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Discussion: What makes your build unique? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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One quirky detail of my build: it has a tiered storage system through FuzeDrive. What that means is I have an 8 TB shucked hard drive and a 128 GB SSD "fuzed" together through some old software by Enmotus that is no longer available for purchase iirc. This means the SSD acts as a cache for my huge 8 TB drive. As a result, I can just install basically any game I want to my massive 8 TB drive without worrying about space, and if I play that game more than once or twice, it'll automatically move to the SSD portion for faster access.

Some ideas:

Is this using used hardware that has a story?
Got an unusual configuration that isn't normally seen (Dual RTX 3070 for example)
Did you paint it or add special lighting?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I opted to use an old Cooler Master CPU fan from a Windows Vista eMachine that I had in my home. Went from cooling a AMD Athlon X2 to a AMD Ryzen 7700X.

Having looked up the model number when building my PC, it's apparently a model that wasn't meant to be sold individually, or at least, I couldn't find any places that sell or sold that specific model previously, beyond a few old eBay listings.

May not be the best practice to re-use old CPU fans like that, but monitoring the temps when running higher-end games, it seems to be doing the job just fine!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Previous build: It was 4.5L. What makes it unique is the finickiness, because it was shutting off with stock settings and it uses a Dell 330W power brick. I had to down volt both the CPU and GPU, and it worked well for ~6 years.

Current build: It's a 4090 and 7800x3D in a 10L case.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a little big. Fractal Meshify 2XL. 420mm AIO. I was fed up of 'poky' cases!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My build doesn't have a PSU. Instead it has a voltage regulator. I live in an off-grid RV so my PC runs off a battery bank. There is no AC/DC conversion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That is indeed unique.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what are the specs of the system?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oldass i7, 32GB RAM, couple of SSD's, RTX 2060 12GB underclocked to reduce power, no monitor since it's a VR machine/stable diffusion server. Wirelessly connects to a Pico 4.

For older hardware it manages to run everything I throw at it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh that's more than I expected. I thought you would just power something laptop like by the battery. How long can the system stay up?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It'll run indefinitely while idle. I usually put it to sleep when I'm not using it though. I've got a 600ah battery bank so I can pretty much run it as long as I need to under load without fear. My air conditioning is the thing I have to keep in check.

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