u/JeremyJoeJJ — reddlx

Considering the following upgrade

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/VNxz7w

Parts for £0 are part of my current build. Planning to sell old parts at 50%. Upgrades:

CPU cooler: right now it's the PCS FrostFlow 240 Series ARGB which seems to be a rebranded ID-Cooling AIO? With the ASUS silent fan curve it's doing the job (80C at 140W using silent fan curve), but I recently learned that it's doing well because my mobo can't give it the full 165W power. Planning on switching to ALF III Pro 360. Was debating between this and air cooler but it seems like I could push 9800x3d a bit further with the AIO with less noise.

Motherboard: right now it's the ASUS® PRIME B850-PLUS-CSM + an intel wifi6e AX210 card. While it's been working great so far, the VRM is not quite good enough to get full power out of the 9800x3d. Considering switching to a better quality model by Gigabyte. Then again I would be losing at least half of my old mobo value if I manage to sell it for that, so is it even worth it?

Case: right now it's PCS SPECTRUM II ARGB and while it's doing the job, I was considering getting the Lian Li LANCOOL 217 hoping for a quieter operation. I've read that the Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA just barely fits the AIO, not sure I was to be testing the manufacturer's tolerances. The case will be on the ground so I don't need RGB.

PSU: right now it's Corsair RM750e and I quite dislike the crackling noises when under heavy load. I had it RMA'd 3 times and all have the same coil whine. This is well reported elsewhere and safe to operate, but I thought I could do without it and go for a better PSU.

Thoughts?

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u/JeremyJoeJJ — 11 hours ago

▲ 203 r/Oxygennotincluded

Just finished building my first geothermal power plant (no volcanoes on my starting asteroid). Aimed to make it expandable in case I wanted to add in more steam turbines where I would either move the locks to the side and add third column on either side or build upwards. I wasn't sure whether this design would saturate the turbines (wasn't sure if the steam would exchange heat well enough to rise up) but it seems to be working well.

One thing I was wondering is whether there are any 1tile liquid locks that can survive the steam? If the steam condenses next to the crude+petro liquid lock it will break it. Do I just need to use the V shaped one if I want to open the steam room?

u/JeremyJoeJJ — 7 days ago

▲ 6 r/Oxygennotincluded

This is supposed to be a little cooling loop that continuously cools water from my 80C reservoir (pipe at the bottom) down to under 20C and sends it into my main water tank in the base (for bristle farm). I set it up and it worked for a while but when I came back suddenly the water just right through the liquid shutoff despite getting a red signal. I wanted to make it so that when the shutoff is closed the water goes through the AT loop for as long as it is above 25C and when the shutoff turns on the water goes up into the reservoir. Any idea what went wrong?

Top left pipe thermo sensor: Below 20C

Bottom right pipe thermo sensor: Above 25C (hoping this one would prevent liquid from freezing)

u/JeremyJoeJJ — 14 days ago

▲ 43 r/Oxygennotincluded

Anyone else feels like once you start setting up metal refinement the cycles go by so quick? First 150 cycles I was meticulously deciding where to dig, how to organise the base, keeping my water clean etc. and once I have atmo suits, food & oxygen source and start setting up industrial brick the cycles just fly by. Every project is tens of cycles of digging, building, rebuilding until it works. Suddenly, cycle 400...

u/JeremyJoeJJ — 14 days ago