PC building is an interesting thing. You have those that build out of necessity,
those that prefer the safety net of a prebuilt, those that build for profit,
those that build for fun every few years, and then you have hobbyists. Hobbyists
branch off in all directions. Some build rather
What happens when you become obsessed with custom loops and everything in the house has a water block on it? Yeah… I got overzealous and needed to take a step back. Water is nice but having something on air just in case is important as well. - Ryzen 9 5950X/6900 XT/Asus Pro WS X570-ACE
The Mini ITX bug bit me again right after selling my NCase M1 build. A batch of
Louqe S1 Ghosts popped up on Amazon of all places and the allure of getting one
via next-day delivery was too strong. The irony of this is that that was back in
February.
I did not think I would ever do 1 loop, let alone 2, but the moment I finished
Lucid Visions, I said “Why did I do this to myself and when can I do it again?!”
I also told myself I was skipping this generation of Threadripper since it
needed
This whole thing started out thanks to PowerColor. They found some pics of my
Zen Clarity + build that had their Red Devil 5700XT and really liked it. They
offered to send me a Liquid Devil to do a build with and I was admittedly VERY
apprehensive.
Custom loops were always
I built this PC in service to science. Its main purpose is to fold proteins via
its two powerful graphics cards for the [email protected]
[https://foldingathome.org/?lng=en-US] project.
> Parts:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3950X 16-Core Processor
Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15 SE-AM4
CPU Fan: 2x Noctua -NF-A15 140mm
Motherboard:
This ode to Noctua Redux has been running 24/7 as my main office PC since 2018.
Once I learned that someone was crazy enough to make an X399 Micro ATX
motherboard, this build took shape. Relying heavily on the monochrome theme, I
picked the Crystal 280X case, the Asus