[DOM]

Originally Posted by DrNip

I got a question. Sorry if it is off course but why the hell PC games $60 now?

only when there new... then go on sale later lol

but i guess cuz ppl pirate them i would think

hell 360/ps3 games cost the same and look like shit vs pc

[rickss69]

Guess they figured what the market would bear...

[Witchdoctor]

got black ops for 50 ....

prolly want 60 for Crysis 2 though

[HybridChiller]

me like that boreas very much, have one to.

but did you put another waterpiump on it from coolit then the stock one ?

[rickss69]

Originally Posted by HybridChiller

me like that boreas very much, have one to.

but did you put another waterpiump on it from coolit then the stock one ?

I have three of them Hybrid - Two with aftermarket pumps and one with a stock pump. I can tell no real difference between them. Same goes for the waterblocks.

EDIT: I forgot I have four of them now.

[HybridChiller]

i change cpu block, give me some extra °C lower, changed the coolingpaste between the peltier plates gives me few °C lower.
But a pump to fast did give me worse temps, think the liquid doesn't get the time to cool down.
The internal of those alu block can be better, i'm looking to make new ones and better ones.

what kind of pump from coolit you mounted here on the boreas ?

[rickss69]

The pump pictured above is a second revision stock version. Same as the first, just less noise I think.

[rickss69]

I have settled on the Biostar mb and one 5970 for the gamer. The below benchmark was with the card on air...I may put it on the Boreas loop if for nothing else than to just rid myself of the fan noise. The Biostar is not a Micro mb so I can't use it in the former Weapons Grade case. I have a LianLi case due here this morning which I may use instead. I will post some pic's of it when it arrives.

[HybridChiller]

can't get the SB higher ?

[rickss69]

The LianLi case finally arrived and I loosely fitted the parts together for a trial spin. Along with the case Coolit sent me a couple of extra parts...a Vantage cpu cooler and a Omni gpu cooler. The Omni has a 5870 backplate so I will not be using that here. I had intended to use a Boreas TEC in this rig until I saw the Vantage unit... I decided to give it a chance. So far these are the parts installed:

LianLi PC-P50 case
Biostar TP67B+ mb
Intel 2600K cpu
4GB GSkill DDR3 2000
Silverstone Decathalon 1000w psu
Coolit Vantage cpu cooler
Lite-On DVD burner
Sapphire 5970 gpu
WD 1TB hdd
SuperTalent 32GB ssd
Silverstone HDDBoost
Creative X-Fi sound card









The Omni gpu cooler which will not be used here...


If I intend to use the Vantage unit I will have to do some surgery to the top panel so it will fit around the rad/fans...


I was skeptical of the Vantage cooler at first, but after some online gaming and benchmarks at 4.5GHz I was impressed with the little unit's performance. I'm thinking I will roll with it for this gamer.