full bandwidth TB3 and maybe they also have the TB3 controller on the CPU...
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    Part Using drone antennas as wifi antennas

    You need a 2.4GHz antenna. Dual 2.4GHz + 5 GHz would be cool but I haven't seen one yet as a 'stubby' antenna. I think RP-SMA female is the standard connector for mainboards. So you need to look for RP-SMA male for the antenna. You could check out Microchip RN-SMA-S-RP...
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    Enclosure Will Streacom f1c Evo support a 95w TDP cpu

    Hi, did you build something with this case? I have this case too and want to use a 95W TDP 9600K in it. I expect this case to get very hot inside, towards 70C or so. If that'll be the case indeed, then one can forget about worrying too much about CPU temps It'll get to 100C under heavy load...
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    Travelling ITX workstation - dual 10 GigE, 5700 XT, Ryzen 3700X in SM560

    I've been trying to come up with a method to estimate this. There's a simple formula for vented enclosures with airflow, here on page 2: http://files.danfoss.com/download/Drives/mn90n102.pdf So I guess guesstimating the airflow of your fans at maximum desired noise level, then the effective...
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    On DIY Battery Powered DC UPS, for Portable SFF and Off Grid

    Been thinking about something similar for a while. What I'd like to build is a power brick with UPS. Though an UPS would make the most sense if it could power a display as well. Fortunately monitors with external power bricks are not scarce, and mostly 19V. So it would be a open frame AC-DC...
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    Power Supply Running the ATX 12V rail with 18V

    Or the controller in the fan itself. I gues something like a Nocuta motor might be able to take significantly higher voltage: https://www.overclock.net/forum/134-cooling-experiments/134531-fan-24v-overvolt.html But the PWM IC in the fan must be able to handle 18V supply voltage. M.2 has 3.3V...
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    Power Supply Running the ATX 12V rail with 18V

    Oh yeah, I forgot about the fans in the bigger picture. CPU fans are normally 12V and I don't think they would like that much overvoltage. (And this may apply to the fan control circuitry on the mainboard as well?) Maybe PCIe cards exist that step down 18V like they don't care, but PCIe is...
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    Power Supply Running the ATX 12V rail with 18V

    Hmm, PCIe card connector has 12V supply pins, that applies to M.2 as well, so that could be potentially problematic for an SSD.
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    Power Supply Running the ATX 12V rail with 18V

    Suppose I have a nice 18V output industrial/medical PSU. (But no worries this is for home.) And suppose I'm too cheap to buy that nice HDPLEX 200W 16V-24V input DC-ATX module, but on the other hand I'd also rather not have even the small amount of extra heat from the step-down conversion of...
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    Cryorig C7 Cu vs Black Ridge 120mm fan, which is better?

    Just for a slight clarification, are those temps LP53 + NF A9x14 PWM + shroud vs. BR + NF A12x15 PWM + shroud ?
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    Prototype DAN HSLP-48: A powerful sub 50mm heatsink

    RAM height clearance looks good with those Corsair LPX modules on that pic. Does anyone know the actual module height of the Corsair LPX DDR4? I find conflicting information about the module height being 31mm or 34mm (or maybe something in between). But the drawing shows "max. 33mm RAM" for...