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    GTX690 - best stock cooler?

    Just exactly what am I ignoring? Where have I disputed that QRB will affect all GPU WU:s? 560 beats a 690 "soundly"? I do not take lightly to calling anyone a troll, but this is borderline. If you are not, then please just do your research. It will not take you 5 minutes to discard your...
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    GTX690 - best stock cooler?

    That does not address the long-run issue. A 580 at stock pulls 420-450 at the wall. I don't even want to imagine what it draws at OC. Now, put 4-5 of them together, and you are looking at them making up 150-200$ of your monthly bill, on top of having to buy extra hardware just to support them...
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    GTX690 - best stock cooler?

    The numbers do not seem to be representative, unfortunately (and even if they were, that just means even more Kepler PPD :)). There is a loooong thread about it at the FaH forum: http://foldingforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=23048&start=105 Of course Kepler is bad compared to Fermi when...
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    GTX690 - best stock cooler?

    Thanks for the reply. The answer to your question is PPD/Watt efficiency. A 580 pulls only about 70 watts less at the wall as compared to a 690, while being outperformed to smithereens (once the recently released Kepler optimizations make it into BOINC and subsequently FaH, it is quite possible...
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    GTX690 - best stock cooler?

    Alright, thanks :)
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    GTX690 - best stock cooler?

    Interesting...then why is the pricing so different??
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    GTX690 - best stock cooler?

    Thanks Nexillus, could you maybe tell me what your ambient temp is like? Do you live closer to the north? Asking because I live in Sweden, and my box is situated in a room with an ambient temp of around 21C. Just wondering what to expect.
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    GTX690 - best stock cooler?

    Dear all, I am looking to invest in a GTX690, and had some concerns about cooling. Normally I do not use stock coolers, but seeing that perhaps the only viable option for cooling a 690 comes at 169$ (the Accelero Twin Turbo 690), I have had to reconsider this. I'm wondering if there is...
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    Xeon E5s turbo boost always on?

    Does anyone know if there is a way to get Xeon E5s to run boosted 100% of the time? I know that for the i3/i5/i7s at least, some MBs (such as the Flaming Blade GTI) have a BIOS setting for TB to be constantly on (as opposed to just "kicking in" according to Intels stock algorithms). Can the...
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    Ivy Bridge E3s? Any news?

    Does anyone know when the IB E5s are scheduled to go retail?? I have looked around quite a bit without finding any clear estimate :-/
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    Dual Xeon MBs and Noctua coolers

    Hey all, I was wondering if there are ANY 2p Xeon MBs out there which can fit 2 Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 coolers? All the ones I have gone over seem (I can only judge by eye measure unfortunately) to have the sockets too tight together. Ref for the Noctua...
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    Thermal paste on an Opteron

    Hey all, I am saving towards building a 4p Opteron rig, and had some questions regarding the thermal paste: 1. Are there more effective options than AS5 available for cooling in this context? I have almost never used anything else than AS, but due to the scope of this project I want to get...
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