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    Ahokas99 reacted to XPLSV in Watercooling a Titan Xp Star Wars Collector's Edition?   
    I disassembled my card last night and put on the EKWB waterblock and backplate. I have the Galactic Empire edition of the Star Wars Collector's Titan Xp card. As EbinNator2044 experienced, it was pretty straightforward according to the included EKWB instructions. I will note that when removing the attached Star Wars backplate, two of the small screws are covered by EKWB stickers attached to the backplate: I simply embedded my small phillips screwdriver into the sticker and contacted the screw head. The two LED header connections are also the same; although when removing the shroud, the connection to the one LED header (which I will call LED Header 1) was well connected and I had grabbed it with a needle nose pliers to ensure I did not apply excess shearing torque to it while disconnecting the card from the shroud. There is also the typical fan connector wire, which is easier to reach in and disconnect. The test fit showed the waterblock to be sitting flush, just as EbinNator2044 stated, but I decided to shave a bit of the height off the top of the one LED header (LED Header 1), as it was exposed and easy to do, just to ensure clearance. I simply used a sharp hobby knife blade. I put an EKWB gold backplate on it to complete the card. 
     
    EK-FC TitanX Pascal-Copper Water Block with Acetal Top for Nvidia TitanX Pascal
    EK-FC TITANX-PAS-GTX-AC-D
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    EK-FC Titan X Pascal Backplate - Gold for EK-FC TitanX Pascal GTX Series Water Blocks
    EK-FCTITANX-PAS-GD-BP-D
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    Ahokas99 reacted to Damascus in Monochromatic | X99 | Titan X(m) | Watercooling   
    Fantastic mobo, the chipset heatsink on it is absolutely insane
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    Ahokas99 got a reaction from Damascus in Monochromatic | X99 | Titan X(m) | Watercooling   
    The Compunator V.2
    This is pretty much my "dream pc" from few years ago,
    I couldn't afford all this at the time so here it is, bit late, but still here
     
     
    Parts i've upgraded to slowly, core parts are mostly bought used (GPU, CPU, RAM, PSU).
    For now i'm waiting to swap the case again, Define R6 Gunmetal TG has yet to arrive in Finland.
    Planning to swap the 240mm radiator for a 360/420 radiator or maybe cramming 3 rads into the R6,
    also thinking of switching to EK's Supermacy Evo Full Nickel at the same time to fit the "theme".
     
     
    Current HW configuration
    CPU: Intel i7-5960x 4,5Ghz 1,28vcore
    Motherboard: Asus X99-E WS USB/3.1
    Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury 32Gb 2400Mhz DDR4 (Black)
    GPU: Asus Titan X Maxwell
    SSD's: Samsung M.2 960 Evo 250Gb & OCZ 480Gb Trion 100
    HDD's: Seagate Barracuda 1Tb + 2x 500Gb
    Current case: Corsair 750D Airflow Edition. 
    PSU: Silverstone Strider Gold S 850W
    Teh RGB: DeepCool 350 Magnetic led strips
    Other: Akasa M.2 PCIe x4 Adapter (problems with the MB m.2 slot),
    Silverstone Braided Black Cables for 24pin, 4+4pin & 2 x 6+2pin PCIe.
     
    Watercooling configuration
    CPU Block: EK Supermacy EVO Plexi + Nickel
    GPU Block: Watercool Heatkiller IV XL Acrylic Black + Backplate
    Res & Pump: EK-XRES D5 PWM (250mm + EK-Res X3 Multiport Top)
    Fittings: EK 13/10mm Silver Compression fittings, 90° adapters &
    T-Splitter, Alphacool Valve, Adaptors, Plugs & Pass trough Temp sensor fitting
    Tubing & Coolant : EK DuraClear 9,5/12,7mm & EK CryoFuel Blue.
    Radiators: Alphacool NexXxoS Full Copper 360mm + 240mm 30mm thick
    Fans: EK Vardar 120's x5, Corsair AF-140's x3
     
     
    Monochromatic theme
     
    Aim of this build was to be very monochromatic themed with led illumination & coolant color differentiating the looks,
    PrimoChill Vue coolant would fit perfectly but it's not meant for this high wattage, almost 24/7 running build.
    I love the Asus X99 Worksation board looks, ofc it has other great features, like proper VRM cooling, USB 3.1 & alot of expandability/connectivity.
    I would have gone for the EK waterblock for GPU too but sadly I didnt find any in stock, but Watercool Heatkiller block does the job and
    I like the backplate on it.  Alot has been copied from Corsair 750D owners club builds when it comes to stuff like mounting the reservoir.
     
     
    Building experience
     
    Building experience in Corsair Obsidian 750D Airflow edition was quite nice, ample room for working around with the custom loop,
    cable management is bit lacking compared to the Define R5 I used earlier with the same loop configuration, but better than previous,
    Phanteks Enthoo Evolv TG that was very tight fit for the radiators & res (140 version at the time).
    I know it's a older design with main points being cabletie points and rubber grommets with radiator support limited by three 5.25 bays (and lots of pcie expansion slots, hence the full tower size)
    but I couldn't help myself missing the cable straps and full coverage dust filters found on previous cases, 750D does not have a bottom mounted dust filter,
    causing high amounts of dust to enter from the bottom radiator intake. PSU filter makes vibrating noises when fully mounted and pushed to it's position.
     
    Radiator mounting was easy, not much hassle excluding having to lay the case on it's side to attach the bottom radiator (really big tower for my small table),
    reservoir & pump combo was bit tricky to mount, It can be mounted between the 5.25 bays and motherboard with EK Res X3 mounts that fit trough some pre-drilled holes,
    but I ended up attaching it to the 750D's drive cages mounted to the top position right under 5.25 bays with some screw holes aligning nicely to attach the res & pump combo onto it.
    It still fits four regular 3.5inch drives (3 mounted now), the mounting screw and nut interfere with two of the drive caddies but thats no biggie.
     
    The EK DuraClear tubing package I bought the first time (3m per package) was a very easy fit with the fittings using hot water and slight streching
    w/ pliers to open them up over the barbs, and the compression ring screwed in nicely. Same cannot be said for the second batch DuraClear package
    I got few months later, I had some serious trouble with trying to tighten the compression fittings to the same point which they fitted nicely in with the first batch of tubing. 
     
     
    Airflow, Radiator Placement & Draining System
     
    Compared to the previous cases I have used with this build, it's far ahead in terms of airflow (yes not really comparable, all have different target groups) with perforated front panel and
    no closed off top panels (Looking at you Evolv TG ). Two front 140mm fans provide plenty airflow and the EK Vardar 120's are plenty enough to push/pull air trough the radiators,
    albeit being greyish and plain I like the look of these fans and they perform well for their intended purposes.
     
    I have currently mounted the 240mm radiator on the bottom 240/280 spot taking in unflitered fresh air with the Alphacool Valve & EK T-Splitter handling draining,
    also Alphacool Temp sensor passtrough fitting somewhere there, front 140mm fans are sucking in air trough front filter, 
    360mm radiator on top radiator position exhausting (fits 360mm effortlessly but requires 5.25 bay removal to fit proper 420mm rads),
    and single Corsair AF-140 in the back exhausting.
    (TL;DR : 4 intaking, 4 exhausting)
     
    Development Over time
     
    It has been pretty rough and problematic over time while building & upgrading this pc, some big ones to mention;
     
    Titan X(m) shuntmod failure, simple liquid metal over the shunt had corroded the solder off, causing the shunt to almost completely fall off = black screen when drivers load
    Fixed by resoldering the shunt back, result for my first soldering job was only 5-6% "smaller" power target, slight misreading from the shunt that is.
     
    Motherboard & CPU fried, had a Asus X99-Pro/3.1 that either had a capacitor or VRM failure, resulting into a dead motherboard & CPU (at that time it was 5820K)
    There was no way I could fix that, I dont have the equipment nor skill to fix such things. CPU was covered by insurance and the motherboard is still to date in Asus warranty service (2-3 months?)
     
    All in all it's been rough 
     
     
    Pictures
     
    (Currently too lazy to clean up the dust and table + repositioning the led strips. Will add as soon as I get my ass off the chair get some proper lighting to help my op5)
     
    Edit 1: Just to illustrate the loop until I can get decent looking photos of it 

     
     
     
    Excuse my English, it's not my first language, feel free to tell your opinion about the build & what you would change about it. 
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    Ahokas99 got a reaction from MVPernula in [Build Log] Project "Raptor"- Red/Black   
    Please please please dont run your components on carpet, the danger of "zap 'n buff" is real with those photos.
     
    Motherboard box makes for a great testbench for first boot 
     
    Otherwise looking very neat, but I have to ask why z170? kabylake has been here for a while and ryzen 1600 is a great option too. 
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    Ahokas99 got a reaction from Jumper118 in LTT 3DMark Thread   
    Fire Strike
    CPU: i7-4770k @4.5Ghz
    GPU:  2 Zotac GTX 570 Synergy edition in SLI, basically 570's slapped to 480 pcb/cooler
    GPU Core: 960Mhz, 1.2v
    GPU Memory: 2400'ish 
    Score: 8047
    http://www.3dmark.com/fs/11497624
     
    My 850w psu is getting under pretty hefty load when pushing the clocks
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    Ahokas99 got a reaction from Jumper118 in CLU + Gigabyte 780 Results + OC Results   
    So, got some spare time and desided to do a bit of refresh for new to me GPU, Gigabyte GHZ edition 780
     
    On stock goop from factory (dont know the exact age of this card, many years atleast) the card reached 81c at a static 70% fan speed just for the sake of comparing each other.
    This is what it looked like after about 10-15mins of Heaven benchmark, the stock tim is pretty melted up there. For both test's the room temp was "around'ish the same temp" a.k.a I myself didnt feel much difference between the test's.
     
     
    Now, I applied some CoolLaboratory Liquid Ultra, bit of scraching/sanding of the copper contact, installation was a breeze. New temps were stabilizing around 73/74c (room started to heat up)  with a static 70% fan speed.
     
     
    Afterall, for me it was worth it, this ended up lowering the average temp with "auto" fan on from 80c to 71/77 depending on the game, didn't notice much of a difference in sound/fan speeds, might be worth it to invest some time to find the perfect fan curve for my usage.
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    Ahokas99 got a reaction from Jumper118 in CLU + Gigabyte 780 Results + OC Results   
    Might as well shamelessly self bumb this thread, overclocking results after applying the CLU. NOTE THAT I MODDED THE BIOS AFTER THE CLU APPLY (1,3v max limit)
     
    Before: Pretty bad results, only passing 3dMark/Heaven with voltage maxed from afterburner (+62 at the time) core at 1150Mhz and stock memory for this particular run.           http://www.3dmark.com/fs/11071308   9 775 Firestrike Normal (With Time Measuring Warning=somewhat unstable and not so viable score)
     
    After: Flashing the modified bios with 1.312v limit helps ALOT on this card, 1306Mhz & +350 to memory so far I have only tested (apart from Heaven/3dMark) Bf4 test range and it was stable the 10 mins I ran it, any additional up to core causes instability, so I'm fairly sure this is around the max clock for this card.
      http://www.3dmark.com/fs/11156952  10 797 Firestrike Normal
     
    A mere 1022 point jump from just overclocking the card
     
    These kepler gpu's have alot to offer, only if nvidia didn't push them out with such low coreclocks
    Atlhough even an 290 will reck the 780 in modern games (thanks gimbvidia) it's still a capable card once OC'd and will handel most if not all older titles on high/ultra settings.
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    Ahokas99 got a reaction from amvoith in CLU + Gigabyte 780 Results + OC Results   
    So, got some spare time and desided to do a bit of refresh for new to me GPU, Gigabyte GHZ edition 780
     
    On stock goop from factory (dont know the exact age of this card, many years atleast) the card reached 81c at a static 70% fan speed just for the sake of comparing each other.
    This is what it looked like after about 10-15mins of Heaven benchmark, the stock tim is pretty melted up there. For both test's the room temp was "around'ish the same temp" a.k.a I myself didnt feel much difference between the test's.
     
     
    Now, I applied some CoolLaboratory Liquid Ultra, bit of scraching/sanding of the copper contact, installation was a breeze. New temps were stabilizing around 73/74c (room started to heat up)  with a static 70% fan speed.
     
     
    Afterall, for me it was worth it, this ended up lowering the average temp with "auto" fan on from 80c to 71/77 depending on the game, didn't notice much of a difference in sound/fan speeds, might be worth it to invest some time to find the perfect fan curve for my usage.
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    Ahokas99 got a reaction from 007Mix in Gaming screenshots   
    Fully random from steam screenshot libary  
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    Ahokas99 reacted to DocSwag in Deliding 4770k   
    ....
    Lol. A vice should be fine (I'm not exactly sure how you delid with a vice but there ar youtube vids out there). I've never delidded myself so you could try to find some guys with experience and ask them about it   
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    Ahokas99 got a reaction from colinreay in 780, i7-4770K, Sabertooth Mark 1, R5   
    Part's
     
    Case: Corsair 450D Define R5 Window (Black ofc)
     
    Motherboard: Asus z97 Sabertooth Mark 1
     
    Cpu: i7-4770K @4.4 
     
    Gpu: Asus GTX-780 Reference @1100Mhz
     
    Ram: Generic green 16Gb 1600Mhz'z Finally 16Gb kit of Black HyperX Fury 1866Mhz
     
    Cooling: Silverstone TD-02-Lite 240mm AIO <-ded ;( Hyper 212 placeholder
     
    PSU: Silverstone Strider 850 Gold S
     
     
    Accessories
     
    Monitors: 
    Main: AOC 24" G2460FQ 144Hz
    Secondary: Acer  S240HL
     
    Keyboard, Mouse, Speaker's & Headset:
     
    Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2013
     
    Razer Abyssus 2014
     
    Razer Kraken Pro's
     
    Bose Music Monitor Speaker's
     
     
     
    I'll upload new photos later sometime
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    Ahokas99 reacted to ZenModz in DOOM - ZenModz   
    Hi every one, 

    The Doom build is just about done, Just some small details to go. 
    Sadly there will be no cooling fluid added to the build for some time to come as I don't have a CPU for the build yet. 










    Thanks again for stopping by.
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    Ahokas99 reacted to ZenModz in DOOM - ZenModz   
    Hi, It update time again and I'm sure some of you are keen to know what the inside of the Doom case is starting to look like, So say no more! 
    ASUS 970 GTX  Being changed over to water. Thanks to Bitspower  

     

    Ok here is the photo's you been waiting for. 
    Tubing and floor plates for the case and GPU.I will still be adding more to the plates.  

    2x140 Coolermaster fans get a new look for the top 280 rad. 

     This should give you some idea as to the look of the inside of the Doom case. And before someone asks why there is one the tubes running across the center, When the side panel in on the pipe can be seen sitting just above the two top windows from the outside of the case. will add some photos of that tomorrow. 
       





    Hope you all like it. Thanks again for stopping by.
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    Ahokas99 reacted to Micdeez in [Completed] Project Insidious - Define R5 White / Z170 Krait / 6600K / GTX 980 Ti HOF   
    FINAL PHOTOS.
     
    Thanks for all of your support!
     

















     
     
     
    Welcome all to my first build log!
      Being my first foray into the PC world, I was inspired by a lot of fine looking builds (and of course playing games) #pcmasterrace.   I would like to add some custom touches, rather than slapping on parts in a white box. I think the Define R5 would be a nice "canvas" to start. Vision absolutely needs to be tastefully done (no glaring colours, just simple black and white).   Will try my hand on a fully hardline-tubed water-cooled build with symmetry and clean lines in mind.   "Insidious" [in-sid-ee-uh s] stealthily treacherous or deceitful.   So it begins...   Case Fractal Design Define R5 White Custom "XL" Case Window (4.5mm acrylic) Water-jet method cutting   Electronics MSI Z170A Krait Gaming Motherboard Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4 2400MHZ 16GB Kit GALAX GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB HOF Video Card Samsung 850 Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Samsung 850 Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Corsair RM850i 80 Plus Gold Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply Darkside Automotive White LED's x4 12cm Corsair Commander Mini White LED Diode Replacement (power button)   Watercooling EK CoolStream PE 360 Triple Radiator EK CoolStream PE 240 Dual Radiator EK ACF 13/19mm Compression Fitting White EK Laing D5 PWM Pump Corsair AF120 Quiet Edition Fans x2 Corsair SP120 Quiet Edition Fans x5 Bitspower CPU Block Summit EF (Intel) Clear Acrylic Top Version Bitspower D5 Mod Top S Clear Model Bitspower Water Tank Z-Multi 100 Limited White Bitspower VG-NGTX980TIGXHOF White Acrylic Top with Stainless Panel (White BP) Bitspower D5 Bracket White Bitspower Deluxe White Enhance 90-Degree Dual Multi-Link Adapter Bitspower Deluxe White Enhance Rotary 90-Degree Multi-Link Adapter Bitspower Rotary Fitting "Q" - 360 Degree Water Cooling Accessory - Deluxe White Finish Bitspower G1/4" Stop Fitting with O-ring - Deluxe White Finish Bitspower Flow Indicator (BP-FI-CLBKWH) - Clear/Black/White Bitspower BP-MVV-DWBK Mini-Valve - Deluxe White With Black Handle Bitspower G1/4" Deluxe White Enhance Multi-Link For Acrylic Tube OD 12MM  Bitspower G1/4" Stop Fitting with O-ring - Deluxe White Finish Bitspower Mini Dual G1/4" High Flow Fitting - Deluxe White Finish Bitspower D5 Adaptor Plate Multi Z Bitspower Aluminium M4 Screws PrimoChill Liquid Utopia Fluid Dye Pack - Black   Miscellaneous CableMod Black/White Full Kit / CableMod Combs Bitspower Cable Sleeving & Bitspower Heatshrink DEMCIflex Define R5 Top Case Filter / PCI Bracket Custom Vinyl Printed Graphics Custom PSU Acrylic Shroud  
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    Ahokas99 reacted to kxrider85 in Codename "You Should"   
    You should.
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    Ahokas99 got a reaction from SteveGrabowski0 in 780, i7-4770K, Sabertooth Mark 1, R5   
    Reference GTX-780
     
    Sexy af imo
     
    Bought used (MB,PSU both used too)
     

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    Ahokas99 reacted to soundlogic in 970 4-way?   
    Incorrect- they didn't, up until the GTX 970, which does support 4-way SLI.

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    Ahokas99 reacted to UNFKNBLVBL in 350D 4790K 970 GTX Strix - Asus, Corsair and Logitech Build   
    I built this trying to stay consistent with brands where possible (Kingston Ram was free and is temporary) Mainly used for CS:GO but also some other games and a little bit of Revit work
     
    Spec
    CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K  CPU Cooler: Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory: Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Boot Drive: Samsung SM951 128GB M.2-2280 SSD Games: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" SSD Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM GPU: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Case: Corsair 350D Window MicroATX Mid Tower PSU: SeaSonic 550W ATX12V / EPS12V Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM (64-bit) Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition 37.9 CFM 120mm Monitor: LG 24GM77 24.0" Keyboard: Logitech G19 Mouse: Logitech G502 Wired Optical Headset: Corsair Raptor HS40 Speakers: Logitech Z623 200W 2.1ch Mouse Pad: Asus Strix Glide Control  
    I also have a 8TB Synology NAS with all my media stored on that
     
    Future upgrades are:
    Samsung 950 pro NVMe 256GB to replace the SM951 128GB Samsung 850 EVO 500GB to replace the 840 EVO 250GB Corsair Vengeance LP 2x8GB to replace the Kingston ram Asus 144hz 24" or 27" G-sync monitor to replace the current LG 24" 144hz  
    I own a WRX and my girlfriend got me the die cast WRX as a birthday present so I used Velcro to attach it to my PSU A friend at work helped make a custom LED strip with remote to illuminate the case Here is a video of the LED strip with remote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ioAQNkfNNc
     
    PCPartPicker https://pcpartpicker.com/b/Q7QV3C
    I know the pictures aren't great, I need my girlfriend to help me take some better ones...
     
    Thanks for looking
    Mark




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    Ahokas99 reacted to GN103 in ROOT: an AMD build   
    getting some parts in the case








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    Ahokas99 reacted to Jumper118 in Asus p7p55-lx, Light on, no post   
    that is a shame at least you got some good parts. p55 boards are getting rare now
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    Ahokas99 got a reaction from Jumper118 in Asus p7p55-lx, Light on, no post   
    I tested it with the same ram that i found it with (ram works 100%) 1333mhz 2gb sticks, and those do work with the mb since our school still uses this config, it just wont power on.
    But hey free 500gb hdd,w7,i7-860,psu,ram,case and gainward 9800gtx+
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    Ahokas99 reacted to deWaardt in Asus p7p55-lx, Light on, no post   
    I have a motherboard with an i3 inside of it lying around as well, and that doesn't work either.
    Didn't get much help with it,
    Only things I can say are the super generic things like...
    -boot with single ram stack
    -boot w/o ram
    -boot w/o CPU
    -check for beep codes
    Etc etc
    But I'm pretty sure you've tried that already.
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    Ahokas99 reacted to Ben_Upde in Any experiences with Silverstone AIOs?   
    I just picked one of these up (td02-e) and am super happy with it. On air I could reach about 4.4Ghz on my fx8350 before the necessary voltage increase overcame the cooling ability of the cooler with this setup in my massively overstuffed case I can comfortably run 4.8Ghz and maintain 60C chip temps (what's reported anyway) under heavy load. This is with both the fans and the pump set to the silent profile in my bios.
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    Ahokas99 got a reaction from don_svetlio in Used zotac gtx 590 for 135$?   
    No, they are hugely down clocked 580's, max draw would be around 350-380w with slight overclock, and 750w psu is safe bet (even bronze) super good 650w can do it but I wouldn't try it
     
     
    http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-590/specifications
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    Ahokas99 got a reaction from LokiFire in Used zotac gtx 590 for 135$?   
    No, they are hugely down clocked 580's, max draw would be around 350-380w with slight overclock, and 750w psu is safe bet (even bronze) super good 650w can do it but I wouldn't try it
     
     
    http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-590/specifications
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