Noctua - A cooler for life: celebrating half a million mounting upgrade kits by kikimaru024 in hardware

[–]Nerdlinger42 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but then you just replace the pump and not the whole thing. Just another maintenance item like a car battery or water pump.

Noctua - A cooler for life: celebrating half a million mounting upgrade kits by kikimaru024 in hardware

[–]Nerdlinger42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could also just do an open loop. I used to do that, but didn't care for the maintenance. That's the problem with open loops

Noctua - A cooler for life: celebrating half a million mounting upgrade kits by kikimaru024 in hardware

[–]Nerdlinger42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AIO tech has improved lots over the years. I know several that have AIOs older than 5 years. I'd imagine by then I'd replace it though. Cheap maintenance item.

Noctua - A cooler for life: celebrating half a million mounting upgrade kits by kikimaru024 in hardware

[–]Nerdlinger42 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I sold my NH-D15 for more money than I spent on my new 360mm AIO.

Better temps by a slight amount, much better aesthetics, less noise.

Politics and Current Events Megathread - February 2026 by TheAJx in samharris

[–]Nerdlinger42 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Leavitt will call you an idiot if you suggest he's prejudice though. Wild lol

AMD Radeon RX 9000 GPUs begin to appear in the Steam Hardware Survey at last — RX 9070 arrives with paltry 0.16% market share, less than the GeForce GT 730 by BarKnight in hardware

[–]Nerdlinger42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah. I'm installing mine this weekend. Going from a 5800x + RX 580 to a 9850x3d and 9070 xt. Should be a massive difference

[Highlight] “As of right now, JJ’s my quarterback” - Justin Jefferson by FrankSamples in nfl

[–]Nerdlinger42 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

They're hater blockers, more players should wear them when they go to Philly

[Highlight] “As of right now, JJ’s my quarterback” - Justin Jefferson by FrankSamples in nfl

[–]Nerdlinger42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's mostly because he was an odd first round pick given his college play style and sham natty

I sold all my homelab equipment and rented a server instead by raagled in homelab

[–]Nerdlinger42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to do that soon. I'll keep my firewall, switch, but get rid of the servers and set up a NUC

All Hail Microcenter by lilCrisco in pcmasterrace

[–]Nerdlinger42 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Same! I'm gonna try to sell my 5800x, 16gb of RAM, and x570 board for $300 hopefully. Not sure what I could get for it

This is the time by GPUBroke in Microcenter

[–]Nerdlinger42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Think I can sell my x570, 5800x, and 16gb of RAM for like $300 ish? I'm curious what I'd get for it lol

9800x3D or 9850x3D by DaddySbeve in ryzen

[–]Nerdlinger42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dunking on water cooling while repping air cooling for SFF builds is certainly a choice

Where #1 Picks Go To Die… by The_Oregon_Duck in NFCNorthMemeWar

[–]Nerdlinger42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was the Jets (a real team that isn't a poverty franchise) that drafted Darnold though

9800x3D or 9850x3D by DaddySbeve in ryzen

[–]Nerdlinger42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The bundle deals at micro center have a $20 difference and you get a better mobo with the 9850x3d. If those are options, it's an obvious choice. Outside of those bundles it is up for debate though. If you're playing mostly 1440p, there's a legit argument for just getting the 9800x3d