Tick---Tock......Tick---Tock......P4 Upgrade!!!
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We have a Mass Effect 3 game coupon........too bad I already own it and played it all the way thru
We got 2-8Gig memory kits......nice!
We have an Intel bubble level/screwdriver/flashlight combo tool.........OK
A 140mm Phantek fan.......looks nice!
A CPU cooler of some kind?
An i7 processor of some kind?
and ...... an ASUS motherboard.........Hey!....... I heard of them before!!!
Ok , since I know everyone is here for the Intel bubble level/screwdriver/flashlight combo tool , I might as get it out the way first.
It's flat on one side and has a bubble level on the other......................
At one end it has a cap with screwdriver bits in it.
You remove the one you need and pop it in the hole in the other end.
there is a magnet in there to hold it in, with a light on top of the hole.
I don't do much leveling when building computers,so I don't know what Intel was thinking?
The screw tips are short so it's like a knubby screwdriver and can't reach many places, but I always need a flashlight when digging around in my case. I kinda like that it's got an Intel logo on it, has replaceable batteries , and the switch can be pressed softly for just a quick look at something or pressed down to lock the LED on , if needed.
So, I'm really not sure what Intel was thinking with the bubble level, but thank them for giving me a FREE!! emergency screwdriver and LED flashlight!! It will remain on my computer desk!!
It's flat on one side and has a bubble level on the other......................
At one end it has a cap with screwdriver bits in it.
You remove the one you need and pop it in the hole in the other end.
there is a magnet in there to hold it in, with a light on top of the hole.
I don't do much leveling when building computers,so I don't know what Intel was thinking?
So, I'm really not sure what Intel was thinking with the bubble level, but thank them for giving me a FREE!! emergency screwdriver and LED flashlight!! It will remain on my computer desk!!
FTR.4500MHz
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You should start a contest , so a forum member can win the Mass Effect coupon .
You have'nt played it yet either?
My gf ordered one for my birthday but the basterds keeps pushing it forward
FTR.4500MHz
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Nope not played it yet .
I knew the keyboard thing was gonna come up. I bought that one to replace a perfectly good keyboard! I wanted it because it was backlighted and has an LCD screen. Both things I find disappointing about it once I got it, but for some reason It won't die, it has even been thru a flood. At some point I know I am gonna replace it so I guess I stopped caring about it, and never really cleaned , from when I got it back out of storage.
This thing is beautiful!!!! I hear people say all the time Pictures don't do it justice, now I know what they mean by that!
it includes:
-long SLI bridge
-Wi-Fi antenna
-I/O Shield
-User Guide
-support DVD
-case badge
-Q-connectors
-3-way SLI bridge
-4 SATA 6G cables 90 deg on one end
-4 SATA 3G cables 90 deg on one end
and this little guy:
It's basically a laptop Wi-Fi card, with bluetooth, on an adapter so it fits a standard USB header. There Is a USB header near the back I/O for it to plug into.
basic lift the arms drop in the CPU, lock the arms back down.
There is really nothing to say about these except....B..A..D......A...S...S!!!!!
I was expecting all black, but what doesn't show up in the camera is, there are channels running down the sides with a black chrome aluminum stickers with the BALLISTIX logo punched into it, than to tops machined to make the letters stand out. My SAMSUNG Captivate has GALAXY S like that on the carbon fiber looking aluminum back plate.
just line up the notches and press them in!
I was expecting all black, but what doesn't show up in the camera is, there are channels running down the sides with a black chrome aluminum stickers with the BALLISTIX logo punched into it, than to tops machined to make the letters stand out. My SAMSUNG Captivate has GALAXY S like that on the carbon fiber looking aluminum back plate.
just line up the notches and press them in!
The Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO isn't anything special, but at $30 it will have to do until I get my water cooling sorted out, than it will go on my Pentium 4 with LINUX as a back-up rig and If I give it away I'm not losing much.
I choose the Hyper 212 EVO because it includes mounting hardware for almost every socket. Since they recently updated it with 2011 adapters, I wont be stuck without a cooling solution, while my wallet is in the ICU!
My modded Corsair H-60 was pre 2011 so it didn't include 2011 adapter. I was gonna get a Corsair A-70 because I seen them going for $25(basically the same thing with 2 fans) , but I guess they are discontinued now and the places that still have them want $50 for them, so I got this.
dry fitted to check out the mounting system:
ZERO RAM slot overhang !!!
Looks like it would work as an updraft cooler pretty well with the top 200mm fan in the 600T.
it overhangs about half a RAM slot on each side.
looks like the fan would be 25mm of the top graphics card.
plenty of room for a second fan. The clips for a second fan are included with it.
it overhangs about half a RAM slot on each side.
looks like the fan would be 25mm of the top graphics card.
plenty of room for a second fan. The clips for a second fan are included with it.
Looking at this another way, the Cooler Master LGA2011 adapters might be just the thing to let me mount my H-60.
The threads in the top is M3 if it's the same in the thumbscrews on the H-60, all I need is some M3 set screws about 15mm long, threaded into the Cooler Master adapters!
Only problem is if the adapters are to tall to let the H-60 set down onto the CPU, I'll have to get some measurements.
The threads in the top is M3 if it's the same in the thumbscrews on the H-60, all I need is some M3 set screws about 15mm long, threaded into the Cooler Master adapters!
Only problem is if the adapters are to tall to let the H-60 set down onto the CPU, I'll have to get some measurements.
The Orange One
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Good Luck with trying to fit the h60, and the rest of the Build!
