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The Official PC building thread - 4th Edition

Discussion in 'Building a new PC' started by ddp, Sep 13, 2010.

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  1. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    Incorrect, as my HAF proves. The 230mms in my HAF (700rpm not 500 btw) being switched for 120s improves airflow significantly as I can have higher speed, and when I want quiet, the noise level is fairly similar to get reasonable cooling. Most of the time I turn them off as in a case with several other fans, they aren't often needed.
     
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    They better be the same since the chips are the same basically and typically mounting follows, but not always.
     
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    Oman7,

    Here's an example of what I found at Frozen PC.

    http://www.frozencpu.com/products/1...g_Block_Kit_-_Acrylic_-_EK-FB_GA_AMD_KIT.html

    I used to be gun-shy about Copper and Acrylic, because a lot of Plastics craze and crack. Now I see whole vacuum pumps made out of the stuff. That's many times more pressure than these chipset and Mossfet blocks will ever endure. THat's just one package, but it will give you an idea of what you are looking at, and how it all mounts on the motherboard.

    Russ
     
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    omegaman7 Senior member

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    Thanks Russ. That looks like exactly what I need. Sure is spendy. I do know what I'm getting myself into though ;)

    I agree steve. Newegg simply doesn't have much to offer regarding chipset water cooling :( Frozencpu is good though. I was checking them out earlier. I must admit, I didn't find what Russ did though :S
     
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    Yup. That one looks good too. I'm gonna be like a kid in candy store come February. Provided the damned collection agency doesn't get a hold of my return :S
     
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  7. Mr-Movies

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    They both look real good nice snag Russ!
     
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    Russ that's really a nice case, and the one shaff posted we already talked about that one, that's also nice except for that white color.
     
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    quote: though if I were to get a case right now, it would be this one:
    http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=242&area=en

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    shaff, thats also a great looking case, lot of nice cases being posted today, I would be scratching my head if I had to do a build today.
     
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    i know russ, thats wh the paragraph I comented on it about was in the silverstone paragraph
     
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  12. sammorris

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    Two of each?
     
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    LOL! ROFL! I was thinking the same thing :p

    Looks good to me. I'm tempted to get the board myself...

    That Ram sure is cheap! Must be coming down in price.

    I'm looking at the next step up myself. The GA-990FXA-UD3. Wish it had 8 or more sata ports, but I'm unwilling to spend a great deal more on the big brother board, just for more sata ports. Cards will suffice ;) And at least the mid board, supports sli/crossfire @ 16X, 16X :D
     
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  14. Mr-Movies

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    He must have had the hiccups when he pasted the links? LOL

    Fortunately I have two AM3+ boards already but with the older 880 chipset which the Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H (Rev 2.2) tends to be a little slow over the ASRock but a better board over-all. So I can start Bulldozing when they come out....
     
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    You don't seem to be gaining a whole lot from the upgrades; personally I would wait for the new tech before buying anything on the off chance what you get now won't be compatible with what you want then.
     
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    I would perfer these sticks instead of 1333mhz for $10 dollars more if. I'm not mistaken omegaman7 got the same sticks

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231303
     
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    Yup :) THose are the ones. They've come down too. I spent more :( Eh, it's the way of things ;)
     
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  20. sammorris

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    It was my understanding that you'd still get dual channel, but only 4GB of the 8 would be addressable to windows. I don't think single/dual channel operation has anything to do with the operating system side. (Speaking of which, still not considered using 64-bit?)
     
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