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Hey guys, I had the opportunity to buy a PA120.3 for an extremely good price (THANKS Masaville :up: ) and I've always been curious how my GTX360 would stack up against the king of the wc'ing world. Since I've never been able to find a direct comparison between these two rads I thought I'd do...

I've been kicking around changing out my stock grills on my TJ. They're pretty restrictive and raise my temps 3c-5c when I put the sides on. Most of you have seen my rig already but this is what I started with... Stock grill Picked me up some specially made New and Improved Mesh...

I decided to do a little upgrade on my rig. Just some small things, like swapping in a new bay res, adding a water temp probe to the loop, and replacing my old DD aluminum fill port with a new delrin one. Sounds pretty straight forward. Should take about an hour or so...right. Here's my rig...

Hey guys. I'm having a small problem with my vid card lately. It runs fine during normal use, games, surfing, etc. But when I leave the comp on and it goes into power saving mode a message pops up saying something like "NV4 has stopped responding, save your work blah blah blah." Most of the time...

Anybody know where to find some 10-15mm thick 120mm fans? I figured it wouldn't be a problem finding them but now I'm wondering if they even make them?

I took this last week off and put together my new rig. I have to give thanks and credit to Theorie and his rig. I have totally stolen and used his ideas to my benefit. :D Enjoy the pics... Here's my original setup in a Silverstone TJ06 case. It was a good case but airflow in the top chamber...

Just installed my QX6700 and am fairly happy with it so far. I'm trying to figure out how to run Orthos to stress all 4 cores. I can't get it to recognize the last 2. I see in some screenies that some peeps have an extra box to select which core Orthos will run on? Also, TAT does a real good...

I'm putting together a new a new case and wc system but I couldn't resist throwing the Fuzion I got today on my current rig. Should be a pretty good comparison since all I did was change out blocks. Had to replace a little water but otherwise everything is the same as in my sig. Initial temps...

Hey guys I got a great deal on a QX6700 for $500 and am wondering if I'll have to reinstall XP once I install it to get it to recognize all 4 cores? Currently I'm running an E6700 on a P5B-Deluxe.

Hey I know there are waterblocks for the 7950GX2 but is there any aftermarket air solutions for it? I currently water cool my pc but don't have the gpu on the loop cuz I just couldn't stomach the $200 for the wc block for it. This thing is just too loud for me with the stock cooler. Help me out...

Hey guys, does anybody know where to get the mCubed T-Balancer bigNG here in the states? I've looked all over. I can order this direct from mCubed but they only use Paypal and I don't have an account and really don't want one. Thanks for you help.

Hello everyone, I've been building comps for some time now and have never been able to figure out how to hook-up my front mic/headphone jacks to a Creative sound card. Granted I haven't tried very hard to figure this out but I'm getting tired of messing with the connections in the back of the...

Hey guys. It's been a long time since I posted. But, the time has come to build a new rig. I'll be going with the new E6600 or E6700 cpu. Just wondering if the retaining mechanism is the same for my old socket 478 as it is for the new 775's? It would be nice if I didn't have to fork out another...

I just put one of these in my system to cool my X800. I was using an ATI Silencer that worked alright @ 36c/58c temps. With the Polarflo I'm at 26c/34c temps. The reviews I read before purchasing were favorable. I hardly ever see anyone talk about Polarflo on these forums. Is there a reason for...

Ever since I put my wc rig together several months ago, I've been thinking of a better way to do it. I'm thinking most of us here on the forums are the same way. The [H]ard are always thinking of ways to 'fix' things that aren't broken. :D Here's a link to my original worklog. Here's...

Anyone know how these two stack up against one another? I have an X800pro VIVO I wanna cool. I know that the Maze4 is pretty much the standard but haven't heard a lot about the Polar Flow. I like its looks and the fact that you can swivel it is nice. I just don't see any reviews on the thing.

As the title implies. Is that true? Or are they so close as not to matter too much. Also, how much of a performance improvement can I expect by using one of the above vs. my current setup of my single 120mm rads/fans sandwich? See pic. I currently idle at 46c and load at 53c with the...

Wasn't quite sure where to post this, but since my rig is oc'd I figured this was a good place to start. As my rig is booting up it gets to the 'Updating DMI data pool' and then hangs. Sometimes it will get as far as saying it was succesful and then hang. I'm thinking that my hd has taken a...

After a couple of months of working on this and with a few minor set backs I finally finished it. I'll run you through a mini worklog of how things went... Here I was trying to figure out how to set things up Again, just checking things out. Notice how tight the tubes running from...

I have the DD acrylic res and need to change out the straight barbs fittings to elbows. I'm having a hell of a time finding the right thread type and size for these fittings. Can't find any info on DD site. I've already ordered the wrong size once. Help me narrow it down guys.

Just got the above pump after returning the DD D4 pump for being too loud. I hooked it up straight to the psu for testing and it kicks my psu off. But when I hook it up to a fan bus it runs just fine. Any ideas?? Is something wrong with my pump?

I just put together a DD system and purchased their D4 pump. This thing is loud as hell. Can you guys recommend a quieter pump for me? This pump issue is holding up my entire wc project. I refuse to have a system that makes that much noise. Thanks for your help.

I just hooked one of these pumps up and was a little surprised at how loud it is. All the reviews I've read said it was relatively quiet. I'm wondering if I have a bad pump. Seems to work ok otherwise. This is my first custom wc setup so I don't have any reference on how loud a pump should be.

The other day I decided it was time to quit smoking after almost 20 years of smoking a pack a day. As an incentive, to help me quit, I decided I would reward myself with a new case and custom WC setup. As if prolonging my life wasn't enough. ;) I ordered up some stuff from DD and a new...

I'm going to put a custom WC system in a Silverstone Temjin case and I'm thinking of going with dual single 120mm radiators from Danger Den. One in front and one in back. I'm trying not to cut this case to install a dual 120mm rad but it looks like it could be done fairly easy if I had to...

How hot is too hot for my Northbridge? Right now it idles right around 40c but then climbs to around 60c under load. It actually gets hotter than my cpu, but it's watercooled and norhtbridge is just stock hsf. I'm thinking I need to get my northbridge in my loop and keep it a bit cooler. How...

Where do you guys shop for your accessories? (fittings, clamps, etc.)

The EXOS is up and running. I'm still not real happy about putting water in my rig but I had to do something. The 3.0e I have was burning up at 52c/69c temps. Keep in mind these are MBM5 temps so take that with a grain of salt. Regardless, the chip was running hot. Now my temps are more...

This is a little late since I already ordered it, but what do you guys think of the Koolance EXOS? All the reviews I read were very favorable. Even our benefactor Kyle uses one. I only plan on cooling my cpu with it. Any tips for setup?

I used to run my 3.0c at 3.3g @ 220fsb. Recently I've been able to raise that to 3.75g @ 250fsb and beyond. Is it normal for your system clock to run fast since the system is so oc'd? I never noticed before but now I'm probably gaining 1-2 minutes a day. As of this writing I'm 6-7 minutes in the...

I currently have a 3.0c that I can only get to 3.3g @220fsb. I've tried different settings and ram but to no avail. Can't get it stable past 220fsb. So, I'm looking for a socket 478 CPU that will get me in the 3.5-4.0g range with air cooling. It looks like peeps have had quite good OC's with the...

I just recently bought some Corsair XMS3200 ram to replace my old Crucial pc3200 ram, hoping to get a higher oc than 3.3g @ 220fsb. Well now with the new ram I can't get anything stable over 220fsb and even the stability of 220fsb is questionable. So, I went and got some Corsair XMS4000 thinking...

I've been looking at the IC7-G and the IC7 Max3. Is the IC7-G the next revision of the Max 3? They appear very similar except for the active cooling of the MOSFET on the Max 3. The IC7-G can be had for about $40 less. Which is better? Do they both OC about the same?

What do you guys think is the best socket 478 mb besides ASUS?

The other day I posted a problem with not being able to get into my bios. I don't think I was completely clear on some of my problems, so I'm gonna try again...I apologize for the length of this post but I'm trying to cover everything I did that lead to my problems. I have an ASUS...

Ever since installing SP2 I've been having some small issues that are starting to annoy me. The biggest thing is that I can't get into my bios. Once it posts with me holding down delete it finds my raid array and then hangs for a bit and then starts windows. I'm gonna try and flash the bios...

Just installed one of these on my X800pro VIVO modded to XT PE. I'm running at just under XT PE speeds @ 500/540. It runs well over this with no problems but I keep it turned down a bit. Anyways, for anyone interested, I thought I'd post some before and after temps for your viewing pleasure...

I just got my X800pro VIVO card this weekend. I upgraded from a 9700pro AIW. I was not initially impressed. I had a 3DMark03 score of 5088 with the 9700 and 7138 with the X800. Not quite the performance jump I had anticipated. Aquamark was 36,246 and 46,136 respectively. A nice jump but I was...

So the X800 XT card I ordered from freakin' Gateway has been delayed again. This is the 3rd time they've pushed it back. Has anyone received an XT from Gateway??? I'm beginning to think that they want me to cancel my order so they can sell it for the $499 retail price instead of the $390 I...

Does anyone remember a case kit that came completely disassembled and could be configured any way you'd like? It had all sorts of channeled aluminum that slid together and was open-air when assembled. Basically just formed the framework of a case. I'm not really sure how else to describe it...