Yea sounds normal to me too. I think the quads would really be best paired with some good water cooling, especially if you plan to OC a whole lot. Then you can really help them live up to thier potential :D
Have you thought about doing a lapping job on the cooler at all? I know the extremes are doing really well, but I know mine was convex as heck. Took me a whole sheet of 220 grit sandpaper just to flatten it, but it dropped my temps by 4c. not too shabby.
What bad things have you heard about tank guys? :confused:
I'm personally skipping this round of upgrades and waiting on the penryn(spelling?) launch - but if I were, I'm not sure where I'd buy a G0, seems there's pros and cons with every option.
Did you really get that much benefit from the HT? I have HT on my work computer, where I run like 13 programs at once and it's still pretty sluggish... but then 13 programs at once might not be all that normal, since I run Access, a couple copies of Excel, Firefox, IE, and some other assorted...
Yea, they are legit, I can vouch. I bought some stuff form them a few weeks back, and pre-ordered my X2 there tonight.
I don't usually worry about a store being legit or not actually. I figure it's a waaaay too much work to create a store for a scammer to go that far. Besides, as long as I...
Who has that rating? Sparco or TankGuys? I guess I could go look it up :p
Sparco it is. TankGuys hasn't been rated yet. I should rate them from my purchase, I could be the first! :cool:
I've worked with tankguys too, they're new but they're a good company. I've ordered a few things from them, and have had really good luck, and I've heard some other people say the same thing on other forums.