What have you done to your PC today?

Not very exciting. Started undervolting the 5600. Cinebench 23 (MultiCore) shows a drop of around 3% performance for a drop of about 24% power consumption and running a handy 9 degrees (20%) cooler as well. If anyone wants the test results:

Standard: zero offset; Max CPU speed 4450MHz; Cinebench Score 10,636; Max Temp 54 degrees; CPU Package draw 77.17W (3 x tests)

Underclock: offset -0.1625V; Max CPU speed 4000MHz; Cinebench Score 10,315; Max Temp 45 degrees; CPU Package draw 62.12W (5 x tests for stability)

Real life stability may force an decrease in the offset but at that clock speed, the power draw at -0.150 and -0.1375 was about 3W and 4W difference respectively, or 16% and 18% respectively with minimal increases in temp (2 degrees for both settings).

First time really trying to do this so as I said, not particularly exciting but interesting to anyone who is... interested.

 

Since theres a no "What have you done to your NAS today"

This old WD Green 3TB is finally getting replaced in my WhiteBox NAS
Almost sad to see it go, so long my good friend, you did what they said you couldn't do.

 

Just put together my newly upgraded rig, and decided to use angled connectors to neaten up the cables. Also found that directing air into the case from the rear, and exhausting through the top brings lowest temps!

 

Looks good mate, specs?

 

CPU: 14600KF
Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 ARGB (awesome value)
Mobo: GIgabye z690M Aorus Elite AX
RAM: 32GB mixed HyperX and Fury 3200/3000 DDR4
Graphics: PNY 4070Ti XLR8
Mixed bunch of NVME and SSDs
PSU: Corsair TX750
Case: Antex VSK10

Overall pretty happy with it, It's pretty much silent, even when gaming and benching, with and open case.

 

Sweet build

 

Careful or prices rise

 

It’s doing better than my stocks, already rose 30% since I bought it lol

 

Added a second monitor to my gaming PC today: Dell P2415Q 23.8" 4K UHD IPS.

 

24" 4k. Dat dere ppi.

I didn't do anything to my PC but I set my relatively elderly mother up with one of those drawing pens for PC and she was very excited haha

 

That does make a bit of sense, the GPU and CPU are now dumping most of their hot air into the same space which is being directly exhausted. CPU has access to super fresh air.

 

Got everything swapped into a converted g5 case (laserhive kit, 10/10 recommend), I still feel like half of it is missing in comparison to my previous 900D.

 

Swapped out the massive ATX PSU for an SFX to test out, 350W so should be alright for this machine (i3 12100, 128GB RAM, 4x16TB 3.5", RTX4060LP).
The HDDS will likely move to another dedicated Unraid machine soon, as currently Unraid is running in a VM.

 

Long story short, recently saved a relative $300 for a replacement 3TB surveillance storage drive, as a company technician claimed the drive had died. Stuck it in my PC, partitioned it and scanned it, 0 errors or problems. Found what the actual hardware failure/issue was shorty after and wasn't to do with the HDD

 

I swapped out my top 120mm fans for 140mm fans I bought from AliExpress. My PC is starting to look like a spaceship lol. Squirtle stops my case from doing a slight humming sound

 

Not PC per se, but the noise coming from my Synology NAS was unbearably loud. Replaced the two cooling fans with Noctua NF-A4x20 FLX. The difference is night and day!