Recent content by Xenturion

Unless the tubing from the video cards disconnects from the top in some way, I'm not sure how you'd install it without feeding it through the 5.25" bays.

That should work just fine. When you've got the RAID array setup, just make sure that the file structure is identical to what it is now and makd sure the array has the D: drive letter in Windows. Everything should function like nothing has changed.

That's certainly not a ridiculous temperature, but it's not great either. I'd think with a 240mm Radiator that you'd be seeing lower temperatures. How did you OC? I'd guess maybe you're pushing voltages a little far. Haswell and Ivy Bridge aren't known for particularly good heat transfer, but a...

As Sakkura metioned, that processor really isn't doing you any favors. It's not a bad processor by any means, but it isn't really much of a performer either. It's based on the same architecture as AMD's Phenom II's and Athlon II's, so it's definitely a little old now. Realistically the biggest...

LucidLogix is definitely an interesting company. They had HydraLogix (the mixed GPU & SLI/CrossFire alternative) and Virtu. (which allows you to use Intel's QuickSync with an addon GPU) Interestingly, they don't really even mention HydraLogix on their site anymore, which is a pretty good...

The GTX 760 is an excellent card. Certainly nothing wrong with it. An important thing to remember that there are several different vendors that produce AMD and Nvidia cards. They frequently use their own custom coolers they developed themselves, rather than use the coolers AMD and Nvidia...

For BF4, I'd stick with Intel on the CPU side. The IPC advantage they have over AMD's processors should mean quite a bit in a game as processor intensive as BF4. Conveniently, Tom's has these numbers: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-4-graphics-card-performance,3634-10.html The...

I'd say they're easily worth $1250. At that price, it's like buy 3 get 1 free. Seeing as most 680's still command over 400 dollars, and even considering the loss of value from being Used, it's definitely a fair deal. You could probably pick them up, sell two of them for $300 a piece and still...

If you need to go Z77, these should work. Z77 Boards with 4-Way SLI/CrossFire

You can't run 4 Dual-Slot 7950's on that motherboard. If you look at the spacing of the slots, you can see that you'd only be able to get 3 cards on that board. You'll need an XL-ATX Motherboard, or an ATX motherboard where the bottom expansion slot of the 7 is a PCIe x16 connector. It's going...

Generally, side panel fans that are over the video cards are intakes or "blow air in". If you mean in regards to the fan itself, they usually have little arrows pointing which direction the airflow goes. You can actually tell by looking at the blades, but that's a little tough to explain. Guess...

The Power Supply you linked should be more than enough. I wouldn't accuse it of being the most quality power supply out there, but it should still be more than sufficient for two GTX 660s. Given that both cards will require 1 PCIe-6-Pin power connectors and that your Power Supply has 2, you'll...

You'll encounter a significant CPU bottleneck with whatever card you choose. Likely only going to get about 50% of the performance of the card if that. But if you're really considering buying a card now that you'll reuse when you build a new rig, then get something somewhat substantial. I...

It really depends. It will be a bottleneck in older titles and less demanding titles, but we're talking well over 100 FPS here. In modern games such as Battlefield 3 for instance, it'll deliver say 90% of the peformance of an i7-3770K. I run an i7-920 myself, but I've got it overclocked to 3.5...

As far as the case goes, if I was building something for my family, I'd want it to be pretty understated. NZXT's Source line of computers comes to mind. BitFenix Merc Alpha or Outlaw. Possibly Fractal Design Core 1000. A 650Ti would be a good alternative to a 9800 GT, and would be substantially...