The SPK is going to stretch *beyond* the motherboard and GPU...
it will reach into the radiator space (top and bottom) on Winter One.... Monstrous cooling requires surface area. ?
As final design tweaks are being made to v11 right now, I'll see what we can do.
These are mostly minor changes, since the beta was near-final, but QoL improvements like this might be possible...
For people who want to use AIOs, there's plenty of 240mm AIO support. 280mm AIO's are often massive, due to the integrated pumps, and it would just add too much volume.
Thanks for sharing!
Yes, designing a pump bracket that's as flexible as humanly possible is actually quite challenging, but I think we have something that'll work, and give everyone tons of flexibility. Stay tuned because the update in a few days will probably be an absolute treat for all of you eagerly awaiting the pump mount design ?
2-4 dBa louder, with the exact same fan setup, over the solid side panels. Still very quiet -- the increase in noise will really depend on how loud the fans on your hardware are -- for example, if you have a CPU Cooler with a loud fan, the loudness increase could be even higher. You could fix this by replacing it with fans that are known to be very quiet (ie, Noctua, beQuiet, arctic, etc). Sadly, it's a very hard question to answer, as the answer only makes sense if you use the *same* components to check the delta...
No. The beta units were v10, and it wasn't until the beta, when the 3090 FE dropped, that support for large GPUs was requested. When adding a few mm to accommodate the GPUs, it became possible to add a few mm to accommodate larger radiators, and bump up from slim rads + 25mm fans to "standard" 30mm rads + 25mm fans. This is the last minute volume increase I referred to in the v11 changelog.
I completely understand. Because of some issues we had with v10, it wasn't possible to get into the hands of as many reviewers as I wanted. LTT should be posting their video at some point, so that's coming up. IMO, the Qzrx build was great because it showcased the awesome density of the system, and its beauty, without using hardline tubing (which would look amazing, but IMO, is impractical for most people).
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I have an environmental engineer friend who's helping me out with that, but basically, we're re-foresting natural land, working with a nonprofit to do so. All carbon projections are based on assuming that all the saplings fail to become trees and die within a year, so if any of them survive, we'll have extra carbon capacity. Overall, going Carbon neutral involved:
1. Reduce emissions as much as possible. So we went with high fractions of recycled aluminum and steel (less energy intensive to melt vs ore, etc. Some ore-aluminum needed to reach purity.
2. Flat pack EVERYTHING, in environmentally responsible foams to reduce carbon emissions from shipping
3. Use land and sea shipping as much as possible (building a small supply chain to do so), since it’s the best / ton emissions.
4. Use responsible chemical processes (type ii anodize, rather than the cheaper but much worse type i)
5. Make sure manufacturers have proper processing and handling of waste
6. Encourage them to use cleaner energy (choose locations with less coal and more renewables)
7. Anything left over, offset in a scalable way. For our current scale planting trees is actually viable.
8. Avoid carbon credits - yes I can just pay to become carbon neutral, but it’s more sustainable and beneficial to do it myself.
From a business standpoint, yes these restrictions limit my options. Does it cost some margin? Sure.
But I see it as a strategic advantage - when regulation comes in the future I’ll have long-standing relationships with emissions-friendly factories. Also, avoid the sharp jump in price of carbon credits as big companies who haven’t gone carbon neutral scramble for them reaches fever pitch when regulations threaten to hurt quarterlies. I see Carbon Neutral as a necessary eventuality, and
shortsightedness is a massive threat to operations.
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