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    anyone do any 3d printing ?

    hi all just wanted to ask if anyone has played with 3d printers as im just about to start building my first one im building a Kossel mini delta printer as I like the way its built strong should be a lot of fun .........hope so anyone with tips or tricks id love to here from you...
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    card running hot ?

    hi all bit of a odd one I have a msi twin frozr r9 290 and in the last two days its been running hot wen im not doing much with my rig wen I pull up the amd control centre it shows high load all the time even wen im just in the desktop and not doing anything and yes I know they are hot...
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    Msi boards

    Hi all. Just a heads up some of msi boards seem to have a high rate to fail don't know too much as to why I only found out by aria wen I put in for a rma for my msi board that just died I think it maybe a bios issue as my board would not let me overclock in the bios and I got lots of...
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    help in picking a case

    as the title say im looking for a new case im down two cases a pavums2.0 or phanteks enthoo evolv not sure what one to go for both look the muts nuts but just don't know what one to go for help me pick one :confused:
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    280mm rad fan hole spacing

    as the title says it all im on the look out for a 280 rad but I have a fan shroud that has 17mm fan hole spacing so just wanted to know anyone know of any 30mm 280 rads with the same fan hole spacing thanks for any help :D
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    msi r9 290 gaming back plate

    hi all just wanted to ask if anyone knows if I can use the stock back plate if I drop a ek water block on this card
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    amd r9 290 or gtx 780

    hi all as the title says im looking for a new card not sure what to go for most of my rig is new apart from my water cooled amd 7950 and I think its time to retire it :eek: ive only used ati/amd cards as the green team just are a bit too much money but I have 300 pounds aside but may add to...
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    m.2 ssd

    hi all just wanted to ask what's the best m.2 ssd to go for as I've just got a z97 board im running very happy with it I've got a 240gb ssd but the read and write speed is a bit low I was thinking of using my old drive for steam and so on and getting a 128 gb m.2 as a boot drive what do...
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    my prodigy m watercooled rig

    hi all this is a build I've been working on for the last two days most of it is new parts but some of it is from my last rig I like to recycle lol I was going to do a build log but I just jumped in and before I knew it I had done most of the mods lol heres a run down of what I used...
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    corsair air 240 ?

    hi all anyone know wen we will see air 240,s in the uk aria have them listed but no stock and no date I liked the 540 but its just a bit too big and I hate 5 1/4 bays :confused:
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    z97 itx what to go for ?

    as the title says im looking to update my rig ive got a z77 asrock itx and a 3570k cpu ive been looking about but not sure what to go for ? im only thinking of updateing as all the z77 boards and 1155 k cpu,s are still holding good money and ill be ready for what comes after devil,s...
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    xigmatek aquila any good ?

    hi all as the title says has anyone had or used a xigmatek Aquila case I've had my rig on a homemade test bench for some time now its just to dam dusty so time for a new case I've been looking about seen the xigmatek I love the layout of the case and just wanted to know what are they...
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    asus rma

    hi all just wanted to ask if anyone has had dealings with asus rma its just that I got my z68 mobo rma,ed I sent it to asus uk two weeks ago after jumping in all there hoops lol thay told me the mobo is going to a rma center in the Czech republic just today I got a email from asus thay are...
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    competition

    hi all don't know if anyone has put this up as an idea before but I dident see anything so I like to put the idea out there in the last 2/3 competitions ive seen on the forums new users coming here and openly saying im here just to try and win something sort of hit and run if you will I...
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    ddr3 pc3 10600 ecc

    hi people just wanted to ask if anyone knows anywere I can get some cheap ddr3 10600 ecc ram most shops don't have it and the ones that do want silly money for it ive had a look on ebay but don't trust it as most sellers lie its for a hp microserver n36l :(
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