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  1. ApolloX75
    I have more than a few water blocks bought new (old stock, 780s I bought last month) that have been sitting on the shelf a number of years, none of them have had o-ring issues. Even the ones for my 580s and 780s. Even CPU blocks I have that are old Koolance and Swiftech units work just fine with no signs of drying out and one of them is from 2005. I use Freezemod pumps off Amazon, they're DDC knockoffs and they work like a charm. I've got one going on three years daily use 7-10 hours per day average and it's still pumping strong and quiet. They just go until they don't and they're cheap enough you won't notice. I've used D5's of various makes, they're great but you don't need it.
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    Words to live by in my book.
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    Our competition has heated up quite a bit. Jeffro has thrown in the towel on his X58 attempts realizing his 920 can't match my 975 (even though it's dead, I have the broken spare that actually overclocks better) and has brought in the big guns with an Asus Z87-A and a 4770K, which he is now combining with a pair of 290Xs. Bravo Jeff, taking a note from my playbook. I'm not worried. He managed to overclock the 4770K to 4.6GHz (with my help haha) and has made a little custom loop (his first, aww, using my spare parts of course) to cool it. Respectable. However. The skies are darkening over his short-lived victory dance as my secret weapon has not yet been revealed.... It arrives next week and I shall call it the Jeff Crusher. Also my 780 Ti's are not worried by his 290X reinforcements, as they overclock like mad and run at 24C all day with the Heatkillers on them. Also I can add a third in at will now, I have the stuff to do it. In other news, one of my spare Ti's has bit the dust for now, but I managed to repair the other malfunctioning one. However it dislikes it's stock cooler, I'll find a workaround for that. I also have a Heatkiller IV Pro arriving this week for my secret weapon as my cheapo Amazon blocks likely don't have the surface area or cooling ability to handle what's coming. I have also secured high speed 2400MHz DDR3 with excellent timings to add to the mix. We have both agreed the competition stops here, as we are getting a little nuts and we're both stubborn as hell and don't know when to stop haha. Either way it's going to be a hilarious reveal when he comes down in a couple weekends for the final benchmarks.
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    I remember when I bought my Creative 6x4x24 CD-Writer fondly. I also remember, quite a bit less fondly, how LONG it actually took to write a CD at 4x, let alone 6x.... Good grief that felt like months per disc.
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    OH! My bad luck is back! I received my Z87 Sabertooth board today, the package looked like it had been through the ringer. Looks like customs tore it open and ripped apart the box, took the socket protector off and let it rattle around the board. Bent and broken pins. I know it wasn't the seller, he sent me photos of it being packed and it was very secure. I'm just so down now, I can't fix this easily. I can try replacing the socket but all the caps in the center on 1150 make it even more daunting and I'll probably just ruin it more. The seller is fantastic though, he sent me a full refund right away. I was smart and took pictures as I removed it from the box of course, so that helped my case. The hits just keep on coming, a couple weeks ago I got royally ripped off on FB marketplace, I don't usually use it but a guy in Quebec had a card I wanted and he agreed to ship it, got the tracking from him, etc sent him the money. Well it's been a couple weeks and he doesn't respond to my messages and guess what, no card. My hatred for Quebec continues to burn.
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    Just Firestrike at this point. Last time someone ran it with this combo was 2014, so I'm sitting at top of the charts hahahaha. I'm sure I'll be there for a few years and someone will come along and blast it away again.
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    Ahhhh.... Good news/bad news situation. Good news? I broke another 3D Mark record with the 975 and a pair of 780 Ti's. Sweet. Bad news? I found the max voltage my 975 can take. And it's gone. Time to get another from China I guess, but I also am picking up a six core X5660 on Friday with another Sabertooth X58 board. So I'll have some fun with that as well. Note to self: This jumper baaaaaaad
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    Lol. Broke out the Rockit today. Lapped, delidded and then Conductonaut applied to a 4670K. If she wasn't an overclocker before, she is now. Z87 Sabertooth should be arriving any day now as well. Thermal paste on this little unit was dry as a bone anyways, I tested it real quick in a little H81 board to make sure it worked and just tore it apart afterwards. I can't wait, so excited, haven't played with Haswell in so long and it is by far my favorite platform to overclock on.
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    Well after several late nights, I have a functioning water-blocked pair of reference 780 Ti's that currently overclock higher than a Classy or Gigahertz edition. And run at 24C full tilt while pushing 266W each. And that's with my 975 at stock right now because it's been a bit of a pill to get it cooperating with the Ti's. Tuning that will be tomorrow evening's challenge. Some eye candy.... My first water blocked pair, the second card went bad after a few runs even though they were at 19C and stock clocks. So after troubleshooting that and setting that card aside for some repair work later, I set out testing all four Ti's separately and then together to find who worked with who. The final pair clock amazingly well so far, +201 on the core first try and +400 on the memory. Boost clock is now 1220 and they hold thanks to the stupidly good Heatkiller blocks (and my massive radiators). I will continue tuning these cards as I've barely scratched the surface. I had one Ti that would tap out when it hit 83C, it no longer has that issue with the Heatkiller on it and it's clocking like a champ. Go figure. On the plus side, almost all the regular 780s seem to work fine, but I will need to test further and it's time consuming to swap, firestrike, swap, firestrike, swap..... etc. I am attaching 40mm heatsinks to the backside of the card, to the three VRMs that are on the reverse side, on all the air cooled cards and it's dropping the average temps by almost 10C on average per card.
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    D5 vs DDC, I've used both many times and I've been running Freezemod DDC knockoffs for several years even with no failures. They all work well, soft tube or hardline. Flow meter is an absolute must for a big loop. I use the Aquacomputer NEXT personally and love it.
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    haha, send 'em on over if you don't want 'em. I will happily take a look and use what I can. I imagine those P106 cards would use similar chokes to my reference 780 that needs one, maybe even caps too if I'm lucky. I've got two NOS Heatkiller waterblocks coming for the 780s and I found more I can get. I'm going to have way too much fun with these cards I think.
  12. ApolloX75
    I would love to take those off your hands! Definitely with coolers, I can repurpose them and salvage fans and the like out of them.
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    Wow that hot plate was worth every penny. So all four 780 Ti's work fine now save an issue with one shutting down when it hits 83C. They're founders coolers so they suck, I'll waterblock that one and see how it reacts. They all hit 83C, just one doesn't like it. All the 780s so far work fine. In fact thanks to my hot air and hot plate I was able to salvage a choke off the exploded card and transfer it to the one 780 that would not boot, it had a cracked choke by the power delivery. That card works perfectly now. Edit: 9/10 ain't bad. That's a win in my books. And I'm reasonably sure that if I can salvage the right cap and another choke from some other card, I can fix the fireball 780 too and make it 10 for 10.
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    I have one I'll be putting it to work tonight on a few of the cards just working with the cores. I like having the oven to do the complete board just in case it's an area I overlook. I even have a hot plate to preheat the PCB.
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    I now have to bake 9 cards. They all seem to boot into Windows for the most part, but most fail to load their drivers, this is the same behavior exhibited by my 580s, 5850s, 470s, etc that all were saved by baking. So I am relatively unconcerned, at least about 8 of them. I am gonna order a damn toaster oven so I don't have to use my actual oven to bake a bunch of cards one after the other though. This is going to be time consuming. Good thing I've got a lot of thermal pads to spare now thanks to sales.
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    I am absolutely in love with that CPU cooler. Side note... we're borderline here now with the competition but JEFF insisted I allow cards from 2013 in so he can run an R9 290. My response.... Received ten, 4 Ti's, 6 regulars. 8 worked out of the box, four of which were the Ti's, so that's all that matters. One powers on but won't display, may just need a baking and #10 put on a fireworks show. Not bad considering my past luck.
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    That's probably similar to the one I have backed up. I would update your directx version as much as you can, I believe you can go all the way to 9.0c on 98. It's all backwards compatible anyways, you should be able to find the installer for it pretty easy I should think. The Voodoo 3 itself is a directx 6 part, but the drivers like at least version 7 if I'm not mistaken. I usually just install the best I can and run with it regardless if I'm using my X850 XT or even just a Rage 128. It's been a while since I've put together a 98 system but I keep a disc of important files and drivers for making it run smoothly, I will consult it tonight.
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    I spotted some Radeon VE cards with 64mb for like $20-$30 on eBay today. I know TNT Ultras are stupid expensive, along with what few GeForce 256 cards are still available. Voodoo cards will also be expensive. Rage cards should be a dime a dozen. My 2000 AGP works just fine in 98 for dxdiag tests and the like, I think your card may be going bad or your driver's aren't loaded. If you need the 3DFX driver package for 98 I have it backed up.
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    You'll be a little limited with the physical slot if you're using AGP, I believe the boards for a K6-2 are all AGP 2X, correct me if I'm wrong, it's been a while. So Voodoo 3, Diamond S3 cards like the Savage 3D. TNT2 based cards are great, as well as original GeForce 256 and Radeon VE/7000s should work also, but a Rage 128 or Rage 3D card will work too. Keep in mind Voodoo cards were all limited to 16 bit color maximum until the Voodoo 4, so TNTs, Rage series and Radeons and just about everything else will look wayyyy better. Finding some of those might be a challenge, not gonna lie, but worth it.
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    I like the look of that Evercool solution. I've used the Arcitc X1 and it works well, but that little fan is still noisy. Never tried the S1, it looks good overall but I'd agree you'd have an issue with it dumping heat into the case and if you have poor exhaust options (I imagine it's a case of similar vintage?) then it could be a poor choice.
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    I honestly have never understood that kind of paranoia. If you're not doing anything wrong, what do you have to hide? If someone wants to know what you're doing bad enough, they'll find a way whether it's through your computer, stalking you, or just talking to people you associate with. Who cares. If CSIS, the CIA or whoever really wants to know about me, I'm sure they've already got my info. I'm not up to anything, I lead a boring life in all respects, if some government agent wants to come over and build a PC with me in my basement and ask me what I'm up to, they're welcome to it.
  22. ApolloX75
    Man, some of my bad luck must have rubbed off my friend. All three high end boards he brought me are dead. Maximus III Formula? Power on and off infinite cycle. 990FX Sabertooth? Does not recognize any CPU. Maximus VI? Missing pins in the socket and bent ones, hole drilled through center cap area of socket too. Wild, he even bought all of these from people in person too. The last one blows my mind, there was a socket protector in place and I guess he didn't take it off to check when he bought it. I'd replace the socket but that hole...
  23. ApolloX75
    Your voltages on your new board are lower. You should be seeing lower temperatures. Something else is going on, not the board. Check your fans, check your fan speeds, check your cooler again. You've got something "off" from how it used to be.
  24. ApolloX75
    Check settings like Power Limits and the like, they typically run unlocked as well and the CPU will just boost for days.
  25. ApolloX75
    Asus boards seem to be configured to shove voltage down the throat of the CPU by default. Every board I've encountered from simple Primes to my Strix Z590 just push and push on stock settings. Lots of tweaking needed now for these boards, very annoying.
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