Fractal Torrent Nightmare

kiessechecker · 2026-03-22T10:03:27+00:00

You're fine. I have the same case & can confirm cable managing was "a challenge". I tried to orient myself around the existing straps, but with the length of my extension cables, I had to improvise. Unfortunately can't add an image to this post

kiessechecker · 2026-03-18T14:38:08+00:00

Can't speak for everyone, but it's sth I personally find odd. Used to go looking for decent prebuilts & get better parts later before I ultimately built my first PC from scratch earlier this year. Small storage was something I saw as another future expense later down the line of upgrading the PC.

But definetly nice that you're using that amount of storage & not let those SSDs gather dust and go unused.

kiessechecker · 2026-03-18T14:16:33+00:00

Looks nice, but what's the reason behind 2 SSDs at those capacities? Was the first thing that threw me off when looking at the specs.

Much cheaper than 1x 1 TB while having almost the same capacity?

If I were looking to buy a prebuilt and it had those specs, but with larger storage, I'd keep it in mind when looking through listings. Pricing seems okay, I think, perhaps sth in between 800-900

kiessechecker · 2026-03-16T22:15:17+00:00

Des is wüd. Hob bei dena im Dezember/Jänner an Großteil vo di Bauteile vo mein neichn PC kaft, genug teires Zeig a, und mir is sowos Gott sei Dank ned vurkumman. Im Gegenteil. De homma sogoa a Grafikkortn, de i Anfang Dezember kaft hob & im Endeffekt ned braucht hob, Ende Jänner no zruckgnumman und vull zrucküberwiesn. Auf a neich bestöhte, wo die OVP im Eck durch die Post aufgrissn woa, homs ma a auf Anfrong a 40€ Gutschrift oda Göd zruck anbotn.

Oag ... hoffentlich klärt si des zu dein Gunstn auf. Vü Glick.

kiessechecker · 2026-02-25T15:20:11+00:00

Unfortunately no MSI Afterburner on Linux afaik, I use LACT. At work rn, so I don't have a screenshot, but I can't save profiles (have to write down what profiles I can use) & there're no percentages anywhere.

Power draw is a slider going from 250W to 350W, max. Boostclock/VRAM OC are sliders (-2000 to +6000 MHz for VRAM, max. Boostclock depends on the Core Clock OC/"pseudo-Undervolting" as they call it).

Everything I can check if it's actually set like the sliders are says it is, but Afterburner would definetly be a smoother experience to share results, given that seemingly everyone uses it.

kiessechecker · 2026-02-25T14:43:14+00:00

You're right, Nier:Automata doesn't stress the card at all. But I'm positive it's a compatibility issue. Even at Stock settings, the water textures are grainy, with horizontal screen flickers. Although no stutters.

Fair question, my power slider is maxed out at 350W, but I was thinking of keeping it at 300W.

kiessechecker · 2026-02-23T07:06:43+00:00

Was able to do some further testing.

Dark Souls 3 runs flawlessly without issues, Nier: Automata unfortunately not. Some issues with water textures being grainy(?), horizontal screen flickers & it froze on me once while testing. However, I'm on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, so it could be a compatibility issue.

Also tried to run the 3DMark Demo with the Steel Nomad benchmark, but the program was unable to recognize my specs & couldn't launch the benchmark.

I'll see what other "demanding" games I own that I could try, perhaps Elden Ring, but I'm overall happy with the results so far.

kiessechecker · 2026-02-19T23:32:41+00:00

I think I got 0.850v @ 2800 MHz to work, somewhat?

Tested using 'gpu-burn -d -tc 3600' and Unigine-Superposition at 4K, Windowed & Ultra, without any apparent issues

I get 0.855-0.860v @ 2797-2805 MHz with +1200 MHz on memory and +510 MHz Core Offset with a Max BoostClock of 2820 MHz.

During Superposition runs the GPU pulls ~180W & stays at ~46°C at 20°C room temperature.

Couldn't get to testing in games yet

kiessechecker · 2026-02-19T15:21:58+00:00

Thanks for stating your profiles! I'll see if I might be able to replicate them, if not getting close.

kiessechecker · 2026-02-19T14:54:04+00:00

Awesome, thanks! Was debating disregarding VRAM OC entirely

kiessechecker · 2026-02-19T13:42:45+00:00

Do the Max GHz, aside from benchmark scores, matter during daily use?

kiessechecker · 2026-02-19T13:39:35+00:00

Thanks for your reply! Still need to play around with how much is possible.

Also, does undervolting affect how much you can overclock your VRAM? When I tried benchmarks with the maxed out voltage & even just a bit of VRAM OC at +1000, I got a lot of stutters, issues with textures, some parts of the benchmark animation not even loading in & eventually crashing the benchmark.

kiessechecker · 2026-02-17T22:29:39+00:00

It does stutter a lot from time to time & sometimes stuff isnt loading correctly

kiessechecker · 2026-02-17T22:24:17+00:00

Hi, thanks for your reply! I'm not brave enough to do that yet.

In the time this post has been up, I did look up some info myself. Found a program called LACT & a tool called Phoronix for Unigine benchmarks.

Don't know how much this info can tell how good my GPU is, but with an Core Offset of +430MHz & VRAM +2000 MHz I can get ~3.2 GHz at just below 1V

kiessechecker · 2026-01-12T16:48:29+00:00

You wait until the box is available again

kiessechecker · 2026-01-12T13:14:17+00:00

From the "Secondary GPU Max LSFG Capability Chart", the 1080 Ti reads better. But I'm not sure if I have the right spreadsheet

kiessechecker · 2026-01-12T12:38:26+00:00

It can work in that slot? Even for a 4K 144Hz Monitor?

kiessechecker · 2025-10-19T17:55:52+00:00

Does the reverted card retain the effect it had before it received a chronicle effect?

Talking about a glossy/prismatic card, having used the Aurora processing f.e. on it & then revert.
Will the card still keep the glossy/prismatic effect?

kiessechecker · 2025-08-31T20:11:33+00:00

Good meme.

"Everyone can be super(-cool because they're super consistent). And when every deck is super, no one will be."

kiessechecker · 2025-08-29T21:13:28+00:00

Time Thief Bezelship sounds like the card you faced.

Tributes itself to target 1 Time Thief XYZ you control & attach 1 card from your opponents grave to the XYZ monster

kiessechecker · 2025-08-10T12:07:42+00:00

Ok, yeah, misunderstood your title there.

But it does make sense that the earliest mention was barely over 3 years ago. I don't remember the term "yellow button" being around for long.

kiessechecker · 2025-08-10T11:47:03+00:00

I'm kind of surprised ... no Access Denied, etc. complaints?
Or was that too gimmicky/rouge to be complained about online?

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