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Ashwin G.

Ashwin G.

Joined on 09/19/03

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Excellent Cooler

LIAN LI Galahad II Trinity Performance 360, Intel 1851/1700/1200 & AMD AM5/AM4 Compatible, GA2P36B Liquid / Water Cooling
LIAN LI Galahad II Trinity Performance 360, Intel 1851/1700/1200 & AMD AM5/AM4 Compatible, GA2P36B Liquid / Water Cooling

Pros: - Thick rad does an excellent job cooling my AMD 7800x3d but may not fit all cases that can accomodate 360mm rads - Beautiful RGB lighting on pump with infinity mirror options - Included fans are beefy but I switched them out for Lian Li SL Infinity fans - Flexible hoses with 45 degree fittings for clean routing - Pump and RGB controlled via Lian Li software or motherboard headers

Cons: - Thicker rad may not fit in all cases

Overall Review: HIghly recommend this cooler for the price if you can fit it. It have excellent cooling and looks brilliant doing it. Connections are simple and well oriented coming off the pump so you should have plenty of room if you have all 4 RAM DIMM slots populated right beside it like I do.

Absolute Beasts!!

EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0, 08G-P4-6286-KR, 8GB GDDR5X, RGB LED, 10CM FAN, 10 Power Phases, Double BIOS, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC)
EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0, 08G-P4-6286-KR, 8GB GDDR5X, RGB LED, 10CM FAN, 10 Power Phases, Double BIOS, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC)

Pros: - Very powerful and great factory overclock - Aesthetically pleasing but that's subjective - Full RGB lighting (one caveat, see cons) - Nice back plate which is what most people see in your case - Can get decent overclocking with fan profile turned up, far better than FE cards

Cons: - Requires 2x 8-pin power connectors per card and draws quite a bit of power so you need a beefy PSU - "White" RGB light has a blue/gray tint that doesn't quite match other "White" LED fans and light strips - The branding on the side of the card is a bit over done but it doesn't detract too much from the overall look

Overall Review: These cards are everything I'd hoped they'd be and more. I've got 2 running in SLI with an HB bridge and they can crank out MAX/Ultra settings in any game @ 4k resolution and keep things well above 60 fps. I haven't had the need to overclock them more than the factory OC. This is my first time going extreme with my PC build. I normally stick closer to the price/performance sweet spot but this time I decided to go all out and I couldn't be more happy. I was originally doing a 4k setup with an Acer XB280HK but I've decided to switch it out for ultrawide with a 3440x1440 Predator X34. The 4k 60hz was awesome but I'd rather have 100hz and ultrawide for smoother, more immersive gaming and no cr@ppy Windows scaling. These cards will completely blow everything away at that res so they'll be taking full advantage of the 100hz refresh rate and Gsync. Full Specs: CPU: Intel Core i7 6700k @ 4Ghz, OC'd to 4.6GHz CPU cooler: Corsair H100i v2 Water Cooler Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB DDR4 3200 MHz GPUs: EVGA GTX1080 FTW x 2 SLI PSU: Corsair RM1000x 1000 Watt 80+ Gold, Modular SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (OS) SSD: Mushkin Enhanced Reactor 1TB HDD: Western Digital Black 1TB 7200rpm HDD: Western Digital Green 3TB x 2, mirrored Case: Corsair Carbide 400C Display: Acer Predator X34

Excellent performance!

SilenX EFX-12-15B Blue LED Effizio Quiet Case Fan
SilenX EFX-12-15B Blue LED Effizio Quiet Case Fan

Pros: This 120mm fan replaced a stock rear exhaust fan that came with my case. The old fan was audible over my cpu and gpu coolers and didn't pull much air. This fan is dead quite and sucks out a ton of heat from my case! The blue led's also match well with the other blue lighting in my case without being too bright. The power cable was also long enough to reach the power header on my motherboard so that was a big plus (not having to plug into an extra molex connector). I am very pleased with this fan and would buy again.

Cons: The price is a little high for just a single fan but the quality is definitely worth it.

Overall Review: I had to remove a huge 230mm fan on the side of my case which blew directly on the cpu and gpu b/c my aftermarket cpu push/pull cooler was too tall. I was a little concerned that this would lead to unacceptable temps in my rig but adding this exhaust fan has compensated greatly. My OC'ed GTX670 temps stay below 70C under heavy load thanks to this additional cooling.