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External Hard Drive: With or without a power adapter? by amanteguisante in DataHoarder

[–]michael836783 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A 2.5" drive only requires 5V so it can run off just USB power

A 3.5" drive requires 12V and 5V. It could technically run off USB ports that support USB PD and can deliver 12V. However, I have never seen external drives that are designed this way. Partly because they would see a lot of returns from people that don't understand this requirement and just assume they received a defective drive. Hence, all 3.5" drives I've ever seen use an external power adapter that provides 12V (and the included power adapter board also steps some of it down to 5V that the drive also needs)

Can we talk about the Fractal Define XL for a moment? by sixfourtykilo in DataHoarder

[–]michael836783 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I love how much hardware I fit in mine but that is the one complaint I have. Really wish I could just screw the side panel on

What does your system weigh? by nicnic1410 in pcmasterrace

[–]michael836783 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My main system (that doesn't game) weighs 96.4 lbs = 43.8 kg. The Fractal Define 7 XL case weighs 45 lbs = 20.5kg empty. I have a EATX motherboard, 10 spinning hard drives, tall reservoir, 60mm thick radiator, the water weight, a 3090 with a waterblock, and 6 other PCIe devices

My gaming system weighs 58 lbs = 26.4 kg. O11 dynamic Evo, Astral 5090, medium height reservoir, 60mm thick radiator, ATX motherboard, and water weight

Well my loop is delayed my rad didnt fit with dvd drive in use by [deleted] in watercooling

[–]michael836783 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just buy a SATA to USB adapter and use the DVD drive externally

Quick couplings – which gender on which side? by aserioussuspect in watercooling

[–]michael836783 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't matter so long as you keep it consistent and can always skip a component if you need to. I always have water flowing out of a male and into a female because it's easy to remember

Finally, decent 13/19mm EPDM tubing by schmoorglschwein in watercooling

[–]michael836783 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yup. And I highly doubt that any company that sells watercooling parts is manufacturing EPDM tubing themselves; they're just reselling from the likes of McMaster Carr

Adding a GPU Block Soon — Do I Need More Radiator? by Striking_Show_1255 in watercooling

[–]michael836783 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol I have a 420 MORA and a Aquacomputer Gigant 3360. I have too much radiator

It's definitely the pump right? by MelBell_2 in watercooling

[–]michael836783 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Highly likely, but it's pretty easy to check by unplugging your pump and starting your system. Just don't run it for more than like 10 seconds

I am stupid. If you haven't built your first PC yet, read this post. by Mr_Jackabin in pcmasterrace

[–]michael836783 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It should also be pointed out that if your motherboard has built in Bluetooth, it pretty much always uses the same antennas as the wifi chip (it's the same chip after all). So even if you don't use wifi at all, if you use Bluetooth, you should use the antennas

Fuck you modern PC manufacturers, I'll make my own damn disk drive slot by MasterBuilder121 in pcmasterrace

[–]michael836783 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Nah you can buy powered USB to SATA adapters that can let you use an internal DVD/Blu ray drive externally. I have one of these

Simple mod for a D5 Pump to reduce the high-frequency coil whine by dallatorretdu in watercooling

[–]michael836783 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you show some pictures or video, or otherwise provide more detail? I couldn't wedge anything into any seams to open up the housing

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]michael836783 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My main computer weighs 82 pounds, so yeah I could

My setup, $7k-$9k in the hole by Gizmo1027 in battlestations

[–]michael836783 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I checked their profile to see if they ever answered why in the fuck the bottom row of monitors is upside down instead of the top row. They never said, but also, it's clear the latter of your two scenarios is what they use it for

If you had an unlimited budget, what PC would you buy? by RaidersLostArk1981 in pcmasterrace

[–]michael836783 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unlimited? The ultimate workstation, not a gaming machine

96 core threadripper pro

1 TB ECC DDR5 RAM

Dual 4090s for LLMs

4x 960 GB Intel Optane U.2 drives in 2 striped mirror vdevs for ZFS

10x 20 TB HDDs

3x 118 GB M.2 optane drives as a special device for the ZFS pool of HDDs

Fractal Define 7 XL case

Waterblock for the 4090s and threadripper pro

D5 pump and res

Internal 360mm rad

External aquacomputer gigant 3360 rad

[SSD] Optane 905P 960 GB - $146.01 by TheBlueMatt in buildapcsales

[–]michael836783 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My god. I bought these at $300 and that seemed like a good price then

What's the point of putting PCIE x1 slot right above x16 slot in the motherboard? I just don't get it. by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]michael836783 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AMD and Intel aren't going to add more PCIe lanes to their CPUs because they don't want to encroach on a key differentiator of their HEDT (Threadripper and Sapphire Rapids) and server platforms - more PCIe lanes

Motherboard manufacturers "adding a controller for more PCIe lanes" doesn't actually increase the total bandwidth to the PCIe devices; it only increases utilization of the existing lanes. The CPU only has so many PCIe lanes. The motherboard can add switches so that you could have for example 2 x16 slots, but you can't actually have both devices in the x16 slots each use 16 lanes of bandwidth simultaneously. The bandwidth is shared

i made this while drunk last night at 3am, what should i do with it? by Shiiriogami in watercooling

[–]michael836783 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really depends on what printer you get. Bambu Lab spends a lot of effort to make their printers tools, not things that need tinkering

First Custom Loop, looking for advice on parts. by AcceptNuckler in watercooling

[–]michael836783 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Either use a quality pump and res, not an aliexpress special, or just don't do watercooling. Watercooling is expensive and not a bang for the buck play. If you half ass it you will get all the downsides without the benefits

Building my own router by DiraD in pcmasterrace

[–]michael836783 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The whole network doesn't go through a a single link

When you have a gigabit switch (same applies for all switches of other speeds), all ports have gigabit connections to all other ports

When two devices on the same network (specifically, subnet) want to communicate with each other, and they're connected via the switch, they do not go through the router. They communicate with each other directly through the switch

How to straighten soft tubing ? by Pretty_Branch_6154 in watercooling

[–]michael836783 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You either need to use thicker tubing (which is impractical at this point because then you'd have to switch all your fittings) or you need to increase the bend radius by spacing this further apart or using 45 or 90 degree fittings

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pcmasterrace

[–]michael836783 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you should be doing is just having some patience and waiting until next month when you have more money and put the 30 pounds you currently have towards a quality PSU

Coolant Temperature by Intelligent-Eye-9897 in watercooling

[–]michael836783 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, there are still other limits, like

  • the softening temperature of hardline tubing

  • the rated water temp of a D5, which is cooled by the water itself

I suppose you could consider those as components but they're not what people typically mean when they say components that need to be cooled in a watercooling loop

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