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    Quote Originally Posted by Vynrael View Post
    Getting the build done took a lot longer than anticipated due to monetary issues around buying time. But I ended up getting some unused parts through a friend which made this build pretty cheap for me in the end. Needless to say, I'm proud of it.

    http://i.imgur.com/yQj3Ozll.jpg

    There was no winning with the lighting, so lights out with a flash it was. Still have to add blue LED strips, fans weren't bright enough.

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    Why on earth is your gpu in a 4x pci-e slot?
    I wouldn't crossfire with that board.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vynrael View Post
    In the near future I would like to crossfire with a second one, and add a couple more HDDs. I was just to impatient to wait :P

    So instead of buying a 650/750, spent the extra $20 or so to not have to upgrade further down the road.
    Unless you're pushing insane overclocks on your CPU/GPU... a 650/750 should more than suffice.

    http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/618

    Their highest power consumption there is 429 watts for the entire system, and I am pretty sure they use a serious CPU (aka LGA 1366 or 2011 i7) thus you won't even be pushing that much wattage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lockblock View Post
    Why on earth is your gpu in a 4x pci-e slot?
    I wouldn't crossfire with that board.
    Because he actually has it in an x8 slot.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Fag7MgodQ0oATA

    And there's no issue running XFire on that board. First lane is a PCI-E 3.0 x16 (so more than enough for any GPU) and the one his GPU is plugged into is PCI-E 2.0 x8, which will maybe bottleneck his current GPU by about 5%.

    Why he is running it down there... I haven't a clue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mmocd061d7bab8 View Post
    yeh but lava is just very hot water

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    Well then oops :P I guess I was just trying to play it to safe.

    As for the GPU, I guess I should of paid more attention, my friend had pulled out the covers from that PCI slot, so I just put it in without thinking. I'll have to go back in and fix that tonight. >.>
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vynrael View Post
    Well then oops :P I guess I was just trying to play it to safe.

    As for the GPU, I guess I should of paid more attention, my friend had pulled out the covers from that PCI slot, so I just put it in without thinking. I'll have to go back in and fix that tonight. >.>
    Hmm it will just run at x16 because you only used 1 card

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    Quote Originally Posted by Faithh View Post
    Hmm it will just run at x16 because you only used 1 card
    The slot he is using right now is only wired for x8. Doesn't matter if it is the only card he is using.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DeltrusDisc View Post
    Because he actually has it in an x8 slot.

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Fag7MgodQ0oATA

    And there's no issue running XFire on that board. First lane is a PCI-E 3.0 x16 (so more than enough for any GPU) and the one his GPU is plugged into is PCI-E 2.0 x8, which will maybe bottleneck his current GPU by about 5%.

    Why he is running it down there... I haven't a clue.
    My bad blindly accepted it as the Ga Z77 D3H since they listed it as such when in fact it is the Ga Z77X D3H. Assuming it was the lesser model that would have been a bottleneck though.

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    I wanna know who it was that thought using a green PCB on that RAM was a good idea.
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    Quote Originally Posted by n0cturnal View Post
    I wanna know who it was that thought using a green PCB on that RAM was a good idea.
    It's a bug-bear for me, as well. But still, not much to be done about it unless I go nuts with stuff, which I doubt he'd let me do for such minor gain.

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    Barely noticeable. Annoying, yes, but when the build is finished and all, really, no one will notice. :P

    Anyways! Red+Green = Christmas!
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    Quote Originally Posted by mmocd061d7bab8 View Post
    yeh but lava is just very hot water

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    http://imgur.com/a/Dx1pA#21 <-- so bright! sorry all I uploaded more shots I got bored.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Drunkenvalley View Post
    It's a bug-bear for me, as well. But still, not much to be done about it unless I go nuts with stuff, which I doubt he'd let me do for such minor gain.
    DIMM in slot 3 isn't seated properly, or that slot is just weird.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FlawlessSoul View Post
    DIMM in slot 3 isn't seated properly, or that slot is just weird.

    You're welcome!
    Indeed it isn't :P

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    Moved the video card to the top slot, still can't believe I let that one past me.

    Buuut, I did overclock it as I wanted too, 4.3ghz. Not amazing, but I'm pretty excited, as it was my first attempt at ever overclocking. xD
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    Quote Originally Posted by FlawlessSoul View Post
    DIMM in slot 3 isn't seated properly, or that slot is just weird.

    You're welcome!
    Sorry, I completely missed that! Thanks for pointing it out.

    That said, where the heck are the pictures of your PC?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drunkenvalley View Post
    Sorry, I completely missed that! Thanks for pointing it out.

    That said, where the heck are the pictures of your PC?!
    Pretty sure his are probably around page 200 by now. lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by mmocd061d7bab8 View Post
    yeh but lava is just very hot water

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    Quote Originally Posted by DeltrusDisc View Post
    Pretty sure his are probably around page 200 by now. lol
    I sent him my old waterblock. I have still not seen any updated pictures of that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drunkenvalley View Post
    I sent him my old waterblock. I have still not seen any updated pictures of that.
    I'll try and do some tomorrow. I've got to strip a laptop to the bone tomorrow :/
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    Come on, let's see some pictures, Yoshikage!
    "A flower.
    Yes. Upon your return, I will gift you a beautiful flower."

    "Remember. Remember... that we once lived..."

    Quote Originally Posted by mmocd061d7bab8 View Post
    yeh but lava is just very hot water

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