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25GTT: I think the 8500 was $215 or so when I bought it, so I thought why not. I was going to leave it at stock anyway.

Here's my HTPC

Case: Coolermaster Centurion 5

Motherboard: GB M61PME-S2P

CPU & CPU Cooler: AMD x2 7750

RAM: Transcend DDR2-800 2gb kit

Monitor: Samsung 46in 6-series :dry:

Graphics Card: GB 512mb 4550

HDD(s): WD 320gb

OS Used: Win XP

Anyone else have HTPC setups?

prae I am in MSY Clayton sometimes more than once a week, I have the busted arse, loud and filthy silver R33. Buy most of the hardware for work form there but we don't do that much hardware replacement. If MSY have it I don't bother with PCCG etc because I can't pick it up even in the unlikely event that PCCG were somehow cheaper.

PCCG became a Feser reseller - they actually have decent prices on the rads, better than the US because they have to get them from Germany first.

If MSY have it I don't bother with PCCG etc because I can't pick it up even in the unlikely event that PCCG were somehow cheaper.

PCCG became a Feser reseller - they actually have decent prices on the rads, better than the US because they have to get them from Germany first.

Ye, the fact you cant pickup anymore is a pain in the a$$.

I've had to eat probably $100 in delivery fee's in the last 8 months... and i aint holding out to order stuff if i need it :thumbsup:

True, but thats about the only watercooling stuff they have.

Kits outta the US still workout cheaper... petra's tech shop WC kits + delivery should overall, be cheaper in most instances. I did the math the other night :)

prae I am in MSY Clayton sometimes more than once a week, I have the busted arse, loud and filthy silver R33. Buy most of the hardware for work form there but we don't do that much hardware replacement. If MSY have it I don't bother with PCCG etc because I can't pick it up even in the unlikely event that PCCG were somehow cheaper.

PCCG became a Feser reseller - they actually have decent prices on the rads, better than the US because they have to get them from Germany first.

The silver one with the 400R front bumper? Nothing wrong with a loud, rumbly RB ;)

Yar it's a pity PCCG don't do pick ups anymore.. I wanted to buy a Logitech G25 and I found they were the cheapest by far ($299 vs. $429~599), but then taking into account shipping and any warranty issues, a walk-in shop would have been better. Not after one anymore, wasted my money on a PSP :)

^^ did you email em about that?

Hrm... if only they started to stock some decent pumps with custom lids...

Then i'd almost be set to buy from AUS!

If they get the EK/BP tops/covers for the D5 that would be alright.

This is exactly what mine would look like if I had the full cover block and my GTs back. :)

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you have heatsinks on your ram :)

damn I thought mine was fancy because it has a case that can be removed without cutting one of your fingers off or scratching anything and blue PCB's :3

partswise, I haven't been able to go past www.computeralliance.com.au in terms of price, a lot of stuff i've looked at is as cheap or cheaper than even ebay!

Actually my last system had watercooled RAM so the air cooled Dominator GTs are a step back in the cooling stakes.

I wouldn't try to remove the heatsinks on this kind of RAM unless I could afford to replace them, they use pretty strong adhesive thermal compound to stick them on and you can rip the ICs off.

intel core i7 920

gigabyte ga-ex58

seagate sata 1tb hdd

radeon ati 1gb 4890

g skill nq 6gb kit ddr3 1600

antec 1200 case

thermaltake qfan 750watt

pioneer dvd-rw x2

logitech mx-5500 bluetooth laser desktop + ls1 laser usd mouse

They are in the order! Expected pricing is $179 for the acrylic, $195 for the acetal.

Now they just have to allow pickup and all is right with the world. To anyone worried about shipping RMA back I have just dropped stuff off there myself and they didn't have an issue, I mean what are they going to do tell me to piss off and post it to them? Come back with a PDA and a hi-viz polo?

They are in the order! Expected pricing is $179 for the acrylic, $195 for the acetal.

Now they just have to allow pickup and all is right with the world. To anyone worried about shipping RMA back I have just dropped stuff off there myself and they didn't have an issue, I mean what are they going to do tell me to piss off and post it to them? Come back with a PDA and a hi-viz polo?

:blink: i might hold off on my US purchases and PRAY they get some decent pumps/headers in.

I think they are only now going actively into watercooling as in the last 6-8 months the other AUS places specialising have since slowed down/closing/closed up so they are taking advantage of the fact there isn't anyone doing it anymore as they were big enough to weather the pricing storm in Oct-Jan.

Truth be told - i thought about setting up a business just to do watercooling parts and was researching - and now they do this about 4 weeks after i thought about it lol

fark :laugh:

And ye - you can always drive down there and drop off for RMA's, it even says that on their website lol

The thing I find most interesting about PC upgrading though is the cost vs benefit, i.e is it better to get a decent cooling system, buy some cheaper components and O/C the buggery out of them or to just get something a little more expensive.

Totally depends on the application/use and so on.

If you tell us what, some of us can tell you the how/best parts.

well not sure exactly atm, i've got a E6550 cpu(s), would probably look at overclocking it soon, the 8600 GT came with a nice big fan/heatsink combo + a software O/C tool, have bumped it up a bit more since I installed it.

It's been years since i've overclocked or done any PC mods, but i'm kinda bored atm so why not.

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