Alex

On 29/07/2023 at 17:23, J7SC_Orion said:

Another Infrared thermometer w/Laser pointer...

 

Are these at all accurate? I've always wanted to grab one for curiosity's sake... but I feel like a FLIR device will be more informative.

11 hours ago, J7SC_Orion said:

That is a very nice build !  

 

One quick question: I cannot quite make out how the GPU +w-block is supported (I am working on a post about weight of new-gen GPUs that for this series); how are you supporting that GPU/w-block combo ? 

 

Nothing really, the soft tubing helps of course but the whole thing is an enclosed block. There is zero flex because of the waterblock design but obviously as you can see it is tilted slightly down. Doesn't really bother me though.

11 hours ago, J7SC_Orion said:

As to your point about moving some bits 'out of the case' for external positioning, it adds gobs of flexibility - my earlier project-insanity taught me that ...Just one example would be my previous 'primary' system (now serves as a secondary work+play setup)...it has two mobos (front and back) on a heavily modded TT Core P5, plus 5x 360mm x 62mm rads, 4x D5 pumps, plus an AIO etc. That was the last time I tried to stuff everything on/in one case. The problem is also the sheer and awkward-to-move weight (well over 100 pounds).  Here is an early pic: of that build on the left, followed by an update how it looks now  (a w-cooled 3090 Strix joined the 2x 2080 Ti for some productivity tasks)...

External cooling is a huge bonus IMO. Makes the inside of the case cleaner, easier and honestly the whole thing was MUCH less of a hassle to put together. It's not like my desktop moves around tons anyway, and having QDCs on the external loop makes it as easy as unplugging a cable.

11 hours ago, J7SC_Orion said:

 My current 'primary' work+play build is also a dual mobo one (2x  X570 regular ATX), but side-by-side this time per pic below, using a TT Core P8. I already used Koolance QD4 quick-disconnects on the previous build (btw, the horizontal GPU cooler tubes on the front above are actually cooper pipes...).

 

Learning from my prior projects, this current primary setup has 5x D5 pumps and all the rads (6 of them with a combined total of 2520mm x 63 mm) on a separate little, wheeled 'table'. The 4x QD4s also pictured below make it easy to update / move / clean etc, noting that the reservoirs stayed on the case, high up and in the back.  The 'cooling table' is only 2 feet away, yet I hear only the faintest whoosh of air, not actually any of the 40+ push-pull 120mm fans (fixed at 1800 rpm) or D5 pumps (fixed at 70%).

 

With your MORA 420, you are pretty much on the path of a 'segmented' build anyway - it is very liberating to be able to build more outside a regular 'case' and customize any which way one sees fit. At the end of the day, the foot print is also better at the personal work space.

In the future I want to get an L-shaped desk (currently have the IKEA Alex+Karlby combo, want to get another Karlby counter-top and create an L shape from it). In where the two desks join I was thinking of making a "cool box". Essentially some spray-painted black or white plywood to house as much watercooling components as I can.

The idea is to try fit at least 2x MORA420s with their own pumps and a single res in the middle. Then have an HVAC filter for an intake to try eliminate dust build-up... only worry is static pressure but that's for when I actually build it

Congrats everyone, awesome prizes this time round! Next F@H I need to make sure that my 4090 doesn't lapse.

Also looking forward to F@H in winter to help out with the heating.

I'll lump into this because I've had some interesting things with my 4090. I have the Strix OC model and honestly just run it stock all the time. That combined with my 360 + MORA420 is enough to keep it comfortably around 40-45c under any stress test with the hotspot temp being around 5-7c higher than that. That being said, if I max my pump out to 100% from 60% I go down to 37-38c. So I definitely think these modern, denser-finned coldplates are a lot more restrictive. (I have a 7950X3D in the same loop as the 4090, both with Heatkiller Pro blocks on them). In the future I want to move my pump/res external so I can get it away from my head and turn up the speed while not being able to hear that awful coilwhine.

For what it's worth, I also have the Cablemod cable - but I removed their shield thing as I found it made it harder to verify if the connector was 100% seated.

14 hours ago, Fluxmaven said:

Don't you have a 4090? I thought you'd be way ahead since I was mostly just running the 4070ti. I did notice you finally running me down. Fired up the 3x 3090s for the last 4 hours of the comp to stay ahead

Totally didn't forget to restart my folding client after playing VR for a bit

Ah dang, just missed 100 WUs and don't think I was catching Fluxmaven fast enough.

Going with my main PC and the HTPC. Added some fans to help evacuate the air from the HTPC... it works shockingly well.

In, Alex_Blum

2 minutes ago, The Pook said:

double double post

 

 

Oh I didn't even notice the similarity at first, but that's hilarious

Took some nice pictures of my car after ceramic coating it. While it may look decent, there are some high spots on the bonnet and some light marring. Still need to polish it and use a proper ceramic coating.

2 hours ago, neurotix said:

That's a crazy amount of cards and power to beat my OC'ed 4090 in Linux and a worthless 3060.

 

Maybe next month I'll get 3rd, perhaps I will try clocking my card higher.

Do you notice a difference OC'ing the 4090? I found it didn't make much of a difference at the ~2850Mhz stock vs ~3045 Mhz +1100Mhz at all... so I left it stock.

3 hours ago, Fluxmaven said:

I actually tried adding 3... A 3080ti and two more 3090s. Tripped the breaker to the office. Power limited the cards, still tripped it again. Took the 3080ti back offline. 

 

Crazy come from behind win though considering I was on pace with Alex the day before and made up the gap in less than a day. 

Yeah I thought it was going to be close between us, and then I checked later and you were miles ahead haha

I only had a 1080 Ti and a 4090 mining.

Got my 1080 TI and 4090 up, really neat to see how my 4090 is like 8+x faster than the 1080 Ti in folding lol.

In, Alex_Blum

As I won something prior - you can exclude me from the prizes

Interested... but also not sure if this is going to go to the AirPods Max route where it doesn't really become as big as people think or the opposite like the Apple Watch where it quietly became super popular.

I'm expecting the former, but hoping for the latter. VR is a good and fun tech, more players, diversity and public appeal is only better for developing it.

Some amazing pictures! Something pretty awesome about a car that lets you go places like that. Have to ask... how is the reliability though? What have you had go wrong and what's the worst thing you had to fix?

I got my 2x4TB SN850X's for CA$500 each. It's kinda neat upgrading from 128GB->512GB->4TB SSDs in 10 years, hopefully I can replace my storage with SSDs - but I'd want 16TB drives that are ~CA$500...

Went to my mechanic to just do a once-over now that it's time to drive the car again, and replace the fluids as well. Good thing I did because where the axles bolt to the diff was dangerously loose...

Much better...

That explains why it was so terrible to drive... I thought the rubber bushings broke...

Drincc well oil man

Stock mounts don't look bad for 106k km and 17 years old;

Nice, now hopefully its not too soft

AoE2 has received so much love by the Devs that I think that deserves an honourable mention.

Just got it - thanks! And thanks for helping organizing this event

23 hours ago, neurotix said:

PaperClip, Alex_Blum, and Fluxmaven -

 

You have each won $50 from us.

 

Please send me your PayPal email address in a private message within 72 hours.

 

If I don't get it in 72 hours, I will redraw that person and get a different winner.

 

Thanks guys.

 

Damric, tagging doesn't work on mobile for me, if you know these guys forum names can you tag them please?

Neat, thanks! PM'ed.

22 hours ago, damric said:

I'm looking at June 17th-18th for the next foldathon. I'll make a post about 2 weeks prior as usual.

 

Next time we should give away a mug and a coaster from the EHW store.

And I'll actually be able to get more than 1mil PPD finally

Congrats to everyone, and hopefully I can get my 4090 running in time for the next competition

It's always cool to see the Team Summary graph during these events;

Just got a new GPU and I can't use it until the 21st due to waiting on a waterblock, so this is badly timed for me haha.

I'll see if I can join with my CPU and 1080 Ti however!

edit - unless I pull out a cursed combo

edit 2 - In, AlexBlum

22 hours ago, UltraMega said:

Yes, PSVR2 came out, but sony has already cut back their plans for it due to low sales. 

 

My argument here is not that VR isn't really cool, just that it hasn't been successfully enough to justify another full blown title like Alyx in the foreseeable future and that's not just me guessing, it's based on all the news I've read or watched about this stuff. 

 

Stuff like Gran Turismo VR are ideal because it's just taking a game that already exists and tweaking it for VR, so the dev cost would be really low. I'm sure games that have a VR add on mode will continue to exist. 

 

I think the reporting around PSVR2's sales is really bad and has led to a perception that it isn't doing well. After all, bad reporting is all too common these days:

Likely sales figures;

Backed up by:

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/91001/playstation-vr2-launch-sales-may-be-outpacing-original-psvr1-headset/index.html

PlayStation VR2 first month sales figures reportedly below 300,000 units

WWW.VG247.COM

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A new report suggests that initial PlayStation VR2 figures aren't looking so good in the first month the hardware has been out.

+ any others you can google.

People seemingly want VR to fail and do bad. I have no idea why because it would only a net loss for everyone.

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Definitely agree that VR would do a lot better if it were standardized so all VR games worked on all VR headsets. Short of that, I'm sure headset will continue to come out in newer higher res as long as people are willing to pay for the headsets, but that doesn't mean it's not a very small market from a game developers perspective. 

But they pretty much do? OpenVR / SteamVR will work with pretty much anything, While you might get better performance here or there if it were native - it's not impossible to run the game and at only a small % impact of performance loss for the API translation.