CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Haswell Devil's Canyon

GPUs: 2x Sli Nvidia Galax/KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Hall of Fame (HOF)

RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400MHz DDR3 (4x4gb)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

PSU: SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1300W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black

Cabling: Custom cabling ordered to fit the red/white theme.

Watercooling loop:

Coolant: Mayhems Pastel Ice White

CPU Cooler: EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO

GPU Blocks by Diamond Cooling - White Acetal

14/10mm Acrylic Tubing

Barrows Black compression fittings

420mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GT Stealth 420 (Push+Pull)

360mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GTX 360 (Push+Pull)

Pumps: I am using two different pumps because I already own them and taking them off my existing loop

Pump 1: Swiftech MCP35X Industrial Pump 12 Volts

Pump 2: Swiftech MCP655-B Water Pump 12 Volts (EK-XTOP D5 Pump Top)

Radiator Fans:

420mm Rad: Push/Pull - 6x 140mm Akasa AK-FN063 Viper Fan High Performance S-FLOW Blade Quiet Fan - 3.12 mm/H2O

360mm Rad: Push - 3x 120mm Corsair SP120 High Performance Edition High Static Pressure Fan - 3.1 mm/H20

Pull - 2x 120mm Phobya G-Silent 1500rpm + 1x 120mm Cooler Master Fan

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Haswell Devil's Canyon

GPUs: 2x Sli Nvidia Galax/KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Hall of Fame (HOF)

RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400MHz DDR3 (4x4gb)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

PSU: SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1300W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black

Cabling: Custom cabling ordered to fit the red/white theme.

Watercooling loop:

Coolant: Mayhems Pastel Ice White

CPU Cooler: EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO

GPU Blocks by Diamond Cooling - White Acetal

14/10mm Acrylic Tubing

Barrows Black compression fittings

420mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GT Stealth 420 (Push+Pull)

360mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GTX 360 (Push+Pull)

Pumps: I am using two different pumps because I already own them and taking them off my existing loop

Pump 1: Swiftech MCP35X Industrial Pump 12 Volts

Pump 2: Swiftech MCP655-B Water Pump 12 Volts (EK-XTOP D5 Pump Top)

Radiator Fans:

420mm Rad: Push/Pull - 6x 140mm Akasa AK-FN063 Viper Fan High Performance S-FLOW Blade Quiet Fan - 3.12 mm/H2O

360mm Rad: Push - 3x 120mm Corsair SP120 High Performance Edition High Static Pressure Fan - 3.1 mm/H20

Pull - 2x 120mm Phobya G-Silent 1500rpm + 1x 120mm Cooler Master Fan

cleaned up the area

HME 2009, Day 3: Impression pics - There were a lot of fast cars on display. They could use MSI Funtoro car entertainment systems though. ;)

A quiet Tensor beast.

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Haswell Devil's Canyon

GPUs: 2x Sli Nvidia Galax/KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Hall of Fame (HOF)

RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400MHz DDR3 (4x4gb)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

PSU: SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1300W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black

Cabling: Custom cabling ordered to fit the red/white theme.

Watercooling loop:

Coolant: Mayhems Pastel Ice White

CPU Cooler: EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO

GPU Blocks by Diamond Cooling - White Acetal

14/10mm Acrylic Tubing

Barrows Black compression fittings

420mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GT Stealth 420 (Push+Pull)

360mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GTX 360 (Push+Pull)

Pumps: I am using two different pumps because I already own them and taking them off my existing loop

Pump 1: Swiftech MCP35X Industrial Pump 12 Volts

Pump 2: Swiftech MCP655-B Water Pump 12 Volts (EK-XTOP D5 Pump Top)

Radiator Fans:

420mm Rad: Push/Pull - 6x 140mm Akasa AK-FN063 Viper Fan High Performance S-FLOW Blade Quiet Fan - 3.12 mm/H2O

360mm Rad: Push - 3x 120mm Corsair SP120 High Performance Edition High Static Pressure Fan - 3.1 mm/H20

Pull - 2x 120mm Phobya G-Silent 1500rpm + 1x 120mm Cooler Master Fan

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Haswell Devil's Canyon

GPUs: 2x Sli Nvidia Galax/KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Hall of Fame (HOF)

RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400MHz DDR3 (4x4gb)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

PSU: SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1300W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black

Cabling: Custom cabling ordered to fit the red/white theme.

Watercooling loop:

Coolant: Mayhems Pastel Ice White

CPU Cooler: EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO

GPU Blocks by Diamond Cooling - White Acetal

14/10mm Acrylic Tubing

Barrows Black compression fittings

420mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GT Stealth 420 (Push+Pull)

360mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GTX 360 (Push+Pull)

Pumps: I am using two different pumps because I already own them and taking them off my existing loop

Pump 1: Swiftech MCP35X Industrial Pump 12 Volts

Pump 2: Swiftech MCP655-B Water Pump 12 Volts (EK-XTOP D5 Pump Top)

Radiator Fans:

420mm Rad: Push/Pull - 6x 140mm Akasa AK-FN063 Viper Fan High Performance S-FLOW Blade Quiet Fan - 3.12 mm/H2O

360mm Rad: Push - 3x 120mm Corsair SP120 High Performance Edition High Static Pressure Fan - 3.1 mm/H20

Pull - 2x 120mm Phobya G-Silent 1500rpm + 1x 120mm Cooler Master Fan

Part of my downtime was caused by a series of computer failures. During which I started replacing the parts to see if I could determine the source of the fault.

Haven't plugged anything in, no HDD or Burner put in yet.

Matrox M9140 displays I Amsterdam across four portrait displays at IBC 2008, RAI Centre, Amsterdam.

Random shot for today, not too much going on. Can't wait till tomorrow, Kaboom Town in Addison, one of the top 10 places in the nation for fireworks! I actually saw it listed first on MSN .

Today, I also wrote and published my first article (review) at Bright Hub. It's a review of my Logitech MX Revolution. Check it out here, especially if you're looking for a new mouse.

Logitech MX Revolution at Amazon - A steal at $55 for this wireless mouse!

One final run through before the show.

Matrox M9140 drives digital signage in another quad display, vertical set up at Las Vegas, Nevada.

My nVidia 9800GTX decided to die a couple of days ago.

It now provides photo ops :)

FnaticMSI COD playing

Matrox in the Digital Signage Zone at IBC 2008.

I used a bent paper clip to overcome the bend in the back of the plug to get it to let go of the plastic

Nothing special about this card at all apart from the fact that I stripped it and replaced the stock cooler with a better one as this card likes to boil up to insane temperatures. - www.flickr.com/photos/adsk/222970230/

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Haswell Devil's Canyon

GPUs: 2x Sli Nvidia Galax/KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Hall of Fame (HOF)

RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400MHz DDR3 (4x4gb)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

PSU: SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1300W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black

Cabling: Custom cabling ordered to fit the red/white theme.

Watercooling loop:

Coolant: Mayhems Pastel Ice White

CPU Cooler: EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO

GPU Blocks by Diamond Cooling - White Acetal

14/10mm Acrylic Tubing

Barrows Black compression fittings

420mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GT Stealth 420 (Push+Pull)

360mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GTX 360 (Push+Pull)

Pumps: I am using two different pumps because I already own them and taking them off my existing loop

Pump 1: Swiftech MCP35X Industrial Pump 12 Volts

Pump 2: Swiftech MCP655-B Water Pump 12 Volts (EK-XTOP D5 Pump Top)

Radiator Fans:

420mm Rad: Push/Pull - 6x 140mm Akasa AK-FN063 Viper Fan High Performance S-FLOW Blade Quiet Fan - 3.12 mm/H2O

360mm Rad: Push - 3x 120mm Corsair SP120 High Performance Edition High Static Pressure Fan - 3.1 mm/H20

Pull - 2x 120mm Phobya G-Silent 1500rpm + 1x 120mm Cooler Master Fan

HME 2009, Day 3: MSI girls!

A old graphics card, photographed in my light tent on a gold background

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Haswell Devil's Canyon

GPUs: 2x Sli Nvidia Galax/KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Hall of Fame (HOF)

RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400MHz DDR3 (4x4gb)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

PSU: SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1300W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black

Cabling: Custom cabling ordered to fit the red/white theme.

Watercooling loop:

Coolant: Mayhems Pastel Ice White

CPU Cooler: EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO

GPU Blocks by Diamond Cooling - White Acetal

14/10mm Acrylic Tubing

Barrows Black compression fittings

420mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GT Stealth 420 (Push+Pull)

360mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GTX 360 (Push+Pull)

Pumps: I am using two different pumps because I already own them and taking them off my existing loop

Pump 1: Swiftech MCP35X Industrial Pump 12 Volts

Pump 2: Swiftech MCP655-B Water Pump 12 Volts (EK-XTOP D5 Pump Top)

Radiator Fans:

420mm Rad: Push/Pull - 6x 140mm Akasa AK-FN063 Viper Fan High Performance S-FLOW Blade Quiet Fan - 3.12 mm/H2O

360mm Rad: Push - 3x 120mm Corsair SP120 High Performance Edition High Static Pressure Fan - 3.1 mm/H20

Pull - 2x 120mm Phobya G-Silent 1500rpm + 1x 120mm Cooler Master Fan

A nice selection... with sales

My 3 years old PS3's graphics card is dying a slow but sure death. So now the majority of my games have these glitches, where lines of pixels will just shoot straight out of characters and environments. At least in RDR it's only the environment that's affected.

the prefessionals preparing

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Haswell Devil's Canyon

GPUs: 2x Sli Nvidia Galax/KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Hall of Fame (HOF)

RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400MHz DDR3 (4x4gb)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

PSU: SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1300W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black

Cabling: Custom cabling ordered to fit the red/white theme.

Watercooling loop:

Coolant: Mayhems Pastel Ice White

CPU Cooler: EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO

GPU Blocks by Diamond Cooling - White Acetal

14/10mm Acrylic Tubing

Barrows Black compression fittings

420mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GT Stealth 420 (Push+Pull)

360mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GTX 360 (Push+Pull)

Pumps: I am using two different pumps because I already own them and taking them off my existing loop

Pump 1: Swiftech MCP35X Industrial Pump 12 Volts

Pump 2: Swiftech MCP655-B Water Pump 12 Volts (EK-XTOP D5 Pump Top)

Radiator Fans:

420mm Rad: Push/Pull - 6x 140mm Akasa AK-FN063 Viper Fan High Performance S-FLOW Blade Quiet Fan - 3.12 mm/H2O

360mm Rad: Push - 3x 120mm Corsair SP120 High Performance Edition High Static Pressure Fan - 3.1 mm/H20

Pull - 2x 120mm Phobya G-Silent 1500rpm + 1x 120mm Cooler Master Fan

I was lucky enough to grab an 8800GT whilst they were still in stock, and I'm glad I did. It outperforms the 8800GTS and 8800GTX at half the price.

Matrox M9140 displays tulips across four portrait displays at IBC 2008, RAI Centre, Amsterdam.

242/365 Seeing a collection of alien looking computer parts on the table when I got home means that something has gone horribly wrong...

My 1st gen Mac Pro likes to eat graphics cards.

I've already gone through an ATI X1900 and an Nvidia 7300. Both turned glitchy after a year or so of use. Third time's the charm...

UPDATE - This fan is LOUD. The fan stays on the entire time, regardless of temperature. Looks like I got a defect and now I get to deal with ATI and their wonderful RMA process. Damn.

Also, found out my app, Ragdoll KIlla! was rejected from the App Store today, so I'm batting 0 for 2.

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Haswell Devil's Canyon

GPUs: 2x Sli Nvidia Galax/KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Hall of Fame (HOF)

RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400MHz DDR3 (4x4gb)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

PSU: SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1300W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black

Cabling: Custom cabling ordered to fit the red/white theme.

Watercooling loop:

Coolant: Mayhems Pastel Ice White

CPU Cooler: EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO

GPU Blocks by Diamond Cooling - White Acetal

14/10mm Acrylic Tubing

Barrows Black compression fittings

420mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GT Stealth 420 (Push+Pull)

360mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GTX 360 (Push+Pull)

Pumps: I am using two different pumps because I already own them and taking them off my existing loop

Pump 1: Swiftech MCP35X Industrial Pump 12 Volts

Pump 2: Swiftech MCP655-B Water Pump 12 Volts (EK-XTOP D5 Pump Top)

Radiator Fans:

420mm Rad: Push/Pull - 6x 140mm Akasa AK-FN063 Viper Fan High Performance S-FLOW Blade Quiet Fan - 3.12 mm/H2O

360mm Rad: Push - 3x 120mm Corsair SP120 High Performance Edition High Static Pressure Fan - 3.1 mm/H20

Pull - 2x 120mm Phobya G-Silent 1500rpm + 1x 120mm Cooler Master Fan

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-4790K Haswell Devil's Canyon

GPUs: 2x Sli Nvidia Galax/KFA2 GeForce GTX 980 Hall of Fame (HOF)

RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400MHz DDR3 (4x4gb)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

PSU: SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1300W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black

Case: Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black

Cabling: Custom cabling ordered to fit the red/white theme.

Watercooling loop:

Coolant: Mayhems Pastel Ice White

CPU Cooler: EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy EVO

GPU Blocks by Diamond Cooling - White Acetal

14/10mm Acrylic Tubing

Barrows Black compression fittings

420mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GT Stealth 420 (Push+Pull)

360mm Hardware Labs Black ICE Radiator GTX 360 (Push+Pull)

Pumps: I am using two different pumps because I already own them and taking them off my existing loop

Pump 1: Swiftech MCP35X Industrial Pump 12 Volts

Pump 2: Swiftech MCP655-B Water Pump 12 Volts (EK-XTOP D5 Pump Top)

Radiator Fans:

420mm Rad: Push/Pull - 6x 140mm Akasa AK-FN063 Viper Fan High Performance S-FLOW Blade Quiet Fan - 3.12 mm/H2O

360mm Rad: Push - 3x 120mm Corsair SP120 High Performance Edition High Static Pressure Fan - 3.1 mm/H20

Pull - 2x 120mm Phobya G-Silent 1500rpm + 1x 120mm Cooler Master Fan

Overview of Hall B @ Dreamhack 09

Random players @ MSI Big Bang Booth

setup

My workstation had been sick for a long time, suffering from unreliable memory, and it was finally time to remedy that. Spent a fair bit of time swapping modules, and testing combinations, to find which modules were actually faulty, and needed to be replaced. In the end I did find them and was able to get a set of four working. It used to be four reds but I actually kinda like the red blue mix now.

Which is somewhat funny, seeing as this is a closed side case that lives in a rack mount cabinet, so absolutely no one ever sees all the LEDs inside, or the matched RAM or any of it. Except me, when I need to fix or upgrade something. None of the parts were picked for their looks, they just happen to be peppered with 'styling'.

Of course to highlight the already interesting visual, and to have a break from the work, I had to play with the lighting a bit. So we have a two second exposure of a scene lit with the computers own lighting, coloured Hue lights on the ceiling, and a handheld LED torch spun around the scene during exposure, to soften the shadows.

My crappy graphics card's fan has conked out YET AGAIN. I am past caring for it any more as it's such a shitty card, so I just slapped this random fan on it.

See blog post:

lavaburn.com/2006/11/06/yacgccfdffs/

FnaticMSI COD player Kyochi