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    R9 290X EK LC with Thermal Paste on Pads?

    Just picked up a used 290x with an EK waterblock. Its working fine but I removed the block to apply some Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut to the core before adding it to the loop permanently and discovered the previous owner had put thermal paste on top of all of the the thermal pads and several of the...
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    D5 pump into SysFan?

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    D5 pump into SysFan?

    I'm building my 1st custom loop and have an Alphacool VPP755 V2 D5 pump and have just upgraded to Ryzen on a Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 5 mobo. The board has two 4 pin fan headers marked sys fan 5 & 6 Pump on the far right and bottom right of the board which the manual says are for "System fan/water...
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    Titan Black For €550 Or Wait for Maxwell.

    Thanks for the replies, info and help guys. Much appreciated. I ended up paying via paypal for the Titan Black in the end. Even if its last gen in 5 months it should still go like shit off a stick compared to my iMac and sure I can always sell it later on if needed, possibly to comeone in pro...
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    Titan Black For €550 Or Wait for Maxwell.

    Heres the deal. I've been offered a Titan Black 6gb new tomorrow for €550. I still have to make sure I can clear the funds with the bank in the morning. If I don't buy it tomorrow it will be gone to someone else. I'm currently running an iMac 780m 4gb and performance is ok but it doesn't...
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    7680x1440 Gaming. 780 6gb or 780ti 3gb?

    I'm currently running Assetto Corsa in triples at 7680x1440 on an iMac late 2013 with a 780m mobile variant with 4bg ram. Getting about 45-55fps with reflections & cube mapping off and AA at x2, AF x4 or 8 depending on track & world detail at medium or high. Thats in fullscreen windowed mode (so...
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    7680x1440 Gaming. 780 6gb or 780ti 3gb?

    Just wondering what you guys would choose for gaming on triples at 7680x1440, 780 6gb or 780ti 3gb. I'm mainly going to be using it for Assetto Corsa, R3E, pCars when it arrives and also FSX, DCS and BF4. My monitors are only 60hz. I'd be hoping to have the GPU last a couple of years and I'm a...