re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

Off-topic rant

But out of these 3 tech/PC YouTubers, the goofiest one is actually the cooliest because he knows who he is.. the other two I cringe at most of the time. Steve actually does a good job, if not the best, but Jay is a total fake imo. He not only usually puts out shtty content but he is one of those that some seem to perceive as cool but kind of a lazy tool in the end.

All the shtt I gave Linus over the years, I oddly watch almost every video he puts out now. Mainly because he doesn't try to pretend he knows something he doesn't, and the "projects" are inspirational.

Sorry feeling a little angry today. Rant over.

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I love that case.

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Its built like a tank. Its pretty hefty.

I also remembered what you mentioned in this thread a while back with the Power Supply cables from Corsair.

The SF600 Platinum actually comes with the individually sleeved cables, so it should make cable management a little easier.

It was hard as frick to find the B550 board and the SF600 power supply in stock.

I managed to snag both on Newegg, before they went out of stock again minutes afterwards

I might have to go to custom cable lengths eventually. Had to redo cabling 2-3 times, and honestly I'm still not completely satisfied with my work. I don't think I did completely terribly for my first SFF build though.









Basically with Ryzen's behavior, thermals in a case like this are gonna be a challenge when running anything but stock. I did manage to get a very small overclock, stable on Cinebench R20 (but fails instantly with Prime95 - temps jump right above 90+ when doing small FFTs).

4.2 GHz @ 1.16 Vcore - 3797 Multicore Score, Temp max of 85 degrees.

In gaming, I haven't seen temps in this case go above 70 degrees yet.

Haven't tried compiling any FPGA code yet, so that will be the next thing on my list.

EDIT: I forgot to mention, Gigabyte's B550 ITX board is super fricking nice, very hefty with a backplate and feels very premium.

But they royally fricked up the m.2 cooling. Basically theres a big slab of metal attached to the lower metal blocks that connect to the heatpipe on the board. But theres no thermal pad at all for the bigger piece that doesn't attached (see the pictures with the big arse aorus logo on it). The m.2 drive does have its own dedicated heatsink with a thermal pad, but the upper block is completely useless without a thermal pad to connect to the m.2 heatsink and actually seems to hurt thermals.

I went ahead and removed it.

I wish there were some cool options for SFF server building that didn't cost a kidney. I would love a sweet like dual socket mATX form factor board with limited pcie. With a single or dual high TB drive

Would be my dream

Im sure this is a question that gets asked a fair bit but:

-Got a new TV a few months ago in preparation of the new console generation, settled on a Samsung TU7000 65’

-My laptop (that I’ve just used for basic stuff, no games outside management sims) is entering the end of its lifespan and I’m wondering if I should get a gaming laptop (no room for full set up at the moment) and use that as my “console” instead.

-I know PC gaming is better and modable. I mostly play sports games except for the odd AAA title (Cyberpunk 2077 will be on this list)

-If I get the gaming laptop can I run that through my tv and get a good experience? I know it probably won’t be exactly 4K but better than typical 1080p?

What's the best pre built computer for around 600

More bang for your buck if you build.

Prebuilts are usually full of bloat parts and buzzwords.

Anyone catch the pricing leaks for RTX 3xxx?

3060 - $400
3070 - $600
3080 - $800
3090 - $1400

Some rumors the Titan card will be dropped and that's basically the new 3090 at a much "reduced price" from previous Titan.

That 3080 better be at least as good a 2080Ti.

They pushed they 3070 up another $100 to $600 from $500 for 2070/2070 super. they also pushed up the 3080 another $100 from $700 on 2080/2080 Super to $800 on new card. Nvidia is ridiculous. Better be FE card pricing and AIBs will be $100 cheaper.

AMD stock holders rejoice.