i like the 3-way sLi setup on progress.

actually you read mostly wc reviews based on overseas. Be mind that their ambient temp is cooler than our country, so it's not accurate as per reviews goes, but if you're in aircond room that's another story but still it's not the same like them.. The ambient temp in our country is so hot nowadays, plus running i7 that's already a hot chip and generates a lot of heat. So, with one loop wc to cool down an OC'ed proc, and triple sets of gpus need a good pair of wc sets too..

heya bro my suggestion, if you are still not getting a 975 ex, go grab 920 D0 is better since this cheap proc also can be Oc'ed as higher as 975 ex goes, this is called a golden batch can keep up a good performance as their extreme brothers too, you can save the money for something else either for better cooling solution, casing and gpus at once. Fermi is coming out soon and it will be better than current one, so if you ask me i will likely said it's not worth to over spend for a card such as GTX280 right now bro... it's just my nuisance opinion, you might think different.

anyway regarding your previous logic, i said a combustion engine is totally a different if you count that a vehicle is moving and the air will be push through the radiator hardly, while the computers only depends on small / considered still a low CFM fans compared to the air generated by a moving vehicle. The combustion engine is rated to running in a higher degree celcius while the computer chipset is rated at a lower degrees than the engine. So, it's a different league and cannot be compared... All the computer chipset consists of million transistors (electronically) while the combustion engine consist mostly based on hardware (non-electronically). That's why an electronic is more sensitive towards the temperature compared to others especially the chipset.

yes, you're right joe... the swiftech rad always is a bang for bucks really... the flow is not high nor low.. its got medium flow

are you sure that the koolance rads are the cooper one bro? if i'm not mistaken they're build on aluminum, that's why it's seldom to see people using it when other parts consists of cooper made block inside (not outside).

for my setup, with no aircond and the ambient temp expected around 38 - 40++ degree celcius maximum load is around 7X+ degree celcius on a single loop (2 rads that's TFC 360 + TFC 240 - i didn't think it's overkill yet) to cool down the i7 proc (oc'ed to 4.4ghz) and 2 gpus that's on CF. that's why i'm planning to upgrade to dual loops. I need another pump and reservoir.. its voila then...

ok let me explain why we are need 2 loops instead of 1 loop setup.

On dual loops the temperature will be separate each other depends on the setup. 1 loop will cool down only a processor part. With overclocked i7 chipset, you may want that your proc clockspeed running higher as possible than high end air cooling, so we need better temperature.. it's not being an easy to maintain temperature on various setup that's contains cpu - gpus - mobo's fullblock, because each parts produce heat and when comes to proc & gpu especially dual gpus or triple gpus setup, it will generates a lot of heat via itself, so you cannot expect the result is better if you're using only one loop at the time. When you separate the loop each other you may find that the temperature will be better than using only a single loop. Another 1 loop will cool down the triple gpus + mobo's fullblock or maybe you can choose on which part you want to cool down more. If you're planning on overclocking the triple gpus more than your cpu will do, then you can choose bigger rad for 'em including the loop arrangement that contains mobo's fullblock on the weaker oc'ing side. hope you'll understand buddy

my idle temp for cpu is around 46 degree up to 55 degree bro when my room become a sauna room.. hahhaha

930 D0 first batch didn't impressive as a golden batch of 920 D0, maybe need to wait until the next batch coming out...

you can see on my cpu-z for v-core bro, for the ram timing it's not valid anymore since previously i only using kingston value ram and still can run at 1600mhz but CL9..

wowww i like karateka.. remind me my childhood era bro

yeahh i know ur age bro

karateka is cool.. i like the music.. so fun when you're died of fighting..
air-wolf also something classic.. but i'm more into classic action game like budokan.

it's because WC going cheap nowadays will lots of choice...


anyway TS what's the progress of your rig?

TS, post more picture please.... 1 picture is not enough bro