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Womwomwom
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Bambipwnsu
Canada698 Posts
On September 29 2011 01:37 Womwomwom wrote: Obviously its louder, it has one extra fan. Not to mention Fractal uses sleeve bearing fans while Lian Li is probably using ball bearing fans and the Lian Li's rear 120mm fan is spinning at a crazy 1500RPM. Swapping out the rear 120mm fan for something slower is probably going to do a lot because OEM quality fans spinning that fast simply sound like shit no matter what. What fan brand/model would you recommend? | ||
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Womwomwom
5930 Posts
Gelids, Nexus Real Silents, Scythe, and Antec TrueQuiets are your best bets. Noctua is an absolute waste of cash, don't bother with them. On September 29 2011 01:43 PolSC2 wrote: Is an 850watt bronze certified power supply be able to power two http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102918 in crossfire? EDIT: Or a 650 gold? EDIT 2: Also, is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130611 a decent mobo to support crossfire? I don't want to go with super cheap items. ASRock P67 EXTREME4 is your best bet still I think. Is there a reason why you want Z68. It doesn't give you anything but QuickSync or SSD caching, both rather useless features for consumers and gamers. | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On September 29 2011 01:50 Bambipwnsu wrote: What fan brand/model would you recommend? Delta. (shh dont tell him) | ||
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PolSC2
United States634 Posts
On September 29 2011 01:56 Womwomwom wrote: Doesn't the Fractal Design Core 3000 come with a PCI fan controller? Assuming the Lian Li fans aren't using molex like old Antec fans do, you can just hook the noisy fans to the controller and decrease their speed. Gelids, Nexus Real Silents, Scythe, and Antec TrueQuiets are your best bets. Noctua is an absolute waste of cash, don't bother with them. ASRock P67 EXTREME4 is your best bet still I think. Is there a reason why you want Z68. It doesn't give you anything but QuickSync or SSD caching, both rather useless features for consumers and gamers. I was thinking about this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130611 So if he DOES want to upgrade to an ivy bridge chip, i can do it for him. I also went with this power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817194058 700w just to be safe, gold certified, modular, crossfire ready, and nothing but great reviews. | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
On September 29 2011 02:09 PolSC2 wrote: I was thinking about this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130611 So if he DOES want to upgrade to an ivy bridge chip, i can do it for him. I also went with this power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817194058 700w just to be safe, gold certified, modular, crossfire ready, and nothing but great reviews. I can only laugh at your reasoning. | ||
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Womwomwom
5930 Posts
PCIe 3.0 is not going to be an important factor in compatibility. Motherboard doesn't have PCIe 3.0? The CPU doesn't give a shit and will use whatever the next best thing is. PCIe 3.0 is dead useless for consumers anyway, we can't even really saturate PCIe 2.1 with our GPUs. | ||
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PolSC2
United States634 Posts
On September 29 2011 02:11 FabledIntegral wrote: I can only laugh at your reasoning. That's why I came here for help. -_- On September 29 2011 02:14 Womwomwom wrote: What makes you think that board can run Ivy Bridge and the Asrock board can't? Compatibility is a total crapshoot anyway as all those idiots who bought "Bulldozer ready" 800 series motherboards are bound to find out. PCIe 3.0 is not going to be an important factor in compatibility. Motherboard doesn't have PCIe 3.0? The CPU doesn't give a shit and will use whatever the next best thing is. PCIe 3.0 is dead useless for consumers anyway, we can't even really saturate PCIe 2.1 with our GPUs. I see... | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On September 29 2011 02:09 PolSC2 wrote: I was thinking about this motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130611 So if he DOES want to upgrade to an ivy bridge chip, i can do it for him. I also went with this power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817194058 700w just to be safe, gold certified, modular, crossfire ready, and nothing but great reviews. Wow, a 700w gold certified PSU has great reviews when it costs 200. This is very unexpected. That's costier than a Super Flower Golden Green Modular 800w... no just no. please tell me what's wrong with this mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271 | ||
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Madoga
Netherlands471 Posts
Though you'd probably be better off looking for MIR or a discount deal. for examble the Seasonic X650 Though for 6970 in CF you might want to get 700-750W. Dont really have time to browse around for you right now though. | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
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ThatGuy89
United Kingdom1968 Posts
Anyone else had this problem too? or are they just as good as any other? thanks  | ||
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Legatus Lanius
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On September 29 2011 01:43 PolSC2 wrote: Is an 850watt bronze certified power supply be able to power two http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102918 in crossfire? EDIT: Or a 650 gold? EDIT 2: Also, is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130611 a decent mobo to support crossfire? I don't want to go with super cheap items. a 650w would work with 6970s but dont crank the powertune or volt it hard coz they chew watts like mad | ||
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On September 29 2011 02:49 Legatus Lanius wrote: a 650w would work with 6970s but dont crank the powertune or volt it hard coz they chew watts like mad Btw the real question is why would you crossfire 2 6970s when the performance gain is neglicible in comparison to crossfire 6950s | ||
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ThatGuy89
United Kingdom1968 Posts
Graphics http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=39504&agid=1004 hard drive http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=28152&agid=689 mobo http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=48252&agid=1603 CPU http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=41227&agid=1617 ram http://www1.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=38050&agid=1192 | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
Oh, just so you know, you used the word "went" so I assumed you had already bought the products. | ||
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rv238
United States24 Posts
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Bambipwnsu
Canada698 Posts
No need for liftoff here. | ||
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