Author: ElectroStingz

I was that child that took my toys apart when they broke to see how they worked and if I could fix them. My dad was an electronic engineer so I grew up playing with computers and electronics. Studied computer programming, know how to use a soldering iron and have basic SMD skills. I like to learn and enjoy DIY'ing and my first gaming computer was an Amiga 500 when I was 4 years old.

MSI GTX 1080 Aero With Arctic Accelero Xtreme IV Cooler

Posted on October 20, 2017November 17, 2021 by ElectroStingz

Graphic cards come with different style cooling fans / heat sinks, some perform better than others but in most cases the blower type cooler as featured on the MSI GTX 1080 Aero are worse when it comes to cooling performance. There are situations where the lower profile design can work

DrayTek VigorNIC 132 VDSL PCI-E Card

Posted on October 13, 2017July 2, 2022 by ElectroStingz

My DrayTek VigorNIC 132 card has been in use for over 10 days and so far so good. The firmware was updated to the latest version and configured in bridge mode for use with my Pfsense Node 202 box. The only bug encountered was documented in the release notes by

Project pfsense – Custom VDSL Router

Posted on October 4, 2017July 2, 2022 by ElectroStingz

With the left overs from my failed mini-ITX build I have come up with project pfsense. The idea is to use the hardware as a VDSL modem router by using pfsense, a BSD based router firewall open source software. I tried pfsense using a Gigabyte GIGABYTE J1800N-D2H motherboard, 2.41Ghz dual

Project Node 202 Update – System Failure

Posted on September 29, 2017July 11, 2018 by ElectroStingz

I’ll start off with the good points, all the components fit nicely together inside the Fractual Design Node 202 case. The bad, everything works to an extent but the motherboard, ASUS Z170I Pro Gaming Vcore regulation is no where near as good as the MSI Z170A Krait Gaming Motherboard I

Project Node 202 Memory Update

Posted on September 17, 2017July 4, 2022 by ElectroStingz

The Adata XPG Z1 3000Mhz kit arrived along with all the other items and I doesn’t fit under the Scythe processor cooler. So the easiest option was to remove the XPG heat spreader which came off quite easily. The ADATA heat spreader is quite flimsy and doesn’t feel very solid

Project Node 202: Memory Choice Update

Posted on September 11, 2017July 4, 2022 by ElectroStingz

I found a memory kit by ADATA, XPG Z1 3000MHz 2x16GB. This was spotted on Amazon as a Prime member special for only £170.00, whereas most DDR4 32GB kits are retailing closer to £300.00. The only concern I have right now are the overall dimensions of the memory modules, the