Lordred
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Just decided I would inject some AMD in here. I have been for a long time now a hopeless AMD Fanboy ranging back from the x486 days. Ever since Nvidia first started making chipsets that have been used on AMD boards I have bought them. My first real powerhouse being a K8N Nforce 250 in 2004, and over the years updating with the times, the Nforce 4, 5, 750, 780, then 980. I just thought I would come in and share with you guys my pride and joy. The rig I call Defiant, in its fifth revision. Since Nvidia no longer produces chipsets, I have dubbed it "The Legacy of Nforce" Specs: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Cooled by Zalman 9900Max 135mm PNY GTX 480 SLI Asus M4N98TD EVO Kingston HyperX T1 DDR3 2000 Thermaltake TR-2 850 Coolmaster CM690 (Painted red, the color of speed) Benchmarks: 3DMark Vantage PPU: P36189 http://3dmark.com/3dmv/3105615 3DMark 11: P9423 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1025047         Thanks for looking.
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/04/29 10:45:55
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Nice i like how the ram matches the blue on the northbridge.
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/04/29 10:46:30
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Nice, I like the case. Love red and black. Doing that with my WC setup.
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/04/29 11:35:07
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/04/29 11:49:14
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Since I've seen you around the nvidia forums lordred that PC has changed a whole lot, and man it's nice to see a AMD guy among everyone else screaming Intel.
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/04/29 23:09:17
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/08 11:13:17
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Getting ready for water. SLI is disengaged, pulled out one of the GTX 480's and started cleaning it (need to clean the Vram some more) 
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/08 11:54:39
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are you sticking with the cm690 for water or upgrading case as well?
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/08 13:21:46
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I will be modifying the case, I will attempt to mount a 360 rad internally, Failing that, it will be external.
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/11 11:00:17
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How about some alternative cooling while I wait on my water parts?  Looks silly, but im edging my way up to P10k 
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/11 12:53:15
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Very sick paint job on the case! I painted mine as well, but didnt come out NEARLY as good as urs! (though mine was in the style of graffiti, was trying something new). Cant wait to see what u do with the water, but that 480 SLI looks slick in that case. Great Job! 
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/13 02:52:01
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That's a great 3Dmark11 score 
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/13 07:37:10
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Thanks, I'm waiting on the waterblocks still and I'm an impatient man. I still need to order the fittings, rad (or rads) and pump. I'm pretty much at the OC limit for my CPU due to my board. AMD wasnt given a very good power delivery system for the AM3's most only got an 8+1 phase setup, when you would start to OC the memory that last phase couldnt give enough juice to keep up.
I plan to pick up one of the 990FXA-UD(X) boards which are all 8+2
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/16 19:54:21
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GA-990FXA-UD5 in route 
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/16 20:03:09
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looks very nice, good scores
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/17 22:43:21
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Boom headshot! 
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/18 00:49:56
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I have the same case, But wow it looks way better in RED than in black O_O
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/18 13:20:36
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/19 01:00:21
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Don't forget to protect your investment click on the picture below to register your new product and give me credit! 
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/19 02:13:33
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Don't feel bad about the box fan, lol, at one point, in my older system, I used to have my Stanley blower fan on high, blowing right into the front of my case. It was really loud, but dang did it ever keep that thing cool! I literally saw a good 20+ degrees Celsius difference in the CPU, and a little less than that in the GPU (had 1 of my 8800GTX's in that PC at the time, before I was able to get all the parts for my current main rig).
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/20 09:02:21
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The UD5 should be here today!
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/20 17:08:44
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/20 23:03:17
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damnn nice rig man and i like the fact ur AMD fanboy im getting the sabertooth from asus 990fx
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/22 00:27:53
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Tis a small difference. M4N98TD EVO  990FXA-UD5 
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/22 05:26:45
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/23 07:10:31
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voltage drop is higher then I like, I have alerted Gigabytes tech support about the issue. Debating returning.
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/27 00:13:04
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I'll be returning the UD5, I pulled it out and stuck the EVO back in to test the voltage required for the exact same job. The EVO has more drop, but remains stable at lower voltage. If I dip below 1.36v under load @ 4ghz on the UD5, it throws errors, however the EVO drops to 1.34v and just keeps on ticking. So here is a direct comparision of the two. UD5 @ 4ghz Idle 1.475v in bios 3/1000ths Drop  EVO @ 4ghz Idle 1.475v in bios 31/1000ths Drop  UD5 @ 4ghz Load 1.475v in bios 83/1000ths drop  EVO @ 4ghz Load 1.475v in bios 131/1000ths drop 
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/27 23:45:22
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OK after talking to Gigabyte I'll run the UD5 up till I have to decide to keep it, or return it (another 20 days to decide) and see if the board and leave me with a happy feeling, that or if subsiquent bios releases improve voltage regulation. In the meantime, its looking a might sexy.  
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Re:Defiant Mark V: The Legacy of Nforce.
2011/06/28 09:28:52
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Now why on earth would I be cutting a spot for a 3rd 140mm in the top of my case!  Oh ya, I want to water cool these dont I. 
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