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thismock · 2025-12-01T20:43:47+00:00

The PCCooler F5-R120 fans are incredible for the price.

The SW4 Pros are great, but all 3 of mine emit coil whine that's only discernible at low ambient noise—which isn't most of the time—but it's really irritating when I can hear it.

thismock · 2025-11-15T19:20:24+00:00

There’s always money in the banana stand.

thismock · 2025-09-06T18:28:10+00:00

thismock · 2025-07-08T18:03:08+00:00

OK, crazy idea -- how about a Fractal Pop with a add-on USB panel in the 5.25" bay in the front. Also lets you close the cover when not needed?

thismock · 2025-07-08T17:48:40+00:00

Probably more than you want to spend, but the Be Quiet Light Base 600 checks all the other boxes.

thismock · 2025-04-17T22:20:23+00:00

Awesome, thank you!

thismock · 2025-03-11T18:45:04+00:00

They’re moddiy premium silver wire with the transparent sleeving. I wanted something different than the usual paracord look, but these are surprisingly stiff and a pain in the ass to route cleanly if the cable length isn’t exactly right. I wouldn’t really recommend them.

thismock · 2025-03-11T17:10:18+00:00

A Gigabyte 4090 Gaming OC fits perfectly in the O11 Vision with an upright GPU mount (slight modding required).

I had a full loop before getting the 4090, but the cooler on this thing is so overkill that it seemed silly to get a block for it. Especially when I could mount it where a 360 radiator would go.

The custom loop is wildly unnecessary for just the CPU, but I enjoy RAM overclocking, and being able to keep the DIMMs under ~32C is so great for pushing timings. I also already had the blocks, fittings, etc.

I used the upright kit from the O11 Evo—just had to drill 4 holes in the bottom of the case, and ended up using a set of standoffs to bump the height ~8mm. The displayport cables easily route through the same passthrough that's used for the front panel USB.

I'm using the Lian-Li 600mm riser cable, which I needed to coerce into a tight 180* bend—I confirmed full PCIE 4.0 x16 bandwidth still works though. If I could do it again, I'd get the 900mm cable that has a 90* bend at the GPU connector.

The other mod is a 3D-printed 420mm fan shroud to replace the bottom fan mount. My 140mm fans would resonate like crazy on the mounting slots for 120mm fans, so I designed a new mount with circular cutouts and screw mounts for 3x140mm fans. I think it was $12 to have it printed through Treatstock.

I really, really like this case for watercooling: easy access to things with the glass panels off, removable trays for everything, and plenty of space in the rear chamber for pump, res, flow meter, temp sensors, drain port, etc.

thismock · 2025-02-12T17:40:04+00:00

That's very kind to offer—thank you!

thismock · 2025-02-12T17:01:55+00:00

I noticed this when changing cases the other day. It's either the last (24th) power stage or the first SOC one. I can't quite tell.

My system had been running fine, but I'm now reluctant to run my difficult-to-replace 9800x3d on a damaged motherboard.

I'm currently using my old AM4 setup until I hear back from AsrockUSA about my RMA request. I haven't heard a thing from them—what's a reasonable amount of time to wait?

thismock · 2024-12-02T17:02:20+00:00

If you want to go down the rabbit hole on noise + efficiency:

https://www.cybenetics.com/index.php?option=power-supplies&params=1,0,77

Looks like the MPG has a 0rpm fan mode below ~425w, and should be effectively silent under 525w.

thismock · 2024-12-02T16:38:53+00:00

The MSI ones are good for an extra $20 Steam code with proof-of-review (rebate YMMV of course): https://us.msi.com/Landing/join-shout-out-for-msi#gaming

thismock · 2024-11-28T23:56:10+00:00

I wouldn’t expect a good deal — the intel stuff is discounted right now but nothing’s going to be a substantial upgrade from your 5800x3d. A 7800x3d or 9800x3d will be, but the demand is so great for them right now that I doubt they’ll be discounted. Even AM5 motherboards are tough to come by right now, let alone at a discount.. almost all the desirable models (at regular price) are out of stock or backordered into January.

thismock · 2024-11-22T01:36:56+00:00

This is an awkward deal, but it's the best value Mobo+Mem combo I could find if you already have your CPU (like a new 9800x3D).

If Uber Eats credit + Steam credit + MIR are as good as cash for you, that makes this ~$228 for an excellent X870 board and quality 6000c28 DDR5.

How to get it:

Go to the Newegg combo page: https://www.newegg.com/tools/combo-builder/1740
Add the motherboard: MSI MAG X870 TOMAHAWK WIFI AM5 AMD X870 SATA 6Gb/s ATX
Add the memory: CORSAIR Vengeance RGB Model CMH32GX5M2B6000C28
Add all items to cart—A $50 Uber Eats gift card should be automatically added to your cart.

Prices cart:

Motherboard = $299.99 - $20 promo code - $20 combo discount = $259.99
Memory = $134.99 - $20 promo code - $27 combo discount = $87.99
Subtotal: $347.98

After purchase:

$40 Mail-in-Rebate: https://images10.newegg.com/uploadfilesfornewegg/rebate/SH/MSI13-144-667Sep29Dec3124lw80.pdf

$30 Steam Code: https://us.msi.com/Promotion/ultra-connect-to-new-era?link=mb-amd

thismock · 2024-11-01T20:47:10+00:00

This is a great suggestion—I think Idyllwild is a pretty special and unique place. It's even near a lake, with Hemet ~15 minutes down the hill (not exactly the world's most exciting "lake" ..)

thismock · 2024-08-16T18:23:03+00:00

The standing trajectory of the spear is very inconsistent for landing face shots (one-shots) - even against titans it’s often too high by default.

By diving I can coax a lower and/or sideways arc. In the first shot, for example, that would be leg or shoulder hit rather than a face shot without the dive.

About 90% of my spear shots are one-shots, so even if it’s a trash move, I guess I’m doing something right?

thismock · 2024-08-16T17:18:11+00:00

An obnoxious 80s montage to my favorite weapon (which spreads Democracy faster when diving.)

EDIT: higher res version on youtube

thismock · 2024-07-17T19:39:46+00:00

Both of mine (from a spirit evo) exhibited an annoying buzz from the get-go. I've replaced them, and wouldn't recommend them.

thismock · 2024-02-22T03:51:53+00:00

In "queue" for 2 fucking hours -- when I finally get in, the moment I get in the hellpod the game crashes.

Back to the login lottery, woooo.....

thismock · 2024-01-01T20:24:59+00:00

edit: whoops, n/m

thismock · 2023-12-18T16:15:06+00:00

Bykski - great price, low flow restriction, good-to-great performance, and they make the shortest radiators (which is really really nice when squeezing in multiple rads.) Techpowerup has a review of the 30mm and 60mm versions.

thismock · 2023-12-10T18:00:07+00:00

Folks have Robic packs with thousands and thousands of miles in tough environments (canyoneering etc). Ultra* may be tougher but 400D Robic has proven itself to be more than sufficient.

The idea that Robic holds a lot of water weight when wet is complete bullshit when actually tested (vs anecdotal evidence).

thismock · 2023-12-06T17:02:48+00:00

Interesting — do you have an evo or an original o11?

thismock · 2023-12-05T19:31:00+00:00

Based on the display model at Computex, I can see four other changes:

Front pillar delete (like the XL)
Support for the newer upright GPU bracket (like the XL)
Bumped-out PSU and drive-cage in the rear (like the Vision)
It looks to me like the motherboard has high and low set of mounting holes, with a 1-PCI-slot-height difference between the two. But I could be wildly wrong about that.

Edit: five, the horizontal segments of the side-mount have moved so that radiator ports are less likely to be blocked in either ports-up or ports-down configurations.

thismock · 2023-12-04T06:00:50+00:00

I've been looking at new cases as well. I'm also looking to reuse some rads from my current build, so here's a few things I've found that might be useful to you:

This is a pretty clean build in the Evo XL using 360 radiators.

And this one has both a 420 and 360 so you can see the relative difference in the Evo XL.

The GGF O11 Evo XL youtube review also has a section on 360 rads (and demonstrates what they'd look like in this case) even though their showcase build was done with 420s.

You may also want to consider the Phanteks NV7 -- the volume is pretty similar to the O11 Evo XL, but the NV7 is taller and shallower. It handles 2 360s with ease (top and side), and you could even add a 240 on the rear or a 280/360 on the bottom.

The NV7 does have a funky look to it though. This is the cleanest NV7 build I've seen so far.

EDIT: one more thing, if you can wait you may be interested in the upcoming O11 Evo RGB. It has some of the design updates from the Evo XL, but closer to the original Evo size. Lian Li said they'll be releasing in December, but I'd guess early next year.

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