GPU HSF too heavy... sagging GPU! [SOLVED]

phanbuey · Aug 22, 2017

the card looks like its screwed into the wrong PCI bracket...

GreiverBlade · Aug 22, 2017

also as long as the OP is not back on the thread (which will probably not happen since he clearly showed that his mind was set on what was the issue) it's no use to debate ...

ok for all the sagg-sayer .... you're right (comfy?)

phanbuey said:
the card looks like its screwed into the wrong PCI bracket...

most probably .... welcome in the It'sScrewedInTheWrongBracket-sayer club ... :toast:

off.

Toothless · Aug 22, 2017

I just noticed that soundcard.. not straight.

GreiverBlade · Aug 22, 2017

Toothless said:
I just noticed that soundcard.. not straight.

yep .... bending up ... a clue that the mobo is misaligned ... tho it's a X1 in a X16

phanbuey · Aug 22, 2017

GreiverBlade said:
also as long as the OP is not back on the thread (which will probably not happen since he clearly showed that his mind was set on what was the issue) it's no use to debate ...

ok for all the sagg-sayer .... you're right (comfy?)

most probably .... welcome in the It'sScrewedInTheWrongBracket-sayer club ...

off.

Papahyooie · Aug 22, 2017

I've provided a second picture here to illustrate:

The green line shows the top of the case slot. The pink shows the top of the PCIE slot (with which we can deduce the top of the actual PCB and not the PCB/Backplate)

Since the green line is higher than the pink line, that means that there is some distance between where the PCIE is plugged in, and top of the card as a whole, which is the top of the backplate. If you have a graphics card with a backplate, look closely at it and you'll see this is true. The graphics card extends ABOVE the PCIE plug. That's why you're all thinking the card is mounted into the wrong bracket. It isn't. The card is not bent upwards at the back of the case, this is simply an illusion created by the sagging.

As for the 2 slots/3 slots issue, greiverblade you're not getting what I'm saying. The card is a two slot card yes. So the card is supposed to be covering two slots. It is however, covering a THIRD slot due to the sagging. See white line. There is either empty space there, or a pcie X1 slot that accounts for the "extra" slot. This is again an illusion caused by the sagging of the card, not misalignment of the motherboard.

As for the sound card, I say again... it's because the sound card is ACTUALLY bent upwards because of a USB header plug that's underneath it. The OP already addressed that. It isn't a clue to a crooked motherboard at all.

Besides all that... how in the world would a motherboard get mounted crookedly? You would have to physically drill more holes in the board for that to work....

And before anybody says anything, I do realize that using these lines is counter-productive, as I've already said, because the case is not aligned with them. I'm simply using @GreiverBlade 's method, with a little bit of logic applied.

EDIT: Here's another to illustrate the mystery of the missing expansion slot.... If it's easier, start from the bottom (The one which we can CLEARLY see which bracket matches up to which slot because we can see the sound card plugged in) .... and count up.

GreiverBlade said:
specifically if the left side is higher than the center and the right side lower ... it's not sagging : sagging goes by left aligned with center and back droping down from center ....

I think this is the crux of the issue... what you've said here is simply incorrect. If the weight is concentrated at the center of the card, then the card will droop at the center, not from the right. If the weight was at the back of the card, then yes, it would probably be even at the center, and droop towards the rear, but that is not the case here. It droops in the center because that's where the weight is. Therefore, it is perfectly logical that the center would be lower than the left.

jboydgolfer · Aug 22, 2017

i cant get over how bitched up that build is. thats a nice case too :shadedshu:

heres what a modest build in that Phanteks case SHOULD look like. my OCD is killing me looking at those pic's btw, im pretty sure this gtx970 is heavier than the one OP has(ref is 2.3lbs). regardless, they must not be great quality, ive seen other threads with this card doing the same thing.

GreiverBlade · Aug 22, 2017

jboydgolfer said:
i cant get over how bitched up that build is. thats a nice case too

heres what a modest build in that Phanteks case SHOULD look like. my OCD is killing me looking at those pic's btw, im pretty sure this gtx970 is heavier than the one OP has(ref is 2.3lbs). regardless, they must not be great quality, ive seen other threads with this card doing the same thing.

well yes ... there is definitely something wrong with the installation of the OP and not with the weight of the card itself ... that card would not sag installed in my rig ... or in yours, even after some time after initial installation ....

his card : 1.04326kg my card is 832 g my previously mentioned GTX 580 Matrix Platinum : 1.8kg (the one that did not sag ... even in SLI none of them showed any sag ... granted they are 3 slot bracket 2.6 slot cooler)

Papahyooie · Aug 22, 2017

I give up... carry on in ignorance. :toast:

rtwjunkie · Aug 22, 2017

jboydgolfer said:
i cant get over how bitched up that build is. thats a nice case too

heres what a modest build in that Phanteks case SHOULD look like. my OCD is killing me looking at those pic's btw, im pretty sure this gtx970 is heavier than the one OP has(ref is 2.3lbs). regardless, they must not be great quality, ive seen other threads with this card doing the same thing.

The reference model, even though heavier will hardly ever sag. Reason: the metal reference shroud attached closely to the pcb is stronger support than all but the most heavy duty backplates.

hckngrtfakt · Aug 22, 2017

Papahyooie said:
I give up... carry on in ignorance.

Regardless of what some may say, your lines are actually correct.
After some perspective manipulation one can clearly see the motherboard is not even held on the right place.
How OP managed to keep that sound card somehow in place is beyond rationale, much less the video card.

phanbuey · Aug 23, 2017

yep... lots of card bending going on...

PCI yoga.

jboydgolfer · Aug 23, 2017

rtwjunkie said:
The reference model, even though heavier will hardly ever sag. Reason: the metal reference shroud attached closely to the pcb is stronger support than all but the most heavy duty backplates.

that, and it has a high quality back plate too. the Nvidia ref 970 was build like a f@cking tank

also, how in the F@ck did the sound card manage to get banana bent upwards :roll:

i swear to god all i hear in my mind while looking at that PC is.....btw, im not poking fun @ you OP, i just deal with everything with stupid humor, so please dont take this as offensive.

GreiverBlade · Aug 23, 2017

okay i give up, but i still see no sagging but rather a sloppy installation that lead to a unnatural diagonal positioning of the graphic card ....

i've never seen a card with a sagging looking like that, strongly because it's does not look remotely like that on these i saw since the PCIeX connector give some rigidity to the card up to center and the sagging affect mostly the "free" part which is center till end right (seen on the previously mentioned 8800 Ultra with a Prolimatech MK-26) oh well it's OP's fault ... for not taking pictures right :laugh:

otherwise my GTX 980 Poseidon would have suffered the same syndrome, which it did not, and it was quite heavier ... (not ~160gr more like the ratio from my 1070 to his 970 ) same goes for the GTX 580 Matrix Platinum obviously (tho that one might had a better build quality ... :laugh:

)

jboydgolfer said:
also, how in the F@ck did the sound card manage to get banana bent upwards

USB connection (probably front panel) .... tho i write that because i did read that as explanation ... i tried to manage that with one soundcard (and i have 2 USB2.0 connector under it ...) and still not got a slight bend ...

Papahyooie said:
I give up... carry on in ignorance.

not ignorance .... different opinion and issues .... until the OP is back with an answer (which will not happen) we can't tell which one is really right .... after all the picture make it all foggy .... you see something i see something else .... who's right? (nope without explicit proof and answer from the OP you can't tell "i am 100% sure" )

i will retract my point of view once the OP will clarify the situation.....

as my initial sample show, usually sagging goes slightly middle of the card to the extreme right, while the extreme left usually stay straight or bend in the opposite way

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but it seems none of them can take a good aligned picture

let's hope the OP's X16 slot is not looking like that ....

Jetster · Aug 23, 2017

hckngrtfakt said:
Regardless of what some may say, your lines are actually correct.
After some perspective manipulation one can clearly see the motherboard is not even held on the right place.
How OP managed to keep that sound card somehow in place is beyond rationale, much less the video card.

You can't rely on a picture because of the focal length. Unless its 43mm crop sensor (natural image angle) it will bend the objects.

Kanan · Aug 23, 2017

cdawall said:
Yes you can't even run them in sli

Wow, too much sag I guess :laugh:

Toothless said:
I just noticed that soundcard.. not straight.

Man you're so fast.

GreiverBlade said:
well yes ... there is definitely something wrong with the installation of the OP and not with the weight of the card itself ... that card would not sag installed in my rig ... or in yours, even after some time after initial installation ....

his card : 1.04326kg my card is 832 g my previously mentioned GTX 580 Matrix Platinum : 1.8kg (the one that did not sag ... even in SLI none of them showed any sag ... granted they are 3 slot bracket 2.6 slot cooler)

You get that wrong, just because you never saw a bad engineered (Asus) GPU, doesn't mean there is none. Your GTX 580 Matrix Platinum (lol at the name) is much more premium and much more premium built as well, it's simple why it's better and never sagged at all. Same goes for my soon-ex 780 TI DCU II, it has proper metal at all sides and a proper backplate, not some stupid ultra thin shit going on like @cdawall already pointed out @ that GTX 970 Strixx.

GreiverBlade said:
okay i give up, but i still see no sagging but rather a sloppy installation that lead to a unnatural diagonal positioning of the graphic card ....

i've never seen a card with a sagging looking like that, strongly because it's does not look remotely like that on these i saw since the PCIeX connector give some rigidity to the card up to center and the sagging affect mostly the "free" part which is center till end right (seen on the previously mentioned 8800 Ultra with a Prolimatech MK-26) oh well it's OP's fault ... for not taking pictures right

otherwise my GTX 980 Poseidon would have suffered the same syndrome, which it did not, and it was quite heavier ... (not ~160gr more like the ratio from my 1070 to his 970 ) same goes for the GTX 580 Matrix Platinum obviously (tho that one might had a better build quality ... )

USB connection (probably front panel) .... tho i write that because i did read that as explanation ... i tried to manage that with one soundcard (and i have 2 USB2.0 connector under it ...) and still not got a slight bend ...

not ignorance .... different opinion and issues .... until the OP is back with an answer (which will not happen) we can't tell which one is really right .... after all the picture make it all foggy .... you see something i see something else .... who's right? (nope without explicit proof and answer from the OP you can't tell "i am 100% sure" )

i will retract my point of view once the OP will clarify the situation.....

as my initial sample show, usually sagging goes slightly middle of the card to the extreme right, while the extreme left usually stay straight or bend in the opposite way
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but it seems none of them can take a good aligned picture

let's hope the OP's X16 slot is not looking like that ....
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First of all lol @ that X16 slot, it hurts my eyes. :laugh:

Your definition of sagging just seems to be somewhat different, but it's still sagging all the same.

IMO, the card is properly sagging all the way from the I/O bracket down, and it's clearly visible too. Those who don't see it, my speculation is, don't actually want to see it and go on to have their fantasy about it being the mainboard or different things, but the graphics card is actually poorly engineered, it's a clear thing once you realize that and actually see the sagging, I mean it's not that hard to see unless you don't want to or have strange definition about sagging.

At least, the sound card isn't ultra evil anymore, now after realizing it's just pushed up by a USB header. :roll:

That was the funniest part about it actually, at least for me. It was going against gravity.

HTC · Aug 23, 2017

Could it be that the board is not in the proper place, thus miss aligning the case's slot holes with the board's slots? That, or the case itself is defective in the sense that it's slot holes don't align with the board's slots. Both these situations could explain the crookedness of the cards.

@ OP: do you have the board's I/O shield in place? Is the board secured to the case (most or all of the screws)?

THE_EGG · Aug 23, 2017

There might be something off with the OP's build but regardless, the GPU sag is there. I built a rig for a friend a couple of years ago and had installed an Asus 970 Strix like what the OP has. When I installed it I noticed it had extreme sag - it was the worst I have ever seen. It looked like it had been sagging over a number of years despite only just installing it - as cdawall said, there would be no way of using a second card next to it for SLI. Ended up using some hard liquid cooling tube to support it and some tape to secure it. As others have suggested, perhaps look at ensuring your mobo is installed correctly with all of the screws and remount your GTX 970 Strix and support it with something.

fusseli · Aug 23, 2017

I'm back, I have a job and a life to attend to besides mind this computer forum thread all day. LOL all of the attention here is GREAT!

1) There's nothing wrong or incorrect about the board or gpu install. The Strix Z270H board is about 1/2" narrower than standard ATX, so all three on the far right edge have no standoff mount on this Phanteks case (or my old Lian Li, I checked it too) thus only 6 of the 9 usual screw holes line up. Not a big deal, IMO, and not worth my time to drill and tap three holes. On an "ATX" mobo that isn't true ATX dimensions, those three screw holes are really just decorations. Thanks, Asus!

This is actually an interesting point, because I had at one point considered upgrading to a Noctua D15 over my Phanteks TC12 hsf. Considering the 6/9 mobo screws, and the pig's weight of the DCU II strix, maybe that extra weight on the mobo isn't the best idea! It's not germane, but I do have a line on a used Corsair H110i GT that I might pick up.

2) The suggestion that the gpu is mounted in the wrong pci slot on the case is absolutely ridiculous. Next.

3) Soundcard, I could give two shits about. Some caps on the end of the board are touching the usb3.0 header below it, pushing upward slightly. Sorry for the confusion. My remissness is revealed :laugh:

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Pricey for what it is, but $15 is a fart in the wind compared to the cost of the rig

Papahyooie said:
Oh my lord, you're all frikken blind apparently. The graphics card is sagging... there is no misaligned motherboard, there is no extra slot on the case. Those are all artifacts created by the perspective. If you look at the entire picture rather than drawing lines on it (which is ridiculous in the first place, because the picture is tilted and therefore won't line up anyway) you'll see that there is a "slot" behind the card's cooler, (probably populated by a PCIE 1x, if anything at all) that makes the number of openings on the case match up. Furthermore, this proves that the card is sagging, because it's covering up that slot. The "backplate" starts to bend as soon as it comes out of the mount at the back of the case. From there, you can see that it sags down until the point at which the most weight is (eg, the center of the cooler) and then levels out again. The leveling out is due to the fact that nothing is pulling down on the back of the card, but rather the middle. Since nothing is holding up the back of the card, it remains straight. Whereas if there was something underneath the back of the card, you'd see it actually bend back upward.

You guys are making the mistake of looking at individual pieces of the picture, and comparing them to the border. This creates optical illusions because of the forced perspective. The picture is taken at an angle. It's skewed from side to side, top to bottom, AND front to back in 3D space.

The card is sagging people... There is no conspiracy here...

Thank you, my friend, the only sane post here.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Aug 23, 2017

If its sagging it isnt miraculously going to straighten up no matter what you do. Try and prevent further sagging and live with it.

GreiverBlade · Aug 23, 2017

Kanan said:
You get that wrong, just because you never saw a bad engineered (Asus) GPU, doesn't mean there is none. Your GTX 580 Matrix Platinum (lol at the name) is much more premium and much more premium built as well, it's simple why it's better and never sagged at all. Same goes for my soon-ex 780 TI DCU II, it has proper metal at all sides and a proper backplate, not some stupid ultra thin shit going on like @cdawall already pointed out @ that GTX 970 Strixx.

oh i saw a lot of sagging .... (and not only GPUs unfortunately ... :oops:

) did you read about a 8800 Ultra with a Prolimatech MK-26 and no backplate or strenghtening at all? that one did sag .....

typical sagging, you have a fixed point (the bracket) that will not be able to move up or down, and a downward curve from center to right corner (in length or width)

¨

his card, clearly show a diagonal in relation to the center (and nope, not only on one pix due to a parallax effect) with the extreme left being higher than the center and the extreme right being lower which could also be induced by the sloppy assembly

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
If its sagging it isnt miraculously going to straighten up no matter what you do. Try and prevent further sagging and live with it.

and if it's not.... well he will just bend the card upward from center to right and make a U shape instead of putting the rest of his rig in order and potentially correct the issue...

fusseli said:
1) There's nothing wrong or incorrect about the board or gpu install. The Strix Z270H board is about 1/2" narrower than standard ATX, so all three on the far right edge have no standoff mount on this Phanteks case (or my old Lian Li, I checked it too) thus only 6 of the 9 usual screw holes line up. Not a big deal, IMO, and not worth my time to drill and tap three holes. On an "ATX" mobo that isn't true ATX dimensions, those three screw holes are really just decorations. Thanks, Asus!

This is actually an interesting point, because I had at one point considered upgrading to a Noctua D15 over my Phanteks TC12 hsf. Considering the 6/9 mobo screws, and the pig's weight of the DCU II strix, maybe that extra weight on the mobo isn't the best idea! It's not germane, but I do have a line on a used Corsair H110i GT that I might pick up.

2) The suggestion that the gpu is mounted in the wrong pci slot on the case is absolutely ridiculous. Next.

3) Soundcard, I could give two shits about. Some caps on the end of the board are touching the usb3.0 header below it, pushing upward slightly. Sorry for the confusion. My remissness is revealed

1) okay ....

2) probably

3) i see ....

still

fusseli said:
Thank you, my friend, the only sane post here.

actually .... nope ... he could have wrote all of his post in a different manner (and you too ... you just imply any other are insane .... thanks a lot

)

ok i retract my previous post you're right it's sagging (what? you thought i wouldn't admit i was wrong? .... if it was the other way around ... i hope the other one would have done the same... )

fusseli said:
I'm back, I have a job and a life to attend to besides mind this computer forum thread all day. LOL all of the attention here is GREAT!

so do i ... i also have a job and a life ... so what? :laugh:

well then next time directly get a GPU jig ...

rtwjunkie · Aug 23, 2017

fusseli said:
Thank you, my friend, the only sane post here

Did you miss the very first response to you? :confused:

GreiverBlade · Aug 23, 2017

rtwjunkie said:
Did you miss the very first response to you?

nah .... he just wanted someone to put down all the flat-earther first ....

the only sane thing to do would've been :

GreiverBlade said:
next time directly get a GPU jig ...

and not that whole mess of a thread :laugh:

cdawall · Aug 23, 2017

rtwjunkie said:
Did you miss the very first response to you?

Half a dozen people all said that card sags like crazy.

GreiverBlade · Aug 23, 2017

cdawall said:
Half a dozen people all said that card sags like crazy.

the point is not sagging or not (specially with non aligned pictures and lot of confusion .... if you can't trust your sight you seek other issues and solutions)... it's the reaction of some user when you check if nothing else is wrong

but remember: he has a life and he's not always on the forum, like us, so it took 3 pages to clarify

nonetheless .... the title is wrong ... that 970 is not even heavy ...

(yep nitpicking)
well now i really hope the jig will solve the issue :laugh:

, off the thread now

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GPU HSF too heavy... sagging GPU! [SOLVED]

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Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A
Memory	32GB Corsair RGB fancy boi 5000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3090 Reference
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1Tb + Samsung 970 Evo 500Gb
Display(s)	Dell - 27" LED QHD G-SYNC x2
Case	Fractal Design Meshify-C
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus+ Gold 1000 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	AZIO MGK-1 RGB (Kaith Blue)
Software	Win 10 Professional 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	the MLGeesiest

System Name	Bayou Phantom
Processor	Core i7-8700k 4.4Ghz @ 1.18v
Motherboard	ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 6
Cooling	All air: 2x140mm Fractal exhaust; 3x 140mm Cougar Intake; Enermax T40F Black CPU cooler
Memory	2x 16GB Mushkin Redline DDR-4 3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 2080 Ti Xc
Storage	1x 500 MX500 SSD; 2x 6TB WD Black; 1x 4TB WD Black; 1x400GB VelRptr; 1x 4TB WD Blue storage (eSATA)
Display(s)	HP 27q 27" IPS @ 2560 x 1440
Case	Fractal Design Define R4 Black w/Titanium front -windowed
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Seasonic X-850
Mouse	Coolermaster Sentinel III (large palm grip!)
Keyboard	Logitech G610 Orion mechanical (Cherry Brown switches)
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (Start10 & Fences 3.0 installed)

System Name	HP ProLiant DL360P G8
Processor	2x Xeon e2690
Motherboard	HP
Cooling	6 Delta fans
Memory	192gb ECC ddr3 @1333
Video Card(s)	Quadro k4200
Storage	4x 1.2TB Dell SAS raid 0
Display(s)	iDrac over IP
Case	HP 1U
Power Supply	2x 1100w Platinum PSUs
Mouse	iDrac
Keyboard	iDrac
Software	Windows Server 2019

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

System Name	eazen corp \| Xentronon 7.2
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X // PBO max.
Motherboard	Asus TUF Gaming X570-Plus
Cooling	Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 w/ AM4 kit // 3x Corsair AF140L case fans (2 in, 1 out)
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z RGB 2x16 GB DDR4 3600 @ 3800, CL16-19-19-39-58-1T, 1.4 V
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080 Ti modded to MATRIX // 2000-2100 MHz Core / 1938 MHz G6
Storage	Silicon Power P34A80 1TB NVME/Samsung SSD 830 128GB&850 Evo 500GB&F3 1TB 7200RPM/Seagate 2TB 5900RPM
Display(s)	Samsung 27" Curved FS2 HDR QLED 1440p/144Hz&27" iiyama TN LED 1080p/120Hz / Samsung 40" IPS 1080p TV
Case	Corsair Carbide 600C
Audio Device(s)	HyperX Cloud Orbit S / Creative SB X AE-5 @ Logitech Z906 / Sony HD AVR @PC & TV @ Teufel Theater 80
Power Supply	EVGA 650 GQ
Mouse	Logitech G700 @ Steelseries DeX // Xbox 360 Wireless Controller
Keyboard	Corsair K70 LUX RGB /w Cherry MX Brown switches
VR HMD	Still nope
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	15 095 Time Spy \| P29 079 Firestrike \| P35 628 3DM11 \| X67 508 3DM Vantage Extreme

System Name	HTC's System
Processor	Ryzen 5 2600X
Motherboard	Asrock Taichi X370
Cooling	NH-C14, with the AM4 mounting kit
Memory	G.Skill Kit 16GB DDR4 F4 - 3200 C16D - 16 GTZB
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 OC 4 GB
Storage	1 Samsung NVMe 960 EVO 250 GB + 1 3.5" Seagate IronWolf Pro 6TB 7200RPM 256MB SATA III
Display(s)	LG 27UD58
Case	Fractal Design Define R6 USB-C
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair TX 850M 80+ Gold
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Elite
Software	Ubuntu 19.04 LTS

System Name	Shoebox Sandwich \| Razer Blade 14 \| Synology DS418 w/ 4X8TB WD Red \| iPhone 15 Pro
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D \| AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX
Motherboard	ASRock B650E PG-ITX WiFi \| Razer thing
Cooling	NZXT Kraken 240 RGB w/ Lian Li P28 + Corsair AF120 Slim \| Double fan vapour chamber
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB 6000MHz CL32 DDR5 \| 16GB 3200MHz DDR4
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon RX 7900 XTX \| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB
Storage	Seagate FireCuda 520 2TB + Lexar NM790 4TB \| 1TB NVMe SSD + 2TB NVMe external SSD
Display(s)	Alienware AW3423DW & Sony A90K 42" \| 14" QHD IPS 165Hz & Sony X90J 65" 4K TV
Case	FormD T1 - v2.1 - Titanium colourway w Aluminium mesh \| Razer Blade 14
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Hel 2E (Focal Clear & HiFiMAN HE-4XX & DROP PC38X) \| Samsung Q950A
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum \| Razer 230W brick
Mouse	Razer Viper Ultimate Mercury \| Roccat Kain 202
Keyboard	DIY Geek 64 PCB (Kailh Box Deep Sea - Matcha XDA Keycaps) \| Corsair K63
VR HMD	Oculus Quest
Software	Windows 11 Home \| Windows 11 Home
Benchmark Scores	2022 MINI Countryman SE PHEV Hybrid ALL4 \| British Racing Green\| Malt Brown Interior\| YOURS Trim

System Name	pr0n box, Version 10
Processor	i7-14700K stock, waiting for 14900KS
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus Z790 Elite X Wifi7
Cooling	EK CR360 Dark AIO
Memory	32GB Trident Z5 A-die @ DDR5-7400 CL34
Video Card(s)	7900XTX 24GB Sapphire Nitro+ @ stock OC bios
Storage	Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe
Display(s)	Asus VG34V 34" Ultrawide, 1440p165, HDR10
Case	Fractal North
Audio Device(s)	Beyerdynamic DT990 Pro, FX-Audio DAC X6, DTS Headphone:X
Power Supply	be quiet! PurePower12M ATX3.0 1200W Gold
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core Pro SE RGB
Keyboard	Corsair K57
Benchmark Scores	valid.x86.fr/lyb3l6 -- all stock -- 900/14800! userbenchmark.com/UserRun/65685079

System Name	Party On
Processor	Xeon w 3520
Motherboard	DFI Lanparty
Cooling	Big tower thing
Memory	6 gb Ballistix Tracer
Video Card(s)	HD 7970
Case	a plank of wood
Audio Device(s)	seperate amp and 6 big speakers
Power Supply	Corsair
Mouse	cheap
Keyboard	under going restoration

System Name	All the cores
Processor	2990WX
Motherboard	Asrock X399M
Cooling	CPU-XSPC RayStorm Neo, 2x240mm+360mm, D5PWM+140mL, GPU-2x360mm, 2xbyski, D4+D5+100mL
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill 3600
Video Card(s)	(2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage	2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s)	Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case	Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s)	Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse	Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard	Keychron K8
Software	W10P