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Out of curiosity, why are those top fans intakes?

looks like positive airflow to me. i see 3 in and i bet the rear is exhaust!

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5 dots of thermal paste since my current heatsink has direct contact heatpipes, it wouldnt effective if i use single drop coz the rest will bleed into its groove so i put 5 dots :-P

i do the same tbh, works a lot better for pastes that dont spread and when using little
 
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Out of curiosity, why are those top fans intakes?

Of all the things to ask, you ask the least important question. But since it's you, I am not surprised.

looks like positive airflow to me. i see 3 in and i bet the rear is exhaust!

No.



I have found that high-speed ram degrades over time without cooling, Hynix and Samsung-based sticks equally so, even at "stock" 1.65 V. This is why those sticks over 2400 MHz generally come with fans, IMHO, and I think some company reps told me this, buty I cannot remember exactly who it was, now. I push way higher voltage than 1.65 V when testing, since DDR3 spec requires sticks can handle up to 1.9 V without taking damage(they don't have to work right for that requirement, simply be capable of booting successfully). That's why you see "extreme" guys pushing 1.85 V through their sticks, since most ICs still scale up to that voltage. The problem is that CPUs do not...still today. I cannot max out a few sets I have here on air. I've also killed more than a few sets of expensive ram recently, not just CPUs. The one set I really did not want to die...the one I use to test motherboards, one stick wouldn't even boot, and that set never saw more than 1.75 V when initially testing, and did 2933 MHz+ with 1.65V. I ran it for near a year at 2666 MHz, most often without airflow in my test-bench. Another set, my Dominator Platinum 2666 C10 set, it's degraded, but didn't come with a fan. Killed a few sets of Hynix MFR-based ram already too.


I was supposed to be posting a motherboard review every week, and between CPU and memory deaths, plus having my house flood, that's just not been possible. There's a few key people out there that work at these tech companies that have helped me out in a huge way the past couple of weeks, otherwise, I would not be back to doing reviews, this week.:rockout:


Anyway, no fan on the ram, so the fans up top blow directly into the case, bringing a tonne of fresh air of the sticks and CPU VRM. Case doesn't ever have it's door on unless I moved it to where I might kick it. :p
 
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Here I go. :p

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That's a nice monitor. My friend's mom had that one until lightning hit the house and took the monitor and a few light bulbs with it. Surprisingly good for a TN panel.

True. The contrast is marvelous. Better than any TN panel I have ever seen. But I am disappointed with the viewing angle. :o I had an old LG W1943S for 3.5 years until a thief came and decided to break it. :( It was good too and it had good viewing angles but contrast and liveliness were not good compared to this one.
 
Of all the things to ask, you ask the least important question. But since it's you, I am not surprised.

I have a reputation to uphold! But after that explanation, I can see why you want your sexy RAM encounters to last a little longer.
 
And more pics when benching (please):toast:
 
its 54mm thick and im guessing (whats dual chamber lol)

im hoping it works as i got a 360 and 240 rad just for the cpu.


i should have a new case on the way, but the order is still being processed after i paid moooarr for next day delivery :mad:

this watercooling shiz is addictive, they wasnt lying!!
 
its 54mm thick and im guessing (whats dual chamber lol)

im hoping it works as i got a 360 and 240 rad just for the cpu.


i should have a new case on the way, but the order is still being processed after i paid moooarr for next day delivery :mad:

this watercooling shiz is addictive, they wasnt lying!!
Ha ahhaha your weren't joking! Dual chamber has two cores running through the rad.. It wont have a single core for the coolant to flow through but a twin core that allows dual streams of coolant to pass by and get cooled from the fans and radiator fins.
 
i found this kit at work some couple a days ago, and figured out why, they was taken out from a computer/server that needed upgrading so, i asked my boss what he wanted for them, and he gave them to me, and i was like thx a lot :D

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so now the computer i am building for my wife can have 8gb in total, so it's getting better and better ^^
 
i found this kit at work some couple a days ago, and figured out why, they was taken out from a computer/server that needed upgrading so, i asked my boss what he wanted for them, and he gave them to me, and i was like thx a lot :D

http://i885.photobucket.com/albums/...rline 4GB/IMG_20130802_142929_zpsa412e36d.jpg

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so now the computer i am building for my wife can have 8gb in total, so it's getting better and better ^^

Thats a nice set of sticks, and for free :eek:
 
Thats a nice set of sticks, and for free :eek:

yap, for free, so i am happy and i guess lucky aswell ^^

my boss got me for give for free for like 4months already so, he don't pay me anything and i am happy to work there so why complain :D
 
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