Sexy Hardware Close-Up Pic Clubhouse.

[srsparky32]

I had to cool my Asus GTX Titan like that with the stock cooler if it didn't wanted it to throttle even after re-paste and air blowed the cooler it selv clean it still had problems so not really excited about the reference cooler sadly.

that sucks, but i havent run into cooling problems with this ref 780. i just put the fan there because it looks cool, and it can only help the cooling that much more.

PS back when fermi was a thing, it was recommended that you dont replace the factory thermal compound and seating of the heatsink. i dont know if that still stands true today, but it would make sense.

 

[R-T-B]

I had to cool my Asus GTX Titan like that with the stock cooler if it didn't wanted it to throttle even after re-paste and air blowed the cooler it selv clean it still had problems so not really excited about the reference cooler sadly.

I think looks are the only thing the reference cooler has. It looks kind of cool, but it sucks in performance.

 

[dorsetknob]

not sure if really sexy, but still dat hardware. i really just wanted to show you all my anti vibration solution.

Not saying its not Sexy but its more for the ghetto thread

 

[cadaveca]

Yessir, itsa hurr!

(even if only a loaner for a few days)

 

[FireFox]

 

[tabascosauz]

Human interface devices are important hardware too. "Peripheral" is too dismissive a term for the only parts of your computer that you actually touch on a day-to-day basis.

 

[R-T-B]

Human interface devices are important hardware too. "Peripheral" is too dismissive a term for the only parts of your computer that you actually touch on a day-to-day basis.

OOoh, pretty! Can I touch?

 

[tabascosauz]

OOoh, pretty! Can I touch?

Of course!...if you have

£99 for the white POK3R + $110 for the Tex aluminum case + $85 for the EnjoyPBT Cyrillic set + $40 for the GMK RGB colored modifiers, and

£99 for the black POK3R + £50 for the Mechboards aluminum case + $99 for the Modern Selectric set + $125 for the Troubled Minds set from which the Escape key comes

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$running out of money$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$wallet empty$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$no money for computer parts $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$crying

damn this is one expensive hobby, I hope the day never comes when I get tired of my M40X cans and become an audiophile at the same time. Being an audiophile just as bad for your wallet!

 

[R-T-B]

Of course!...if you have

£99 for the white POK3R + $110 for the Tex aluminum case + $85 for the EnjoyPBT Cyrillic set + $40 for the GMK RGB colored modifiers, and

£99 for the black POK3R + £50 for the Mechboards aluminum case + $99 for the Modern Selectric set + $125 for the Troubled Minds set from which the Escape key comes

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$running out of money$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$wallet empty$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$no money for computer parts $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$crying

damn this is one expensive hobby, I hope the day never comes when I get tired of my M40X cans and become an audiophile at the same time. Being an audiophile just as bad for your wallet!

I'm half audiophile half keyboardphile (is that a thing now?) Fortunately I can afford being halfway on both, but barely.

 

[TheHunter]

A bit of paint.net editing,

Old 780

new 980Ti

 

[Random Murderer]

View attachment 75583

Do you have any shots of what the heck is going on over the chipset?

 

[AsRock]

While magnet hunting i thought i would get a shot of a HDD.

 

[GC_PaNzerFIN]

Yessir, itsa hurr!

(even if only a loaner for a few days)

What a tease! Would cry sending that beauty away. Absolutely no need for it, yet I want it. And I want it now.

 

[cadaveca]

What a tease! Would cry sending that beauty away. Absolutely no need for it, yet I want it. And I want it now.

Intel media contacts in most global regions do not respond to my requests for product sampling, so I have to hope that board partners help me out with that. I've been pretty lucky in getting chips so far, but for this CPU I must return the CPU when I am done testing the Gigabyte motherboard it was included with.

I have ES 3960X, 4960X, 4790K, 6700K, 5930K. Would love to do a proper CPU review. I'll try contacting them again to get samples, but ain't gonna hold me breath.

It's pretty silly in my eyes, seeing how other sites wit hfar less traffic get chips without any problems at all. Reviews on this CPU were posted May 31st. Maybe I'll post my own using this chip... but then Intel ahs no reason to talk to me, I guess. CAD$2250 is too much to pay for one for reviews.

 

[Recon-UK]

Might have to take a pic of my old ass AM3 board and insane looking custom GTX 580 Hydro Copper 2 with an air cooler... Yeah... Battered and well used, dusty too

 

[jsfitz54]

CAD$2250 is too much to pay for one for reviews.

I would think, in a global economy, that large multinational companies would spread the review money around. So who in Canada, is getting a slice of the pie?

 

[cadaveca]

I would think, in a global economy, that large multinational companies would spread the review money around. So who in Canada, is getting a slice of the pie?

Quite a few sites with like 1/10th the traffic. Just google "i7-6950X review" and look at the long list of sites.

That said, I did speak with an agent from Intel on the phone today who was calling in response to my request to Intel. So hopefully we can get things changed in the near future.

 

[Recon-UK]

I have a pretty bad camera that's attached to a pretty pathetic phone so i doctored the images as best as i could in Gimp.


AMD Phenom II dual core 555 BE unlocked into full Quad B55 at 4.1ghz under a Hyper TX3 on a MSI 790FX-GD70, and me holding it up with one hand lol.

EVGA GeForce GTX 580 HydroCopper 2 under a GELID Icy Vision 2 wit sexy Back Plate.

 

[Recon-UK]

Not exactly PC hardware, but I do have two custom XBOX's I worked on.
Also note better image quality, yeah my old Nokia N95 died

 

[Recon-UK]

Last one for me for now. X58 Pro. My daily driver.

 

[FireFox]

Do you have any shots of what the heck is going on over the chipset?

isn't Sexy anymore

 

[Random Murderer]

isn't Sexy anymore
View attachment 75642

Wha... What happened there? What's cooling the MOSFETs?

 

[khemist]

Couldn't resist!.

 

[Random Murderer]

Couldn't resist!.

Are you going to watercool it?

 

[khemist]

Probably at a later date, new Heatkiller blocks aren't out yet and i need to see how my build comes on in the new case.