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I decided to clean up my office and move the computer off the floor. So I took a hacksaw to the my old FT02 case, saved the motherboard tray and went to town on my IKEA desk. I extended the back of the left shelving by 2 inches, cut holes and closed it off with a plexiglass door. There is still...

I'm about to place the order for the following items. Acer XB280HK bprz Black 28" 1ms 4K Widescreen LED Backlight G-sync http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009658 and 2x MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G GeForce GTX 970 for SLI...

As the title reads. Should I drop the FX-8120 and grab the i5-3570K? I mainly play games and have an Asus GTX680 DC2T, so performance in most games is fine. I just wonder if I would be better suited to go with the i5 for games that are more processor intensive. I can easily sell my...

My new Asus 680 TOP arrives tomorrow. Should I wipe the O/S and install a fresh copy of Windows 7? I'm currently running the 6950s is crossfire.

As the title says. I currently run two 6950s in crossfire. Well I'm down to 1 now that the VRM blew on the second. So I have to replace the unit from eBay for approximately $200. OR Put the other 6970 in my HTPC and jump on a Geforce 680GTX instead. Thoughts?

Need some advice. I mainly play games on my 6950s crossfire setup. I can still return my S27A950D and pick up some Dell U2312HM for eyefinity. The price will be about the same, so that's not the issue. I do enjoy the 3D on some games, but am worried about the growing light bleed in...

After spotting the postings two weeks back about zip tie fitting the antec/corsair closed loop coolers to various cards I decided to take the plunge. *Thank you HardOCP* I ordered two Antec H2O 620 units for $120 - $30 in amazon reward points, $90 bucks for water cooling. I had the various...

I'm looking to add an Activity LED inline of a USB 3.0 cable. Been searching faithful Google with little results. Anyone know the wiring and resistors needed to accomplish this?

Would the Kuhler 620/920 effectively cool a 6970? Of course a custom bracket would have to be made to fit the 6970 footprint.

Current Rig in Sig. 1 Sapphire 5870 2GB Vapor-X & 1 Sapphire 5870 1GB in Crossfire. I am thinking of switching out for two 6970s 2GB or 2 570s. Should I bother or wait a year or two. Crysis 2 Plays fine in 1900x1200. Your Thoughts?

I currently have a Sapphire 5870 2GB Vapor-X and the wife just bought a 5870 1GB for crossfire setup. Should I sell em on Ebay and grab some 6870s for crossfire scaling? I run a single 28' inch monitor at 1920x1200 for games and a 22' for surfing. However i do plan on triple 28 inch in...

My current power supply is a Thermaltake Toughtpower 700W - W0106RU I am running 2x Gforce 260 SLI with a Q6600 @ 3.0Ghz ASUS Radeon HD 5970 2GB G.SKILL PI+ Turbulence 12GB Noctua NH-U12P SE2 120mm SSO CPU Cooler 4x Intel X25-M Mainstream 80GB w/ Raid 0 Intel Core i7-930 - want...

I am looking to build a new system. Stuck on the drive configuration. Should I go with 4x Intel X25-M Mainstream 2.5" 80GB SATA II MLC (SSD) - Raid 0 Using my existing LSI 3442E-R SAS/SATA Raid controller OR 2x Crucial RealSSD C300 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC SSD Using the...

Ok, so the wife said yes to my upgrade this year... Better strike while the iron is hot. :eek: Someone PLEASE get the 480 GTX in stock! What do you think of this path? I am retaining the following components: Lian-li PC-A05B Case ThermalTake ToughPower 700W LSI SAS Controller...

Running EVGA 780i w/ Q6600 G0 Stock 4GB DDR2 800 2x EVGA Geforce 260 SLI 4x 10k RPM SAS Array - Raid 0 I continue to run in to a lack of memory issue when running multiple instances of Eve Online, while running my Linux VMs in the background. I've been itching to build a new system...

I've been jumping back and forth about SSD vs upgrading my video to a 295. I finally decided to bite the bullet and take a different approach. My current system in my sig will be modified. Replacing the GA-P965-DS3 with an EVGA 132-CK-NF78-TR LGA 775 NVIDIA 780i SLI Motherboard I...

The power supply in my sig, would it support SLIed 260s on the current setup?

Should I TradeUp my geforce 260 to the Geforce 295? I want my video card to last for the next year or so.

Time for the age old question, should I Upgrade? As a HardOCPer I have the itch for the faster newer technology, but is now a good time. After lengthy discussions in the Storage forums I am still up in the are on SSD vs SAS. So lets concentrate on another area. I mainly play games and...

I'm considering a couple drive configurations. Raid 0 4 x 10K/rpm 2.5 SAS 74GB Fujitsu (already own) LSI MegaRaid SAS Controller or Raid 0 2 x OCZ Vertex 60GB SSD Onboard Jmicron363 (GigaByte) Raid support Either direction will cost me the same. I have to replace my existing...

I recently built a HTPC with the following Specs. Antec Fusion 430 Asus M3N78-EMH HDMI AMD 4850e 2 x Samsung 750GB HD Lite-On 401S Blu-Ray Drive 2GB G.Skill DDR2 800 The system is finally working great with VMC, however I can not get LPCM to display on my receiver when playing blu-ray...

When overclocking the E4300 I am hitting a 3.2Ghz wall due to the massive vdroop under load on the ASUS P5N-E SLI. Is there a board that has less of a vdroop dor around the same money? or should I just put a 1Mohm VR on the board and hope for the best? Time on RMA is ticking..tick tock

Questions on the Tower before I buy it. Would modifying the base and adding a block housing with 45 degree angle tubing degrade the performance of the heat pipes of the Tuniq? Or perhaps removing the both center heat pipes and replacing them with 1/4 copper tubing - tin/silver soldered...

Give me some ideas [H]ard Community. A couple years back I made a water block base with a CVD diamond inlay. I used a 1x1 500 micron CVD diamond heat pressed with 1-2 mil of tin/silver solder in to a shallow inlay on a copper base. Sadly I dropped the project shortly after I started. Baby...

A couple years back I made a water block base with a CVD diamond inlay. I used a 1x1 500 micron CVD diamond heat pressed with 1-2 mil of tin/silver solder in to a shallow inlay on a copper base. Sadly I dropped the project shortly after I started. Baby was on the way and life generally got...

Its that time of year to build a new shiny system. However with the price of the 8800GTX currently in the Exosphere, would I be better off waiting till mid Febuary (R600 supposed launch) and hope for a price drop in the 8800GTX? Planned Build, current price $1,700 Thermaltake Matrix VX...