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>>51645644
What's the purpose of that smaller expansion card?
>>51645683
Okay, I'll answer this now at the top so as to not get a load of posts asking about it:
Both cards are GPUs. I run GNU/Linux on the metal. One GPU is used by this linux system. I then have a Windows VM for which I use qemu-kvm to passthrough the other GPU. The result is I can switch to windows for playing games and using some CAD applications that aren't on linux. It's very convenient, but requires quite a lengthy initial setup.
>>51645644
hello
oogie boogie
>>51647172
how's all of that positive pressure treating your GPU's?
>>51645659
Those going over the CPU are horrid
PSU is nice tho
is it only me or is my chrome very slow with loading hover-over images? same with webms
>>51646259
>>51646197
>>51645659
>>51645644
hello my define S bros
>>51645644
What case is that?
I'm trying to get the smallest case I can that will fit 2 video cards. Yours looks like a good contender
>>51647278
If you don't mind paying extra and also waiting for it to come out.
>>51647278
It's a fractal R5. It's a mid-tower, so probably not as small as you're looking for.
>>51647228
why are your yamahas at that weird angle?
>>51647625
cuz i dont have a fucking proper stand for them kek
they re lying over some shitty rubber thing.. they sounds like shit anyway in my supersmall room
>>51647965
can't see shit/10
>>51647208
It's actually pretty neutral at best, probably more negative when the GPUs start ramping up.
The two 140mm noctua fans surprisingly aren't that great on the radiator, I'm probably going to eventually change it over to the original NZXT fans.
But they're OK. They stay cool enough.
![0424ed60-82fd-4995-9bb5-35850cad505f[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/rtH4G3P.jpg "0424ed60-82fd-4995-9bb5-35850cad505f[1].jpg")
Hi /g/uys, I', planning getting a Fractal Design S, with 7 Fans (2 included + 5 arctic cool). I don't want/can't afford liquid cooling.
Opinions on the case and/or cooling?
My room is usually very hot so I don't think is overkill but I would like to hear opinnions.
I like the case (between other reasons) because of the chance of putting my 2 hdd and new ssd behind the MB.
>Pic related
>>51647297
Just read through the website for that case and it seems pretty wonderful. I really hope I have some spare cash when they're released.
>>51645711
Interesting, how is the GPU performance on the Windows VM compared to a normal installation? Would it be possible to use the integrated GPU for Linux or does it have to be a dedicated one?
>>51645644
Bought the same case and PSU. Nice choice senpai.
>>51648273
really good case for the price
i got it standing next to me right now
>>51648458
Your gpu is upside down and might fall
>>51648664
Good, it is nice to know I choose it right.
Is overkill putting a total of 7 fans in the case? My room is usually very hot, so I'm very concerned on cooling topics.
>>51645644
The fuck is on your cpu?
God tier build mate
My system is getting an upgrade, and an actual case
>>51648530
>how is the GPU performance on the Windows VM compared to a normal installation?
Exactly the same FPS in GPU bottlenecked games, so negligible GPU performance loss. The CPU performance is what is down on the virtual machine, but not by much.
>Would it be possible to use the integrated GPU for Linux or does it have to be a dedicated one?
Yes, it's absolutely fine to use the iGPU for the Linux host. The thing only thing you can't do is passthrough the iGPU to the windows VM.
>>51648901
A CPU cooler.
>>51648853
Are you literally retarded?
>>51649010
Thanks for the answer, I guess I will try that on my next build, any advise/resources on how to set it up properly? Did you encounter any other problems worth mentioning? If not its a pretty nice set up
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How do you guys keep your /guts/ dust free?
Just did my first thorough cleaning of my 2 year old rig, my CPU heatsink was caked in gunk, even with a dust filter.
>>51649547
Positive pressure
>>51649600
Other anon. That's more intake that outtake, right?
>>51649627
Yes
It's not a fix all and is not as good for cooling, but it certainly helps.
>>51649755
What will be a good mid point between dust-free and strong air cooling?
>>51649797
I'm not 100%, but I'd say positive pressure with a CLC? Going on the idea that the CLC directly exhausts heat from the case whereas a tower cooler exhausts air into the case.
Just a guess though.
>>51649547
Dust filters.
Any case worth it's salt will have them.
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>>51649853
But (I just did a little research) CLC is Liquid custom loop or something, it is liquid, I meant Air Cooling only. Strong, but full air cooling.
>>51649453
This Arch wiki page is OK, but won't cover everything you'll run into:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PCI_passthrough_via_OVMF#Binding_to_VFIO
>Did you encounter any other problems worth mentioning?
There's no problems now it's up and running.There's no 'catch' to running the system this way if that's what you mean.
However, it was a bit of a bumpy ride getting it going in the first place. My system is a web of custom config files, shell scripts and kernel patches to make it all work seamlessly. I'll write a tutorial for the /g/ wiki over Christmas when I have the time to save people like you troubleshooting the same problems. Now I know how, I could set up such a system in an evening, to give you an idea.
>>51649010
It looks like a metal coffin from that angle
>>51649213
Please don't bully me
>>51645644
>>51650357
Is this what rich people do?
been a while since i last poasted
>>51650373
Rich people with nothing else to do.
>>51650357
>>51650393
With nothing else to do, to tell OriginPC to build a PC for them.
>>51645644
[email protected], 16 gb@1233, 2 msi r9 390s, and 2 2 tb hard drives. I have a msi 970 mobo.
>>51649936
>memeing this hard
>>51648875
Got one here too, friend. It's not overkill if it's working. I've got 6 fans in there now and it's idling round 26C
>>51649511
Nice pooter, dude. I've been thinking of putting my 4790k into the living room as an overkill HTPC chip.
5960X okay for them math labs and spice, tho?
>>51648458
What GPU is that?
>Same shit as always
Except, what's this?
>>51650757
Updated SSD location.
Added WD Red 3TB.
When I have better lighting in the house and more drive to do so, i'll update the whole thing.
And that 250gb 850 EVO is getting replaced by a 512gb 850 Pro in 3 days.
Hype.
I need a new case bad lads. The CM 690 II has served me well, but it is time for an upgrade.
What do you all suggest? Accepting accent colors in black, blue or white only.
Take a look gents. Soon to be changed. This fractal case is going to become my file server housing a tiny am1 itx board and sempron 3850.
Going to also buy an 8 port sata controller card. Ditch the hardware raid and just use the ports individually.
>>51647228
U bitcoin mining ?
>>51650691
Should I assume you don't have bottom fan?
It is supposed to be a bottom gap to bottom fan, right? I'm not usre about a fan there, I don't know why.
where my noctua nigs at
>>51645644
Psu blew after 30 min. Waiting for ax860i to come in. Can't figure a way to make everything look clean before closing it up.
>>51650783
Do people who do this have insanely fast upload speed? I see a lot of people talk about having or actually owning some kind of file server or game server.
I feel like if I ever did this trying to legitimately host files I'd be pissed having to wait some where else because my upload peaks at like 5Mb/s.
>Oh I've got that ISO, just let me download it from my file server real quick
>45 minutes/hour later
>OK its done!
I keep a copy of every file I feel like I might want or need on my portable hdd in my purse which I can access with my ultrabook when I'm on the go if I absolutely need it, but even then I usually don't.
I guess I can understand it from a hobbyist point of view though.
>>51650990
If I were pulling something from the server from a remote location, it would be slow for large files yea. I build my server more for storing all my movies and transferring small files like school reports and text book pdfs if my classmates need it.
My LAN speed on the other hand easily pushes 950mb/s when moving files from place to place. For instance when I rip a bluray. A single rip is usually 55gb. Ill rip the bluray over the network to my ssd in my gaming machine because the cpu in my gaming pc is much faster than the sempron 3850. Ill then transfer the finished product back over the network when Im done encoding and shrinking it. Takes longer tp encode than to transfer.
I use my server for my LAN more than remotely accessing it. Sharing a printer over the network, giving access to my movies to my sister from her room etc.
>>51650710
Not sure is srs but it's been fine with any of the eng. software I've used so far, although pSpice isn't very taxing. Inventor is more so, but benefits from a CPU with better single core performance.
>>51651080
>Network Drives
Okay yeah that makes sense. I've never lived in a large house, in fact my computer being in my living room, it's directly connected to my entire entertainment center there when I entertain guests who come over for what ever reason, it's all right there.
But if say, I lived in a four bedroom two story house, I could totally understand doing that instead.
>>51650990
>Baiting this hard
>>51647722
cool clock, ahmed
>>51651267
Sorry I'm retarded sometimes.
Why the hell not.
AMD FX-4350
currently only 8gb ram(1600MHz, CL 9)
MSI R9 390.
>>51648913
Did you catch my post in the other thread, about how you won't be able to SLI on your new board?
>>51649511
Why buy 4GB sticks? If you only need 32GB then you could've gone with 4 sticks, you'd still have quad channel (like it actually matters) and you'd have room to expand.
>>51652081
I could lie and say they were cheaper or something, but honestly I like the aesthetics better.
This rig is basically the last time I can upgrade for 4-5 years, so I'll most likely be building from scratch next time anyway.
What paint and I assume brush do you use to paint parts liek GPU or fans?
>>51652612
Spray paint, something like Plastikote.
>>51652612
>google what is material of this part of made of
>google how do I paint this type of material
>read
>become enlightened
Go getcha a nice big helping of euphoria fagot.
>>51650715
ASUS GTX 980 Matrix. Same one this guy has I think
>>51645659
>>51647250
literally none of the cases you quoted are define S
>>51651676
R9 390 with that CPU?
Senpai fucking change your motherboard and CPU asap, I used to have an FX6300 and I didn't enjoy it though the fucker served me well.
>>51653738
His motherboard has the VRM section to really lean on that 4350. With a cooler along the lines of a 212 evo, he can easily get 4.8ghz on the chip. In a less cpu bound game, he'd get along fine.
>>51653738
>>51653870
The r9 390 was a surprise upgrade, so I hadn't expected needing more than a 4350. Once my new cooler comes in, I'm going to find out just where in the silicon lottery I placed.
5960x
64GB Ram
980Ti
m.2 systed drive
24TB raid
and just to make everyone mad....
[spoiler]hackintosh[/spoiler]
>>51649453
I'm not the person you replied to, but I'd be very interested in a write-up on this.
>>51645711
>The result is I can switch to windows for playing games
as long as they arent DirectX 12...
>>51654683
Love that case.
It's like a Air 540 but not an eyesore.
>>51654750
Why do you say that? Why wouldn't DX12 games work?
>>51654776
as far as i know there is absolutely 0 directx 12 support in any VM right now
which kind of defeats the entire purpose of running windows in a vm for games
GTX 960, FX-6300, 8GB Corsair and really shitty non-modular cable management.
>>51654792
>as far as i know there is absolutely 0 directx 12 support in any VM right now
I don't need no support. The GPU talks to its native driver on windows as normal, unaware that it's in a VM. Pic related.
Haven't installed Win10 yet but see no reason DX12 wouldn't work when I do.
Say hello to my 2004 HP Compaq.
tfw my laptop broke
Since I just got my first one, people with SSD's: do you put your cache, program temp files, and pagefile on hdd? I've read a few guides that are now years old on utilizing an ssd but I was wondering if there's new steps to take today. Its's a 250gb one for a pc with OS, programs and likely games going onto it.
>>51655019
disable windows pagefile and symlink temp to a ramdisk
>>51650357
>>51650502
Phase change cooling? NICE!!!
Bet it was a pain to insulate though. Now if only they made phase changers for the GPU as well then that would definitely be a winning combo.
>>51655058
Because the ramdisk is better/faster than hdd? I don't run UPS.
>>51655081
the ramdisk is significantly faster than the hdd you'd be placing it on and the data is usually (almost always) volatile enough that it would be removed or irrelevant on reboot anyway.
if you don't have enough ram, there's nothing wrong with using storing temp files on an ssd. you're probably going to be replacing it before the extra writes matter in any way.
>>51655225
Yeah that's what I figured, the guides said the same and this is just a casual build.
