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I don't understand what this is supposed to mean... cut out the stock sink from the original housing and use that? If that's what you meant, I'd have to make sure it's not too heavy for the small amounts of AS5 adhesive to hold on, otherwise I'll have to go with individual sinks.

Using a "mechanical mounting system" doesn't help heat transfer to my knowledge (i.e. being mounted with pushpins) and I never mentioned using thermal tape. Also, these VRMs are "in order", meaning there are two rows of three, and one single one to the side. Except for on much older cards...

Well, it is getting a bit warm, but obviously not enough. Is there anywhere I can find good thermal pads that might help? Not finding any at the moment. Not sure if tightening down the plate more would help either, though it's pretty tight as of now. Also trying to figure out how I'd mount...

Ah, smart idea... thanks. I hadn't even thought of that. Airflow? Most definitely. Not sure if it's because it's not down tight enough (could that be the problem?) though it seems to be, nor if the plate is getting hot. I can check on that. Should it be? If I dremel off the old plate...

Part of the original housing, including the fan, was damaged. My wife and I brought new furniture into the house, and in the process... well, lets just leave it at that. Either way, that's not the point. I shouldn't have to have bothered doing so in the first place. Shoddy design and/or...

Well, thin enough might not be a problem, as if they're a bit thick, I can get them pushed down enough and perhaps slice off a thin layer if needed. I'll have to cut them to size anyway, but are different thermal pads even going to help? I could attempt your suggestion about taking the...

I just recently snagged the HR-03 GTX for my GTX 280, and am a little confused and concerned about the VRM temps. For the most part, all temps have dropped by a full 20C+ on the core (10C+ on mem and ambient) with the HR-03 and a 120mm on medium (Antec TriCool; great fans) which works great...

Thanks for the response and info. If the temp monitor is off a bit, by how much could it possibly be off? Reason I ask... if it's around 5C+ off, then I'd be approaching/hitting the 45C mark, and if anything below 45C is great/best as you've said, then I'd like to make sure I keep it in...

I've never monitored my mobo temps until recently, and I want to make sure that my temps idle and under load are "safe" and within range to ensure the longevity of the board. ASUS Rampage Forumula (Monitored using Everest Ultimate Edition) Load: mobo: 38C NB: 40C SB: 39C Idle...

I literally laughed my fucking ass off watching this and almost spit out my morning coffee, lmfao!! My wife just watched it and is still in tears! Thanks for that link! Perfect way to start a Monday morning :D It almost looks like it was meant to be a spoof, when you watch it with that mindset.

Jeez, totally missed that someone responded, sorry. Thanks for the response. Have you ever had the Precision "crap-out" on you, as I've explained with RivaTuner? I just checked it out, and it definitely looks nicer, and I don't need all the OC'ing capabilities of RT, but the random fan...

I just have two questions regarding external hard drives/storage: 1) What would be recommended as a very reliable, solid external HDD to use simply for backing up files? I've been looking into Seagate's FreeAgent series. Seems to have some positive reviews at the EGG, but I know WD...

Exactly. If they had focused on capturing that atmosphere and gameplay in the actual game as was shown in all the trailers, AoC would have been a masterpiece.

*Edit: Or does anyone know the cause/a "fix" for this issue of the fan speed dropping for no apparent reason intermittently? I'm using the 177.14 driver and just updated to RT 2.20 which is no longer beta, but actually had it happen just an hour ago, not gaming. Also happens outside of...

You know, I was just going to ask the same thing today. Instead, I went over to the official forums and, unfortunately, even supporters of the game are stating that it's basically screwed. I think the absolute worst thing about the situation (for me, anyway), is that I was so extremely...