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Brave Little Hitachi Wand

@ yakko @feddit.uk

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  • FML it's the worst time to get into a high end PC, but...

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  • Samsung reportedly set to distribute up to $26.6 billion to staff in AI-driven semiconductor bonuses after last-minute union deal — average payouts could approach $400,000 per chip employee

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  • I tried, seems like you prefer to be angry.

  • FML it's the worst time to get into a high end PC, but...

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  • Okay so, this looks really good. Maybe it makes the most sense to duct in the heat sink at the rear, have intake fans below, and have the front and top as exhaust so that airflow goes in one direction. The only problem there is that it'll be blowing hot air forwards, but I can just position it on my left facing away... That would put the window facing guests anyway, which works. Is it possible to face the PSU exhaust forwards or upwards so it all goes in one direction?

    I would kind of like to route the heat sink exhaust upwards without crowding the case, but maybe not needed. As long as there's a general sense to the air flow I'm sure it's fine, right?

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  • FML it's the worst time to get into a high end PC, but...

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  • I had thought I'd do the standard thing of intake bottom/front and exhaust top/rear, but I'm not fully visualizing it yet. Does it always make more sense to duct in than out, so to speak? I assume so.

    Weather stripping I've actually used on doors and windows, I can get that from my evil international conglomerate of choice. A full-on duct would look kind of janky but that I can get behind.

    I have misgivings about liquid too. I'm sure it's great while it's working, but I'm building towards peace of mind. I would rather just spend more on an overkill CPU rather than overclock.

  • What piece of media thoroughly disappointed you?

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  • I don't think I've ever encountered a LotR fan whose favourite film adaptation was Bakshi's. That's really interesting.

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  • Ruby Rhod stole that show, but you're right that the concept art is the best creative aspect of the production.

    The script is more style than substance, but in fairness you'd need a lot of substance to balance that equation. All of that is basically thanks to Moebius.

    The icky stuff makes sense in retrospect, Luc Besson has allegations.

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  • The best thing we got from that film was Harmon's Neeson impression.

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  • I didn't finish the show but I got the idea pretty early on; he's like Captain Ahab, right? Not a good man, at least not anymore - a tragic character.

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  • I still can't understand why the live action Avatar: The Last Airbender exists.

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    Trump’s face doesn’t belong on U.S. passport, senators tell Rubio

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  • Let them be delusional, pity the lucid.

  • Samsung reportedly set to distribute up to $26.6 billion to staff in AI-driven semiconductor bonuses after last-minute union deal — average payouts could approach $400,000 per chip employee

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  • They were referencing anti union propaganda

  • The White House is ordering agencies to place its new propaganda app on all employees’ government phones

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  • I doubt they'd keep you long. Government jobs have been no fun for quite a while.

  • Trump to skip son’s wedding that he labeled a ‘no-win’ for him: report

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  • I could do my son's wedding, but, unfortunately, the only way to make that about me, is to proclaim I can't attend, to the whole United States of the World! Also, I'm running out of commas again, somehow, and have to go get more.

  • FML it's the worst time to get into a high end PC, but...

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  • After something like ten years with a 27" iMac in my life, practically no PC case on the market could help but feel less awkward and painful to move with! can't wait to turn this big bastard into a headless file server stashed away somewhere. But yeah, looking around at smaller cases I'm not seeing much that grabs me the same way.

    Except the Lian Li A3-mATX Tempered Glass Micro-ATX, that kind of works for me... It's hard to tell if everything will fit, though. If I ended up getting a 185mm tall heat sink, would that actually fit?

    Edit: Seems like it will! Wow. I was going to argue, but the more I look the more it makes sense. Thanks for this!

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  • I have been swayed by people who advised 32gb minimum, so I've elected to save up a little longer for that. For the SFF angle, that's a more challenging take. I'm drawn to a larger form factor because I'm still inexperienced with building PCs; the extra room so I don't have to fret about things fitting, and the spread-out look so I can admire my handiwork. I'm not entirely immune to practical concerns, but since this will technically be my first ever ground-up PC build intended to sit with me for about a decade, I want it to be at least something of a centrepiece.

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  • I'm no authority, but I'm finding Gigabyte's factory overclocked 9070 attractive. I wanted something AMD purely because it's going to be a Linux machine and I hear no end of complaints about Nvidia from that crowd. Most of my thinking is driven by the CPU choice, and I've been warned against anything less than a 9070 for fear of a GPU bottleneck.

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  • That does look pretty good, and I like that it includes so many fans and dust filters. The CPU heat sinks I'm considering are all pretty big, up to about 160mm. Do you think it'd fit?

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  • That was an early guess, currently I've settled on the ADATA XPG Core Reactor II 850 W. Thanks!