PC Setups

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Hm. So seems like some sort of fatigue might be going on…

[Deathwake (i nuked zenzone and will never let him forget it)]

It could also be an issue of wifi strength or a beat up network card or some weird program slowing stuff down. Any of a million things, but still reasonable to want an upgrade.

While I’m posting in the PC setup thread, I have a question regarding water-cooling. Whenever I get around to getting a new CPU I want to replace my little stock cooler with some water-cooling, so uh, two questions:

• does anyone on here know any good resources for learning about water-cooling?
• how hard would it be to modify an air-cooled GPU to be water-cooled?

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

To my knowledge water-cooling requires a whole system of pipes and stuff for the water to get to where it’s supposed to cool. It is said to be better than air-cooling, but I am not sure every air-cooled PC can be easily turned into a water-cooled one.

[blackjacksike (Weird FNAF cat)]

@Deathwake

does anyone on here know any good resources for learning about water-cooling?

There are some preconfigured water cooler on the market.

Here:

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/cpu-cooler/#W=10120,10140,10240,10280,10360,10420

Those are the most simple to install, I think. Otherwise, you could go with EKWB, Corsair or… here’s a video.

Beginners Guide to Watercooling! Easy to Understand Tutorial

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Btw BJS, do you still plan to have a watercooled PC or not?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hLbcPJ
New build, because DDR5-4800 isn’t that good. Only cost 6 bucks to upgrade to DDR5-5600!

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

JaDT, how many of the parts on your list are on discounted prices currently?

[willow (they/her or yours are was/were)]

there’s also modded ksp and heavily modded mc that ypu could need that much ram for

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Yeah, modded KSP is the main thing I want the PC to run.

[willow (they/her or yours are was/were)]

yea, that can take over 16 gb before you even get half of the compatible ones

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

Have there been any KSP optimization mods?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

RSS/RO/RP1 and it’s express install mods are a good example. Not to mention if you’re using kOS, KER, or whatever.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

What even is the largest ksp modpack around?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Here’s my list:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/Ptc3MC
I wonder what a server could be like…

Oh, and if you were wondering what a cheapskate PC would look like, here:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/WqDpJn
The graphics is integrated.

[Deathwake (i nuked zenzone and will never let him forget it)]

for ~$250 you could buy a used laptop with better specs than that i3 setup (you could also buy the parts used to get the price down)… i’d prefer getting a used desktop someone wanted to get rid of because the HDD was too slow and replacing it with a cheap SSD.

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Here’s my updated setup plan:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/CjvLKq
I googled if the new monitor was good, and apparently it was. Doesn’t look like that price is because it’s on sale either.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

You know, you will have to proceed with the purchase one day… The planning can’t just go on forever.

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

Server build:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/9KWGDj
The monitor is only for setting the server up.

[aah31415 (The maker of SitF, Radiostrocity, The Lifenote and TGBing; The Second Ascended...; And just maybe a security warning come alive...?)]

So you now plan to have both PC and Server?

[JustaDumbThriver (Thrive is the only environment where I am not too lazy to capitalize)]

I’ll build the server quite a bit after the PC. The server will be for Factorio.