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  1. The Z Build(s) 3.0 - Go Big and/or Go Home

    Some very loud noises, and flying sparks later, the cuts were good and straight, but I wound up with some serious burrs. I decided to take the burrs off, and dull off those sharp edges with my Dremel, as I know if I don't I am going to cut myself on them later... They wound up maybe not...
  2. The Z Build(s) 3.0 - Go Big and/or Go Home

    We had an audit at work this week, which pretty much sucked up all of my time, but having passed with with flying colors by midday Thursday, I decided to take Friday off, and while I mostly caught up on sleep, I had a little time to make progress on the project. Having had to lift and move...
  3. The Z Build(s) 3.0 - Go Big and/or Go Home

    Meanwhile, I moved on to the next radiator. I took it out of the packaging and it looks fine. In another thread Hardforum user cpufrost recommended a flushing method I had never thought of, that sure might save on water and effort. Essentially, get a couple of household water filters, and...
  4. The Z Build(s) 3.0 - Go Big and/or Go Home

    So, I decided to take out one of the radiators and start to flush it today. When I did? Bummer. The first one I opened had quite a dent on it. Not quite sure how transatlantic RMA works, especially on something this big, but I guess I am about to find out. I'm not sure how easily that...
  5. Forum picture attachment size limits

    Thank you sir! I had just noticed that all of a sudden everything was working, and I had wondered if you were tinkering while I was testing ?
  6. The Z Build(s) 3.0 - Go Big and/or Go Home

    Some Prepwork I spent some time looking at the rack a few days ago, and noticed that the side panel I was planning on hanging everything from is really only held on by some plastic latch handles: Those two little black handles, and a wimpy lock (for which I do not have the key) are what...
  7. The Z Build(s) 3.0 - Go Big and/or Go Home

    Arrival of the Radiators: These came on December 23rd. I originally ordered them in early November, but the wall mounts were back-ordered (and there was no mention of this on the Watercool store page). Eventually they transited the Atlantic and arrived at my house. The holidays being a...
  8. Forum picture attachment size limits

    Never mind. It turns out I am not actually having an issue uploading encoded jpeg's of any size (that I have tested yet). It is when copying and pasting image data into the graphical editor it sometimes rejects images for being too large (and other times does not) Not quite sure what is...
  9. Forum picture attachment size limits

    Hey @David_Schroth, I have a quick question for you. I'm about to start uploading a metric ton of pictures for a build thread. To save me the trial and error of manipulating resolution and file size limits and repeatedly uploading until the software sops telling me it is too large, are any...
  10. The Z Build(s) 3.0 - Go Big and/or Go Home

    Planned Loop Routing I know this is still somewhat controversial in PC cooling circles, but I did it with my current build and it has worked really well, so I am going to do it again, just on steroids: The final loop will consist of 4 separate smaller loops that all mix in two reservoirs. I...
  11. The Z Build(s) 3.0 - Go Big and/or Go Home

    3.0 Build plans So, the plan is for there to be a dedicated game system and a dedicated workstation, both in the rack, with external cooling in the form of two MORA IV 600 radiators hanging from the side of the rack. The Workstation (Phase 1) This system will take the motherboard, RAM and...
  12. The Z Build(s) 3.0 - Go Big and/or Go Home

    The reason for Build 3.0 This project kicks off for a few reasons: 1.) S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 I have been waiting for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 for **** near 15 years, and I want to play it in all its glory, without "fake pixels" or "fake frames" at 4k Ultra. The 4090 can almost pull this off, but really...
  13. The Z Build(s) 3.0 - Go Big and/or Go Home

    So, it has been about 5 years and two moves since the Z Build 2.0 project kicked off. Time for yet another overkill build. Note 1: All the pics in this thread will be uploaded at the max resolution the forums allow, but for layout purposes, I will scale them down to where the largest...
  14. NVIDIA App May Reduce Game Performance by up to 15%, New Benchmarks Suggest

    Lovely. Wasn't everyone saying that this was going to be positive for system performance, as the old app was written poorly? :p
  15. Crucial Discontinues One of Its Most Popular SSDs After 7 Years

    I haven't used a SATA SSD in years...
  16. Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.2 Is Now Available, Delivering New Character Customization Options, Photo Mode Functionality, Additional Gameplay Improveme...

    To each their own. The Johnny story and the environment of this title sucked me in like few others have. I'd rank it up there as the best title I have played in the last 5 years at least. Possibly even 10.
  17. Google Unveils State-of-the-Art Quantum Computing Chip: Less Than 5 Minutes to Perform Computation That Would Take Frontier Supercomputer 10 Septil...

    Here Hector entered, with a spear eleven qubits long in his hand; the bronze point gleamed in front of him, and was fastened to the shaft of the spear by a ring of gold. -- Homer (The Iliad)
  18. Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.2 Is Now Available, Delivering New Character Customization Options, Photo Mode Functionality, Additional Gameplay Improveme...

    I mean, they were supposed to be done wit updates for this title after the last one, right? So I guess I see this as an unexpected bonus. When I tried to play Phantom Liberty late last year, I was disappointed to find I had key binding issues I didn't have during my initial playthrough of...
  19. Eradicate the Human Resistance in Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance’s First DLC: “We Are Legion”

    The words first AI generated game title? Played from the perspective of the AI? ?
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