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Building a new system

Demon Forge

By Demon Forge,
Posted on: 2011-12-29 23:30 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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Originally Posted by FourthHorseman View Post
Got everything in today, system is working perfectly. It's like going from a golf cart to a Ferrari. Everything works great in high/ultra. The only bad part was I managed to cut my fingers on the aftermarket heat sink/fan i bought.Thanks again for everyone's help.
Excellent! I'm really glad we were able to point you to something you like.

And as Father pointed out, it's normal for there to be a bit of blood your first time.

Happy gaming!


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Cases are a lot better nowadays, maybe the really cheap ones will draw blood still but for me it's usually a pricked finger or scraped knuckle on the backside of a expansion card.

As for heat pipe tower coolers my first experience was with a Scythe Ninja almost 10 years ago and quickly discovered it was aptly named (cools the CPU and can make beautiful scallop potatoes just that quick). I now use cotton work gloves when I position that style of heat sink.

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Actually the case wasn't bad, even though the video card was a tighter fit than id like. This is what got me http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835118003. Apparently it happens to a lot of people, as i read about in the newegg reviews.

Yeah. I used to be a big fan of the Zalman coolers.

But they haven't taken the trouble to refine their retention mechanisms in several years now. While the Intel retention mechanism isn't *Insert one's prime mover*'s gift to heatsink mounting, it's brain-dead simple and just works.

That and the sheer vertical clearance required by their coolers is a bit...

Let's just say I've mounted some CPU heatsinks with some VERY large surface area. And the Zalmans are just too damn tall.


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Its really where wide cases like the Cooler Master HAF or 690 II Advanced make you appreicate the extra inch of room they offer.

I for one am glad Antec got rid of the dual chambers on their P280.

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