Recent content by Exploding PSU

This is super interesting! This made me wonder though... if it's theoretically possible to run a completely silent, fanless system, maybe for some basic stuff. I imagine this cooler could possibly handle weaker CPUs no problem. I mean, I have an oversized 160W cooler strapped to a 65W CPU, and...

Justin Bieber really going places lately, I see..

Top class thumbnail image! My soldering iron just got its handle melted (somehow), maybe it's time for me to pick up a new one

I have a Thinkpad X1 (also for work-related stuff and also runs Windows 11 that came with it) that never gets hibernation right. Sometimes it works fine, sometimes it refuses to wake up and forces me to turn it back on from cold boot, sometimes it doesn't hibernate at all and remains powered on...

Especially the headers part. One time I spent entire weekend tearing my PC apart trying to figure out why it had no signs of life, swapping parts here and there, only to find out the issue was I didn't plug the 24-pin cable in properly. I didn't push it enough into the header thingy.. Canceled...

Just a small addition, I have a Ryzen 5 2600 on an MSI motherboard (X370 SLI Plus), and it runs Win 11 just fine. Actually it updated itself from 10 to 11 randomly in the middle of the night years ago. I might have clicked on something that made it did just that, but if Windows decided that my...

Honestly I'd keep it. That's damn cool! More limited edition than my limited edition GPU

Thank you for all the response! I've ordered that Arctic P12 PWM you mentioned. It's readily available here, quite affordable, and it's available in white! I learned a lot about fans here, thanks! Didn't know there are two kinds of fans. Anyway, I compared the Arctic I'd ordered to the...

As a relatively newcomer in the PC building space, I managed to skip the entire rise and fall cycle of RGB. Not because I don't like it, but it seems I'm cursed with RGB enabled parts not working properly. I've only ever got my RGB components (RAM and CPU cooler) work once, in which I set them...

Hello everyone! I have a Cryorig H7 Quad Lumi CPU cooler paired with a Ryzen 5 2600 in my system that's been running since Ryzen first came out (so about 2017-2018). After years of faithful service, just last month, the white LED in the cooler's 120mm fan started to become rather dimmer than...

Now I can't ever unsee the Commodore logo being a chicken head..

I feel like it was quite a fun (or at least, non monotonous) day building that castle.

It's becoming a habit of me to record almost anything I buy online. If it's something valuable (like computer parts), I would even record it from the point of opening the package and installing it. That's like, half an hour of uninterrupted footage, but it's worth it. Even with video evidences...

Chinese / Taiwanese manufacturers seem to be a gold mine for "incredible" box arts. I know because I've come across several GPUs from the likes of Yeston, Maxsun, Galax (KFA?), PowerColor, ELSA, Inno3D, and others with awesome arts, even the more recent products.. The sweet combination of...

It's cute! I like how it looks.