... of Lian Li's included case fans. :D

Ok, so, Lian Li's cases are awesome. Wicked awesome. No one disputes that, really. But the included case fans are less than wonderful. ;) In my quest for comfy case/CPU/GPU temps, I ripped ONE of the Antec Tri-Cool fans out of my old box. These are "ok" fans, not great, but they're ok. I set it on high, and put it in one of the exhaust slots. 10°C off my load temps, and about 3-5°C off my idle temps. Massive savings on GPU temps too.

Ok, well, problem solved. It's the cheap-ass included case fans. I've got 4 Scythe S-flex 1900RPM case fans on order from Performance PCs, and they should be here Tuesday. I'll replace all of the case fans. One more Antec Tri-Cool + the 4 Scythes and I'll be golden. 2 Scythes in the exhaust positions (they move 75 CFM, they NEED to be back there!), and 2 in the forward intake spots, then the 2 Tri-Cools in the behind-the-drive-cage spots. Getting to the upper exhaust spot is going to be a pain in the ass as the screws are blocked by the CPU cooler and motherboard tray, but oh well. Need good temps. :D

Other than battling heat, the machine is incredible. I mean, not much else to say - you've seen the component spread and yeah, well, it's an i7 950 with 2x GTX 295s for video. It's ... yeah. :D

In EQ2 news, wow, at some point in the past, they re-did the Freeport Racial 'hoods and added these really goddamn cool intro quest lines that introduce you to Freeport politics and show you around the various newbie areas. These were not there when we started and are very cool. We're doing them now, her at Level 38 and me as a mentored-down-to-38 Level 50. They're still very fun, and even though they're mega-grey they're still earning us fairly scary amounts of AA and REAL XP! And it's fun. ;)

Omnikain is back to EQ2, at least for the time being, and we were glad to see him! ONTE NO LONGER HAS AN EXCUSE, AND NEEDS TO GET HER LAZY ASS RE-SUBBED!