Originally Posted by blaen99
(Post 822032)
Anyways, back to Oscar: Get some variant of SSD if you possibly can, even if it's "only" a 60gb drive or something. I'd wager both FRT and Joe would agree with that much - for me, the SSD was the single largest performance increase in any PC I've had in at least 5 years, if not 10.
On the laptop, of course, it's the only drive in the system. Haven't really had any complaints, though of course I don't have anything to benchmark it against, performance-wise. If nothing else, it's nice to have one less thing in my laptop generating heat and noise. |
Gigabyte 880G mobo
AMD PhenomII X3, running as X4 3.5GHz 16GB DDR3 GSKILL RipJawsX Nvidia GT240 1GB DDR3 OCZ Agility2 SSD 60GB for boot Some spindle drive for everything else, Samsung I think Asus DVDRW NZXT 650W 80plus Gold p/s Baller CoolerMaster case, fans, and CPU cooler Logitech G15 keyboard with backlit keys and fancy display Sonance Sonamp 260 amp PSB Image IB bookshelves |
I finally pulled the trigger on a new box.
Windows 7 Premium Logitech Gaming Mouse G500 Logitech Gaming Keyboard G110 Corsair Graphite Series 600T Case Intel Core i7-2600k 3.4 ghz Asus Sabertooth Intelz77 (2) Seagate 3TB Serial ATA Drives (raid 0) (2) OCZ SSD Drives, 120GB (raid 0) Cooler Master Silent Pro 1200 PSU Corsair Vengeance 16gb PC1280 DDR3 1600hmz (2) EVGA GeForce GTX 580 3gb GDDR Cooler Master v8 CPU http://www.lolsorry.com/gallery/main...g2_itemId=7879 http://www.lolsorry.com/gallery/main...g2_itemId=7858 more pictures |
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Inter(R) Core 2 quad CPU Q6700 @ 2.66
8GB ram Win 7 64 bit 1tb main hd Gtx460 for the main monitor and a GT9800pro for the 2 side monitors And i think that's all that matters. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1339427388 |
So I recently found out that my HP xw8400 workstation was pulling ~350 watts at idle...not good. I started taking out hardware to see what was draining so much power.
You would have NEVER guessed it: RAM. I took out 12 of the 16 gigs and consumption dropped to 220 watts...including my 22" LCD monitor! I should have wondered why HP actually has a fan over the RAM modules, as well as a "CAUTION HOT" sticker on each module. They were not joking, you couldn't touch them 30 seconds after shutting down the system. |
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Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Processor, 3.4GHz Liquid Cooled
Memory: 4GB OCZ AMD Black Edition RAM Hard Drive: 500 GB + 1 TB + 2TB Video Card: EVGA GTX 460 Monitor: LG Flatron 22" Sound Card: Rocketfish 5.1 Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Motherboard: Asus M4N98TD EVO Power supply: OCZ 650w Computer Case: Ultra Aluminus w/ Manual & automatic fan control Also a bunch of other fancy gadgets. V-Moda crossfade LP headphones, Logitech Z4 speakers, Logitech illuminated keyboard, Logitech G500 mouse, And i have a G27 racing wheel i should be using to build a simulator soon. :D https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1340563411 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1340563411 http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c9...r/DSC03736.jpg Has a bunch of beer bottles, papers, bullets, cameras, and other junk on it now of corse. |
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My watercooling build thread
http://www.overclock.net/t/1265186/m...-cooling-setup my rig plain and simple http://www.overclock.net/lists/display/view/id/4353842 https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1340659458 |
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Did a little update here.
Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Processor, 3.4GHz Liquid Cooled Memory: 8gb Patriot 2000mhz ram Hard Drive: 500 GB + 1 TB + 2TB Video Card: EVGA GTX560ti SLI (320bit memory) Monitor: LG Flatron 22" Sound Card: Rocketfish 5.1 Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Motherboard: Asus M4N98TD EVO 790sli Power supply: Antec 1200w (6 12v rails, drawing 14amps at max load) Computer Case: Ultra Aluminus w/ Manual & automatic fan control I thought my 460 was big, and it did a damn good job too. I still plan on using it for the racing simulator. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1354458267 Will they fit?? https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1354458267 That's nuts. Less than one centimeter of space. If you look real close, you will see i have a sound card crammed in there as well. haha https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1354458267 I'm sure i'll get some hate for using such a small old case, but i really do love this thing. It's not cheep plastic and garbage like the ones they make now. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1354458267 What it looks like with the side, and aluminum finish panel put back on. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1354458267 I love it. Click to view full? http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8481/8...442370e1_h.jpg Gonna try and get a 3d mark score here. Probably won't be best on the stock clock, but we'll see. |
Keep an eye on the temps of those GPUs. That close they gotta get quite hot at full burn.
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100-110F at idle. Honestly, i've only saw 160F after BF3 for an hour or so, which is like 70C. If they get any higher, i'll have to put a little fan on the side of the case and blow some cool air on them.
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The fan on the side will give you about 4-5 C. My 460 was hitting 85c, tossed a 120mm fan on the side and it dropped it to about 80c.
Now with my DIY fans i'm at 35c on idle. |
That's weird you had such high temperatures with the 460. My 460 was well below that. I would hit around 65-70C with mine. But then again, with the liquid cooler i have much lower case temps.
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I'm running a 460 on my top slot and a gt9800 for my bottom slot to control my side monitors. I dont remember what it was before i added the 2nd video card. I remember it peeking 90c when i had 2 monitors connected to my 460 though.
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Originally Posted by UnknownPerson
(Post 819143)
My Main Machine:
- Intel Q6600 @ 2.4 - Intel DG55TL mobo - Mushkin 2x2GB DDR2 - Hitachi 1TB - Hitachi 500GB - WD 320GB - XFX GT240 1GB - 500W Antec PSU - 19" Samsung, 17" Dell - Samsung DVD burner (unplugged - who uses CD/DVD drives anymore?) - Creative Audigy Platinum w/Front Panel - Logitch G15 keyboard - Logitch VX Nano - Genius M712X graphic tablet - Random fan controller and temp monitor panel - KLIPSCH PRO MEDIA 2.1 :drool: New specs: - MSI 970A-G46 AM3+ ATX mobo - AMD FX-8320 8-Core Processor @ 3.5GHz - Mushkin Stiletto 32GB DDR3 - Corsair 120GB SSD - Hitachi 1TB - WD 500GB, 320GB - GeForce 8600GT - Corsair 700w PSU - Fractal Design Define R4 ATX Case - 2 x BenQ EW2420 24" - Logitech G15 keyboard - Logitech VX nano - Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 - Line6 PodXT Pro About time too... my old machine was pushing 5 years. |
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^^ Jelly.
In other updates, I recently ended up picking up one of these bad boys for a steal: http://content.etilize.com/Original/1011193905.jpg - Intel Xeon 5130 @ 2.00GHz (expandable to 2 cpus) - 16GB ram - 6 x hot-swappable 3.5 SATA (came with 4x500gb, 2x250gb) - redundant power supplies Its currently just sitting around with Freenas installed and being a half-assed NAS. |
Updated my build yesterday.
-Cooler Master RC-690 Case with plenty of air cooling (4x Scythe Ultra Kaze fans on a case controller) -ASUS Sabertooth 990FX mobo -AMD FX-8350 @4.4Ghz w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212 sink and Kaze fan -16GB G.Skill Ripjaw 1600 w/ tighter timing -2x MSI 7850 Twin Frozr III 2GB cards -PC Power and Cooling 860W PSU -2x 500GB WD Black -1TB WD external -Desperate need for SSD This rig has killed everything I've thrown at it so far. Crysis 3 maxed with excellent frame rate. |
Originally Posted by NA6C-Guy
(Post 984387)
Updated my build yesterday.
-Cooler Master RC-690 Case with plenty of air cooling (4x Scythe Ultra Kaze fans on a case controller) -ASUS Sabertooth 990FX mobo -AMD FX-8350 @4.4Ghz w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212 sink and Kaze fan -16GB G.Skill Ripjaw 1600 w/ tighter timing -2x MSI 7850 Twin Frozr III 2GB cards -PC Power and Cooling 860W PSU -2x 500GB WD Black -1TB WD external -Desperate need for SSD This rig has killed everything I've thrown at it so far. Crysis 3 maxed with excellent frame rate. |
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Fuck yeah :party:
Corsair 500R case Intel DH67GB motherboard i5-2310 2.9GHz Seagate 1tb hard drive Kingston 16gb ram LG optical drive Cooler Master 600w https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1362248000 |
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