Topic: Your Rig/Your Setup

[Trlgg]

i thought the new stock fan/heatsink on the sandy bridge was suppose to be badass?

It looks the same as all the  other ones Ive gotten with the cpus in the past

[anomaly]

so...

been working on my main rig a lot lately. i bought a bunch of clearance water cooling stuff to make my setup well, faster...

one of the harder things was getting these 2 285gtx full cover blocks to fit my 2 260gtx. but i succeeded!   then i made a custom hold down plate for my NB as there are only 2 water blocks made for my board and both cost $40. since i have extra water blocks i just cut a piece of plexi and made one for about $3.

so now im cooling the CPU, NB, both VGA, and SB.

i got all the tubes fit and connected. lines bleed for air and leak tested.

awesome right? booted up the rig and went into the bios to check my new awesome temps.

CPU is at 25c, awesome!  

mainboard is at 20c AWESOME!  

MCP is at 72c.... wtf?  

one of the hold downs on the back of the mobo fell off, stripped or something cuz the SB block is not fitting tightly anymore... F M L  
 
im half temped to just cut a hole in the back of my mobo tray to get to the hold down cuz any other way i go about it will cost me money for new tube and about another 5 hrs to tear it all down and build it back up.

sigh...

[mephisto_kur]

If you cut through, be careful of the metal flakes and metal dust.  I would not recommend that.

[Smoke]

just break it down do it right.whats the rush?

[anomaly]

i know guys, i know... 

thanks for talking sense into me.

just been real short on free time these days and ive been with out my main rig for about 2 months. im just over it and want it done.

if i order more tube that will take about 1 week to get here then who knows when ill get an other nice chunk of time to sit down and reassemble it all.

working too much and not having time to just enjoy life is eating away at my patience in a big way. i never used to be this way.

i need a vacation....

[raVen]

Recently finished my new setup. Nothing fancy in terms of processing power, but a fun build. It's a quad core i7, 12GIGs, and a 250 GIG SSD for the OS.

The fun part is, Im trying to see if I can run it as a completely silent PC by day with no moving parts.[No moving parts=no sound], and also have the option of OCing it for gaming.

Did this by
 
    Replacing the stock cooler with one of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233032
    The SSD takes care of the harddrive spinning sound.
    Using a high wattage[850] smart PSU, which doesnt run the fan below 25% usage.
    Case with a lot of airflow.
    Fanless GPU.

I was hoping to run it stock with no fans, This works in theory and the temps are acceptable for day to day usage, but when I run the prime torture test on all the cores, the temperatures shoot up to the 90s. It doesnt BSOD thou. So I had to underclock it a little to work as a quiet PC.

I was hoping this machine will be a quiet productivity machine by day and a gaming freak by night. Even thou the system doesnt need fans in the quiet mode, there are still 4 fans on the case which are switched off during day. With the fans in full blast I can OC the 3.06GhZ processor upto 4.0Ghz but the machine is noisy.

Im yet to put in a new GPU, Im still running it on a old GeForce. Looking forward to play Crysis 2.

Pics to follow.

[Smoke]

im pretty much doing the same thing raven.except i use only one case fan.1case fan behind the cpu cooler,1gpu and 1 on the power supply.3 fans now vs as many as 8 before.all stock clocks and excellent temps.

[Smoke]

thinking on selling my 775 ddr2 system and going with a sandy bridge.ram and motherboards are dirt cheap and once in awhile there is a sweet deal on a 2500k.and i still havn't listed the z-5500, so their just sitting in the corner lol.buy the time i sold everything i wouldn't have to spend any money out of pocket.and should actually get to pocket some too.i figure 2500k+ cheapo mb and ram and 32gb ssd all around 350 total if i can really find the sells lol.

[Trlgg]

I have a 2500k

although not a cheap motherboard

[Trlgg]

Asus P8P67 B3 revision Deluxe 1155 socket w/new uEFI BIOS
Intel i5 2500k Gen 2 CPU
8 gb G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4x2gb
SeaSonic X650 Gold 650W ATX Modular PSU
Antec Nine Hundred Two case
1 GB PNY 460GTX GPU
24" HDMI Samsung ToC monitor
1GB WD Black 3.0
Zalman 9500 heatsink fan


from last revision of my system..i got the bracket for my heatsink and got the replacement board.

No benchmarks as I dont have it OCd atm

[Smoke]

run it stock let me see 

[Smoke]

listed my z5500,cpu,ram,motherboard.cpu sold in like 10 minutes lol.might go ahead and list the xfi sound card,the mobile intel core2duo i never upgraded my laptop to,all the old ram i have upgraded from and those 4 delta fans i bought for a project that never came to be.

dont know which cpu yet,may go dual core to save money and power.z68 motherboard for sure but have not decided which.probably will only purchase 1 stick of 4gb to start with.really all depends on the combo deals or promos newegg makes.

[Smoke]

never got around to listing anything else,but all that was listed sold.so now i have to break down the old 775 and ship it off  .

went ahead and placed my order with newegg.i sacrificed on cpu speed and power for now.when the prices come down on the quad sandys a good bit i'll upgrade.
intel g620 dual core 2.6-lolol weakest and cheapest
biostar z68 atx board-free shipping made it the cheapest z68 board
8gb gskill sniper 2x4 kit-$10 off made it the cheapest 8gb kit
64 gb crucial m4 sata3 ssd-best rated sata3 ssd for the money
lite on sata dvd burner

[Smoke]

shipped off mb,ram and cpu.got hammered on shipping the motherboard through usps to cali.the set of z5500 are also going to cali but through ups.i dread to see what that will cost.damn why does all my big shit seem to be bought by west coast people.

should receive new parts tomorrow afternoon.1day shipping outta memphis,awesome.