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allen175 · 01-03-2012 3:26am

oh didn't know that the 6950 used that heatsink.

Thor · 01-03-2012 3:28am

allen175 wrote: »

oh didn't know that the 6950 used that heatsink.

Yeah it's the 2GB directcuII version, Amazing heatsink. graphics card is silent even at load.

allen175 · 01-03-2012 3:32am

yeah its good, nice and cool, but i do find it to be abit loud under load, not as loud as my old gtx260.

Thor · 01-03-2012 3:34am

allen175 wrote: »

yeah its good, nice and cool, but i do find it to be abit loud under load, not as loud as my old gtx260.

I was shocked out quiet this thing was, Coming from two gtx 470's that was going to happen no matter what card i got.

But the fans don't get any louder with load. I haven't overclocked it at all, even though it's really designed for it.

Might give it a shot now, but going to upgrade to a 7970 in the coming months.

Tea_Bag · 01-03-2012 11:06am

I've always wanted to know what the story is with reviewers. do they ship you that stuff for free, then you return it after a few weeks?

if you give a negative review, do they get angry and not ship you more stuff?

deejer · 01-03-2012 11:10am

Tea_Bag wrote: »

I've always wanted to know what the story is with reviewers. do they ship you that stuff for free, then you return it after a few weeks?

if you give a negative review, do they get angry and not ship you more stuff?

More importantly how do you become a reviewer!

Thor · 01-03-2012 7:19pm

Tea_Bag wrote: »

I've always wanted to know what the story is with reviewers. do they ship you that stuff for free, then you return it after a few weeks?

if you give a negative review, do they get angry and not ship you more stuff?

Depends on the company.

The processor i have at the moment came from Intel and i will have to send it back, Which it will be replaced by a 3930K for my use(Also review)

I bought the motherboard myself as I was upgrading anyway.

I do all the reviewing for my site geektech.ie and generally the best way to become a reviewer is to review things and keep reviewing things and to have a steady place to put those reviews.

The more stuff you review in any given category the more hits your site makes and thus the easy it is to get products to review.

Tea_Bag · 01-03-2012 11:26pm

and do Intel contract you or the other way around?

Thor · 01-03-2012 11:30pm

Tea_Bag wrote: »

and do Intel contract you or the other way around?

I contacted them.

Pangea · 03-03-2012 12:59am

Heres my new PC.

http://i.imgur.com/Z1Udc.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/zj9Xu.jpg

I added a SSD since I took the photo aswell.

FlyingIrishMan · 03-03-2012 4:50pm

Pangea wrote: »

Heres my new PC.

http://i.imgur.com/Z1Udc.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/zj9Xu.jpg

I added a SSD since I took the photo aswell.

Please take that plastic cover off

I don't understand why people leave them on.

Pangea · 04-03-2012 1:58am

FlyingIrishMan wrote: »

Please take that plastic cover off
I don't understand why people leave them on.

lol I suppose I should

I just kept it on to avoid any bumps and scrapes to the front in the first few days.

twinsen · 05-03-2012 11:55am

Pangea wrote: »

Heres my new PC.

http://i.imgur.com/Z1Udc.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/zj9Xu.jpg

I added a SSD since I took the photo aswell.

What a mess

IrishMetalhead · 05-03-2012 3:18pm

Pangea wrote: »

Heres my new PC.

http://i.imgur.com/Z1Udc.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/zj9Xu.jpg

I added a SSD since I took the photo aswell.

ohh dear god! someone nicked your gpu mate! =P
J\K I know we're all not gamers here but it's still weird looking at a custom machine without one, what are the full specs there?

Grim. · 07-03-2012 2:34am

New build finished (for now :P)

Specs
i7 3820 @3.6
Asus Rampage Formula iv
16gb Corsair Vengeance 1866
Gainward Gtx 580 Phantom
Corsair Force Series 3 120GB

FlyingIrishMan · 07-03-2012 2:35am

That looks awesome.
So neat and tidy, and I like the red and black colour scheme.

M00lers · 07-03-2012 9:14am

Nice rig Grim, always had a softspot for those Phantoms, how quiet/noisy are they while gaming?

Thor · 07-03-2012 9:24am

Looks badass Grim, Going for the black/red theme myself, Asus made a nice choice using red/black as there colour scheme and it makes the overall theme of a case nice.

The only issue I'm having is the Noctua fans i have, They kinda ruin the theme. Going to have to change them.

Anyone any recommendations for decent fans that are either full black or black/dark red

Serephucus · 07-03-2012 12:13pm

There's Phobya's Nano-G fans, Cooler Master's SickleFlows and Enermax Magmas (was looking at this myself at one point). That's about all the comes to mind. If you want plain black, there's Akasa's Apache fans. I'm using them at the moment.

M00lers · 07-03-2012 12:29pm

You could add Noiseblocker fans to that list also, never used them myself but they are highly regarded, supposed to be very quiet too.

ShadowHearth · 07-03-2012 2:00pm

Grim. are those "phantom" GPUs are with no fans? i have seen some gtx570 phantom too.

M00lers · 07-03-2012 2:53pm

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Grim. are those "phantom" GPUs are with no fans? i have seen some gtx570 phantom too.

They have 3 fans under the shroud as far as I can remember. There's a 3GB version of a GTX580 which was on my most wanted list.

M00lers · 07-03-2012 3:06pm

Some pics of the "Phantom"!!

Gainward-GeForce-GTX-570-Phantom-Video-Card.jpg

550x-Gainward-Phantom-GTX570-2.jpg

Serephucus · 07-03-2012 3:10pm

Three 80mm fans? Well that thing's going to be whisper quiet!

Grim. · 07-03-2012 3:26pm

re the Phantom its very quiet at idle and much quieter at load than a stock nvidia fan, cooling wise its very good idling at 28c and load average of about 60/65c in a case with pretty bad airflow (at least the way i have it set up)

edit: just thought i'd add I've had the card for about 6 months i would have gone for the 7970 if buying now the upgrades for this build were the mobo, ram, cpu and ssd

deejer · 07-03-2012 6:05pm

Serephucus wrote: »

There's Phobya's Nano-G fans, Cooler Master's SickleFlows and Enermax Magmas (was looking at this myself at one point). That's about all the comes to mind. If you want plain black, there's Akasa's Apache fans. I'm using them at the moment.

+1 for the magmas. excellent fans

deceit · 11-03-2012 12:14am

No where near as tidy as the previous rig but as previous pics show its going through a transformation. The amd raystorm bracket is on order, next will be the gpu's, waterblocks for gpu's, motherboard block, two d5 pumps and a drive bay res. The board is a crosshair V and the cpu is an 8150.

darego · 11-03-2012 1:10am

Grim. wrote: »

New build finished (for now :P)

Specs
i7 3820 @3.6
Asus Rampage Formula iv
16gb Corsair Vengeance 1866
Gainward Gtx 580 Phantom
Corsair Force Series 3 120GB

what case is that mate?

Tea_Bag · 11-03-2012 3:35am

looks like a Corsair 800D

Pangea · 11-03-2012 4:52am

IrishMetalhead wrote: »

ohh dear god! someone nicked your gpu mate! =P
J\K I know we're all not gamers here but it's still weird looking at a custom machine without one, what are the full specs there?

lol Integrated Graphics will do the job for me. I don't do gaming on PC's.

Heres the specs
LiteOn iHAS122-18 schwarz SATA
Crucial M4 64GB SSD 6,4cm (2,5")
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1000GB, SATA II (HD103SJ)
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9
Intel Core i5-2500K Box, LGA1155
FRACTAL DESIGN Gehäuse DEFINE R3 Black Pearl
Ultron Cardreader 75-in-1, intern, schwarz
ASRock Z68 Pro3 Gen3, Sockel 1155, ATX
Super-Flower SF450P14XE Golden Green Pro 80plus gold

twinsen wrote: »

What a mess

I suppose it is, I never noticed. I didn't build it but I might tidy it up if I can get the wires hidden easily.

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