Downgrade, its way cooler. No really, it does run coolerOriginally Posted by Brawler
Looking at all these pics now I want to upgrade again
I went from a six core Phenom 3.2Ghz to a dual core APU 1.6Ghz and I cut my power costs in half. Big boxes sucking air and power is not cool anymore. Small ITX setups are the future, and if you really must hog real estate then mATX.
You can do something for love, you can do something for money, but there is nothing as satisfying as doing something out of spite - Jeremy Clarkson, 1993
You'll find that the key to power saving is upgrading to the next die-shrink. 45nm vs 32nm will see huge power savings for instance. Or you can take an existing relatively high power chip and downvolt it as low as possible on stock - I had a friend who ran a 6-core Phenom @ 1.2v 24/7.Downgrade, its way cooler. No really, it does run cooler
I went from a six core Phenom 3.2Ghz to a dual core APU 1.6Ghz and I cut my power costs in half. Big boxes sucking air and power is not cool anymore. Small ITX setups are the future, and if you really must hog real estate then mATX.
You were watching until a stone was cut out without hands
Excuse the darkness - my light just went out :/
On the outside it's a HAF912 with a Roccat Arvo, arb Prestigio mouse, and these screens:
Dell st2220l
Acer G245H Olympic Edition (glossy)
On the inside it's:
Phenom X6 1050t @ 3.5 with Hyper 212 Evo
12gb mixed ram, some Corsair, some G-Skill
2x2tb drives
TX650 psu
GTX460 1gb
Nothing special as far as specs go but I'm getting there again
YURGH just saw how dusty it isScuse me!!
You were watching until a stone was cut out without hands
+1 I'm also thinking gaming laptop is the future. I'm seeing gaming laptops with 100x better specs than my 3 year old rig (and thats just the newst part). And I can still, with the help of newer ATI/AMD drivers at times, play all games on the market. So I guess gaming laptop is the future for me.Downgrade, its way cooler. No really, it does run cooler
I went from a six core Phenom 3.2Ghz to a dual core APU 1.6Ghz and I cut my power costs in half. Big boxes sucking air and power is not cool anymore. Small ITX setups are the future, and if you really must hog real estate then mATX.
If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.
Bobrig
Feels a bit like cribbs. Here's my nearly 2 year old rig. Still going strong.
The riggage:
Case: Antec Sonata. Minimalist look. Tucked away next to my desk.
Inside the case:
Sapphire pure black X58 Mobo
12GB Tri-Channel Corsair 1600 DDR3
Intel 1366 LGA i7 960 CPU
2GB 256 bit Sapphire HD6950 GPU
120GB OCZ Agility 3
Western Digital SATA3 2TB data drive
Antec 1200W PSU - Eskom loadshedding se moer
Roccat Kave 5.1 headset. I love. Logitech G13 gaming keyboard
Razer DeathAdder 3500dpi mouse and Xbox360 wireless controller
Samsung 32" D500 LCD TV
Last edited by unskinnybob; 12-08-2012 at 07:42 AM.
Is that SSD held down with prestick?
HA! No. The case has 4x mounting mounds that fasten the disk from the bottom.Is that SSD held down with prestick?
Dude!Couple pics
You're using Internet Exploder on your high end rig?
Friends don't let friends use IE.
*Or is it Slowfox?
The Samsung Galaxy S2 - It is the only phone you will ever need.
I recently got new Corsair speakers. Now I just need a Corsair CPU cooler, case and SSD and then I'm officially a Corsair fan
My complete setup:
- APC Smart-UPS 1000VA [left bottom] + modified multiplug so that I can run everything off my UPS (excluding my laser printer of course)
- HP Microserver N36L (4x 2TB Seagate Green, 2x 4GB DDR3) [left]
- Telkom 5100 ADSL modem & Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH router [right, inside the container]
- Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick
- Dell 3008WFP (30" IPS @ 2560x1600) screen
- Corsair SP-2500 speakers
- Corsair Vengence K90 keyboard
- Corsair M60 mouse
- Gaming PC
My gaming PC:
- Coolermaster 690 II Advanced (with top 200mm fan moved to bottom + extra 120mm front fan, strapped with cable ties)
- Corsair AX850 PSU
- 3x 2GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600MHz CL8
- Asus P6T Deluxe v2 motherboard
- Asus Xonar Essense STX soundcard
- Intel i7 940 ES CPU @ 3.8GHz with Thermalright 120 Ultra cooler + 2x CM Sickleflow fans
- 2x MSI GTX460 Cyclone 1GB OC graphics cards @ 850/2200MHz
- G.Skill Phoenix 120GB SSD + 1.5TB + DVD Writer
* Click images for larger photos
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http://www.mybroadband.co.za/photos/...g-2453/cat/500
Intel i7 2600 @ 3.4Ghz CPU
Pioneer Receiver
Yamaha Subwoofer
Yamaha Speakers
PS3 160gb
RAZER Mamba 4G
1TB HDD + 250gb HDD
Asus Radeon 6870 1gb
Raidmax Dirktooth
Samsung S23A950D
LG 26LG30R TV
Microsoft Keyboard
Ttesports Headphones
IPMSB-H61 Motherboard
4gb of DDR3 Ram
Windows 7 Interprise 64bit
DVD Writer
Home Network Consists of a
1gb cloud edition home media player Iomega
USB 3 3.5tb drive connected
Have over 1000 HD movies
Last edited by oliverwww; 12-08-2012 at 11:23 AM.
I don't think you should even use that word in the sentence seeing there is none of it at all.You should be shot for that cable management
entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem
Wow, a 1.2kilowatt power supply? Some folks really must love Eskom. Then again this is probably not the right forum for green computing enthusiasts.
You can do something for love, you can do something for money, but there is nothing as satisfying as doing something out of spite - Jeremy Clarkson, 1993
Does not mean it draws 1.2kW.
entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem
Even if you do not max it out it will still draw a lot of power. Remember they are less effective at lower loads.
You can do something for love, you can do something for money, but there is nothing as satisfying as doing something out of spite - Jeremy Clarkson, 1993
LOL...some people just need....more.
The Samsung Galaxy S2 - It is the only phone you will ever need.
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