Well, it's been a while since I've posted anything about my system and what can I say, it's been stable. I just updated the BIOS to 2205 for my particular motherboard since one of the previous updates took care of a certain OVERFLOW error I kept getting every couple of weeks.

The good new is there are no problems with the update, the bad news is that all my stored OC Profiles (ASUS MB afterall) were deleted and I can't remember half my bloody settings . Oh well, try again and...

I have successfully built myself a Naja Chiller (a.k.a. HVC/Horizontal Volenti Cooler). It is a miniature swamp field cooler. To put that in layman's terms, it's a plastic storage container with a PVC manifold feeding 6 pipes that are drilled in order to feed water out onto heavy felt. Water evaporates and in the process it uses energy, thus cooling that water.

My entire loop is:
Mag 5 Pump (380gph @ 3 feet head)
XSPC Delta v3 CPU Block
Naja Chiller
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I actually decided to start blogging after my one previous entry oh so long ago. I seriously doubt anyone reading this but...

Anyway, there will be several posts shortly after this one to catch up on what I've been doing.

I was bored one day and wanted to create a tier list of graphics cards manufacturers. I don't have experience with that many video cards (I buy used more often). So I'm not too sure on this list, any advice would be great. Thanks!

ATI Video Cards
A Tier

• XFX
• HIS Hightech
• Asus

B Tier

• Sapphire
• Powercolor
• Gigabyte
• Diamond
• MSI
• Visiontek

C Tier

• Biostar
• Jaton

Nvidia Video Cards
A Tier

• BFG
• EVGA
• XFX
• Asus

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So recently I found the joys of the drill-tap. Kind of surprised I never thought about the possibility of 1) putting an appropriately-sized drill ahead of 2) the necessary tap threading. But holy crap is it a great idea. Don't get me wrong self-tapping screws and the like are okay, but sooner or later either the screw or the hole is gonna get "used up".

Now, I've been using plain-jane taps for a while (mainly a set I borrow from my uncle ). But I figured I'd get my own...