Bartokomus
Golden Member
excellent result; i was pondering buying this very unit and you had me worried
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lol, had me a little worried too ;p
The one thing I can DEFINITELY say is that I really wish their brackets and everything were designed better.
Take the northbridge waterblock, that freakin' thing is such a PITA its not funny, the brack consists of a middle bar and then two tabs that slide into the middle piece (they have a real affinity for sliding brackets).
Whats so bad about that? Other than the fact that it makes it nearly impossible to center the waterblock on the chipset, it also sticks up about 1/8" over the top of the waterblock, which, yay for us, causes a problem with this recent obession with putting the chipset next to the video card slot, so the card overhangs above the chipset.
That waterblock WOULD be useable still if the mounting bracket wast 3' tall.
And yeah, the cpu bracket sucks for the above mentioned reason.
Haven't tried the video card cooler yet (anyone know why they raised the price almost $20????).
Annnyway, not cheap, but finally getting some use out of the thing.
The one thing I can DEFINITELY say is that I really wish their brackets and everything were designed better.
Take the northbridge waterblock, that freakin' thing is such a PITA its not funny, the brack consists of a middle bar and then two tabs that slide into the middle piece (they have a real affinity for sliding brackets).
Whats so bad about that? Other than the fact that it makes it nearly impossible to center the waterblock on the chipset, it also sticks up about 1/8" over the top of the waterblock, which, yay for us, causes a problem with this recent obession with putting the chipset next to the video card slot, so the card overhangs above the chipset.
That waterblock WOULD be useable still if the mounting bracket wast 3' tall.
And yeah, the cpu bracket sucks for the above mentioned reason.
Haven't tried the video card cooler yet (anyone know why they raised the price almost $20????).
Annnyway, not cheap, but finally getting some use out of the thing.
Yeah I know what you mean about the chipset cooler. It wasn't worth it at all to get it. You're probably better off just using the stock heatsink.
My VGA cooler (GPU-180-L06) actually screws in where the stock cooler was, which works pretty well. I wanted to get the NV cooler, but it was way too expensive, and only seems to have raised in price.
If you get one of the standard coolers, I recommend getting some Tweakmonster ramsinks if you can find them, as the ones that come with the cooler are only average. Looks like they're sold out at Tweakmonster, so you might have to find them on Ebay or something.
My VGA cooler (GPU-180-L06) actually screws in where the stock cooler was, which works pretty well. I wanted to get the NV cooler, but it was way too expensive, and only seems to have raised in price.
If you get one of the standard coolers, I recommend getting some Tweakmonster ramsinks if you can find them, as the ones that come with the cooler are only average. Looks like they're sold out at Tweakmonster, so you might have to find them on Ebay or something.
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