Recent content by mhouck

Please do not pre-order. This has been done to death else where, but pre-ordering perpetuates the negative trend of treating actual release dates as betas, among other issues. Wait until its out.

sure. the lowest priced 280x on newegg is going for $199 currently which is basically a rebadge of the 7970. Getting it used for 60% seems fair. good luck

If your major complaint is maps loading then a new SSD to have games on would be the upgrade based on your OP. I took the plunge and bought a 500GB EVO a couple months back. As others have already said, wait until you notice you need to upgrade the GPU. That said, I normally upgrade the GPU...

Thanks for the reply yh125d. I did not know the math, but that does look to be more than enough. In most instances, you wouldn't really want to overclock it much anyway and generate more heat in an ITX case. It makes sense for the market segment it's designed for.

How can this be as powerful as the stock 970 when it only has a single 8 pin power connector? Nvidia lists stock supplementary connectors as 2x6 and you see plenty of MSI, Gigabyte, ASUS, etc. non-reference using a 6 and 8 pin connector on their boards. I understand that most of those are either...

Yep. You are right. I misremembered. Color Temperature Control is definitely available under Digital Flat-Panels. I did a complete uninstall and ran Display Driver Uninstaller before installing the new CCC. I would suggest giving that a try if you haven't already. Good luck!

I think they moved it to the Desktop color setting under the Desktop Management drop-down. At work so I can't double check, but I'm pretty sure it's still available, just a different spot. Will check when I get home.

Define Mini with components First, the case is only slightly smaller than a mid tower. There is enough horizontal space between the back of the case and the HDD cages that I could install the 7970 even with the removable cages left in. Second, after installing the PSU, it is obvious that...

My 3x120 radiator is from my current build in a full tower. It fits nicely inside the top of my ATCS 840 and I would prefer to have all of my components inside the case. However, this case really is a beast and I would rather use as many of my existing enthusiast level (at one point anyway)...

Thank DMA0991. I'm going to order the case, microatx board, rear rad mount and fan filters this evening. Hopefully I can assemble all the parts by the end of the week and get some pictures up of whether they they fit or not. This should be fun.

That's my preference. My main concern is whether I have the room for the pump between the HD cage and the power supply both being at the base of the cage. Do I have clearance over the PSU for the line to go from the GPU to the pump without forcing a kink in the line? After thinking this over...

I have a 3x120 radiator. I already have a microatx board picked out. My real concern is with how to orient the pump and reservoir or any recommendations on a good quality res/pump combo.

Good morning Anandtech forums, I have the itch to switch out my case for something significantly smaller. I currently have a full tower ATCS840 with a CPU/GPU block, 3X120 radiator setup, xpsc single bay res, and d-tek dbx pump. I am looking at the Fractal Define Mini...

xfired 5870s. The only problems I've ever had with cross fire is with Skyrim. That shit was just annoying. Negative scaling for about 2.5 weeks until they had the beta drivers that would work with the 5 series. Of course that game is still buggy as hell and it's betheseda's issue not AMD's at...

I've seen worse. At least its all in one font color. I wish I could have seen the previous mess.