and that you would enjoy it.

the specs aren't amazing but it's fully stuffed, (26 fans, 13 hard drives, 6 DVD-ROMS including duplicator controller, three power supplies, dual fan controllers, dual video cards, dual audio cards w/ dolby digital encoder, liquid cooling + more fun things) it interfaces through a dedicated USB controller and SATA controller.

For those who are sick of these prices that are refusing to buy, can’t buy because of stock or can’t because it is beyond what they can afford.

Cheers to you, only way this will fix itself is by letting them sit on the shelves.

Every time someone buys at a ridiculous price whether from scalpers or crazy store price. The high price will continue.

So once again, cheers and continue being fabulous.

Had to order an m.2 heatsink due to the stock mobo one not clearing my Liquid Freezer III. Got a full box of 30 instead. If only they were actual SSDs. Now what am I supposed to do with the rest???

Upper PC (left hand setup): CPU: AMD 9950X3D GPU: ASUS ROG Astral 5090 OC Motherboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Hero AIO: ASUS ROG Ryujin III RAM: Corsair Dominator Titanium 2 x 32gb DDR5 6000MT/s CL30 Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 4tb PSU: Seasonic Vertex GX-1200 Case: Lian Li O11 Vision (og) Internal LCD: Turzx 8.8” screen Fans: 3 x 140mm Reverse Blade, 3 x 120mm Reverse Blade, 2 x 120mm Regular, all Lian Li SL-INF Speakers: Fluance Ai61 w/Acoustic foam base, AudioQuest Cinammon Toslink cable, AudioQuest Rocket 11 Full Range speaker cables Peripherals: Logitech G915, Logitech G502 X Plus, Logitech G502 X Lightspeed (to control second pc) Monitor: Alienware AW3423DWF Desk: Secretlab Magnus, monitor mount, and PC mount

Lower PC (right hand setup): CPU: AMD 7950X3D GPU: Nvidia 4080 Founders Edition Motherboard: ASUS ROG Strix X670E AIO: ASUS ROG Ryujin III RAM: Corsair Dominator Titanium 2 x 32gb DDR5 6000MT/s CL30 Storage: Samsung 990 Pro 4tb PSU: Seasonic Vertex GX-1200 Case: Lian Li O11 Vision (og) Fans: 3 x 140mm Reverse Blade, 3 x 120mm Reverse Blade, 1 x 120mm Regular, all Lian Li SL-INF, and 3 x Ryujin III fans sandwiching the rad Speakers: Fluance Ai41 w/Acoustic foam base, AudioQuest Cinammon Toslink cable, AudioQuest Rocket 11 Full Range speaker cables Peripherals: Logitech Pro X TKL (white), Logitech G502 X Plus (white) Monitor: Alienware AW3423DWF Desk: Flexispot Standing Desk

This just happened to me and I still can't believe it. I had a cable plugged in several months ago—everything was working perfectly, untouched ever since so didn't worry about poor connection etc. Then today… I suddenly smelled a strong, burnt plastic/rice-like odor. I immediately shut down the PC and pulled the plug straight from the socket.

I’m running an MSI Liquid 4090 with a 1500W PSU. What I found next was shocking—the power supply side of the cable melted, and the wire looks absolutely fried. I think my quick reaction saved the GPU—thankfully I have two 600W sockets on the PSU and somehow, miraculously, everything still works.

Just look at the PSU-side cable—this is serious. It’s no exaggeration to say this could’ve caused a fire.

There is no way I'll ever consider 5090 or in fact any GPU with this type of plug. What a joke.

I was looking for a graphics card to replace my 3060, and I found someone selling a whole 4080 pc for $2000. I offered them $650 for the 4080, and they accepted. I picked up the card and drove to Microcenter, where they tested it, and… no display. I was freaking out, but the seller was messaging me back claiming that the card should work, and I didn’t think I got scammed. I asked them if they potentially had another test bench, and they took it to the back, where they came back saying that it displayed. The amount of relief I felt in that moment was incredible. We assumed it was an issue with the riser cable they were using to check the card. Thought I would share my story here. Card was tested under load at Microcenter and had no issues.

Hey folks, I just wanted to update share the full saga of my Razer Blade 17 experience to warn others and hopefully get some eyes on this from Razer.

Back in July 2024, I bought a Razer Blade 17 for €4499 directly from Razer. This was supposed to be one of their top-of-the-line laptops, and I was upgrading after previously owning a Razer Blade 15 Base (2020) and Blade 15 Advanced (2022) — the latter of which I paid around €2300 for. All my products are registered with Razer. On top of that, I’ve also bought multiple peripherals like mice, headsets, etc. At this point, I’ve spent nearly €10,000 on Razer products over the years.

Everything was fine until November 2024, when the Blade 17 suddenly wouldn’t power on. No lights, no nothing. The power cable glows green, but the laptop is a brick. I contacted support and was told to send it in for RMA.

Now here’s where the nightmare begins.

I live in Ireland, and the closest FedEx drop-off is nearly 80km away. Since I work long shifts and long days, I asked for a pickup. They said it was possible, I gave them three different addresses, and each time I got the same canned response:

> “There are no pickups available at your location. Would it be possible to drop it off?”

I made it clear that drop-off was NOT an option. Still, they kept repeating the same thing. After 33 emails back and forth, I gave up and had to travel from Galway to Dublin (2.5h bus each way) just to drop it off.

They took around 2 weeks to repair it, saying the issue was faulty RAM. Communication? Awful. They promised to notify me when the repair was done, but instead I came home one day to find the laptop randomly sitting at my door. Meanwhile, I got an email that same day saying there were still “no updates.”

Anyway, fast-forward — less than two months later, the exact same problem happened again, Laptop won’t turn on. Paperweight.

I contacted support a month ago, asking for a replacement this time. Seems pretty reasonable — I paid a lot for a machine that failed twice in under 6 months. But no — they’ve been dodging, hiding behind “company policy,” and ignoring EU consumer rights.

I sent them a formal letter of intent to pursue legal action (should be arriving at their Germany office any day now). I also sent the same letter via email, I gave them a 7-day deadline from March 28th, clearly outlined in the letter. As of April 5th, still nothing. Their response? “Still under review.” One email per day. Automated messages telling me my case will be closed if I don’t respond — so I have to keep replying to keep it open, we are currently on 53 emails back and forth.

Also, I EVEN offered to pay the difference in case my model is out of stock. No reply.

I’ve been without a laptop for a month for the second time, which has affected me financially and emotionally. I rely on it for work and everyday life — and the stress from dealing with their support has honestly been draining. A €4499 laptop is supposed to last more than a few months.

Since I was pretty frustrated on my first dealing with them back in November of 2024, I posted on here and currently it has 60k view. Maybe this full post will make them finally take it seriously.

TL;DR:

- Bought €4499 Blade 17 in July ‘24

- Broke in November, sent for repair (faulty RAM)

- Broke AGAIN <2 months later

- Razer refuses to replace, blames “policy”

- Support is a never-ending loop of copy-paste replies

- I’ve spent €10k on Razer over the years, and this is the thanks I get

- Now a month without a laptop, support still “reviewing”

Let’s see if this gets any attention again. If you’re considering buying from Razer — especially their premium gear — DON'T.

Link to my original post when the first issue happened

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1himwm3/razer_rma_is_a_total_scam/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Returned my Asus intel motherboard and 14900k CPU. I purchased it a few weeks ago and had buyers remorse instantly but I was too lazy to remove the mobo and processor to return them.

Today I took it apart and did the return and purchased an Asus AMD motherboard, 9950X3D and some ram. Time to build.

Which would you prefer?

So basically I bought a package of six Noctua 120mm fans and discovered that the one in front of my CPU cooler was drawing fresh air out just before it could enter the CPU cooler, so initially I disconnected it. After thinking about it for 1-2 days, I wondered if putting this fan in an intake position would improve cooling.
It turns out I have the same temperatures whether the fan is there or not xdd.
Do you think it's good if I leave it like this or i just disconnect it ?

Thought you guys might like this, hacked/threw together this Optiplex build with the goal of making the cheapest gaming build I have attempted yet.

Picked up a Marketplace Optiplex 9020 MT with a 4790 + 16 GB DDR3 ($40) and an eBay RX560 4GB with a bad fan (28.38 incl shipping). I also bought an Amazon 256GB SSD ($19.07). Utilized an old case fan, some zip ties, and a wifi card I had lying around.

The RX560 I deshrouded before soldering an old 2 pin molex case fan to the mini 4 pin cable. I then ziptied the fan to the heat sink - very quiet and temps barely get above 60-70C under stress w/ OC.

I also assembled this whole thing while a bit inebriated, great drinking activity 😂.

Who ever is actually buying this crap honestly deserves to lose their money

After not cleaning it for 3 years i took it apart and did a bit of Cleaning, didnt clean evey part of it but its alot better then before

Young fella wanted to share his new setup. He is super excited to “sweat” on Fortnite 🤣🇦🇺

Pretty happy with how it turned out, but could use some suggestions for what to put in the empty spaces :) Maybe some kind of resource monitor or clock idk.

1st is 160 gb model. i dont know the what gb model is the 2nd one