Recent content by beagri11z

makes sense i dunno what the hell i was tihnking when i ordered the dvi-d i read that it should work but i do see the 4 pins are not on the one i bought as for "Active" from my understanding the xfx 7870 has a built in converter on the first (post 1) dvi output on the card ill go buy a full pin...

the 280x will outperform your mobo/cpu combo but yes it will "handle it" the psu needs to be upgraded if you dont plan on doing crossfire in the future just go with a 80+ 500-600w no need for stupid over kill like most people want/recommend efficiency is killed doing that ive seen a 7970 ran...

get vrm/mostfet heatsinks if you want to go closed loop they are pretty cheap 20 bucks for like 10 of them that is your only option for a closed loop i heard the nzxt kraken can work too just gotta make sure your card supports it otherwise like stated above full block/custom loop

ive done alot of reading before deciding to run 3 monitors including staying AWAY from VGA but considering i already had two monitors (both have ONLY vga ports) i decided to just buy a used one and call it a day my gpu is a xfx 7870 core edition im trying to get this to work but have a feeling...

@torqueS after going through 3 of the asrock fatal1ty 990fx motherboards/a few hours spent on the phone with newegg AND asrock US support i returned them all and got a 990fxa-ud3 rev 4 if your having blue screens (i did and all my hardware ram,gpu,cpu HDD where tested working in other rigs)...

what do you mean change the heatsink its self? i removed the northbridge heatsink to add the water block. and ofc thermal compound was added (arctic silver 5) yes those are my gfs clothes for leak testing LOL i have read that majority of the 990 chipsets run hot, hell even the 970s i just...

so did my first water loop and decided to get the 990fx killer.............. the first one i got (newegg) had some massive heat on the northbridge i decided since i already did custom loop i can easily add a block to it. i threw a 120mm 50cfm fan right infront of the heatsink to see if that...