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![]() Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1 ![]() |
My latest machine is simply a black box, a HP Pavilion 152-ea running Windows 8.1.64-bit with Virtual Box 4.3.12 and the CERN Virtual Machines. Since one of them, Atlas@home, needs 2 GB RAM for each task and it can run 4 on the A10-6700 AMD CPU, i upgraded its RAM from 8 to 20 GB by filling all its 4 slots. Very easy. Tullio |
MarkJ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 17 Feb 08 Posts: 1139 Credit: 80,854,192 RAC: 5 ![]() |
Ok, so I stand corrected, still that's a nice motherboard, I'd have gone for the 5930K(40 lanes, 5820K cpus only have 28 lanes) and an Asrock X99 OC Formula. I looked very seriously at that. The problem was the price difference between the chips. All the 5930K gets is extra PCIe lanes and a 200Mhz speed up. It would have cost an extra $300. Ideal would have been the top of the line chip but I might have to wait for the price to come down. They get less speed (3Ghz) the same 40 PCIe lanes as the 5930K and an extra core/2 threads. It was about $800 more. BOINC blog |
![]() Send message Joined: 6 Jun 02 Posts: 1668 Credit: 623,086,772 RAC: 156 ![]() ![]() |
My GTX 780's have blown their fans out months ago. They're "passive" cooled now. See pictures below: My Rig (currently running on spare part mobo P9X79-WS, while P9X79WS-E is being in service) These are not currently used: (Side panel fans are not powerful enough, One Gtx780 GPU does not fit on mobo) ![]() This is The Fan. ![]() … blowing less than an inch away from the 3 GPUs (Their heatpipes recognizable) ![]() What is not visible? -- The Fan is taped up almost completely from the GPU side. It has an opening for the air flow just where the GPUs are. From the fan input (air in) it is taped at the outer rim for to keep the fast moving air inside the fan: The only escape for the air is just where it is supposed to be -- towards the GPU section. To overcome Heisenbergs: "You can't always get what you want / but if you try sometimes you just might find / you get what you need." -- Rolling Stones |
MarkJ ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 17 Feb 08 Posts: 1139 Credit: 80,854,192 RAC: 5 ![]() |
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![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 23 Feb 00 Posts: 4705 Credit: 64,560,357 RAC: 31 ![]() ![]() |
Built from some parts I had and some a Friend sent me. Wish I had a couple of newer video cards (And a case). ;) ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.) |
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![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 81 Credit: 4,083,597 RAC: 0 ![]() |
"The Legendary Black Beast of Aaargh!" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Temperatures hang about 50C when using the Lunatics AVX client. Delidded i7-4790K (CLU/CLU) at 4.7GHz @ 1.310Vcore 24/7, 32GB DDR3-2400, Corsair H100i v2, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK, MSI Radeon RX 480 Gaming 4G, HX-650 PSU, Corsair 750D ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 18 May 11 Posts: 375 Credit: 32,129,242 RAC: 0 ![]() |
My Voyager Rig. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So here we go: CPU Cooler Mother Board Memory Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield Quad-Core 3.2GHz Processor EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti GPU x2 (Upgrade) Antec Twelve Hundred v3 Tower (Upgrade) And for those of you wondering...USS Voyager Master Systems Display ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 1 Dec 99 Posts: 2786 Credit: 685,657,289 RAC: 835 ![]() ![]() |
Nice one. ![]() |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 81 Credit: 4,083,597 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Delidding any 115x after Sandy Bridge definitely helps. Apparently, there are a LOT of chips (AMD too) that have gap issues. My wife's now defunct 4770K (killed by ASRock's defective crap) had a huge gap. After it died, I practice delidded it before doing the 4790K. The gap was over a mm between the die and the IHS. If you are interested in seeing that system, scroll up in this thread to a bit less than a year ago. The fourth board (3rd RMA) on that Z87E-ITX remains untested by me to this day. I'm afraid to put anything on it. This is why I'm on the most reliable motherboard made today, and certainly paid for that. Delidded i7-4790K (CLU/CLU) at 4.7GHz @ 1.310Vcore 24/7, 32GB DDR3-2400, Corsair H100i v2, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK, MSI Radeon RX 480 Gaming 4G, HX-650 PSU, Corsair 750D ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242 ![]() ![]() |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242 ![]() ![]() |
I have a EVGA 1200 Watt but it was powering 3 780s before so I knew it could easily handle these monsters. Heat was my biggest concern but they run 10 C cooler than the 780s so, not an issue, lol |
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BOY! there are some mad, crazy rigs in this forum... I need to build another rig, I can feel it.... |
![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 20 Oct 03 Posts: 259 Credit: 9,208,040 RAC: 24 ![]() ![]() |
Oh yea! I really enjoy building PCs. I just haven't the money to build the monster I would like. The last one I priced on Newegg was around $10,000. I think I set my sights a little high. |
Andrew ![]() Send message Joined: 28 Mar 15 Posts: 47 Credit: 1,053,596 RAC: 0 ![]() |
Something a little different. 3 980's really heat up my computer room, so I made a custom window fan that tries to pull heat directly from the rooms hotspot, the ceiling, and send it outside.. It works really well, but is a bit noisier than I'd like. Should have at least 2 4" supply ducts or at least 1 6" so your making good use of the fans, esp since they don't have a huge amount of power to overcome the resistance of the small duct... |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 1 Dec 99 Posts: 2786 Credit: 685,657,289 RAC: 835 ![]() ![]() |
If it was me .... I would build the box up both sides of the window (your bottom box doesn't look bad, I'm sure you could do a good job.) Leave it open topped and pull the air from the sides. ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242 ![]() ![]() |
You know the problem with modifying your computer, is knowing when to stop...That being said, I continued the mod of the computer I posted earlier. New MoBo ASUS X99-E WS, DDR4 RipJaw 3000 8 x4 GB, an additional Titan X. Switched out the HDD for an SSD, Upgraded the PSU to 1300 Watt EVGA ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The case is still the same as is the fan on the window. Only posted the guts. Zalster |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 1 Dec 99 Posts: 2786 Credit: 685,657,289 RAC: 835 ![]() ![]() |
That's a nice clean looking computer Zalster. ![]() |
![]() ![]() ![]() Send message Joined: 27 May 99 Posts: 5517 Credit: 528,817,460 RAC: 242 ![]() ![]() |
Thanks Brent and Zoom. @Zoom. Yeah summer time brings all sort of new expenses. I'm looking forward to seeing your final products when you get done. Wishing you the best with those. Zalster |
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