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Random Murderer · Nov 16, 2012

Techtu said:
Not so sexy but just wanted to show what a tight fit I had putting in my graphics card...
http://img.techpowerup.org/121115/PB010001.jpg

"Smells good!"

Couldn't find the image of him from the Futurama episode "Three Hundred Big Boys" where Fry buys a cup of coffee and Nixon says, "smells good!"
Turns out this image is actually more fitting.

SonDa5 said:
Naked

http://minidriven.com/BlacknBlueforIB/Gskill2400CL10/sidemousedex.jpg

http://minidriven.com/BlacknBlueforIB/Gskill2400CL10/sidewaysnice.jpg

http://minidriven.com/BlacknBlueforIB/Gskill2400CL10/stickssidebyside.jpg

Nice HCH9!

PopcornMachine · Nov 16, 2012

Techtu said:
And what happens to my dog on bonfire night...
http://img.techpowerup.org/121115/PB050011.jpg

Poor doggy got scared.

MoonPig · Nov 17, 2012

Moving from my 1090T to a 3930K and my my D14 took the 1090T out of the socket... Had to use a hairdrier to get it off, ha.

Peter1986C · Nov 17, 2012

Never happened to me.

TotalChaos · Nov 17, 2012

If the system has cooled completely one might need to twist the cooler to break the seal. You might also take a close look for bent pins if the socket lock was in the closed position.

Athlonite · Nov 18, 2012

MoonPig said:
Moving from my 1090T to a 3930K and my my D14 took the 1090T out of the socket... Had to use a hairdrier to get it off, ha.

http://img.techpowerup.org/121117/IMAG0190.jpg

usually I hit the fins of the HSF with some heat (hair drier does a good job) before I use a gently twisting motion to break the seal and remove the HSF

but lucky for you MP it doesn't look like it bent any pins

Taurus_G4 · Nov 18, 2012

MoonPig said:
Moving from my 1090T to a 3930K and my my D14 took the 1090T out of the socket... Had to use a hairdrier to get it off, ha.

http://img.techpowerup.org/121117/IMAG0190.jpg

lol its actually funny cpu doesn't want let go of that cooler

Mussels · Nov 18, 2012

those chips stick to the heatsinks all the time. i tend to use a pin or razor blade to break the seal, then a drop of two of articlean to loose it up right away. greatly reduces the twisting effort required.

t_ski · Nov 18, 2012

The best thing to do is run some kind of CPU stress program to heat it up for a few minutes, then power it down and pull the heatsink.

HammerON · Nov 20, 2012

Nothing really special, but it is a new toy

Yes I know my system is dirty. Getting ready to clean and place in it's new home...

mlee49 · Nov 23, 2012

I love these cards.

Random Murderer · Nov 23, 2012

t_ski said:
The best thing to do is run some kind of CPU stress program to heat it up for a few minutes, then power it down and pull the heatsink.

That's what I do. Seems to work better and faster than the hairdryer method, though I must admit I've never had a stuck chip using either method. Before learning that trick though, my 754s used to stick all the time!

Cold Storm · Nov 24, 2012

The Black Friday fairy was nice to me this year

sneekypeet · Nov 26, 2012

Trying out some different sticks on the MVE...32GB now

radrok · Nov 27, 2012

4x8 1866 Dominator GT?

sneekypeet · Nov 27, 2012

radrok said:
4x8 1866 Dominator GT?

yes sir.

Random Murderer · Nov 27, 2012

sneekypeet said:
Trying out some different sticks on the MVE...32GB now
http://img.techpowerup.org/121126/DSC04190.jpg

Nice color collaboration you have there. Red and black has been done before, but that looks damn nice. :toast:

sneekypeet · Nov 27, 2012

Random Murderer said:
Nice color collaboration you have there. Red and black has been done before, but that looks damn nice.

All those years of DFI and Gigabyte boards, I missed out on all the rage then, so now its my turn :roll:

t_ski · Nov 27, 2012

sneekypeet said:
Trying out some different sticks on the MVE...32GB now
http://img.techpowerup.org/121126/DSC04190.jpg

Looking good peet :toast:

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Nov 28, 2012

I'll just drop these here

Athlon2K15 · Nov 28, 2012

Random Murderer · Nov 28, 2012

AthlonX2 said:
http://img.techpowerup.org/121128/SAM_2251.jpg

JL drivers, nice!
29 ohms though, that's an odd impedance...

Athlon2K15 · Nov 28, 2012

Random Murderer said:
JL drivers, nice!
29 ohms though, that's an odd impedance...

Have you seen any other headsets use JL 40mm drivers?

Random Murderer · Nov 28, 2012

AthlonX2 said:
Have you seen any other headsets use JL 40mm drivers?

Yeah, an old Sennheiser headset I had. They were 18 ohm impedance.
They sounded good, but I ended up swapping the drivers for some 32 ohm SFI orthodynamic drivers.

Cold Storm · Nov 29, 2012

Got bored...

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Power Supply	LEPA G1600-MA 1600W \| Corsair CX750M 750W
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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

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Case	Lancool
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Power Supply	Corsair HX850
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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
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Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
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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 ;)

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Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
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Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
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Case	Fractal Design R6
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Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

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Case	Silverstone TJ07
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200
Keyboard	Corsair K95
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Processor	AMD 7800X3D
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Cooling	MSI MAG CoreLiquid E360
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Case	Corsair 5000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	On-board
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G5
Mouse	Roccat Kone Pure
Keyboard	ASUS ROG Strix Scope II Wireless
Software	Win 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Always changing~

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Processor	9800x3D
Motherboard	Asus 870E STRIX
Cooling	Custom Water
Memory	32 GB 6400 MTs
Video Card(s)	Asus 3080 TUF
Storage	2TB Crucial T705
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Case	Lian Li O11 Dynamic
Audio Device(s)	ON BOARD FTW
Power Supply	Corsair 1000W
Mouse	Corsair something
Keyboard	Steelseries
Software	Win 10 64x

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Processor	AMD 1700x
Motherboard	AsRork x370 Taichi
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Storage	Too Many
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Case	Cooler Master Cosmos II
Power Supply	Cooler Master V1000
Mouse	SteelSeries Rival 500
Software	Win10 Pro
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Storage	Addlink S95 M.2 PCIe GEN 4x4 2TB
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Case	Thermaltake Core P3 TG
Audio Device(s)	Realtek on board > Sony Receiver > Cerwin Vegas
Power Supply	be quiet DARK POWER PRO 12 1500W
Mouse	ROG STRIX Impact Electro Punk
Keyboard	ROG STRIX Scope TKL Electro Punk
Software	Windows 11

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Memory	TridentZ RGB G.Skill C16 3600MHz
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Storage	Crucial MX SSDs
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Case	Core P5 Thermaltake
Audio Device(s)	Essence STX
Power Supply	AX 1500i
Mouse	Logitech
Keyboard	Corsair
Software	Win10

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Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 Aorus Elite Ax V2 / Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 r4.0 / Msi 970a Krait
Cooling	Msi Mag Core liquid / H100i / Cryo-pc Cooler
Memory	2 x32 GB Gskil Ripjaws v series / 4x 8gb G.Skill Snipers / 2x 8gb G.Skill Ripjaws
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Rx 6800xt / Msi RX580 / Gigabyte R9 290x
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Case	Corsair 780t White / Raidmax Vampire / NZXT Phantom 240
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Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero / Logitech G500s / Logitech wireless
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe / Corsair k50 / Logitech wireless
Software	Win 11 pro / Win 11 pro / Win 11 pro
Benchmark Scores	What are benchmarks anyway?

Processor	Intel Core i9 11900K
Motherboard	MSI Z590 Carbon EK X
Cooling	Custom Water
Memory	Team DDR4 4000MHz
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Power Supply	Asus Thor 1200w
Mouse	Asus Strix Evolve
Keyboard	Asus Strix Claymore

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