RCoughtrie
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Finaly started getting somewhere and got it all up and runing.. quick spec of how it stands atm
Feser One UV Reactive Coolant Blue
Zalman Reserator XT Hybrid Liquid Cooling System
Samsung SH-S223F/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK)
Gainward ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) -
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case 1
Zalman ZM850-HP Heatpipe Cooled 850W Modular PSU
1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 SATA2 72000RPM 32MB CACHE
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 95W OEM
Asus P5Q Deluxe iP45 Socket 775 Motherbord
Vista
Sadly no one makes a block for my graphics card so i cant water cool it for now... And i could clear some of the cables a bit more but i got to excited and wanted it on lol.. next up 19" screen, gamer mouse and keyboard need them to get to grips with Crysis 
overclocked to 3.2ghz under 100% load Coretemp never goes above 48oc. Coolent usally 25-30oc and ambient temperature 25-28oc. Usally use manual full flow rate and fan speed when gaming on the cooler
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Corsa_Joel
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Nice build!
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John
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Having pipes going outside will be the worst thing you've done, I used to have my raditor outside and it was a right pain in the arse.
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Fraser Young
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Impressive.
Love the GSi detail on the wardrobe door!
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RCoughtrie
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Having pipes going outside will be the worst thing you've done, I used to have my raditor outside and it was a right pain in the arse.
In what way... heat wise ?
 aye its a gsi door
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John
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Naa just having stuff going out of the case, any time I had to change the water or change things about or on th every odd occasion move it I regretted it.
Was brilliant for heat, all I had wasa couple of 120mm fans at 5v and a 120mm 5v one outside on the radiator, almost totally silent.
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RCoughtrie
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Ah get you now
lucky for me the zalman comes with quick couplings for the pipes and the actual flow outlet and inlet on the unit... just a case of pulling them out, no water loss/mess plus all the water cooling is external everything is inside the zalmans case
Mines is far from silent atm saldy im on the hunt for the external fan switch... all 6 are on high speed, the zalaman is very silent tho even on full flow/ fan speed
[Edited on 02-08-2008 by RCoughtrie]
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John
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I just swapped the wires over to make them either 5 or 7 volt, didn't bother with a controller.
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Bart
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thats a very messy case inside!
The GPU blocks will be around shortly, its a very new card the 4850.
If it was me, i would have waited for the 4870 X2s and bought two samsung 500gb or 750gb and raid 0 them.
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RCoughtrie
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Yeah it is messy will be getting it sorted out now that i have tested it all out... The Antec 900 case does have cable managment
Well thats good to hear was a tad dissapointed when i couldnt find a block for it..
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Russ
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
thats a very messy case inside!
The GPU blocks will be around shortly, its a very new card the 4850.
If it was me, i would have waited for the 4870 X2s and bought two samsung 500gb or 750gb and raid 0 them.
why raid them? explain your answers in a Paul_J style essay or dont post in here ever again.
is the CPU a G0 SLACR mate? if you, get your fukin speed up mines on 3.6 on air. read this if your unsure. its based on the P5B board, so will be very similar http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardware/140924-c2d-overclocking-guide-beginners.html
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
why raid them? explain your answers in a Paul_J style essay or dont post in here ever again.
I've not read one of Paul's essays, so it will be in the style of.. bart.
Put simply you'll get more speed from two 500gb samsung F1s in raid 0 
The samsung 1TB not only has more platters than the 500gb (more platters = more read time), but they are prown to problems. IF you HDs make it through the first month you've got the good ones 
2x500gb = less platters and more speed espically in raid 0 too
[Edited on 03-08-2008 by Bart]
[Edited on 03-08-2008 by Tim]
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Russ
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
quote:
Originally posted by Russ
why raid them? explain your answers in a Paul_J style essay or dont post in here ever again.
I've not read one of Paul's essays, so it will be in the style of.. bart.
Put simply you'll get more speed from two 500gb samsung F1s in raid 0
The samsung 1TB not only has more platters than the 500gb (more platters = more read time), but they are prown to problems. IF you HDs make it through the first month you've got the good ones
2x500gb = less platters and more speed espically in raid 0 too
[Edited on 03-08-2008 by Bart]
yes we all know raid is faster, but seriously, why, it is not worth the effort.
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Tim
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I agree a RAID configuration will generally give better read performance, but more platters does not necessarily equal more read time. It depends on the areal density of each platter (which I believe is the same for all the Spinpoint F1s)...
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Bart
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Originally posted by Russyes we all know raid is faster, but seriously, why, it is not worth the effort.
I've not said its not worth the effort? but with the prices of hard drives these days, you can certinaly afford a decent raid 0 array, maybe even raid5 if you wanted to push the boat out.
twin 500gb F1s in raid 0 using perpindicular technology, bring it on
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Tim
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I don't think I could ever bring myself to run a RAID0 array -- my data is far too important to me!
I use RAID10 on my desktop and RAID1 on my MediaCenter. RAID5 is awful unless you have a proper hardware controller for parity calcs.
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Bart
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whats the difference between 5 and 10?
I use raid0 on my main desktop but use a Synology CS407 4 diskbay (4x spinpoint 1TB F1s) running a raid5 array.
I dont keep anything critical on either of my desktops, even the media center I wouldnt be bothered if the hard drive went down.
certainly one of the best NAS devices ive came accross.
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Laney
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CRT Monitor?
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Russ
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quote:
Originally posted by Laney
CRT Monitor?
arguably still better for games
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Tim
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
whats the difference between 5 and 10?
5 is striping with parity (so needs a hardware-based solution to generate the parity quickly).
10 is striping+mirroring. Essentially the pros of RAID0 and RAID1 combined, but you'll need a minimum of 4 disks...
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Laney
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
quote:
Originally posted by Laney
CRT Monitor?
arguably still better for games
Really? How come?
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Bart
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its true.
generally due to the way the two work. LCDs tend to 'lag' behind where CRTs have a quicker refresh rate.
On a decent LCD you wont notice it.
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RCoughtrie
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardware/140924-c2d-overclocking-guide-beginners.html
Will read over that in a min ... gonna make a few more purchases today i think
Managed to find the 4850 block
http://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=27_78&products_id=1087
Fan Controller
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BB-001-ZA&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=189&name=Zalman%20ZM-MFC1%20Plus%20Black%20Multi%20Fan%20Controller
Bits and bobs like fan filters,pipe,coolant
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