Knowix

Turning scrap hardware into AI agents to earn a DGX Spark. Making tech & AI brands get seen on X. Building with @bricktopians

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SCRAP TO SPARK update #9

I thought this was it.
Build done, fans mounted, cables routed.

I was already thinking about what to benchmark first.

Boy, was I wrong.

The PSU's PCIe cable comes up 10cm short of the board. Ten centimeters.

Fine, I have another modular PSU lying around same connector, I'll just borrow a longer cable from that one.

Turns out modular PSU cables are not cross-compatible between brands.

Same plug, completely different pinout.

If I had plugged that in, I'd have sent 12V somewhere the board really doesn't want 12V.

The whole $150 board, dead, because of a cable.

So no first boot today.

Instead I found a guy who makes custom PSU cables and ordered one. Another $30 out of the Spark fund, another week of waiting.

The fully built PC is just sitting on my desk now, staring at me.

We continue.

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SCRAP TO SPARK update #8

The BC250 was designed for passive datacenter airflow so the heatsink is sealed with covers that were never meant to come off.

3 hours of grinding later, they're off.

Now the Arctic P14 Pros can actually push air through the fins.

This is the unsexy 90% of hardware projects nobody posts about.

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@kelvinbuildss It should be OpenAI, they're really building cool stuff

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@notjazii @Hostinger i’ve tried it with Claude too, pretty useful when you give it the right tools

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@Sousinr Let's get it bro

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@china_saparbek you're right on track fam, keep going

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@shivanshco @levelsio Congrats brother

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@syakirbuilds most of our details are stored in Google drive bro, I guess that's where Gemini got them from

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@hii_mohit i guess people just do what works best for them

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@AKirtesh welcome back bro, let's get it!

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@hiarun02 I guess it's cause of the delay

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@GRKAZO when I reached 1k, the momentum started being stronger

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@solopribuilds lucky me, I like both

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@TimoBuilds_ seems like you already got some demands down

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@SinaSinry this looks really great Sina, congrats

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@MiaAI_lab Haha, why does it feel like it got two M3 in it

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@emaann28 congrats Emaan, your consistency is really paying off

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@marclou finally, a game I could play with my tech bro's, haha

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@zoltanszogyenyi @typeui_sh would be excited to get a preview bro

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@kimmonismus hopefully this makes Fable much more reliable for everyday questions

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@The_Alex this looks really cool bro, so smooth

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@marclou not many people realize the need of having a healthy life outside work