New Build: Mostly Finished

[MiRai]

Funny how it almost always boils down to thermal efficiency.

This is my first attempt at any sort of water setup (CPU only), and I'm liking the results. That's why the next step forward is going to me putting everything under custom water. Doing so is a bit restrictive when it comes to upgrading, and that was why I initially didn't choose to do that with the GPUs, but I think I'll be okay because I have GPUs which should last me at least another year. I don't think I'd put the GPUs under a 'complex' water loop (which couldn't be re-used) if I was expecting to change them out in only a few months.

I remember having to spray prototype 3DFX, S3 and ATI GPUs with freeze spray during evaluation testing. Never did have that problem with Matrox or NVidia. Was damned funny to be trucking along in a 2D video test and see the entire machine just freeze; spray it with a little freeze spray and it would pick back up again for a bit.

This sounds like tech support from just before my time.

I like the case, though I cringe at the dust management.

I honestly thought it'd be a bit better in the dust department, because I have a Silverstone FT02-B Fortress case, which also sucks air from underneath and blows it up and out, but I think the fact that everything is completely open allows the dust to get into things a bit easier. However, because it's so open it does make cleaning everything just that much easier.

You look to young to have a Sega Genesis emulator. Do you play Shadowrun?

I've actually never played Shadowrun, and I'm glad that people watching my videos think I look younger than I actually am. All this working out and trying to stay semi-active seems to be paying off.

Beautiful work on your video.

Thanks. i was worried the overly sarcastic bits would turn people off, and I almost re-recorded the video because of that, but in the end I just decided to release it in its current form, and if people don't like my sarcasm then people don't like my sarcasm. /shrug