Dicehunter
Resident Newb
You are paying way way over the top of the Asrock board, Just get an Asus Crosshair VIII Hero, Stick an AIO on it and call it a day ^_^
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You are paying way way over the top of the Asrock board, Just get an Asus Crosshair VIII Hero, Stick an AIO on it and call it a day ^_^
trawetSluaP
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The price of them.
When I got my 7900X a just under 2 years ago I had my heart set on the Rampage 6 Extreme. That board was top of the range and was £500!
According to ASUS the paint alone added £100 to the cost. How are boards £1000!? (coming from the mug who paid £800 for a 7900X).
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AlienALX
Well-known member
EK velocity, doesnt support AM4
That's eggy, and would put me off of EK in future. Mostly because this...
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ek-water-blocks-amd-socket-bracket-for-am4-wc-9dx-ek.html
So they used to sell mounting kits but now don't. That sucks. I have a 8 year old solid brass Aquacomputer block and can get AM4 mounts for it.
EK going down the McDonalds rabbit hole.
g0ggles1994
Active member
I'd like to see how Phanteks Galcier blocks perform long term, won't deny they look brilliant but can't confirm longetivity.
Also, amidst the great big 'meh' that is Black Friday so far. Picked this up at half price:
Next PC is going to come when AMD move off AM4 and onto AM5 with DDR5 and PCIe 5.0
EK has been going the Corsair route for the past couple of years (products getting worse in quality, prices going up). I won't use EK for blocks (Watercool HeatKiller all the way). I did get an EK Vector for a Radeon VII GPU, but only because it was the only block I could get my hands on. Plus, I lack patience. 
EK has been going the Corsair route for the past couple of years (products getting worse in quality, prices going up). I won't use EK for blocks (Watercool HeatKiller all the way). I did get an EK Vector for a Radeon VII GPU, but only because it was the only block I could get my hands on. Plus, I lack patience.
I returned my EK Velocity. Considering the cost I thought it was supposed to be a good improvement. But at 2C warmer on average I went back to the rampage block I had with the board, which funnily enough is Bitspower.
trawetSluaP
Member
Had no issues with the EK Blocks I have on my CPU and GPU but they were purchased a year or so ago.
Same up to now. Just seems like the Velocity is a marketting ploy for something that hasnt been improved.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
Red anodized aluminium thumb screws for all the PCI-E bracket screws, Only £5.99 and free P+P, Not too bad.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
What would be cool is having VR gloves, Just simple gloves but with tracking strips, That get picked up by the HMD and external lighthouses so that when you move your hand over the wheel you can see exactly where your hands are, Same idea for the shifter.
Direct die getting dropped of tomorrow.
Any body know of any cases that can handle a horizontal E-ATX instead of vertical ?
Direct Die received this morning & installed on 7980xe, excellent results for 4.7ghz all core :
Thanos
New member
I ordered some parts from them a couple of months ago, had to wait until they restocked some clear soft tubing that I wanted first. Seemed to take a lot longer than estimated but finally arrived so in went my order only to be told the plastic hose clamps were no longer in stock and would I mind waiting a few days. Well 2 weeks later I get an email saying the clear tubing has also gone out of stock at which point I gave up and asked for a refund which for some reason was $16 less than I paid, about 4% of the order. I too will not be using EKWB again.EK has been going the Corsair route for the past couple of years (products getting worse in quality, prices going up). I won't use EK for blocks (Watercool HeatKiller all the way). I did get an EK Vector for a Radeon VII GPU, but only because it was the only block I could get my hands on. Plus, I lack patience.
Cool, in more ways than one
. Not familiar with the newer CPU's, newest one I've owned is Broadwell. Seems you might be running with SVID disabled, how does this help? What is Tjmax programmed to and does it affect temperature readings? Notice the VRM power out is much higher than power in, IIRC my MSI Z97 does this too so have to compensate with SW. So 200W would be correct? If so that's how much my mobile quad core Haswell can draw at lower clocks so really good savings.
looz
Active member
Yeah, could be pretty nice. Though I found that I move my hands in almost exact same way as the drivers do in AC and PC.
Yeah, could be pretty nice. Though I found that I move my hands in almost exact same way as the drivers do in AC and PC.
There are haptic VR gloves being designed. That provide feedback when you grab a ball or cube for example. But they are not cheap!
Think of the movie Ready player one. Its in the works!
