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jakewhite•4d ago

Hot take: my 140mm top exhaust fan made my GPU 6C hotter, not cooler

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jackson.sarah•6d ago

I thought rotating my top fans to exhaust was pointless, then my GPU dropped 11C in one night

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wade558•8d ago

Spent $22 on a 90 degree 24 pin adapter and it barely fit my case, saved my side panel from bulging though

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kim.wren•9d ago

A fan header on my buddy's board in Phoenix melted at 2am and now I never daisy chain more than 3 fans per header

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taylor.jessica•9d ago

Bought a tempered glass side panel for $89, dropped it on tile 4 inches from the box

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julia843•9d ago

Hot take: zip tying GPU cables tight against the tray cooked my 3080's hotspot

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the_anna•10d ago

Warning: that $25 fan hub saved my build but the RGB software almost ruined it

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river182•11d ago

Stop routing power cables over the top of the PSU shroud, seriously

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the_mason•13d ago

Heard a guy at Micro Center say zip ties are for amateurs, made me rethink my whole back panel

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claire_ramirez22•15d ago

Picked a mesh case over glass for my latest build, no regrets at all

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margaretf40•17d ago

Cable combs over zip ties, no contest after my rebuild

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susanh46•17d ago

the_amy•20d ago

The Micro Center in Dallas that exposed my lazy fan wiring

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Daily Build Battle

c/daily-build-battle

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c/daily-build-battle

Hot take: my 140mm top exhaust fan made my GPU 6C hotter, not cooler

I thought rotating my top fans to exhaust was pointless, then my GPU dropped 11C in one night

Spent $22 on a 90 degree 24 pin adapter and it barely fit my case, saved my side panel from bulging though

A fan header on my buddy's board in Phoenix melted at 2am and now I never daisy chain more than 3 fans per header

Bought a tempered glass side panel for $89, dropped it on tile 4 inches from the box

Hot take: zip tying GPU cables tight against the tray cooked my 3080's hotspot

Warning: that $25 fan hub saved my build but the RGB software almost ruined it

Stop routing power cables over the top of the PSU shroud, seriously

Heard a guy at Micro Center say zip ties are for amateurs, made me rethink my whole back panel

Picked a mesh case over glass for my latest build, no regrets at all

Cable combs over zip ties, no contest after my rebuild

Radial fans changed my mind after a temp test at Micro Center

My electrician buddy's airflow comment made me redo my whole build

"The front panel that took 5 hours to get right"

The Micro Center in Dallas that exposed my lazy fan wiring