It's fine, my 580 also has some slightly bent fins where the screws attach. It probs has zero difference on performance/temps.
It's fine, my 580 also has some slightly bent fins where the screws attach. It probs has zero difference on performance/temps.
WoW Character: Wintel - Frostmourne (OCE)
Gaming rig: i7 7700K, GTX 1080 Ti, 16GB DDR4, BenQ 144hz 1440p
Signature art courtesy of Blitzkatze
I like the blue PCB the Gigabyte GTX 670 has. It matches my blue and black theme!
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Wow that looks amazing! My hubby is wanting me to build him a computer now after I did mine, but he wants a Red and Black theme, much like what you have done. Again it looks pretty cool!
Last edited by inux94; 2012-08-25 at 08:39 PM.
i7-6700k 4.2GHz | Gigabyte GTX 980 | 16GB Kingston HyperX | Intel 750 Series SSD 400GB | Corsair H100i | Noctua IndustialPPC
ASUS PB298Q 4K | 2x QNIX QH2710 | CM Storm Rapid w/ Reds | Zowie AM | Schiit Stack w/ Sennheiser HD8/Antlion Modmic
Armory
Case: Corsair 600T
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4
CPU: I5-2500k, running at stock
RAM: 4gbx2 Corsair vengeance 1600MHZ (tall)
GPU: Asus GTX 470 with the Coolit Omni 470 (read about it here)
PSU: Cooler Master Silent pro 850W
HDD: 1TB caviar black + 2x 400GB Seagate 7200RPM
2624x1968 of the same image: http://i.imgur.com/Mgm43.jpg
2624x1968 of the same image: http://i.imgur.com/j4Lq9.jpg
In preparation of my 1st attempt at custom water cooling, i spent 4 hours a couple days ago cleaning the system for dust, re-cabling the system and Throwing out 2x 2.5 inch HDDs to make space.
Feel free to request more images.
Last edited by kailtas; 2012-08-25 at 09:37 PM.
Your greed, your foolishness has brought you to this end.
- Prince Malchezaar
Did you get a waterblock yet? The GTX 470 waterblocks are pretty much not being produced anymore, I think.
DigitalImpuls.no have it though, it seems. Only the plexi nickel one though.
Last edited by Drunkenvalley; 2012-08-25 at 09:22 PM.
My plans are as follows:
1. Set up a loop for the CPU, using a 200x200mm radiator and the MCP655 water pump.
2. Crossfire 7970s or Sli 670s
3. Cut out the top of the case to fit in a 360x120mm radiator in the top and add the two GPUs in the loop.
The 470 may get in the way of the Pump/Reservoir because of the closed loop kit sticks very far out towards the HDD trays. So i may have to borrow a 6870 from a friend (he has a short version) until i can get my hands on a 670/7970.
Your greed, your foolishness has brought you to this end.
- Prince Malchezaar
If you know you're gonna run Crossfire HD 7970s, I'd try and get my hands on the original waterblocks for them. The new CSQ blocks are fine and all, but require additional stuff to connect several cards.
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Just so you know... sometimes you get lucky with radiators. Lol.
Terribly sorry for the flash light and shit, hard to get a picture of it otherwise.
Anyway, I'm currently running a loop in my 650D.
Videos:
Coolant effect:
Koolance RP-1200 noise:
Specs are:
Corsair 650D
Asus Sabertooth Z77
i5 2500k w/ EK Supremacy Full Nickel
Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB 1600MHz @ 1.5v
Asus HD 7970 Direct CU II w/ EK nickel block
Corsair Force 3 240GB
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB
Corsair AX 850
Rad is Koolance 2x120mm w/ 11FPI.
Pump/res/etc is Koolance RP-1200.
Coolant is Mayhem's Dye Aurora Hydro Gold.
Fittings are all Monsoon 1/2" ID 3/4" OD.
Some Bitspower accessory fittings.
Last edited by Gliff; 2012-08-27 at 08:20 AM.
Picked up a MSI 670 GTX Power Edition for $375, Horray. The thing is a BEAST.. I love it.
Got the rest of my parts in (new fans for the H100).
Cleaned up the back of my case... a few times... Couldn't get the back panel on, so I had to move things around..
the TX750 from corsair... even tough I got it 4+ years ago, and works fine... has too many extra wires I can't hide and they are starting to get annoying..
Lost track after 50 tie wraps.. and trimmed them up
That blue fan is only a place holder because I lost one of my dust guards in the back.
Built a computer to my girlfriend this weekend. She has been stuck with the same POS for over five years now so I felt she deserved a new one.
Specifications:
- Cooler Master Elite 430
- ASRock B75 Pro3
- G860 3.0GHz
- Samsung 830 64GB
- Optilac DVD RW +/-
- Corsair Value 2x2GB
- XFX Radeon HD 6870
- Antec VP450
A very budget oriented build throughout. The Elite 430 was a bit of a hit and miss. No proper SSD mount and no space between the motherboard tray and the back-panel (at all), but it was cheap. I will say though that my expectations for the Double Dissipation cooler wasn't too high, but it performed admirably - especially since the card was less than 1400 SEK.
Build itself was around 3500 SEK, including the SSD but excluding her previous HDD. She wanted purple LEDs throughout the chassis but had to "make do" with the blue LED fan. Might get her some red and blue LED-strips later for a nice purple shine.
I also got some nice stuff for myself but I'll get to that once my order arrives.
Last edited by mmoc7c6c75675f; 2012-08-27 at 06:36 PM.
Purple leds Now there's an epic thought..
At Drunkenvalley; I feel like I've seen you go trough 4-5 different builds in the past months.. Make up your mind already! Looks extremelly sleek and spot on at the moment though. Maybe constant fiddling around has actually paid off. :P
I can't settle down though, lol. This build makes an awful droning noise, so the pump and res are being replaced by XSPC's D5 bayres... Hopefully, the color is also closer to the PC than the RP-1200 was.
Come to think of it. How's one 240 rad working for you? Good enough temps (with low fan speed I spose)?
Last edited by Ghâzh; 2012-08-27 at 08:04 PM.
The temperatures are honestly fine, surprisingly.
http://imgur.com/a/nK2tw/
My build. Not perfect. But I was so satisfied and proud of myself when I completed it considering I have never touched a computer component before. The cable manegement still bothers me but I didn't touch it since I know I'm never going to make it the way I picture it.
Last edited by Theeb; 2012-08-27 at 09:43 PM.
Build must've taken you days! Taking a picture of every step :-P
Welll well it was a historical moment. First step is always the hardest and I was hesitated to build it myself. Now I have an urge to build another one just for the smell of a new rig and I keep trying to find an excuse haha.
Actually it did take a long time. I completed it in 2 days (for the hardware part). Didn't rush. After I get back from work I work on it for an hour or so. Though it took longer than the average build, it went smoothly except for the video card. Had to fight with it a bit ....
Last edited by Theeb; 2012-08-27 at 10:10 PM.