sam fisher
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Its also likely that you had reached some sort of memory bandwidth bottleneck as 8 * 1920*1080 pixels per second is a lot of data to shuttle about ...AireTamStorm said:
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The Gigantic Pc Build Thread
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AireTamStorm
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Well, that and uh, I bet the 8800 GTS wasn't too happy about it either. : )Peter R said:
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sam fisher
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AireTamStorm
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So here's an update on my planned build:
Lian Li PC-V2110 Case
Foxconn Destroyer AM2/AM2+ Motherboard
Phenom 9850 Black Edition
4x XFX GTX 280's (or 260's)
Dual ZALMAN-Z850 PSUs
8x 22" Acer LCDs
Questions:
Are each of those PSUs going to be able to handle 2 GTX 280s? I'm thinking:
PSU1:
Motherboard / CPU
2x GTX 280
PSU2:
Hard Drives
2x GTX 280
It looks like the necessary amperage is there, although I'm not sure. Thoughts?
Lian Li PC-V2110 Case
Foxconn Destroyer AM2/AM2+ Motherboard
Phenom 9850 Black Edition
4x XFX GTX 280's (or 260's)
Dual ZALMAN-Z850 PSUs
8x 22" Acer LCDs
Questions:
Are each of those PSUs going to be able to handle 2 GTX 280s? I'm thinking:
PSU1:
Motherboard / CPU
2x GTX 280
PSU2:
Hard Drives
2x GTX 280
It looks like the necessary amperage is there, although I'm not sure. Thoughts?
senquack
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It looks like the necessary amperage is there, although I'm not sure. Thoughts?
Yeah, but I'll keep them to myself :lol:
It looks like the necessary amperage is there, although I'm not sure. Thoughts?
Yeah, but I'll keep them to myself :lol:
Chip
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I just finished a complete system overhaul myself. It wasn't nearly as aggressive (or expensive) as the system ATS is putting together, but I'm very happy with the improvement in performance. It's been nearly three years since I've done any major upgrades to my rig, and I was getting antsy. I think that's the longest stretch I've gone without upgrading something since I bought my first PC in 93. Just on the off chance anybody is interested, here's what I changed:
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ (Manchester 2.0GHz) → Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (Wolfdale 3.0GHz)
RAM: 2GB PC3200 DDR → 4GB PC8500 DDR2
Motherboard: Gigabyte K8N Ultra9 → Gigabyte EP45-DQ6
Cooler: Zalman 7000B-CU → Zalman 9500
Video: nVidia 7600GT → nVidia GTX 260
PSU:Ultra X-Connect 500W → Zalman ZM750-HM 750W
System disk: Maxtor 160GB ATA166 → WD Velociraptor 10k rpm SATA 3.0Gb/s
I also ditched my old PATA DVD burner for a SATA drive and swapped out the old floppy / multi card reader for a newer multi card reader that is SDHC compatible. The only things I kept were the case and the stack of storage drives.
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 3800+ (Manchester 2.0GHz) → Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 (Wolfdale 3.0GHz)
RAM: 2GB PC3200 DDR → 4GB PC8500 DDR2
Motherboard: Gigabyte K8N Ultra9 → Gigabyte EP45-DQ6
Cooler: Zalman 7000B-CU → Zalman 9500
Video: nVidia 7600GT → nVidia GTX 260
PSU:Ultra X-Connect 500W → Zalman ZM750-HM 750W
System disk: Maxtor 160GB ATA166 → WD Velociraptor 10k rpm SATA 3.0Gb/s
I also ditched my old PATA DVD burner for a SATA drive and swapped out the old floppy / multi card reader for a newer multi card reader that is SDHC compatible. The only things I kept were the case and the stack of storage drives.
AireTamStorm
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Chip said:
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Chip
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AireTamStorm said:The card works great so far, not that I generally do much to stress it.Chip said:
Yes, the motherboard has quad gigabit LAN. That's not why I got it though. The 10 SATA 3.0Gb/s connectors, that's what sold me
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AireTamStorm
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Then I guess I'll go that route, and put the saved money somewhere more usefulChip said:
. Any particular brand you recommend? You seem to like Gigabyte.I would love it if you could find the time to benchmark that card in the OpenGL department, as it looks like this PC is going to be a three month project. I've got bills to pay too
. In two weeks I'll get the Case, Motherboard, CPU, RAM, PSUs, and a hard drive. A month later I'll grab the video cards, and then another month later I'll grab the screens. In the mean time I'll have the onboard graphics (Potential of 10!!! displays) to hold me over.
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klikklak
Oh neat, it's a ... field.
I built a budget rig this spring. It's a e2140, 4gb ddr2, 3x750gb and 1x500 satadrives and 1 usb 500gb, 8600gt, two 19" tft's, gigabyte sli mb in a Antec sonata III case. I had some of the pieces (screens and the external drive) already and without the hd's it cost around 400€ or so. I'm piss poor currently as it's my last year of studies, but I'm hoping to upgrade to a 26" screen and get possibly two 9800gt's to drive it and the old screens. The big screen so I'd finally be able to watch 1080p, current setup does a decent job with 720p.
If all goes well and I'll get a paying work practice (whaddyacallit, you know when you go to work as part of your studies), I'll upgrade to a nehalem system, with an eye on a lot of sata ports, and move the components of this machine to a htpc for a 720p projector.
If all goes well and I'll get a paying work practice (whaddyacallit, you know when you go to work as part of your studies), I'll upgrade to a nehalem system, with an eye on a lot of sata ports, and move the components of this machine to a htpc for a 720p projector.
