I found out the other day that the NFS franchise is making a movie. How did I find out? Well it seems they're filming it in and around the Atlanta area. In fact, earlier this week they closed an 11 mile section of I-75 that runs past the place where I live. For four hours no less. Seeing how it turns out will be interesting considering the track record for video game to movie crossovers.

Finally replaced my old Core i7 920 cube with a more svelte and user friendly HAF-X case. Should've taken a few photos while it was under construction and looking showroom perfect, but I did make a few quick and dirty pics of it in operation.

I was originally aiming for purple liquid to match the black tubing, and it was purple in the jug but for some reason the red dye quickly turned brown in the loop... so now it looks like the reservoir is filled with coffee with dairy creamer in it. I don't drink the stuff so it's better off in there anyway. So now it's just my hot coffee mod. ;)

As for the modded part, this is a HAF-X with the typical double-thick Thermochill triple 140mm radiator stuffed into the top. All that required was six screw holes to mount, even the 140mm fans all fit easily under the plastic top so I really have to hand it to Cooler Master for such a WC friendly design! Room for the pump was actually the biggest problem...

It's still a work in progress, the fan wires will be removed and I'll rewire all the fans through the top bezel next time I remount the radiator. Motherboard has seven fan headers and I stuck a low-speed fan off every one... https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7mdzh4yhqo8on3o/0PyW9xrAJs

Under full load at 3.5Ghz the new rig literally uses about 145 watts less power from the wall as compared to the 920 rig. Temps dropped considerably as well and depending on the room temp won't exceed 50c for the CPU cores or GPU core under a sustained load in my low-noise profile. This is a rig that will be near silent in a quiet room while maintaining a moderate overclock on everything.

As a side note. I took my OS drive straight out of the X58 motherboard and plugged it into the Z87 board.... Win 7 booted right up without nary a complaint and a few drivers later it's actually good as new, even all the drive letters are still correct. :D Did have to reactivate it of course, but I guess not a lot has changed in chipsets within the last five years...

hi there, i am new to this board and have a first question:I saw 1 of my friend's newly set up PC and i wanna upgrade mine too. I love to play ego shooters like crysis. I just got new good headphones last month. Now i am just looking for motherboard with good audio quality? worth to pay for the price that will last long even for so much usage of PC? and energy saving? Help please? im torn between asrock and biostar?

or any other idea?

A) Interplay still exists.

B) Freespace IP has been purchased for a mere $7,500. You could call that a steal.

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/09/in...thq-for-7-500/

http://imgur.com/a/SOUWO#0

That... is cool. As hell.

It's no secret that DLC for The Sims 3 is expensive, but as I was watching a new video from the Lazy Gamer, I almost spit out my food:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puWu0ly4lEE#t=5m30s

Yes, $19 for that "Renaissance Faire" :eek:

Enough said:

http://www.amazon.com/Borderlands-2-...=borderlands+2

Not as hot as the deal Steam had a couple of weeks ago, and won't be as good as the sale it's sure to have in the near-future, but suitable for those who want it now.

Well, this is a damn good deal.

http://www.dealfisher.com/product/Sa...P3-Player.html

We reviewed it here:

http://techgage.com/article/sandisk_...layers_review/

Hamburg, 28 - May 2013 – ROCCAT today announces the availability of the Inferno Orange, Polar Blue and Hellfire Red variations of the limited edition Kone Pure Color. Like the original Kone Pure, the Color edition features a high-end 8,200 DPI Pro-Aim R3 laser sensor and high quality Omron® switches. With features like Easy-Shift[+]™, Easy-Aim and ROCCAT Talk®, the Kone Pure Color is a powerful weapon in the hands of gamers fighting for point-streaks, lanes and bases. It is one of a series of limited edition products that will be released over the course of 2013, which marks the “Year of the Kone” – celebrating the five-year anniversary of the Kone series. The Phantom White variation of the mouse will be released later in the year, as well as other limited edition products.

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http://www.roccat.org/Products/Gamin...ne-Pure-Color/

DO WANT the orange / black one. Reminds me of the Veyron Super Sport.

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Hi all:

Due to a combination of the fact that it was not heavily utilized and the fact that vBulletin tends to suck where fine-tuning is concerned, I removed the Site Content Feed from our forums. This was introduced late last fall alongside a redesign as a way to allow forum-goers quicker-access to our recent content. However, it seems more sensical for said users to just visit the front page of the site, where everything is presented in a much cleaner and efficient manner.

The main reason to remove this is that our news posts would often fill up the Latest Forum Posts section on the front-page... it just looked horrible. There was no reliable way around this.

Thanks! :techgage: