Recent content by stren

Agreed - I have an area 51m r3 with 10700K and 2070. CPU is fine at 5.1 single core, 4.8 all core with no throttle (though bear in mind the A51 is a lot bigger and better cooled than this model). My previous Dell XPS15 on the other hand with a 8950HK/1050ti would throttle, make tons of noise...

It is not memory foam. The chair barely has any foam because it doesn't need much due to the unique support structure. I have the cooling material on mine, I think it's more that it has dimples that allow more airfow. I don't get as hot as I have in other chairs with thick cushions (obviously...

Honestly the embody is an amazing chair. If you haven't tried it, it's pretty unique in the way it supports you. Herman miller is expensive because of quality and warranty and marketing and all that. Most of their chairs I thought were overpriced for the comfort and not great even though they...

Review: http://www.xtremerigs.net/2016/10/31/alphacool-eispumpe-vpp755-pump-review/

In all fairness to the SE we know that in general larger radiators do better. The SE is slimmer (thinner) and narrower (120mm) than all the others in our comparison. It was designed this way in order to maximize compatibility, i.e. performance was never it's goal. In general you choose a...

I've been trying one the past few days, the lag isn't as bad as people imagine it when they read the numbers. I didn't find it choppy at all on my "not-busy" home gigabit network. In fact I would say it was smooth and far more enjoyable than using a laptop plugged into my TV. USB is actually...

You can see an error code on the motherboard simply because there is no boot drive or monitor connected. I need to have some friends over to help me carry this 100-200lb behemoth upstairs. All the radiator fans are Gentle Typhoons. Some are 1850RPM while some are the 2150RPM units shown here...

R9-290s in quad crossfire providing the gaming power: You may ask why not nvidia - generally quad scaling seems to be a bit superior with AMD even if Nvidia has the edge on single card performance. Lightboost of course still works with AMD, and now that I'm done with the build I can focus on...

EK's clear terminals were used to keep the consistent style: EK's Ekoolant in blood red was used to make the most of the plexi blocks: Tubes were bent using Monsoon's pro bending kit which gave me professional results even though this was my first hardlined build: I like to think that...

The other side' door opens to reveal the "dark" side: The TX10 features panels that can be removed in seconds to get access to the hardware underneath: Behind the wood panels are four Alphacool UT60 radiators each with 6 fans: The TX10-D can fit two HPTX sized motherboards, we only used...

Alright LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, TROLLS, HATERS AND PEASANTS! Project Thief is COMPLETE. Cue Drums..... Cue trumpet fanfare.... Project thief is based around the enormous, nay monstrous, CaseLabs TX10-D case, and if that wasn't enough, there's a pedestal to make it even bigger. The build...

And dat light side which looks super sexy in color. But I'm still teasing y'all. I've let it bleed overnight, though I suspect there is a ton of air still in the loops, but it's not exactly a case you can pick up and shake. Hopefully tonight I'll tidy the wiring and do a final photo shoot...

At this point I was short 2 ft of tube. So I had to order more: Ignore the koolance stuff that's just review samples, not for this build. Meanwhile I tested all the loops for leaking with distilled and used some old tube for the 2 ft that I was missing. After fixing the leaks I was ready...

Alright here we go - last update I had got some more fittings and tube. The fittings were mainly so I could run straighter tube lines, or stop tube lines from hitting each other. 4 Loops gets messy real fast with tube routing. The top and bottom of the front mounted rads for example needed...

Jigsawed then tidying up with chisel Fitted: Sleeved (I should have ordered more black molexes): Much fancy: Many smooth: Also much fittings - more on these in next update: