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post #21 of 51
2/2/06 at 2:46am
haha chode, w/ the vapo...I would hate to have your electric bill =P
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post #22 of 51
2/2/06 at 4:30am
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Vapo sounds nice. Never really knew much about it tho. How much would a CPU set up costs and what about condensation? Some links to shops that sell vapo set ups would be real cool. Maybe this could be my next project.
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post #23 of 51
2/2/06 at 5:55pm
about 4-500 bucks pending...check out

www.ocforums.com
www.xtremesystems.org
www.vapochill.com
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post #24 of 51
2/2/06 at 6:09pm
crazy pc and frozen cpu have quite a lot of phasechange cooling. normally it will set you back about 700-1000 dollars. If i were you, id wait for OCZ's new phasechange( i think its ocz ill have to check anandtech) and the price point should be around 200-500 dollars, putting it into the range of water cooling. insulating the mobo and cpu isnt really hard, and besides condensation, there is really no risk involved. A lot of people throw in a lower end P4 or athlon 64(3000-3500, and 2.8-3.2ghz P4) while others throw in FX-57's and P4 extreme editions. whatever you choose, you will get insane performance from. I have seen amd's in the 4ghz range and have heard rumors of P4's breaking into the 6ghz range! If you hold out(you probably will as u already just finished that kick-ass rig, ), then you should be able to pick up that new OCZ cooler in time for your next project. phasechange r0x
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post #25 of 51
2/2/06 at 8:24pm
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Originally Posted by Yang88She
about 4-500 bucks pending...check out

www.ocforums.com
www.xtremesystems.org
www.vapochill.com
Thx for the linx im looking at them right now.
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post #26 of 51
2/2/06 at 8:25pm
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Originally Posted by chode messiah
crazy pc and frozen cpu have quite a lot of phasechange cooling. normally it will set you back about 700-1000 dollars. If i were you, id wait for OCZ's new phasechange( i think its ocz ill have to check anandtech) and the price point should be around 200-500 dollars, putting it into the range of water cooling. insulating the mobo and cpu isnt really hard, and besides condensation, there is really no risk involved. A lot of people throw in a lower end P4 or athlon 64(3000-3500, and 2.8-3.2ghz P4) while others throw in FX-57's and P4 extreme editions. whatever you choose, you will get insane performance from. I have seen amd's in the 4ghz range and have heard rumors of P4's breaking into the 6ghz range! If you hold out(you probably will as u already just finished that kick-ass rig, ), then you should be able to pick up that new OCZ cooler in time for your next project. phasechange r0x

HHmmmm....muahahahha . (mad scientist laugh) Im researching this right now and it looks like a good prospect.
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post #27 of 51
2/2/06 at 10:09pm
here's some data on the OCZ phase-change system.
retail msrp: $299
here's 73h linkage
http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/...spx?i=2669&p=2
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post #28 of 51
2/3/06 at 4:09am
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Originally Posted by chode messiah
here's some data on the OCZ phase-change system.
retail msrp: $299
here's 73h linkage
http://www.anandtech.com/tradeshows/...spx?i=2669&p=2
Thx for the linkage. Those are the best pics of it so far. Although the Vapochill case on the 3rd page looks mighty sexy aswell. But, I think ill stick whith the OCZ since the price is pretty good.
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post #29 of 51
2/3/06 at 4:10am
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Here she is during the evening. Might I say what an exquisite woman she is.

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post #30 of 51
2/3/06 at 4:44pm
nice stuff GL with the vapochill
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post #31 of 51
2/3/06 at 6:09pm
one question. How would you say this case compares to more conventional cases? like a lianli 6070B or V1000B, or an Antec P180? I'm talking about heat/airflow, noise, and how does it look in person, because ive seen some mediocre case mods that look insane in person. Btw the reason im asking, is because i have been interested in that case since it came out, but there have been few reviews of it in depth.
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post #32 of 51
2/3/06 at 7:38pm
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Originally Posted by chode messiah
one question. How would you say this case compares to more conventional cases? like a lianli 6070B or V1000B, or an Antec P180? I'm talking about heat/airflow, noise, and how does it look in person, because ive seen some mediocre case mods that look insane in person. Btw the reason im asking, is because i have been interested in that case since it came out, but there have been few reviews of it in depth.

Well, if u look at the interior it almost looks like the interior of the V1000. I have mixed feelings about the Power Supply being at the bottom since this rig is WC. But the great thing about this case is how much room u have to work with. As u can see its not hard at all to get a clean wiring job. I myself have mediocre modding skills which is one of the biggest reasons i picked this case. The material is very high quality which makes me understand the price of this case. All in all im very happy with it. As far as cooling, Im still testing my system. SO far my cards are at 52-55 idle and 70-72 full load. But then again its SLi so its kinda hard to get real good cooling.
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post #33 of 51
2/3/06 at 9:09pm
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Originally Posted by SiNiSt3R
Well, if u look at the interior it almost looks like the interior of the V1000. I have mixed feelings about the Power Supply being at the bottom since this rig is WC. But the great thing about this case is how much room u have to work with. As u can see its not hard at all to get a clean wiring job. I myself have mediocre modding skills which is one of the biggest reasons i picked this case. The material is very high quality which makes me understand the price of this case. All in all im very happy with it. As far as cooling, Im still testing my system. SO far my cards are at 52-55 idle and 70-72 full load. But then again its SLi so its kinda hard to get real good cooling.
thanks for the info. i hope lianli doesnt stop selling it for a while.
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post #34 of 51
2/4/06 at 10:18am
Any particular reason you went with an Opty rather than an X2? I thought that there was very little performance difference.
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post #35 of 51
2/4/06 at 2:36pm
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Originally Posted by digitalpunk
Any particular reason you went with an Opty rather than an X2? I thought that there was very little performance difference.
im thinking he wanted extra stability and multitasking, or maybe the X@'s werent in stock.
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post #36 of 51
2/5/06 at 4:19am
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Originally Posted by chode messiah
im thinking he wanted extra stability and multitasking, or maybe the X@'s werent in stock.
Optys have been known to have higher and more stable OC speeds compared to the X2 . It is the dual core version aswell and has a much larger cache.
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post #37 of 51
2/5/06 at 5:08am
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Optys have been known to have higher and more stable OC speeds compared to the X2 . It is the dual core version aswell and has a much larger cache.
4megs or 8?
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post #38 of 51
2/6/06 at 6:26pm
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Originally Posted by chode messiah
4megs or 8?
2MB L2 Cache
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post #39 of 51
2/6/06 at 9:32pm
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Originally Posted by SiNiSt3R
2MB L2 Cache
lame. my bad, i was thinking of itanium2's and xeons. still an improvement, though i doubt it will really give you much. 512kb to a meg is good, but higher up, u get better multitasking performance, but the onchip latencies go up as well. 4 and up is to much cache anyways for any desktop or lowlevel workstation. (i would have gone FX60 )
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post #40 of 51
2/11/06 at 9:45pm
Sweet rig!

Check out the linkage to the AW forum to see my modded ALX case. I will rebuilt it with mostly new stuff next week:

http://www.notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=133623

Modded Alienware Aurora ALX SLI
AMD FX 55 < being replaced by FX 60 (THermaltake wateblock)
Asus A8N Deluxe < being replaced by DFI Lanparty UT nF4 SLI-DR Expert (chipset will have Waterchill waterblock)
2 gigs (4x512) Corsair XMS PC3200 being replaced by 2GB XP4000 REDLINE DUAL PACK (2X1GB) 3-3-2-7 (Koolance waterblocks)
Dual Geforce 6800 Ultras being replaced by dual 7800 GTX 512s (Danger Den SLI waterblocks)
Internal Drives:
Two 500 gig Hitachis (KOolance waterblocks), one 300 gig SATA drive, two Raptors in raid 0
External Drives:
four 400 Gig drives, one 500 gig lacie big disk extreme
Cooling: Alienware ALX cooling (Koolance) with added Thermaltake Aquabay Flow meter adding a complete independent second liquid-cooling system based on Waterchill components.
PC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool 850watt
Case has custom laser etched window and has been painted by Smooth Creations with custom Star wars graphics
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