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[Warsaw]

You really should pull back on the GPU overclock though. I mean, if that extra performance is worth that much then I'd spend up.

[Cortexian]

Stock operating temps on this card are acceptable at 90 degrees, so I don't see a problem.

The EVGA Lifetime warranty covers damages done by overclocking as long as the original cooler is installed, so if something DOES go wrong there's not an issue.

[Warsaw]

Stock operating temps are 90, and that's really high. It doesn't matter what they say it should run at, running hot reduces operational lifetime. Even still, they may be saying that temperature is acceptable because they figure anybody with a high-end card will replace it before it dies anyways.

[Cortexian]

Yeah well I'm only topping out at 80 degrees since I'm runnign a custom cooling scheme. It's louder than stock settings but it cools better.

[JackalStomper]

good news: evga is releasing a liquid cooled GTX 680

bad news: its still dual slot

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=163342

[Cortexian]

Terrible water-block, get an EK or something better instead and enjoy the better performance and build quality.

Hopefully the GTX 680 Classified Hydro Copper from EVGA is non-reference with extra memory, 8pin + 8pin power instead of the dumb stacked one, and a better layout of the ports. Then we might actually be able to single-stack cool them.

[JackalStomper]

single slot water cooled 680 supposedly on the way? http://wccftech.com/galaxy/

[Cortexian]

Looks like it might be time to upgrade the old CM690:
http://www.corsair.com/vengeance-c70...tic-white.html

[Amit]

The Carbide 500R looks similar to the 690: http://www.corsair.com/pc-cases/carb...ower-case.html

[Higuy]

Hey guys. Currently looking into upgrading my computer at the moment becuase I'm going to be starting to work in Cry Engine 3 full time, and I want some pretty powerful stuff to use. I currently run a ASUS mobo (no idea what kind at all, I want to upgrade this), ATI HD Radeon 5850 (I run a dual 22" monitor setup btw), AMD 2.4ghz dual core processor (I'd like to upgrade this as well), 8gb of RAM, and a 750watt psu by Corsair... I also have 500gb harddrive and an external one of 500gb, if that counts. Basically, what should I upgrade, and or add, to help me run smoothly when developing? I'd like to not spend a ton of money, but who knows. I'm pretty out-of-date as to whats going on in this crazy tech world, so if someone could help me out, I'd really appreciate it.