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The_Jelly
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cool looking forward to it killerbyte....

adre what drivers are u using for your 6870?
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using the latest version available.... :mrgreen:

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Random response.....

check out the new HD 6970.... wheeeeee doggy, what a piece o' hardware that is....


http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphi ... 0-review/4
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andrekruger wrote:Random response.....

check out the new HD 6970.... wheeeeee doggy, what a piece o' hardware that is....


http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphi ... 0-review/4
i must admit im kinda disapointed with AMD here - the card looks great & all but its not really a killer :( maybe i was expecting to much :lol:

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The_Jelly wrote:cool looking forward to it killerbyte....

adre what drivers are u using for your 6870?
I just installed AMD Catalyst 10.12
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are they out on the amd site now for 6xxx? thanks for the heads up killerbyte.... how are they running on those cards that u have there? ( i so want one so bad!)
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10.12 was launched on the 13th of this month.

As promised here are images of my rig


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Those with a keen eye will notice that the keyboard in the photos is not my Razer Lycosa but is instead a Termaltake eSports mechanical gaming keyboard. The game pad is a Razer Nostromo. Both these new peripherals are being reviewed in the March issue of PCFormat.
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very nice killerbyte what a setup!! loving the noctua's bold presence!
and those peripherals that you mention look amazing!
good job mate! got a good setup there! did you get your x6?
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X6 is here. Just haven't installed it. Busy house sitting at the moment so I need to head home and pick up some thermal compund before I can install it.
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Awesome! Your pc will be beast with that x6... Gona dowload 10.12 drivers now now for a friend of mine that just got his 6870... He says that his screen isn't full he has 2 black stripes on either side... Wonder why? He's running 10.10....
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Hi
Just a quick photo of my home built pc. Excuse the picture quality... The pc is called the Black Cube.
http://img545.imageshack.us/i/28112010247v.jpg/
Edited your post there a bit - little too big buddy ;)
And WELCOME to the forum :P
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The_Jelly wrote:Awesome! Your pc will be beast with that x6... Gona dowload 10.12 drivers now now for a friend of mine that just got his 6870... He says that his screen isn't full he has 2 black stripes on either side... Wonder why? He's running 10.10....
hey buddy - is ur friend Slimshaedy perhaps? reason i ask is cuz theres a thread about that & he got almost the same pic as you :mrgreen:

love the cpu cooler there killer_byte :twisted: :mrgreen:

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hahahahahha ya thats my mate i didnt no he posted a thread up... my bad... we been friends forever....

i need more people like you, andre and killerbyte in my small town... i get lonely bieng the only one thats so into pc's slim is gettinghis pc sorted out so soon as he does it will be awesome!
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Smilodon111 wrote:
The_Jelly wrote:Awesome! Your pc will be beast with that x6... Gona dowload 10.12 drivers now now for a friend of mine that just got his 6870... He says that his screen isn't full he has 2 black stripes on either side... Wonder why? He's running 10.10....
hey buddy - is ur friend Slimshaedy perhaps? reason i ask is cuz theres a thread about that & he got almost the same pic as you :mrgreen:

love the cpu cooler there killer_byte :twisted: :mrgreen:
Its a great cooler. WIll probably do some overclocking this weekend.
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Killerbyte you must let us no how the overclocking goes man.... keen to see the temps under that noctua beast!
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I put on a basic overclock of 3.8GHz. The motherboard is reporting that the idle temp is 25 degrees C.
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Sounds awesome! killerbyte and running super cool!!!!

Smiley hows the pc coming along?
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hey killerbyte, i am using 10.10 at this point in time, as my internet is stil not working.... grrrrrrrrrrrrrr, so i cant update it yet.
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The_Jelly wrote:hahahahahha ya thats my mate i didnt no he posted a thread up... my bad... we been friends forever....

i need more people like you, andre and killerbyte in my small town... i get lonely bieng the only one thats so into pc's slim is gettinghis pc sorted out so soon as he does it will be awesome!
haha lol me to buddy - my town is full of trolls,leechers & zombies :( small town ppl - what can i say :lol:

The_Jelly wrote:Sounds awesome! killerbyte and running super cool!!!!

Smiley hows the pc coming along?
well christmass has taken its toll on my bank account :P :P :P but ive fitted in some sound proof panels in so far...come next year the h20 kit will be installed fo sho - i'll post pics closer to the time & then you guys can gimme advice....

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sweet real keen! iv been thinkin of going h2O so maybe helping u we can help each other!!!!
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dude that woud be sweet - that way you,me & andre wil be h20 8)

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sounds awesome.... ill only have enough cash at end of jan tho... but super keen to go water!!!im thinking of getting rid of the blue fans and going red black cause of the rampage and ati colors....
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indeed smileyman, and i wshould have my H70 by the middle of jan.... i hope. :mrgreen:
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sweet - now all we need on this thread is a mineral oil pc :-D

andre i think that H70 will put the final touches on your pc - im really keen to see how it looks in the end...

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lets not forget an extra 2Gb of ram..... :mrgreen:
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