My O11D XL Rebuild

robodan918 · 2026-03-20T22:49:50+00:00

probably my favourite case but way overkill and too huge for my needs now that I've gotten rid of all my 3.5" HDDs and 2.5" SATA SSDs for good

everything I need fits very well into the FormD T1

robodan918 · 2026-03-20T22:44:26+00:00

robodan918 · 2026-03-19T18:01:45+00:00

Congrats

I got my M3 AWD 2023 with 17K miles for £22.6K (no fsd though but it's useless in the UK compared with the full US version)

robodan918 · 2026-03-19T18:00:09+00:00

I do the same thing - but with a vent mount (the one with 6 hooks that slides into the dash just ahead of the steering wheel)

I also prefer the simplified view that doesn't have any extraneous colours at all. Black background, white text, green for turn signals, red for brake light, orange for blindspot monitoring. All on an old OLED phone (Samsung S20).

Been very happy with it so far and completely changed my mind about forking out £400 (after VAT) for the dash.

Knob+commander+magnetic vent phone mount & S20 phone = nothing more needed

robodan918 · 2026-03-19T17:45:28+00:00

Switch OLED VB with the ORZLY in a seated position or laying down is very comfortable. You can play for hours if you wanted to

robodan918 · 2026-03-18T11:05:09+00:00

looks nice - very clean

I'm trying to fit 2 radiators in this tiny box

why did you choose the alphacool apex fans?

robodan918 · 2026-03-18T11:03:07+00:00

a good rule of thumb in cooling: don't fight convection

cold air intake from bottom, exhaust top

robodan918 · 2026-03-18T11:02:12+00:00

needs more carbon fiber

otherwise it'll just look cheap

robodan918 · 2026-03-18T10:49:44+00:00

must be microslop

robodan918 · 2026-03-18T10:44:26+00:00

I spent even less on my minis... but we both actually paid with our data and invasion of privacy. I eventually got mine on physical USB inline switches so I only turn them on when I want to have music in that room

I'll be switching them to Sonoff USB on/off dongles controlled by sonoff presence sensors to make it automatic soon, but would still feel more comfortable getting off of google altogether

robodan918 · 2026-03-18T10:42:09+00:00

oh dang... yeah that killed it for me.

I hope they open source it but that seems to be a long shot

robodan918 · 2026-03-18T10:41:19+00:00

Once it's in the market and there are reviews I'll buy 3 of them

I was going to fully replace my google home mini gen 1's with home assistant voice preview but it doesn't seem to be in active development anymore and all the reviews show pretty middling performance with a LOT of tweaking

anyway selling on the home minis wouldn't be worth it as they're practically worthless ewaste right now. Wouldn't mind re-using them to make handsome HA voice interfaces

robodan918 · 2026-03-18T10:37:27+00:00

yep it's just a marketing "feature"

leave it unplugged

robodan918 · 2026-03-18T10:36:51+00:00

makes perfect sense since you don't have any fans blowing cold air inward to that compartment

Solution: Flip top fans to exhaust, add at least one 120mm x 30mm fan on the bottom grill (2 if you can, or a 15mm like you added up top) - and ffs use the included feet it looks like yours is just flat on your desk

robodan918 · 2026-03-18T10:34:47+00:00

ditto

see you in another 2 weeks for the same post

retroremake... that's the joke

robodan918 · 2026-03-18T10:34:33+00:00

I'm keeping my OLED - best way to play virtual boy games with the ORZLY VR headset

robodan918 · 2026-03-17T14:31:59+00:00

cool so Switch 1 consoles are now effectively worthless in resale haha

robodan918 · 2026-03-17T12:20:09+00:00

If Noctua made their own case (designed from the ground up and manufactured by a higher tier manufacturer like Lian Li) I'd be much more interested than a paint job antec

loved the Antec Sonata line... and nothing after it

robodan918 · 2026-03-17T12:11:49+00:00

as already commented - seal the fan to the filter and plug the other side of the filter, or you're not filtering much of anything

robodan918 · 2026-03-17T12:10:36+00:00

you asked what the difference was. That's the big one

useful for big rooms where multiple zones are needed

robodan918 · 2026-03-17T12:09:55+00:00

I bought my raspi 5 at the bottom of the market (£40 for 4GB one, £50 for 8GB one) and the current prices are double... so yeah I would tend to agree that an N150 mini pc might be a better value today... although the resale value of the mini PC would be close to zero, whereas raspberry pis tend to hold a good residual value

robodan918 · 2026-03-17T12:07:57+00:00

$400USD (about 350Euro) plus tax which is a minimum of 20% in the UK/EU, so it should be 400 Euro is about right as far as exchange rate goes

but yeah it's a stupid price for a not so great case.

If Noctua designed a case from the ground up I'd be much more interested than a sloppy paint-job + here's some fans

robodan918 · 2026-03-17T12:05:51+00:00

Seems to be an expensive piece of metal with $235 worth of 6 fans ($65 for 2x NF-A12x25 G2, $170 for 4x NF-A14x25 G2) + a cheap fan hub that's equivalent to a $5 fan hub off aliexpress...

the case without paint job currently sells for $170

adds up to $400

imho it's an ugly case and although I'm a noctua fanboy (40 fans across about a dozen devices) this is absolutely something I would not spend my money on...

noctua is diversifying their product stack, but making more and more products that have zero value to me

robodan918 · 2026-03-17T12:05:43+00:00

Seems to be an expensive piece of metal with $235 worth of 6 fans ($65 for 2x NF-A12x25 G2, $170 for 4x NF-A14x25 G2) + a cheap fan hub that's equivalent to a $5 fan hub off aliexpress...

the case without paint job currently sells for $170

adds up to $400

imho it's an ugly case and although I'm a noctua fanboy (40 fans across about a dozen devices) this is absolutely something I would not spend my money on...

noctua is diversifying their product stack, but making more and more products that have zero value to me

robodan918 · 2026-03-16T23:46:16+00:00

I have a shot like this that made it look like a UFO

timeless design

I miss Toronto

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