Preparing to swap out the sliders in my FC660C to KBD. Just waiting for lube since it’s considerably easier than lubing switches.
With this I’ll be able to use MX keycaps. Still need to have a custom 6U spacebar made, but that’s something I am working on.
For now, I’m just doing to use a gray HHBK spacebar and will probably print this 6U spacebar and add clay.
A bittersweet moment. Final shots of Zen Clarity + before it’s torn down and parts of it reused for my first ever custom loop!
t o p r e i s j u s t a m e m b r a n e k e y b o a r d
This PETG cutter was the real MVP of my first custom loop. I started with it so I didn’t really know what I was missing til I tried to cut a tube with a hacksaw specifically made for plastics like PETG. Whew. It’s definitely a keeper!
Also, Builds.gg is SO MUCH better for logging watercooling builds.
PCPP has a hard stance against custom loops because of their compatibility checker. You can list everything on Builds and they are super open to features you want added.
https://builds.gg/Legend/lucid-visions-ft-5700xt-liquid-devil-my-first-custom-loop-22143
Continuing my Norbauer Heavy-6 project finally.
This is what makes Topre so different. These rubber domes sit on top of bare springs.
These are the springs. Extremely lightweight, springy, and delicate. They do not share the same responsibility as springs in an MX switch. More on that via Deskthority as I am not an expert in the slightest.
The dome on the left is the factory dome. The dome on the right is an aftermarket BKE Redux dome. This is how a Topre gets its weight as opposed to an MX switch which would get it from the spring. You also get your tactility from the dome. These are both 45G, but the BKE Redux dome is much stiffer and has a much sharper tactile bump. These are the light variant, but still much more tactile than stock.
The rest of the work is taken care of by the sliders and housings. These sit atop the rubber domes. I’ll be swapping the sliders out to MX compatible sliders so I can use a relatively standard keycap set. I’ll also be lubing the sliders and adding silencing rings to reduce some of the plastic on plastic clacking noise. The true joy of Topre is hearing only the rich, deep thock sound.
This keyboard porn is inappropriate for work.
Please continue.
Juuuuuuuuuust about done! Just need to wait for my 3D printed spacebar.
Also have an MX 6U spacebar coming w/ a 6U CoStar stab.
The 3970X is nothing short of amazing. I knew this on paper, but seeing what it can do in person has been a blast. I’ve got a while before I start the actual build, so I’ve been using it with a refilled Enermax cooler test bench style and just playing around. Think I settled on using openSUSE Tumbleweed, then Windows in a VFIO setup for Adobe.
It’s funny how using AMD w/ Adobe was such a mess in previous years, but now they’ve (Adobe) done a few things to correct multi-core usage. Mostly though, AMD just brute forced its way to chart topping performance. I setup an empty Lightroom catalog and imported 1608 photos from an SD card. Lightroom was able to use all this power in generating previews, then mass applying presets also got the threads moving. Finally, exporting (which a lot of times I need to do a ton in a hurry) had the 3970X completely pegged. It spat out rendered images in a lot less time than my 2950X. I didn’t time any of it as I was just trying to get a natural feel for the improvements, but it’s come a long way.
A lot of my workflow is massive multitasking, so not having to slow down when editing, working with VMs, and all the other stuff I do… this CPU is going to be a game changer. It certainly is overkill for most of my work, but even just the time saved in mass exports is fantastic. This is one time I went the enthusiast route and have not once felt like I was making a compromise in performance.
I don’t game much, but benchmarking has always been fun. I fired up TimeSpy and was expecting it to absolutely choke on all of these threads. It did exactly that lol. Once SMT is disabled though, it actually churns out some nice results. Gaming is NOT part of what I’ll be using this machine for though. so I’m not concerned.
Now I just need to get custom loop parts and a case figured out. The opportunity to grab a 3970X literally popped up unexpectedly, so I had almost nothing planned.
Likely going the soft tubing route w/ quick disconnects since this will be a workhorse and I will probably swap stuff out over time.
that thing is fucking crazy
I think thats a home defense weapon instead of a keyboard
You certainly would have a bad day if you got hit in the head with it lol.
The Den-Fi 2019 Rewind!
Really wishing AMD would follow up EPYC Embedded 3000 series with some Rome based stuff. It’s been such a rock solid setup for my dev VMs.
At a crossroads. This will be my workhorse… my brain says zero maintenance tubing, but my hear says PETG… help!
after having done my own hard line… soft tube for me.
maybe next time ill do pex-al-pex
Yeah, my first loop was hard line. It was actually pretty fun. I want to do ZMT since I want to be able to maintain it without draining it when I need to troubleshoot… but aesthetics lol.
I know the right answer is ZMT though. I’ll just have to get over it.
I don’t think that’s where your GPUs are supposed to go.
I could be wrong though.
It’s where you put them when you’re having an existential crisis about loop planning.
Hard line made me appreciate more complex builds way more.
