Arasaka Specter Rig

[heady jacinth]

My little custom bench

[proper pumice]

Specs?

[tawdry siren]

Super interesting

No gpu?

[proper pumice]

Probably ryzen 8000
Doesn’t need it

[heady jacinth]

Its actually a really old rig i repurposed. Running a Asus ROG Z270i and a 6700K 😆 . Looking to pair it with a gpu at some point but might consider upgrading to AM5 for test bench purposes.

[ember bridge]

breathtaking

[heady jacinth]

Thanks 😄

[heady jacinth]

Thanks, building something small like this has always been so satisfying to me. I haven't built a full size rig in years.

[shy ivy]

"doesnt need it", every cpu with an igpu doesnt need a gpu, but if you want good graphics any cpu will need a gpu

[proper pumice]

Have you seen performance numbers for ryzen 8000? They beet like a 1060 I think

[shy ivy]

Yea its good for igpu but like not that Good to replace a dedicated gpu

[proper pumice]

If your playing 1080 medium settings you can get like 120fps so yes it can replace a dedicated if that’s all you want

[shy ivy]

Depends on the game. Sure it can run fortnite, but Nothing more intense

[tawdry siren]

This guy

All iGPUs are gpus they are built into the CPUs

They are equally as capable

But with low performance

But with AMD’s 8000 series CPUs the iGPUs are really fantastic

The 8700g is abt inbetween a 6500 xt and a 6600

And yeah they beat a 1060

[tawdry siren]

“More intense” depends on resolution and settings

[heady jacinth]

incredible what AMD igpu's can do these days, it really has come a long way.

[tawdry siren]

FSR and RSR will downscale the resolution and fill the empty pixels with AI to improve performance

So it can run any game but specific games like Starfield and hogwarts legacy are ofc going to have trouble

But nothing resolution scaling can’t fix

[shy ivy]

oh i also love to play helldivers on 360p with low settings

[tawdry siren]

Did you read all that I said?

I didn’t say actually lower resolution

I said downscaling tech like FSR and RSR and along with DLSS

It won’t look like 360p

[shy ivy]

never said that tho

[tawdry siren]

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[shy ivy]

i wont argue with you again.

[heady jacinth]

Updated the rig with some new QD fittings. My Alphacool ones have failed unfortunately and are not repairable. Might reach out to Alphacool to see if they can do anything but highly doubt it.

[tawdry siren]

Much better

[heady jacinth]

Agreed, much cleaner too.

[jaunty fiber]

Nice, but why put the QDs on the socket side? They can in fact leak some fluid and are not the most elegant to look at - put them on the rad side would be my suggest.

[heady jacinth]

It did cross my mind but having used these for about 5-6 years now the drip is well almost non existent. I may trial it on the other end but i quite like how it looks as is.

[drifting estuary]

Holy fucking shit this looks insane, i love the black/cyan color scheme
:( hopefully I can build something like this someday

[heady jacinth]

I'll be updating this as i go along, there's still a few things to do yet 😄

You will, just persevere 😄

[exotic garnet]

This is one of the best things I've seen all day

[heady jacinth]

Thanks haha

Mayhems came through with an experimental coolant to trial. Waiting on a new radiator to arrive before i fill the loop and begin trials.

[ember bridge]

who put you in the void

[heady jacinth]

What do you mean lol

[ember bridge]

Your pictures have no background like you are in the void

[heady jacinth]

oh lol

Nah it's just my black background that i shoot from.

and abit of editing in lightroom

nothing crazy

[mint delta]

Very impressive but a tad impractical

[heady jacinth]

Its actually not too bad to carry around. There's a handle at the top just behind the motherboard so you can easily move it around if you need to .

It was mainly created to test GPU's but makes maintenance a little easier with Quick Disconnects.

[mint delta]

Oh okay that’s what I meant by impractical you spent the money on water cooling instead of gpu but that makes sense

[heady jacinth]

I have a few gpu's on the way to test, more to make sure they actually work than anything else lol.

[exotic garnet]

Practical in a perfect world where accidents never happen and dust doesn't exist (if you aren't a pet owner)

[mint delta]

lol yeah

[heady jacinth]

No pets and surprisingly little dust. I run another open rig like this as my main and it collects less dust than my enclosed system.

[stone grotto]

what i would do for the CAD files to the chassis 🤤

[tawdry siren]

It’s not 3d printed

It’s a legitimate case

[stone grotto]

Yeah I know, but I want to machine one

[tawdry siren]

Ah

[heady jacinth]

Final update for the Arasaka Build

[ember bridge]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/807809192537882647/1182611454088720434/7B92EE72-A1AC-486B-A63B-3DE653A4C66F.gif?ex=658553be&is=6572debe&hm=387298fb581b91a5c32a90a694b435692b3f7eeeca9a86d041c4e3548d0cf93d&

[shy ivy]

https://tenor.com/view/linus-linus-drop-linustechtips-linusdroptips-drop-gif-24524203

[heady jacinth]

lol thanks

[heady jacinth]

😄

[shy ivy]

very cool build tho, everyones dream

[heady jacinth]

I do love this compact build, its one of my favourites so far that i've done.

[shy ivy]

is that "case" diy?

[heady jacinth]

the case itself is actually Streacoms BC1 Mini

I've just adapted it for radiator and reservoir placement

[shy ivy]

thats cool

[shy mantle]

beautiful

should put this masterpiece on PcPP

[heady jacinth]

PcPP?

[shy mantle]

Pc Part Picker, its a pc building site

people post their builds there, i'm certain yours is build of the week material lol

[heady jacinth]

ah okay yeah i know that one, don't go on it often though.

[heady jacinth]

might give this a go tomorrow lol.

[shy mantle]

you should, she's a beauty

[heady jacinth]

Thank you 😄

I have another project nearing completion, will be showcasing that soonish as its a sponsored build.

[shy mantle]

oooh be sure to @ me when its done

[heady jacinth]

Will do 🙂

[shy mantle]

❤️

[heady jacinth]

Btw, if you want to follow my work you can find it on my website

https://minibotpc.com/

[shy mantle]

oh lawd he has a whole website

cool I'll check it later

[proper pumice]

Wait are you the same person I asked for the cad drawings for that one where you fabes your own distro plate?

[heady jacinth]

🤔 you did?

[proper pumice]

Yeah it’s near the end of the thread https://discord.com/channels/375436620578684930/1168351816140984422

[heady jacinth]

ahhh okay yeah i completely forgot to check 🤣 my bad man. I think i have the STEP files for this somewhere still. Will need to find them.

[proper pumice]

awesome thanks by the way how did you learn to do that?

[heady jacinth]

I didn't make the CAD files but i did do the Technical drawings for them. If you can make a technical drawing, a CAD designer can bring it to life.

These were my initial drawings, you just need measurements and angles for the designer to work from.

[proper pumice]

I know a bit of cad and since it’s a pretty simple shape I could probably make it

[heady jacinth]

Let me have a look for the STEP files tonight on my main rig, i'll dm you.

[proper pumice]

Ok sounds good

[heady jacinth]

The Bench build got an upgrade.

MSI MPG B760i EDGE WIFI DDR4, paired with a 12600KF and Corsair's LPX 32gb 4000mhz memory kit. Additionally my RTX 4060 Low profile gpu has arrived.

[proper pumice]

Yo love the 3D printed mobo holder

[heady jacinth]

Neat right? It's actually for keyboards but works just as good for motherboards lol.

[shy ivy]

Looks great! What CPU block is that?

[shy ivy]

Is that the Bitspower CPU Block Summit M Pro ?

[rigid tendon]

I think it’s from XSPC.

[heady jacinth]

Its the XSPC Raystorm Neo

There is more to come! I'm working on other projects too.