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im thinking about adding another rad to my case. it's gonna be pretty crowded and hard to plumb but i think the extra cooling capacity will help when i get my EK NB/SB/VRM blocks in the gpu loop.

any opinions?

I always wanted to use a car heater core for a radiator use it external in its own box would be large enough not to need a fan and smaller than most stand alones. Someday I will water cool yup someday
 

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I use a 360 xflow rad from hwlabs (optimized for LPDC) and i cool 2 * mosfets, 2 * 3870, NB, and i used to cool the CPU too (Vapochill now).
The 360 rad was enought with 3 fans on it (until i switched to the E8400 and its heat problem).
So i would say that if you add another 240 rad you should be way fine.
Personnaly i am planning on switching my 360 for a smaller 240 next month or so as i dont have the CPU in the loop anymore and that 360 is too big to my taste for in-case integration.

Hope my opinion helped.

i was gonna put in my PA120.1 in the front where i have the fan. im gonna just add it to the CPU loop when i add the NB/SB/VRM's.
 

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NEW PICS!!!

i got my divder plate back from the machine shop today. when i got home i pollished it up! looks pretty good. tommorrow i'll be putting it back in my case.(a royal pain in the ass)

also, i got my crucial ballistix 4x1gig 1066mhz sticks from Xazax in the mail today. they are a little bright but that's ok. im thinking about putting window tint on them to take them down a notch.

pic...
1... lights on w/tracers
2... lights off w/tracers
3... before polishing
4... after polishing 1
5... after polishing 2
 

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im trying to come up with a few ducts for better airflow. i've found a guy on OCN who knows plexiglass pretty well. just a few more detailed pics since i put the subfloor back in.
 

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yeah, can't wait until i get the EK3870x2 block and the second loop back in there!
 

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when the plastic shows up thurs I will show you what I have in mind for the memory cooler..
 

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sweetness. you can post the pics on my thread "ballistix tracers mod..." if you want.
 

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deal of the day.... check my for sale thread.
 
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Wow i always envied your system specs, never would have known it was assembled so beautifully. Well done man. What ever happened to your Tri-SLI?
 

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Wow i always envied your system specs, never would have known it was assembled so beautifully. Well done man. What ever happened to your Tri-SLI?

it drug it's ass on the ground so hard it wasn't worth the electricity to keep it running. my SINGLE 3870x2 does about the same scores. check "Alcapone's 3dmark06..." i've got spots 5, 6, 7, and 9 in overall top ten and #1 in ATI single card with a ~3000 point lead. soon to have another x2!

i also got tired of running 8series nvidia cards. i've had them all!
 

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Hardware the rest of us only dream of....:cool:
 

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dude i love it, its neat, and i love the green, im not a fan of blue leds but it is tastefully done, also how do you like your 3870x2, im thinking of getting one and im curious
 

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dude i love it, its neat, and i love the green, im not a fan of blue leds but it is tastefully done, also how do you like your 3870x2, im thinking of getting one and im curious

my PC's LEDs are blue :(
 
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dude i love it, its neat, and i love the green, im not a fan of blue leds but it is tastefully done, also how do you like your 3870x2, im thinking of getting one and im curious

I don't like mine. Downgrading to an HIS 3870 IceQ3. I'd be willing to sell this one to you if you wanted it soon. If you wanna know why I don't like it, PM me, and I'll link you to three or four threads where I bitch about it.
 
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my PC's LEDs are blue :(

@fit you did a great job with your system so i give you this:
:toast: + :rockout: = :respect:

as for you skra did i ever see your system? if not send me a link, i just have seen WAY to many poorly done builds with way to many blue leds
 

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I don't like mine. Downgrading to an HIS 3870 IceQ3. I'd be willing to sell this one to you if you wanted it soon.

3870x2? how much?

i don't like the blue LED's either but i dont really have a choice. the sound card and ram are a must.
 

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in all honesty... the 3870x2 is a kick ass card. it can bench better than a lot of other setups, single and dual card, but in games it varies. DX10 games are lacking good driver support yet. any game that runs dx9 or isn't heavily layered in textures runs amazingly well. especially on my dell 30".
 
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tbh i was going to get the x2 regardless of what you said, i think i just wanted some more positive reassurance before i decided to spend that much on a card :p
so thanks!
 

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i paid like $374 each for 6 of them. sold all but 1. stupid me.
 

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thanks to our own erocker i've got the front of my case looking better. i still need to put the last grill in the bottom to replace the last of the silverstone fills. it looks really weird all alone down there.

i temporarily fixed the TOO bright tracers....
here is a before and after...
 

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Lookin' good!:toast:
 
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