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I'm referring to a bit of history that is conveniently forgotten by the racist imperialists millions of dollars, stop making me laugh, LOL

While the man may have been being an a-hole, I think his argument still stands as it doesn't change that he wasn't stealing (according to how our society views electricity). 
"the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense."
That's what hypocrisy means.
If "a theft is a theft", then why isn't he arresting everyone at the local coffee shop charging their various devices? That is a perfect example of it. Quite literally. 
In fact, if you want to say "well, he did steal the electricity", does he pay taxes? If so, his money goes to education. To which you could construe that the electricity he took is sort of his to use since he pays taxes. The taxes may not go directly to that school, but in a general sense.
Note that I'm ignoring his attitude. He sounds like an ass. But regardless, being hypocritical about how you define and apply the law is annoying at least, and potentially destructive at best.

Just look at the light and forget anything ever happened....

You are not making magic by flashing it, and AMD is not nerfing it so you can't have more FPS.
When GPU batches come out they are not perfect, sometimes you get better ones, sometimes you get lousy ones, pretty much what happens with the CPU silicon lottery.
AMD has just started to make this cards, and probably doesn't want the first ones to fail, so they are putting all into them, so with time they can perfect the procedure and save more silicon each time they  do them.
Which means that many GPU batches will probably feature fully developed cores, that are not supported by firmware, because they are not intended to be there. Just flashing it as a r9 290x enables all the cores.
now, if the card has not all it's cores working perfectly, maybe because it's a new different batch, you will end up with instability issues, but  hey you have a dual bios just for that
This is not the first time this happens, and after a while it will probably be impossible to do, unless your gpu has all the cores on it.

Ok so he's not an 'IT' guy.
 
But I looked him up.
-he's an aerospace engineer
-designed the all digital cockpit flight deck in the boeing 767
 
So I'd guess that he's probably savy enough to adapt to the software industry and the other consumer goods stuff that Microsoft wants to do.

As some of you might already know, Origin PC announced a few days ago that they will be removing AMD based graphics cards from their systems as an option due to technical support feedback, as it turns out that's not the reason why they did it according to Charlie Demerjian.

According to the industry veteran, what happened was purely for marketing reasons, to deflect away attention from AMD's recent market resurgence.
When you run out of real bullets, you start firing blanks & that's exactly what happened, Nvidia does not have any new products to compete profitably with the R9 290 series, Nvidia's $600+ products utilize the GK110 chip which is significantly larger & thus more expensive to manufacture than AMD's Hawaii chips in the R9 290 series so to avoid slashing prices Nvidia has to fire up its powerful marketing mechanism.

That's what the folks at SemiAccurate have reported, you can check out the full article here as it includes more details into the deal Nvidia had with Origin PC.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-radeon-r9-290x-benchmark-performance,24732.html#xtor=RSS-999

http://www.legitreviews.com/benchmarks-amd-radeon-r9-290x-versus-nvidia-geforce-gtx780_126653
 
According to this table from Legit Reviews, the R9 290X apparently has a "quiet mode' & presumably a performance mode.
Those 4K numbers look very good for the Red Team's flagship, more benchmarks are coming in the next few days...

On the other hand Tom's Hardware did a little tease by saying :
 
UPDATE : More benchmarks leaked today for 4K.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/17-gaming-benchmarks-leaked-for-radeon-r9-290x/0122845
 

America and Canada will be closer then ever. Using Google Hangout app on iOS you can call anyone in US and Ca for free!!! I said FREE!!

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/18/google-hangouts-ios-phone-calls-online-status-google-voice/

Ferrari LaFerrari
 
Ferrari 612 GTO Concept.....
 

Ferrari LaFerrari
 
Ferrari 612 GTO Concept.....
 

The problem in the video is that the keyboard he's holding in the video HAS Cherry MX switches, while he proceeds to point at them and say they are missing Cherry branding etc. It was a serious error, and it was compounded by my sensationalist video title. 
 
I just need the community to back us up on this one by NOT backing us up on this one.
 
Trust me. The apology is warranted and it is not "silly". We made a number of mistakes. Some were me, some were Slick, all of them were preventable if we'd done things correctly, and as such we take full responsibility for them.

Reminds me of the black trashcan I just saw outside Starbucks :P
 
My friend just sent me this (he's pretty disappointed)
 

Reminds me of the black trashcan I just saw outside Starbucks :P
 
My friend just sent me this (he's pretty disappointed)
 

I'm working to trim in around the Quad grill. The problem that I have is that the factory grill cover that comes with the unit overlaps the top of the fans and has an angled section to it, so the quad grill won't lay flat.
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
You can see how much the grill over laps. My hopeful solution is to flip the grill upside down. The angled section will still be in the way, but not as much. It will be necessary to start grinding on my case now. Nothing like cutting holes in $350.00 Dollar cases that dosn't have any parts available yet. No pressure !
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
This bracket is getting in the way of the panel sitting flush, so I had to cut out just a bit and it worked perfectly.

 
 
 
Preliminary fitting of flipped factory grill. There Is very little room between the inside and outside of the OverKill grill so I didn't want to take off to much at one
time.
 
 
 

 
 
 
I still need to deal with the angle, which is at the bottom now, I think I have a solution but it's going to involve a very expensive risk. I'll show you the rest of this after
I'm released from the insane asylum.
 
 
 

Oseirus I feel the same way when I look at other people's builds!! When we got sponsored I started looking at other builders they were supporting and thought I'm not worthy , I'm not worthy. Some of the mods out there are so complex that it's hard to even imagine how they thought it up? I just want to make the best case I ever made and keep it within my current ability level. If you enjoy modding just keep learning and you will amaze your self! Thanks so much for the kind words! I didn't even know this site existed, There are some really good people here.

I forgot to post one render that Sam did that was really good ! I don't think anyone Is ready to offer us a set of titans so when we first planned this I tried to keep it somewhat realistic on the hardware. 2 water cooled GTX 680's and an extended ATX mother board, because this case is so big you really have to use some of that real estate. Nothing is final on this but the board that was rendered is a Gigabyte Z77X-Up7 with a 3770K processor. Yes this stuff is a little dated, But we have forgotten just how powerful the hardware is these days. If your a fan boy for another brand, get them to send me some stuff ha ha. There are many good products available and I'm leaving my options open until I get to that point.
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
This Is what a 900D looks like broken down flat for painting.  It took Bill Owen 50 minutes to take it apart and let's just say he's done a few cases!
 
 

 OMG I'm so glad I don't have to do that for this build !

Hello Everyone - This Is corporative build. My name is Mike ( onevoicewild ) I am Building a Corsair 900D Case Mod, I live in the USA.  My Good friend Sam ( Do Until Loopy ) lives in London UK and he is doing all the renderings and developed the design based on my original Ideas. We started work on this several months before the case was actually available,  Working on some of the signature pieces for the case and refining the design.
 
Sponsored By :
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
This was my Original Inspiration for the theme, I like the way it looks and a lot of people are doing game themes so I wanted to try something a little different. 
 
 
 

 
 
This is an example of Sam's awesome renderings. Were waiting to see who else want's their products displayed here?
 
 
 

 
 
I started working on the front emblem for the case.  This came to be known as the spiky thing.  I think it drew enough blood from me to earn it's name. I have Made most of the pieces by hand, out of necessity to keep costs down.
 
 

 

 
I used rusting techniques and paint splotching to get the colors I was looking for. 
 

 

 
I was very happy with the way It came out. I went through several saw blades trying to find one that was acceptable, Most blades these days look like something out of alien and not the traditional look I needed.
 
 
We have multiple versions of the case that we were considering for the final finish.
 
The standard version.
 

 
 
 
This is the Heavy Metal version, which seems to be the favored look.
 
 
 

 
 
I was fortunate to have a heavy sheet of Copper about 26" x 27"  3mm thick and about 27 pounds.  The current cost of a sheet like this would be $$$$  It had an acid etching on the other side but I decided it had to be sacrificed to the Modding gods.  The down side is that I'm using  the back side that had a lot of deep scratches that continue to plague me continually.  Lets just say my upper body strength is increasing daily.  
 

 
Next on the agenda it to craft the Metallica emblem.
 

 
Well every thing has to start somewhere. Ruff, Ruff my kingdom for a CNC machine. ha ha
 

 
Fortunately one of my personal traits is extreme stubbornness ! This took a full week of 2 to 3 hours a night cutting, filing and polishing.  Big Pain, but there is truly a great satisfaction in being able to craft something with basic tools. When your modding a case that isn't available you tend to have a little time on your hands.  Oh my hands  !
 

 

 
 
I'm good with that ! It came out better than I hoped for.  I have to say that Sam's whole world is exact precision and having him looking over my shoulder has helped me bring up my game to a higher level.  I had to Laugh, after it was done he liked it but had to point out that the edge bevels were done at 45 degree angles and not the prescribed 30 degree angle.  Ha Ha there are just some places you can't get needle files into, no matter how small they are !  But that kind of attitude pushes me to do a better job than I might with out Sam pushing me for perfection.
 

 
 
I love how moody this polished Copper is, depending on how the light hits it.
 

 
One of the programs Sam uses for his renderings Is solidworks. One cool thing about it is you build components separately and then you can plug them into anything. 
Here is his render of my sound card.
 
 

 
 

 
 
Bill Owen at MNPCTECH made me some very special grills for The Metallica Build.  He made two 200mm Nautilus grills and a quad ring OverKill grill.  These beautiful grills are key to the overall look of the case.
Just to give you an Idea of how large these grills are, that is an 140mm fan behind it. 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
I hate people getting finger prints on my fan blades so I wanted to add some deterrents to go along with the theme. 
 
 

 
 
The crazy thing is that I may not even be using these 200mm fans on this build.  People had been pushing me to use a 360 Nautilus grill on the front instead of the two 200mm.  I had that grill on my 800D so I temporarily robbed it to see what kind of a finish I could get on it.  Once I was done I swung over to the 360 camp. 
 
 
The red headed step child. My 800D
 
 

 
Bill Owen had ask me if I needed another 360 grill to replace the one I was robbing of the 800D. I told him oh no I won't need one.  My 800D said WHAT?  Parts cost $ 0 Dollars Shipping cost $ 0 Dollars
Stealing parts from the rig your currently using - Priceless !
 
 
This is one of my prize toy's, when I first saw one of these I knew I had to have one!  So I have to ask myself the question ? why do I have a sanding block in my hand ?  As modders we want to make something unique. Manufactures can only stock the stuff that sells, It's up to us to take it from there.
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
There is a reason that people Anodize things.  It's very durable and in this case, very hard to sand off.  This actually turned out to be my saving grace.  All I had was fairly fine sand cloth so it was going slowly. The plan was to flat sand and polish the top like I did on the 200mm grills.  I almost wish I had stopped where I was at the picture below, but that wasn't the plan and I hadn't yet realized how interesting the developing pattern was becoming.
 
 

 
 
Once I pushed on I started to realize just how good it was looking so I decided to see what I could do with it.  I was very happy with the
outcome and that's why I decided to go with the 360 Grill on the front Bezel.
 
 

 
 
 

 
 

 
 
Sam wanted to do some renders in an office setting.  Metallica has to have an office somewhere? I don't imagine it being this clean, but hey maybe the groupies needed something to do between shows?
 
 

 
 
 
Here Is a night shot to test the lighting.
 
 

 
 
Here Is an early Rad that was rendered, but once we got better products from EK we will not be using it ! but I owe it to Sam for taking the time to do it.
 
 

 
 
I wanted to hand make an EK emblem out of respect for there sponsorship.  This actually turned out to be a little harder than I expected !  the problem I had was lining up all the duplicate angles and sizes.  When your filing away metal if something isn't right you have to go back and file out all the other areas to match.  The size I decided to make was 3" diameter but the pilot drill on my hole hog was just a little bit to big to keep from nicking the edge of my cut lines. File, File, File. I finally got it nice so I didn't have to start over.  Some times I my worst enemy, but I'm out here paying my dues and learning as I go.
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
I put a polished aluminum disk in behind the Copper to get some contrast.   
 
 

 
Because I will have so much shiny stuff on this build, I have learned to love the reflections they throw off.
 
 
 

 
 
 
   
 
 
 
Sam made some renderings to show off our sponsors products.
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
I had been talking to Michael Wood with Mayhems Dyes and water cooling fluids about a fluid they had in development, called Liquid Metal. It would be absolutely perfect for The Metallica Build! we hope it's mysteries can be solved before we finish the build.  As I said it Is still in development so don't go asking for it ! I'll let you know If it is ready.  They have many other great products that are available now.  I did want to show you the liquid metal though it is very cool looking.
 
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIjpj2oGv9E
 
 
 
 
Unforgiven - The Metallica Build is sponsored By :
 
 
   
 
 
 

 
 

 

Or if you don't wanna waste half an hour on the video, try Differences between All Mainstream ASUS Z87 Motherboards :lol:
 

Not really a build log, but I thought I'd share anyway.

CPU: Intel Core i7-3820

CPU Cooler: Swiftech H220

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

Memory: 2x G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866

SSD: Crucial M4 128GB

Storage: 2x Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM

Graphics card: EVGA GTX 780 SC

Case: Fractal Design Define R4

Fans: 5x Scythe Gentle Typhoon AP-15

Power Supply: Corsair AX750

Monitor: Asus PB278Q








 

maybe this will help...  :)
 
1. Crosshair - AMD (AMD based Chipset boards) 2. Maximus - Intel (P/Z Series Chipset boards) 3. Rampage - Intel (X Series Chipset boards) 4. Striker - Intel (nForce Chipset boards)
 
How they segment their boards:
1. Extreme - Overclockers  2. Formula - Hardcore Gamers 3. Hero - ? 4. Gene - Case Modders 5. Impact - SFF Enthusiasts  
 
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?2734-Rampage-vs.-Maximus

All Intel ROG boards are called Maximus. (socket 1150/11551156)
All AMD ROG boards are called Crosshair
 
Than ther are names for each level
 
Impact ->Gene ->Hero -> Formula -> Extreme
 
Impact: mITX
Gene: mATX
Hero: Entry level, if you like the look but don't have the money :D
Formula: Best value, great onboard sound, and watercooling and stuff.
Extreme: Max board performance without much extras for people who buy extra waterblocks and soundcards anyway

in the right situation open air might help, my temps are about the same as when it was in my cooler master case, if your friend is seeing a 5-8 degree difference I would suggest playing around with different fans and different configurations. In my cooler master I had one intake up front and one in the bottom, an exhaust at the top rear the power supply flipped so it was sucking from the case and off my graphics card and my cpu cooler turned 90 sucking air in from the top......not the best way for air flow but it worked better that way

so this came up on my Youtube list and i was like O.O WoW i have to try this.
here is the Vid:

 

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https://www.facebook.com/AdamskiMods

 
Theme : Welcome to "FREESTYLE MODDING!" A mod of case where nothing is planned. Just mod and be surprised! :) Theme? Nothing actually. Just another Prodigy Build. :D Will paint the case and add some awesome exterior works. This is actually my first real modding experience.





Specs:





Case :Bitfenix Prodigy


CPU: Intel i5-3570k


Mainboard: ASUS Maximus V Gene Z77


RAM: CORSAIR DOMINATOR GT 16GB


GPU: EVGA GTX 680


PSU: Seasonic Modular PSU


SSD/HDD: Samsung 256GB and 2TB Seagate


COOLING : Watercooled mosfet, cpu, and gpus





Water Cooling parts:


MOBO Block: EK ASUS Maximus V Gene Liquid Cooling Block Set - Acetal + Nickel (EK-MOSFET ASUS M5G - Acetal + Nickel)


RADS:Two(2) Swiftech MCR220-XP eXtreme Performance Dual 120mm Slim Radiator - (MCR220-XP)


PUMP: Aquacomputer D5 Pump Motor w/ USB and Aquabus Interface (41093)


PUMP TOP: EK D5 X-Top Acetal Pump Top CSQ


Reservoirs : Swiftech MCRES Micro Rev. 2


CPU Bock: EK Supreme LTX Acetal + Nickel CSQ


Fittings: Moonsoon and Bitspower Fittings


 


AFTER MODS
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 
 
 
uploading pics here killed me. :/
   
 
 
   

 


















 

now we wait for there gaming series models....

I really don't think so, from what I've seen from all the reviews, the 7970 remains the better option unless you're a hardcore Nvidia fan.
The 7970 and the 770 perform within margin of error most of the time, except in games where the 7970 has a sizable advantage due to its double percision 64bit floating point performance like Hitman Absolution & Sleeping Dogs.
The 7970 also comes as standard with 3GB of VRAM so you don't find yourself in a situation like you do with the 770 where you have to think about whether you need to pony up for the larger 4GB buffer or stick to the standard 2GB.
Another bonus is having the assurance that most if not all next-gen titles will be automatically optimized for your card because of the GCN based Radeon heart in the XBOX One & the PS4.
AMD also tries to swing you their way by their extremely attractive game bundle of Crysis 3, Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite & Far Cry : Blood Dragon.

You also feel safe knowing that if you decide to upgrade your monitor & migrate to higher resolutions that performance will scale better than the 770 & you will have enough memory.

There are still some advantages to the 770 however like GPU based PhysX and currently frame pacing in SLI, this advantage however will soon become irreverent when AMD release their Heart Beat pacing technology.
CUDA used to be an advantage in premiere pro software but Adobe & AMD went ahead and released OpenCL support on the new Premiere Pro CC software.

All in all though, I still maintain the 7970 is the better overall package.