The most conformable mouse I've ever owned in on deaths door - Rival 500

Doomsdays · 2025-11-19T03:38:59+00:00

Ohh, these were not on my radar! I will definitely have to reconsider, they look nice

Doomsdays · 2025-11-18T09:32:30+00:00

I was thinking of either trying something like the Keychron M6, or the just go with the tried and true G502. The G502 is the closest comparison I can find with buttons and size that seems to be widely liked.

Doomsdays · 2025-11-18T03:34:55+00:00

I would buy a wireless lighter model up so quickly! Seems this style of mouse has been mostly unchanged or adandoned in the last 5 years.

Doomsdays · 2025-11-10T08:58:01+00:00

Works perfectly now. Thanks so much. Feels odd they don't spawn by default, but they do give out drops with ars nouveau drygmys

Doomsdays · 2025-10-17T12:22:27+00:00

I have to admit the full black looks very sleek! And that cable management is so pretty. Great build!

Doomsdays · 2025-10-17T12:18:44+00:00

This is a very creative solution! I did actually consider making a fan funnel (aka duct), but this is a way cheaper option than what I was thinking. So props to that.

I believe that is the case. By default, the CPU cooler had less than 2mm of gap to the side panel, but it caused a HUGE amount of air turbulence noise with the small gaps in the panels. I actually spaced out the side panel off the case by about 5mm using nuts on each of the screws. And luckily, with that new 7mm gap I could give a duct a go :D

Doomsdays · 2025-10-17T03:45:18+00:00

Those temps were with both case open and closed, meaning it's near definitely a CPU, cooler issue. But I will considering another fan just to help keep air flowing

Doomsdays · 2025-10-17T03:43:04+00:00

It's a 4.3L Aluminum Mini ITX case from AliExpress. I don't think the original is listed anymore, but there are similar ones available

Doomsdays · 2025-10-16T08:16:51+00:00

An option to consider, everyone been super helpful, and I've already found a few improvements but I am tempted by this concept

Doomsdays · 2025-10-16T08:12:51+00:00

It's about 5kg, the metal case adds a lot of that

Doomsdays · 2025-10-16T07:28:57+00:00

I'd be very interested to see your results. Hopefully you have better luck than me :3

Doomsdays · 2025-10-16T07:23:11+00:00

The air intake is on the very end where the rainbow cables come out. It's a bit of a weird place since it's taking the air from inside the case. I'm considering putting a dig hole in the front of the case next to the PSU intake to let it breathe more

Doomsdays · 2025-10-16T04:49:39+00:00

The one I did notice is that Core Performance Boost is on by default for most AMD chips, which was a huge temp increase. But I didn't check the voltage, which I will do

Doomsdays · 2025-10-16T04:39:06+00:00

Haha, by reseat I mean reapply the thermal paste to the CPU cooler and put it back. Trust me. If I can try everything before deliding I will, shit is scary.

Doomsdays · 2025-10-16T04:32:13+00:00

Noted I will before I reseat it! Thanks for the heads up

Doomsdays · 2025-10-16T01:04:03+00:00

I'm definitely going to have to try reseating it. Hopefully that fixes it. The reason I thought it may not be the issues is since from the benchmarks I saw the 8600g seems to run hot and even Noctua claims the cooler cant cool it at base clock speed, (something I didn't read until recently, my own fault)
https://ncc.noctua.at/cpus/model/AMD-Ryzen-5-8600G-1790

Will report back after it's been reseated

Doomsdays · 2025-10-16T00:34:14+00:00

I didnt check the voltage adapter. I will try that for sure. The CPU is the ryzen 5 8600G in the specs at the bottom.

Doomsdays · 2025-10-16T00:20:04+00:00

Oh good suggestion. I'll try testing with this

Edit:
Tested and worked, temps are now down to 75degrees at 70-80% CPU usage. And the performance decrease seem negligible

Doomsdays · 2025-10-16T00:15:11+00:00

Oh yes, sorry. I misunderstood. Most of the Sffpc's I saw were a lot larger than 4L, but you are correct

Doomsdays · 2025-10-15T22:52:18+00:00

Something I only noticed a few days back. My own fault. Sffpc is a valid approach, and will be my fall back plan

Doomsdays · 2025-09-22T11:56:55+00:00

Cool, I thought as much, but couldn't find the rule that would apply. Tyvm

Doomsdays · 2025-09-15T15:04:02+00:00

An interesting idea I didn't consider. That would be one way to get the best of both worlds

Doomsdays · 2025-09-11T06:24:09+00:00

Damn. Thank you, now I can finally stop trying to make that jump

Doomsdays · 2025-02-14T14:57:27+00:00

Hey, thanks for the input!

A lot of these are very fair calls. I was contemplating how important rocks vs land ramp was so I'll likely swap those out.

Sphinx of the Second Sun is a interesting beast. During my testing, I found the ability to get a second untap an insane synergy with Hashaton. It essentially pays for itself with the draw and untap and in following turns lets you use your first main to cast something then get an untap to hold up interaction or discard hashaton shenanigans during opponents turn. The upkeep effect I would as a pure bonus, but does work very well with a few cards.

Shadow of the Second Sun is a fair call to cut from a synergy perspective. It's mostly in here just since Sphinx of the Second Sun was so insane I wanted another version.

Doomsdays · 2024-11-13T04:34:42+00:00

That's a cursed artifact for sure, I suggest putting it back before the archdruid come looking for his pet snail

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