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tp4tissue:
Tp4 just rebuilt his childh00d PC.
KINDoffff wayyyyy overspent.. Mainly the PSU.
DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra D Mobo, 312mhz FSB * 9 multi, 1.6v chipset
Opteron 165 (Delidded), 2.808ghz OC, 1.525volts,
2GB, DDR1, 216mhz OC, 2.73v, 2.5-3-3-7-1T
Ati HD4870, 512mb, 1.35v, 830mhz core OC, 1150mhz mem, silicone glued black vram sinks (VERY important)
Brand new, 6heatpipe Thermalright SI-100 cooler + modified 939 mounting bracket, Turns out these fit perfectly, and have way better performance than the Older XP120 or Big-Typh00n of that CPU'Era.
Corsair SFX 850, Platinum PSU, $110 (On sale)
InWin 904 Plus, Ran open chassis, as open is the most quiet.
ARGB controller
Windoz 7
Total cost of (NEW) parts were $278 (includes tax). (_ ^ _)
4870s stock coolers are virtually unusable by Modern Standards, the Blowerfan on these with a tiny heatsink is hairdryer lvl, and the VRMs tend to burn out, because they're allowed to go 100C+ Tp4 measured 103C at 40% fan, which is already 3000+ rpm.
The only way to use 4870 these days, is to mount a custom sink on it, they used to make big arctic ones, but it's impossible to find nowadays. The Zalman CPU tower solution is a much stronger cooler than anything aftermarket you could buy, and it doesn't blow hot air BACK at the PCB, leading to extra Coolnesssss.
The Zalman aftermarket VRM gpu heatsink + the 80mm slim fan drops the vrm to 36C full OC load. That's 70 C difference.
That said, one can see why TP4 had to buy the stupid expensive SFX PSU, there's no way you'd get this to fit in most cases without it.
tp4tissue:
Now, Tp4's impression of the new P14 Pro Fans from Arctic in the front.
LEDs look good, bright, pretty wide gamut, has 12x led vs 8/9 of budget fans.
It can push some air at 2500rpm, only need it at 1000
V-RAM heatsinks are very important, Tp4 found out the hard way, burned out VRAM.
They can run for years without sinks, but 1 day, the screen goes fuzzy, and it's done, dang.
tp4tissue:
--- Quote from: Leslieann on Thu, 08 January 2026, 22:24:23 ---Ram is expected to go up another 70%, so if you haven't bought it, do it now.
Also, GPUs will go way up, so will phones. There's a very real chance that 2027 phone models will be cut down and have ram closer to what was top several years ago.
And then it will bleed over into EVERYTHING.
--- End quote ---
Now with Irento, we're going to see $200 oil.
Sooooooo.... Tp4 has bought alot of rice. Going all in on RICE.
tp4tissue:
--- Quote from: Computer-Lab in Basement on Thu, 08 January 2026, 22:24:52 ---Just splurged on a new rig:
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D + ASUS B650E-E TUF GAMING + Crucial Pro Overclocking 32 GB (2x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 <-- all from Micro Center bundle
Sapphire NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
Samsung 9100 PRO 1 TB
MSI MPG A850GS 850w PSU
Running these in my old NZXT case with my old Corsair Hydro Series H60 cooler, until I replace them this weekend and finalize the build.
Decided to go for broke, with the impending hardware shortages prices are only going to go up, thanks AI
--- End quote ---
It won't be storage, the Petr0Dollar has a 50/50 chance of collapsing.
We (Murica') prints debt/money, people buy oil with it, then the saudis take that and recycle it into our bond/stock market. Now that is 'all might get blown up, our military bases in the region are all basically kaputttt, There's a huge probability of a major realignment.
Tp4 is looking into goldbacked RMB/Rubles
tp4tissue:
Of interest.
The thermalright budget argb fans, the Forward version has 8 leds in the hub, but the "Reverse" blade version has 9 leds.
The big 14mm fans also have 9 leds.
Whuddupwith that??
The New arctic pro 140mms have 12 leds, and they're alot brighter leds, which indicate a much stronger driver chip.
-Drawback, a HUGE fan hub (bad), vs thermalright's very small hub.
DOES that justify the price pitch vs the thermalright. $33 vs $18.
You can kinda make a case for it, buhhhhhhhh in practical application, one would say no.
Conditions:
If they're in view, you don't run the LEDs at max power for daily use, they're very distracting and seer into your peripheral vision at peak brightness.
If they are out of view, then who cares how bright they are.
The color gamut is wider on the p14 pro, so the dope on the led itself is better, YES, but, BECAUSE of the way additive lighting works, that somewhat slight extended gamut isn't really realized, as ambient light pollutes the perceived purity of the final color, so it naturally desaturates, despite its innate ability,
FOR EXAMPLE, if you set the fans to RED, and turn all the lights out, they will look red. But if there is any ambient light, they actually look mostly orange, or in extreme case Yellow.
So... Even if they doped it with the best Quantum juice, the perceived gamut is a sliver of innate capacity.
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