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    Is water cooling really necessary?

    I had been told by a friend that you don't want to put an older standard memory into a newer standard board, or it could cause problems, but you can put a newer standard memory in an older board since the memory will just not run at its full potential on the board with the older specs. Assuming...
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    Is water cooling really necessary?

    Got to be the first footrest case I've ever seen, nice :) I thought about making a really cool case and having all of the non-metal parts fabbed as a prototype at a plastic fab company, but it's REALLY expensive... totally not worth it unless I actually intend to do a run of them and sell them...
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    Is water cooling really necessary?

    Okay... so I'm getting from everyone, average out the advice from all the posts that if I don't ever want to overclock, then air cooling is just fine, provided that I pick out stuff that's not noisy. So, if I decide I want to crank up the QX6700 to the level of the upcoming QX6800 (roughly 10%...
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    Is water cooling really necessary?

    I had one all picked out, but it disappeared from my NewEgg wishlist... sigh... guess they're not selling that one anymore. I looked again, and I'm considering two: ASUS P5N32-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard EVGA 122-CK-NF68-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX...
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    Is water cooling really necessary?

    ghost6303, you sound skeptical about my saying I wasn't a stranger to the inside of the box... granted, being a coder of about 25 years, and that being my primary focus, I'm sure I haven't spent as much time tinkering inside the box as so many of you (for which I'm somewhat envious, I wish I had...
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    Is water cooling really necessary?

    I found this case after much digging... Has 2 x 120mm fans, one front, one back. (Well... sorta... the front one must be purchased separately, but that's OK) Plus 3 x 80mm fans on the side, which might make that 120mm in the front unnecessary to install, but point is, seems to have great...
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    Is water cooling really necessary?

    Thanks! good post!
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    Is water cooling really necessary?

    Granted, can't run a PC without a PSU... I didn't mention it, didn't seem important as far as cooling goes, but I had picked out the OCZ OCZ1000PXS, it's 1000w has 4 x 6Pin PCIE connectors, so perfect for 8800's in SLI, and had 100% positive reviews on NewEgg, albeit only 5 reviews total...
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    Is water cooling really necessary?

    Thanks everyone for the great input. VERY much appreciated... Regarding... ...you know what, I agree, it's a lot. It might even seem wasteful. If I was just gaming, or editing the occasional video clip, whatever, I'd get away with much less. The biggest single expense on my proposed...
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    Is water cooling really necessary?

    Adidas4275, Thanks so much for your very valuable input... MUCH appreciated. I have most of the brands you recommended already selected: ASUS Mobo (glad to hear you approve!), GeIL ram (4 GB in 4x1 config to save $$$), but for the gfx card, I plan to buy the PNY model, I've purchased theirs...
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    Is water cooling really necessary?

    Question to all you experts out there... is water cooling really necessary? Here's what I have going on: I haven't built a new system from scratch since 1995... when the 486 was king, and the Pentiums were just coming out. Back then, you popped the CPU in the ZIF socket, locked it down, and...
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    Anyone designed and built their own case?

    Oops, just re-read that... you said you don't have any help FOR them... somehow when I first read your post, I thought you said you don't have any help FROM them. lol... :D soz
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    Anyone designed and built their own case?

    :eek: Ouch, that's harsh dude... you seem to imply that I'm a taker and not a giver. Not so, mon frair... when I have something useful, even if only useful to amuse, I'll post it. e.g. - my post on [H] about my recent (and very wacky) PSU mod. Granted, and I'm sure I'll get to that point. I...
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    Anyone designed and built their own case?

    OK, thanks! ...and if I ever actually do it... I will definitely post pics :-) Even if I just get the design down, I'll post renders of it first, get some input.
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    Help a friend... How to install a new PSU in an old proprietary case

    dandragonrage, I agree... I wouldn't recommend someone go through all the trouble I did if they can avoid it. The reason for all the extra work (and voiding of my new PSU's warrantee) is because that Dell is under lease, and I cannot by contract make any permanent alterations until the lease...
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