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My new Samsung S27A950D Has Arrived today 
i was using a 42'' full hd lcd tv and it was great for games and movies but for the type of work i do its just too big D: So i went with a smaller solution.
For the intrested people here is my full and detailed specs.
i was using a 42'' full hd lcd tv and it was great for games and movies but for the type of work i do its just too big D: So i went with a smaller solution.For the intrested people here is my full and detailed specs.
PC SPECS & GEAR
-Antec 1200 Full tower Case
-Intel Core i7 930 2.88Ghz @ 4,0Ghz 1,23 Vcore (38c idle//75c on Load)
-Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler
-Asus Rampage iii Extreme LGA 1366 Motherboard
-2x MSI GTX 560 TI HAWK in SLI @ Stock speeds (950 Core 4200 memory) 33c & 31c idle 75c~ on load
-Corsair Dominator GT 3x2GB 1600Mhz 7-7-7-20 (stock)
-OCZ Agility SSD 60GB & Samsung 500GB 6400 rpm HDD for storage
-Razer DeathAdder Black Eddition Mice
-Wacom Bamboo Pen Tablet
-Steelseries g6v2 Mechanical keyboard (Black switches)
-Logitech Z 5500 Digital 5.1 Speaker setup
-Intel Core i7 930 2.88Ghz @ 4,0Ghz 1,23 Vcore (38c idle//75c on Load)
-Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler
-Asus Rampage iii Extreme LGA 1366 Motherboard
-2x MSI GTX 560 TI HAWK in SLI @ Stock speeds (950 Core 4200 memory) 33c & 31c idle 75c~ on load
-Corsair Dominator GT 3x2GB 1600Mhz 7-7-7-20 (stock)
-OCZ Agility SSD 60GB & Samsung 500GB 6400 rpm HDD for storage
-Razer DeathAdder Black Eddition Mice
-Wacom Bamboo Pen Tablet
-Steelseries g6v2 Mechanical keyboard (Black switches)
-Logitech Z 5500 Digital 5.1 Speaker setup
you dont even need more than just basic heat spreaders when bumping up the clocks. ram doesnt heat up with clock speed, much like any other component. it only heats up when you're bumping up the voltages. so if you're sitting pretty at 1.5v, you don't need much more than basic heatspreaders.
i've never understood people who buy 1200w PSU when they dont even need 850w. e-peen doesn't grow from PSU, trust me lawl
http://extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine
use this next time you want to spend over 200 dollars on a power supply you probably don't need
http://extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine
use this next time you want to spend over 200 dollars on a power supply you probably don't need
IppE
see now thats just stupid
for the price of one of rokodo's PSU i could probably buy 2 and a half PSU that would be sufficient and keep spares
in the long run i've made a better decision, haven't i?
for the price of one of rokodo's PSU i could probably buy 2 and a half PSU that would be sufficient and keep spares
in the long run i've made a better decision, haven't i?
neattechz59 wrote:
IppE
Seeing as roko has two quite high end looking GPU's and liquid cooling implying a decent overclock on the cpu, 1200W, while surely has excess wattage, keeps nice and cool at 50-80% load when the system is drawing the most power.foulcoon wrote:
see now thats just stupid
for the price of one of rokodo's PSU i could probably buy 2 and a half PSU that would be sufficient and keep spares
in the long run i've made a better decision, haven't i?
And even if it is a overkill, why do you care? It's not your money that he's spending.
Because foulcoon thinks he's made the better investment, which is entirely possible since his scenario might be different from Roko's, who might be OC'd to the max.IppE wrote:
And even if it is a overkill, why do you care? It's not your money that he's spending.
It actually doesn't really matter, I think foulcoon is probably actually right in this case, but some of us just prefer to have systems that run smoothly with tons of room to spare. =ω=
Bloomfield i7 overclocked at 4GHz. Cards are AMD 6970 2GBs. This combo alone pushes around 500-700w on the PSU.
RAM: 12GB (3*4GB) Corsair Dominator GT. Upgrading with another 12GB kit for 24GB once the new kit arrives.
The reason for the use of 1200w is for headroom in terms of both power and expansion.
I also don't want to risk my components again on a shitty cheap PSU.
American concept = more is more.
European concept = one of superior quality is better than many of acceptable quality.
RAM: 12GB (3*4GB) Corsair Dominator GT. Upgrading with another 12GB kit for 24GB once the new kit arrives.
The reason for the use of 1200w is for headroom in terms of both power and expansion.
I also don't want to risk my components again on a shitty cheap PSU.
American concept = more is more.
European concept = one of superior quality is better than many of acceptable quality.
On a further note, I'm always upgrading my PC. By the time Intel Haswell comes around I'll be looking to an E-ATX board and even more goodies that require power draw. Might as well get the choice of PSU right (IMO) in terms of reliability.IppE wrote:
And even if it is a overkill, why do you care? It's not your money that he's spending.
All that just for osu!, watching animu and browsing the web..?
foulcoon wrote:
i've never understood people who buy 1200w PSU when they dont even need 850w. e-peen doesn't grow from PSU, trust me lawl
http://extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine
use this next time you want to spend over 200 dollars on a power supply you probably don't need
quite wrong. i have two 5870's and a 5850, and an oc'ed cpu. and none of the gpu's are oc'ed. full load power consumption is around 700w. on a 850w psu(but its been tested to 1-1.16kw). so having two or three gpu's requires at least 850w. if you intend on doing more. you need much more power.
oh and if you go around claiming you have "water cooling" with that closed loop. people who know what they're doing will laugh. like me. its good if you're on a budget i suppose. a real water loop will run in excess of 250-300usd. a full loop(all gpu's cpu, mobo) will easily run 600-700.
those things are only moderately better than a high end air cooler. a true liquid loop is considerably better. and will cool mobo/gpu/cpu's.
ampzz
hahaampzz wrote:
and did anyone like my Alienware's front panel 'upgrade'? \:D/
no
Remco32 wrote:
All that just for osu!, watching animu and browsing the web..?
right so full load power consumption is 700wJZavala wrote:
foulcoon wrote:
i've never understood people who buy 1200w PSU when they dont even need 850w. e-peen doesn't grow from PSU, trust me lawl
http://extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine
use this next time you want to spend over 200 dollars on a power supply you probably don't need
quite wrong. i have two 5870's and a 5850, and an oc'ed cpu. and none of the gpu's are oc'ed. full load power consumption is around 700w. on a 850w psu(but its been tested to 1-1.16kw). so having two or three gpu's requires at least 850w. if you intend on doing more. you need much more power.
oh and if you go around claiming you have "water cooling" with that closed loop. people who know what they're doing will laugh. like me. its good if you're on a budget i suppose. a real water loop will run in excess of 250-300usd. a full loop(all gpu's cpu, mobo) will easily run 600-700.
those things are only moderately better than a high end air cooler. a true liquid loop is considerably better. and will cool mobo/gpu/cpu's.
below 850w
so i'm not "quite wrong" then am i? lol
..
Yes, I realise that the CPU is on a liquid loop and that isn't the same as water cooling. The budget for a water cooling system isn't my concern. It's that I don't trust my own luck enough to install such a system, and parts for them (Danger Den etc.) are harder to get hold of in my country.
your pc is a waste of money.ampzz wrote:
My cable management at the moment is atrocious.
Anyone like my Alienware's front panel 'upgrade'? \:D/
Max wrote:
your pc is a waste of money.
That's good because he got it for free!Rokodo wrote:
Max wrote:
your pc is a waste of money.
orly?
ampzz
Yes I most certainly did, it was a prize for wining the Alienware Clan Challenge 2010 (I have pictures, youtube interviews and a trophy if you don't believe me) which was a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare LAN event that required online qualification.
It was a fairly fun trip especially since I found that most of the 'big talkers' online were nothing more than wallflowers away from the safety of their room.
Out of the package I received, it's only the monitor and PC (partially) that still work.
The headphones, keyboard and mouse all had their wires snap after afew months from just general use.
It was a fairly fun trip especially since I found that most of the 'big talkers' online were nothing more than wallflowers away from the safety of their room.
Out of the package I received, it's only the monitor and PC (partially) that still work.
The headphones, keyboard and mouse all had their wires snap after afew months from just general use.
ampzz badass!!
Remco32 wrote:
All that just for osu!, watching animu and browsing the web..?
right so full load power consumption is 700w
below 850w
so i'm not "quite wrong" then am i? lol
that's because i overbuilt. as i always overbuild my pc's as the psu is the one component i keep for a long time as atx standards don't change often. that and i had the funds. i could have made do with a 700/750w psu. as most are designed to handle 110-120% load.
Tl;dr Rokodo has 2 fuck off 30" screens, now think of how much constant power those 2 GPUs are going to need to deliver the bandwidth/power of which those 2 screens that run 2560x1600 24/7 requires.dNextGen wrote:
Remco32 wrote:
All that just for osu!, watching animu and browsing the web..?
Along side an overclocked i7 Bloomfield to 4Ghz and under load such as encoding requires the affinity of the process to not use 2 of the 8 cores.
Also consider the fact that he runs 12GB RAM plus DVD/SATA drives and the fact that if put under stress caused by underpowering without you noticing could cause longterm damage to any component, NOW take into consideration the cost that it would take to repair the components damaged by said underpowering.
What would you do? Buy a PSU that's guaranteed to be stable for god knows how long with a pretty future proof wattage that was on discount or a 850w that is likely to damage expensive components.
/discussion
unless you're playing bf3 or something of that nature. you dont really need more than 1 graphics card to run two 30" screens. a 6700/560 can easily run both screens of that size and resolution for osu and any low end games.(say cod, l4d2 and the like)
i can tell you now corin, i have 8hdd's 2 optical drives 12gb ddr3 and 3 gpu's, AND an overclocked cpu(3.6-3.8ghz, and occasionally 4ghz), and i use no more than 700w furmark/bitcoin/gaming. idle is 260w.
i dont get why people think they need a massive power supplies when the hardware doesn't need it. maybe when i throw waterblocks on my two 5870's and overclock them i'll need more than 850w, but stock clocks, i dont.
i can tell you now corin, i have 8hdd's 2 optical drives 12gb ddr3 and 3 gpu's, AND an overclocked cpu(3.6-3.8ghz, and occasionally 4ghz), and i use no more than 700w furmark/bitcoin/gaming. idle is 260w.
i dont get why people think they need a massive power supplies when the hardware doesn't need it. maybe when i throw waterblocks on my two 5870's and overclock them i'll need more than 850w, but stock clocks, i dont.
ampzz
Would you say an online powercalculator like this one would give the most accurate power-consumption of a build, opposed to the amount given on the site of the GPU?JZavala wrote:
unless you're playing bf3 or something of that nature. you dont really need more than 1 graphics card to run two 30" screens. a 6700/560 can easily run both screens of that size and resolution for osu and any low end games.(say cod, l4d2 and the like)
i can tell you now corin, i have 8hdd's 2 optical drives 12gb ddr3 and 3 gpu's, AND an overclocked cpu(3.6-3.8ghz, and occasionally 4ghz), and i use no more than 700w furmark/bitcoin/gaming. idle is 260w.
i dont get why people think they need a massive power supplies when the hardware doesn't need it. maybe when i throw waterblocks on my two 5870's and overclock them i'll need more than 850w, but stock clocks, i dont.
Remco32 wrote:
Would you say an online powercalculator like this one would give the most accurate power-consumption of a build, opposed to the amount given on the site of the GPU?
well considering that i just did my system, and it claims i need at least 900w for my system. and yet my kill-a-watt shows nothing near that with over the top power consumption of transcoding and bitcoin/folding/gaming. that site would be an extremely high guess for power consumption.
your best estimate for power use if you want, is other people really. look up a setup like what you want, and look up its power consumption. but remember this. all gpu's are suppsoed to use no more than 300w. as per pci-e/atx standards. ati's next gen 7970 uses around 190w per card. only the dual gpu cards by ati use around 300w. the 580 uses around 280w single card.
My PC:Remco32 wrote:
Would you say an online powercalculator like this one would give the most accurate power-consumption of a build, opposed to the amount given on the site of the GPU?JZavala wrote:
unless you're playing bf3 or something of that nature. you dont really need more than 1 graphics card to run two 30" screens. a 6700/560 can easily run both screens of that size and resolution for osu and any low end games.(say cod, l4d2 and the like)
i can tell you now corin, i have 8hdd's 2 optical drives 12gb ddr3 and 3 gpu's, AND an overclocked cpu(3.6-3.8ghz, and occasionally 4ghz), and i use no more than 700w furmark/bitcoin/gaming. idle is 260w.
i dont get why people think they need a massive power supplies when the hardware doesn't need it. maybe when i throw waterblocks on my two 5870's and overclock them i'll need more than 850w, but stock clocks, i dont.
You were both saying?
Also this PC is a singlecore w/ an 8500 and 2.5GB RAM, js.
Answered honestly/realistically taking into account CPU overclocking, capacitor ageing @ 50% and 90% system load:
Kthxbai.
Also:
Kthxbai.
Also:
Rena-chan
Lolno, it's inaccurate as poot. It can give you a rough estimate, but nothing you can really use as compared to the amount stated by the manufacturers.Remco32 wrote:
Would you say an online powercalculator like this one would give the most accurate power-consumption of a build, opposed to the amount given on the site of the GPU?
I would give you a real reading from a wattmeter, but I have yet to borrow such a thing.
For the intrested people here is my full and detailed specs.
PC SPECS & GEAR
-Antec 1200 Full tower Case
-Intel Core i7 930 2.88Ghz @ 4,0Ghz 2,23 Vcore (38c idle//75c on Load)
-Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler
-Asus Rampage iii Extreme LGA 1366 Motherboard
-2x MSI GTX 560 TI HAWK in SLI @ Stock speeds (950 Core 4200 memory) 33c & 31c idle 75c~ on load
-Corsair Dominator GT 3x2GB 1600Mhz 7-7-7-20 (stock)
-OCZ Agility SSD 60GB & Samsung 500GB 6400 rpm HDD for storage
-Power Flower 700W PSU (750Max)
-Razer DeathAdder Black Eddition Mice
-Wacom Bamboo Pen Tablet
-Steelseries g6v2 Mechanical keyboard (Black switches)
-Logitech Z 5500 Digital 5.1 Speaker setup
-Intel Core i7 930 2.88Ghz @ 4,0Ghz 2,23 Vcore (38c idle//75c on Load)
-Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler
-Asus Rampage iii Extreme LGA 1366 Motherboard
-2x MSI GTX 560 TI HAWK in SLI @ Stock speeds (950 Core 4200 memory) 33c & 31c idle 75c~ on load
-Corsair Dominator GT 3x2GB 1600Mhz 7-7-7-20 (stock)
-OCZ Agility SSD 60GB & Samsung 500GB 6400 rpm HDD for storage
-Power Flower 700W PSU (750Max)
-Razer DeathAdder Black Eddition Mice
-Wacom Bamboo Pen Tablet
-Steelseries g6v2 Mechanical keyboard (Black switches)
-Logitech Z 5500 Digital 5.1 Speaker setup
Doesn't sound right lol. Or maybe? i'm pretty sure i gave the correct information to calculate my estimated power usage.
That page gives you a general idea but it's not accurate.
well as i've posted mine before, i'll just link it now.
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u100 ... eccy-1.png
the one on the left is my desktop. on a 850w psu.
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u100 ... eccy-1.png
the one on the left is my desktop. on a 850w psu.
There's a thread for that!Nekoroll wrote:
ITT: Post your desktop specs
Harumph.
So this is what I did while I was folding proteins for the first time with this laptop yesterday.
lol...
lol...
lol your laptop getting a bit too hot? xP
also, kirby ftw!!
also, kirby ftw!!
viewtopic.php?p=1252087#p1252087mathexpert9981 wrote:
lol your laptop getting a bit too hot? xP
This was before I set it up on the game boxes though xD
I need to buy a new computer ;_;
Why do you have two Wiis? o.o;Kento726 wrote:
Mm, I need more room on my desk lol.
He's too cool for just one.Wolfn wrote:
Why do you have two Wiis? o.o;
So you like to pay more for branded stuff?Kento726 wrote:
Mm, I need more room on my desk lol.
As long as one of them has Monster Hunter Tri in them it's ok.
DeletedUser_910779
Brawl was my reason for getting a Wii.Shellghost wrote:
As long as one of them has Monster Hunter Tri in them it's ok.
Monster Hunter Tri was my reason for keeping it.
ampzz
Dooood that keyboard xD <3A i s h a wrote:
BearBearBear~♥
I have one for running my games through HDD and the other is a legit one I got from Japan to play legit games through legit disks lol.Wolfn wrote:
Why do you have two Wiis? o.o;Kento726 wrote:
Mm, I need more room on my desk lol.
The main reason I got it was because I thought the other Wii was broken (turns out that it was my router causing a weird problem because it does the same thing on my new Wii) so now I have two. I mainly play Mario Kart Wii on the Japanese Wii and Monster Hunter on my HDD Wii
Edit: You guys should play MH3 with me some time ^^
IppE
bagnz0r
You're doing it wrong.IppE wrote:
Finally upgraded from a 2008 Macbook to something that can actually play games. Yay for playing TF2 at more than 800x600 resolution at >20fps!
Don't have speakers yet, but seeing as I pretty much always use my headphones and I have an iPod dock, I'll probably just end up getting something cheap at a thrift store.
Don't have speakers yet, but seeing as I pretty much always use my headphones and I have an iPod dock, I'll probably just end up getting something cheap at a thrift store.
bagnz0r
Is your MacBook for sale? Pics? Specs?0_o wrote:
Finally upgraded from a 2008 Macbook to something that can actually play games. Yay for playing TF2 at more than 800x600 resolution at >20fps!
Don't have speakers yet, but seeing as I pretty much always use my headphones and I have an iPod dock, I'll probably just end up getting something cheap at a thrift store.
No me, cheaper shipping!
Sorry, not for sale Still need something to take to school, right?
It's still my baby <3
Still need something to take to school, right?It's still my baby <3
I was contemplating getting an Air, mostly because the current Viao I take to work is really heavy.
But since I could get a Mini with discrete graphics for the same price, I went with that, so I still need to carry the Vaio around.
But since I could get a Mini with discrete graphics for the same price, I went with that, so I still need to carry the Vaio around.
Awesome n64Weezy wrote:
and this is when i connect to my tv. should really make things neat and tidy...oh well
Mercurial
sup
pretty cool workspace, who is that figure? Looks really nice ><Kanna wrote:
sup
Old as poot, the picture quality is poot, my room is poot
Valentiino how do you keep your room that clean, also I'm willing to buy that beer boot from you.
Can I buy that dust on the floor ?
Can I buy the monitor on the right
From time to time I happen to clean up, atm it's a total messragelewa wrote:
Valentiino how do you keep your room that clean, also I'm willing to buy that beer boot from you.
(Also, I have 2 of dem beer boots
)THERES NO DUST ON MY FLOORFisHie wrote:
Can I buy that dust on the floor ?
Über Videoseven N110S, pro stuff (also calibrated etc)Mr Color wrote:
Can I buy the monitor on the right
Mercurial
iMercurial wrote:
as requested. NO LIGHTING!????
Shame on you awp, leaking #bat like that.
*-A t H e N a- never knew #BAT existed D:*
i'll take a photo of my desktop this weekend maybe
i'll take a photo of my desktop this weekend maybe
Please tell me you're kidding.-A t H e N a- wrote:
*-A t H e N a- never knew #BAT existed D:*
Please...
What's #BATCorin wrote:
Please tell me you're kidding.-A t H e N a- wrote:
*-A t H e N a- never knew #BAT existed D:*
Please...
I couldn't find it in my channel list! Must be a joke or something...
lol is that a bottle of bleach?
But then it'll hit the ceilingRena-chan wrote:
You move that projector up by 5 centimeters right now.
heh, no it's an empty bottle of Sunfresh.mathexpert9981 wrote:
lol is that a bottle of bleach?
Instant Refreshment!
orange drank
ghetto sunny d
ghetto sunny d
lol Corin XDXD