shibbs

I'm currently using Astrill. Where I'm at, they have the best speeds of the VPNs I've tried.

I love my HyperX Cloud II. Sounds great, metal construction, and 2 different ear cups--leather or microfiber.

Audio quality is damn good, too. Nice and crisp, without being really peaky at certain frequencies.

Quick question - 

Is this a worthwhile upgrade from my 4670K? 

Board is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157371&cm_re=Z87_extreme6-_-13-157-371-_-Product

It'll fit in the top of my Define R5, once I remove the 5.25" drive bays. (Who the heck uses those anymore?!)

Put the fan on the outside of the case in a pull configuration. Works great. Then you can put on a super fancy fan and really show it off. 

Think of a LTT Limited Edition Noctua on the outside of the case! @LinusTech would be proud!

Just tried a GTX 770 over the weekend with 2 8-pin connectors. Old PSU didn't have provisions for 8-pin, so just stuck the 6 pin connectors in it.  Is working great and has been for the last few days.

That's pretty much the same setup I have on my R5. Works great, and is dead quiet.  I have Noctua fans, though, as the Fractal quiet fans don't flow for sh*t. That being said, I don't run them full throttle, but ramp them up with CPU temperature.

Got the shipped notification. I'll have them Thursday!

White Red Green.  Go full Christmas on it.

Hopefully pleasently surprised

Yes, definitely. My case has plenty of room for it.  :lol:

They're acrylic panels.  Relatively low heat will definitely melt it. 

Use the burner on your electric stove, NOT an open flame of any kind. It will be MUCH more likely to start on fire and discolor.

I have lots of experience with the stuff making custom fish aquariums and whatnot. Once you heat the acrylic, ANY contact with anything (fingers, wood, metal, ANYTHING) will definitely make it look like shit. 

Heat it up over the smallest burner on your stove, SLOWLY, and just let the weight of itself weigh down and bulge the panel. Then allow it to cool slowly. 

Silly, stupid side note. I have the same card and also was very surprised at how beefy it is.

Resellers will raise the price sky high when they run out of product so they don't have to deactivate/remove the listing. Then when the new stock arrives, they'll lower the price back to where it should be.

Problem solving has to start at the beginning:

You're applying thermal paste, right?  Using the pea method?

Those temps do seem awfully high. 

Just use Android Pay. 

It's really perfect because I always have my phone on me anyway, why not use it as a credit card?

The Aria is truly a thing of beauty. I would be honored to wear that headset. To score all 4 items would be........ amazeballs.

Your Mobo should have settings in the BIOS for adjusting fan speed automatically. 

Use splitters if you need more headers.

I've heard that Thermaltake's liquid cooling stuff isn't great, but I've never had any personal experience with them.

It's an Asetek unit just branded by Thermaltake so I don't see how it can be bad. The fans are the only variable, and OP said he has his own fans.

What size are your fans? If you have 140mm fans, then get the H110i or GT or GTX.

If you have 120mm fans, then get this! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106241 Not gonna beat a 360mm radiator on an AIO. lol

Noctua NF-F12 Industrials, 3000 rpm/100 cfm with focused flow. 

 

http://www.amazon.com/Focused-NF-F12-iPPC-3000-PWM/dp/B00KFCRATC/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1446790907&sr=1-2&keywords=Nf-f12

Why put a 120mm fan on a 140mm radiator? 

I had the 2 Fractal fans in the front for intake. I'd do a 120 at the back for exhaust. The Fractal fans are dead quiet, but don't flow a ton of air. 

Keep in mind you want to have positive pressure in your case for dust reasons.

there is no reference 970

I don't know what universe you're in.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487069&cm_re=gtx_970-_-14-487-069-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127835&cm_re=gtx_970-_-14-127-835-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133620&cm_re=gtx_970-_-14-133-620-_-Product

Control the fans from the motherboard and don't worry about their software. Fans > LEDs.

Their AIO watercooling units are made by Asetek, so they SHOULD be good.

I cannot recommend any of their other products, however. Their business practices are garbage, and I refuse to support them.

I have the iPPC 2000RPM fans. They're great. Definitely recommend. 

I have them speed controlled by the BIOS and set them so under normal operating they'll only get to 1500 RPM, at which they're dead silent. My platter HDDs are louder. 

I only have them set to ramp to full throttle if for some reason it gets super warm. Honestly, they're not that bad at 100% anyway. 

Thanks! Lost this disc and many many others back in college!