Sexy Hardware Close-Up Pic Clubhouse.

Chicken Patty · Apr 19, 2011

Those might be self made, but they kinda look like the NZXT ones...

TotalChaos · Apr 19, 2011

i wish, they are NZXT

20mmrain · Apr 19, 2011

BondExtreme said:
Not trying to get too much off topic but how do you like the high end Nvidia cards? Right now I am at a crossroads for my next build this year.. I don't know if I should be going with AMD or Nvidia. I just want to get a lot of opinions on the newer Nvidia cards to see if they are stable and decently cool.

Sorry it took so long to get back to you. Well I definetly think ATI/AMD won last round with their 5800 series. The 6900 series is great too. Coming from a guy who has owned both series. I just sold off two HD6950's and they were great cards. But they did not feel like much of an upgrade from last AMD/ATI gen. The biggest difference was how easily they went through Tessellation compared to the 5800 series. The HD6900 seires also runs very warm. I will tell you though that they do run games very smoothly for the most part though. They also run DX 9 games smoother than my GTX 580's do.

But the GTX 500 series definetly won me over so far this year. I will have to say for pure brut force and power these babies are crazy. They also don't run as warm as the ATI/AMD cards do this gen. As well as even though the HD 6900 series gained allot of tessellation performance.... the GTX 500 series still has them beat. For eample two HD 6950's vs. Two GTX 580's in Heaven benchmark. While sure I know the GTX 580's are more powerful regaurdless.... they also just seem to cut through the tessellation with ease compared to the HD6950's.

I would say if you are buying last gen.... go ATI.... If you are buying this gen Go Nvidia.... But once.... ATI new arcitechure matures.... I think the following gen we will see a real hard core street fight between Nvidia and ATI!!! Hope this helps :toast:

bostonbuddy · Apr 19, 2011

nice macro pics

Techtu · Apr 19, 2011

Some before & afters.

Oppsie... around here is where I realised that I didn't peal the sticker things off the GTX/Cyclone writing on the heatsink as you can clearly see :roll:

PopcornMachine · Apr 19, 2011

Techtu said:
Some before & afters.

It's great what a can of air can do.

Techtu · Apr 19, 2011

PopcornMachine said:
It's great what a can of air can do.

Certainly is... I used to use a (clean/unused) paintbrush but canned air is so much easier/quicker. :toast:

TotalChaos · Apr 19, 2011

PopcornMachine · Apr 19, 2011

I hate pushpins.

TotalChaos · Apr 19, 2011

so do I. They are great the first time used but after that they become a royal pain in the ass

(FIH) The Don · Apr 19, 2011

its very easy to mod into nuts and bolt mount instead

and as always

very nice shots

Radi_SVK · Apr 19, 2011

TotalChaos said:
so do I. They are great the first time used but after that they become a royal pain in the ass

they are worthless,they will no way provide as secure fit as if it would be with screws..and they feel so cheap..When I've build my first i7 rig back in 2009,uppon first try to fit the stock cooler one of these cheap ass push pins broke.fortunately I had another cooler,so I could finish the build the same day.

TotalChaos · Apr 19, 2011

BondExtreme · Apr 20, 2011

Freezer 7 Pro. That's what I use.

Not the best though. :laugh:

TotalChaos · Apr 20, 2011

quiet though

BondExtreme · Apr 20, 2011

TotalChaos said:
quiet though

Gotcha

Sorry. I just started laughing.

Athlonite · Apr 20, 2011

Techtu said:
Some before & afters.

http://img.techpowerup.org/110419/P4190442.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110419/P4190443.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110419/P4190444.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110419/P4190445.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110419/P4190446.jpg

Oppsie... around here is where I realised that I didn't peal the sticker things off the GTX/Cyclone writing on the heatsink as you can clearly see

http://img.techpowerup.org/110419/P4190447.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110419/P4190448.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110419/P4190449.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110419/P4190450.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110419/P4190452.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110419/P4190454.jpg

http://img.techpowerup.org/110419/P4190455.jpg

Nothing beats removal completely of the HS and washing it in hot water and Sugar soap the HS will come out looking brand new I did it with both my original CM 212 and HIS's version of the VF900 (the one with the stinking egg cooler) both come out looking all shiny and new looking

Shou Miko · Apr 20, 2011

i got my mount-kit from Noctua today for my NH-U12P SE1366 so i can mount it on my Asus Maximus III Gene when i get time for it ^^

Thrackan · Apr 20, 2011

puma99dk| said:
i got my mount-kit from Noctua today for my NH-U12P SE1366 so i can mount it on my Asus Maximus III Gene when i get time for it ^^

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac53/puma99dk/IMAG0140.jpg

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/ac53/puma99dk/IMAG0143.jpg

Noctua are PWN like that :rockout:

They sent me a free AM3 mounting kit before as well, gotta love that.

Shou Miko · Apr 20, 2011

my pc was starting to freeze and being on stable so i mounted my NH-U12P cooler with my new mount kit, actually really easy even all the bits can be confusing :laugh:

cadaveca · Apr 20, 2011

another

Techtu · Apr 21, 2011

Athlonite said:
Nothing beats removal completely of the HS and washing it in hot water and Sugar soap the HS will come out looking brand new I did it with both my original CM 212 and HIS's version of the VF900 (the one with the stinking egg cooler) both come out looking all shiny and new looking

I'll probably get round to doing that the next time I give things a clean... I hate buying new hardware, well when it comes to cleaning it anyways - I'm very nervous that it'll just break on me in some way so I generally like to have things awhile before I do anything daring as such with them... it's not really daring I know, probably just over cautious if anything :/

And my hardware isn't so new anymore but it still cost me the full whack at the time which actually is the key problem here I now think.

Athlonite · Apr 21, 2011

Techtu said:
I'll probably get round to doing that the next time I give things a clean... I hate buying new hardware, well when it comes to cleaning it anyways - I'm very nervous that it'll just break on me in some way so I generally like to have things awhile before I do anything daring as such with them... it's not really daring I know, probably just over cautious if anything :/

And my hardware isn't so new anymore but it still cost me the full whack at the time which actually is the key problem here I now think.

I can Totally get where your coming from Techtu gear isn't cheap here either $279 for the HIS HD5770 when I bought it when they first came out now they still go for $275 :eek:

and usually an old clean paint brush is enough, but sometimes it just isn't

DanishDevil · Apr 21, 2011

Akumos · Apr 29, 2011

Some great photos! Here's my pick:

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero
Cooling	ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 A-RGB // X12 Phanteks D30-120 D-RGB Fans
Memory	G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB Series (AMD Expo) DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MT/s CL30
Video Card(s)	ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 AMP Extreme AIRO
Storage	Samsung Pro 980 2TB NVMe (OS and Games) // WD Black 10TB HDD (Storage)
Display(s)	SAMSUNG 34-Inch Ultrawide 75Hz (Desk Games) // SAMSUNG 49-Inch Ultrawide 144Hz (Sim Racing Rig)
Case	Phanteks NV7
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex GX-1200, 1200W 80+ Gold, ATX 3.0
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	Main Rig
Processor	AMD FX-6100
Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX
Cooling	Fans:1x120mm, 2x140mm
Memory	16GB Hyper-X DDR III 1866 9-11-9-27-1T
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 6950 2GB x 2
Storage	Kingston V200+ 128GB SSD + OCZ Petrol 64GB SSD + WDB 500GB + WDB 640GB + WDB 750GB
Display(s)	Asus PA238QR IPS @ 1920x1080
Case	Lancool
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek HD Audio
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Software	Windows 8 Pro X64

System Name	My Gaming System
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte b650 Aorus Elite AX
Cooling	Phanteks Glacier One 360D30
Memory	G.Skill 64000 Mhz 32 Gb
Video Card(s)	ASRock Phantom 7900XT OC
Storage	4 TB NVMe Total
Case	Hyte y40
Power Supply	Corsair 850 Modular PSU
Software	Windows 11 Home Premium

System Name	Vulcan
Processor	i6 6600K
Motherboard	GIGABYTE Z170X UD3
Cooling	Thermaltake Frio Silent 14
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB)
Video Card(s)	ASUS Strix GTX 970
Storage	Mushkin Enhanced Reactor 1TB SSD
Display(s)	QNIX 27 Inch 1440p
Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	Cooler Master V750
Software	Win 10 64-bit

System Name	Main Rig
Processor	AMD FX-6100
Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX
Cooling	Fans:1x120mm, 2x140mm
Memory	16GB Hyper-X DDR III 1866 9-11-9-27-1T
Video Card(s)	Sapphire 6950 2GB x 2
Storage	Kingston V200+ 128GB SSD + OCZ Petrol 64GB SSD + WDB 500GB + WDB 640GB + WDB 750GB
Display(s)	Asus PA238QR IPS @ 1920x1080
Case	Lancool
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Realtek HD Audio
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Software	Windows 8 Pro X64

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Chicken Patty

TotalChaos

20mmrain

bostonbuddy

New Member

Techtu

PopcornMachine

Techtu

TotalChaos

PopcornMachine

TotalChaos

(FIH) The Don

Radi_SVK

TotalChaos

BondExtreme

TotalChaos

BondExtreme

Athlonite

Shou Miko

Thrackan

Shou Miko

cadaveca

My name is Dave

Techtu

Athlonite

DanishDevil

Akumos

System Name	CosmosII
Processor	Ryzen 7700
Motherboard	Gigabyte b650 gaming x ax v2
Cooling	BeQuiet Pure Rock v2
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-6000 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	Inno3d RTX 4070 Ti Super
Storage	1tb Corsair MP600 Pro XT
Display(s)	34" Ultrawide
Case	Cosmos II
Audio Device(s)	stock onboard thing
Power Supply	RM850E
Software	½½

System Name	DESKTOP-DFEPB9I :D
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X @ 4.5GHz all cores full time, 1.225V
Motherboard	ROG Strix B550 E - gaming
Cooling	Silverstone Permafrost 240mm Radiator
Memory	32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600MHz (4x8GB)
Video Card(s)	Zotac RTX 3080 Trinity
Storage	Primary: Samsung Evo 970 500GB,Secondary: Samsung Evo 970 500GB + Samsung Evo 850 250GB
Display(s)	Gigabyte G27Q 27" 1440p 144Hz 1ms IPS, FreeSync Premium + Gsync
Case	Antec DP502 FLUX
Audio Device(s)	Asus Supreme FX on board
Power Supply	Corsair RM750W (2019)
Mouse	Corsair M65 Pro RGB
Keyboard	Corsair K70 V2 Cherry MX Brown
Software	Windows10 Pro x64

Processor	Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W @4.3GHz
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 PRO (REV 3.1) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM Fan
Memory	(16Gb) G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 970 GAMING 4G GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0
Storage	(2X) Kingston 120GB SSD in RAID 0 & WD Caviar 640GB & Samsung Spinpoint 1TB
Display(s)	VIZIO M321i-A2 32-Inch 1080p 120Hz Smart LED HDTV
Case	NZXT Source 210 ELITE Midtower Case with 3.0 USB - Black
Audio Device(s)	Creative 7.1 PCI Express Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium
Power Supply	Corsair CMPSU-750TX 750W
Software	Windows 8 Pro 64Bit

System Name	Cumquat 2021
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s)	PowerColor HellHound RX7800XT 2550cclk/2450mclk
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX7800XT via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 24H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)

System Name	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad L14 G2
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael (Waiting on 9800X3D) \ i5-1135G7 Tiger Lake-U
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 3.10 AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2a \ Lenowo BDPLANAR Bios 1.68
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo C-267C-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Radeon RX 590 Nitro+ SE (Wishes for RX 9070 XT Pulse) \| Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ WD RED SN700 1TB
Display(s)	KTC M27T20S 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| Innolux 14" 1080p
Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo L14 G2 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize \| L14 G2 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 IoT Enterprise 24H2 UK \| Win11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2 UK / Arch (Fan)
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr

System Name	Acer Aspire V3-771G-53218G75Maii
Processor	Core i5 3210M (2,5-3,1Ghz)
Memory	8GB DDR3 SODIMM
Video Card(s)	Geforce GT650M
Storage	Samsung 830 256GB - 750GB Toshiba drive
Software	Windows 7 x64 Home Premium (non-acer-bloatware)

System Name	Big Devil
Processor	Intel Core i5-2500K
Motherboard	ECS P67H2-A2
Cooling	XSPC Rasa \| Black Ice GT Stealth 240 \| XSPC X2O 750 \| 2x ACF12PWM \| PrimoChill White 7/16"
Memory	2x4GB Corsair Vengeance LP Arctic White 1600MHz CL9
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 780 ACX SC
Storage	Intel 520 Series 180GB + WD 1TB Blue
Display(s)	HP ZR30W 30" 2650x1600 IPS
Case	Corsair 600T SE
Audio Device(s)	Xonar Essence STX \| Sennheisser PC350 "Hero" Modded \| Corsair SP2500
Power Supply	ABS SL 1050W (Enermax Revolution Rebadge)
Software	Windows 8.1 x64 Pro w/ Media Center
Benchmark Scores	Ducky Year of the Snake w/ Cherry MX Browns & Year of the Tiger PBT Keycaps \| Razer Deathadder Black

Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.8GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte X48T-DQ6
Cooling	Zalman 9500 LED CPU Cooler
Memory	2x 2GB Corsair DDR3 XMS3 DHX - 1600MH/PC3-12800
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte HD4870 1GB
Storage	2x Seagate 320GB Barracuda (RAID 0) 3x 1TB Samsung F3, 140GB WD Maxtor (10,000rpm)
Display(s)	2x 20" LG Flatron L204WS
Power Supply	Powercool 850W
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64