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Good Evening everyone, So having just made a few purchases for the purposes of nostalgia and humble submissions at HWBOT for Team @PremaMod, I had attempted to look around a bit for those odd or uncommon GPU's that we may have wanted but for w/e reason never pulled that trigger. I'd like to make a list of them and perhaps make a short article for the forum based on that :) Anyhow, feel free to list anything you thought or know to be uncommon, Unique GPU's! To start things off: Sapphire 4850X2 EVGA GTX 460 2WIN EVGA GTX 560Ti 2WIN KFA2 GTX 460 Wireless HD Galax Single slot GTX 470 Asus Ares I/II/III (5870x2/7970x2/390X x2) GTX 295 Dual PCB 9800GX2 Dual PCB While common "at the time" the Dual PCB design of the GTX 295 and 9800GX2 are over time becoming less and less common. Galax GTX 1070 Katana (Single slot) Gigabyte WaterForce 3x 980 SLI Asus Mars I/II/III (295x2/GTX 580x2/GTX 680x2) ATi HD 5950 PowerColor Devil13 390x2 @Mr. Fox @Papusan @electrosoft @Clamibot @Rage Set @Hiew

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Yeah considering that they were teasing it for years, with the success of Witcher 3 I think it skipped hype train and went straight to the moon. My expectations were tempered for various reasons so I enjoyed the game quite a bit overall. Dead Space was one of my favorite series, though I dropped it at 3. 1/2 I think I have around 160 hours or more between both.

Nice find, I sometimes regret not picking up @Mr. Fox's P870 but as well I was already working on my Ranger iirc at the time.

I figure if I start this HWBOT journey old enough it wont hurt my wallet as much lol, plus there is the added benefit of nostalgia as most of that hardware was prominent when I first really entered in the performance realm of things. Only thing that sucks is that I just got plex set up on the 10850K and well, its gonna have to go to another system. Maybe I will use my 5820x precision for it, actually a pretty good idea now that I think about it. Only issue is powering all the drives. 10850K is at 5Ghz but I believe its capable of 5.2Ghz iirc, should be fun to see how it will pair with the older hardware.

My trigger finger seems to be prepping for Winter. Thanks to @Tenoroon for sharing the link to the posting on fleabay, picked up a pre-modded P157SM-A with PremaMod for 250, hoping my 4980HQ will play nice with it, if so then I will likely spend more time looking into how to source one of those MXM RX 6600's, will pair nicely with that system I think. A nice send off for DDR3 era. Also purchased: 2x GTX 690 Arctic Accelero Coolers since I found a listing for 28 each. Will likely just be patient with acquiring 690's themselves but the aftermarket coolers are typically hard to find. GTX 295 for 45 USD HD 4870X2 for 41 USD 2x EAH4890's for 38 USD If memory serves me correctly I may be able to use the 4890's with the 4870X2 for Quad-Fire. If not I am sure I can find another by Winter for a decent price. Now to finally get my hands on Hiew's Arctic Accelero Xtreme IV for single GPU benching. Will probably get another GTX 295 if I find another for a good price, but I also want to find some 9800 GX2's.

Where did this redditor source it from is probably everyone's question...

This shouldn't be the case, but I will look into this today I have made some changes, this option should now be available. @Ishatix

I have no idea what you are talking about Assuming it posts, should be fun project :)

Feel free to discuss anything from the announcement here!

Good Afternoon everyone! We have a couple of small changes to enrich the forum for this announcement, some temporary and some I think to stay. First, I want to thank @Bullit for pointing out the lack of favicon/SVG for the forum. I had assumed that the globe that I looked at on my browser would be the same for all browsers, this was not the case. As of current I went and located a free license Laptop icon as you now see. I dont have any particular attachment to it but this is just to avoid issues for some of our members in their respective browsers. Thus if anyone wants to put forth some permanent icons for us to poll on later I would be happy to facilitate that. Second, I have thus far failed to locate where I can make the changes for the Reaction/Rep icon for our default theme :( I will need to reach out to Invision Community for further assistance as my GoogleFu has not delivered. Perhaps instead of the icon I may just change the color around it, I'll keep you guys in the loop for when ever that happens. Third, I have started adding content to the Tutorials sub-forum. I will continue to make "HowTo" over time with additional features/functionalities as I come across them, however I encourage everyone to create HowTo's of your own to help us all out. Lastly, for anyone that has a reddit account. I as well as the Forum and its community would appreciate any exposure we can get to bring back more and more of the "old guard" (or just NBR members generally speaking). Please be respectful of any communities guidelines when doing so but for additional context please see this thread here: Thanks for being patient with me everyone, I will continue to move the needle over the busy season that myself and @Hiew have been experiencing.

Thanks for sharing, I may end up picking that up :)

@Custom90gt I have upvoted your posts in the linked content above.

I think I had about 22-24TB of storage internally for the Ranger before I retired it and sent your what left of the parts I had. Its good that you have multiple systems though, at the time I was rebuilding my life and only had this but couldnt ignore my itch for modding lol EDIT: Source link added and much love towards @Aaron44126 for hosting the archive.

This is a repost of my modification of the Alienware 17 Ranger. Its been some time since I have had this system, but I just wanted to get it out of the Archive :) Source: https://www.nbrchive.net/xfa/alienware-17-and-m17x.1079/Internal powered USB 3.0 Hub via DMC [56k Warning]/ Good Evening ladies and gents, What I present to you today is a mod I have been thinking about for a while, while the Ranger was dead. Long ago I purchased an mpcie USB 3.0 adapter for the m4600 and sadly it wouldnt post. So, I set it aside for a while. After the Ranger died, I looked over the motherboard and long discounted the use of the mpcie USB adapter as there are physical impairments with USB cables from a mock up I made a while ago. Then I wanted to consolidate my drives into one system for travel and be able to leave behind my work horse, the m4600. So I took another look at this idea. So before committing to this, I tested it out. Testing things before cutting everything up is best if possible, saves a lot of hassle and its less deflating when it doesnt work out. Surprisingly, it worked, booted right up and displayed my drive that was currently hooked up to the hub at the time. No issues with post, windows continued to boot right up. So the test worked, there was principle to the idea. Now on to random cables I thought I would need. I ended up using just the bottom of the external caddie, and the male to female micro usb cable. Though I may still use the sata female to male extension cable for something later if I can figure out how to power a 3rd fan dedicated to the GPU. On to problem 1. Now, I made the cuts already to the cable but this is another cable just to display what the issue was (retroactive guide lol) that the usb connector was simply too large, displaying the issue I had long known about. To remedy this, I needed to remove the housing and hope that the profile would be thin enough to not cause obstruction with the components of the motherboard. Issue remedied. Also added a 0.5mm thermal pad just to remove possibility of a short circuit (metal close to motherboard) Problem #2 This would need to be removed. Also figuring out a good spot for the USB 3.0 Hub. I determined this to be the best location for the USB hub, however if you see the outline in the bottom of the image, it would conflict with the 5TB drive that normally occupies this space, so I need to create more space to house the Hub. Yes, I am making cuts on a recycling can. I am a function over form kind of guy. Now, naturally I had to cut out the obstruction in the center where the battery normally lays in order to house the HDD's I plan to plant here. That goes without saying. HOWEVER, considering you are weakening the integrity of the chassis, you must minimize this as much as possible. Thus, keeping that arm attached is a good idea, as there are a couple screws there to give the keyboard its integrity as well as pull everything together. Couldnt quite get this focused for some reason, my nice camera is with my ex in korea, but for now the LG v20 has held up well enough. Anyways, this is just the same cut presented before but cleaned up and sanded down to prevent cuts of any kind. Now, this is what you will feed the hub's connector through, but its also what you will feed the supplement power into. You will need to reduce the cables profile just like you seen before with the USB to DMC spot. It will not be enough though, so you will need to reduce the obstruction as much as you're willing to. I think I only shaved off 2-3mm. This is the flipside of the picture before this in the previous post. On to problem 3. Where to feed in the supplement power? I am not a great modder, I am just a laymen who can connect the dots. I then thought maybe I can feed the female end of the micro-usb cable into the kensington lock. As they were similar size. So I started making some cuts. After that, I began to test fit some stuff. Here is why I needed to shave down this obstruction a bit, you want to keep it as you have a screw placement there but reducing it wont hurt. Then I figured out that the enclosures I bought were too wide, and two of them would be too tall. Not wanting to spend more money (as I am pinching pennies atm), I got a little....creative....to be shown later. So, naturally, you need to reduce the micro usb connectors profile as much as possible. Now you begin to put everything together and work out the details. I did this with my old dead motherboard, dont want to be testing anything with a live motherboard if you can avoid it. You will notice that the USB cable is cut, its impossible to cable manage in so tight a space, you will need to reduce the cable length. Find a location feel you are comfortable connecting the two wires. I chose to do it in a area where it would be straight to minimize complications. For the purposes of this cable, its sole purpose is to provide power, so you can cut out the data cables (as they are friggin tiny anyways) I highlighted the points of interest. At the end, the cable from the female end proved to be an obstruction and the keyboard wouldnt sit well. You will need to reduce the cables profile itself. Also to note, I used shrink wrap my brother had, worked out nicely. Also the female connection of the supplement power was also reduced further to minimize obstruction. Next is more or less where I am calling it a day for now. As its been days without my Ranger. I will include the 5TB drive in time, but that will require cutting the USB cables you see here in the ODD bay. Also, two 9.5mm drives will be too tall for the battery bay. 1x 9.5mm and 1x7mm drive will work though as you see here. I used electronic tape to cover the pcb of the drive and then taped together with HVAC tape, as its adhesive is quite strong. I like how I didnt need to make any cuts outside of the chassis, as I only have a dremel, and not very confident at making a clean cut. But here is where you plug in the supplement power, right next to the AC Adapter input. And of course, its only a success if the drives show up right? 5 internal drives, with a 6th in the near future (once I replace the HDD interposer cable that seemed to die on me). ALSO if you make cuts to your chassis, dont bother blowing it out, DONT TAKE ANY CHANCES with metal shavings. Hose the chassis with water for a good while and air dry. What do you guys think? critiques or questions welcomed. Originally posted January 31st, 2019

Thats why I personally found the happy medium with the TU150, it let me have my D15 and 3 slots of space for my 2.5 slot 5700 XT. I was even able to plug in an M4000 (iirc?) single slot GPU as an experiment. To be clear, I am not a Liter elitist type, I just like the form factor. I also housed 6 drives in the case as well, provided I can get my hands on the vent door someday, I may rebuild into it. For now I enjoy the simplicity of open frames. I had a Rampage III Extreme back in the day, a golden xeon chip, 3x 470 + GTS 450. Though maybe mounting it on my wall was more of the drawback than the system itself? Often pulling the whole thing down for troubleshooting what later became known as an improperly cooled NorthBridge that killed one of the DIMM slots basically killing triple channel (which was all the hype at the time). While Im sure your eyes (and primarily justified 100% in its Genesis) Close Loop Coolers (CLC) also known as cheap, low cost was an innovation primarily marketed towards SFF builders as an improvement over the typical single fan non tower cooler designs (that recycled heat). The wind fall from that development was that people went to those coolers to avoid dealing with RAM clearance altogether. Though a slew of horror stories slept the net not long after with the lack of QC and bad designs (stiff tubing breaking from the radiator, more often than not). It was around this time that Asus put forth some serious products for the SFF arena iirc my interest was in the mATX motherboards, were very compelling. This was mainly because Asus solved the at the time important question that was more important then, than compared to these days, what about my sound card? Since they integrated that part to the motherboard it let me people not worry about it. It also forced people to pay more attention to air circulation in your case. i.e, airflow, not airblow. I myself used to have an NZXT Vulcan and modified the case to accept a 360mm rad on top, it was a fun project at the time. Its not for everyone, so I am glad they have multiple standards to suit each extreme.

If you got the instruction from the A14+, they are in the readme.

Most of the time I cant justify ATX or E-ATX. For a long time of my experience in PC building, it just seemed liked waste real estate which just leads me to believe you either you have to commit into the form factor for a long term to fully realize it (if you are of humble means) or have the cash to flat out fill out that frame. Ultimately it comes down to that special electrical signal in your brain that tickles your fancy. For me the challenge to drive performance from SFF's was more fun than the endurance race that the ATX form factor became for me. Though that was really just my perspective at the time. These days I technically have both, my AM4 ITX x570 system that I personally use and the 10850K systems that I run as a Plex / Miner @ 5Ghz and using 2 shelves to hold it all. I guess Im on the fence :D

Oh you are referring to when making a post? Most of the discussion in that thread to my knowledge was for when viewing posts the pictures were being compressed iirc

I think I went with the mostly standard list but from what I am reading in the mods folder here it is: 4k cloud aqua better trophies HDMonstersReworked HDReworked (parts 1-4) Over9000 (weight limit) Unlimited durability 4kArmor textures I have one on my list its called modcan but I am not sure what it is lol I have been debating taking out 4k Clouds for Phoenix lighting but have been lazy.

To my understanding, thats not resizing but viewing the native picture. Regarding the recently browsing, I will check into that this weekend, its on my action list :)

I am now replaying Witcher 3 with a number of mods that from what I can tell enhance the source material without deviating too much. Last time I played it, I think I was using the 5700 xt, since I am not mining as much right now until the Winter, hooked up the 3090 to my AM4 system. Finally made it out of White Orchard and into Velen Also, changed the title.

Wasnt MW1 not sold as a standalone?