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oldone1942   02-09-2012 at 03:48:20 PM
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Mostly will be running X-Plane 10

Before pulling the trigger on my $1044.00 list I would be pleased for any help from gammers and others.

The list so far:

GIGABYTE ATI Radeon HD6950 1 GB DDR5 2DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort PCI-Express Video Card GV-R695OC-1GD - Gigabyte

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler, RR-B10-212P-G1

Asus 24xDVD±RW Serial ATA Internal OEM Drive DRW-24B1ST (Black)

Corsair Vengeance 8 GB ( 2 x 4 GB ) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 Memory Kit for Intel Core i3, i5, i7 and AMD Platforms SDRAM CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9

Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Internal Desktop Hard Drive Bulk/OEM - WD1002FAEX

Intel Core i5-2500K Processor

ASUS LGA 1155 - Z68 - PCIe 3.0 and UEFI BIOS Intel Z68 ATX DDR3 2200 LGA 1155 Motherboards P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3

Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound 3.5g Tube

Corsair Enthusiast Series 750-Watt 80 Plus Bronze Certified Power Supply Compatible with Intel Core i3, i5, i7 and AMD platforms - CMPSU-750TXV2

I have an all ALu. case 8W-x-16H-X-19"D and have not decided what moniters to use.

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xaira   02-09-2012 at 04:09:37 PM
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aside from those awefull heatsinks on the ram i see no issue

------------------------------ Athlon X2 5800+|ECS A740GM-M|Kingston 2GB DDR2
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bucknutty   02-09-2012 at 04:15:21 PM
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I like the ram heat sinks.
I think the thermal paist is a waist of money. 1 degree is not worth 5 or 10 bucks to me.

------------------------------ Q9650@3.8Ghz - 8GB DDR2 800@940mhz CL5, 2x GTX470 SLI, 2x WD Black 750GB raid 0, Asus P5N-D 750i, Seasonic Gold 750
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xaira   02-09-2012 at 04:23:10 PM
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never liked heatsinks on ram period, and corsair high end memory just takes it too far, but to each his own, you should not see any clearance issues


Message edited by xaira on 02-11-2012 at 11:53:33 PM
------------------------------ Athlon X2 5800+|ECS A740GM-M|Kingston 2GB DDR2
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oldone1942   02-09-2012 at 05:43:49 PM
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Thanks to all, many thanks to bucknutty ya saved me bucks and that ain't nutty!

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full_out   02-11-2012 at 09:36:08 PM
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I have those vengeance ram and I hate those stupid heatsyncs. They get in the way of CPU coolers and are a pain to work with. I will NEVER buy hideous heatsynced ram like that ever again. My buddy has some normal looking hyper-x ram and it runs better than those stupid vengeance.

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VisionTek HD 6970
Antec High Current Pro 850W PS / Antec 300 Case
Corsair Cooling Air Series A50
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xaira   02-11-2012 at 11:54:10 PM
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present for you sir

http://images.tigerdirect.com/itemDetails/tech/images/guidecool_56.gif

lol

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full_out   02-12-2012 at 12:07:48 AM
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That looks like it would be very slightly bigger then the vengeance. But not by much :P

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Antec High Current Pro 850W PS / Antec 300 Case
Corsair Cooling Air Series A50
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oldone1942   02-12-2012 at 02:47:33 PM
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xaira wrote :

present for you sir

http://images.tigerdirect.com/item [...] ool_56.gif

lol




:o :o :o LOL :o :o :o

I don't know why the heatsink thing diden't register in my brain. I know there is no need for them; so none for me.
Thanks for the heads up.
--D

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oldone1942   02-12-2012 at 02:48:54 PM
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seumas_beathan wrote :

Wah thats stupid :L




Cute though. :lol:

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87ninefiveone   02-12-2012 at 06:11:18 PM
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You guys know that Vengence RAM comes in a low profile non-gimicky version too right? The RAM itself is great, the heatsink on the normal stuff are just ugly.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820233186

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full_out   02-14-2012 at 08:16:24 PM
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Buy Kingston Hyper-x. My buddy has some and it overclocks much better then my vengeance

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