For me, it’s a several hour process. I enjoy the cable management, for one thing. I like to handle each component as carefully as if I’m assembling a nuclear bomb. Idk, it’s a fun therapeutic process that I like to take my time with.
Well, except for the last one I built. Which is basically just crammed in however I could get stuff to fit. Had to bust out the angle grinder for the graphics card to make it in. Had to relocate the hard drive cage. Cable management is just enough so they aren’t rubbing on any fans. I have rubber shims wedged under the Blu-ray drive to prevent rattling in the stupid tool free drive bay. It’s a disaster in there. But it usually doesn’t get over 70C in game, so I’m not going to mess with it.
But it usually doesn’t get over 70C in game, so I’m not going to mess with it.
So not an Intel build then?
I’m just salty as fuck that my last build randomly temp spikes for no goddamn reason that I can discern (and I just so happen to have one of the newer chips folks are complaining about).
Hah, nope it isn’t an Intel. I’m currently fighting with my wife’s old workstation that I’m trying to use as a Linux gaming rig. It has an i7 9700 in it, and it just does not want to run under 82C in game. I replaced the old thermal paste, added two (larger) case fans, and moved the HDD to improve airflow. I can try a better low-profile cooler, but I really don’t know if that’s going to do it either. Short of water cooling, which would mean new case as well, I don’t know what to do.
Already looked into it, and see no reason for it. I don’t particularly care a few liters more size of my PC, my home can handle it. Additional cost = not worth
Last time I spent like 4 hours just to swap a graphics card. Granted 3.5 of those hours was me accidentally snapping off the shitty plastic spring things that were holding the heat sink that was right next to the graphics card on and then having to dig through all my spare screws and parts and shit to fashion a replacement means of holding that heat sink back on and then removing the motherboard to actually install them and reinstalling that. That was a fun sunday evening, and then I learned that the graphics card wasn’t even causing the issue I was trying to solve…
How are you spending a day building a new PC though? :( I’m always done in 30mins - 1 hour max :(
For me, it’s a several hour process. I enjoy the cable management, for one thing. I like to handle each component as carefully as if I’m assembling a nuclear bomb. Idk, it’s a fun therapeutic process that I like to take my time with.
Well, except for the last one I built. Which is basically just crammed in however I could get stuff to fit. Had to bust out the angle grinder for the graphics card to make it in. Had to relocate the hard drive cage. Cable management is just enough so they aren’t rubbing on any fans. I have rubber shims wedged under the Blu-ray drive to prevent rattling in the stupid tool free drive bay. It’s a disaster in there. But it usually doesn’t get over 70C in game, so I’m not going to mess with it.
So not an Intel build then?
I’m just salty as fuck that my last build randomly temp spikes for no goddamn reason that I can discern (and I just so happen to have one of the newer chips folks are complaining about).
Hah, nope it isn’t an Intel. I’m currently fighting with my wife’s old workstation that I’m trying to use as a Linux gaming rig. It has an i7 9700 in it, and it just does not want to run under 82C in game. I replaced the old thermal paste, added two (larger) case fans, and moved the HDD to improve airflow. I can try a better low-profile cooler, but I really don’t know if that’s going to do it either. Short of water cooling, which would mean new case as well, I don’t know what to do.
Maybe it’s time you got into SFF PCs. Or maybe it’s best you don’t.
Already looked into it, and see no reason for it. I don’t particularly care a few liters more size of my PC, my home can handle it. Additional cost = not worth
Last time I spent like 4 hours just to swap a graphics card. Granted 3.5 of those hours was me accidentally snapping off the shitty plastic spring things that were holding the heat sink that was right next to the graphics card on and then having to dig through all my spare screws and parts and shit to fashion a replacement means of holding that heat sink back on and then removing the motherboard to actually install them and reinstalling that. That was a fun sunday evening, and then I learned that the graphics card wasn’t even causing the issue I was trying to solve…