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The Avenging Dragon (First Build)

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Wow that's actually a pretty good OC/Voltage ratio there (for Haswell). Nice. Oh and nice build. But the OC is... Mmm Hmm.

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Could use a lot more cable management up front. 
Sorry man, but for something modular, that's some messy cable management.. :|

Some suggestions:

1) Zip ties are your best friend. 

2) Tidy up the cables on the CPU cooler.  Try to run them in a straight line rather than in every direction.

3) Tighten the loop or the "arch" of the 8 pin going to the GPU. Try using another 8 pin connector instead of using the extention. The flat cables are nice and easy to bundle. 

4) Use the built it fan hub and avoid connecting to much on the board. 

5) Move the HDD's to the bottom, You wont have to look at the cables going up to the Drives and it would improve airflow to the card (Assuming you have a fan up front) 

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Could use a lot more cable management up front. 

Sorry man, but for something modular, that's some messy cable management.. :|

Some suggestions:

1) Zip ties are your best friend. 

2) Tidy up the cables on the CPU cooler.  Try to run them in a straight line rather than in every direction.

3) Tighten the loop or the "arch" of the 8 pin going to the GPU. Try using another 8 pin connector instead of using the extention. The flat cables are nice and easy to bundle. 

4) Use the built it fan hub and avoid connecting to much on the board. 

5) Move the HDD's to the bottom, You wont have to look at the cables going up to the Drives and it would improve airflow to the card (Assuming you have a fan up front) 

Thanks for the advice.

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Wow that's actually a pretty good OC/Voltage ratio there (for Haswell). Nice. Oh and nice build. But the OC is... Mmm Hmm.

Why thank you. I might go ahead and do a OC on 4.4GHz and see what I can do.

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Why thank you. I might go ahead and do a OC on 4.4GHz and see what I can do.

I'm interested. Maybe you can get it to stay below 1.2v, which means you, my good sir, have won the silicon lottery. Who knows.

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I'm interested. Maybe you can get it to stay below 1.2v, which means you, my good sir, have won the silicon lottery. Who knows.

Might as well give it a try. Love my Load temps with my Kraken X60

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Might as well give it a try. Love my Load temps with my Kraken X60

What do you get with it?

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Max of 60 clocked at 4.2GHz with VCore of 63C and 22C Idle

Not bad. I got a 2.8GHz Prescott P4 up to 3.5GHz, and I don't remember what the VCore is, since the school blocked the validation site since it's apparently a "game." But it was low, and it wasn't stable once you put much load on it. A higher VCore would have helped, but I'm a n00b at overclocking, so I let the motherboard do it itself.

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Not bad. I got a Prescott P4 up to 3.5GHz, and I don't remember what the VCore is, since the school blocked the validation site since it's apparently a "game."

Nice. Check out my picture of my build with the NZXT HUE

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I like the hue. Gives it added awesomeness. :wub: If I get money for Dominator, it will be really nice.

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Just benchmarked on Unigine Heaven 4. Got on average 32 FPS. Not bad for a GTX 760

Indeed. Now overclock it a tad and see what happens.

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Actually that was on overclocked 1333HRz Graphics

Wow. Not bad.

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I also got 31FPS with Ultra 4xFXAA Tomb Raider Graphics average.

Again, not bad.

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For a first time, not bad. But maybe something different would be nice, like liquid cooling or some painted parts to make your build stand out from the others.

I'll try that out. Thanks for the suggestion.

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I wish to become one though ^_^

Maybe start by having the sub outside the cabinet lol

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I usually open the cabinet when I use bass intensive songs

i assume you get rattling since its directing inside there

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