What's the difference between those kits with the giant radiators and water cooling like the H100?

sweet thanks, ill leave it as it is :P

the d14 costs less then the h100
h100 cools a bit better from what i hear and also makes your computer look a cleaner on the inside
the d14 could have space issues (w/ the ram heat spreaders)
no regrets getting the d14 :fullofwin:
and the h100 gets super loud on max fan speeds from what i read

Giant radiators are double thickness, as well as some may be high density, meaning there are twice as many heat fins as there are on the Corsair H100. They also require a pump, reservoir, water looping & a lot of tinkering.

The H100 is a closed loop no maintenance heatsink, it requires no refills, and has an evap rate of <0.00001%. These are low density fins as well as single thickness, they have the maximum potential of a Noctua D14 when it is set on high settings.

edit: oh...giant radiator as in D14, derp.

vertex 3 120gb for 90 or vertex 4 128gb for 117 or recommend me another ssd that is no more then 120 before tax

is it worth paying the extra $$$? is it that much faster?

not that much faster, grab the vertex 3

what about the crucial m4?
worth the extra $$?

Crucial is reliable, but slower then the Vertex'

i guess i'll stick with the vertex then

These are numbers, in real world usage, when will you notice the difference?

In real usage they will be essentially the same.

Is anyone interested in getting one of those 2560x1440 korean ips monitors? I want to get one but dont have ebay/paypal or want to set one up. Apparently only ebay vendors sell them atm unless someone knows of another online vendor.

Hey I bought one about 2 weeks ago.
Took about 5 days after I paid to get to my door.
Pretty fast turnaround.
I know I promised to put a some pictures but my desk is kinda messy so I was holding off taking pictures till I cleaned up my desk:ilied:

But I gotta say though.......it's worth every penny, well as long as you get a good one. Mine has minimal backlight bleeding and as far as dead pixels, I "think" I found one then I stopped looking lol. It's super hard to notice them anyway, especially with this resolution and I completely forgot about the one I found with my daily usage.

I should be able to post some pictures in the next few days.....:ilied:

.......:pokerface:

I have this

Samsung SyncMaster LS27A850DS 27IN Widescreen LED Pls LCD Monitor 2560X1440 5ms 300CDM DVI DP Pivot - Samsung - LS27A850DS/ZA

I was thinking to get one of that, but at that price I could buy 4 Dell 2412m to make 4K resolution

I heard they are made from rejects of Dell and Apple, but I actually havent seen one of them in action or long term usage. A lot of people seem happy with them though.

doo it
I went back to IPS monitors today after a year..it's like getting new prescription lenses again :nyan:

anyone can recommend me a budget build from scratch around $650? don't need monitor accessories or anything, don't need anything fancy just need to be able to run games at decent settings on a 20" monitor. i'm so far removed from computers i don't even know whats' a good deal anymore =\

Core i3 2320 ($120-130)
H77 board ($100) (recommend Gigabyte)
4GB DDR3 1333 ($25)
GeForce 460 ($140) (find an overclocked model if you can)
1TB HDD ($100)
Any Case ($20-50?) (Antec 302 is $50 at NCIX right now)
Antec Green 380W ($50)

TOTAL: $550-580 or so.

I recommend stretching your budget a bit and picking up a Radeon 7850 instead. This brings it up by about $80

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I have a really old graphics card ASUS GF6600. What would be a good upgrade for this card? I probably game once a year, but watch a lot of HD movies on my computer. I don't do any photo editing either.

I don't want to spend too much, but I don't want to cheap out and get a card that's barely better than what I already have.

^ ATI HD6850 or 550Ti

What games are you playing?

I got a 5770 for $70 a few months back. Best bang for your buck card IMO.

Usually it's in the spur of the moment, meaning I just play random games that can range from something like Sims 3 to Battlefield. Like I said I probably game once or twice o a year lol.

I looked at 550ti, and I think it's around 140. Haven't looked at 5770. I would prefer the cheaper option if its worth the upgrade

Thanks!

get the 550ti pricematched at ME (with NCIX)
comes to under $90 AR...good deal

EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti Fpb 951MHZ 1024MB 4356MHZ GDDR5 2XDVI-I Mini-HDMI PCI-E Video Card - eVGA - 01G-P3-1556-KR
eVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti FPB 1GB PCI-E w/ Dual DVI, HDMI at Memory Express