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Nice. I'm a long-time member of the big fan crew. Quiet PCs are good PCs.
I've seen those (and others like them) before. Always been curious as to whether there's a significant increase in either airflow or cooling effectiveness.
Fans do funny things when you put them in series, in ways that only people who paid attention during fluid dynamics can explain.
I've seen those (and others like them) before. Always been curious as to whether there's a significant increase in either airflow or cooling effectiveness.
Fans do funny things when you put them in series, in ways that only people who paid attention during fluid dynamics can explain.
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That is the Noctua NH-D14, and it is not only one of the best coolers, it is also one of the quietest. It is comparable to a lot of these new self contained liquid coolers and better than all of them at noise level.
The drawback of course is that its so massive you usually cant access your ram.
Here is a cool article where they test it versus a bunch of liquid coolers.
Four New Closed-Loop Liquid Coolers Versus Noctua's NH-D14 - Four More Closed-Loop Coolers Take On Big Air
The drawback of course is that its so massive you usually cant access your ram.
Here is a cool article where they test it versus a bunch of liquid coolers.
Four New Closed-Loop Liquid Coolers Versus Noctua's NH-D14 - Four More Closed-Loop Coolers Take On Big Air
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That is the Noctua NH-D14, and it is not only one of the best coolers, it is also one of the quietest. It is comparable to a lot of these new self contained liquid coolers and better than all of them at noise level.
The drawback of course is that its so massive you usually cant access your ram.
Here is a cool article where they test it versus a bunch of liquid coolers.
Four New Closed-Loop Liquid Coolers Versus Noctua's NH-D14 - Four More Closed-Loop Coolers Take On Big Air
The drawback of course is that its so massive you usually cant access your ram.
Here is a cool article where they test it versus a bunch of liquid coolers.
Four New Closed-Loop Liquid Coolers Versus Noctua's NH-D14 - Four More Closed-Loop Coolers Take On Big Air
#350
AMD needs to get their **** together with stock coolers.
Master race-
Mmmmm...dem 140s
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The Delos Project.
I don't know why, but that's just the first thing that comes to mind when I see one of those huge, over-engineered solutions to what is actually a very simple problem.
You'll have to translate this for me. You're saying that upgrading to a new PC caused your performance in some videogame to suffer?
I don't know why, but that's just the first thing that comes to mind when I see one of those huge, over-engineered solutions to what is actually a very simple problem.
You'll have to translate this for me. You're saying that upgrading to a new PC caused your performance in some videogame to suffer?
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I'm not sure how you come to call a fairly simple closed loop setup "over-engineered" but I rather enjoy the small amount of mobo realestate it takes up while giving me more than enough cooling for any cpu I throw at it and still being whisper quiet. Also, there is the whole ease of install and cleaning thing but I don't expect to convince you as you seem to have already made up your mind against w/c for some reason.
That videogame is starcraft by the way and I don't really see how a pc upgrade would drastically affect your win/loose ratio. The game isn't exactly on the same frames per second demand as say a fast paced first person shooter like counterstrike.
Brain, what is causing the losses? Is it entirely due to framerate or something else?
That videogame is starcraft by the way and I don't really see how a pc upgrade would drastically affect your win/loose ratio. The game isn't exactly on the same frames per second demand as say a fast paced first person shooter like counterstrike.
Brain, what is causing the losses? Is it entirely due to framerate or something else?
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No idea. I'm running on higher graphics and have better FPS. It runs smoother so I guess I was just used to the lag?
I thought it was funny as ****. I was also playing higher level opponents. I quickly got to rank one of that league and was playing people from the next level up. I'm incredibly out of practice in 1v1 SC2.
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Just bought a gaming pc... just wanted something to handle iracing with multi-monitor capability... hope I did good. The GTX650 got decent reviews, and I can always add more memory if 8gb isn't enough. It's been a long time since upgrading... last time I looked at video cards, 250mb memory was cutting edge.
https://m.tigerdirect.com/products/8573804
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Guess the best way to figure that is comparisons to other cards? Or fps with different games..
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desk...50/performance
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desk...50/performance