One of the reasons I decided to ditch water. Upgrades are such a massive pain. Especially with hard tubing where you'll need to bend new pipes.
Whats your latest purchase?
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Definitely one of the reasons I stuck with flex tubing as opposed to hard, and while I've only done a couple of builds w/ a GPU in the loop, it's not something I'd consider unless for some reason a WC'd card dropped into my lap, or it was some kind of hybrid card with it's own WC cooler that was relatively easy to deal with.
That said.... I'd argue that a person would probably see better returns on WC'ing the GPU as opposed to the CPU.
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Agree with both of you @lowfat and @sswilson and have pondered what I'll do for the next upgrade. Buying new blocks add a pretty decent cost on top of an upgrade. I always wanted to do a hard tubing custom loop to see if I could do it. So that is checked off my list at this point!
But I have to say I do love how very quiet my PC is with this loop. When I'm just doing non-gaming stuff on the PC you have to listen carefully to hear if it is on. Gaming it ramps up some, but still way quieter than my system was on air, and a big contributor to that I discovered was the three fans on the GPU.
But I have to say I do love how very quiet my PC is with this loop. When I'm just doing non-gaming stuff on the PC you have to listen carefully to hear if it is on. Gaming it ramps up some, but still way quieter than my system was on air, and a big contributor to that I discovered was the three fans on the GPU.
I ditched hard tubing for that reason also. i make changes frequently enough that the soft tubing feels far more practical. I can swap out a CPU without draining the system simply by moving the block out of the way. GPU upgrades are the only complication since they always require a new block.
However I feel like if I was on air i'd have the itch to upgrade more frequently. I'd likely be comping on trying to pick up a 6XXX amd or 30xx nvidia at this point but I feel like a liquid 1080ti will continue to keep me happy until another series of releases. Then grab the top tier card again and 1 water block and run it for years.
However I feel like if I was on air i'd have the itch to upgrade more frequently. I'd likely be comping on trying to pick up a 6XXX amd or 30xx nvidia at this point but I feel like a liquid 1080ti will continue to keep me happy until another series of releases. Then grab the top tier card again and 1 water block and run it for years.
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TCL 10 Pro (Certified Pre Owned) for $70 once a $50 credit against my current tab is factored in.
Cancelled.
Ordered a new one on their pre-BF "sale?"
$15 tab, came with JBL TUNE 125TWS TRUE WIRELESS buds, and is supposed to also come with a 32" TCL TV. (Also got a $75 credit against my existing $80 tab).
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Finally my chair came in, the Steelcase Gesture;
Now to get used to it as it certainly is different than the last chair.
Now to get used to it as it certainly is different than the last chair.
'Fosi Audio' 150wrms@4ohm class D subwoofer amp and cables in order to hook up to my DAC/AMP.
10ft HDMI 2.1 cable so I can finally run 4K @ 120Hz. Working perfectly fine @ '12-bit' colour too.
10ft HDMI 2.1 cable so I can finally run 4K @ 120Hz. Working perfectly fine @ '12-bit' colour too.
Paying a 10% premium, but whatever, I'll call it a rental tax vs buying it for retail in January.
Edit: 5600 and 5800's are coming in and out of stock right now.
Nice! Yeah they got a huge restock today. I think the 5800X was in stock for better part of 30 minutes. I had the 5800X in my cart but have this faint hope that I will get a 5900 in the supposed big refresh this week. If not 5800X it is
edit: supposed not suppo lol
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