Which Thermalright XP90?

[addiarmadar]

Should I get the copper one or the alluminum one?

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[DeathClock]

Depends on the kind of fan you put on it.

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[shawnlizzle =]]

alu IMO is better buy, the copper gives you a SLIGHT improvement, but definitly not justifies its cost, almost 50% more than the alu version

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[addiarmadar]

I would ger the XP120 but that would ruin my option for SLI since I paid extra $$$ for the SLI version mobo. Too back I cant fit one of these suckas on my NF4 chipset.

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[pickxx]

What Mobo do you want to attach this to?

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[pickxx]

So why is he saying he can't get the XP120?

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[pickxx]

I remember the website for the XP120 saying that the first slot of the DFI board would be blocked. Which is the PCI-e 4x slot, which is useless to me, but maybe he has a 4x card of some kind he wants to use.

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[addiarmadar]

Lol exactly. Anywho I have another idea of putting my stock ATI 9800pro HSF on the chipset. Since the R350 cores can give off much more heat, this outta do the trick.

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[addiarmadar]

What else..

DFI Lanparty UT NF4 SLI-DR

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[pickxx]

Did you get the SLI for SLI or for better chipsets for OC'ing?

I heard that the SLI boards have better OC's

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[pickxx]

So you would pay for something you know you would never use?

I might consider the SLI versions, if they do have better chips. But i am not a fan of SLI, and i wouldn't do it.

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[addiarmadar]

Mostly for the better OCing. Rummor has it that mobo maufacters were saving the good NF4 chips for their SLI mobos which so far that rummor has been fitting into fact.

I may get another 7800gtx in the future to SLI so I wanted that option too. Right now, there is nothing that could tax one of these 7800s so I havent jumped to it yet.

Another reaseon is to get better placement of my VGA card if need so. The first VGA PCIe slot put a card right over the chipset while the second one will clear it fine.

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[shawnlizzle =]]

acutally, the fact that nvidia saved the good chips for the SLI boards isn't very true. it doesn't even matter how brillant the chipset is, its usually the components on the mobo that has to be high quality. remember why us water cooling gurus never recommend chipset blocks? its cuz, they can reach very high OCs without burning themselves up. they don't need to be cooled. so therefore, the OC barrier is either teh CPU or the RAM. how, the quality of the mobo does matter, because you have to increase voltages on both the vcore and the vdimm. so you really shouldn't worry about nvidia saving the "good" chips for SLI boards.

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