Sexy Hardware Close-Up Pic Clubhouse.

sam_86314 · Mar 2, 2023

Opened up my Zephyrus G14 to replace the wireless card. It has a pretty sick-looking vapor chamber.

Mussels said:
These made other threads for obvious reasons, but also belong here

Him, later on discovery channel
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I know this isn't hardware, but I caught a picture of this little guy at work back in June.

Ouuu it's so cute! I love jumping spiders.

khemist · Apr 27, 2023

sam_86314 · Jun 13, 2023

Hot-swappable switches on my new keyboard.

Mussels · Jun 14, 2023

I kinda like that for easy repairs, but i kinda dislike it as it feels like it could be a weakspot to break itself

havli · Jul 5, 2023

One of the modded BGA to LGA CPUs. This one is Core i7 4980HQ - Haswell with L4 cache.

SyWillCry · Jul 19, 2023

My Sapphire RX 590 Nitro+ AMD 50th Anniversary Edition (the gold one).

My dead Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290X Tri-X.

My daily card, an AMD RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition. This is before a more thorough cleaning and just before I waterblocked it.

My R9 Nano. Never gonna get rid of it.

My Sapphire Vega 56 Pulse. Looking into finding a way to make it a Vega Nano.

My friend's RX 5600 XT. Upgraded them from a 1060 3GB to that.

The aformentioned GTX 1060 3GB.

And finally, my RTX A2000. Used in a build-in-progress, intended to be a travel gaming rig.

Veseleil · Jul 19, 2023

SyWillCry said:
My Sapphire RX 590 Nitro+ AMD 50th Anniversary Edition (the gold one).

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My dead Sapphire Vapor-X R9 290X Tri-X.

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My daily card, an AMD RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition. This is before a more thorough cleaning and just before I waterblocked it.

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My R9 Nano. Never gonna get rid of it.

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My Sapphire Vega 56 Pulse. Looking into finding a way to make it a Vega Nano.

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My friend's RX 5600 XT. Upgraded them from a 1060 3GB to that.

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The aformentioned GTX 1060 3GB.

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And finally, my RTX A2000. Used in a build-in-progress, intended to be a travel gaming rig.

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AMD makes this world a bit less boring place. Call me a fanboy, IDC.

Jism · Oct 8, 2023

A nude 6700XT - repasted and managed to shave off 12 to 15 degree hotspot. The thermal application done from the factory is OK when you don't care.

Count von Schwalbe · Oct 8, 2023

Jism said:
nude

And not even a nsfw spoiler.

Mussels · Oct 9, 2023

Have some Vrooms?
Playing with focus, will work on this more

hrp32 · Oct 9, 2023

Jism said:
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A nude 6700XT - repasted and managed to shave off 12 to 15 degree hotspot. The thermal application done from the factory is OK when you don't care.

Been wondering why every mid range ATi die rotated 45 degrees. Any reason or design benefits maybe? Clearly a disadvantage when it comes to designing heatsinks for proper gpu contact!

Why don't Intel or Nvidia do this?!

emissary42 · Oct 24, 2023

lexluthermiester · Oct 24, 2023

emissary42 said:
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Mining board?

KrazyT · Oct 24, 2023

Never seen these gold condensators before :laugh:

Shou Miko · Oct 24, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
Mining board?

KrazyT said:
Never seen these gold condensators before

It could be a industrial motherboard with the samme golden screw sticks on it.

KrazyT · Oct 24, 2023

Like wifi plug...
But pcie_rclpk, apu-clpk etc... remains mystery...
And a bit of lazyness to find out...
I'll wait here for the revelation

Mussels · Oct 25, 2023

hrp32 said:
Been wondering why every mid range ATi die rotated 45 degrees. Any reason or design benefits maybe? Clearly a disadvantage when it comes to designing heatsinks for proper gpu contact!

Why don't Intel or Nvidia do this?!

45 degree bends have less electrical resistance than 90 degree bends, and they're less fragile?
Not something neccesary and may just be a design choice on their part due to their internal die layout

emissary42 · Nov 3, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
Mining board?

AMD Development hardware.

KrazyT said:
Like wifi plug... But pcie_rclpk, apu-clpk etc... remains mystery...

Those are used to hook up oscillography probes to monitor the respective signals.

Aquinus · Nov 11, 2023

My lowly 3930k machine just got an upgrade. A little BIOS mod let me boot from NVMe on my 12 year old platform.

It's a 2TB Samsung 980 Pro. Shot was with my Canon RP, 50mm ƒ1.8 prime @ ƒ2.8. Probably should have stopped down to ƒ5.6.

Mussels · Dec 23, 2023

I should end up with enough photos to make my own thread as i get going withy the mobo reviews

Lighting is the hardest part, focus is the second.

tabascosauz · Dec 23, 2023

Perks of having a (super ancient, older than me) 105mm macro..........I guess it counts as "hardware"? Kinda??

A bunch of us with VKB Gunfighters are troubleshooting something that involves adding green Loctite 290 to the main 625zz bearing on the pitch axis of the stick, to remove play in the inner bearing race. The trusty ol' 105mm 2.8D is the only one that can do the job.

I have been sidelining my D610 for months now but the extra resolution and ability to shoot video (which Df cannot do) is coming in very handy lately. Whole bearing is about 15mm wide.

sam_86314 · Jan 13, 2024

Took the label off of my 4TB Teamgroup MP34; guess I'm stuck with it now.

But hey, now I can actually confirm the RTS5762 controller and 128MB DRAM cache.

HammerON · Jan 13, 2024

That is the M.2 I just ordered on Amazon!

Shou Miko · Jan 13, 2024

sam_86314 said:
Took the label off of my 4TB Teamgroup MP34; guess I'm stuck with it now.

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But hey, now I can actually confirm the RTS5762 controller and 128MB DRAM cache.

Hmm 128MB DRAM cache sounds low because in my country this drive would set me back about £247 but for £265 I can get a Western Digital SN850X 4TB it does only have 2GB dram cache but that would be a better pay. I would usually take a Kingston KC3000 but the price for the 4TB variant with 4GB dram cache is about £326 and I would not pay that.

I would love to have listed Sabrent with their Rocket drives but they ain't avaliable in my country even I have one but it's imported from Germany.

sam_86314 · Jan 13, 2024

HammerON said:
That is the M.2 I just ordered on Amazon!

It runs very hot and performance is all over the place. But it was the cheapest TLC-based drive with a DRAM cache.

System Name	Space Heater MKIV
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Taichi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S, 3x Noctua NF-A14s
Memory	2x32GB Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4-3600 C18 1.35V
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Storage	2TB WD SN850X, 4x1TB Crucial MX500 (striped array), LG WH16NS40 BD-RE
Display(s)	Dell S3422DWG (34" 3440x1440 144Hz)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s)	Edifier R1700BT, Samson SR850
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x, CyberPower CST135XLU
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK 2 96%
Software	Windows 10 LTSC 2021, Linux Mint

Processor	9700k
Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Phantom Gaming-ITX/AC
Cooling	NZXT kraken X53
Memory	16GB Klevv Bolt X 3600mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus TUF RTX 3080
Storage	SanDisk Extreme Pro 1TB NVME
Display(s)	LG OLED42C24LA
Case	Meshlicious
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Power Supply	Corsair SF750
Mouse	Steelseries Prime wireless
Keyboard	Coolermaster Masterkeys S
Software	Win 10 64

System Name	Space Heater MKIV
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Taichi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S, 3x Noctua NF-A14s
Memory	2x32GB Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4-3600 C18 1.35V
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6800 XT Red Devil (2150MHz, 240W PL)
Storage	2TB WD SN850X, 4x1TB Crucial MX500 (striped array), LG WH16NS40 BD-RE
Display(s)	Dell S3422DWG (34" 3440x1440 144Hz)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s)	Edifier R1700BT, Samson SR850
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x, CyberPower CST135XLU
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK 2 96%
Software	Windows 10 LTSC 2021, Linux Mint

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

Processor	Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	Asus Prime X570-P
Cooling	Scythe Ninja 4
Memory	32 GB DDR4 3000 CL14 (Corsair)
Video Card(s)	Gainward RTX 3080 @ 1620 MHz @ 0.7V
Storage	Crucial MX500 500 GB, SanDisk 3.84 TB SSD, Toshiba X300 6 TB
Display(s)	Acer XF270HU, Philips 252B9
Case	Corsair Carbide 300R
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DX
Power Supply	Corsair RM850i
Mouse	Logitech G604
Keyboard	Cherry Stream 3.0
Software	Windows 10 x64

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Processor	Ryzen 5 5600X3D
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair VIII Impact
Cooling	Custom Loop
Memory	2x16GB DDR4-3600 C17 G.SKILL TridentZ RGB -> OC'd to 3800 15-17-15
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary Edition
Storage	1TB Samsung 980 Pro, 1TB WD SN770
Display(s)	Asus VG279QM, Samsung LS32AG32x
Case	Silverstone FTZ01e
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Jotunheim w/ Multibit DAC -> Audeze LCD-2
Power Supply	Fractal Design
Mouse	Logitech G305
Keyboard	Some random RGB thing with MX Reds
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit

System Name	Purple Haze \| Vacuum Box
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (-30 CO) \| Intel® Xeon® E3-1241 v3
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk Max \| Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5H
Cooling	Dark Rock 4 Pro, Arctic P14 & P12 case fans \| 212 Evo & P12 PWM PST x2, Arctic P14 & P12 case fans
Memory	32GB Ballistix (Micron E 19nm) CL16 @3733MHz \| 32GB HyperX Beast 2400MHz (XMP)
Video Card(s)	AMD 6900XTXH ASRock OC Formula & Phanteks T30x3 \| AMD 5700XT Sapphire Nitro+ & Arctic P12x2
Storage	ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB, Toshiba P300 3TB x2 \| Kingston A400 120GB, Fanxiang S500 Pro 256GB
Display(s)	Mi 2K Gaming Monitor 27", AOC 24G2U
Case	Modded MS Industrial Titan II Pro RGB \| Heavily Modded Cooler Master Q500L
Audio Device(s)	Audient iD14 MKII, Adam Audio T8Vs, Bloody M550, HiFiMan HE400se, Tascam TM-80
Power Supply	Rosewill Capstone 1000M \| Enermax Revolution X't 730W (both with P14 fans)
Mouse	Logitech G305, Bloody A91, Amazon basics, Logitech M187
Keyboard	Redragon K530, Bloody B930, Epomaker TH80 SE, BTC 9110
Software	W10 LTSC 21H2

System Name	Work Computer \| Unfinished Computer
Processor	Core i7-6700 \| Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Dell Q170 \| Gigabyte Aorus Elite Wi-Fi
Cooling	A fan? \| Truly Custom Loop
Memory	4x4GB Crucial 2133 C17 \| 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 3600 C26
Video Card(s)	Dell Radeon R7 450 \| RTX 2080 Ti FE
Storage	Crucial BX500 2TB \| TBD
Display(s)	3x LG QHD 32" GSM5B96 \| TBD
Case	Dell \| Heavily Modified Phanteks P400
Power Supply	Dell TFX Non-standard \| EVGA BQ 650W
Mouse	Monster No-Name $7 Gaming Mouse\| TBD

Processor	AMD FX 6100
Motherboard	ASUS M5A78L LE
Cooling	Thermalright Macho
Memory	Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 + (1 x 2GB)
Video Card(s)	MSI Radeon RX 470 Miner 4GB used for Gaming
Storage	WD Green 1TB Hard Drive
Display(s)	LG 25UM65P
Power Supply	Antec HCG 520
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Neverending Story
Processor	7700X / 4790K / 4670K / G3258 / 3770K / 8750 / 6800K / 5800K / 3870K / QX6700 / 6500K / 5750M
Motherboard	X670H / Z97X-SOCF / Z77X-UP5 / Z77CROWN-U1D / F2A88X-UP4 / A75-UD4H / IX48-GT3 / BlackOps / FS1r2A75
Cooling	HR-22 / Silver Arrow IB-E / Archon SB-E / Mega Shadow / TRUE-Black
Memory	Corsair Dominator GT / GTX / Platinum, G.SKILL Flare / Perfect Storm / Pi / Trident (X/Z), OCZ Blade
Video Card(s)	mostly obscure stuff
Case	Lancool / Silverstone / Thermaltake / Cubitek
Audio Device(s)	-
Power Supply	80plus Platinum
Software	-
Benchmark Scores	-

Processor	Intel i7 77OOK
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus something
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12S dual fan
Memory	Ballistix 32 Go
Video Card(s)	MSI 3060 Gaming X
Storage	Mixed bag of M2 SSD and SATA SSD
Display(s)	MSI 34" 3440x1440 Artimys 343CQR
Case	Old Corsair Obsidian something
Audio Device(s)	Integrated
Power Supply	Old Antec HCG 620 still running good
Mouse	Steelseries something
Keyboard	Steelseries someting too
Benchmark Scores	bench ? no time to lose with bench ! :)

System Name	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad L14 G2
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael \ i5-1135G7 Tiger Lake-U
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 2.02 AMD AGESA 1.1.0.0 \ Lenowo BDPLANAR Bios 1.68
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo C-267C-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX™ 4070 Dual OC GPU: 2325-2355 MEM: 1462\| Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ WD RED SN700 1TB
Display(s)	LG UltraGear 27GP850-B 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| Innolux 14" 1080p
Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo L14 G2 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Akko 3108 DS Horizon V2 Cream Yellow \| L14 G2 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 Pro 23H2 UK
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr

System Name	Apollo
Processor	Intel Core i9 9880H
Motherboard	Some proprietary Apple thing.
Memory	64GB DDR4-2667
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2
Storage	1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External
Display(s)	Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays
Case	MacBook Pro (16", 2019)
Audio Device(s)	AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers
Power Supply	96w Power Adapter
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Logitech G915, GL Clicky
Software	MacOS 12.1

System Name	ab┃ob
Processor	7800X3D┃5800X3D
Motherboard	B650E PG-ITX┃X570 Impact
Cooling	NH-U12A + T30┃AXP120-x67
Memory	64GB 6000CL30┃32GB 3600CL14
Video Card(s)	RTX 4070 Ti Eagle┃RTX A2000
Storage	8TB of SSDs┃1TB SN550
Case	Caselabs S3┃Lazer3D HT5

System Name	Threadripper
Processor	3960X
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix TRX40-XE
Cooling	XSPC Raystorm Neo (sTR4) Water Block
Memory	G. Skill Trident Z Neo 64 GB 3600
Video Card(s)	PNY RTX 4090
Storage	Samsung 960 Pro 512 GB + WD Black SN850 1TB
Display(s)	Dell 32" Curved Gaming Monitor (S3220DGF)
Case	Corsair 5000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	On-board
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G5
Mouse	Roccat Kone Pure
Keyboard	Corsair K70
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Always changing~