GamerDOOMSSD - pc build 6-15-2015

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Continuing the discussion from Gaming PC i built, "GamerDOOMSSD":

Figure i make a new thread since the old one was imported from the old forum and i cant edit the first post anymore.

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candid pc pic haha

CPU: AMD FX-8350

Mother Board: Asus Sabertooth 990FX

Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3 2133

PSU: Seasonic 1050Watt 80 Platinum SNOW SILENT

GPU: 2 X Sapphire's AMD R9 290 Reference-card in Crossfire-x (upgraded TIM)

Case: (Modified) Corsair Carbide 300R Windowed Mid Tower

Storage: Kingston HyperX 2.5" 240GB (os:windows 7)
Crucial M500 240GB mSATA on SATA3 adapter (Apps/Games)

Cooling: CPU Cooling: Prolimatech Genesis

7x Cougar 140MM Fan (3x Heatsink, 2x Front Intake, 2x Top Exhaust)
1x Cougar 120MM Fan (Front Intake via Mountain Mods Acrylic Triple Bay 120mm fan mount.)
1x Corsair 120MM Fan (Rear exhaust)

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GPU TIM (thermal interface material) upgrade

the stock TIM sucks, so i decided to replace it with 17Watt/m•K Fujipoly TIM

I've already done this to my first 290 so im doing it to the second one i picked up used from ebay

taking off the shroud, notice the fin stack. gona do a hybrid cooling DIY concerning this soon.

taking off the heatsink

cleaned off the stock TIM, had to scrape it off it was such crap

Used some proper thermal paste for the gpu and the fujipoly for the memory and VRM's

i would say it lowered the temps but who am i kidding. Hawaii is ultra hot and it still is hot. hopefully my watercooling idea will help. stay tuned.