home made PC cold air intake - epic win!
Aug 31, 2010 | 07:24 PM
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home made PC cold air intake - epic win!
lol, it's late, and I'm EXTREMELY bored...
don't mind the pokadot curtains... their temporary... I just moved into the room last week, and they'll be getting replaced soon
and for proof in the pudd'n, my idle temp dropped from 28~30 C, to 23~24 C
that's like 73 degrees F, or basically room temperature!
This is with an i7 920 quad core at stock clock (2.66ghz), and using the stock Intel heat sink and fan!
I need a life...
don't mind the pokadot curtains... their temporary... I just moved into the room last week, and they'll be getting replaced soon
and for proof in the pudd'n, my idle temp dropped from 28~30 C, to 23~24 C
that's like 73 degrees F, or basically room temperature!This is with an i7 920 quad core at stock clock (2.66ghz), and using the stock Intel heat sink and fan!
I need a life...
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Sep 1, 2010 | 03:30 AM
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but that's not rigged; that'll be done right, with some good aftermarket parts 
and it probably wont be 22"s; more than likely some 20" Roush wheels that they put on the Roush F150s
thank you sir!
I think...
where's you new guitar playing rabbit smiley?
pshhh, don't be jealous; you only payed a fraction of what I paid for this processor 
I bought it along with all the other parts to put this computer together about 2 months after they release the i7 cores... I think the processor alone was almost $400... which is sad when you consider I bought my HP G71 laptop brand new a year later for $400, LOL
and it probably wont be 22"s; more than likely some 20" Roush wheels that they put on the Roush F150s
thank you sir!
I think...where's you new guitar playing rabbit smiley?
I bought it along with all the other parts to put this computer together about 2 months after they release the i7 cores... I think the processor alone was almost $400... which is sad when you consider I bought my HP G71 laptop brand new a year later for $400, LOL
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Sep 1, 2010 | 08:57 AM
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am I the only one that keeps giving you slack for your ford? seem as if. Maybe that's because I had two of them. Both of them were POS. haha. Or maybe it's just cus I couldn't afford a new truck to begin with and I am just jealous. I don't know. lol
what program are you using to show the data with?
what program are you using to show the data with?
Sep 1, 2010 | 12:13 PM
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am I the only one that keeps giving you slack for your ford? seem as if. Maybe that's because I had two of them. Both of them were POS. haha. Or maybe it's just cus I couldn't afford a new truck to begin with and I am just jealous. I don't know. lol
what program are you using to show the data with?
what program are you using to show the data with?
http://www.lavalys.com/
Nifty little peice of software I picked up years ago, when it wasn't $40, lol
Sep 1, 2010 | 01:51 PM
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well sense the voltage on a nehalem is so low on idle is the first place its not surprising, plus it is not that big of a deal any way sense a nehalem has a thermal thresh hold or105C*.
Put some load on that thing and you will see the temp increase quick as it powers up the cores. A good test for that is compress a large file with winrar.
Any way water is the real way to go.
Put some load on that thing and you will see the temp increase quick as it powers up the cores. A good test for that is compress a large file with winrar.
Any way water is the real way to go.
Sep 1, 2010 | 04:18 PM
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oh yeah I'd definitely go liquid if I needed too it stays surprising cool, even under a load. I converted a 2 hour movie file with it last night which held the total usage at about 90% the entire time, it it only got to about 42~43 the entire time, as apposed to the 50+ it use to go to before!
I set the AC unit to 60 last night (I like to sleep cold), and this morning with I got up, it was idling at 18 C
what GPUs are you doubled up with there?
it stays surprising cool, even under a load. I converted a 2 hour movie file with it last night which held the total usage at about 90% the entire time, it it only got to about 42~43 the entire time, as apposed to the 50+ it use to go to before!I set the AC unit to 60 last night (I like to sleep cold
), and this morning with I got up, it was idling at 18 C what GPUs are you doubled up with there?
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Sep 2, 2010 | 02:16 PM
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ATI 4870
I've been an nVidia guy all my life, and someone told me about the 4870 and how it was a good bang for the buck, so I tried it out...
Works good, but I've already had to replace it once because the memory crapped out on the first one
I just replaced it with another 4870; the first one was an MSI, this new one's an XFX
It's still more than I need, but if I ever do need to upgrade, I'm going back to nVidia, and I'll probably run SLI
I've been an nVidia guy all my life, and someone told me about the 4870 and how it was a good bang for the buck, so I tried it out...
Works good, but I've already had to replace it once because the memory crapped out on the first one
I just replaced it with another 4870; the first one was an MSI, this new one's an XFX
It's still more than I need, but if I ever do need to upgrade, I'm going back to nVidia, and I'll probably run SLI
Sep 7, 2010 | 03:42 PM
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ATI 4870
I've been an nVidia guy all my life, and someone told me about the 4870 and how it was a good bang for the buck, so I tried it out...
Works good, but I've already had to replace it once because the memory crapped out on the first one
I just replaced it with another 4870; the first one was an MSI, this new one's an XFX
It's still more than I need, but if I ever do need to upgrade, I'm going back to nVidia, and I'll probably run SLI
I've been an nVidia guy all my life, and someone told me about the 4870 and how it was a good bang for the buck, so I tried it out...
Works good, but I've already had to replace it once because the memory crapped out on the first one
I just replaced it with another 4870; the first one was an MSI, this new one's an XFX
It's still more than I need, but if I ever do need to upgrade, I'm going back to nVidia, and I'll probably run SLI
Sweet. I just got back from PAX Prime, where we showed off NVIDIA Surround (2560x4800), 3D Vision Surround, and 4 way SLI....people love it!
I also got to play Duke Nukem Forever (yes - it's really coming this time), and NBA Jam for Wii (coming out October 5th - so much fun!).
Ping me when you next upgrade and I'll see if I can give you the scoop on any offers coming down the pipe
Phil
