I decided to start up this thread from the old forum here again. I'm really curious to how all of you (my potential BF3 victims) try and dodge my G3A3. My Rig (Updated 3/2/2013!) Intel i7-2600 @ 4.03GHz & Corsair Hydro Series H60 Push/Pull 16GB GSkill DDR3-1600Mhz RAM CL9 Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3P-B3 rev. 1.1 BIOS F9 6GB Asus GTX Titan Avermedia Live Gamer HD Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCIe soundcard 2x120GB OCZ Vertex 3 SSD Raid 0 (240GB Windows, games & programs partition) 2TB Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 HDD (Data storage) Lian-Li PC9F aluminium case with extra HDD cage and KingMod custom sound proofing BeQuiet 680W E7 PSU 27" Samsung SyncMaster S27B550V 24" Samsung SyncMaster BX2431 LED Logitech Media Keyboard 600 Steelseries Sensei & Razer Destructor mousepad Logitech Extreme 3D Pro for flying those jets Sennheiser PC-166 USB Headset (USB part can be removed )
OK - here's mine. Intel i5-2500 @ 4.5Ghz & Corsair Hydro Series H60 8GB DDR3-1600Mhz RAM MSi P67A-UGD53-B3 MSi N570GTX 64GB SSD 1TB HDD Coolermaster Dominator II CM690 case Sonor DG 7.1 PCe soundcard 21.5" BenQ E2200HD LCD 22" Samsung SyncMaster T220HD LCD Gigabyte M6900 mouse Turtle Beach X11 headset Wolf King game pad + Cherry XT keyboard
Finn - I suddenly noticed you place push/pull against your H60 and see you have two fans fitted. Mine came with one fan which pulls air from the case through the H60 radiator (fixed between the exterior of the case and the H60 radiator), the fan that's fixed to the radiator inside the case (which i guess) pushes air through the radiator - does that make a difference? I'm playing with case fans at the moment to try and bring the ambient/idling temperature of my machine down (my room gets warm!)
My Fan Setup with arrows explaining airflow Thinking of removing the 140mm fan on the top of my case as I suspect it creates unnecessary turbulence for the Corsair H60 which should get its fresh air from the HDD Cage 120mm fan. And yes, running the H60 with 2 fans brings temperatures down considerably.
excellent - I'm thinking of getting a windowed side panel for my CM690 (mainly to see the LED fans, but also to reduce a little of the metal casing for some plastic). One of the fans was actually the fan that sat behind the H60 in the old case so will fix nicely over the back of the radiator. I'm gonna install another 120mm on the top as extract (to go with the other 120mm there already)
I'm actually going to test and see if I get better temperatures by taking out the top 140mm fan and blocking the hole with the metal plate that came with the case. That should optimize the airflow by just going from front to back (and not out from the top). Going to report back if it brings anything.
In my early days of owning a pc i superglued an 80mm fan onto my ram and closed all the joints on the case with selotape.I miss those days of blind improvisation.Finn i bet that allumium is good for keeping the case cold.
Heres my setup,excuse the mouse and keyboard combined they are worth less than £20 I plan on scraping the front fan and smoking what comes of it.Also did'nt mean to double post,sry.
LOL nice one. I remember cutting into one of my cases back in the early 2000s and installing a 80mm fan in the front cover Looked messy but did its job Yes, my case is always ice cold when I touch it. Its totally soundproofed as well so it is very quiet @ idle. Only during gaming I hear my GTX580 roar up a bit. Took out the top 140mm extraction fan and my temperatures remained as before. After that was done I installed the custom cut soundproofing along the top of my case which made my system even quieter than it was before
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 4.00Ghz CPU Cooler: Prolimatech Megahalems (heatsink with 2 fans mounted) + 3 seperate fans + 2 fans on GPU RAM: 8GB Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600Mhz Mobo: Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 (Bios version: F7) GPU: MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III Primary SSD: 2xCrucial M4 64GB @ RAID0 (god-like read speeds) Storage HDD: 2xSamsung Spinpoint F1 500GB @ RAID0 Case: Some awesome Fractal Design, not sure of the model name ands too lazy to check <--- Midi Tower LCD: LG Flatron W2452T Mouse: Logitech G500 Mousepad: Razer Mantis Speed (HUGE fan of HUGE mousepads) + Razer Vespula (nice, but dirt causes friction a lot) Keyboard: Logitech G15 Headphones: Logitech G35 Might post some pics later on
Thats a very nice rig you got there Leon, its well balanced for 2D/3D performance! I have been contemplating on buying a second 120GB SSD to run in Raid-0 to get that godlike write speed like you have Have you benchmarked your read/write speeds? Would be quite interesting
You bet. Also with 2x120GB you'd be getting higher write speeds (not that that's really much of an issue to begin with).
Wow it would definitely be worth it. I wouldn't of expected two 64GB SSDs to perform THAT well in Raid-0. That benchmark screenshot might just beat my common sense and make me spend some money soon
To be honest, the deal with low capacity SSDs is mostly in their write speed. I don't know the technical basis for this, but from what I understand that's mostly it. Odds are you won't notice the difference in everyday use, if you're loading games - BF3 maps for instance, then it might peel off a second or three.
Yes I agree. The only thing is that before the rise of SSDs I always used to run my HDDs in Raid-0. The only thing that prevented me from doing this with SSDs was the price just over a year ago but nowadays they have come down to a level where it is debatable to just do it. I'm also a mad hardware/technology junky and I get really uneasy if I don't have some kind of PC project to screw around with every couple of months
Likewise, but I try to take it easy as I'm on a limited, if not tight, budget. As a matter of fact, the SSDs and the heatsink are a very recent update I'm loving to the cent.
CPU: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.40GHz CPU Cooler: EKL Alpenföhn Matterhorn RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3-1600Mhz Mobo: Asus P8Z68-V Pro Intel Z68 GPU: Powercolor Radeon HD 6970 PCS+ Primary SSD: Samsung 830 SSD Series 256GB Storage HDD: Segate Baracuda 1,5TB Case: Cooler Master RC-932 HAF Advanced LCD: Hanns.G HG216D Mouse: Logitech G700 Keyboard: Razer Black Widow Headphones: Logitech G35
