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Alex 
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 Topic: Tom's Hardware: Holiday Gift Guide - Dec 2010Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 12:37pm |
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coolmasta
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Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 12:35pm |
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Awesome review. Sooooo does that girl come with the computer??
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MagiK
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Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 1:15pm |
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If so, I'll take two please...I want to SLI them
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Tidgxor
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Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 1:25pm |
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!ender_
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Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 5:36pm |
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wtf.. i posted here and it didnt show?
anyway.. at 4ghz what kind of temps is that thing getting with passive cpu cooling?! very interested to know
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justin.kerr
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Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 5:49pm |
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I would to, on my i7 860 CPU, with the UD14 Noctua at 4.1Ghz I have tried a lot of fan combo's and ended up with the stock 140mm in the middle, and 2 GT 1150 RPM on each end, and temps are too high for me, tried several differnt mounts, and several different TIM's, and did find a few degrees difference there, but without fans, on an open test bench, about 3.4Ghz is all I could get, never tried it without fans in the H.alf A.ss F.ugmister case.
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venom
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Posted: 18 Dec 2010 at 5:29am |
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H.alf A.ss F.ugmister case. <- lmao.
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DST4ME
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Posted: 18 Dec 2010 at 5:41am |
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LOL that case brings shame to DS
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Alex
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Posted: 18 Dec 2010 at 2:08pm |
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The Assassin is a great chassis with a controlled airflow design. We were hitting around the mid 80's on full load at 4.0GHz with that setup.
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coolmasta
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Posted: 19 Dec 2010 at 10:32am |
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Alex, I am not seeing a huge difference between the assassin and the raven 2. Could the same thing be said about the less expensive case?
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DST4ME
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Posted: 19 Dec 2010 at 2:32pm |
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It brings shame I tell you Alex, Shame
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Alex
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Posted: 19 Dec 2010 at 2:55pm |
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@coolmasta, the Raven 2 and the Assassin have a similiar internal design, but the Assassin has a better external build quality with aluminum/steel versus the Raven 2 plastic shell.
@DST4ME,  some people want a mid-tower with efficient air cooling properties.
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DST4ME
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Posted: 19 Dec 2010 at 3:11pm |
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And that is fine, the 922 does it without bringing shame
and easy access to drive bays.
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coolmasta
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Posted: 19 Dec 2010 at 3:28pm |
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Lol why such hate on the assassin? The price? Just wondering cuz from everything DSO has been saying it has great airflow and I was considering it for my upcoming new DSO build.
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DST4ME
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Posted: 19 Dec 2010 at 3:40pm |
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I can get better air flow and temps for less, and not block any of my drive bays backend, I know the pull out on the side but the wires and everything still go the backend.
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Mr.
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Posted: 19 Dec 2010 at 11:31pm |
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i love my assassin =)
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rrplay
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Posted: 23 Dec 2010 at 11:28am |
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man! these are some well thought and very nice looking builds. I like that case a lot and can see the quality of having those high end parts in case like that. might have t tweak the configuration to able to afford it gut would def be an investment.
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ablahblah
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Posted: 15 Feb 2011 at 5:49pm |
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I dun like the Assassin really. Too deep, and a hanging PSU scares the heeby jeebies out of me. Raven 3 FTW!
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