Big Red Resurrection [Switch 810, RIVE, 3930k, Crossfire 7950's, Corsair EVERYTHING!]
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Lynx
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I like this, this is nice.
Regarding watercooling the ram, since when has building pc's been about what we need?
If that were true we would all still be on outdated platforms and chipsets and using cases that are grey on the inside.
Also it is your pc mate, do what you like. You're the one who has to look at it everyday.
Regarding watercooling the ram, since when has building pc's been about what we need?
If that were true we would all still be on outdated platforms and chipsets and using cases that are grey on the inside.
Also it is your pc mate, do what you like. You're the one who has to look at it everyday.
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Jeremy1998
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And since my PSU doesn't even have them, I think I will be perfectly fine.
That was my thought exactly... I might do watercooling on the memory... I will have to see how I feel. I know I'm going to use Dominator Platniums in one system, but I think I will still use these normal Dominators in Big Red (or what ever I call it).
PEXON
SleevingMaster
Took mine off my Silverstone Strider and no whine, which is what the effectively stop.
Jeremy1998
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As long as you have a clean input, and a decent psu, the power should be stable without the ferrite rings, right?
Jeremy1998
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Okay guys... I pulled out my gpu's, and decided to switch out the thermal compound.
Here's one of the cards out.
Unscrewed the 4 screws holding on the heatsink on.
The stock TIM and cooler... Seems like a bit excess.
Doesn't take much to polish these. You can see my MW3 poster on the wall.
A different focused shot, where you can see that I couldn't see all of the tiny capacitors and things. I'm pretty darn sure that this stuff is non-conductive, so it will be fine.
Here's the cooler's contact point. It is extremely hard to clean... It seems like these have a diamond texture.
Here's the bead of thermal compound that I put on there. Let me know how well I'm doing with my TIM application.
And the moment of truth... Did I break anything? Does the card work?
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Of course it did!!! Come on now, you didn't doubt me, did you?
Here's one of the cards out.
Unscrewed the 4 screws holding on the heatsink on.
The stock TIM and cooler... Seems like a bit excess.
Doesn't take much to polish these. You can see my MW3 poster on the wall.
A different focused shot, where you can see that I couldn't see all of the tiny capacitors and things. I'm pretty darn sure that this stuff is non-conductive, so it will be fine.
Here's the cooler's contact point. It is extremely hard to clean... It seems like these have a diamond texture.
Here's the bead of thermal compound that I put on there. Let me know how well I'm doing with my TIM application.
And the moment of truth... Did I break anything? Does the card work?
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Of course it did!!! Come on now, you didn't doubt me, did you?
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The Orange One
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Good thinking with re-doing the TIM On the GPU
seumasbeathan
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You have beats :O Faith in you lost xD But seriously this is looking really nice 
Josh Weston
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Like Pexon, that looks like a lot of paste to me. Perhaps i'm missing something in perspective, though.
jamesriley94
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I'd have personally been willing to sacrifice the couple of degrees your TIM change got you to keep the warranty tbh.
SuB
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You have beats :O Faith in you lost xD But seriously this is looking really nice
of course he has beats.. have you seen the money poured into this build.. he'd have nothing but the most expensive cans...
SuB
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yassarikhan786
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Yeah, it does look like you used too much paste.
Jeremy1998
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I think that's just how the 7950 chip is...
Yeah, looking back, it's probably a ton of compound... But this stuff comes out thick, and then magically thins out. So I accidentally spewed a blob onto it.
Pretty sure that putting waterblocks on later on down the road will void the warranty just as hard. Plus, how will they know if I opened it or not?
You have beats :O Faith in you lost xD But seriously this is looking really nice
Oh my god. Can we please stop the headphone wars? I get that they suck. They are stupidly overpriced. But I can't change what I get for Christmas. I have no control over it.
