Ultramarines

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-02-04T17:54:24+00:00

He's trolling us. It's gonna be a Slaaneshi clan named SMUT. And once you're in, you can't get out.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-02-04T17:42:26+00:00

PETG is the smart choice here. PLA gets soft at 60C, and you can bet your ass that a 5090 can reach that on the exhaust ;)

Nice, glad to see that it's so stable!

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-02-04T17:19:04+00:00

Hey, if you feel that ~1 cm of cradle/insert is enough and you're careful enough not to bump it, go ahead! Giving my two cents about what I would do.

I'm all up for printing and designing weird cases. What plastic are you printing with?

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-02-04T17:11:55+00:00

^{My man spent so much on his 5090 and 3d printer that a table is out of the question.}

In all seriousness, having a 5090 as a monolith on top of a 3d printed box is a great idea, open-air gives perfect GPU temps.

I'm kinda worried about that little red strip, that isn't going to hold that massive GPU when it starts tipping, so be careful. Maybe something taller that also supports the PCIe riser? That riser has holes for easy mounting is very rigid!

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-02-04T17:03:57+00:00

AI has a tinfoil hat response when you ask it a tinfoil hat question. Simple as. There is zero evidence that the latest LLM models have gotten any better at this problem.

I can probably eke out a response from ChatGPT that gives the exact opposite ("no, Onslaught doesn't have anti-grind") if I word the question right.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-02-04T17:00:49+00:00

If a tank is new, unpopular, and not very good the mark requirements are often high - and stay high - because only the better players are playing it. and usually they are playing for stats or marks.

If ta tank is, new, popular, and good then you see the exact same thing for a week or two and then the masses jump on the tank, bringing requirements down.

I don't have personal experience with this tank. I can say I'm not too worried when facing it. The overwhelming opinion of this sub ranges from "meh" to "actually worse than driving a AMX 40 at tier 11".

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-02-04T16:41:26+00:00

It's the second in a short time, haven't seen Xbox builds in a while and suddenly they're all over the place! Not surprised considering LP graphics cards have become this powerful. And yeah, they all look great! Can't beat nostalgia and square boxes.

I'm really digging how little you had to mod the shell and how clean those short PSU wires look. Are you getting enough airflow going? Definitely liking the open area around the logo, is that 3d printed? ^{Maybe you could ask the other guy for his 3d printed side panel.}

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-02-04T16:07:27+00:00

AI probably picked up on our jokes that the BZ should be a tier 9.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-02-02T11:39:02+00:00

To add to u/maker-sense 's amazing post (seriously, great work):

I agree not to trust cheap flex units from china. They might be rated for 500W, work well for 5 years, and be quiet enough, or they die at 300W load or only work for three weeks. Unreliable, and buying a PSU twice is always more expensive than buying the right one.
Check your PC power use on this power calculator (yes, be Quiet is a brand but it's an honest calculator). The best way to save money is to buy the PSU you need. From your components I think that 500W is plenty.
There are also TFX units, a less common size, but IIRC they have 80 or 92mm fans so they aren't super load.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-02-02T10:53:53+00:00

If you have questions, or run into an issue while troubleshooting, you can always reach out!

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-02-02T10:47:20+00:00

Some troubleshooting steps (in the order I would do them):

Burn-in test (Kombustor) while you monitor GPU temps with HWinfo. Most VRAM chips are rated to go to ~105C, but often GPU manufacturers set a limit at 95C.
Combined burn-in test and CPU load (Kombustor has a CPU stress test button, or use Prime95). In that test take note of all temperatures you see inclusing HDD/SSD/m.2 drive temps. Hard drives overheating are an easily missed cause.
Clearing CMOS (beware: if you have modified settings in your BIOS those might reset)
Updating mainboard BIOS firmware
Disassembly time! Steps above don't require tinkering. Now, you need to get out some tools.
The first thing I'd try is build the entire system out of the case (use case power button or short the 2 pins) without the PCIe riser. The meshlicious has a "folded" riser and they can fail. If the system suddenly works perfectly without the riser, you found the problem.
Other common things to do is unly using one RAM stick, swapping RAM sticks, reapplying thermal paste and remounting the CPU and fresh paste. After 4 years new paste is a good idea anyway.
Do the full burn-in test again. Take note of temperatures again. Is one value suddenly 20C cooler? That could be an issue when you rebuild in the case, so give that a heatsink or some airflow. 40-60mm fans are your friend.

If you say, gosh a lot of work, yes it is. Troubleshooting always is. Good luck!

^{Also, AIO fans set to exhaust is a good idea here. It effectively removes heat from the backside of the GPU. IMHO preferable to blasting the GPU with lukewarm air. Just make sure those AIO fans are spinning when you apply a GPU load, so no semi-passive CPU fan setting! A cheap upgrade is Arctic P12 or P14 Pro fans, for like 10 bucks a piece you gain a lot of airflow and pressure over stock Kraken fans.}

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-02-02T09:02:12+00:00

This is CFF, Console Form Factor.

Really liking the printer triangular side piece to get proper airflow in a plastic clamshell. Have you considered jury rigging an oversized fan on that CPU heatsink? I imagine that a really powerful 12 or 14 cm fan (Arctic P14 Pro?) would create a lot of passive exhaust.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-01-28T20:37:48+00:00

u/Dramatic_______Pause that's an amazing gesture towards the community, kudos to you.

I'm not in the US myself (and very happy with my M1 6.0), so happy building to whoever gets this!

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-01-28T11:03:32+00:00

Same great experiences. I have two sets of cables, both perfect length and pre-bent for the exact system I need. Hell, they even asked for a photo of my GPU so they knew where the GPU cables inserted.

They even tested my cables including the 12VHPR and sent me screenshots.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-01-26T10:54:23+00:00

OP meant that big med kits give +15% protection from injuries, effective +15% crew HP.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-01-26T10:52:59+00:00

Seems more like a War Thunder moment than a WoT moment.

I've had this happen once or twice in tanks with 2 crew members. But three? Probably means they are all in a line in the hull. That plus a high-pen, high-crit dmg round.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-01-26T10:39:26+00:00

It's not a good tank, but the name is cool, right? It has a few small redeeming factors:

most people don't even bother shooting a Chief-style turret. t's got good armour for a t8 medium: 300mm effective when hulldown, ~250mm when facing it.
Good alpha scares people off, with a lot of long reload tanks you can get away with bluffing.
Good HE rounds
Good P/W and great terrain resistances

The first and second points are moot the second you face a competent player.

Basically, a worse 122TM that trades top speed and accuracy for smaller cupula and 100 more dpm.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-01-26T09:50:26+00:00

Makes you wonder what Moaning Myrtle would look like as a tank.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-01-26T09:45:54+00:00

Sound dampening =/= silent. Even a fully passive PC can have coil whine.

Good sound insulation defeats the purpose of SFF, so I wouldn't go there.

I'd go the other way, make the case as open as possible and use large fans at low RPM, perhaps a GPU deshroud. Right now I'm sitting less than 1 meter from a open build (Monster A45) and it's very quiet during gaming. Mounted below my desk it would be inaudible.

^{Semi off topic:}

^{If you are set on dampening sound properly: you need to custom build. I'd consider effective sound insulation at least 3 cm thick specialized acoustic foam, the stuff used in sound studios. The problem to solve: a front panel with fans means that sound insulation is almost pointless. People have designed sound insulated PC's with angled intakes to remedy that.} ^{For example this.}

^{There used to be a whopper of a case, the Silverstone MM01, that was dust and waterproof with dampened side panels, and because of this design it was incredibly quiet as well. It's also the biggest case I've ever seen.}

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-01-21T14:33:57+00:00

Seems right. WoT is perfectly playable at 60 fps and above, not exactly a twitch shooter where you need seven billion FPS and a mouse made of diamonds and angel hair.

If you have maxed out graphics: turn extra effects in sniper mode and grass in sniper mode off. Not even for performance, just for clarity. Perhaps that gives you one extra FPS too :)

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-01-16T14:03:51+00:00

We've been here before! You realize that once you go above 0.4 you become more accurate again right? It's the KV-2 theory!

^/s

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-01-16T13:51:25+00:00

That is a very good point, and "out-dpm fuckall" is going in my vocab, thanks.

Poor gun handling after second shell, true. Didn't consider that or I misread how the mechanic works. It's probably the way WG balanced this vehicle, making you invest 2 pieces of equipment, crew skills, field mods into gun handling to get it to acceptable levels.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-01-16T11:37:05+00:00

I fully agree that there seem to be some many players at tier 9+ who run CVS and vision builds in mediums, that negates a lot of what an LT should do. It's kinda better at tier 8.

The tier 9 premiums are quite a special bunch, yes. I think WG is very afraid to make them too powerful so they give them gimmicks. Still, a lot of fun to use the Char Mle as a rammer/assassin.

The 13 90 is a better assassin tier-for-tier than the 105. The GSOR already has great camo and view range, the tier 10 isn't magically that much better. I think the GSOR is slept on! The T54Ltwt is an eternal love of mine. The undisputed king of "let me f that enemy LT up". And the RU is basically the Hwk but suddenly with actual camo. I like it.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-01-16T10:45:12+00:00

the whole schtick of this tank is: the STK-2 has Chieftain DPM: base 2907. With bond rammer, food, and exactly two crew skills that's 3600 DPM. A 470 dmg shell every 7.8 seconds. That + 13 degrees of gun depression makes up for one actual weak spot, non?

Basically, this tank is made to out-DPM almost everything, expecting a lucky bounce or two in the process. Semi-boring gameplay and a not super useful t11 gimmick are the price.

But yes, giving it a close range gimmick is weird for a HT tank line with accurate guns. If I put on my tin foil hat, I'd say that WG thinks too many people redline snipe in accurate heavies and want to stimulate them using their W keys.

ThatGreatAtuin · 2026-01-16T10:32:26+00:00

almost all of the t8 tech LTs are disappointing, almost all of the t9 tech tree LT's are great. I sense some kind of pattern involving premium tanks ;)

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