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Originally Posted by iLOVENZB

I might be stereotyping here but I've found Mac users to have the cleanest desks :\

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Well we've all seen your desk complete with traffic cone.....

I'm not a Mac user though :ermm:

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Keep getting iDevices for presents though which is probably why I'm not a hater of Apple :unsure:

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Originally Posted by Skiz

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Originally Posted by Artemis

One question Skiz, why did you ditch the corsair CPU waterblock ?

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I just didn't want to bother with it. I already had the motherboard screwed in, so I would have had to take that off to attach the back piece, then apply thermal paste and screw everything in to the fans and motherboard.

The CPU fan that came with the i5 was already equipped with thermal paste and it just had those snap in buttons, so the whole thing was attached in a matter of seconds. If I ever feel like overclocking it down the road, I may slap the H50 on there.

ps - Hey chewie. :wave:

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Hi Skeez. I remember when you had an 'o'.

What with the power CPUs draw nowadays, stock fans help keep the CPU VRMs cool especially if the board's fitted with 4+1 rather than 8+2 phase.
Don't know how your board is kitted out but it looks like a four-pin ATX12V connector so if you go back to the waterblock and overclock you might want to blow some air over the VRM heatsink.
Then again, it might not be needed at all since I've only really read about the pitfalls of overclocking AMD stuff.

Quick question... do nVidia cards output sound through the HDMI port? I heard they didn't and went ATI.
Their folding is heaps better than equivalent Radeons but I like to have sound through my TV if that's where the video is played.

NVidia cards since the later 200 series have 7.1 HDMI Audio (V1.3b) with bluray audio support. This is the 210,220 & 240 cards and above ( the earlier 250GTS, 260GTX, 275GTX, 285GTX & 295GTX did not). Some earlier NVidia cards had audio passthrough from the onboard SPDIF port on the motherboard. It depends if it was implemented by the manufacturer, but 9400GT, 9500GT & some 250GTS cards had this option.

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Originally Posted by Artemis

NVidia cards since the later 200 series have 7.1 HDMI Audio (V1.3b) with bluray audio support. This is the 210,220 & 240 cards and above ( the earlier 250GTS, 260GTX, 275GTX, 285GTX & 295GTX did not). Some earlier NVidia cards had audio passthrough from the onboard SPDIF port on the motherboard. It depends if it was implemented by the manufacturer, but 9400GT, 9500GT & some 250GTS cards had this option.

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Ah. So I could go for a 4- or 5- series card, then.
Unfortunately, I was told my position at work is being made redundant recently and have to wait to see if I've still got a job in a few weeks. Major bummer.

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Originally Posted by Rart

Just finished my first build!

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Mmmmm, that is a sexy build. I really like that case.

Attachment 104609Bud Light can in coozie
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Some wired management could go a long way in that room. For $20 and some shopping on eBay, you could probably find everything you need. ;)

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Originally Posted by Skiz

Some wired management could go a long way in that room. For $20 and some shopping on eBay, you could probably find everything you need. ;)

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Is that reply for me? haha

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Originally Posted by Skiz

Some wired management could go a long way in that room. For $20 and some shopping on eBay, you could probably find everything you need. ;)

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But then the huge electric spiders won't be able to ensnare their huge electric flying bug meals.