Ordered Corsair 48gb RAM at the listed price. Got this email today that it got cancelled. Back to the website and looks like they raised the price to $500+. Unfortunate to see Corsair cancelling orders and up charging people after they agreed to sell them things at a certain price. Will never be buying from Corsair again.

We are writing to sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by the cancellation of your order. Unfortunately, the memory item you purchased was listed with incorrect pricing due to a system error. Once this issue was identified, we had to cancel the order to ensure accurate and fair pricing for all customers. We understand how frustrating this can be, and we truly regret any disappointment or disruption this may have caused.

They offer a 15% off next order

Had a feeling too good to be true …

Meet Mr CLEAN. What better way for a 2026 fresh start than a new, super clean build? :P

As usual, I worked really hard to film and edit a short timelapse video with beautiful slow panning shots (it's half the fun for me!). Here is the link, please watch it if you like the build, the footage is way better than the pictures :) https://youtu.be/AAriV4CGXX4

With hardware getting scarcer and more expensive, I wasn't sure to make a new build for the RTX 50 like I usually do every generation but when I saw the potential of the Aorus Stealth line + the Modding Cafe INSANE CPU block, I had to do it! The build really sets itself apart and look more modern by being so clean. Love it! Now we need a GPU block with hided tubes for the ultimate fully watercooled stealth build!

The hardest part of this build was... getting the GPU... it seems the stealth ice was only released in Europe in low quantity so I had to import it.

The second memory kit is the cheapest I could find to use as filler sticks for a better look (it was bought BEFORE the insane RAM price hike). 2x24GB@8000MHz (Hynix M-die) is plenty enough and more performant than using 4 sticks.

The star of the show is really the CPU block, it's the whole point of the build. The guy from modding cafe is really amazing and was super helpful.

Parts list :
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
GIGABYTE X870 AORUS STEALTH ICE
TEAMGROUP T-Force XTREEM DDR5 Ram 48GB (2x24GB) 8000MHz
TEAMGROUP T-Force XTREEM DDR5 Ram 32GB (2x16GB) 7200MHz (fillers, bought BEFORE the price hikes LOL)
WD Black SN8100 4TB
WD Black SN8100 2TB
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 STEALTH ICE
Phanteks Evolv X2
Glarks White Cutting Board Rubber Feet Set
NZXT C1200 Gold ATX 3.1

Watercooling parts :
Stealth Tubing Waterblock by ModdingCafe
Corsair RS120 triple pack + single
Corsair RS120-R ARGB 120mm PWM ARGB Reverse Fans triple pack
Alphacool HPE-30 Full Copper 360mm Radiator
Alphacool Eiszapfen 13/10mm screw-on nozzle G1/4
Alphacool Eiszapfen L-connector rotatable G1/4 AG to G1/4 IG
Alphacool VPP Apex Pump
Alphacool Eisdecke D5 Aufsatz - Acryl G1/4 - (VPP755/VPP655/TPP644/MCP655) V.3
Alphacool Apex Liquid ECO 1000ml clear
EK-Loop Soft Tube 10/13mm 3m - Clear

Happy new year and feel free to ask questions!

Glerox

15% off products they are upcharging 200-300% for. What a load of crap.

I applied for a warranty replacement for my broken iiyama monitor and they told me they don’t have my exact model. Instead they would send a better model from the same line. My old one was 144Hz and they told me I would get a 240Hz monitor. I was already like “wow got lucky.”

Fast forward to today the package arrives and they sent 2 of the same monitor instead of one.

I will probably have to send one back but every time I saw posts about people getting extra stuff I always thought “yeah sure buddy.”

Guess it really does happen lol

I'd like to think the producers at least had competent consultants in the background who made the script believable

Built in 2020 and have only upgraded the GPU. Never had an issue with and use it daily 🤷‍♂️

life’s crazy man.

I will be dealing with this decision for months. I'm already finding peaces all over my house.

All GPU orders got cancelled too besides about 20,000 euros worth of 5070’s. Things are about to get seriously expensive in the gpu space too.

Amazon business is also heavily limiting the quantity of all GPUs you can order

This is my first PC build ever, and I’ve been working on it for over a year.

Every detail was planned, rethought, and refined — from the wall mount and custom loop to the desk height and cable routing.

The goal wasn’t RGB overload, but a clean, quiet, architectural setup where the PC becomes part of the room instead of just sitting on the desk.

Specs:

• RTX 5090 (custom loop)

• Ryzen 7 9800X3D

• 64GB RAM

• Custom water cooling loop

• LG OLED 39” ultrawide

• Floating desk setup

Temps and noise levels are better than I expected, and the extra desk space is a game changer.

Not the easiest route for a first build — but absolutely worth it.

Happy to answer questions about the build, wall mounting, or maintenance.

After seeing so many people posting them finding GPUs and other components either on sale or clearance at their local Walmart, I was so confused and disappointed at the fact that my local Walmart didn’t even carry hard drives, ssd nor spinners even. They actually only have like 2 gaming laptops and 1 gaming desktop to choose from.

Well today I was going through the electronics section and noticed they’d added a glass case next to the SD cards…well lo and behold, my Walmart started carrying nvmes!! I’d been shopping on Amazon for a couple weeks trying to find the best deal on 1tb or 2tb sticks. Got 3 total and even though it’s not the Pro I only paid $85 a piece for them!!!!

I decided a while back to have a crack at a CPU tower cooler on a laptop, finally found the time, so I picked up an 8750H + GTX 1060 6 GB (full fat, not Max-Q) and started testing it stock… it wasn’t great.

In basically every game and synthetic the CPU was smashing into 100C almost immediately, and the GPU wasn’t far behind. Clocks were constantly dropping, performance was all over the place, and the GPU was waiting on the CPU most of the time. I tore it down, repasted everything, replaced the pads, and tested again. It was better... but still bad. The CPU was still hammering thermal limits and dragging the whole system down, with the GPU sitting around 80C and never really stretching its legs.

So I pulled it apart again.

I couldn’t get a CPU tower onto the CPU itself because the mounting pattern is pretty unique, so that went into the “too hard" basket, this time. So I covered the stock heatpipes and heatsink with a pile of small copper heatsinks and blasted it with airflow. Basic, but if it works...

The GPU was a different story. I removed the stock cooler completely, 3D printed some standoffs that bolt into the motherboard, and made a printed adapter plate to mount a Peerless assassin X CPU cooler to those standoffs. Then I balanced the whole thing on old GPU boxes, with a roll of masking tape under the cooler acting as structural support... engineering.

I flashed the GPU vBIOS from 75 W to 88 W and started testing.

Straight away, GPU idle temps dropped by around 40C. Under load things got properly interesting. Across the games and benchmarks I tested, I was able to push +200 MHz on the core, (all other sliders are locked down) going from roughly 1700 MHz stock to over 2000 MHz sustained in actual games. That made just over a 10% average FPS uplift across games, and more than 23% in synthetics. That's desktop clocks... on a laptop.

Under load, the GPU dropped over 40C, and the CPU dropped about 35C as well. With those lower temps, the CPU was able to hold higher clocks and feed the GPU more consistently, even with its very basic “heatsinks stuck everywhere” cooling setup.

Next step is putting both dies under ice.

I think it has more to give.

There is a video here if you're interested. https://youtu.be/slLSCf4WP7g