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Core2Quads can still keep up when OC'd. That's a far better choice than upgrading the whole system. You can get a Q6600 for as low as $60 these days

hmm.. i had really hoped it would be a bit cheaper, around $400 at least. can't really cough more than that

Can't afford the 7970, so...

passmark is not an accurate benchmarking tool. they mix results from all kinds of hardware setups with all kinds of bottlenecks in their final results an i3 2100 beats even an X4 OC'd to 980's speeds, and you have an upgrade path that is actually good. they run cooler and quieter aswell.

I live in Sweden, and I'm not touching PayPal with a mile long stick.

Does anyone have any experience with these? They're cheap chinese SSDs. Mostly worried about reliability. I'm interested in getting two for my home servers as they don't need any bigger boot drive, and the usual brands are at least twice as expensive, and only offer down to 32GB, which is...

stock paste vs AS5 or Ceramiq is less than 3C

Untrue. If you'd bought a socket 1155 back when it came, you would have had the same upgrade options as AMD has now (Ivy Bridge). And the only thing Bulldozer wins at (and this is the 81x0 only) is video encoding and file compression. Even a stock i3 2100 beats it in a majority of games.

sexy

why has the review been removed?!

cheap motherboards also tend to use cheaper/lower quality capacitors and other parts. the sweet spot seem to be ~$80-150 IMO

I agree that that cable really puts down the total look of the build.

There are other than that one, it was just the first link on my search. here's another http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/corsair_hydro_h80/4.htm there are several options at half the price that performs within 5 degrees.

You can overclock pretty much any system, but that also means you have to OC everything from the motherboard to the RAM. Only a CPU with unlocked multiplier can be overclocked without having to OC the rest of the system. Also, the Intel chipset Hxx (H61/H67) motherboards does not allow...

Yes I do. The reason for Raid0 if I get less than 3 drives, and so I can have a single partition. I also said that the data is not that important to me.

Initially Raid0, and in the future I might add a Raid5, or just expand on the Raid0 (or convert it all to Raid5). I also remember hearing about the WD Greens not liking raid now that you guys mention it. Looks like I'll be going with the Samsung drives as there are no Hitachi drives...

I will most likely run Debian or Server 2008. Will the WD greens work fine without wdidle on those?

Sup. Slowly putting together (or rather, upgrading) my storage server for home use (streaming movies and tv shows through network) to a single PC, so high performance is not needed. Bought a Highpoint RocketRaid 2220 (8p) at a decent price, and now I need a couple 2TB HDDs to go with it (2 or...

Silverstone RV and FT are considered some of the very best cases for cooling, thanks to the triple 180MM fans and straight airflow through the case.

interesting! /sub'd

might want to rename the thread title to "dont buy diamond brand cards" or something... thread is very poorly named as of this post, as others have said, some of the best cards are non-reference.

sorry but im not digging the text in images at all.

amazing!

interesting! /sub'd

very nice! good job.

WOW!!! :O

it doesnt really matter, imo. personally i apply it on the heatsink to minimize waste (paste that does not touche both cpu and heatsink), because it just attracts dust and stuff. get a flat piece of plastic and apply a very thin even layer of paste on the heatsink (so you dont get air bubbles).

that tubing looks sexy

very cool! i love small builds. /sub

very cool! /subbed

:mad: RAGE

nice! but please clean that poor cpu cooler :O

amazing! :eek:

wow! :cool: have you tried taking pics in the dark without camera flash? might get better pictures of the lights, i think.

keep up the awesome job!

very nice! keep it up

Too many radiators and might look better if it wasnt open case, but that's just IMO. Nice job tho!

Thanks for the replies, I'll look into the things mentioned!

IKEA Jerker i gotta find some cheap shelves :)

nice! another small build! /sub