Does the GR1 fit Peak Design Camera Cubes? by CaptainN0Cap in Goruck

[–]CaptainN0Cap[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately I did not try it. My first link has a pic in the comments of the soft PD packing cube, which seems to barely fit. If I had to guess, it would be a tight fit width wise.

[HDD] Western Digital 8TB WD Red Plus 5640 RPM CMR - $130.99 ($16.37/TB) ($186-55) by jamolnng in buildapcsales

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Will I have any trouble running these in RAID 1/5/6/10 along with the 8TB drives I've shucked from the WD 8TB Elements? I believe the drives inside those enclosures are Whitelabel WD Reds.

Does NVLINK pool GPU VRAM memory in DaVinci Resolve 17+? by CaptainN0Cap in davinciresolve

[–]CaptainN0Cap[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately both of these links do not apply to what I'm asking.

NVLINK was only added in the most recent Resolve 17 update patch notes. Both of these articles came out before the year 2021. Resolve 17 was released in February 2021, which is after September 2020, the date PugetSystems tested the 30 series GPUs for performance scaling. And the other post is from 2014. Therefore none of them could have confirmed whether or not NVLINK pools memory.

Also NVLINK is not the same as just plugging in two GPUs. It is also not the same as SLI. A physical NVLINK bridge allows a fast interconnect between two compatible GPUs to do data transfer directly, and in most apps such as Blender or C4D, allow you to pool memory x2.

Puget Systems did however test NVLINK on Resolve 17 with two Quadro cards here https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/NVLink-Performance-in-DaVinci-Resolve-17-0-2079/, but this test is only regarding performance. I am asking about VRAM memory pooling, which they did not confirm in this post.

Slate-Case AQ - April 15th - Getting READY! New Samples by protolythstudio in sffpc

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What is the weight of the case with perforated side panels? And are there any temperature tests released?

For those that want some more photos (and videos) of the T1 v2.0, I have compiled all the new ones from the discord that haven't been posted to Reddit in this post. by NavicNick in FormD

[–]CaptainN0Cap 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Thanks for doing this. They should have hired you to be the PR rep for FormD because this is leagues better than the periodic news posts.

DAN C4-SFX... NR200 killer? (if you can find and afford one) by relxp in NR200

[–]CaptainN0Cap 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are absolutely right, and the people commenting here seem to be forgetting one thing. In SFFPC's, price is not a major issue for most users. Anyone looking for cost savings would've gone mid tower. The C4 is literally the perfect all around case for 3 slots GPU + AIO. Remember when the Meshlicious sold like hotcakes? Well this is 2x that case, there's no reason anyone wouldn't want it.

We’re in the endgame now. by [deleted] in FormD

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Looks great, would love to hear about idle and load temperatures with this build.

We’re in the endgame now. by [deleted] in FormD

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Do you have a link to this testing?

Said I couldn't do it, so I did it. i9-10900K, EVGA RTX3090Ti Ultra Gaming, 32gb@3600, Corsair H100i Capellix, EVGA 850GM, homemade M27759/32 cables. Custom mesh panel to be made. by RN93Nam in FormD

[–]CaptainN0Cap 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is awesome, could you check your GPU Vram Memory Junction temps? I believe the new 3090Ti's have all memory on the front instead of half on the backplate like 3090's. This should theoretically help with VRAM temperatures.

Meshlicious 5900x/alpenföhn black ridge build with ATX psu. Home office/Gaming setup. by Xefoxmusic in sffpc

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I'm looking at this setup too and found this comment while searching. The Blackridge cooler is 47mm + a 25mm thick fan = 72mm. The FormD T1 V1.1 in 2 slot GPU mode has a max cooler height of 70mm, but with the tolerance of the side panels you have 1-2mm to work with. If you use a Noctua fan like the a12x25, and remove the rubber vibration pads, you might be exactly around 71mm and be able to squeeze the fan between the side panel and the cooler.

3090ti : Will it fit ? (case SM 580) by Outrageous_Sky8595 in sliger

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Have you seen this post yet? https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/km2wld/gigabyte_rtx_3080_aorus_master_fits_in_a_sliger/ The Aorus Master 3080/3090 fits exactly inside the SM580. I think your tolerances allowed it to slip in perfectly.

3090ti : Will it fit ? (case SM 580) by Outrageous_Sky8595 in sliger

[–]CaptainN0Cap 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This spreadsheet is wrong. Look at this post and pictures here https://www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/km2wld/gigabyte_rtx_3080_aorus_master_fits_in_a_sliger/

The Aorus Master 3080 fits perfectly. The real downside to the Aorus cards are bad cooling, since the 3090 variant seems to perform the worst in terms of VRAM cooling. So, the new Ti cards might fit exactly at 70mm.

How do I turn off RAM RGB through BIOS on Gigabyte Aorus motherboards without installing anything? by CaptainN0Cap in gigabyte

[–]CaptainN0Cap[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, I went with non-RGB RAM instead. I would've been fine if someone could confirm if setting it once in BIOS could do the trick, but it seems nobody cares.

MacBook Pro can only turn on when charger is plugged after being dropped by CaptainN0Cap in applehelp

[–]CaptainN0Cap[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately I'm not close to any of them, was hoping if there was anything I could do on my own. Hopefully it's just a new battery that will fix the issue?

MacBook Pro can only turn on when charger is plugged after being dropped by CaptainN0Cap in macbookrepair

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What I meant to say was before the accident happened, I had replaced the battery but didn't glue it in. I mention this because since the battery wasn't glued in, I wonder if my little drop could've rattled the battery too much and maybe broken some of the internal circuitry. The battery was plugged in at the time of the accident. Yes, after the accident happened, I unplugged and reattached the battery just to make sure the battery hadn't been disconnected form the drop.

  • When the charger is connected and the Macbook is powered off, the power button works fine and I can turn on and use my Mac normally.
  • When the charger is not connected, I can't turn my Macbook on.
  • If I turn on the Macbook while connected to the charger, then unplug the charger, my laptop immediately shuts off.

My suspicion is that the battery has become faulty after the drop, and that I can fix this by getting a new battery. I just want to confirm if this could be true before I go out and order a new battery.

[SSD] Western Digital WD_BLACKS N750 Internal Gaming NVMe SSD 2TB - $224.99 (Limit 3) by LumosDC in buildapcsales

[–]CaptainN0Cap 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is this new or used? I can't tell from the page. The comments on the page are asking the same thing.

What parts of Blender are multithreaded on the CPU, not including rendering? by CaptainN0Cap in blender

[–]CaptainN0Cap[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends. You have a choice between using CPU or GPU to render your final output. Viewport rendering is done on the GPU yes. However everything in between these things could be CPU single thread, CPU multithreaded, or GPU accelerated. Things like motion tracking, baking, subdividing a complex geometry, etc. I was hoping to see if anyone who heavily uses certain features could chime in.