Your PC ATM

(FIH) The Don · May 10, 2010

i dont even own a optical drive, and if i were to get one it would def be a external drive, they dont really cost that much more than a regular drive

Chicken Patty · May 10, 2010

Yinchie said:
Yeah, I either remove the whole drive and get a external one or get a black rounded IDE cable.
Yup Koolance bracket, it BARELY fit the fittings, tight fit but it works and no leaks

Thanks btw

Black rounded IDE cable will be much better. If it's a optical drive I just got an external one, makes life sooo much easier :laugh:

(FIH) The Don said:
i dont even own a optical drive, and if i were to get one it would def be a external drive, they dont really cost that much more than a regular drive

That's what I did

Soylent Joe · May 10, 2010

(FIH) The Don said:
i dont even own a optical drive, and if i were to get one it would def be a external drive, they dont really cost that much more than a regular drive

Internal drives are very cheap, you can get a nice used dvd burner for $20 shipped. That mixed with the fact that they're easily installable in every case and that you're going to have to have a SATA power line out anyways for the hard drive(s) leads me to believe that there's no real reason not to have one. That's just my opinion anyways, I'd always have one. Although I don't burn a ton of stuff I wouldn't want to have to deal with an external one and its lower burn speeds and such.

ChaoticAtmosphere · May 10, 2010

I agree ^^ especially with my CM RC690 case. The 5.25" bays are well designed and easy to install/remove optical drives. My $25 LG 22x DVD +-RW treats me just fine

computertechy · May 10, 2010

I can finally join the 4ghz club :rockout:

my rig sitting their happily @ 4.153ghz :rockout:

bench stable. :laugh:

MoonPig · May 10, 2010

DanishDevil · May 10, 2010

Those fans make me think of milk. BRB.

Edit: Back. *looks in mirror at milk mustache*

erocker · May 10, 2010

I got my 2nd radiator in today, it didn't turn out as I hoped unfortunately. I had a couple angles off. I need a second 45 degree fitting to replace the 90 degree on the block so I can flip the rear radiator around. Had a leak.. fixed it. It's going to take a long time to get the air out of this thing. Even with just the pull fan and the cheapest 120 radiator I could buy, I shaved about 5 degrees off my temps.

Cold Storm · May 10, 2010

Glad to see it dropped 5c. Looking good man. what tubing size do you have?

erocker · May 10, 2010

Cold Storm said:
Glad to see it dropped 5c. Looking good man. what tubing size do you have?

That is 1/2" ID. I got some new white stuff, but that will go on after I get my fitting situation settled.

mlee49 · May 10, 2010

Yeah but can you still hold it in one hand?

erocker · May 10, 2010

Nope, not anymore. :laugh:

I just figured I could use the extra cooling with a Thuban on the way. Plus, I should be able to run my current processor a bit higher since things are staying below 45c.

Cold Storm · May 10, 2010

erocker said:
That is 1/2" ID. I got some new white stuff, but that will go on after I get my fitting situation settled.

Dang I got tons of 3/8th fittings sitting around. Sneeky got all my 1/2.

mlee49 said:
Yeah but can you still hold it in one hand?

Hell yes he can! it's called push/pull rad's!

computertechy · May 10, 2010

erocker, you will be suprised of the temps from thuban chips, my 1090t is 5/6.c colder than my old 955.

roast · May 10, 2010

Athlonite said:
Ooh when you said it was tight i had no idea

*giggles* thats what she said.... :laugh:

I'm looking at all the Gigabyte motherboards that people are using for thier builds.... goddamn they are sexy pieces of gear! I've ordered a UD7 myself, just waiting on it to arrive.

erocker · May 10, 2010

computertechy said:
erocker, you will be suprised of the temps from thuban chips, my 1090t is 5/6.c colder than my old 955.

I'm thinking so. My memory controller on my 965 isn't very good, so I need to run close to 1.4v for a 2750mhz NB. That creates a lot of heat right there.

Before I would be at, at least 48-49c already. Having the rear radiator properly mounted with a push\pull should help even more. It is a PITA working in this tight space with little room to work. Getting the block mounted properly using a micrometer is really troublesome with the tubing in the way. :ohwell:

computertechy · May 10, 2010

head over to the new vantage comp, i posted a new score on their, you will see my cpu temp using pcprobe, not full load temps but not far off, print screened soon as it finished.

sometimes i think it might not be telling the truth...

theJesus · May 10, 2010

Soylent Joe said:
Internal drives are very cheap, you can get a nice used dvd burner for $20 shipped. That mixed with the fact that they're easily installable in every case and that you're going to have to have a SATA power line out anyways for the hard drive(s) leads me to believe that there's no real reason not to have one. That's just my opinion anyways, I'd always have one. Although I don't burn a ton of stuff I wouldn't want to have to deal with an external one and its lower burn speeds and such.

Newegg actually has a very nice Sony Optiarc for $20 shipped right now. I got one, just haven't felt like turning off my PC to install it yet :laugh:

Going to order another for a different PC as well.

CDdude55 · May 11, 2010

My Prolimatech Megahalems and fan is here!!! :rockout:

Don't really feel like installing it right now though(just got back from work), just thinking about taking my mobo out of the case right now is mind numbing. :ohwell:

Soylent Joe · May 11, 2010

theJesus said:
Newegg actually has a very nice Sony Optiarc for $20 shipped right now. I got one, just haven't felt like turning off my PC to install it yet
Going to order another for a different PC as well.

That looks like a really sweet deal Jebus. Back when I was putting my rig together I ordered 2 LG 22X burners at like $26 shipped each. One's in the case now, the other sitting in the closet. Both are excellent drives, never had a single problem with them.

I just reinstalled Win7 after about an 8 month run on the old install. Everything went without a hitch except one little problem. Here it is, a visible "System Reserved" partition, it annoys the living crap out of me:

There's nothing in there, I have no idea why it made that partition. Should I try to get rid of it? Also, that floppy drive has always been visible but I have no floppy drive installed. That also annoys me.

(FIH) The Don · May 11, 2010

you need to go to bios and set your floppy to none or what you can

Soylent Joe · May 11, 2010

(FIH) The Don said:
you need to go to bios and set your floppy to none or what you can

Oh that's something else. I can't make any changes in the BIOS without it doing the 3x power up-fail boot loop (like when you do some ridiculous OC that the computer can't handle). Whatever changes I make stay and take effect, it just fails to boot 3 times. I have nothing overclocked, everything is at stock.

(FIH) The Don · May 11, 2010

hmm sounds like a semi dead battery?

theJesus · May 11, 2010

Soylent Joe said:
I just reinstalled Win7 after about an 8 month run on the old install. Everything went without a hitch except one little problem. Here it is, a visible "System Reserved" partition, it annoys the living crap out of me:
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6418/problemo.jpg
There's nothing in there, I have no idea why it made that partition. Should I try to get rid of it? Also, that floppy drive has always been visible but I have no floppy drive installed. That also annoys me.

I have no idea about the extra partition, but I think "Black Backup" should be renamed to "Blackup" :roll:

Soylent Joe · May 11, 2010

(FIH) The Don said:
hmm sounds like a semi dead battery?

Can you or anyone else confirm this? I know they're not very expensive but there's no reason why mine should be going out so soon.

System Name	Ivy Biatch
Processor	i5 3570K
Motherboard	ASSRockzz z77TOTHEEXTREME!!!!
Cooling	bleh
Memory	2x4gb crucial 1866
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Storage	120gb Vertex
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Case	whats that, oh my table
Audio Device(s)	stock onboard thing
Power Supply	HX850W
Software	7

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero
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Case	Phanteks NV7
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex GX-1200, 1200W 80+ Gold, ATX 3.0
Software	Windows 11 Pro

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Processor	i7-2700K
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3
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Storage	Kingston 128GB SSD + WD Black 640GB + 2x 1.5TB
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Audio Device(s)	X-Fi XtremeGamer
Power Supply	Corsair TX750W
Software	Windows 7: Electric Boogaloo

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Processor	Intel Core i7-9700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI GENE
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition
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Processor	9900k @ stock (direct die)
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Case	MM U2-UFO Extended CYO
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Xense & AKG K550 Headphones
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Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite
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Your PC ATM

(FIH) The Don

Chicken Patty

Soylent Joe

ChaoticAtmosphere

computertechy

MoonPig

DanishDevil

erocker

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Cold Storm

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erocker

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mlee49

erocker

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Cold Storm

Battosai

computertechy

roast

erocker

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computertechy

theJesus

CDdude55

Crazy 4 TPU!!!

Soylent Joe

(FIH) The Don

Soylent Joe

(FIH) The Don

theJesus

Soylent Joe

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Processor	Intel Core i5-2500K
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Storage	Too Many
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