Interesting, are they freely available relatively inexpensively, or is it a $$$ special run or something? I ask because I've got a couple of N64 controllers with tired sticks, and also because I'm looking for a "nice" thumbstick for a project, so wondering also if they are 10k ohm pots or whether …

My MSI N780 Lightning died :X Idk why, I rarelly pushed it, and it was getting really good cooling. A friend working in electronics repair service told me its an issue with BGA chips, when you're pushing 250 watts trough them, even if you cool them well, they give out eventually. I was planning to …

I am currently building the following system as an "end of support life" WinXP box: EVGA Geforce GTX 780 Ti Classified EKWB EK-FC780 GTX Classy water block ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition (X79 Chipset) EKWB EK-FB Kit ASUS R4BE (Covers PCH and VRM/MOSFETs) Intel i7-4960X EKWB Water block for CPU (I …

My next goal will be to switch this system up to a ivy bridge processor and try for 5.5+ Ghz with it. Ask and you shall receive (4960X OC'ed + GTX 780 Ti [Reference with Skyn3t mod vBIOS]) :) Crysis @ 2560x1600 + 16xQ AA (that's native 16x MSAA) : 1) I can't use DSR or Downsampling with WinXP (I …