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In the meantime, the replacement arrived, a Seasonic Prime PX-1600 ATX3.1 & PCIe 5.1 ready Rats nest of cables Out of sight, out of mind Noiseblocker goodness

Some PSU goodness The box says ATX 3.1, unit itself says ATX 3

The nice people at Seasonic had sent me an RMA number by the time I got up at 5:40 which is progress. I had sent a note to OCUK on my original assumption that it was the CPU yesterday, have yet to hear back. I can still install to 'Desmo' in its hobbled state once I put back into the case.

Stripped a vintage / retro box I was building which has an EVGA 650W and I was able to boot both Crosshair motherboards, massive relief and a complete PITA as I've stripped the CPU, Motherboard and PSU out :p - I'll use the time to tidy cables and stuff. @AlienALX - Those rads look and act the...

Took the 9950X3D out and it looks perfect, same with the X870E. Brushed off the old R9 7900 and X670E combo, hooked up to the Seasonic Vertex and nada. Pilot lights appear on the motherboard but nothing happens. So I've a Seasonic PRIME TX ATX 3.11600 on order, bit overkill but hey ho. Seasonic...

Pfft - Desmo is dead. It had spent the night downloading a fresh install of Elite Dangerous and I popped into DCS to start it's update and Pfft, gone. If its the CPU then that'll be my second 9950X (or X3D variant) that has died on me in 12 months. MB is showing signs of life so that pointing...

Have been looking at this, let us know how you get on please.

So close :) Screenshot 2025-08-16 124519

How long for the first Reddit pic of a burnt out BTF Crosshair? SlimSAS dropped for the 12V-2X6 Auxiliary power connector. I get it for the OCD minded builders but you're locking yourself into a fairly closed system.

Trials and tribulations... First off, the O11XL is lovely to work with. Bit of room to get fingers and hands in. Love the M.2 pop holders in the Hero, makes populating a breeze. So... I'm currently running the following. 3 fans pulling air in vertically at the side. 3 fans pulling air up...

If anything, this just shows that i'm used to AquaComputer Big Case, Big Rad Looks rough, but i'm not spending €170+ because of some scratches that will only show up on a very sharp macro :p

The reason I have 3 D5's (well 4 actually if I include my daughters PC) is that I have one running happily in Tuxedo and I had a spare but it's SATA connector was missing the nub at the end. When I redone the CPU block with new gaskets I hooked up the spare D5 and Res but it wouldn't power on so...

A Monochrome K-3iii - bit of a niche product

Another fatter Rad :) plus a pump I didn't actually need. More fittings and fans I now have 3 D5 Next's Torture devices In situ to make me cry

I'd get one 🙂