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[GigaSnow]

Please write a review please...

 

May I ask why?

 

I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to doing it, but this movie draws some clear lines between certain groups of people. 

[GigaSnow]

Heres one:

 

 

I see your Dusty and I raise you Hugo and Jake.

[linuxfan66]

May I ask why?

I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to doing it, but this movie draws some clear lines between certain groups of people.

I was interested to see your thoughts from your viewpoint...

[Bhav]

For some reason my brain only slept for a few hours and woke up at 2am. My tablet went to 5% battery so I'm getting to charge it through my new power bank for the first time.

And it seems more than brilliant that I don't need to get a high amp dual USB charger anymore. The battery bank charges during the day, and charges my devices at night.

[Montoyatok]

They definitely could but not sure if they'll see enough of a market for it. Remember what Even apple is going for buffer phones

 

I think there is a market for small powerful phones, even Apple is supposedly cashing in on it with the rumoured iPhone 5SE 

[Speakerator]

wait what card is that you put that on?

An Asus Strix 970, including its stock heatsink. The sink is exactly 240mm wide and has a notch at the side (originally used to hold the top cover on. I ziptied the two NF-F's together and tied them down by feeding a long tie through the notch on the heatsink.  Probably should call it "the brown mod" in regards to zip-tying AIO's on GPU's

[Paralectic]

Yes Lego HP... don't judge...

 

 

 

I've got like 300hours in Lego HP on the Wii.

Altough on PC the really low FOV makes me sick and I refunded it after an hour.

[Dackzy]

An Asus Strix 970, including its stock heatsink. The sink is exactly 240mm wide and has a notch at the side (originally used to hold the top cover on. I ziptied the two NF-F's together and tied them down by feeding a long tie through the notch on the heatsink.  Probably should call it "the brown mod" in regards to zip-tying AIO's on GPU's

Is it working?

If it is how are the temps?

[Bhav]

Well somehow this cooler with 2 mere heatpipes and 3 fans keeps my overvolted 1525 mhz 970s under 80 degrees. Meanwhile the G1 cooler with 4 heatpipes is around 5-10 degrees lower still:

No idea why an Asus strix would need modding like that, but it does make me wish that GPUs used normal case fans so I could choose the ones I wanted.

[Speakerator]

Is it working?

If it is how are the temps?

 

Yes, it is working, though it has not yet solved my problem completely. GPU temps are superb, depending on the fan curve I can get the card to 65, 60 or even way below 60 degrees, with the fans being hardly noticeable even if reaching for temps below 60. However, the reason I started fiddling with GPU cooling were my high vrm temps reaching +100°C values. Those did dropp a bit, but not as much as I'd like, also highly depending on what load. Full load temps are better than medium load temps, since the VMR's get stressed in both, while the GPU does not get that hot --> lower fan RPM. I did some research over the last week and found multiple threads from people with similar issues and temps. Some RMA'd their card and went for another brand, some simply cranked up the fans) I found the info that someone was told by an Asus tech clerk that they went with higher quality VRMs on those cards which should be fine up to 120°C, - nonetheless, it won't benefit the cards lifespan IMO. There was another guy on some forum who put a G10 on a Strix card (not listed as compatible, but it works, who simply stuck some copper heatsinks on the VRAM as well as the VRM - he literally just thermal-glued them on top of the aluminium heatsink and it gravely improved his temps. might try a similar route - I don't know yet. This kind of grows onto me as a project - modding a 970 to be truly silent and quiet^^ 

 

Well somehow this cooler with 2 mere heatpipes and 3 fans keeps my overvolted 1525 mhz 970s under 80 degrees. Meanwhile the G1 cooler with 4 heatpipes is around 5-10 degrees lower still:

No idea why an Asus strix would need modding like that, but it does make me wish that GPUs used normal case fans so I could choose the ones I wanted.

I did not want to buy an additional cooler, since many require standard pcb's (which the Strix does not have ofc.) In addition, the actual GPU heatsink on the Strix already works quite well.

For why it needs modding, see above.

[Sir Asvald]

New portable fold-up desk for my PC, I have no space to put it, The floor is all carpet, so that's a no-no. I'm in a pickle, I don't know if I should get a Xeon 123v3 now or in April?  

[GigaSnow]

I was interested to see your thoughts from your viewpoint...

 

I certainly can do a quick write up after I watch it if you want...

[FireFox]

Bought a Sony MP3 player and a 3.5mm auxiliary cable for the car. Sick to death of shitty CD's skipping.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171942830575

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131701833386?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

Will be filling it with Dio, Metallica, Rammstein and Ludovico Einaudi

 

 

[Mr.Meerkat]

I'm supposed to save money (although I've saved up enough for what I need to do at the moment) and I keep on going out and getting components for computers. I can't help it, it's an addiction... I did this in Japan, as well. Built about half a dozen computers when I was there...

Hmmmmm...sounds like me where I can't stop buying components even though I don't need to upgrade anything (I was born in Japan and I've even built myself a i3 and 650 ti rig there...in our house in Tokyo while also having an i3 and 6750 in our house in Beijing...not including my other two PCs here in Britain...)

[iamdarkyoshi]

Oh dear. I seem to have spent a bunch of money.

 

[iHardware Shelden]

Oh dear. I seem to have spent a bunch of money.

 

 

Almost at 6,666 post Also I have that same battery bank, absolutely love it

[iamdarkyoshi]

Almost at 6,666 post Also I have that same battery bank, absolutely love it

Whoops, just surpassed 6666 posts

 

I wanted the powerbank because it looks like (if it uses 18650s) like they are in two vertical stacks of two, which I wanted to do with my collection of 18650s, but too lazy to 3D print a case for it due to current non heated bed issues (thus the heated bed in the purchases)

[iamdarkyoshi]

I kinda wanna get that battery bank as I think the one I got off amazon is about 3k mahs less, but ya.

I honestly just wanted the PCB and case  

 

I have enough identical brand name 18650s to make a completely useless 100 AMP hour pack

[iamdarkyoshi]

hehe, just won another bid

 

I need to stop buying LED flashlights. I already own like 3

[Misanthrope]

I got a new SSD, this one (didn't take a pic before installing it though, too exited)

 

 

The DC S3700 which is an older model but the price was right: some guy on a facebook group was offering this for 90 USD locally for the 400gb version, met him up at a train station and he was legit and so it's the ssd. Might not have the best warranty ever (he told me 6 months) and he might have wiped it from a sever or something but for I decided to give it a go.

[iamdarkyoshi]

Got an ScamScum S4 off craigslist for 30 bucks...

 

Power button was broken according to the listing (it was actually missing)

 

Fixed it and then the volume up button was dead. It was actually stuck ON.

 

So two buttons from a trashy android tablet later and we have a working 30$ S4.

[Marinatall_Ironside]

Some doodads and the LTT 140mm fan. 

[Gazereths]

Got Saturday morning RPG for PS4 and Vita, Vita limited to 2500 copies, PS4 limited to 1980 copies. The PS4 version  sold out crazy fast, still a few Vita versions left.

 

 

 

Also a couple of  asrock motherboards, a bitcoin mining lga1150

 

 

 

 

 

 

And an  775 g31 board

 

[SufficientSwimmer]

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[minibois]

PS2:
- Premier Manager 2005/2006

PS1:
- Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
- Ark of Time
- Chase the Express
- Forsaken
- Hidden & Dangerous
- Versailles: A Game of Intrigue