irfan said:I think you can some cash to spareand not sure if you are going to like this "value" suggestion of mine. Get a 6950, save $50 bucks and mod to a 6970. With a 2GB framebuffer and a new arch, you are bound to get more performance/life out of it.
gogojira said:
http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/159gogojira said:
irfan said:
I understand your reservation, but they've been implementing the angled motherboard for years now and it isn't much different from all the inverted cases out thereJoeBoy101 said:Actually, on my worksheet, I'm keeping track of Amazon and Newegg prices, but that one seems updated with the rebate compared to what I had. Still, after having a 'innovative' case with my current machine, I'm leaning to something more standard. But obviously, I got a bit of time to torture myself until SB comes out.
·feist· said:
The Cooler Master HAF X has only one dim red LED, which can be turned off with the press of a button.Chiggs said:Nice post. While I understand that tastes differ, I have a hard time rationalizing a grown man sitting in his den with some disco LED monstrosity that's better off in some teenager's ADHD robot fantasy.
If this forum had an HOA-type organization in order to monitor pc styles, I would love to sit on the board.
"Let's keep it classy, folks."
Not very good airflow, with a single 120mm intake feeding 3 120mm exhausts (dust ahoy!). Poor cable management holes. No CPU cutout Also incredibly pricey.Chiggs said:
I don't know if your comment was because of my picture, but the case I showed was a Lian Li PC-X500Chiggs said:Ugh! Too much of a focus on absurd-looking tower cases in this thread. All the cool kids know that HTPCs and SFF systems are where it's at.
The don't sell t anymore, but I think it costed me $410 from Newegg. The dowgraded ABS 595 model cannot fit large PSU's but I've seen it on sale a few times @ $200.Chiggs said:
Maybe it is the ABS version. I know ABS made a fuckup in the layout of the 595 and that's why it sees less demand. I remember I was warned of it by the people @ [H]Teknopathetic said:
My case had to fit an extremely tight space under my desk. I think I will go full tower after I move to a different place.TheExodu5 said:
The setup looks cramped (HDDs packed against the GPUs, heatsink against the PSU). Furthermore, the PC needs to go under my desk on the right side, which puts the opening on the wrong side. Finally, I plug and unplug stuff from the back of my case pretty often, and removing the top panel every time I want to do that seemed like a chore.Teknopathetic said:
Funny you should bring that up as a big part of me wants to use the newer Lian Li PC-X500FX for a build at some point. As for justifying the FX's ~$500 price? Well...godhandiscen said:
Which is a shame because it gets almost everything right. REALLY wish Silverstone would revise either that or the FT02 to bring them closer to "perfect." Instead, they've moved on to the mATX-only FT03.TheExodu5 said:
Pushed back to Q1 2011. SandForce 2000-based models should begin showing up in that window of time as well.godhandiscen said:
Yeah, its beautiful. However I want to go bigger once I move out, so I am thinking X2000F once I have the physical space.·feist· said:Dudes Talking About PC Cases and Nothing Else [OT]
Funny you should bring that up as a big part of me wants to use the newer Lian Li PC-X500FX for a build at some point. As for justifying the FX's ~$500 price? Well...
http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/produc...562&cl_index=1&sc_index=25&ss_index=62&g=spec
Which is a shame because it gets almost everything right. REALLY wish Silverstone would revise either that or the FT02 to bring them closer to "perfect." Instead, they've moved on to the mATX-only FT03.
Feist just showed me they sell a revision, for $500, the PC-X500F. Just get it without the open side panel.Chiggs said:
godhandiscen said:
Wow, it looks nice for the living room.Chiggs said:
Slowly failing motherboard component, or accidentally switched USB setting? You're HDD could just be slowing down naturally over time, particularly as it gets filled up.NIN90 said:
I don't know, really.Teknopathetic said:
n0n44m said:can't say I like the look of Antec's HTPC cases
Lian-Li has 3 that accept ATX motherboards, but apart from the fact that they're all pretty expensive they're also quite large as well ... which wouldn't be an issue for HTPC use but most pc gamers use a desk next to which a tower is the most logical option
got a Silverstone LC17 downstairs and I like it, but mostly because it looks really discrete and blends in next to the receiver
I agree a lot of towers these days don't look that good, but there are no HTPC cases that offer the same space or cooling at an equally low price while better looking
edit: and I wouldnt install a multi-gpu setup in even the best HTPC cases, as they barely have frontal ventilation because of the "better looking" solid front ... nothing is impossible but I think it is pretty clear why most people wouldn't consider it
Only 1366 boards support triple channel and most of them run dual channel fine. There's no performance benefit do running triple, so it's only useful if you are using more than 4GB of RAM, but less than 8GB.irfan said:
I can't imagine that with a board layout that supports QUAD channel memory and 4x PCI-E lanes will be targeted at the mainstream. 2500K and a 460 is a fantastic buy.sh4mike said: