The "Everyday" show-off thread !

I guess New Year’s resolution is high resolution
1704328957166.jpeg
 
Few past week purchases:

Lego Jurassic Park iconic T-rex scene:

SOZR2Zc.jpg


a1SGTlI.jpg


niU58oC.jpg


Lego A Frame Cabin - architecturally, it's absolutely beautful. Kinda like a dream home ! <3

WIaFQnE.jpg


UKnWgNn.jpg


69a8kJ3.jpg


MinaLima editions of a few books. They are absolutely incredible to read due to visually appeal. Both Mina/Lima are actual graphic designers for Harry Potter movies, and have given a spellbinding treatment to the books as well.

lg94KU3.jpg


Anyone interested can see how they look: https://www.creativereview.co.uk/work/jungle-book-illustrated-minalima/

Finally, upgraded dad's phone:

SNGvylE.jpg
 
New RAM day. Team group T-create 32GBx2 DDR5. These are manufacturer claimed Hynix chip kits (Hynix A die in fact, the holy grail of DDR5 overclocking). Stock specs are DDR5 5600 /46-46-46-90. Used same speeds/voltages/latencies from my earlier Hynix M die kit (Kingston fury renegade, 6400/32-39-39-80), and these booted right up. Running testmem5 now to check for stability, so far no errors (knocks on wood).
 

Attachments

  • SmartSelect_20240108_185254_Gallery.png
    SmartSelect_20240108_185254_Gallery.png
    885.2 KB · Views: 77
  • SmartSelect_20240108_185245_Gallery.png
    SmartSelect_20240108_185245_Gallery.png
    969 KB · Views: 112
CoolerMaster Qube 500, is a weird little cabinet, but easy to assemble just takes time to assemble the case itself :)
The config is as follows:
Gigabyte B760M Pro
i5 12400 Processor
Deepcool AK400 ZERO DARK PLUS
2 x 16GB DDR5 Corsair Vengence 5600MHz RAM
1 x WD SN810 512GB Gen 4
1 x Crucial P2 1TB Gen 3

Coolermaster doesn't ship those missing brackets in the box, it's great that they thought of the builders who would use a GPU but for my use case I didn't need one, and now those 2 slots are open "forever"
The build quality is great each part is extremely ridged and heavy
20240126_110505.jpg20240126_110707.jpg20240126_113213.jpg20240126_130317.jpg20240126_130323.jpg
 
Alright.. So i came home to a room full of burning smell a few days ago.. it seems my PSU i.e Antec HCG1000 paired with a RTX 4090 decided to burn itself. Funnily enough the system was still on when i came back home somehow.

I was using a Cablemod 12HPWR cable male to female 3 x 8PIN Female extenstion cable to run my 4090.

1) The extension cable had melted wires/burnt.
2) The point where PCIe cables go into the extension cable also burnt.
3) The PCIe Sockets on the PSU itself where the pcie cables get pwoer from also burnt.

Some pictures below:


1706467691178.jpeg

1706467713422.jpeg

1706467732909.jpeg


So i decided to go buy a new PSU.. and got faced with another issue.. was installing MSI A1000G and saw that the ATX 3.0 pcie cable was way too short for the cabinet.. since in this cabinet the psu sits above the mobo and if i were to run the cable from below the gpu it would not make it.. and i didnt want to ruin the look of the cabinet by running the cable from above. It would ruin the whole point of having a glass cabinet with RGB fans etc.. although it would have saved me some money for sure.

Almost all PSU's have 600 to 650mm of pcie cables since they assume u would be running a traditional case where the PSU is below the mobo.

Did alot of googling and saw Corsair RM1000x cables were long enough to make it from below the gpu (750mm) and decided to go ahead with it.. and bought a vertical bracket + the corsair 12V HPWR cable to run with it.

Hopefully it doesnt burn itself again.. :'(

Trying to RMA the Antec Supply via a dealer now.. Will be selling the replacement to re-coup the new PSU's cost.

Here's what it looks like now.

1706467768588.jpeg


I'm also very curious why it burnt? was it the PSU's fault or the extension cables fault?

The dealer suggested you need a 12V single rail supply for a 4090 since it draws to much current.. almost all older supplies with a few exceptions are quad rails and that was the reason of this incident.. just an FYI for other 4090 or similar card owners.. or it could totally have been a losse connection or the extensions fault.
 
Last edited:
Back
Top