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My friend give me this offer, should I bite or not? Before you start, no, it is not a scam :D My friend is extremely rich and he just upgraded to i7 965, leaving an once-$1299 chip in his drawer. I told him I am interested and he gave me this offer without any hesitation. To give you an...

I have completed my new build, see my sig for HW spec and current OC setting It is completely stable at 425 x 9.5, RAM is L&S at 1700MHz. No graphic issue, or any issues for that matter. But once I raise FSB to 430, I have all kind of graphic issue. Even the 3D setting preview box in the...

I have completed my new build, see my sig for HW spec and current OC setting I found that I can OC much higher, I can set RAM to 1800MHZ and CPU to 450 x 9.5 = 4285 MHz with VCore = 1.43v in BIOS. This is Orthos stable for at least 12 hours, but I can't do any gaming or porn watching, or...

I will upgrade to this MB soon, I have my CPU and SLI watercooled now and I will do the same in my new rig. And I do overclock. I hope to go as far as my new Q9450 permits My question is, should I watercool the motherboard also? It already comes with a chipset block, but due to its...

I am planning for my build, 2 components are confirmed so far, they are Q9450 and Asus S2E. Now I am thinking about RAM. I planned to spend some money but after all these years in the OCing game I have learned to spend sensibly. My favorite brand name is Corsair, but their DDR3 modules are...

First, I would like to dedicate this project to my grandfather, who pass away suddenly by peacefully in my arms during a family gathering yesterday, just before the finally assembly of this prototype What you see below is a protoype of an External Water Cooling setup. I was greatly inspired...

I just bowed my Apogee GTX last night, will install it soon on my FX-60 But someone just remind me the bowing of Apogee GTX is permanent.... Oh I didn't know that!! but, no big deal! Than someone just told me a bowed Apogee GTX will perform very badly on a S939!!!! OMFG now I can't undo...

This photo, which comes with the Swiftech Stealth's annoucment, caught my interest.... it will make tube management much easier... but performance-wise is it actually a good way to go? In Swifech's annoucment it also mentioned that this parallel arrangement can also improve flow rate of the...

When using ATItool I can only change the frequency of the primary card..... how can I overclock the secondary card?? I know, I must be a n00b question :)

Mine is labelled as "english" version, and I have just flashed it with the newest firmware, but it still use "," instead of "." as the Mine is labelled as "english" version, and I have just flashed it with the newest firmware. decimal sign... any waay to change that?

I think you guessed it right, when I try to fit the EK blocks on both cards, I found that there is no room for the barbs.... My mobo is a Asus A8N32, those PCI-E slots are quite close to each other (2 PCI slot), what should I do??

Should I apply them in every fitting? Will there be any bad consequence if I overuse them?

I see people go after EK, D-Tek and DD..... so who is the best, and why? or it actually doesn't matter much and I can save all those money with a no-brand cheapy barbs?

I have asked a similar question before but i got no definitive answer, so I would like to ask again. Can a Swissflow or Remag flow sensor work with Aquaero? I heard that the impulse rates of these sensor are too high for Aquaero, but a simple electronic signal divider can solve the problem. Have...

Is it possible? I think yes, but does it make sense? I don't know.... Is it a sensible way to add reliability to my WC?

I wanna buy several pairs of Quick Disconnect from Colder Product Company, but I can't find them anywhere in Hong Kong. In a deseprate attempt I contacted CPC directly, and to my amazment they told me they actually have a regional office right here in HK! I contacted them immediately, while...

I always think a full-cover graphic card block will be better than those which cover the GPU only, because the RAM is also watercooled. but recently I overheard some discussion saying a full cover graphic card waterblock cannot cool the GPU as well compare with a GPU-only block, the...

I am relatively new in WC and don't know much. I see many people use Laing D5 / Swiftech 655 pump and therefore I think it is a good choice for me. But I just come across something called Petra's top, which, as I understand, is a mod for Laing DDC-2 / Swiftech 355 pump, which seem to be able to...

I am progressing well on my Ext Rad Box design which I started here. I have drafted the exterior design, any comment is welcomed This rad box will be a good companion of my current rig:

Should I use AS5 or Ceramique, especailly on the RAM? Unlike the GPU which have a IHS cover, those RAM chips have all their legs exposed....I heard that Ceramique is non-conductive so if I use it instead there will be no risk of shorting out those chips. Am I correct?

After surviving a potential disaster here I will certainly use non-conductive coolant for my new build.... What choice do I have..... I only know about Fluid XP, any other options? actually can I use oil? those franklinstein-alike people submerge their whole rigs in oil.... I won't do...

Managability is always a priority for me, and now I am planning for a CPU+GPU+GPU loop, I am brainstorming for a better way to connect them.... My objective is to be able to remove one of the GTX card without disassembling the loop. So instead of the tubings you often see in other rigs, here...

People here may heard about my external Rad box project. I came up with this plan because, the more I read in this forum, the more I realize the danger I have in with my TT equipment I knew I need to change to another more reliable solution very soon.. I started ordering stuff, and drawing...

I think I will use a Aqua Computer Aquaero or a Innovatek Fan-o-matic on my upcoming rad box project here, and I will add a flow meter into my loop. I searched for it and seem there are only 2 choices, and they are also from Aqua Computer and Innovatek . These two flow meter are compatible...

finally I realized that cramping everything inside a not-so-big case will not do any good... so I am thinking about putting almost everything in an external box. It will have the following component: 1. Swiftech pump 2. Alphacool 25 res 3. BI GTX 480 rad 4. 4x 120mm fans 5. Flow indicator...

without adding 2 120mm fans blowing above both 8800GTXs (by cutting a hole on my side panel), my rig simply won't run, my southbrigde temp goes above 60c even in idle. Anyone have this issue or it is just me? or it is because of the mobo design (southbrigde sitting between 2 PCIe x16 slot)...

Can I go with 3x120mm Rad? CPU is overclocked but G80s are not overclocked yet btw, actually is it ok to put them within one loop?

Seem Danger Den's offering is the de facto standard.... but it is sooo expensive, at about $150 each.... $300 for a SLI setup.... and it is always out of stock Then there are others in the market.... such as EK's.... the design seem quite similar, but it is $25 cheaper.. Then there are...

If look is the only factor then it is a no-brainer, at least for me. But is it a good choice performance-wise? I heard that Al is being used in the top part of the block but it is coated with 2 layers of protective alloy, so it won't cause any trouble to other components made with copper...

Can I using ATItool to overclock or test both of my SLI-ed 8800GTX? It seem to be only working on one of the card only.

can I be sure that it will not leak forever? mine is running for about 6 months...

Is there any tools that let you zoom in while playing game? For example if I am running 1600 x 1200, I press the zoom key, the 800 x 600 pixels in the middle will be enlarged by 4 times and displayed I know that are some "magnifying glass" tools that works on desktop, but I need one that can...

Is there any tools that let you zoom in while playing game? For example if I am running 1600 x 1200, I press the zoom key, the 800 x 600 pixels in the middle will be enlarged by 4 times and displayed I know that are some "magnifying glass" tools that works on desktop, but I need one that can...

I have some very strange performance issue with my new SLI rig. I asked around for solution in this thread. I just removed my ATI Theatre 550 Pro PCI-E TV card, and WOLA no more problem.... Then I wonder, is my mobo doesn't have enough PCI-E lanes to support two 16x and one 1x cards at the...

I reported about the inconsistent performance of my 8800GTX SLI here yesterday After a day for work, I finally found something very fishy. Several minutes into 3d mode, I hit the problem... Then I check the task manager, I found a process called "system", owned by "SYSTEM", is sucking away...

Seem many gurus aim for nothing but 1:1 divider in their rigs. I wonder, if there are 2 rigs, with idenical CPU and Memory frequencies, but one with a 1:1 divider, and the other one with 1:2 divder, will there be any difference?

Anyone running this setup notice this issue? In the same game, same setting, same situation, same everything, sometimes they perform nicely, sometimes they don't. There will be a 50% to 75% of fps drop. Usually they will run fine for, say, several missions, and then it start going south...

I just upgraded from single 8800GTX to dual 8800GTX, while it definitely rocks (3dmark06 = 10000 @ 2560 x 1600 :eek: ), I don't see any gain on Pacific Fighters, which take 90% of my game time. I know it is a bit tricky to set this game to run on SLI, I followed other's suggestion to set SFR...

Seem TJ07 looks more sexy.... but technically, how do they compare to each other?

Chassis from ASUS. Technically not a good chassis, but I love the look The bezel cover opens like those exotic racing cars Let's make it even more like a racer! Check out my team's "sponsers": AMD FX-60 @ 3GHz ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe (nForce4-SLIx16) Corsair XMS-3500LLPro 1GB...