Post how much you spent on your video card to play Candy Crush
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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.![big grin](https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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Has a bunch of beer bottles, papers, bullets, cameras, and other junk on it now of corse.
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.
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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
http://www.overclock.net/t/1265186/m...-cooling-setup
my rig plain and simple
http://www.overclock.net/lists/display/view/id/4353842
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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.
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Will they fit??
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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
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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.
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What it looks like with the side, and aluminum finish panel put back on.
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I love it.
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Gonna try and get a 3d mark score here. Probably won't be best on the stock clock, but we'll see.
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/attachments/gaming-91/61197-post-how-much-you-spent-your-video-card-play-candy-crush-dsc04885.jpg?dateline=1354458267)
Will they fit??
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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
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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/attachments/gaming-91/61200-post-how-much-you-spent-your-video-card-play-candy-crush-dsc04899.jpg?dateline=1354458267)
What it looks like with the side, and aluminum finish panel put back on.
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I love it.
Click to view full?
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Gonna try and get a 3d mark score here. Probably won't be best on the stock clock, but we'll see.
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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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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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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](https://www.miataturbo.net/images/smilies/drooling.gif)
- 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
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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:
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- 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.
In other updates, I recently ended up picking up one of these bad boys for a steal:
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- 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.
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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.
-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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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.
-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.