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TheDigitalRealm

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    TheDigitalRealm reacted to Shd0w2 in 2x 290 Vapor-X or 2x 290X PCS+   
    I wouldn't normally reccomend a powercolor, but in this case, go for the 290x.
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    TheDigitalRealm got a reaction from Sonefiler in Worth the wait ?   
    Yes, it does, but an R9 290 will be maxing out the majority of recent titles at ~90fps. If you want to get 120Hz or 144Hz on every game, your best bet would be getting two R9 290's. Honestly though, unless you game professionally, a 60Hz IPS monitor will do you fine. 
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    TheDigitalRealm reacted to Coombzy in Worth the wait ?   
    You need a whole new system to power that 780 properly by the looks of it.
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    TheDigitalRealm reacted to Askew in Show me on the bear where EA touched you.   
    BUMHOLE....
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    TheDigitalRealm got a reaction from Lays in Should I wait for Maxwell?   
    4K doesn't need more than 4GB. Here:
     

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    TheDigitalRealm reacted to ShadowCaptain in is there a headphone that sounds as good as an IMAX theater?   
    There are some AMAZING headphones for hundreds you can buy 
    Something like the HD650 have a really nice sound stage for example, these are $500
     
    But nothing will create BIG sound as well as proper speakers in my opinon
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    TheDigitalRealm reacted to SAV1OUR in Looking for a 240mm Rad for Corsair Obsidian 250D   
    you can't be serious....
    I'm from aus and summer never touches my gpu and cpu that badly and i'm using a 212 evo. your fine the 750 ti never hits 60 at most and a h100i is a fine cooler
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    TheDigitalRealm got a reaction from Recon-UK in PSA: The Widespread Rumors About the 6300 not Bottle-Necking High-End Cards is Simply Not True.   
    Okay. Firstly, every CPU is a bottleneck of a varying degree in any system. All that matters is the extent to which the CPU is bottle-necking other components. The 6300, when over-clocked, serves perfectly well for gaming with any GPU, sure, the GPU won't reach its full potential with that processor, but the same can be said with an i5 or even an i7.
    It all depends on whether you're happy with the performance or not. My current system, for example, would benefit slightly from running a 4930k and a socket 2011 board where I wouldn't be bottlenecked by the number of PCI-e lanes. I'm not investing in that platform, simply because I know I don't need that for gaming.
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    TheDigitalRealm reacted to D3MON in PSA: The Widespread Rumors About the 6300 not Bottle-Necking High-End Cards is Simply Not True.   
    http://www.techspot.com/review/734-battlefield-4-benchmarks/page6.html
    LEAVE TROLL!!!

    seriously, i disable core 0 and 1 effectively turning my cpu into a 6300 and i notice no difference, this is in bf3, bioshock infinate,world of tanks, payday 2, minecraft, skyrim, ets2, simcity, bf4, automation and so on.
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    TheDigitalRealm got a reaction from dizmo in Questioning r9 290 for my build...   
    I'm sorry, what? Please stop doing this, wasn't it you posting the damn Titan Z thread? 
     
    Out of the three cards, the R9 290X is the best performer at 1440p. Go for the XFX R9 290X. 
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    TheDigitalRealm reacted to Hidden Orange in The forest? Can you die while sleeping?   
    It'll be fun. We promise.

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    TheDigitalRealm got a reaction from Hidden Orange in The forest? Can you die while sleeping?   
    Find out?  
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    TheDigitalRealm reacted to Izaya Orihara in I want to watercool my pc   
    Not woth it. You would spend 500 to 600$ at least for a decent GPU+ CPU setup and unless you have some really highend hardware that's not worth it. 
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    TheDigitalRealm got a reaction from Sonefiler in Need some video card advice on an upgrade path for this setup   
    That's double his budget dude...
    If iI were you, I'd wait until your birthday and buy an R7 265, as it outperforms the GTX 750 Ti by a good margin. If not, a GTX 750 is still a good option.
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    TheDigitalRealm reacted to hurlaroid in Codename: Radar   
    Hey Everyone!
     
    Been lurking around the boards for a little while now, checking out all the great work everyone has done. I did a major overhaul of my system at the start of the year, and have been battling with heat and noise ever since. Turns out the 290x, even with a nice after market cooler, might as well be a rebranded flame thrower. When you have 2 in Crossfire things get even more interesting. Now that the weather is warming up and I can't just open the window and let 40 degree air into the room, I decided it was time to water cool this beast. 
     
    So, lets get into it!
     
     
    Components:
     
    System:
    CPU: i7 4770
    GPU: MSI 290x Gamer Edition in Crossfire
    Ram: 8gb Kingston 1600
    Storage: 2x Samsung 840 in Raid 0
    PSU: Corsair RM1000
    Case: Define R4
    Fans: Stock case fans, Corsair AF140s
    2x UV Cold Cathode
     
     
    Liquid Cooling:
    Monsoon bay res w/ mcp655 Variable
    Alphacool Nexxxos ST30 and UT60 240mm Rads
    EK Supremacy CPU Block
    EK FC 290x water blocks x 2
    Monsoon fitting
    Primochill Advanced tubing
    Monsoon UV green dye
     

      All the new parts unboxed and laid out.   
      Here is a before shot of my system. I had previously sleeved the cables with uv green and black paracord. You'll notice the AF140 jammed in there right in front of the 290xs to help keep them cool, not the prettiest solution.   

      Here we have pulled the Ram, Graphics and Mobo. I really want this build to be all black and UV green, so this red and blue need to go......






      Much better! I used flat black engine block paint on all the heat spreaders. It contains a ceramic element that promotes heat conductivity.   

      Making a mess  

     
    Getting the fans mounted to the UT60 and mounting the rad to the front. The fan holder on the front of the r4 did not have any holes in it for the fans to mount into, and I didnt feel like taking the time to mark and drill them out at the moment. I plan going back later and ditching the zip ties in favor of a nicer solution.   
      Res is place  


      Waterblocks installed on the vid cards. I had intended to use the EK backplates, but turns out they are not compatible with my MSI cards. Spent hours verifying the waterblocks would fit and never gave a thought to the back plates. The cards still look great without them due to the black PCB.  

     
    Snazzy new black mem and chipset heatsinks, and the EK cpu block installed.
     

      After getting the ST30 and Af140s installed in the case, I found the motherboard was hitting up against them. I tried fixing it by taking off the VRM heatsink from the mobo and filing about 5mm off the top of it, but then the I/O ports on the back were hitting. I wound up just tapping 2 holes in the top of the case and top mounting the rad. Not what I was planning originally, so I will have to go back in the future and install some nice 90 degree fittings and figure out something a bit more sturdy than exposed plastic tubing.   


     
     
    Tubing installed! I hard ordered an EK dual parallel terminal block, but I mistakenly got the wrong spacing on it, live and learn. Thankfully I ordered extra fittings so I was able to keep working. 
     



      All set up for leak testing, water in and pump on! Quickly found that one of the oval gaskets on the EK video block was not seated right, but thankfully the papertowels caught it all. After a quick drain and reseating of the gasket, everything was water tight.   

     
    I couldn't wait to get some dye into it
     
     






     
    And there she is, all up and running!
    It came out a lot better than I expected, despite the few small setbacks I had. 
     
    There is still some more work to be done, I have some 90 degree fittings on the way, I want to add in a fillport/drainport, and I am going to wrap the tubing in anti kink coils for the obvious anti kink reasons as well as the look. 
     
    What I was most impressed with was the differences in temp. Before watercooling, the 290s would consistently hit 90c while gaming in crossfire, thus throttling the cards, getting loud as hell, and making the room unbearably hot. The corsair AIO watercooler would then have a hard time keep its temp low because of all the hot exhaust. Processor temps of 65/70c were not uncommon. 
     
    Now after an hour of running Furmark, the cards were at 70 and 72 respectively, with the processor holding at 50c. Playing BF4 at full settings on a 1440 monitor temps were 55 on both cards and 50 on the processor. I was very worried that only using 2 240mm rads, one of them being 30mm thick, and using low static pressure 140mm fans would not be enough to cool the system, but turns out it's more that sufficient. The room stays significantly cooler now as well, as the system is not getting super hot and I think the radiators dissipate heat at a more even pace so the HVAC system can keep up with it. 
     
    All in all it was a really fun build, and I have a few more things I would like to do with it before i'm going to call it done. I will post back here as I put on the finishing touches. Hope you guys like it!
         
       
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    TheDigitalRealm got a reaction from Recon-UK in Just WOW!   
    When I finally start working full-time, I'll definitely be looking at game collecting, as well as nerdy figurines. 
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    TheDigitalRealm reacted to LawrenceBarnes2013 in 770 x2 or 780 ti?   
    i hat it when people recommend waiting for something that's not coming out in ages and is being delayed even further, plus how better is it gonna be any way !
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    TheDigitalRealm reacted to Izaya Orihara in 770 x2 or 780 ti?   
    Nvida's next line up. Not out yet and will take another 6 months. 
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    TheDigitalRealm reacted to DoubleY in can you help me out?   
    Autoaim? You can disable that in the "settings" menu.
    WHO WOULDA THOUGHT. 
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    TheDigitalRealm reacted to Askew in Did your interest for technology came from your parents?   
    No my parents are technomorons I help them with tech with the knowledge I've gathered from my own personal interest.
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    TheDigitalRealm got a reaction from antoainb in New Asus 4k monitor PB287Q   
    It's a nice monitor, but with your use case, wouldn't a 1440p PA series monitor make more sense?
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    TheDigitalRealm reacted to nishank93 in New Asus 4k monitor PB287Q   
    Do you really need 4K? If you're really into photo editing, you should rather look at a PA monitor.
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