All lame jingles aside…
What embodies Christmas more than a pure snow white gaming chassis made by
the guys with a snow flake for a logo, Fractal
Design.
The Fractal
Design Define R4 Windowed in White is on of the most feature packed
cases on the market to date.
Optimised for silent operation, by using dense heavy foam on all large panels
on the interior of the case. And a front door design which contains any front
intake fans that are installed, ensure silent yet cool operation.
For a mid tower case, the room inside the rig is pretty impressive, due to
the width but also the customisability of the HDD bays.
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This is the 5th and final blog in my Custom Water Cooling Series. Click here
to check out the rest of the blogs.
It's done! My water cooling loop is fully installed. I have had a good
tinker with the rig, pushing the limits of voltages and multipliers. This is
what I ended up with:
CPU: AMD Bulldozer
FX-8150 Octa-Core
Standard Clock: 3.6GHz
Over clocked: 4.214 GHz
GPU: EVGA
GTX 770 with ACX (once upon a time)
Standard: 1111MHz
Over clocked: 1332MHz
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This is part 4 of an ongoing series where I install a custom water cooling
loop in my rig. Click here
to read parts 1 to 3.
Today we find out whether the loop has any holes in it!
It is filling day. One of the most exciting and nerve racking portions of
installing a water cooling loop. This could make or break the install and there
are some important tips you will need to follow in order to do this correctly
and safely.
Firstly… Give compression fittings in the rig another
good tighten. ;)
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The second part of my Custom
Water Cooling Series has me pulling apart my previous build and giving
everything a good tidy up.
The Corsair
H100i comes out and will probably end up going into my BitFenix
Phenom build. I saved all the Corsair
SP120s to be moved over to the new build.
Corsair
have a couple of fans which should be of note to all rig builders out there. The
SP
series fans are designed to blast focused penetrating air through
radiators due to their static pressure optimized design. And the AF
series fans are designed to move large quantities of air, great if
you are looking to exhaust or intake to create air flow. Both of these fans come
with adapters to drop down voltages to get the fans as quiet as you'd like.
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For the longest time now I have been considering doing a full water cooled
loop in my system. Only held back by the fact that NZ doesn't have affordable
access to the parts required. This is no longer an issue. Mighty Ape has secured
a supplier with a full range of water cooling equipment to get your system water
cooled! I guess for a lot of you out there, this would be a real foreign
concept to you in regards to computing.
Is it really a good idea to be running water so close to
expensive electrical equipment?
To put your minds at ease, kits are available these days which take away much
of the guess work that used to be involved with putting a loop together. Methods
of fitting tubing has come along way to the point where above average rig
builders can put safe loops together with proper precaution.
The reason water cooling exists, is to accommodate power users who are
looking for a quiet operating rig, without sacrificing performance and super
high temperatures.
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One of the hottest cards in the market has landed in New Zealand with Asus
flavouring.
The Asus
GTX780 Ti is available now at an insane price!
With a boost clock of 928MHz, 3GB of GDDR3
with clock speeds of 7000MHz and a 384-bit memory
interface, this is one of the only Gaming Graphics cards that is ready
for your 4K gaming needs.
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EVGA has
just released their GeForce
GTX 780 Ti.
The highly anticipated card release comes in as the new king of
Graphics Cards.
Boasting 25% more cores than the GTX 780, this card is
really set to bring your gaming to another level. Fill your next generation
gaming needs with this truly beast graphics card.
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