visiontek wants $850 bucks for their ek cooled r9 290x. for a lifetime warranty i might have bit, that is if visiontek had a history of honoring their lifetime warranty.
i've built overclocked fx 8120 and fx 8350 systems previously. none have arrived at 5ghz. last week an fx 9370, asus sabertooth 990fx, and corsair 800d fell in my lap so i've decided to keep this gear for myself an try to obtain a 5ghz+ overclock. asus apparently recommends cooling the...
Oh boy! The gear has arrived for my 7850k apu build. A run down of the parts in the pic:
A10 7850k
Msi A88X-M E35
Gskill Ares 2400 2x4GB
Powercolor R7 250
Coolermaster Seidon 120 Water Cooler
Xigmatek 120mm Coper Blade White LED
Bitfenix Blue/Black Single Sleeve 24 Pin Psu+ EPS 8 Pin
Cougar...
the neat hybrid air/water cooled asus gtx 780 has a release date according to the egg.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-121-869
sooooooooooooo.....when can i see the r9 290x version?
Finally completed my first water cooled amd apu build. The cooling solution is by no means extravagant; in fact it was cobbled together from random parts i had lying around. Here's what's in the box:
A10 6800k
Gigabyte F2A88XN WiFi
Gskill Sniper 2133 2x4GB
Western Digital 150gb Velociraptor...
rather than parting out an old water cooled x58 system based around the evga x58 sli le board, i thought about keeping it and using it for a mining rig. i thought about grabbing an r9 290 to mine with, but then why waste the 3 extra pci-e slots. so mine on one r9 290 or four single slot hd...
hello community. i was picking through my box of random water cooling bits and found a couple of old xspc delta v3 blocks. these are the ones with the 1" raised square section that's supposed to be right over the cpu die. i though it might be a neat idea to lap the one block flat to see how...
i've delayed adopting a three monitor setup for a while, partly because of space constrains and partly because my 30" has been just enough. why try eyefinify or nv surround at all if you're not going to go bat shit crazy with it. i understand for most a triple 30" setup is the gold standard...
howdy community, need to get rid of some stuff. i have:
2x his 5970 video cards including nib ek gpu water blocks plus back plate for $200 each
1x i7 920 slbch cpu w/o heatsink for $50
1x ocz 6gb kit of ddr3 1600mhz for $50
this sale is for local sf bay area [H]ers only. no shipping out...
hello community. i'm back with more crap to throw away. as always, this is for sf/bay area [H]ers only. i'm not shipping out, so don't bother to ask. don't even offer to pay for shipping or give me a little extra money. if i really cared about squeezing every cent out of this sale, i...
Here's what i've got:
$80 for the 280, $180 for the 295, $200 for the 5870 1gb. two per buyer only. if you recognize the handle, you know that this is for sf/bay area [H]er's only. no shipping out. you can come to me in mountain view or san jose.
anyone familiar with the lanparty x58 ut board? i can't seem to get the board to load the os with two gtx295s installed. each card works individually, as do all of the pci-e slots. i've tried both cards with the installed toughpower 1000w psu as well as a 1200w bfg psu and still no luck...
howdy again community. i am finally rounding the corner on updating all my test machines to full cpu/mobo water cooling. today i'm posting for sale some of the parts i've pulled out of my trusty coolermaster cosmos 1000. i have the following available to first come/first serve buyers in the...
i sold a co worker my 9800gx2 for $80. he then decided instead of throwing the card in his old machine he wanted to build a new rig based on the amd phenom 2. during the burn in process, the card began throwing out artifacts while running the real-time hdr demo. i contacted evga about opening...
anyone know if a 280 radiator can fit in the top of a coolermaster cosmos 1000 without modifications? i know i can put two 140mm fans up top, but i don't remember if the pre drilled screw holes were too far apart to accommodate this sized radiator.
i'm testing with three games; crysis warhead, prince of persia, and resident evil 5. for the ati cards, i'm using the newest recommended drivers for the 58xx and 57xx series. for the nvidia setup, i'm using the latest whql 191.07 drivers. from catalyst i'm forcing 16x anisotropic filtering...
if you've seen any of my previous fs posts, you know the requirements, but if not...
this sale is for sf/bay area [H]ers only as i will not under any circumstance ship out. cash on hand please and pick up can be from one of three locations of the buyer's choice: my house in san jose, my...
some users have been inquiring about this so i thought i'd throw a few test together. using 4 games: crysis warhead, dark athena, batman arkham asylum, and resident evil 5, i pit the new 5870 against two 4890's in crossfire at 19x12. crysis and dark athena are play tests, while batman and...
the 58xx series launch(early) has come and gone. some of you might have caught my 5870cf vs 4870x2cf vs gtx295sli tests, so i'm here again to offload some choice tech at my typical low price. i'm selling one of my diamond 4870x2's for $200. i'm going to keep the other x2 for a couple of...
note: for 4870x2 cf test numbers scroll down to 10th post
note: for gtx295 sli test numbers scroll down to 16th post
just got my 5870 order in to day. thought i'd share some test results at 25x16. i decided to test with crysis warhead, dark athena, batman arkham asylum, and resident evil 5...
i'm very excited about the imminent release of ati's new 58xx series hardware. time to make room for new cards. i have one 4850x2 2gb sparsely used for $100 and 2 4850 512 cards for $50 each. the x2 card is a sapphire of course, and the 4850's are diamond and powercolor. both use reference...
i'm incredibly too lazy right now to sell my 2 his 4870 512's for market value. so here's the skinny. anyone who lives in the san francisco bay area and feels like paying me a visit at my mountain view apartment can buy both of my cards for $100 total. they were purchased at launch from...
there's been a lot of buzz; a lot of speculation about these 4850x2's on [H] threads, especially with prices falling to well under $300 even before rebates. i placed an order for two of the 2gb models from newegg for 279.99 each plus shipping and tax. the total came out to $600.58. users have...
i got one of my 4870x2 cards last week back from rma and threw both of them into my x58 build to test. crossfire enabled without issue but apparently the 850w toughpower psu wasn't up to the task of driving both cards. that is not my primary issue though. this week i tossed them into my x38...
i got one of my 4870x2 cards last week back from rma and threw both of them into my x58 build to test. crossfire enabled without issue but apparently the 850w toughpower psu wasn't up to the task of driving both cards. that is not my primary issue though. this week i tossed them into my x38...
i've been using the nero 6 ultra suite for the longest time. now i need the community to recommend me something new i can use in vista 64. cost is no option but freeware recommendations are always welcome;) Looking to convert bluray and hd dvd to h264/mp4.
i installed farcry 2 on my htpc with a 4850 512. once the game launched i went into the display options and set it to run at 1920x1080; the native res of my lcd tv. the game ran pretty well at the very high settings. in the middle of the jeep drive, i escaped out of the game and went back...
i have two cf rigs; one built around an x38 board; one built around a p45 board. the x38 build has a 1000wt tough power psu and runs dual 4870's flawlessly. the p45 build isn't going so well. i originally installed a coolermaster real power pro 750, but the system would freeze a few seconds...
any one with two 4870's having stability problems with a quality 750 watt power supply? i've got a coolermaster real power pro 750 in my p45 build, and whenever i get into the game environment the whole system freezes 10 seconds in, memory dumps and restarts. there are no such problems in my...
finally got around to unwrapping the cellophane off two brand spanking new his 4870's. i intended to post a crossfire comparison between x38 and p45 chipset boards, but i never got to trying many titles nor testing the card in the p45 rig. here are the specs of the x38 build:
[email protected] ghz...
anyone who ordered dual gtx 280's have one of them fail during testing in sli? the bottom one took a crap with only 5 minutes of game play logged in. maybe nvidia's letting a few go under the radar because of the low yields. i'm not entirely surprised though, one of the first two 3870x2's i...
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apologies for the local newspaper link but this deal should in effect for all locations along the west coast.
i forum stalwart mentioned that fraps is inaccurately recording framerates. anyone know how this happens, or better yet what i should use to tally framerate?
i picked up a coolermaster cosmos s case to replace the cosmos 1000 that had woefully inadequate air flow for liquid cooling, especially with a 680i sli board. with the giant side fan of the cosmos s case, i feel more comfortable setting up the fans on the tri radiator to push/pull air up and...
after watching my asus p5ne-sli board cook itself over the course of 4 1/2 weeks with a g0 q6600, the low temps and tweak free overclocking of the msi 750 sli board is a very welcome change. the last time around, the asus board required a lot of voltage tweaking to achieve stability with a...