Recent content by Super King

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    Seeking New Case for Gamer on a budget

    For what it's worth, I have a HD4870 and E8400 (neither oc'd, YET) in an Antec 900. I upped the stock cooler on the 4870 to 35%, set all the fans to M, except for the bottom intake in front (which feeds air onto my 4870) which is set to H. The HD4870 idle's at 32C and the CPU with stock...
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    Quick Guide to getting your 4850/4870 up to and running

    This thread is absolutely awesome. A few weeks ago, I was so concerned for my Sapphire 4870 I was considering water cooling. Then, after reading about the HR-03 and Accelero coolers, I thought maybe I can get away with air. Then, after seeing how easy it is to edit the stock fan profiles, I...
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    Cooling an HD4870 & E8400

    Makes sense. :D
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    Cooling an HD4870 & E8400

    The cooler will be below the card though. So the card itself will be between the HR-03 and the CPU cooler. Do you think there'll be enough airflow from the bottom front intake fan over the downward facing HR-03 and out the PSU to use it passively? I'm still hanging for my screen which is why I...
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    Cooling an HD4870 & E8400

    Both front fans will be intake. The top one feeding air over the RAM and CPU, The Lower over the HD4870 and HR-03. Hypothetically.
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    Cooling an HD4870 & E8400

    That is one kickass looking GPU cooler. I have some more questions which will undoubtedly make me look like a noob, which is ok, 'cause I am. :) I'm trying to get my head around this airflow concept. With my P5Q standard, my HD470 is sitting pretty muchin the middle of my case with the GPU...
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    Cooling an HD4870 & E8400

    Awe. Some. :)
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    Cooling an HD4870 & E8400

    Awesome. Well, I'm going to be putting most of the case together this evening to see how much space I have to work with and try get an idea of how air is going to be moving through it. I've seen posts here and there of people having trouble with the HR-03 being heavy. Have any of you guys had...
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    Cooling an HD4870 & E8400

    Yeah, the 50C is more of an "Aim high, miss high" (high being low in this case) scenario. It seems people really rate the performance of the HR-03 GT, but the S1 is much more compact. I'm going to have to take some measurements to help decide. I'll also definately be putting a fan(s) on either...
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    Cooling an HD4870 & E8400

    Well, I've been reading a couple things in a good guide to getting your HD48xx up and running in the grapics card section, and it seems like you can get some good results from altering the stock fan speeds. At first glance though, it does seem like you might need to flash the card, and that just...
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    Cooling an HD4870 & E8400

    Hmmmm, that's no good... I don't want to half-arse it. If there's going to be half a chip with no heatsink, I'd never be able to forget about it... Any reason I shouldn't just go for the DuOrb?
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    Cooling an HD4870 & E8400

    Thanks again guys! I've been up and down with this one. Changing my mind with almost every review I read. I have decided to scrap the watre idea, and stickwith air. Definately goingwith the Accelero S1v2 on the 4870 (possibly with a fan on that), but still looking around for the CPU. Since the...
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    Cooling an HD4870 & E8400

    Hmmmm, that is reassuring... As for the cooling, I've been reading the reviews on the air cooling options mentioned in the first reply, and I must say, they are quite impressive. All that's left now is to compare prices! Thanks guys!
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    Cooling an HD4870 & E8400

    I have come to the realization that I will definately be needing a liquid cooling solution for my new machine. Although the Antec 900 case looks good for airflow (http://www.antec.com/uk/produc...ails.php?ProdID=08009), the combination of the HD4870 and my desire to oc my E8400 in the future...
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    Stop me before I make a huge mistake!

    Thanks for that. That's a very useful piece of info...