Recent content by Valantar

My guess is that petricor has realized that the only way to top what has already been done here is to adopt the PCB-trimming tactics of the console portablizing scene, and that the next iteration of this will feature a 4090 with every possible extraneous mm² of PCB cut away, alongside a fully...

I like the new render a lot - it's less minimalist, but then that kind of goes out the window with a lot of slots anyhow, and this embraces the inherent aesthetic of that vent pattern in a great way. And it neatly solves the too-round corners issue too (maybe not entirely from the front, but...

I really love wood-fronted panels (my Densium 4+ is so so so gorgeous!), and I love the vented front panel here, but IMO you need to refine the design in one specific way: matching the radii of the outer corners and the ends of the slots. In the current concept render, the much larger radius of...

Hey everyone! It's been a while since I've been around here all of a sudden. After moving back to Norway and some overall habit/lifestyle changes I'm downsizing my NAS - the Node 304 it currently lives in is simply overkill, especially as I've consolidated the storage drives into two higher...

I mean, they definitely didn't have the clearance to screw all four AIO fan screws in, so you know it's a tight fit!

The second take looks good, the first didn't work for me. But IMO you really need to tweak the dimensions of the front, as the way it extends above the top of the rest of the case kind of ruins it to me. Otherwise it's really well executed though, and definitely has the potential to integrate...

What did you put on your VRMs? And what are they being pushed against - the cooler? If you thinned out your thermal pads when removing them, you really need to buy new ones and replace them. Improperly cooled VRMs will fail prematurely. Not can, will. VRMs often fail explosively, and will kill...

Gave away my Dell U2711 monitor - it served me well for a whopping 11 years, but it has been acting erratically lately, and in the end the DP input was only intermittently accepting inputs. Disassembly showed a bunch of bulging caps on the motherboard, and as I don't have the time to try...

Just the fact that the 400W unit is listed with a net weight of 250g makes me think this would qualify for JonnyGuru's coveted Gutless Wonder award. Not that weight is a direct indication of much, but very low weight and very low price is a tell-tale sign of an overspecced, underbuilt unit. I'd...

What are your wishes for performance, resolution, etc? I recently bought a cheap used RX 6600 (Powercolor Fighter, used for mining but in excellent condition) for my secondary PC, and I'm extremely happy with it playing at 1200p. Paid 1900NOK, which was a steal IMO. Performance is good, it's...

It's not like PCIe 5 will matter whatsoever to consumers in the next decade though. Sure, storage benchmarks will look worse, but not realistic GPU will be limited by PCIe 4, and real-world storage performance in actual usage doesn't even saturate PCIe 3x4. We need flash with better random...

For the life of me I can't understand why they keep using these cast aluminium blocks on the VRMs rather than far, far superior heatpipe+fin arrays. Yes, the latter is more expensive, but given ballooning aluminium costs that difference is likely to be negligible these days, and especially on...

The AMD CPU backplate isn't bulky - it protrudes a few mm from the PCB, not noticeably different from AM4 backplates or Intel coolers with backplates (these often protrude a lot more as they're often designed to fit several platforms and don't sit flush with the board). It shouldn't protrude any...

It's important to note that the power rating is for output, so whatever is pulled at the wall is (more or less) irrelevant. Your sensor readings are of far more use, even if they're inherently inaccurate. And given that it's rated for 250W continuous output I'd be very disappointed if your load...

Man, that sucks. I got it in January, fully vaccinated at the time, had it relatively mild thankfully (a few days of a medium fever (39-39.5°C-ish) and feeling like utter crap), but my ex got hit harder, and I know others who have been hit pretty hard as well. Hope you get better quick!