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[Dark Lord of Tech]

Best live show I've ever seen

Hey coincidence, I'm wearing my Ghost shirt right now. Saw their show at the Forum back in November, and it was really unbelievable!

Excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jimmysmitty]

YUP, I have that exact KB, it's nice.

Yeah I really like the layout and feel of typing the keys compared to my Corsair K70. The only thing I am still getting used to the RGB software could be improved. It's not nearly as robust as the Corsair engine.

The keys are all dependent on what switches they use. The K70 original was Cheery MX Reds while the one you have now are Kailh Silver Speed. The equivalent would be the Cherry MX Speeds (although the Cherry have a slightly better actuation than the Kailh do, 1.2mm vs 1.3mm).

The one that I had been using was the K70 RGB Rapidfire and it is a good keyboard but the keys are a bit too close together and I think it's because of the MX Brown switches. This one uses the MX Blue and it takes a bit more getting used to but it is definitely worlds above some of the keyboards that I've been using. I think once I get it fully broken in that it will be a great keyboard.

Weird. Corsairs website only lists MX Speeds for the Rapidfire.

But yea a lot of people love the Blues. They like the feel of them. A bit slower than Reds but more feedback.

 

[jankerson]

I like the Reds.

 

[g-unit1111]

Weird. Corsairs website only lists MX Speeds for the Rapidfire.

But yea a lot of people love the Blues. They like the feel of them. A bit slower than Reds but more feedback.

This was the one that I was using: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823816070

And yeah I think it was the MX Speed version. But I do like the Blue switches so far. Very easy to type on and I'm not making as many errors as I did as I did with the Corsair.

 

[jimmysmitty]

I like the Reds.

As do I.

Weird. Corsairs website only lists MX Speeds for the Rapidfire.

But yea a lot of people love the Blues. They like the feel of them. A bit slower than Reds but more feedback.

This was the one that I was using: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823816070

And yeah I think it was the MX Speed version. But I do like the Blue switches so far. Very easy to type on and I'm not making as many errors as I did as I did with the Corsair.

Yea mistakes are easier on Reds/Speed. It takes so little to actuate the switch. Sometimes I would just rest my finger on a key and it would press lightly and I would move in a game or type the letter.

 

[Aeacus]

Yea mistakes are easier on Reds/Speed. It takes so little to actuate the switch. Sometimes I would just rest my finger on a key and it would press lightly and I would move in a game or type the letter.

I have the very same issue with my KB as well when i rest my finger on the key. So far, only the finger on "D" is the issue and it's most prominent in racing games. It's quite a bit of shock when driving forward and vehicle, out of the blue, makes a hard right turn without me realizing i pressed the key. I've almost crashed few times due to that.
Oh, i have Cherry MX Silent switches (Corsair STRAFE RGB).

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Full on drank the Corsair RGB CoolAid and got the matching mousepad.

Hopefully image scaling gets fixed soon.

 

[QwerkyPengwen]

Full on drank the Corsair RGB CoolAid and got the matching mousepad.

Hopefully image scaling gets fixed soon.

lol, all that money spent on RGB when you could be upgrading either your cooler for higher overclock on that 6700K (assuming it can go further) or a GPU upgrade.
lolololol..... jk jk.
Part of me wants to buy an RGB mousepad, but at the same time the poor kid in me says that money could be better spent on hardware for more performance........ but then again....... moar RGB = moar FPS right? hmmm......
🤔

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Phanteks PH-TC14PE and an EVGA RTX 2070 XC. CPU-Z didn't save the last update in the transition for some reason. And the mousepad was on sale for $40. That's barely a dent in a pair of Focal Elegias or ZMF Eikons.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Full on drank the Corsair RGB CoolAid and got the matching mousepad.

Hopefully image scaling gets fixed soon.

Looks awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Thanks man. I think so too! I'd been using Steelseries 4HDs the last few times but they discontinued them.

 

[WildCard999]

Added some RGB to the build.

Next upgrade will be replacing the CPU cooler.

 

[Roger Har Dang]

i bought four nitro plus sapphire , but i only managed to install 3 !

this be my threadripper build :

what ya guys think ?

zenith extreme
1900x
amd crossfire with three 570 rx
1300 w psu
64 gb ram
2x 2tb ssd
2x 6tb hdd in spanned volume
etc.

feel free to comment and ask questions indeed

this be my monitor on which i play call of duty indeed

it's not a 4k


these be my amd crossfire 3 X

 

[Deleted member 217926]

amd crossfire with three 570 rx

Why? Are you just a fan of microstutter and lack of driver support?

 

[The Paladin]

Both our computers thanks to tax return got a nice upgrade this year.. from GTX970 to RTX2060

https://imgur.com/6GXonKa

 

[jankerson]

Got these in today, upgrade to 32 GB of RAM, replaced my RipJaws 5 (2x8) that I will use in another machine.

And running.

 

[jimmysmitty]

Why? Are you just a fan of microstutter and lack of driver support?

Or lack of scaling in games anyways. Most games scaling hits a hard wall after 2 if they support that many anyways.

 

[WildCard999]

Got these in today, upgrade to 32 GB of RAM, replaced my RipJaws 5 (2x8) that I will use in another machine.

And running.

Nice, those sure are pretty!

 

[jankerson]

Nice, those sure are pretty!

Thanks, the LED's match up nice and work fine with the GB RGB Fusion app..

 

[Gmoney06ss]

https://imgur.com/LTHoTDa

View: http://i.imgur.com/LTHoTDa.jpg

EK 2080 waterblock and backplate

https://imgur.com/QloQSiC

View: http://i.imgur.com/QloQSiC.jpg

Corsair hx750i and cablemod promesh cable kit.

Got a nice box of fittings, rads, fans and coolant as well. Samsung 850evo 1tb and wd blue 2tb SSDs, pics when installed. Basically a half system upgrade. Patiently(or impatiently) awaiting next gen ryzen to figure out cpu upgrade path. I'll definitely get some finished install pics!

 

[Aeacus]

February
Bought Kingston HyperX Fury 2x 8GB DDR3 1866 Mhz blue RAM for my Haswell build and Verbatim Go Mini mouse for Lenovo laptop.

My laptop mouse: Speedlink Minnit (Lime) next to my wife's laptop mouse: Verbatim Go Mini (Carribean Blue).

Left: old RAM (Crucial 1x 8GB DDR3 1600 Mhz). Right: new RAM (Kingston HyperX Fury 2x 8GB DDR3 1866 Mhz blue heatsink).
Besides PC build looking considerably better; thanks to the faster, double the amount and dual-channel, PC also performs better as well.

 

[Spithre]

Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz (PC4-21300) C16 Memory Kit - Black ($180)

 

[g-unit1111]

Added a bit of RGB bling to my rig recently with a Corsair Lighting Node (ugh, this thing is a colossal PITA to get setup) but it looks pretty sweet with the ML140 and LL140 fans I added:

(I know the front-mounted fans are mounted incorrectly, it was mainly having to do with cable management issues in the Enthoo Pro M)

 

[Gmoney06ss]

https://imgur.com/1OjpLN7

View: http://i.imgur.com/1OjpLN7.jpg

Loop finished finally. Xspc 360mm crossflow and 240mm dual pass, xspc fans, x4 photon 170 pump/res combo, xspc raystorm cpu block, ek gpu block, ek fluid, and soft tubing. Great results!! RTX 2080, max 40c on some light testing. Will do some more solid stress tests soon, but very happy with the results so far. Also got the ssds mounted in the back and the new cablemod cables installed with some decent management finally.

 

[Aeacus]

March
Bought MSI Optix MAG241CR monitor for my Skylake build.

New MSI Optix MAG241CR monitor (left) next to old Topview T2491Wd monitor (right).
Monitor specs;
old: 24", 1080p, TN panel, 60 Hz, 1ms, flat screen, input DVI-D (dual link), adjustable tilt
new: 23.6", 1080p, VA panel, 144 Hz, 1ms, curved screen (1500R), input DisplayPort 1.4, adjustable height and tilt

Day shot of complete setup.
What i love the most about new monitor is the far better color accuracy. While IPS panels have the best color accuracy, i still wanted 1ms response time. So, i went with VA panel which has the best of both worlds: good color accuracy and short response time.

Night shot of complete setup.
Since monitor also has it's own RGB LEDs, colors reflect off the wall. This is especially visible at night time.