r/PcBuild 7h ago

Build - Finished! The Panini Press Gaming PC Giveaway - To enter this giveaway just leave a comment.

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Win a Custom PC from SignalRGB

Team SignalRGB is giving away a gaming PC made inside of a real panini press.

Build Overview:

This build has a monitor built into the top grill of the panini press, and it still closes like a panini press. There's a mini stream deck and two customizable knobs for things like volume control. The bottom grill has a removable acrylic panel so you can easily access all the PC parts inside, plus it's loaded with RGB.

Specs:

Core Ultra 5 Processor

RTX 5060 Graphics Card

ASRock MITX Z890 Motherboard

800W Power Supply

Patriot 64GB Memory

Patriot 2TB SSD

Giveaway Ends on March 9th, 2026

Eligible Users: You must be 18 years old or over to participate and living outside of banned nations or the following Restricted Countries: Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Libya, Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, China, Sudan, and Syria. You can get more details on which countries are included in the banned nations list from their website by clicking on the following link: https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/

Non-natural persons (including corporations and other business entities); and employees of SignalRGB, affiliates, subsidiaries and their respective immediate family and persons living in their same household are prohibited from participating in the Sweepstakes.

This Sweepstakes is void outside of the geographic area described above and wherever else prohibited by law.

If you are selected as a winner, we will contact you to collect your name, address, and contact information to send you your prize upon receiving your consent to collect the information.


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r/Cooking 13h ago

i timed how long 31 different pasta shapes take to reach al dente. the boxes are lying and farfalle is a war crime

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so basically i got inspired by the tomato canned guy and thought of the time when i followed the box time for rigatoni once and got mush. the box said 12 minutes but it was unfortunately al dente at 9.

my methodology:

  • same brand (barilla) for consistency where possible
  • 4 quarts water per pound
  • 1 tbsp salt per quart
  • rolling boil before adding pasta
  • tested every 30 seconds starting 2 minutes before box minimum
  • "al dente" = slight resistance when bitten, thin white line visible when cut
  • each shape tested 3 times, averaged
  • altitude: ~650 ft (basically sea level, no excuses)

the data (31 shapes tested):

pasta box time actual al dente difference
capellini 4-5 min 2:45 -1:15
angel hair 4-5 min 3:00 -1:00
spaghetti 8-10 min 7:15 -0:45
linguine 9-11 min 8:00 -1:00
fettuccine 10-12 min 8:30 -1:30
bucatini 10-12 min 9:00 -1:00
pappardelle 7-9 min 6:00 -1:00
tagliatelle 8-10 min 7:00 -1:00
penne 11-13 min 9:30 -1:30
penne rigate 11-13 min 10:00 -1:00
rigatoni 12-15 min 9:15 -2:45
ziti 14-15 min 11:00 -3:00
macaroni 8-10 min 7:00 -1:00
rotini 8-10 min 7:30 -0:30
fusilli 11-13 min 9:00 -2:00
gemelli 10-12 min 8:30 -1:30
cavatappi 9-12 min 8:00 -1:00
campanelle 10-12 min 8:30 -1:30
radiatori 9-11 min 8:00 -1:00
orecchiette 12-15 min 10:30 -1:30
shells (medium) 9-11 min 8:00 -1:00
shells (large) 12-15 min 10:00 -2:00
conchiglie 10-12 min 8:30 -1:30
orzo 8-10 min 7:00 -1:00
ditalini 9-11 min 8:00 -1:00
paccheri 12-14 min 10:30 -1:30
casarecce 10-12 min 9:00 -1:00
trofie 10-12 min 8:30 -1:30
strozzapreti 10-12 min 9:00 -1:00
mafalda 8-10 min 7:30 -0:30
farfalle 11-13 min see below war crime

every single box time is wrong like they were systematically inflated by 1-3 minutes on average. the median overestimate is 1:15 and the worst offender in normal pasta is ziti at 3 full minutes of lies

i have a theory: pasta companies assume you're going to walk away from the stove. they're building in a buffer for idiots which, fair. but some of us are standing here with a stopwatch

now let me talk about farfalle: farfalle is not pasta. farfalle is a design flaw someone decided to mass produce

the fundamental problem is geometric. you have thin frilly edges (maybe 1mm thick) attached to a dense pinched center (3-4mm thick where it's folded). these two regions require completely different cooking times

at 8 minutes: center is crunchy, edges are perfect. at 10 minutes: center is barely al dente, edges are mush. at 11 minutes: edges have disintegrated, center is finally acceptable

there is no time at which farfalle is uniformly cooked. i tested this 7 times because i thought i was doing something wrong. farfalle is wrong

you know how the food network recipe for homemade farfalle literally warns that pinching the center makes a thick center that won't cook through as fast as the ends? THEN WHY DID WE ALL AGREE TO MAKE IT THIS WAY

the only way to get acceptable farfalle is to fish out each piece individually and evaluate it, which defeats the purpose of a quick weeknight dinner. i might as well be hand-feeding each noodle like a baby bird

tier list (tomato canned guy, 2025)

S tier (box time within 45 sec): rotini, mafalda, spaghetti
A tier (off by ~1 min): most shapes honestly
B tier (off by 1:30-2 min): fusilli, rigatoni, fettuccine, gemelli
C tier (off by 2+ min): ziti, large shells F tier: farfalle (structurally unsound, should be banned)

tldr;

  • subtract 1-2 minutes from whatever the box says
  • start testing 2-3 minutes early
  • don't trust big pasta
  • avoid farfalle unless you have time to babysit each individual bow tie

+ some of you may ask about fresh pasta. fresh pasta cooks in like 2-3 minutes and you can actually tell when it's done because it floats. dried pasta is where the lies live

+ a few of you might mention altitude affects boiling point and therefore cook time. this is true. i'm at ~650 ft so basically negligible. if you're in denver add a minute or two. if you're in la paz you have bigger problems than pasta timing

+ YES i tested farfalle from multiple brands. YES they all sucked. no i will not be accepting farfalle apologists. you're defending a shape that can't decide if it wants to be cooked or not

EDIT: yall holy shit i never expected this to go viral lmao