Thanks! I had 3 of them from my old build, so I just reused them. I originally had 2 in RAID 0 and one in my MacBook Pro, but I got rid of the Mac so threw the third one in my new desktop. I was originally going to get an Intel 750 PCI-E SSD, but I figured it wasn't worth $400 over what I had.Very clean Geoff!
Why did you choose for 3x 840 RAID 0 vs M.2? Did you transfer them from your old build?
I can't wait to start overclocking it!Beast of a machine Geoff! Should be able to handle anything you throw at it for the next few years.
And that Noctura heatsink is massive.
Thanks! I love the look of the new board and RAM, goes very well with my white/red/black theme. This is the new G.Skill Ripjaw V RAM as well.Looks great Geoff!, love that board. The new G.Skill RAM looks pretty darn nice aswell. I had the MSI 980Ti's before I swapped them for my EVGA SC ones. They were great cards, Solid build, super quiet. Loved the backplate on them aswell!
Yeah it's a full size ATX board, but the case makes it look tinyThat mATX board in an ATX case though
Looks pretty good though mang.
Edit: I guess that case is just roomy enough to have that effect on full ATX boards
Btw, it's M3A32-MVP Deluxe 790FX (supports 4-way CFX), AMD Phenom II X2 555BE and 3x HD5770 1GBs3 way Crossfire? Check.
Large fan for 3 way Crossfire? Check
Dinky little AMD stock heatsink and fan? Check
Something seems a bit off here...
That thing looks like amazing. Makes me want a bigger case window.
90 percent of the reason I want a water cooler, is because they look awesome. I'm assuming it's a custom loop? Those radiators all across the top?
Yeah I smashed these up so hard if you shake them you can hear the bits of platter rattling around in the disks.Smashing hard drives is always a good afternoon project. I dismantled a few so hard that the disc themselves got loose. One of my roommates still has a 500GB platter hanging from his rearview mirror that I gave him.
I noticed my temperatures were topping out at 96C last night and since it isn't raining today, I decided to give the PC a good dusting out. I know there is still some dust but it's the best I could do with two cans of compressed air (which lose pressure very quickly!) and I'm building a new PC in the next few months anyway.
And now my temperatures at 100% load are a bit more like what I'd expect for an i5 with a 4.3GHz overclock cooled by a cheap cooler.
Most of the dust was still in the garden abut 2 hours after I dusted it out, haha! There was a hell of a lot of dust. I haven't cleaned it out since July 2014.
When I upgrade to an i7 soon I'm hopefully going to get a better case. I'm interested in a white NZXT H440 and I might also get a new cooler. I'm looking at the CM 212 or the Corsair H55 or a Thermalright True Spirit. I've had this case for 5 years now, nice to get something a bit smarter looking.
Whilst I was at it I also decided to dispose of three hard disks that died on me over summer. Always good fun smashing them up! It turns out the Western Digital Green is much easier to destroy than the Seagate Barracuda - the Seagate SSHD was very easy being a small 2.5" drive.