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agreed, still i dont find the Corsair link to be more of a gimmick, i controll my fan via the motherboard wich is enough for me, for the plastic backplate i could ask a friend to do a custom metal one (with electric isolation ofc) a stronger bracket it would be harder so i have to be cautious when mounting/unmounting it :D
Even if it is a gimmick, it definitely comes in handy if you're utilizing all of your motherboard's headers or using all that allow control. It's just a nice touch, you know?
And I agree about using another backplate, but it would have been nice to get a metal backplate in the box was my point.

The bracket on my h55 is metal, did it use to be plastic? The back plate is plastic though.
as i read it, he was only talking of the backplate to be plastic.
Correct. I meant that the bracket was flimsy metal that got its rigidity from the bent sides, and that the backplate was plastic.
 
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As promised the pics.

The rest of the parts should be here over the next week or so.







 
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cheers mate. all s well that ends well. then she boots . . .
 

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It's funny because it wasn't me. ;) just want to remind you that my primary school made us play this game when I was 5. so it's not special, but ur right. seeing it now is even worse. just listen to the commentary.
 
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Right. Tomorrow my intel cooler arrives. it is better than stock cooling.
 
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Tubing is getting changed to EK matte Black just as soon as i get it although i'm going to be going matx soon hence the matx board.

Bit of a mish mash of different coulours at the minute as i wasn't planning on getting a Green Mobo.
 
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Got this puppy today, I just came back from work and found some goodies:



I'm a little bit of a Battlefield lover:



This is my first AMD card since my good old HD3850 AGP, man, has it been that long?



Looks like all 290X cards are reference designs so far, all XFX did was put a sticker on the fan :p



Radeon, a proud name:



Really looking forward to put this puppy to its paces, will upload more photos, it'll go along with my 4770K in my HAF XB rig, will keep you guys posted, let me know what you think ;)

EDIT: OK, as promised, here are pics of my rig, this is before removing the 680s:



This is with the 290X in:



Playing a BluRay on my PS3 while Win 8 installs :)



After a fresh install of Win 8, don't worry the rig boots directly to desktop and looks just like Win 7 after installing Start is back, I haven;t installed any games yet :p



A close up of the rig, all storage drives are solid state, so no worries about that sub woofer affecting any HDD:



So let me know what you guys think about this new rig :)
 
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very nice mate.
 

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The sheer joy of resurrecting a rig using old parts that are just lying around. I've dug out most of my 2010~11 stuff.



 
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Got this puppy today, I just came back from work and found some goodies:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7595.jpg

I'm a little bit of a Battlefield lover:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7597.jpg

This is my first AMD card since my good old HD3850 AGP, man, has it been that long?

http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7598.jpg

Looks like all 290X cards are reference designs so far, all XFX did was put a sticker on the fan :p

http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7600.jpg

Radeon, a proud name:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7602.jpg

Really looking forward to put this puppy to its paces, will upload more photos, it'll go along with my 4770K in my HAF XB rig, will keep you guys posted, let me know what you think ;)

EDIT: OK, as promised, here are pics of my rig, this is before removing the 680s:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7614.jpg

This is with the 290X in:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7617.jpg

Playing a BluRay on my PS3 while Win 8 installs :)

http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7645.jpg

After a fresh install of Win 8, don't worry the rig boots directly to desktop and looks just like Win 7 after installing Start is back, I haven;t installed any games yet :p

http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7643.jpg

A close up of the rig, all storage drives are solid state, so no worries about that sub woofer affecting any HDD:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7633.jpg

So let me know what you guys think about this new rig :)

why you switch from two 680 in SLi to the red team ? Why not wait for the 780 Ti ?
 
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Got this puppy today, I just came back from work and found some goodies:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7595.jpg

I'm a little bit of a Battlefield lover:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7597.jpg

This is my first AMD card since my good old HD3850 AGP, man, has it been that long?

http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7598.jpg

Looks like all 290X cards are reference designs so far, all XFX did was put a sticker on the fan :p

http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7600.jpg

Radeon, a proud name:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7602.jpg

Really looking forward to put this puppy to its paces, will upload more photos, it'll go along with my 4770K in my HAF XB rig, will keep you guys posted, let me know what you think ;)

EDIT: OK, as promised, here are pics of my rig, this is before removing the 680s:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7614.jpg

This is with the 290X in:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7617.jpg

Playing a BluRay on my PS3 while Win 8 installs :)

http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7645.jpg

After a fresh install of Win 8, don't worry the rig boots directly to desktop and looks just like Win 7 after installing Start is back, I haven;t installed any games yet :p

http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7643.jpg

A close up of the rig, all storage drives are solid state, so no worries about that sub woofer affecting any HDD:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7633.jpg

So let me know what you guys think about this new rig :)

 

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Got this puppy today, I just came back from work and found some goodies:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7595.jpg

I'm a little bit of a Battlefield lover:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7597.jpg

This is my first AMD card since my good old HD3850 AGP, man, has it been that long?

http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7598.jpg

Looks like all 290X cards are reference designs so far, all XFX did was put a sticker on the fan :p

http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7600.jpg

Radeon, a proud name:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131025/IMG_7602.jpg

Really looking forward to put this puppy to its paces, will upload more photos, it'll go along with my 4770K in my HAF XB rig, will keep you guys posted, let me know what you think ;)

EDIT: OK, as promised, here are pics of my rig, this is before removing the 680s:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7614.jpg

This is with the 290X in:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7617.jpg

Playing a BluRay on my PS3 while Win 8 installs :)

http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7645.jpg

After a fresh install of Win 8, don't worry the rig boots directly to desktop and looks just like Win 7 after installing Start is back, I haven;t installed any games yet :p

http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7643.jpg

A close up of the rig, all storage drives are solid state, so no worries about that sub woofer affecting any HDD:

http://img.techpowerup.org/131026/IMG_7633.jpg

So let me know what you guys think about this new rig :)

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Memory 4x16GBs DDR5 6000MHz Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s) Zotac RTX 4090 AMP Extreme Airo
Storage 2TB Samsung 990 Pro OS - 4TB Nextorage G Series Games - 8TBs WD Black Storage
Display(s) LG C2 OLED 42" 4K 120Hz HDR G-Sync enabled TV
Case Asus ROG Helios EVA Edition
Audio Device(s) Denon AVR-S910W - 7.1 Klipsch Dolby ATMOS Speaker Setup - Audeze Maxwell
Power Supply beQuiet Straight Power 12 1500W
Mouse Asus ROG Keris EVA Edition - Asus ROG Scabbard II EVA Edition
Keyboard Asus ROG Strix Scope EVA Edition
VR HMD Samsung Odyssey VR
Software Windows 11 Pro 64bit
why you switch from two 680 in SLi to the red team ? Why not wait for the 780 Ti ?

I wanted to give the 290X a try, I think it has very good potential, and there are some features you just can't currently access on Nvidia cards,( just like NVIDIA cards have, like physx and shield streaming to cite a couple) I know my 680s might be faster but I wanna have an AMD box that offers access to Mantle and TruAudio, I know neither tech is proven yet, but I believe the potential is there and I wanted to give AMD a try after so many years, the 290X might have some neat tricks in store :)

Even if the 780Ti ends up being faster and cheaper than Titan (and the 290X by extension), chances are the silicon is still going to be the same GK110 found on my other Titans, so I stand to gain nothing by investing on a new Nvidia card at the moment, that may all change once silicon based on Maxwell is released :)
 
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