Mr. Fox

Well, that sucks. Can you test it in a different computer to see if it behaves the same? That would tell you for certain. Worst case scenario, Tony at Nortwest Repair could fix it for you. Does it still have the factory tamper sticker on the screw head or has it been taken apart by the prior owner?

Thank you for the update, brother. You will continue to be in our thoughts and prayers. We are reaching an age where things like this can really be stressful (emotionally and financially) for us and our loved ones. Our mortality becomes more evident to us and we become thankful for small things we once took for granted. Circumstances like this have the potential to strengthen our faith or produce uncertainty, fear and doubt. Keep the faith, brother. We are standing with you in spirit as you walk through this thorny pathway.

That really sucks. It's bad enough that there are so many hackers, scammers and identity thieves that are foreigners, but a fellow American doing it makes them that much more worthy of brutal and merciless retribution. Their predatory mindset is very similar in practice to serial rapists and child molesters and they deserve capital punishment. Did you sell your 5090 FE or did something happen to it?

Zotac makes some of the best 50-series GPUs. Build quality and PCB design are excellent. Glad you chose that one. The scammers of the world all deserve a bullet to their head. Did the scammer have a foreign accent or did his speech sound like he was from the area he claimed to be from?

My daughter has become addicted to gaming again like she was as a teenager (she is 39). When I gave my X870E Strix/4090 build to one of my sons as an upgrade/trade for his B650/7700X/3060 and gave that to my daughter she was hooked. The gaming rig that I gave to my grand daughters (her kids) was a B850/9600X/1080 system. I snagged a good deal on a RTX 3070 FTW3 https://www.overclock.net/posts/29586464/ (about $210 USD shipped). I am going to use that to upgrade my daughter's system and move her 3060 into her girls' system as an upgrade for them. And, then take the 1080 from their system and use it to upgrade her husband's system (which I gave them a couple of years ago) that is sporting a X79 Gene Rampage/Xeon E5-1680 V2/RX 590. So, that's going to be a sweet deal for all of them. Each system will be getting a 35-45% bump in graphics performance from where they currently are with their current GPUs.

@Papusan I hope they are getting everything sorted for you. Staying in the hospital while they run tests and "monitor" things is very boring. Let us know when they let you go home, brother.

Turned out nice. Will look pretty slick once the bubbles in the reservoir dissipate in the next day or so. Although very similar in size, this case weighs roughly twice as much as the Phanteks XT M3. The chassis is structurally very rigid. I am going to find out if Svet can remove the power caps the idiots at MSI put on this board. I need to be able to pull at least 100W more from the CPU than what the firmware allows. Newsflash MSI retards... this is not a laptop.

You are like family to us brother, even though we've never met face to face. I'm thankful that they got this issue before it got you. I will include your family in my prayers because I'm sure that this is stressful for them.

I'm going to be moving my "guts" from Banshee out of the Phanteks XT M3 to an O11D Mini V2 this weekend. I'll be using an Alphacool 240 flat reservoir with a VPP Apex pump installed into the side instead of fans to keep it cleaner. Length and height are similar but the O11D Mini V2 is wider with about 1 inch more room behind the mobo tray and a little bit taller with more room above the mobo with the mobo shifted down to the lower position. Basically the equivalent of one PCIe slot taller above the mobo for added radiator/fan space. The primary motivation is material quality. The XT M3 metal is very thin and the plastic front and top panels are flimsy. I guess that is why it is so inexpensive. It's not a bad case overall, but it is a little bit chintzier than I would like. Plus, I am just an O11D addict at this point. Build quality and ease of use on all of the O11D cases is unrivaled.

You are in our thoughts and prayers, brother. Get better fast.