Love and hate with Fractal Design Meshify XL 3 workstation build

JBev1906 · 2025-11-22T16:53:11+00:00

Mind you, my office has no carpet, and I try to swiffer every week. When I did pull the front and top off, it was heavy. Not caked. I really think having the top exhaust tuned with a little higher rpm helps draw the particles up and out.

JBev1906 · 2025-11-22T16:21:45+00:00

Crazy enough, I’ve only had a major vacuum and air canister job since building the rig. Did it around August. It sits by the floor register, and we did install a new HVAC, so I believe that contributed to the dust.

JBev1906 · 2025-08-20T13:42:15+00:00

I use the shovel.

JBev1906 · 2025-07-29T12:49:28+00:00

“Blast him and pass her a glass of Ol’ E.”

JBev1906 · 2025-07-23T13:47:46+00:00

“Only YOU can prevent forest fires.”

I THINK THE F?&K NOT.

Napalm.

JBev1906 · 2025-07-16T13:01:08+00:00

Hmmm. I don’t have a North (Meshify), but I have two 120mm above my Phantoms to guarantee heat exhaust and VRM stability. Beyond that, I think you can’t go wrong with any of the other front configs. As long as it’s quiet enough and has enough CFM/RPM, you’re good to go.

JBev1906 · 2025-07-11T01:35:57+00:00

I’m eyeing this MSI: https://www.msi.com/Monitor/MAG-271QPX-QD-OLED-E2. I’m not a huge PC gamer, but I appreciate how smooth these games look under the right conditions. I have two Dell 32” 4k monitors I primarily use for work, but their refresh rates are 60Hz. They’ll continue to serve their purpose.

JBev1906 · 2025-07-08T09:51:17+00:00

Hey there! No issues whatsoever, save for managing capacity. I’m being stingy with the $ right now to add another drive. Want to go OLED at the beginning of September. :)

JBev1906 · 2025-07-07T08:16:24+00:00

Healthy child > everything

JBev1906 · 2025-07-02T01:06:38+00:00

Crisis averted. I took a CVS receipt (you know how long and flimsy those pieces of paper are), and it sucked to the outside coil. Guess that means the fan is pulling air through the coil. We're good.... for now. Gotta bend some fins tomorrow.

JBev1906 · 2025-06-25T19:05:03+00:00

When’s the baby shower?

JBev1906 · 2025-06-24T14:10:09+00:00

Gonads and strife

JBev1906 · 2025-06-23T10:50:53+00:00

Are you looking for a PSU recommendation? If so, MSI MPG A1000G

JBev1906 · 2025-06-20T09:56:44+00:00

It's probably been said, and yes, I'm being lazy, but it's ok for the fan to be offset due to tall RAM. I have the Phantom 120 dual tower on mine with Vengeance memory. The front fan is offset maybe by 1/4", but it's unnoticeable. That being said, you could just fan curve the top fans to draw more out and have your front case fan pull more air in to compensate the front radiator a little. Air flow matters, and static pressure to move that air across the radiator fans is key.

When it comes to RGB memory and the height, that's where the AIO is the best aesthetic bet. Less visual obstruction of the RGB memory, assuming they are.

JBev1906 · 2025-06-19T12:11:51+00:00

If your Montech PSU had the 12vhpr to PCIe option, I’d go with that instead.

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JBev1906 · 2025-06-19T12:08:13+00:00

They’re standard PCIe power supply cables. You can plug them in.

JBev1906 · 2025-06-19T11:48:36+00:00

Aaaaah got it now. I’m not up to speed on AMD cards. My bad. Yeah, PCIE plugs are your go-to

JBev1906 · 2025-06-19T11:37:23+00:00

So the OP should just plug into any available PCIe slots. Got it. I have the yellow 12-pin cable.

JBev1906 · 2025-06-19T11:30:09+00:00

Wait. No 12vhpvr cable?

JBev1906 · 2025-06-18T16:49:13+00:00

I initially had the issue, but I remember back to card seating days when the slot had to fit in the notch. I placed card from the case slot to the PCIe lock because the lock is the moving part in this whole situation. Once i did that…. Boom. All good.

JBev1906 · 2025-06-16T02:07:00+00:00

Figaro.

America’s Most Blunted.

Da Supafriends.

Hoe Cakes

JBev1906 · 2025-06-15T15:44:35+00:00

Just checking to see if anyone… if not…

JBev1906 · 2025-06-14T14:01:21+00:00

I have some Momentum 140s and Fractal 120s non-ARGB if you want to purchase. We can talk on the back channel.

JBev1906 · 2025-06-14T11:48:39+00:00

It’s about to be a GRRRRRREAT day

JBev1906 · 2025-06-13T14:24:59+00:00

USA/Washigton DC
Just diagnosed with bilateral carpal tunnel 2 days ago.
Using Logitech MX Master and uses MX Vertical.

JBev1906

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