I thought there would be a flurry of results based on all the price drops recently. Picked one up at Frys for $190. My first Quad since price/performance were never aligned above the $200 mark.

Decided to take a break from the conga line of air coolers crossing my bench recently and just go for a simple water kit the Swiftech H20-220 Compact. I thought about breaking out my old more robust water gear but I remember getting tired of wrestling with hoses when I last had a water loop on my bench. This kit's reservoir is in the rad and the pump is in the block. Super simple mounting as well. But I digress ...

L744B144 pack date 2/26/08. Initially testing looked good with low voltage, but core 0 kept crapping out while other cores Primed happily. Is that common? It didn't help that my Blood Iron is droopier than ever.

Here's a shot of OCCT at the tail end of the default 1-hour run. Good starting point?