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tp4tissue:
The primary reason PCs look bad these days is simply, Too many fans.
Circles are good, but too many circles, it just looks crowded.
Unfortunately fans are the money maker, so these cases are really just designed to sell people m0ar fans.
Also, when did pci slot covers get so expensive.
tp4tissue:
LED strimer cables only look good in the dark, off angle. when you can see the ends, they look jank.
phinix:
--- Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 17 March 2025, 13:28:05 ---LED strimer cables only look good in the dark, off angle. when you can see the ends, they look jank.
--- End quote ---
I always found leds to be iffy, never looked like you would like them to look like.
I was a modder for many years and always tried to hide led lighting, so it would only give a glow without source of light. Very hard to achieve...
tp4tissue:
Tp4 is old enough to remember CCFL stick lights with the hot as hell balast connect boxes.
tp4tissue:
After testing all the fans.
Arctic p12 max has the highest noise vs performance profile.
The measured noise level was about the same between all fans in DB, but VERY-different in perceived annoyingness.
The Nova, had a high pitched wind noise.
The Scythe, apart from the broken bearing, noise was fine, but if quality control is this bad at $20 a fan, not going to bother.
The Arctic also came with one with a bearing that's not as good (not broken like the scythe, but a low chuchuchuchu), but it's acceptable at $10 a piece, ordered a replacement, the new one's fine..
These are the only legit 3000rpm'rs on Amazon. 2000 has more options, but not enough headroom.
Performance is 5 Celcius better than stock fans at ~200 less rpm.
Poortitude certified Jankdevil 7900xtx. :D
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