2019 Hardware Thread

OldMike65 said:

New Update EVGA Precision X1 Version 0.4.8.0

Release: 8/1/2019
Adds new "Boost Lock" feature, this feature will allow you to lock the graphics card frequency to the highest performance state. Please note that SLI is not currently supported in this feature.

EVGA - Software - EVGA Precision X1

Interesting, this could effectively be overriding Nvidia's GPU boost system. Will need to see it to believe it.

Can anyone recommend a good cheapish case that looks nice and has at least 2 Front bays for optical drives. I've spent a lot of time searching and so far the one I'd go with is the Corsair 750D. I would be interested to see what you guys come up with.

swarfega said:

Can anyone recommend a good cheapish case that looks nice and has at least 2 Front bays for optical drives. I've spent a lot of time searching and so far the one I'd go with is the Corsair 750D. I would be interested to see what you guys come up with.

What are you doing with optical bays? They're more or less fazed out...

swarfega said:

Can anyone recommend a good cheapish case that looks nice and has at least 2 Front bays for optical drives. I've spent a lot of time searching and so far the one I'd go with is the Corsair 750D. I would be interested to see what you guys come up with.

I use this SDRW-08D2S-U LITE | Optical Drives & Storage | ASUS Global instead.

@CountMike Thats something to consider.
@Kol12 Watch the occasional Blu-Ray as I don't have a player.

swarfega said:

@CountMike Thats something to consider.
@Kol12 Watch the occasional Blu-Ray as I don't have a player.

I think I would consider the external Blu-Ray as CountMike suggested. Optical bays are really outdated and there are serious advantages not having them in the way in a case, like cooling options. I had to build my custom loop around the empty optical bay in my Corsair 450D and lets just say it was quite challenging!

Why are you after a new case? You appear to have two good cases already. Are you planning to transplant one of your systems or is this a new build?

Edit: The 750D - Great cases but also pretty outdated now. I love my Obsidian 450D but I would get something more modern if I were buying now.

The Phanteks cases seem to really emphasize on storage, great if that's what you need but there is quite an airflow restriction there if that's important to you. On the other hand those Phanteks cases look like you can remove bits and pieces to customize it to your liking.

I probably like the Enthoo Pro M out those listed above.

Thanks Thrash, I like the design of the last two. Will look into them.

Kol12 said:

The Phanteks cases seem to really emphasize on storage, great if that's what you need but there is quite an airflow restriction there if that's important to you. On the other hand those Phanteks cases look like you can remove bits and pieces to customize it to your liking.

Yes you can.....I think there are the BEST Cases you can buy.....