Recent content by Chewsmoka

I have the powercolor reference card that I got from newegg for 549$ when the 7970's first hit the scene ( thank God I waited and didnt get a 580 or 6950! ) and I have to say, I am EXTREMELY impressed with this card, especially as a reference, at 50% fan speed, it makes a pretty small amount of...

I bought a powercolor ( cheap ) 7970 from newegg praying for a good show, and so far have been blown away by the proformance and have not noticed any kind of problems like you're describing or any other type of fuck ups, it runs flawless ( Thank God! ) plan on getting a 2nd card of the same...

I just built an i7-2600k system cooled with a h100 w/16gb mushkin redline 2133mhz ram, 180gb corsair force gt sata3 ssd, asus maximus IV extreme z, w/ antec 1200 v3 case, antec 1000w psu, and a 7970, I couldn't wait anymore months to upgrade from the ancient x3 phenom II I had, and this sucker...

Im not bragging by any means, just wondering what people think about the components Ive gotten to put this build together and looking for any kind of helpful advise.

I got a killer deal on the mushkin redline 2200, and im sure there is a profromance gain between 1600 and 2200.

aye, Thanks for clearing up that I need the maximus IV board and not the rampage IV!!! many thanks as thats what I'll be ordering this week. EDIT: also regarding my Force GT 180gb SSD , I'll likely also be adding a 2nd SSD drive in the near future, at that point ill look at the most raved about...

In november ill be getting another 7970 to run in xfire, also Ive read in many place that the marvel contollers are junk? also, is the maximus IV that much better then the rampage IV? I havent ordered the new mobo yet, so im open to suggestions as to which will work better. EDIT : I plan on...

Will do m8, hoping my rampage IV z68 comes by this weekend so I can get it up and running and run a buncha tests, because of course I want to OC all that I can :D

First of all, this is my first post in these forums, a longtime member here Justintoxicated, has been my RL friend for 15+ years and recommended I join the forums here. Now onto my new build. Main Components CPU - i7-2600k Motherboard - ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe/Gen3 ( which was DOA ... more on...

Going to following the phase-change.com guides closely, will also be on the forum there asking these types of questions :) I wan't to stick with R12 or R22 since my compressor already is running R12. As far as the capillary tube... haven't gotten that far yet :p I live in So Cal, so energy...

With A/C ON - IDLE : System temp : 19C°, CPU Temp : 29°C, Ambeint Case Temp : 18C° | LOAD : System temp : 28C°, CPU Temp : 50° - 53°, Ambient Case Temp : 27C°. Ambient room temperature with A/C on is 25C° - 32C°. With the A/C off, ( roughly 4 hours a day ) temps jump consiterably... but not to...

Heya dude, I had the exact same problem last night when I removed the Stock HS to apply AS3 ( All I have ). I went to put the HS back on with the retaining clips and one side was notcieably harder to push down on. I had to un clip the HS and reseat it again as it was not getting full contact I...

I wasn't " picking a fight " I was defending myself from a flame out of left field. Isn't that explicit enough? rofl

Perhaps your right, however, this is a mini fridge from back in the day when CFC's were ok. The compressor is pretty big compared to some homemader's I've seen at phase-change.com - I'll take some pics tonight.

Thanks for the info, how hard is it to setup the waterchill?