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  1. David Hingtgen
    Does the Fumina Gundam have Zeta Plus bits as the back-pack guns? Also---Nobel parts in the arms/legs?
  2. David Hingtgen
    After fiddling around a while, I decided that it's probably as good as it's going to get as-is, and that going with 2mm-taller standoffs would probably make it worse (as in, too far in the other direction). (especially given the difficulties/time/expense in adapting the non-standard existing threads etc) All the USB ports were usable, which was my biggest concern. The clearance between their openings and the i/o shield is literally paper-thin, but my test USB cable plugged into all 6 ports without issue.
  3. David Hingtgen
    Flying a Jolly Rogers F-4 Phantom? Best Macross series ever.
  4. David Hingtgen
    Makes me wonder if it'll just swing the opposite way, and have EA-6B "flood" jamming----just put so much electronic noise out there that it's impossible to accurately locate and count/identify targets. Sure, you KNOW something's there---but you can't tell what, how many, or exactly where---all of which would cause issues with trying to aim/target a laser. Especially if there's a physical component added in---just massive amounts of chaff. Bombers actually have on-board chaff-making machines----they could just fill the air with trillions of pieces of chaff, to physically break up a laser beam.
  5. David Hingtgen
    Hmmn, in that case I may connect the CPU_OPT one to the top exhaust, and use an in-line controller to drop it down. (installing mobo tonight, will see if I can route one of the upper/rear fan's cables all the way down and around to the lower-front headers)
  6. David Hingtgen
    Anti-laser coating, like Delta Gundam.
  7. David Hingtgen
    Ended up with the ASUS Z97-AR. Because it has a better color scheme (works with everything) and was 5 bucks cheaper than the nigh-identical Z97-A. ASUS was the only company that seemed to offer really good fan-control in the BIOS----Gigabyte's current system seems to only do well with PWM fans and has been stripped down from earlier version, while MSI's boards all had "many small issues" that added up. With more fans than my last PC, precise fan control will be essential to keeping it quiet. (my PC's are generally almost pure ASUS/Giga/MSI parts, but who makes what often swaps around). Regarding scheme---purple! Wanted last PC to be purple-themed, but purple LED's back then were more UV than purple. Corsair's purple LED fans tested nicely to my eye, so they will be the main color source. Got some purple non-UV SATA cables, and plan to paint GPU fan shroud purple. With black/silver MOBO, it'll end up being Skywarp-esque. (don't worry, nothing extreme---no UV-lit anything, no color tubes/strands, etc---pretty much just the fans to glow purple through the mesh/grills)
  8. David Hingtgen
    I suspect it'll be totally different, and take advantage of the obviously-built-in-capability to swap out different "mission packs". Could be something like anti-ship nukes, an AWACS antenna, tornado-ish cannons, space-whale harpoons, etc. Perhaps even replacing FAST packs? Different mission pods instead of super/armor packs?
  9. David Hingtgen
    New mobo is here. While it does have many fan connectors, they are kinda in weird locations IMHO, mostly concentrated down/forward. (I usually check that, must have forgot for this specific model variant) From googling, it seems that running a case fan off of the "CPU_OPT" header should be fine, and it was recommended that the rear fan use that one, so that it's "in sync" with the main CPU fan. (as otherwise I'm going to be running some long fan cables all around the case to make it work) Anyone have any comments/experience with running case fans off a CPU_OPT spot? (seems the primary use for a CPU_OPT connector is to provide a second one for water-cooling setups etc)
  10. David Hingtgen
    IMHO, honestly, Kawamori has gotten "lazy" with the battroid modes ever since Plus---mainly the wings. He used to tuck/fold the wings and tailfins away. Nowadays---they all just sit there on the back, as a ginormous backpack. YF-29 is about the worst offender, but the -25/27/30 all do it similarly. And as mentioned before---the -30's tailfins really look like he just "forgot" to implement an idea he had---the tailfins REALLY should fold/slide up "into" the tailfin-shaped gaps by the wings---but they don't, they just sit there.
  11. David Hingtgen
    I plan to wait/hope that Macross Delta has like a VF-30B, and that will lead to an improved version from Bandai----like no external braces needed, tailfins that slot in by the wings (they so look like they should), etc.
  12. David Hingtgen
    Mainly flown empty so far? Loaded up with a full combat load of fuel and weapons will make it flatter, as planes carry all their weight on their main gear, the nosegear bears almost none.
  13. David Hingtgen
    Came with MP Bumblebee.
  14. David Hingtgen
    That's the main reason I bought a more expensive mobo than originally planned---needed a decent number of controllable fan ports.
  15. David Hingtgen
    Exactly like that, to stick on the stand, kinda like a nameplate.
  16. David Hingtgen
    Ok, my current setup on the new case is quite negative pressure. (140mm intake, 2x 120mm exhaust). Using the other "top" location as an exhaust would make it even more so, even with adding in the bottom fan as an intake. (oddly, my current case is only "moderately" negative but gets far more dusty than my old case, which is old/small enough to have NO intake fan, and ONLY an exhaust fan) So, to be "definitely positive" my options are basically either: A. Use bottom-mounted fan. (could get quite dusty/debris filled there, but there is an aftermarket custom-fit filter cover for that location, the case is popular enough for it to exist) B. Use forward location of the two fans on top, but as an intake. (with the one right behind it an exhaust).
  17. David Hingtgen
    What about vinyl stickers in the silhouette of valks? HG would be lawyering you in a second if you used the UNS kite logo, but like an overhead-view YF-19 silhouette is fine. (while a company can trademark a plane's whole 3D shape, they cannot claim its mere silhouette)
  18. David Hingtgen
    Still debating positive vs negative pressure etc. Front fan is 140mm intake, rear is 120mm exhaust. It's the two spots on top that are undecided. Can use 120 or 140 there. Have 120mm currently mounted in rear spot as exhaust, of the two spots on top. (there is also a bottom spot, but plan not to use it---all it'd ever do is suck in debris----while it would blow almost directly on the GPU, I'm getting a GTX 960 which should run quite cool regardless)
  19. David Hingtgen
    Considering it's a custom-painted sample, it likely has water-slide or dry-transfer numbers. Dry transfers for the actual release would be awesome though.
  20. David Hingtgen
    It's not burning hot, just "hot"---even when the PC has only been on for a little bit, and nothing has gone above idle. The heatsink itself is flawless, still a mirror finish where originally present. (just re-seated it/re-applied thermal paste--it'd been years and worried about it drying out or having gotten bumped out of alignment) Somewhat related question: new case has spots for 2 fans on top. Rear one is going to be exhaust. Trying to decide if I should use the front-top one at all (two-fan-spot on top is really intended for a water-cooling radiator I think). But---if I use the front spot on top, would it be a bad idea to make it intake? My theory is that the CPU cooler is basically inbetween the two, and below them. Thus, it'd create a pretty good circular flow. (intake, down to CPU cooler, back a bit, then back up through exhaust fan)
  21. David Hingtgen
    Fan question (which is un-google-able due to keywords): If the *hub* of my CPU's *fan* is hot (much more so than any case fan etc), does that mean anything? (googling "hot CPU fan" and all varations thereof, will only get you a million hits about the CPU itself being hot, and people suggesting better fans etc)
  22. David Hingtgen
    A tan tank makes sense, even if it's not "Blitzwing-y". But Astrotrain is just incomprehensibly randomly colored in the fugliest way possible, in all modes. It truly is "WTF"? Was plastic for a mustard/lavender/rust/periwinkle combo not available?
  23. David Hingtgen
    I've always thought it was much more based on the An-72: T-tail, overwing jets. But I also definitely see some Ekranoplan influence in there:
  24. David Hingtgen
    It is much easier to alter a mold from a textured matte finish, to a smooth glossy one, than vice-versa.
  25. David Hingtgen
    Light or heavy fighter? (I personally hope for super-heavy, but Northrop has traditionally gone small---the YF-23 is an oddity for them, size-wise)
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