BigDirtyJase Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 (edited) I use to have a Hybrid CrossfireX setup on my PC a while ago (Radeon 5770 + GeForce GT220). The Radeon for graphics and the GT220 for dedicated PhysX...It wasn't too bad but It could be better with a better nvidia card and a more powerful PSU (I've only got 620W in mine currently) I know that the 6970 has the Lucid Hydra Chip onboard so you can run this card and virturally any other card (AMD or nVidia) together. There is some teething problems drivers wise and scaling issues..and the some of there testing I have seen doesn't look too good but you have to remember this is very new and raw so it will take some refinement Edited August 10, 2011 by BigDirtyJase Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-5959456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFreshSoClean Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 (edited) thats where the extra money from a 2500k to a 2600k is still a good score but not quite as fast, are you still running 4.3ghz Just put on my cpu cooler and o/c'ed to 4.7 Super PI dropped to 8.03s 3Dmark11 was 5650, so got a little improvement 3DMark Results Apparently my PC is now comparable to similiar systems, heh. Edited August 13, 2011 by SoFreshSoClean Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-5964532 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madaz Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 awesome what cooler was that again i have been toying with the idea of getting this http://www.mwave.com.au/sku-18030281-Antec_KUHLER_H2O_920_CPU_Cooler_Compatible_with_Intel_Sockets_LGA_1366_1155_1156 EDIT ^^ those links are gay and you have to click it twice, open page shut page open page EDIT just saw in the other thread a Thermalright TRUE 120 cooler Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-5964589 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFreshSoClean Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Ah yeah nice, my friend has the H70. (I think?) He reckons it wasn't worth it though, made minimal difference over good air cooling. Depends how much you want to spend I suppose! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-5965403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madaz Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 yeah true and i had a big cooler and don't want such a big cooler in my case and im hoping its a little more quiet a friend has another similar cooler and said it was good i forget which brand Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-5965497 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozodos Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 (edited) Wow, I gotta get me a second GFX card not sure if you're being sarcastic... will probably lean on the cards a bit more, but given that I'm sitting on the edge of PSU output as it is, I might hold off Edited August 14, 2011 by bozodos Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-5965707 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozodos Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 here's a result with the latest drivers; for some reason I can't push the cores any further or 3dmark freezes, strange given that could get the first card up to 950mhz also swapped in a pair of Sata 2 Velociraptors in a 128k stripe http://3dmark.com/3dm11/1670000;jsessionid=5hzujouc0u8l?show_ads=true&page=%2F3dm11%2F1670000%3Fkey%3Dbn39BVvDMH7dx Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-5967727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Rex Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Anyone ever used a phase change cooler? I used one for about a week, until the moisture fried my mobo because i had the heater hooked up incorrectly I was running 4.8ghz with an i7 920, fully loaded on prime 95 temps were less than 10 degrees. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-5987992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh_TypeX Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Quick question I'm hoping someone can help me with; my asus P8Z68-V has 2 switches on it. One activates TPU (auto overclock) and the other activates EPU (a power saving feature). Does anyone have any experience with these features or know anything about them? Not sure if I should switch them on or not. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-5989289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayuri Krab Posted August 29, 2011 Share Posted August 29, 2011 Quick question I'm hoping someone can help me with; my asus P8Z68-V has 2 switches on it. One activates TPU (auto overclock) and the other activates EPU (a power saving feature). Does anyone have any experience with these features or know anything about them? Not sure if I should switch them on or not. I've a similar board (P8Z68-Deluxe), I presonally don't bother with using them. OC is best done manually anyway (espeically if you have got a i5/i7 unlocked CPU since its super easy) & as for the power saving thing... to me thats like saying I'm buying a Skyline to save petrol. LOL Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-5990954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
liger Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 question for the nerds. currently running a 8TB server in a Thermaltake M9D chassis. but i have managed to clear a bit of space in this room for a rack mount server. however, i do not know a great deal about rack mount setups. What i would like to do is transfer all the gear out of the M9D into a rack. is this possible? or would i be looking at having to buy a server board, and going from there? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-6044563 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrm Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I personally wouldn't recommend a rack case in a home environment. Their cooling is typically designed for an enclosed rack environment in a datacenter with cool air at the front, exhaust at the rear. They often used very small high-speed fans to facilitate their cooling - and these fans are usually very very loud. What exactly are you trying to achieve? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-6044582 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozodos Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I personally wouldn't recommend a rack case in a home environment. Their cooling is typically designed for an enclosed rack environment in a datacenter with cool air at the front, exhaust at the rear. They often used very small high-speed fans to facilitate their cooling - and these fans are usually very very loud. What exactly are you trying to achieve? exactly It's a pity though, we have a heap of old 1 and 2 RU Xeon servers that are sitting under benches for this very reason - they are outdated but impractical to sell, and not able to be used in a home environment (without a lot of stuffing around with racks, cooling, soundproofing etc) Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-6044758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madaz Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 could you water cool it or the trouble with Xeon's are the mounting configuration is different to 775 1155 1366 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-6044764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozodos Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 probably could with a LOT of stuffing around, still got the PSU fans etc though Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-6044803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
liger Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 What exactly are you trying to achieve? need more desk space, and i've never been keen on putting the towers on the ground but if its not fiesable, then its not fiesable . just curious to see if it was possible, as i could just mount it to the wall Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-6045077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
R31Nismoid Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yeah rack really isn’t an option. My tower sits on carpet mate, and has for quite some time. I mean it has “legs” so its not sitting bottom surface etc. Can’t see why you cant do that. Also keeps cabling out the way. How many drives do you have? 4x 2TB or 8 x 1TB Running RAID cards? Or JBOD? If it’s just a JBOD server, a 4-bay m-itx option like this would be a good idea http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=25_547&products_id=16066 I’m not totally up with m-itx boards, so not sure if they have onboard RAID or you need a RAID card. If you do need a card/more drive space: (ive not totally checked space/specs tho) http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=25_547&products_id=18323 http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=25_547&products_id=14503 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-6045696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oweban Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Also, you could get a nice block of wood (size of case, and say 5cm high) and sit the tower on that... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-6045784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DivHunter Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 question for the nerds. currently running a 8TB server in a Thermaltake M9D chassis. but i have managed to clear a bit of space in this room for a rack mount server. however, i do not know a great deal about rack mount setups. What i would like to do is transfer all the gear out of the M9D into a rack. is this possible? or would i be looking at having to buy a server board, and going from there? Despite what the muppets have said, yes you can get a rack case that doesn't have high speed fans and it would be fine. Decent ones are pretty expensive though and it wouldn't really be worth the money. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-6045793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
liger Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Yeah rack really isn't an option. My tower sits on carpet mate, and has for quite some time. I mean it has "legs" so its not sitting bottom surface etc. Can't see why you cant do that. Also keeps cabling out the way. How many drives do you have? 4x 2TB or 8 x 1TB Running RAID cards? Or JBOD? If it's just a JBOD server, a 4-bay m-itx option like this would be a good idea http://www.pccasegea...oducts_id=16066 I'm not totally up with m-itx boards, so not sure if they have onboard RAID or you need a RAID card. If you do need a card/more drive space: (ive not totally checked space/specs tho) http://www.pccasegea...oducts_id=18323 http://www.pccasegea...oducts_id=14503 i've noticed that when the towers sit on the ground, there seems to be more dust in the cases in a shorter period of time ( from the carpet i imagine). at the moment both cases get a dusting every 6 months, unless i'm fiddling with them. then they get a dustout while the covers are off. 4x 2 TB at the moment. but theres another 2TB drive waiting to go in. once that goes in i'll be putting it into a RAID, probably something like RAID 5 the server was built to make use of old parts, and extra storage ofcourse. Despite what the muppets have said, yes you can get a rack case that doesn't have high speed fans and it would be fine. Decent ones are pretty expensive though and it wouldn't really be worth the money. cabinets i've seen are around $600 + freight Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/249889-pc-setup-chat-thread/page/19/#findComment-6046107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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