The Colorful cards do have some interesting designs, its a shame they tend to be only really available from china.
Yeah, most of them are available in the Asian market. I must say their designs are unique and I love the look of my current 3080 for it gives me a mecha or gundam-like vibes. The specs from these are not too shabby in fact they are well when it comes to the OC you get from this.
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They do have some really nice looking ones and some crazy models too. Only concern I’d have is the warranty situation with them being from china
Well as one of the guys who got a GPU from them as a gift from my family back then, yeah it is a bit concerning. I mean the sellers who were like waiting for a new supply for the Ultra OC card got sick of waiting, instead they decided to deal with my problem by replacing it with an another model (Advanced OC). So yeah, it is concerning, and I am not exactly the right guy whose patience is on the higher spectrum.
it’s all conjecture…but interesting theory as to why there were no Ryzen mobile products with high end Nvidia GPU. Intel & Nvidia conspired to deny AMD the options…
with historical precedent…
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oh yes I know. that win for AMD is what saved them from sinking. well, that and Dr. Lisa Su.
So Mission succesful, only need install Windows Programms for Musik,apps ect…
New Setup
Mainboard : Msi Z97 Gaming 5 with 4.00 ghz Intel 4790 K Prozessor,
16 Gb Ram
Harddrive: Samsung Evo 860 Ssd
Graphiccard: Gigabyte geforce RTX 3060 Ti
Power supply: Be quiet straight power 11 Platinum 650 watt
For Audio: Matrix Audio Element H pcie card for Audio
Case: Be quiet Silent Base 601
Cooling Artic freeze 2 240 mm for the Prozessor and 2 fans for the Case.
Is it very Quiet? Ohh year nothing to hear when the Pc runs.
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Nice build! If i can make a suggestion for longevity, i would suggest running the radiator at the front intake with the tubes at the bottom. Helps keep the pump from noise/premature failure in the event of air ingress. Love the chipset fan on those AIO coolers.
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Time to share my build here.
Case: NCase M1 V6.1
Mainboard: ASUS ROG Strix B550-I
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600x
GPU: RTX 3070 FE
RAM: Crucial Ballistix DDR4-3600 CL16 32 GB
PSU: Corsair SF750 80+ Platinum
AIO: NZXT Kraken X53
SSD M2: Corsair MP600 500GB + 970 Evo 1TB
Case Fans: 2x Arctic P12 (under GPU)
The mess 
For sice:
A small beast for Cyberpunk
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Hello,
That was my first thought too.
But some people here in the forum said it would be better if I placed the radiator on top.
I have accepted this and implemented it.
It has now been running for a few hours and I hear nothing from the water pump or anything else.
The only noticeable thing is that the cpu is just above 30 degrees.
I don’t really like that, so I’ll have to regulate the speed down a bit.
The first small stress test was Audirvana.
Maybe you’re right, placing the radiator so that the hoses point downwards might be better, I think the pump will have to work harder.
If it should really leak, nothing would happen because the PC is plugged into the mains.
Before the PC goes bye-bye, the mains plug strip would first be triggered.
And the power supply has a protective circuit on top.
The only thing that can happen is that I don’t notice it and all the fans run at full speed, which is when I know at the latest.
Thanks for your advice 
As in just above 30 degrees Celsius? That sounds like a very nice temperature, what’s wrong with that? Also Jayz2Cents did a video recently about how to orient your AiO, the main thing is that the pump should not be the highest part of the loop, apart from that you can do whatever you like and it shouldn’t matter.
The rational behind it is that when air gets into the loop you don’t want it to get stuck in the pump but rather have it somewhere in the radiator.
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Yes, 30 degrees sounds fantastic, especially at this time of year.
In a German video he said that it would be good for the processor if it had around 45-50 degrees.
I haven’t done anything to the fan curve yet.
I thought I’d keep an eye on it before I got active and stress the computer first.
Of course, temperature always has a statement to make, is it the way it is or is there enough air coming in to cool it or not?
Many people forget that in winter I turn up the heating, the air is dry and warm, it might not be enough.
And in the summer it is similar.
Do you have a link to the video where you mean? Because of the Aio, I would like to take a look at it .
This is the one, I found it quite clear and useful.
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I would keep it at the top. The collection champers in the rad will collect air that may be in the system.
GN-video for referene:
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If you run the tubes at the bottom the air settles in the top of the tank and stops circulating. At around 18:30 in your link steve says tubes at bottom is ideal.
To be clear im suggesting the tubes mounted facing the bottom. Radiator all the way to the top of the case.
Any suggestions for a decent off the shelf media pc/computer? I don’t game and don’t want to build my own. Would like to just get something to rip cds to flac and maintain my 4+ TB music collection and feed to my dac.
Not sure if there are any cool solutions out there I can just control via tablet and not use a monitor.
From what you’re describing, a Raspberry with hat and Roon would be ideal. But that is if your comfortable setting things up in the pi linux environment.
If you want a more typical pc experience, then I imagine it would be setting up something like a NAS. I don’t know how to interface with one of these off a tablet or something like that.