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Thread ID: 144081 2017-07-04 04:31:00 New build - Intel or AMD? BBCmicro (15761) PC World Chat
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1436899 2017-07-15 17:29:00 Threadripper pricing released

www.theinquirer.net
apsattv (7406)
1436900 2017-07-15 17:30:00 Threadripper pricing released

www.theinquirer.net
apsattv (7406)
1436901 2017-07-15 20:11:00 why are you upgrading?trade the gpu in for onboard. Mirddes (10)
1436902 2017-07-31 23:26:00 Trial assembly.

It looks a bit rough but I'm told the RGB headers will make it beautiful ;)
BBCmicro (15761)
1436903 2017-08-06 11:19:00 It seems to go alright - 16 threads at nearly 100% utilisation, 3.15 GHz. That's for Vidcoder (basically Handbrake) and also for ReSpeedR. I haven't tried Premiere Pro CS6 yet

I haven't tried any overclocking apart from boosting memory to 2.4 GHz. I think I would need a case fan to blow air onto the CPU cooler

One disappointment is not being able to turn off the red and white LEDs under the memory and on the Wraith CPU cooler

My HDD "cage" works well - a bit of felt on the floor of the rig with the 3.5" HDD lying on edge held down with a couple of cable ties
BBCmicro (15761)
1436904 2017-08-06 21:55:00 Hopefully whatever is causing segmentation faults with these under Linux won't materialise in Windows.

www.phoronix.com
KarameaDave (15222)
1436905 2017-08-06 23:04:00 Interesting case, what brand is it? Driftwood (5551)
1436906 2017-08-07 04:46:00 Interesting case, what brand is it?

The brand is on the bottom, partly obscured by a foot. I believe it says MDF
BBCmicro (15761)
1436907 2017-08-11 09:52:00 I correct myself - the RGB under the memory can be turned off by installing AppCentre and then rgbFusion (Gigabyte site)

The RGB on the Wraith cooler can be turned off the same way except that you also need to install the supplied cable linking the cooler to the MB. Without this link the default is a bright red ring around the top of the cooler powered by the fan power supply. I didn't install the link cable originally because I assumed the RGB default would be off

The place where the RGB cable connects to the cooler is covered by a tiny cover which has a metal jumper perhaps linking the fan power to the RGB? If so, I could have turned off the RGB simply by pulling out the cover

The RGB effects are quite good (controls over intensity, hue and 'breathing') and would look good in a black rig. In a white rig it's very garish and mega-ugly

If only they could provide pastel colours - grey, pink, avocado, puce....
BBCmicro (15761)
1436908 2017-08-18 03:19:00 I'm impressed by the Silverstone case fan AP181. I think 180mm is the size sweet spot. 120mm can be a bit noisy and 240mm a bit big

$33 incl GST at PBtech.

But it doesn't come with a top grill or filter. I've got some filter material but nothing for a grill. Does anyone know what I could use to keep fingers out?
BBCmicro (15761)
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