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Dgtl
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FragKrag
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DOA = Dead on Arrival = part is broken before you open the box. As for the GTS 250 and the i7, the 860 was only $20 more than the 750 at microcenter so I went for the 860. The GTS 250 was $90 after MIR which I thought was a pretty good deal. I plan on upgrading the GPU eventually though. Just using the GTS 250 to run a monitor or something. | ||
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sob3k
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DemiSe
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About the cable management, I've seen much worse, so don't beat yourself up about it ;>. Appreciate the pictures very much, makes it more interesting to read in my opinion. Always been interesting in overclocking but never put any effort into learning about it, but this made me "read up" on overclocking actually. | ||
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FragKrag
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Still want to try to fix the cable management though. I'm trying to make as much use as possible of the space in the back of the hard drive case. The GTS 250 is a bit wobbly though so I'm really careful around it. | ||
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AyeH
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edit. and like others said, you can't cable manage in a 300 unless you bring out tools. i hate a cluttered computer. and you should've gotten a silverstone 100% modular psu (decathalon) considering the whole wire management thing. | ||
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Oracle
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On June 20 2010 11:41 FragKrag wrote: EOL = End of Lifetime = no more support. An example would be Windows 2000 or Pentium 4. Usually means the hardware is old. DOA = Dead on Arrival = part is broken before you open the box. As for the GTS 250 and the i7, the 860 was only $20 more than the 750 at microcenter so I went for the 860. The GTS 250 was $90 after MIR which I thought was a pretty good deal. I plan on upgrading the GPU eventually though. Just using the GTS 250 to run a monitor or something. You shoulda got a 930 instead, and then you could just buy another card for SLI and they would both run at X16 instead of X8 | ||
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FragKrag
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The Corsair HX650 is 100% modular except for the 24pin and the 8pin, both of which I would be using anyways. Koltz: nah, I don't need the X58 platform, and I don't plan on running very powerful cards in crossfire. The i7 930 has a higher TDP which I don't want to deal with, higher power usage, and I would end up spending the extra money on features I don't actually need. Sure, the extra PCIe lanes are awesome and all, but I don't really plan on using them. Besides, SLI GTS 250 definitely does not need the full PCIe bandwidth :p | ||
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AyeH
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On June 20 2010 14:53 FragKrag wrote: Well the Antec 300 was free as a present so I decided to use it. My original plan was a CM HAF 922, which would have made the build much cleaner and better looking :< The Corsair HX650 is 100% modular except for the 24pin and the 8pin, both of which I would be using anyways. Koltz: nah, I don't need the X58 platform, and I don't plan on running very powerful cards in crossfire. The i7 930 has a higher TDP which I don't want to deal with, higher power usage, and I would end up spending the extra money on features I don't actually need. Sure, the extra PCIe lanes are awesome and all, but I don't really plan on using them. Besides, SLI GTS 250 definitely does not need the full PCIe bandwidth :p It is not 100% modular if it isn't 100% modular! I learned to appreciate 100% PSUs when I started sleeving cables... Corsair is a great PSU but a bitch to sleeve... | ||
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FragKrag
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AyeH
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On June 20 2010 14:58 FragKrag wrote: I don't see the point in having the two cables you will always use as modulars. I don't plan on sleeving cables either. What's the point? Because some people like to make your computers look really good? For instance murdermod pc's... like this one ![[image loading]](http://img8.abload.de/img/final8u0mj.jpg) .. also, 100% modular PSUs are way more convenient when taking apart the computer. Some people build computers and make em look good as a hobby. | ||
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mahnini
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On June 20 2010 08:52 blabber wrote: hey I have the same case. Do you get interference when using the front panel audio jacks? yep my mic apparently makes noises over vent and stuff if i plug into the front audio so i'm stuck plugging it into the back. | ||
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