Recent content by Kharz

Ive got the heatkiller, and its been running for a while now. (1) Easy install (2) Good temps (3) Im cranking thru more voltage for higher clocks .... and its stable (4) It looks good Just my 2c

Im at 4.9ghz at 1.40v; and could do 5.1 on 1.5v. When i was at 1.4v my max temp was 54; and 1.5v my max temp was 57. I gusss the question is if this chip is a heat based frying risk or internal? Ive got really good watercooling .... so this sucker will probably be cooler than most non-OC'ed...

Hey guys - Ive seen a bunch of conflicting data on this; it appears that some believe that the 2500k chip starts to fail if run above 1.45 volts and others say 1.5 volts is fine. I am currently stable at 5.1 at 1.5 volts and max cpu temperature of 57c. Does water cooling allow you to...

Yeah; I used to have an old PSU that I kept just for this ..... and accidentially threw it out when I started collecting too many old PSUs. Oops! Thanks for the help folks!

.... so Ive had a good water build which lasted me almost five years. In that time -- I didnt do much. Would ocassionally drain the water and put in new distilled. But I never re-did any of the hoses, added components, etc Im still a little stunned at how easy the system was t live with. So...

yup --- I just upgrades from an e6600 and 4850s in crossfire. Game manufacturers are making games playable (and well) without pushing the envelope. 5-10 years ago, I feel like you always needed a new machine every two years to play .... now a good box will last for 5 years

So I just bought the Heatkiller cooler and I am excited to get my GPU under water. However, Ive read a few stories about how difficult it is to remove the stock cooler on this board ... any advice? I typically upgrade sloooowly ..... Ive only had three GPUs under water (1900xtx ... that...

Yeah, that was when 2 gigs was out of control. I found my ram from my previous build in my junk box .... two 250 megs (or 248?). Going from 500 megs to 2 gigs was just crazy! It cracks me up to think that my GPU has more ram than my current machine.

Yeah - its funny, I dont think 'now' is ever the time for a new build as there is ALWAYS something better coming out soon. Whether its a GPU, CPU, MB .... 'just wait X months' In this case, the decision was made for me as my computer died and I wasnt going to wait, without a computer, for the...

Just odered. I am so psyched. My last build lasted me so many years ... the e6600 was really a wonderful chip. I think the only error i am doing is OVER buying the PSU. Thats been the one thing that I have had to keep upgrading multiple times over the years as my GPUs got bigger ... so I...

So my last build was in 2006: 1. e6600 2. P5H Deluxe Board (had to buy offf ebay due to the demand from the e6600s) 3. Current graphics cards: 4850s in crossfire 4. Corsair 625 watt powersupply 5. 4 gigs ram 6. Watercooled everything The build was amazing; I orginally started off with...

So, water cooling has been easy that I have totally forgotten about it. Now that I am looking to upgrade my rig, I started reading these forums and realize I have done NO maintenance of my cooling system. I think the last time that I flushed it out / changed tubes was in 2007 .... what is the...

Heh - isnt the real question is if the Danger Den Maze5 will fit on this card? I just bought them in crossfire mode -- and not sure if the Maze 5 will fit with standard RAm sinks. Any ideas?

Just posted this in another thread, but its worth reposting. Best Buy is selling Visiontech 4850's for $149 each. No rebate, etc. On page 22 of their weekly flier they are offering 25% off all visiontech graphics cards. So $199 * 75% = $149. So $300 for a crossfire combo Seems like a pretty...

I just purchased two Visiontech 4850's from Best Buy for $149 each .... !! (see hot deals section; they are running 25% off all visiontech graphics cards on page 22 of their weekly specials and the 4850 is $199 in the store) So for $317 with tax I get those two cards in crossfire .... woohoo!