Recent content by Double Jesus

Well I had a corsair hx520 for 3 years and it blew a month ago. I submitted for an rma on Feb 28th and got an approval on March 1st. I took a few days to send it and when I did, I chose the slowest option from Canada to California so it took 2 weeks to arrive - Corsair received it on the 17th of...

bought an xfx 5850 and didn't get it got an i5 750 + asus p7p55k-e pro and 4 gb of ripjaws at the same time kept my hx520 psu and 2x250gb seagate drives.

haha yeah i used it i just thought it was funny that they would put that in the manual and still include 2 of them...

cool, thanks for the link! I got mine installed with the mcw55 and ended up ordering the swiftech heatsink that is made specifically for the 5850 and their mcw water blocks. looks sweet, and hopefully keeps it cool. still in the process of OS install but i'll run a game once all that is done :D

well i plugged it all in and configured the mobo to use the disks as raid and bam it was all there working right off, no loss of data (until i wiped xp to put windows 7 on hehe). so i guess the intel controllers are interchangeable on the boards (ymmv though) haha

says so in the manual yet they provided 2 of them with the 5850 i bought? should i not be using them? my temp psu only has one 6 pin pci-e lead so i was going to use the provided adapter as a second pci-e connector until my new psu arrives (currently on rma with corsair)

I was running an intel p5kwdh i think running a mirror on the onboard intel raid controller, i'm upgrading my board to a p7p55d-e and looking to continue using my raid setup, do i have to set it up from scratch and lose my data again or can i just port it to the new board and have it work...

well i got my new asus p7p55d-e pro and core i5 750 today and i'm porting my existing watercooling setup to it, my storm block seems to get on there but it's tight, the mobo flexes a bit, is this bad news? Anyone else have to do this with their storm blocks? maybe i'm the only old schooler left...

not bad advice, i'll see if it'll work or i'll just order the swiftech heatsink that covers the rest of the card. it's only like $20 haha

voodoo2 was my first 3d card in my first computer that i built for myself so it gets a vote from me too haha. was a big fan of the 9500non pro that modded to a 9700 as well, paid half the price of the 9700

great timing, just ordered the p7p55d-e pro today, not the same board but almost. looking forward to getting my hands on it more, thanks for reaffirming my decision! I agree with the review too that the deluxe or premium version was a bit too pricey which is why I grabbed the "pro" and not...

I'm upgrading my 8800gts to a 5850 and was wondering if anyone knows if my mcw55 waterblock will fit on it? also, are these things still ok to have naked ramchips and stuff? I don't have any ramsinks on my 8800gts and it's fine. hopefully my storm waterblock fits on my core i5 setup too.

planning a full upgrade, right now have an hx520. probably upgrading to an hx650

k sounds like it's gonna be 5850 anyway, it's a bit cheaper and easier on my psu to go that route. is the ati brand 5850 ok? It's by far the cheapest!

prices for the 5770 are about $150 here in canada so i can get 2 for about $300, one 5850 is about $300 as well, not sure which would perform better in most games and which would have better eyefinity performace...