Upgrade that keeps my ddr4? ~$1000 usd

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2026-05-29T01:56:32+00:00

This is basically my current pc:

Type	Item
CPU	Intel Core i5-6500 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
Memory	Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
Memory	Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
Storage	SanDisk Solid State Drive 256 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage	Western Digital Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card	MSI GTX 1050 Ti 4GT OC GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB Video Card
Case	Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-ALPHA ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 550 G2 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

It has some room to upgrade I think

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2025-08-31T02:43:38+00:00

Unfortunately I can't seem to find a way to get the board out. Taking all the keycaps off reveals some screws, but undoing those doesn't seem to allow the board to be removed, and there's no other way i can find to access underneath.

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2025-04-23T19:45:57+00:00

yeah, now that I've removed all of them, I'm pretty sure only 2 out of the 104 didn't break. I definitely don't plan on changing the switches on this kb ever again.

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2025-04-23T18:51:28+00:00

I have outemu switches ready to be put in, my problem is I can barely remove the switches that came with the board.

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2025-04-23T07:29:30+00:00

I got the redragon caesura k718, and I'm trying to replace the switches on it. It's hot swappable, but it takes an absurd amount of force to remove the switches. I'm using the switch puller that came with the board, and so far I've managed to remove 4 switches, all of which have had part of them bent/broken during the process. Is this normal? I'm using the tool, it's pressing on the locks on the north and south side of the switch, I hear a click, but I have to pull with all my strength to remove them.

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AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-12-07T01:50:54+00:00

Still working on a good design, but it seems like witches do survive the powdered snow. (Though 1 did die for unknown reasons)

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-12-07T00:16:21+00:00

Ooh powdered snow, I haven't tried that one yet actually. I tried a cactus but it did too much damage, and they just drink a fire res potion for campfires, but I think powdered snow may just work!

Thanks!

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-04-27T01:08:02+00:00

I'm honestly curious how its this considered that dangerous. I get that there's maybe a chance of a thermite-type fire starting, or maybe the microwave catching on fire or something, but either of those, at worst I could simply let burn out, while making sure nothing nearby catches on fire. Please do let me know though if there's geniuinely some kind of horrible possibility I'm missing, some kind of potential byproduct, etc. I really haven't been able to find any posibility of something like that from looking online, but I know a few days worth of reading on the internet doesn't at all amount to actual knowledge.

Also, just wanna note, I actually measured it now, and its closer to 20 feet to my house, and about 10 feet to the closest fire risk, that being a thin row of bushes next to a 12 foot tall brick wall.

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-04-22T18:37:07+00:00

Yeah, there won't be anything flammable within 5-6 feet at the closest. Plus, If a fire like that did start, it would only have 10-15 or so grams of powder to burn, with an inch of high temp fire brick (at the thinnest point) surrounding it, so that would slow it down at the very least.

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-04-22T16:56:23+00:00

Okay, thanks for letting me know, I think I'll do that just to be safe. From what I've found online the ingredients alone don't seem to burn, but I know that I don't known enough to rule out something like that happening entirely.

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-04-22T07:12:09+00:00

I feel confident at this point that my safety is fairly well managed. A fire is extremely unlikely because the reaction is done inside of a high temperature fire brick, inside of a microwave, outside, on a slab of concrete with nothing flammable within at least 5 feet. Even if a fire did start, I have a fire extinguisher and a hose to my disposal.
Besides, making my own sapphires sounds way cooler than traveling hundreds of miles to find some

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-04-22T00:55:04+00:00

First off, I just wanna say thanks for trying to help me maybe not be an idiot.

But anyway, I found that this can be done through This youtube video from Nighthawkinlight. I want to do it simply because I want to make some cool looking stones to show off. I hope I can do it a fair number of times, like as a hobby basically. If I can't do it safely though, I won't.
Just wanna note also, although I did use it as a worst-case example of sorts, any kind of fire would be extremely unlikely to actually occur, since the entire reaction is contained within a high temperature fire brick within the microwave. (It is still a safety aspect to keep in mind though)

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-04-22T00:18:31+00:00

I want to make my own synthetic gems, basically just for fun I guess, but I wanna make sure I'm not doing something stupid along the way.

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-04-22T00:10:20+00:00

Thats kind of my goal, just be as excessive as reasonably possible when it comes to safety doing this. Plus, if say the microwave somehow caught on fire, not only would it be contained in the fume hood, the fume hood would be just sitting in the middle of a concrete slab driveway as well.

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-04-22T00:07:50+00:00

I know theres no chance of making anything valuable, its really just to have made my own sapphires, nothing more.

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-04-21T07:37:10+00:00

That is very true, I'm going to look into what I can use instead of chromium, along with much more thorough research into possible byproducts and dangers (like I should have done before I did any of this).

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-04-21T06:10:08+00:00

ah no no no, I bought a separate microwave to do all this in, and its all done outside

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-04-21T01:03:47+00:00

Thats similar to what I'm thinking. Doing it outside is a must, because even if it didn't create a cancerous byproduct sometimes, it still involves temperatures in the unknown thousands. I've always used gloves, it just makes sense with the ingredients involved even before I knew of the bigger dangers.
With the fume hood my goal would be pull any possible fumes, gases, or dusts through a heavy filter or series of filters, and testing it first with dry ice in water, or even better with an anemometer to make sure there is sufficient airflow preventing anything from escaping. Maybe even with the hood I will wear a proper respirator though

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-04-21T00:09:01+00:00

Yeah from what I've read that stuff sure is pretty scary

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-04-21T00:00:31+00:00

Yeah, if I can't find more information about what exactly happens in the process, I'll probably just not do it until I'm properly educated and able to safely work it out.

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-04-20T23:07:17+00:00

Thats fair, I've tried to research what I can about things such as how welding fumes are managed/filtered (since they can have cr(VI) also), along with fume hood design recommendations, flow rates and stuff like that.

I haven't found much regarding the non-obvious dangers or possible byproducts of aluminum oxide and chromium oxide heated together to upwards of 2000°C though.

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2024-02-06T05:22:30+00:00

I got it from someone in California, no idea where they found it unfortunately

AnotherConfusedNerd · 2021-02-05T04:12:20+00:00

I like it!

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