The Member's Systems Discussion Thread

[tiny voices]

In an attempt to escape the buzzing of my 300r (couldn't stop it no matter what I did including: remove all fans. remove mech HDD, remove GPU, remove fan from CPU cooler) and in an attempt to make an example for others to follow, I bought an extremely cheap-o case not suited to my PC at all from Microcenter for $21. This case is the Thermaltake V3 seen here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133094 This is a SUPER popular case among budget buyers and even higher end first time PC builders. I see probably 3-5 people per week between here and PCpartpicker complain that this case has no options for cable management. Usually when people say that about a case, I can easily find an example of good cable management on google in the same case and link it to them, to give them some ideas on how to better their own. Not so with this case. There are hundreds and hundreds of builds in this case, but they are all a mess. So I took it upon myself to buy this cheap-o case and stuff my EATX not cheap-o PC inside. Here are the results

The only things I used that were not included with the case were zipties, a 3.5" to 5.25" bay adapter to hid the HDD better, and double sided 3M adhesive to attach the SSD.

 

[Turb0Yoda]

We only get premium for the Acura.. The owners manual says it will run on regular but odd noises will emonate from the engine and its only for extreme cases...

 

[tiny voices]

Getting premium doesn't mean you are not getting ethanol. Pretty much every station will have ethanol in all grades of their fuel unless they SPECIFIALLY state they do not have ethanol in them.

The J-series Honda V6 in your Acura will run just fine on regular. It's a waste to put anything else in it.

 

[g-unit1111]

Beats me. Just a mech walking into a what looks like to me a Scandinavian or other northern European small town. I like the low/high tech contrasts. It's not a Battletech Mech though so not Mechwarrior. I haven't seen Chappie.

If you like Neil Blomkamp's previous films it's pretty much more of the same but otherwise you're not missing much, the robot in that picture did kind of look like Chappie.

The only things I used that were not included with the case were zipties, a 3.5" to 5.25" bay adapter to hid the HDD better, and double sided 3M adhesive to attach the SSD.

The 300R was really that bad?

I've thought about building my own custom Steampunk-esque case by buying a cheapo case like you got and stripping it down to the bare metal and building around that. Now to just get some welding experience. :lol:

 

[tiny voices]

I just really dislike Corsair and yes mine made buzzing noise no matter what I did.

 

[MrRockyboxer]

We only get premium for the Acura.. The owners manual says it will run on regular but odd noises will emonate from the engine and its only for extreme cases...

Follow whatever the brand recommends. If it says use regular, use regular. If Acura says use premium gas, use it. I tend to believe whatever they recommend is right, they created the car. They engineered it.

I was looking up to see if my brothers TL can use regular gas, and someone at a Acura forum was saying he noticed his TL lost some performance when using regular. When he put premium gas back, the car was performing normally.

 

[MrRockyboxer]

The C70 I bought a while back was also making a lot of noise. I think it was the way they built the case, because I noticed that the sheet metal they used was kinda thin, and weak. Isn't the 300r extremely light? and flimsy?

 

[tiny voices]

"I tend to believe whatever they recommend is right, they created the car." this might be true for gas but is often wrong for other stuff.

My car recommends 5w30 for the engine oil, but any speed3/speed6 owner will tell you that anything under 5w40 will burn like crazy and cause premature failure of the turbo, which is very common. My car burnt a quart of 5w30 in 1000 miles when I bought it, and after changing to Shell Rotella T6 (AMAZING OIL) I burn less than 1/2 a quart in 5k miles. Also, my car recommends GL5 transmission fluid for the transmission/center diff/rear diff. BUT the transmission has brass in it and running GL5 will ruin the trans. There was even a recall for it. The people who designed the car are NOT the ones who authored the manual. If you want an honest manual, buy the Haynes shop manual. The speed6 shop manual FROM MAZDA clearly states both 5w40 engine oil and GL4 transmission fluid should be used.

Also, in the US/Japan and most of Europe, any car sold MUST be able to run on minimum 85 octane gasoline with no damage to the car. They do this by programming the ECU to adjust things like Air/fuel ratio, spark, ignition timing, etc. based on the type of fuel present. In any normal car someone claiming to feel a real world difference between 93 and 87 octane (premium and regular) is full of crap. Before my G35 was supercharged, I ran it on 85 when I was in the middle of rural WV even though the manual calls to only run 91-93. Performance didn't change at all. Did the gas mileage decrease? Probably, but overall performance was exactly the same. That is what stock ECUs are programmed to do.

 

[tiny voices]

The C70 I bought a while back was also making a lot of noise. I think it was the way they built the case, because I noticed that the sheet metal they used was kinda thin, and weak. Isn't the 300r extremely light? and flimsy?

Yeah it is pretty flimsy for the price. Both the front and rear panels are warped and the case doesn't even sit square. I have never been anything but super careful with it. I'm not a Corsair fan.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I know a guy who built his own car from scratch. It's really awesome. It's like building your own PC but car instead. It was somewhat jeep-like in appearance and had a golden color.

 

[tiny voices]

I assume it was a kit car? Or like he started with a frame and engine and built the body? Building a kit car is something I would love to do one day. I have done a bunch of engine swaps and a bunch of custom fab work, but never built a whole car.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Not sure, but he's a really intelligent engineer. Haven't seen him in some years though.

 

[g-unit1111]

I know a guy who built his own car from scratch. It's really awesome. It's like building your own PC but car instead. It was somewhat jeep-like in appearance and had a golden color.

"Homer, I don't want you driving in a car you built yourself!"
"Now Marge, you can stand there and find fault, or you can knit me some seatbelts!"

:lol:

 

[tiny voices]

Not sure, but he's a really intelligent engineer. Haven't seen him in some years though.

I'm assuming it was a kit car.

http://www.kitcarlinks.com/deauvillecanjito.jpg Did it look similar to this?

 

[turkey3_scratch]

I really can't remember. It had to have been 7 years ago. But I think it looked better than that.

 

[tiny voices]

That is just one bodystyle of the most popular Jeep-ish kit car.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

Has the whole "3.5GB vRAM on the 970" issue ever been sorted out? Do the latest cards actually have 4GB vRAM? Or did drivers somehow correct the issue? The whole issue is confusing. I'm deciding between a 390 and 970, and right now the 390 is winning on my list.

 

[tiny voices]

It has 3.5gb of vRAM as is normally meant. BUT it does have an extra 512bgb of slower ram that makes it equal 4gb. The issue is that people blew it up but it wasn't anything. Nvidia never said the card would perform better than it did. No big deal. They are great cards and it doesn't matter about the vRAM issue. Anyone posting around on a build with SLI 970s for 4k saying stuff like "Oh man only 3.5gh vRAM hurr durr" is a freaking moron and I want to punch them all.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

But still the 8Gb vRAM on the 390 is tempting. I know it won't all ever be used, but I've seen games like Assasin's Creed (which I play a lot) using about 3.7GB vRAM on 1440p on Youtube. That's one reason I am leaning toward the 390. Secondly, I currently own an Nvidia card and wouldn't mind jumping to the other side and experiencing AMD.

For my resolution, the 390 seems right (and a step up from a 750Ti).

 

[tiny voices]

I usually never trust those youtube videos. Usually always something clearly fishy going on.

For 1440p I would say a 970 is perfectly fine and the crazy power consumption of the 390 isn;t worth it, but that's just me.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

True, the electricity bill will suffer. And then there is the die shrink next year. Ugh, techology moves so fast, I never know if to wait or not.

 

[tiny voices]

I always have that issue. :lol:

 

[turkey3_scratch]

And then I hear a ton of people saying AMD cards can only benefit from DX12 asynchronous shading, blah blah blah, and that Nvidia cards don't support all of DX12, blah blah blah. Others say that's false. Then others say DX12 won't matter for another few years anyway. Aah, I don't know who to listen to. Is that a bunch of crap, or will AMD cards actually benefit more from DX12?

 

[Turb0Yoda]

I know that there will always be ethanol...
Time to see if Origin will let me start up Battlefield. Yes I have an internet connection I just typed THIS VERY POST ORIGIN.

 

[tiny voices]

No ALL gas has ethanol. You have to do research and figure out which stations carry no-ethanol gas. We have a Sinclair station by me that has premium with 0 ethanol. I fill up there. It is more expensive though.