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Chewy, sorry I didn't reply earlier. None of the cases that they offer are completely sealed. Airborne particles (some magnetic and conductive, most thermally inulating) are what I'm trying to avoid.

I want to built one of these so bad; I'll do it for anyone here at just the cost of parts. Just let me know. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yVpXDnKehe_lIthkwYhvviuqB7WYItQLTraJpKZoZkw/edit?usp=sharing Once I find a customer or two I might make one for myself.

It could, but that makes warranty returns or servicing significantly harder.

Interesting. My patience expired yesterday; new OS install came with a switch to Chrome. We'll see if they can get me back.

Thanks for the idea sdbardwick. Going to a larger internal radiator isn't that big an issue; I've designed the case to fit larger if needed, though I'd just go to normal waterblocks on CPU/etc if they were a significant point source.

I also wrote that a radiator inside the case will handle any additional heat buildup from other components. For a lower-end computer (like the P3 I mentioned earlier), the water loop may just be a radiator inside the chassis picking up heat and dumping it to a radiator outside the chassis.

Several of the computers that will be housed in these chassis are made and sold by some of our software vendors. They contain specific hardware configurations that need to be maintained (P3 with a specific chipset and a several custom PCI cards). They are happy to sell us these computers in $60...

Looking to have a sealed, water cooled, rack mount chassis built by Protocase. This will allow installation in really dirty industrial or commercial locations. No HDD mounts (M.2 and PCIe will be fine). Normal PSU is mounted internally to recirculate internal air. Hot components will have their...

Thank you for not linking and yet describing so well, because visceral horror isn't something I'm interested in looking at at all.

I think Will is talking about a situation where he worked for a company that offered consulting services to other companies. This is a fairly common structure in many engineering and legal professions.

Fixed your link, Lunar (it was pointing back to this thread). If you wanted a flashlight that took 1x AA, which would it be?

A couple years ago Ars calculated that writing to an SSD (forget which one) continuously at max speed couldn't reach the wear life within the warranty period. This isn't something that I worry about.

Here the only structured bonus is a profit-sharing plan; once you are full-time and salary for more than 2 years you receive some percentage of net profits proportional to your base pay. This number is so far divorced from my performance that it has no impact on how I do my job. I will...

My office is out in the boonies; miles from anything. The closest food is a country club that my boss owns and I support. Good food, excellent service, and just as fast as driving a bit further to get drive-thru. The only catch is that I'd go broke eating there twice a day.

In EVE Online, one of the favorite hobbies of the group I'm with is to find gamers who are live-streaming and shit-talking, stalk them down in-game, and embarrass them in front of their audience. Just killing them isn't enough; try to do it with the weakest possible ship, or find other assets...

My G4 died last weekend. 2 weeks to go before the 1-year warranty expired. They didn't have any more G4, so they sent me a G5. Happy enough with it.

My (dual) 1080 setup is silent; the pump and rad are 15' away through a wall.

Big fan of Echo. Three at the house; kid knows how to run it.

If a meeting doesn't involve a physical object of some kind, I generally decline going. If there is an object (building inspection, product review, sample analysis) then I go; typically 2-3 a week.

The blocks are card specific; they'll only work with 980s and that generation of Titan X. I don't have a gaming system on order that would fit this product. I suppose I could build out a full rig an put that up for sale, but that is more cost, as well.

I'd completely agree with that. I wouldn't be surprised if the current value is less than one of the cards originally. Depreciation on products with this fast a lifecycle is pretty brutal.

No interest at all? Would anyone care to speculate at the best way to sell such a thing, and a reasonable price?

Stoked about that. Hoping the bonkers drivetrain is an option in the Model 3.

Thanks for that. I've been using the baking method for a dozen a week. I don't even own a steamer. Any suggestions?

2x EVGA GeForce GTX TITAN X 12GB SC (12G-P4-2992-KR) 2x Koolance Water Blocks 2x Koolance Water Block Backplate (additional aluminum heatsink epoxied to back plate) 1x Koolance Video Bridge Connector 2x Stock heatsinks with mounting hardware *Hardware is used and does not come with anything not...

The advantage of oversized cases is that you can position fans inside the chassis right next to the components that you care about. I hope to be revising my personal rig today (if the kid lets me). I'll post some pics when I can.

It does, but I just put a car on it. ;) It would fit both, but then I wouldn't be able to pay it off this month. Even 20W continuous output would get darn hot without significant active airflow. Particularly if you have many of them in a chassis.

To me that indicates that the fan is mainly preventing air from flowing the opposite direction. Try just blocking off that part of the case and see what happens.

Nope. I have a good idea what the results would be, and it is better not to know.

This year I didn't get around to filing taxes until the last minute (waiting on docs from a refi). Afterwards I received a letter in the mail from the IRS asking me to call them while having the last two years returns and backup handy. After asking me many questions to confirm my identity, they...

The closest issues I've seen is the video window alone crashing or freezing, but only on the new Windows Server pre-releases. What happens when you disable hardware acceleration altogether?

They do. 7FPS is a bit slow. My understanding was that 30MP at >7fps would exceed the available bandwidth of CF cards.

That looks excellent.

To get what (I think) you are after will require two things. 1. The monitor to support a "1:1" mode, where it doesn't try to stretch or scale the image to fill the screen. 2. A video card capable of displaying the resolution you want. Most will do this, but finding where in their driver to add...

NFC is for phones. Happy with the WiFi and 4k. 7FPS is a bit rough, but with 30MP and CF I understand that can't be helped.

I'm a firm believer that the absolute top-end of audio gear is snake oil, but after using the line out from the Blue Yeti Mic for a while I put in a Schiit MODI 2 DAC and holy crap that is better.

Rotate 90-degrees. Problem more than solved ;)

All the manufacturers seem to still think that SSDs are a premium item and price accordingly. You'd probably be better off buying one without, a separate SSD, and a drive cloning tool. But that is effort and complicates warranty work.

Other than that it weighs several tons ;) I've actually already reached out to the folks at EV West about the idea; basically gutting it and putting in ~1000hp.

The advantages of Waze tie directly to the density of active users in your area. Around here it is pretty awesome; nearly every accident, traffic jam, road closure, and police trap is updated rapidly.

My favorite is still Lenovo, upgraded and sold on Amazon by Computer Upgrade King.

Yup. Just a temp car until the Model 3 shows up. At that point either the wife will take it or I'll sell it on. I should sell my 2011 A3, but I'm tempted to make it a project car for a high performance EV conversion.

Mine gets quite the workout; Waze has saved me from a number of tickets already, and Dogcatcher, Pandora or Audible is running 99% of the time.

Now that I also posses a B8.5 A4-based vehicle, I figure a related question can go in here? I'm designing a custom phone mount with integrated wireless charging, which I'll have 3D printed out of matte black steel by shapeways. I want to mount the phone between the MMI screen and the main...

Yup. You would probably want to be running an nVidia Quadro card, but the last one of those to be fanless was (IIRC) the NVS 295. That thing is old. I bet a lower-end latest-generation card could be modified to fanless-ness pretty easily (K1200 is only 45W), but that might be outside your...

New Titan X is once again available on nVidia's website. Just in case anyone else was interested.

Long drive up and back, but the new car is sitting in my driveway now. Couldn't get the price below $30k, but did get a full Audi warranty to 140k miles for the same price. First impressions: 1. I can't believe that even in a 2013 car the Bluetooth doesn't include multimedia support. Already...

Some critical security updates will still auto-install, regardless of what settings you use. The best practice is to not keep deferring updates; the computer will not auto-update/restart without you declining at least once.

Very likely, but this is a good enough excuse to do something different for a while. Currently trying to find a friend who can fly me up to Sac.

...and they won't take my car because it is covered by the Takata Airbag Recall (shrapnel to the face, yay!).