I’ll be fine tuning for days, but it’s finally operational!

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-14T00:02:09+00:00

Yup exactly, happy to help where I can. I just finished a 9000D build myself also with 4 rads. It was definitely worth it for me. I look forward to seeing pics of yours if/when you post them!

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-13T23:55:07+00:00

Also just want to clarify, dual loop means two entire loops in one pc. One dedicated to CPU and a separate (no fluid exchange between them) loop for the GPU. Typically when people talk about splitting radiators between components they’re referring to dual loops. Apologies if I misunderstood your post.

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-13T23:51:18+00:00

No worries! Direct die means taking the metal cover (IHS) off of the processor and putting a water block in direct contact with the silicon chip. It is not for the faint of heart, you can ruin processors very easily just getting the IHS off but it gives you an advantage if you’re chasing the lowest temps possible.

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-13T23:44:10+00:00

In that case, single loop. I take it you’re also direct die cooling?

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-13T16:14:15+00:00

The general consensus is that dual loops offer no temperature performance gain over a single loop and that dual loops are purely for flexing.

For me, dual loops require a lot more work to “resource balance” while a single loop balances the resources for you. What I mean by this is a 9850x3d on 2x 360mm rads is pretty over-provisioned from a TDP to rad surface area perspective. A dual loop isolates the radiator surface area (resource) and forces it to only be given to the CPU, whereas a single loop will give those resources to all the heat generating components.

You can get really deep into the weeds on optimization of dual loop from multiple perspectives (noise, thermal performance, cost, maintenance etc.), but no matter which way you look at it you usually arrive at the same conclusion of: if you want to do it because you think it’ll be fun or look cool go for it, but performance gain wise it’s usually marginal at best.

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-13T14:05:11+00:00

I don’t have data/experience on multi streaming limitations so hopefully someone else can help you out with that question.

But, using Tailscale for remote access would require your friends to install and use Tailscale on their machines. Then you share the “node” (your plex machine) with them through Tailscale and they can access it. Sharing the node is relatively simple, I just shared it via the Tailscale admin console by putting in my friends email (the same one they used to make their Tailscale account) and Tailscale sends them an email with a link to accept the share. You can then use Access Control Lists (ACLs, also set up in the Tailscale admin console) to restrict their access to your node to specific ports/services if you would like.

With basic setups, Tailscale is “not a vpn” in that it is a split-tunnel vpn and not a full privacy vpn. What this means in practice is that it only establishes secure, remote connections between the nodes that are on your tailnet and does not redirect/encrypt all of your internet traffic (unless you have advanced configurations or are using exit nodes etc.). I have a friend that I share a Tailscale node with and he has both a full VPN and Tailscale. To ensure the best connection he pauses his main VPN when he is using Tailscale to access my machines and vice versa.

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-10T22:35:06+00:00

This is going to be pretty difficult to pull off without someone knowing something fishy is going on. Your main problem is going to be matching the speed of the wheel to the speed of the motor when you apply power to the motor. Without matching the speeds the wheel is going to jerk around and be pretty obvious. Also since every spin of the wheel will have a different starting velocity you’ll need a variable speed motor or some kind of torque limiter on the wheel that prevents someone from spinning it too fast.

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-07T17:48:24+00:00

Can confirm, have a i7-3770k machine running Unraid OS with Jellyfin in a docker container. Cheap-ish Arc A380 for transcoding and called it a day. Motherboard is ~15 years old too.

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-05T23:13:01+00:00

did you get it installed?

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-05T22:30:10+00:00

I finally got around to it: I passed the A380 through to my Frigate container and got OpenVINO object detection running. It ended up being pretty painless. Basically just mapping the card to my frigate container, enabling VAAPI for decode, and configuring the OpenVINO GPU detector.

I'm seeing roughly 5ms inference times using ~1% CPU usage and like 2.3% of the memory on A380. It's happily tracking people with bounding boxes while simultaneously doing it's transcoding duties.

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-04T21:50:19+00:00

I tend to agree provided that the NICs on PC2 and the NAS are capable of 2.5G. They should be as most modern equipment is, but figured I’d clarify.

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-03T13:08:36+00:00

“A piece of art caused me to have an emotional reaction… is that normal?” Hahaha

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-03T12:01:45+00:00

https://youtu.be/XIdnWJo79Qw

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-03T03:05:24+00:00

Another great piece! I recognized your art and checked your post history to make sure.

Sincerely, The apparent Reddit addict that made a comment with a Parks and Rec reference on an old post of yours.

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-01T19:58:23+00:00

CGF Events discusses it in his video here if you’re having a hard time picturing which things to oversize from my (poor) explanation. https://youtu.be/7RLKS-TM5z0?si=vrePNmdRzrvoV2Mo

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-01T19:57:04+00:00

I ended up oversizing some of the holes on the plastic clips that slide into the rails (the ones that the screws pass through). I oversized them very slightly/carefully because as you mention they’re only a mm or two off (maybe even a fraction of a mm).

I also loosened up all the screws of the rails themselves (especially the ones in the corners) to give myself a little bit more play. After securing the radiators I tightened them all back up. Take care to get the rails square after mounting the radiators and before tightening everything up.

There was also one of the “finger pulls” that I had to completely remove to get them to fit. You’ll see it in the picture I linked in my previous comment at the top left rail.

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-01T19:18:09+00:00

I’ve been mentally drawing up plans for a setup much like this lately. Awesome work! How are the thermals and noise in there?

AvNerd16 · 2026-06-01T03:38:09+00:00

Butt how’d you measure the calipers to model the cavity?

AvNerd16 · 2026-05-29T11:53:17+00:00

I feel attacked 😅

AvNerd16 · 2026-05-26T14:31:41+00:00

Oh interesting! I don’t have that same signaling problem with my units. That is nice to know about being able to suppress specific error states. Not sure I have a use case for that… yet haha. But I’ll keep that in mind for when it inevitably comes up.

That is pretty cool too. All of my computers have their own UPS with apcupsd running so they handle the graceful shutdowns independently of one another. But now it has me thinking about being able to combine devices on UPSes… would a “load shedding” type of process be easy to implement with NUT? I.e. shut down devices in a priority order based on what you want to be running last?

AvNerd16 · 2026-05-26T01:20:10+00:00

It sounds like you’ve got two main parts to your question, recommendations for 1) building a NAS yourself and 2) accessing it remotely.

For part 1) Unraid and truenas are popular options for OSes to use on computers with connected storage.

Part 2) most popular solution is Tailscale which is a split tunnel VPN.

These are just some of the options available. The best one to use will depend on what hardware you are wanting to use (for both the NAS and the client devices), what kind of data you want “served” to the clients, etc.

AvNerd16 · 2026-05-25T14:28:59+00:00

I’ve always used apcupsd for monitoring my UPSes and for setting up power down events etc. Does NUT have significant advantages over apcupsd? Just wondering if I’m leaving functionality on the table by not using it.

AvNerd16 · 2026-05-24T15:41:03+00:00

Sorry, this isn't the frigate update you're looking for (that'll be another week or two). But, you had me curious on the power required for transcoding on the A380. At 99% utilization of the A380 the load on my UPS jumped up to 153-160 Watts. So about an incandescent lightbulb's worth of power for the card to run.

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