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Old Nov 15, 2012, 11:12 PM   #22451
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Should have it together for leak testing at some point today!
Your motherB and cP had always talked about skip'in town, but I never thought she would actually do it!

They've gone AWOL!!!!!!
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Old Nov 16, 2012, 01:41 AM   #22452
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Should have it together for leak testing at some point today!
Hey, I think you're missing something there...
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I think I did something wrong...

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Old Nov 16, 2012, 06:56 AM   #22454
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Old Nov 16, 2012, 06:58 AM   #22455
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It looks like your thermal paste vapourised.... That, is not a good thing
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Old Nov 16, 2012, 07:01 AM   #22456
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Is that a sticker?
Yeah I was wondering that too? Doesn't seem like the wisest choice on AMD's part. The thermal compound doesn't look to bad after removal of the heatsink, although the surface area from your cooler looks rather small?
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Old Nov 16, 2012, 08:02 AM   #22457
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What a 'smart' idea to use that to support your graphics cards.
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Old Nov 16, 2012, 08:06 AM   #22458
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It's better then a toilet roll
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Old Nov 16, 2012, 08:10 AM   #22459
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Thats a TV bracket box, not a hold your GPU up bracket
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Your motherB and cP had always talked about skip'in town, but I never thought she would actually do it!

They've gone AWOL!!!!!!
Well the other MB/CPU are sitting on my desk while I try to force two 8400GS's to SLi

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It's better then a toilet roll.
Too short anyway.
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Old Nov 16, 2012, 08:14 AM   #22460
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ahhhh you quoted me before I could add the link. Inside joke of course
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Old Nov 16, 2012, 08:22 AM   #22461
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ahhhh you quoted me before I could add the link. Inside joke of course
Haha I saw that earlier.
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Old Nov 16, 2012, 01:36 PM   #22463
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I think I did something wrong...
http://i.imgur.com/9uaxA.jpg
Bwahahaha, had a damn good laugh over this...
Wtf AMD?


And to the people saying he is not getting good coverage, it is due to that stupidly-placed sticker. Had it not been there, that TIM would have covered a lot more of the IHS.
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Old Nov 16, 2012, 01:54 PM   #22464
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LOL....Nice sticker placement. Wonder how awesome the temps were.
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LOL....Nice sticker placement. Wonder how awesome the temps were.
Not actually my chip :3 I'll ask though I think he said it wouldnt even boot
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Old Nov 16, 2012, 09:41 PM   #22466
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They dont come like that. Someone stuck that on there Maybe they thought it was a thermal sticker
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Old Nov 17, 2012, 12:35 AM   #22467
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They dont come like that. Someone stuck that on there Maybe they thought it was a thermal sticker
Or maybe they thought it would make their cpu run faster.

All honesty and jokes aside, we have all made a n00b mistake at some point in our first builds.
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Or maybe they thought it would make their cpu run faster.

All honesty and jokes aside, we have all made a n00b mistake at some point in our first builds.
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What, speed stripes do make things go faster?
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What, speed stripes do make things go faster?
Everyone knows the LED codes
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Holes where LED's go = Ridiculously fast
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^^^that is exactly my thought^^^
that rig is very nice.
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