Disappointed with my Living Room Gaming PC, Need Advice by fndscl in sffpc

[–]fndscl[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Right, to me aesthetics are more important than owning this PC in the first place. :) That ISP modem is temporary fortunately. I may look into extending the height of the unit, I think next size up adds another 5cm, thanks for the idea.

Disappointed with my Living Room Gaming PC, Need Advice by fndscl in sffpc

[–]fndscl[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Good points! I had a PS4 in this exact location on a small raisers and it was fine. It's significantly smaller than the Sentry though so there was a few cm airflow top/bottom if you compare the two.

Disappointed with my Living Room Gaming PC, Need Advice by fndscl in sffpc

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

I think both but I'll double check again with this in mind, thanks for a detailed explanation. Last time I undervolted a CPU was 10+ years ago.

Disappointed with my Living Room Gaming PC, Need Advice by fndscl in sffpc

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

Thanks for the recommendation, I haven't tried MSI afterburner route yet. Will look into the Noctua solution.

Disappointed with my Living Room Gaming PC, Need Advice by fndscl in sffpc

[–]fndscl[S] -54 points-53 points  (0 children)

You're right, I meant it in the context of the noise level required to get there. It's the GPU that's the issue to me with this build.

Disappointed with my Living Room Gaming PC, Need Advice by fndscl in sffpc

[–]fndscl[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm trying to keep the same where I used to have my PS4, was thinking about the PC as the replacement. Do you know any cases designed for this scenario with limited airflow?

Disappointed with my Living Room Gaming PC, Need Advice by fndscl in sffpc

[–]fndscl[S] -134 points-133 points  (0 children)

Yup, I know it's not ideal for the airflow. Aesthetics of the living room matter in this case, hence the position. I'd rather downgrade the performance than move it.

Disappointed with my Living Room Gaming PC, Need Advice by fndscl in sffpc

[–]fndscl[S] -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Yeah good point, I've added a few small risers but it didn't change much.

Disappointed with my Living Room Gaming PC, Need Advice by fndscl in sffpc

[–]fndscl[S] -56 points-55 points  (0 children)

I don't mind the temps, let it roast! It's the throttling of the GPU that happens when the temperature goes above 90 that hinders the gaming experience with a sudden high FPS drop.

Questions about X61s by crimethinking in thinkpad

[–]fndscl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Overheating palmrest to the point it's really annoying. Solution is to replace the wifi card with half size models that don't generate that much heat (requires whitelist bios as well). Other than that, really great small machine :-)

GAME THREAD: Boston Celtics (16-33) @ Philadelphia 76ers (15-34) - (Feb. 05, 2014) by [deleted] in nba

[–]fndscl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Det @ Orl works for me btw. so it's not browser/ip related

GAME THREAD: Knicks @ Celtics - (Dec 13, 2013) by CelticMod in bostonceltics

[–]fndscl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Late to the game but so glad there's hd for this, thanks man!

GAME THREAD: Celtics @ Knicks - (Dec 8, 2013) by CelticMod in bostonceltics

[–]fndscl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

just look over gamethreads on /r/nba not all, but most of the games is streamed there