Yeah, not a fan of Macs myself (nor really any proprietary pre-built PCs for that matter, but of those especially not Macs). But so what? To each their own, and you're not asking for our opinions and recommendations, so no worries. If you like it and it works for you, that's what matters.
In other news:
I got the Corsair 750D case, and last night I ordered 5 Noctua 140mm 800 to 3000 RPM 4-pin PWM "industrial" fans (10.52mm H2O static pressure, 269.3 m3/h [158.5 CFM] airflow) to use with the case, two of which will be for pull top exhaust on the Corsair H110 AIO radiator that I also order. It took a while to hunt down fans that offered this kind of performance potential and quality as they're not well known about and most people seem to prioritize low noise levels instead of performance... and of course low cost. With these fans I can get the performance when I want it and just lower their RPMs if the noise is too loud. I set up custom curves on my motherboard for CPU and case fans anyway.
This new case, radiator, and fans should do a great job cooling my computer's components even more, helping to keep my EVGA Titan Black Superclocked cards nice and cool as well.
Looking forward to getting it all set up once I get the new components and will post a pic of it here once the system is rebuilt.
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OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
I got a computer from a friends, an HP Pavilion a1010n, which (with some improvements) is terrible, yet somehow ACTUALLY RUNS MINECRAFT. XD
Specs when I got it:
CPU: Intel Celeron D 2.93 Ghz processor
RAM: Probably 1GB, I know there was a 512 stick in there, and the other one was dead and had no info. Seriously, somehow it had a small burn on it. WTF?!
Motherboard: It's got PCI, the original PCI. Not even an AGP slot, though there's a spot for one.
Sound: Integrated
Ethernet: Integrated
Graphics: Integrated (VGA)
HDD: None, the one in it had died when the other owners had it, but it was 160 GB (IDE).
Optical Drives/Other Features: A DVD/CD Read/Writer (At least that's decent), a CD Reader (Utterly useless) and a card reader (Very useful). It also has sound ports in a little pull-down bay which has space for a floppy.
PSU: A Bestec 250? (Bestec isn't very reliable from what I know)
Other Stuff: It has a fan for exhaust, at least... the front panel is loose and the power button is pretty much broken of it's hinges or something. Also, it has three weirdly placed vents on the side.
Now...
CPU: The same.
RAM: 1GB from my other (Powersupplyless xD) Dell.
Motherboard: The same.
Sound, Ethernet, & Graphics: The same.
HDD: An ancient 14GB IDE drive from the 90's (The only IDE drive I had on hand)
Optical Drives/Other Features: The same stuff, but I removed the CD reader as it had no purpose.
PSU: The same.
Other stuff: The same things.
Yeah...
If anything, I'll take the power supply and put it in my Dell, put the RAM back in, take the optical drive and fans, and recycle it.
Tell me how terrible it is all you want, but I already know it's pretty sucky.
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I can't remember if I posted my current build here or not. But I've updated it since most likely so whatevs. Actually wtf I'll slap in the specs of all my machines.
Current Main system:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H Z87
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K @ 3.5Ghz
Memory: 32GB 1600 DDR3
GPU: ASUS 2GB Geforce 770GTX DirectCU II
PSU: Corsair RM650W
Case: Thermaltake Commander G42
Hard Drives: 480GB Seagate SSD, 4TB WD Red HDD, and a 3TB Seagate Barracuda.
Monitor: QNIX QX2710LEDDPort (2560x1440, DP-Port, DVI, HDMI, and VGA Inputs)
I also have a front-panel box with a USB Hub and card reader(s) installed.
Current Laptop:
Toshiba Satellite L300, T3200 Dual Core @2.00Ghz, 4GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSHD Drive works well enough. Turns out I need to use it for more development since the other machine has a higher DPI from the monitor so when I save our UI designs they get screwed up, wonderful.
Old System (Backup if my current explodes)
Gigabyte EP43-UD-3L LGA 775 Motherboard
Quad Core Q8200 @2.33Ghz
8GB DDR2
BFGTech Geforce 9800GT Graphics Card
500 GB WD Blue HDD
Corsair 750TX PSU
CoolerMaster Centurion 500 (I think) Case.
(For display, I use the DVI connector of my current monitor- current system uses DP-Port)
And who can forget my old Laptop? These specs are laughable, but consider that it was my primary development system as recently as 2008:
Toshiba Satellite Pro 440CDX
Intel Pentium MMX 133Mhz
10GB HDD (upgraded from the failing 2GB Drive I got it with)
144MB RAM (maxed out)
Windows 98SE
800x600 Passive Matrix screen.
It also used some chips and technologies display chip (No OpenGL support, or rather the one time I got OpenGL to do something it basically doesn't support textures so it was just a bunch of shaded white models), at 5fps). The Yamaha OPL3 Audio wasn't too bad, to be fair. I've actually done some recent work on it to replace it's HDD (as mentioned) and the CD Drive with great results.
When I use the system I am astounded by several facts. First, that it used to be my primary development machine and that I used to spend hours just reading MSDN articles through my April 2001 Library disks on the horrible display, and Second that I actually played and successfully enjoyed playing games like Quake and Duke Nukem 3D on the system. They ran reasonably well- the system is well within specs- but the display is unbearable to me now. I've been spoiled by modern LCD technology I guess.
Though it is perhaps relevant that the display is actually worse than my other laptop that I had, a 755CDV Thinkpad, which had a lower resolution but the screen was amazing. I had to toss it because the battery leaked on the system board, or something. That's a interesting story but not something that belongs here, I think.
Got the new case, CPU cooler, and fans (Corsair 750D, Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM).
Little more room for all that wiring, and temps seem a lot better for the CPU so far. Haven't gotten to loading the GPUs yet, but suspect they'll be a fair amount cooler as well.
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OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
And before anyone questions the CPU/motherboard choice, I built this before G3258 came out. It was cheaper to get G3220 + Z97 than i3 + H81. I'll be upgrading to a Broadwell i5/i7 when they come out.
Titan Blacks, if you please. Titans are the previous gen. cards.
But anyway, just wanted to say that unfortunately the GPUs are running at about the same temps in this case, though as I had previously mentioned, my old case actually did have rather good airflow management as well. Still glad I got the new case, radiator, and fans. It's a lot tidier, easier to keep clean, and the CPU does run significantly cooler.
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OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
But anyway, just wanted to say that unfortunately the GPUs are running at about the same temps in this case, though as I had previously mentioned, my old case actually did have rather good airflow management as well.
Airflow isn't as much of an issue with reference design coolers as they exhaust out the rear of the case. Custom or non-reference coolers exhaust heat mostly into the inside of the case, heating up the ambient temperature in there quite substantially. Decent airflow is much more of a requirement for non-reference coolers due to this.
Oh, and sweet build by the way! I'm jelly. How's the noise level of the H110?
Airflow isn't as much of an issue with reference design coolers as they exhaust out the rear of the case. Custom or non-reference coolers exhaust heat mostly into the inside of the case, heating up the ambient temperature in there quite substantially. Decent airflow is much more of a requirement for non-reference coolers due to this.
Oh, and sweet build by the way! I'm jelly. How's the noise level of the H110?
I imagine pretty damn good, seeing as it's 2x140mm instead of 2x120mm and he's using Noctua fans.
I'm jelly of the two Titan. I mean Titan Blacks.
Thanks, guys.
Yeah, makes sense. This is also largely why I've gone with liquid radiator coolers set up as exhaust (both with this build and its predecessor), to help keep the internal air temps in the case and the GPU temps down.
Several people have asked me about the fans in other forums I participate in as well. Here's my take on them:
The fans are awesome. I like them a lot. Admittedly though, they are a little noisier than I thought they'd be, being Noctua fans, but I knew they were going to be somewhat noisier than the more usual slower fans that have less airflow and static pressure potential.
I prioritized performance and quality over silence. Don't get me wrong though, at lower RPMs they aren't completely silent, but not what I'd consider to be a distracting deterrent. I probably wouldn't recommend them to someone that prioritizes silent operation over performance potential as these fans are designed for performance with their specified speed range being from 800 to 3000 rpm, airflow potential at 269.3 m3/h (158.5 cfm), and static pressure potential of an amazing 10.52 mm H2O.
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OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
Funny how you're using a H110 and yet you say that. ...
Funny how you took what I said out of context, applied it to H100s (which I'm not using) and your cherry picked examples of AIO liquid coolers that failed, while ignoring my reasoning for using a liquid cooler altogether because it doesn't fit well with your bias.
I get it. You don't like AIO liquid coolers and much prefer solid coolers. Fair enough, and thanks for sharing your take on it.
Is some added risk involved in using an H110 instead of a solid cooler? Yes, likely some small amount, but I've decided that it's worth it. I'll let you know if I have any issues with my H110. Never had any with my H80i.
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By the way, I don't know of any coolers (solid or otherwise) that come with fans that have anywhere near the same performance potential as the fans I got, so the added cost of getting these fans to increase cooling performance is irrelevant.
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OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
Parts:
Computer: Dell PowerEdge 400sc
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 HT at 3.2 Ghz
CPU Cooler: The Dell one it came with.
RAM: 3GB from other computers, etc, and probably isn't very fast.
Storage: 320GB Maxtor SATA HDD
GPU: Some ancient ATI Radeon card... only VGA (128MB of video RAM is all I know about it)
PSU: Some really bad Bestec PSU from an HP Pavilion that I would have used, but is even worse than the one I'm using, so no.
Mobo: Dell T24somethingthing or whatever, it came with the computer.
Case: The case it came with. Dell must hate people taking apart their computers, because the motherboard size is weird, the connectors aren't standard, and the screw don't have an indents so you can remove them.
Peripherals and Stuff:
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 191T thar has VGA and DVI, and is running at a resolution of 1280 x 1024 at 60 Hertz.
Keyboard: AULA "Expert Gaming Keyboard". It's USB, is backlit, which can be set to blue, red, purple, or nothing, and is not bad. But then, of course, people with Corsair and Razer gaming keyboards will think it's stupid.
Mouse: Logitech M317 (Orange)
Speakers: Insignia NS-PSD5321 3.1 Powered Computer Speakers
My stuff is old. I'm pretty sure my parent's laptop is better than this thing. And one of their phones has a higher resolution than my screen, I think.
(But I'm sort of getting there. I have some savings, and already have a computer case, and some parts from my old PC I'd use if I made/got a new one.)
I personally like Mac. Everything is smooth and looks nice. It's also extremely nice for content creation and such as that.
• CPU: Intel Core i3 4150 @3.5GHz
• Mobo: ASRock H97M Anniversary
• Ram: Kingston Fury HyperX Black 8GB(2x4) @1866MHz
• GPU: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 Gaming 2GB GDDR5
• PSU: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified
• HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
• HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB
• Case: Lian Li PC-50
• Monitor: Acer P221w 22" 1680x1050 60Hz
• Headset: Kingston Fury HyperX Clouds
• Mouse: Razer Deathadder 3.5G 3500DPI
• Keyboard: Cooler Master Storm Quickfire Rapid w/ Cherry MX Blues
In other news:
I got the Corsair 750D case, and last night I ordered 5 Noctua 140mm 800 to 3000 RPM 4-pin PWM "industrial" fans (10.52mm H2O static pressure, 269.3 m3/h [158.5 CFM] airflow) to use with the case, two of which will be for pull top exhaust on the Corsair H110 AIO radiator that I also order. It took a while to hunt down fans that offered this kind of performance potential and quality as they're not well known about and most people seem to prioritize low noise levels instead of performance... and of course low cost. With these fans I can get the performance when I want it and just lower their RPMs if the noise is too loud. I set up custom curves on my motherboard for CPU and case fans anyway.
This new case, radiator, and fans should do a great job cooling my computer's components even more, helping to keep my EVGA Titan Black Superclocked cards nice and cool as well.
Looking forward to getting it all set up once I get the new components and will post a pic of it here once the system is rebuilt.
OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
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Processor: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N280 @ 1.66 GHz 1.67 GHz
Memory: 2 GB RAM, 160 GB HDD (5200 rpm)
Graphics: Intel GMA 950
OS: Windows 7 Home Basic (x86)
Screen size: 10.1 inch (1024 x 600)
Specs when I got it:
CPU: Intel Celeron D 2.93 Ghz processor
RAM: Probably 1GB, I know there was a 512 stick in there, and the other one was dead and had no info. Seriously, somehow it had a small burn on it. WTF?!
Motherboard: It's got PCI, the original PCI. Not even an AGP slot, though there's a spot for one.
Sound: Integrated
Ethernet: Integrated
Graphics: Integrated (VGA)
HDD: None, the one in it had died when the other owners had it, but it was 160 GB (IDE).
Optical Drives/Other Features: A DVD/CD Read/Writer (At least that's decent), a CD Reader (Utterly useless) and a card reader (Very useful). It also has sound ports in a little pull-down bay which has space for a floppy.
PSU: A Bestec 250? (Bestec isn't very reliable from what I know)
Other Stuff: It has a fan for exhaust, at least... the front panel is loose and the power button is pretty much broken of it's hinges or something. Also, it has three weirdly placed vents on the side.
Now...
CPU: The same.
RAM: 1GB from my other (Powersupplyless xD) Dell.
Motherboard: The same.
Sound, Ethernet, & Graphics: The same.
HDD: An ancient 14GB IDE drive from the 90's (The only IDE drive I had on hand)
Optical Drives/Other Features: The same stuff, but I removed the CD reader as it had no purpose.
PSU: The same.
Other stuff: The same things.
Yeah...
If anything, I'll take the power supply and put it in my Dell, put the RAM back in, take the optical drive and fans, and recycle it.
Tell me how terrible it is all you want, but I already know it's pretty sucky.
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Curse PremiumCurrent Main system:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD3H Z87
CPU: Intel Core i7 4770K @ 3.5Ghz
Memory: 32GB 1600 DDR3
GPU: ASUS 2GB Geforce 770GTX DirectCU II
PSU: Corsair RM650W
Case: Thermaltake Commander G42
Hard Drives: 480GB Seagate SSD, 4TB WD Red HDD, and a 3TB Seagate Barracuda.
Monitor: QNIX QX2710LEDDPort (2560x1440, DP-Port, DVI, HDMI, and VGA Inputs)
I also have a front-panel box with a USB Hub and card reader(s) installed.
Current Laptop:
Toshiba Satellite L300, T3200 Dual Core @2.00Ghz, 4GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSHD Drive works well enough. Turns out I need to use it for more development since the other machine has a higher DPI from the monitor so when I save our UI designs they get screwed up, wonderful.
Old System (Backup if my current explodes)
Gigabyte EP43-UD-3L LGA 775 Motherboard
Quad Core Q8200 @2.33Ghz
8GB DDR2
BFGTech Geforce 9800GT Graphics Card
500 GB WD Blue HDD
Corsair 750TX PSU
CoolerMaster Centurion 500 (I think) Case.
(For display, I use the DVI connector of my current monitor- current system uses DP-Port)
And who can forget my old Laptop? These specs are laughable, but consider that it was my primary development system as recently as 2008:
Toshiba Satellite Pro 440CDX
Intel Pentium MMX 133Mhz
10GB HDD (upgraded from the failing 2GB Drive I got it with)
144MB RAM (maxed out)
Windows 98SE
800x600 Passive Matrix screen.
It also used some chips and technologies display chip (No OpenGL support, or rather the one time I got OpenGL to do something it basically doesn't support textures so it was just a bunch of shaded white models), at 5fps). The Yamaha OPL3 Audio wasn't too bad, to be fair. I've actually done some recent work on it to replace it's HDD (as mentioned) and the CD Drive with great results.
When I use the system I am astounded by several facts. First, that it used to be my primary development machine and that I used to spend hours just reading MSDN articles through my April 2001 Library disks on the horrible display, and Second that I actually played and successfully enjoyed playing games like Quake and Duke Nukem 3D on the system. They ran reasonably well- the system is well within specs- but the display is unbearable to me now. I've been spoiled by modern LCD technology I guess.
Though it is perhaps relevant that the display is actually worse than my other laptop that I had, a 755CDV Thinkpad, which had a lower resolution but the screen was amazing. I had to toss it because the battery leaked on the system board, or something. That's a interesting story but not something that belongs here, I think.
Intel i5 4590
MSI Gaming Edition Twin Frozr GTX 760
Thermaltake V2 S case (Do not recommend. I will be upgrading to an NZXT Phantom 410)
Windows 8.1 Pro
Asus B85M-G R2.0 mobo (kinda sucks, but I didn't have much money)
Ultra 650 watt PSU (modular)
1TB WD Blue (Will add SSD later)
Some random optical drive that I only used for Windows.
Acer V233HL (main monitor)
Some random SAMSUNG as my second monitor. Found it in storage.
... Yeah, I think that's it.
Little more room for all that wiring, and temps seem a lot better for the CPU so far. Haven't gotten to loading the GPUs yet, but suspect they'll be a fair amount cooler as well.
OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI
RAM: 1x8GB 1600 mhz RAM
HDD: 1TB Seagate Barracuda
GPU: 7870ghz overclocked to 1200mhz core/1375mhz VRAM
Case: Source 210
PSU: CX 600M
OS: Win 8.1
And before anyone questions the CPU/motherboard choice, I built this before G3258 came out. It was cheaper to get G3220 + Z97 than i3 + H81. I'll be upgrading to a Broadwell i5/i7 when they come out.
Titan Blacks, if you please.
But anyway, just wanted to say that unfortunately the GPUs are running at about the same temps in this case, though as I had previously mentioned, my old case actually did have rather good airflow management as well. Still glad I got the new case, radiator, and fans. It's a lot tidier, easier to keep clean, and the CPU does run significantly cooler.
OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
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Retired StaffAirflow isn't as much of an issue with reference design coolers as they exhaust out the rear of the case. Custom or non-reference coolers exhaust heat mostly into the inside of the case, heating up the ambient temperature in there quite substantially. Decent airflow is much more of a requirement for non-reference coolers due to this.
Oh, and sweet build by the way! I'm jelly. How's the noise level of the H110?
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Thanks, guys.
Yeah, makes sense. This is also largely why I've gone with liquid radiator coolers set up as exhaust (both with this build and its predecessor), to help keep the internal air temps in the case and the GPU temps down.
Several people have asked me about the fans in other forums I participate in as well. Here's my take on them:
The fans are awesome. I like them a lot. Admittedly though, they are a little noisier than I thought they'd be, being Noctua fans, but I knew they were going to be somewhat noisier than the more usual slower fans that have less airflow and static pressure potential.
I prioritized performance and quality over silence. Don't get me wrong though, at lower RPMs they aren't completely silent, but not what I'd consider to be a distracting deterrent. I probably wouldn't recommend them to someone that prioritizes silent operation over performance potential as these fans are designed for performance with their specified speed range being from 800 to 3000 rpm, airflow potential at 269.3 m3/h (158.5 cfm), and static pressure potential of an amazing 10.52 mm H2O.
OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
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Funny how you took what I said out of context, applied it to H100s (which I'm not using) and your cherry picked examples of AIO liquid coolers that failed, while ignoring my reasoning for using a liquid cooler altogether because it doesn't fit well with your bias.
I get it. You don't like AIO liquid coolers and much prefer solid coolers. Fair enough, and thanks for sharing your take on it.
Is some added risk involved in using an H110 instead of a solid cooler? Yes, likely some small amount, but I've decided that it's worth it. I'll let you know if I have any issues with my H110. Never had any with my H80i.
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By the way, I don't know of any coolers (solid or otherwise) that come with fans that have anywhere near the same performance potential as the fans I got, so the added cost of getting these fans to increase cooling performance is irrelevant.
OS: Windows 7 Professional SP1 64bit, Debian GNU/Linux 64bit | CPU: Intel i7-3930K @ 4.2GHz | Motherboard: ASUS P9X79 WS | RAM: Corsair Dominator 64GB Quad Channel DDR3 @ 1600MHz (8×8GB DIMMS) | Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX Titan Black Superclocked @ 1124MHz (×2, SLI) | Power: Corsair AX1200 (1200W, 100.4A @ 12V) | Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D | Cooling: Corsair H110, NOCTUA NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM (×5) | Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 1TB SATA III SSD (system drive), Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA III HDD (media, backups), Western Digital My Passport 2TB USB 3.0 External HDD (backups) | Optical: Sony Optiarc Internal 12x Blu-ray Burner BD-5300S-03 | Display: Sony Bravia 46" 1920×1080
This computer's BOINC Stats: http://boincstats.com/en/stats/-1/host/detail/165430523
Former specs were a AMD Phenom II X4 and a Radeon HD 6870, current new specs are Intel i5 4690K at 4GHz, and a STRIX GTX 970 at factory
i5-4690K @4.6GHz ~ ASRock Z97X Fatal1ty Killer ~ EKWB Supremacy MX ~ Watercooled SLI STRIX 970s
Project RedShift
1GB RAM
50GB hardisk
Parts:
Computer: Dell PowerEdge 400sc
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 HT at 3.2 Ghz
CPU Cooler: The Dell one it came with.
RAM: 3GB from other computers, etc, and probably isn't very fast.
Storage: 320GB Maxtor SATA HDD
GPU: Some ancient ATI Radeon card... only VGA (128MB of video RAM is all I know about it)
PSU: Some really bad Bestec PSU from an HP Pavilion that I would have used, but is even worse than the one I'm using, so no.
Mobo: Dell T24somethingthing or whatever, it came with the computer.
Case: The case it came with. Dell must hate people taking apart their computers, because the motherboard size is weird, the connectors aren't standard, and the screw don't have an indents so you can remove them.
Peripherals and Stuff:
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 191T thar has VGA and DVI, and is running at a resolution of 1280 x 1024 at 60 Hertz.
Keyboard: AULA "Expert Gaming Keyboard". It's USB, is backlit, which can be set to blue, red, purple, or nothing, and is not bad. But then, of course, people with Corsair and Razer gaming keyboards will think it's stupid.
Mouse: Logitech M317 (Orange)
Speakers: Insignia NS-PSD5321 3.1 Powered Computer Speakers
My stuff is old. I'm pretty sure my parent's laptop is better than this thing. And one of their phones has a higher resolution than my screen, I think.
(But I'm sort of getting there. I have some savings, and already have a computer case, and some parts from my old PC I'd use if I made/got a new one.)