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'hotrod' R9 280x for $91 USD!

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 I helped my friend find a wicked deal on a brand new R9 390x, so he gave me first dibs on his old gpu. His old gpu is a 'hotrod' R9 280x. It has 92mm Noctua fans and a custom LCD display that shows the GPU temp(you can cut a hole on one of your optical drive bays and install it). All of this modded goodness is held together by electrical tape! He sold it to me for only $91 usd lol! I will be using this on an HTPC/console killer mini ITX rig that I am building soon.

 

notes: when my friend first bought the card, the fans in the cooler were broken, but it was cheap so he didn't care. He knew he could make an improvised solution.

 

here are some of the pics  :) :

 

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That temp teller is SICK

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Wow! A old friend of mine struck a deal on a GTX 680 for $105 on eBay one day.

 

 

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Lol this should be on ratchet pics of the week.

 

But seriously congrats on the good deal!

where can I submit my entry? :P

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Can we get some pictures that are appropriate for humans?

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Wow! A old friend of mine struck a deal on a GTX 680 for $105 on eBay one day.

that's awesome! those are sweet cards!

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Can we get some pictures that are appropriate for humans?

what do you mean?

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That temp monitor though.....

Whoever designed that cooler should make a company called: "Ghetto Cooling Solutions" or "Ghetto Improvisions Inc.".

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That temp teller is SICK

yep! my friend used to be a technician so he bought some thermal sensors and LCDs online and started hooking them up to his components

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yep! my friend used to be a technician so he bought some thermal sensors and LCDs online and started hooking them up to his components

Tbh that actually cant be that hard to do, I may look into doing that, since my Air 540 sits right next to me on my desk. I could just stick the LCD to the side panel on the inside and have a nice little PC mod

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what do you mean?

he's probably refering to the pic's resolution. you can barely see it

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GhettoSolutionTips

 

That temp monitor though.....

Whoever designed that cooler should make a company called: "Ghetto Cooling Solutions" or "Ghetto Improvisions Inc.".

A hotrod doesn't need to look clean/polished. It only needs to be functional  ;)

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Tbh that actually cant be that hard to do, I may look into doing that, since my Air 540 sits right next to me on my desk. I could just stick the LCD to the side panel on the inside and have a nice little PC mod

yeah it's definitely worth looking into if you are comfortable doing it. Good luck!

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A hotrod doesn't need to look clean/polished. It only needs to be functional  ;)

I wouldn't drive a hotrod if it doesn't look good.....

Aesthetics sell!

 

But features wise, that thing looks like it's going to get some really good temps because of the noctua fans.

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Now can I get a album with pictures in it?

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What are the temp differences from stock fans to noctua?

I haven't hooked it up but I'm assuming noctua fans would perform a little bit better. I forgot to include this in the description, but he actually installed the noctua fans because when he bought the card used, the fans in the stock cooler were broken. He got the card for cheap(because the cooler fans was broken), then installed the 2 noctua fans and the LCD.

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Now can I get a album with pictures in it?

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try it now. sorry about that :D

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