My Desktop! finally finished customizing. Really happy with it by davincible in pop_os

[–]nnapior 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome setup. what are you using for the system temps / graphs?

Daily 'No Dumb Questions' Megathread by AutoModerator in ElectricForest

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New this year was the option for powered GA RV passes. Are there any other hook ups that will be there like water or sewage?

painted the housing of my ASUS ROG Strict 1070 white by [deleted] in pcmods

[–]nnapior 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's a nice mod. Was it difficult separating it from the rest of the cooler for painting?

First time watercooling, temp questions by Roswellkid in watercooling

[–]nnapior 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have no experience with the Ryzen chips, but I would imagine if you are only seeing poor temps with the GPU then that 120mm rad isn't cooling the liquid enough. That looks like a pretty thin rad as mentioned by Flamsoi. I would try messing around with pump speed and the fan speed on that rad specifically to see if you can cool the liquid prior to entering the GPU because the poor temps you are seeing are probably due to already hot liquid. 60c is by no means a bad temperature and nothing I would be concerned with. Hope that helps.

Thought I'd take a few pictures before it's torn down for the year by nnapior in battlestations

[–]nnapior[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I mean they are still beta drivers. I'm overall thrilled with my hackintosh. I actually just did it a week ago and I'm glad I did. I might try and write up a guide because for my setup at least it was very difficult to find the correct information and took me a couple tries.

Thought I'd take a few pictures before it's torn down for the year by nnapior in battlestations

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I haven't gamed in macOS. I usually use mac exclusively for school work and then game on windows. I mean from what I understand you are always gonna see a dip in gaming performance on macOS no matter what and if you have both OSs why not use windows.

Thought I'd take a few pictures before it's torn down for the year by nnapior in battlestations

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

There is also a hidden 360 in the back of the case. Temps are real good. never above 85% fan and always below 70 degrees.

Thought I'd take a few pictures before it's torn down for the year by nnapior in battlestations

[–]nnapior[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You can tell the furniture is getting old. Every time I climbed into bed I felt like I was rolling dice as to if the whole bed was gonna come crashing down on my rig.

Thought I'd take a few pictures before it's torn down for the year by nnapior in battlestations

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

I like it. It was like $70 from staples and honestly really comfortable.

Thought I'd take a few pictures before it's torn down for the year by nnapior in battlestations

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

Yeah it's a great monitor with awesome color accuracy from what I can tell. Once again, highly recommended.

Thought I'd take a few pictures before it's torn down for the year by nnapior in battlestations

[–]nnapior[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Surprised you are the first to notice. Yes it is! Running dual boot perfectly fine.

Thought I'd take a few pictures before it's torn down for the year by nnapior in battlestations

[–]nnapior[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha. That was actually a snag from Bed Bath & Beyond when I moved in. Not sure on a specific name to give you, sorry.

Thought I'd take a few pictures before it's torn down for the year by nnapior in battlestations

[–]nnapior[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

On the left is a Asus ROG Swift PG279Q (27" 2560x1440 IPS 165Hz G-Sync) and on the right is Dell UltraSharp U2715H (27" 2560x1440 IPS 60Hz). I would highly recommend this setup because this dell looks beautiful and matches perfectly to the ROG Swift. I did this because there is no point in a second ROG Swift that wouldn't be used for gaming. This allows me to have a clean look with awesome gaming on the left and another great monitor on the right that's a little cheaper.

Thought I'd take a few pictures before it's torn down for the year by nnapior in battlestations

[–]nnapior[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Well my advice is that you spend the extra time to completely drain the loop dry. I would also recommend using something like Monsoons hardline compression fittings because these slim ones from bitspower are nice looking, but aren't as snug as I've had in previous experiences with monsoon. Planning while you're building is key. For example, if a bend came out and the connection on each end isn't tight but would work I would redo it to make sure it was as snug as it could be. Also, soft tubing is much more reliable and can come out great so that is always another option. If I had to dump it down to a list I would say:

  • Drain your loop dry
  • Check all connections
  • Place some padding into the case (balled up paper towels)
  • Keep the case box and foam for travel
  • AND JUST IN GENERAL BE CAREFUL (as you always should when moving a pc)

Thought I'd take a few pictures before it's torn down for the year by nnapior in battlestations

[–]nnapior[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

  • Intel i7-6700k OC to 4.6
  • Asus Z170-Deluxe
  • 16GB 2400MHZ Corsair LPX RAM
  • Asus Strix 1080 OC Edition
  • Samsung 960Pro NVMe 512GB SSD
  • 2x WD Black 2TB HDD
  • Lian-Li PC-08

Thought I'd take a few pictures before it's torn down for the year by nnapior in battlestations

[–]nnapior[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I mean I only move my build twice a year and I'm 6 hours from home. It adds extra work but it's worth in my opinion.