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  1. I have a whole bunch of 18V Makita cordless tools, since I switched over from Milwaukee 15ish years ago. In all that time the only tool that died was a compact drill that I abused for quite a few years. I also have some 10+ year old 2Ah and 3Ah batteries that refuse to die. I've been eyeballing the 12V wrenches and ratchets, but haven't decided if the compact size is worth it. This got me wondering how many Makita cordless tools I actually have, so here's the list: 1/4"/3/8" Ratchet 2x 3/8" Impact Wrench 1/2" Impact Wrench 1/4" Impact Driver 1/4" Sub-Compact Impact Driver 1/2" Hammer Driver-Drilll 2x 1/2" Sub-Compact Driver-Drill 6-1/2" Circular Saw 6-1/2" Sub-Compact Circular Saw 7-1/4" 36V Worm Drive Circular Saw 6-1/2" 36V Plunge Track Saw Jig Saw Reciprocating Saw Compact Reciprocating Saw 16" 36V Chain Saw 10" 36V Pole Saw Oscillating Multi-tool 3-1/4" Planer Compact Router 4-1/2"/5" Grinder 1/4" Die Grinder 16 Ga Nibbler 5" Orbital Sander 6" DA Polisher High Pressure Inflator Grease Gun Compact Vaccum 18 LED Flashlight LED Flashlight/Lantern Holy cow , I didn't realize I had that many Makita cordless tools.
  2. Right now the Radeon VIIs are just running a BOINC project (Einstein@Home), but their primary purpose is running some physics simulations and also serving as test devices for building and running the latest ROCm stack. I will be pulling one of the Radeon VIIs shortly and swapping it out for a 9070XT. The matte black tubing is 10mm/16mm EPDM, and in addition to being better suited to 24/7 operation, it has the added benefit of being able to turn a tight radius without kinking.
  3. Tubes for the MORA go through the second PCIe slot below the top GPU.
  4. I can't update the OP, so updated components are below. Thinking about swapping the board and CPU. I really don't have any justification for that, since I know all the idiosyncrasies of the 2970WX and overall it's still overkill for what it does. Components Case - Thermaltake Core X5 Motherboard - ASRock Rack X399D8A-2T PSU - EVGA Supernova G2 1000W Silverstone Strider Platimum 1200W CPU - AMD Threadripper 2970WX RAM - 4x 8x Micron 16GB SK Hynix 32GB DDR4-3200 ECC-UDIMM (eventually 8x 16GB) GPUs - Radeon 5700XT 2x Vega 64 2x Radeon VII Radeon 6900XT SSDs - 2x Intel Optane 905P 960GB U.2 NVMe, Intel Optane 905P 480GB U.2 NVMe, ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB NVMe, SK Hynix P31 1TB NVMe, 4x Inland Premium 1TB NVMe, 2x crucial MX500 2TB SATA HDDs - 2x HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB, 1x Seagate IronWolf Pro 4TB, 5x 1x Seagate EXOS 8TB, 1x Seagate Ironwolf Pro 8TB, 4x 8x 4x Seagate EXOS X18 16TB, 1x Seagate Ironwolf Pro 20TB, 1x Seagate EXOS X20 20TB 1x 4TB Toshiba N300 (Hot swap bay for backups) CD/DVD/BluRay - LG WH14NS40 flashed for 4k UHD Cooling CPU - Watercool HEATKILLER IV Pro Copper GPU - EK-Quantum Vector Radeon VII Copper/Acetal Alphacool Eisblock Radeon 6900XT Radiator - 2x XSPC EX360 2x Watercool HEATKILLER 360-L Pump - 2x Watercool D5 w/ EK-XRES 100 Reservoir Watercool Industrial Dual D5 Top w/ 100mm Watercool HEATKILLER Tube Reservoir Fans - Silverstone AP183 (front intake), 6x Arctic P14 PWM (rear exhaust, HDD fans, midplane), 6x Artic P12 PWM (radiator fans)
  5. Never posted the final specs/pics of my updated ThreadRipper workstation. 2600W in 44L is fun. Pulls about 2200-2300W with CPU and GPUs running all out. Case: Lian Li 011 AIR MINI CPU: AMD Threadripper 7960X Memory: 192GB Micron DDR5-5600 RDIMM @ 6200 MHz GPUs: Asrock AQUA 7900xtx, 2x Radeon VII Drives: 2x Samsung 990 Pro 4TB (OS), Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB (misc data and VMs/containers), 2x Micron 5200 PRO 3840GB (backup), SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB (zram backing device) PSUs: Super Flower Leadex Titanium 1600W, EVGA SuperNova G3 1000W Cooling: MO-RA IV 600
  6. In reality the base OS will basically be supported more or less forever. Most of the significant hardware bits have been upstreamed to the mainline kernel, and with Arch Linux serving as the base OS, I don't really see a future where the SteamDeck turns into a worthless brick and/or a security black hole that should never be connected to the internet. I'm running Valve's SteamOS on it now, but I have had plain Arch running in the past. As of kernel 6.1 (released December 2022) everything on my deck worked out of the box running plain Arch Linux.
  7. I mostly purchased the deck to mess around with it as a mini PC. My Steam Deck spends 90% of it's life sitting in the dock hooked up to a 27" monitor on my work bench. I do occasionally pull it off the dock to play some games sitting on the couch, but mostly it just functions as a desktop PC. Since I've been daily driving Arch Linux for the last decade plus, I'm right at home on SteamOS.
  8. No tracking here. I'll just be sticking with my 2010 STi, 1978 Bronco, and 1970 F350. No surprise, and I assume all manufacturers are doing this. VW tracking and data leak - https://x.com/alex_avoigt/status/1873315392082334150 https://www.motor1.com/news/745636/vw-group-location-data-exposed/
  9. I've been on external rads since I went to Threadripper with my 2970WX. It's really the only option that makes sense when you're trying to cool 3-4 GPUs and a 400W+ CPU. The huge MORA IV 600 should keep up and be quieter than my current 5x 360 rad setup. I have my external on the floor under the end of my desk. With hardwood floors dust isn't a huge problem for me, and it's easier to clean then a bunch of rads mounted inside a case. It only takes a few minutes to disconnect the QDCs, and take it outside to blow off the dust.
  10. Moving on from my current 5x 360 radiator setup.
  11. @pio and @LabRat best of luck on carrying the torch. I've been busy with other things over the last year, but I'm planning on being a bit more active moving forward.
  12. Not sure if I'll make a thread, but heatsinks are prepped and installed for watercooling the memory on my new workstation/daily rig. Nothing spectacular on the RAM yet, due to the subpar Micron IC's and the temp issues I was running into. Current RAM clocks below. Overall speed/throughput is not bad so far, considering I only spent $700 for 192GB. Just working on tuning primary timings down from the JEDEC 6000 I started at as a baseline. Running at 6200mclk/2067fclk, which is where I hope to stay, after I get all the primaries and secondaries tuned down to their fastest stable timings. CMD rate is at 1T, need to tweak the script a bit more to parse out the correct CMD rate. A few pics on the bench, which is in a state of disarray. Too many projects and too little time. Currently everything on the bench is on air, so I won't really be able to dial everything in to max clocks until it goes under water. Running CPU at board/platform max PBO+CO for testing, but ultimately it will be running at a static OC. PBO+CO overclock would leave some performance on the table. due to the artificial max boost limit. CPU is always at >50% load, so a static OC will give the best overall performance.
  13. F77 #2 incoming. After using this board daily for the last 6+ weeks, I pulled the trigger on another one for the office.
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