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[m.oreilly]

looks like the mobo bios took a dive...time for a new system?

[m.oreilly]

ok, you will never guess what happened this morning,,,a member from another forum heard of my plight, and ordered me a brand new rampage board to replace my fallen one!!! me, the biggest jerk west of the pecos...

[m.oreilly]

back in the saddle!!! no leaks, cpu survived, new motherboard is perfect, temps are down, rig looks sweet, and ice cold newcastle is flowing freely!

[Nvyseal]

pics?

[chriso_86]

Dude, MO that new PC looks sweet dude! I'll admit I've been out of the PC tinkering for a long time now since I work on big computers all day long but this is giving me that itch back I think. Post some finished pics asap!

[m.oreilly]

just making sure no leaks. it looks pretty neat. hold on a sec...

[m.oreilly]

i am the worst pic taker ever, even with a simple shot with a cell phone, i must be cursed...oh well, crap pics, but in person the box is pretty slick:

[Nvyseal]

does it run on 110 or do you need to put in a 220 dedicated line?

[m.oreilly]

lol, though because of the smaller box, there is less room for fans/air movement, so i now have to custom cut and sleeve my psu cables so they don't block air to the vrm/ram area on the mobo.

[m.oreilly]

ok, incoming molex tools/replacement pins, and this fan controller for the AP-30 fans:
http://www.frozencpu...l?tl=g47c17s286

my 'mod' re the ap-30s for pwm did not work on the asus boards fan sockets (full blast, they, the ap-30, are like hovercrafts, and loud!), and i can hook the water pump up to the controller, as the pump is as loud/like 3 regular pumps, pressure wise...no wonder it blew out seals!). i also have to get a fan shield for the 4x 180mm, as they are not the slow soft fans you see on youtube reviews for the phobya 1080: the silverstone fans are high powered, and have cut my hands more than once while moving the case around...

[m.oreilly]

oh, the video card(7970, oc'ed): on air, under 100 percent load, it got to 90C! under water...38C tops! pretty dramatic. the EK gpu water blocks are awesome!

[m.oreilly]

incoming ddr3 2400 cas 9:
http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820231639

[m.oreilly]

oh, using the high test xeon linx files: temps are 10C less when under 100 percent load on cpu...love it!

[scaramonga]

Wait till he sticks 'tune-up utilities 2014' on it, it's gonna blow........

[m.oreilly]

lol! no 'tune up' stuff for quite some time here