Out of Pod Experience

MoBo: Gigabyte GA-EP45 UD3R
CPU: E2500 (3.6GHz, from 2.5)
RAM: 4 X 2GB at 1333
GPU: 4870 512MB
PSU: HX850W
HDDs: 2 WD 1TB caviar black 32MB cache
2 WD 1TB caviar black 64MB cache
1 WD 2TB caviar green
1 WD 640GB caviar black
1 Intel Intel 320 Series GEN3 120GB
Case: fractal design define R3 titanium
OS: Windows 7 Professional X64

and I have no problems with running CQ. and I never go over maybe 60.

ASUS Sabretooth MB, Intel Core i7, ATI 5850, 8 gigs of RAM, HTO Striker 7.1 sound card, 2x Intel SSDs (for current games I'm playing), 1x Kingston SSD (rebadged Intel), 2X 500GB storage drives for older games powered by a Seasonic 650w Gold rated PSU which is the best PSU I have ever owned (I've been through a lot of PSUs).

Running dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu Ocelot.

Should start a new thread.... What's the most obnoxious case?

I vote these. Seen them in person they're alos MASSIVE.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=thermaltakegt10&cm_sp=Cat_Computer-Cases-_-Thermaltake/091811-_-http%3a%2f%2fpromotions.newegg.com%2fThermaltake%2f091811%2f696x288.jpg

Cool, my kind of thread...

CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition @ 3.2 GHz
Mobo: ASUS M4A78T-E
PSU: Corsair 750w
Video (Crossfire)
- GPU1 - MSI - Radeon HD 6870
- GPU2 - HIS - Radeon HD 6870
Memory - 12GB (8x2GB + 4x2GB)
Hard Drives
- 1TB stand alone (C Drive)
- 8TB Storage (4 x 2GB Raid 5)
Windows 7 Ultimate 68bit
Case Unknown - (really old case recycled from 7 years old PC that was 20 bucks when new)
Monitors 3 Acer 23 inch for combined 5760x1080 resolution.
UPS - APC Back-UPS XS 1000

Everything stock, nothing overclocked yet.

case and clock speed on RAM/CPU do matter if people are complaining about their systems bursting into flames. if it's seriously over clocked then it's creating a ton of heat. and case matters since for me if I were using a lot of other available cases, It would be impossible to keep my system cool.

my system is a rackmount case of asorted stuffs i got on the cheap 8 gig or ram and a 200 gig raid setup came with it so i sooo understand the salvaging coment

then you obviously haven't looked at the higher quality cases out there. take a look at my case, it doesn't have lights, or a massive ungodly window. it's designed for airflow and keeping your case clean. what you're talking about are the unfortunately popular "gamer cases" that tote those features.

i happen to think that a case does make a diff as a good case will provide better cooling

as for my pc i use amd phenom II X6 1090 t thuban oc to 4.0ghz
asrock 880g extreme 3
800watt silverstone psu
16 gb gskill ram
1tb seagate beacuda drive sata 3
antec 1200 case for nice cooling
ati saphire ati readoen 5770 even with oc i run about 110 f at full load with stress test rest time i am at room temp about 75 f
and i use a zalman 2 ball 110 mm cooler works verynice

Wat



No really. A high end case can make a huge difference, although to be fair i never believed it myself until i got my silverstone.

While i never paid for it, the lesson it taught me is that quality counts - something i already knew from power supplies but never considered with cases.

I had a water cooling setup. A decent one. But i was sitting with temps in the mid fifties at idle and it sounded like a fishtank.

When i swapped to this silverstone case my temps dropped to low thirties idle and i've yet to see them climb past seventy under full benchmark loads. A 40% improvement at least and it's quieter than the water kit.

PSU makes a difference as well. A low quality psu will be made with cheaper componants and low quality capacitors - which will be prone to failling. Power load is often much lower on a cheap psu too so even if it claims to be a high wattage, the amps per rail can be low. Overload a rail and poof, time for a new psu, assuming it didnt also kill your motherboard.

I dont go in for fancy lcd's, the only ones i have are power and hdd activity, and my heatsink fan has ones built in that i cant switch off. Oh and a power light on my motherboard. Decoration is irrelevent really. Although i did paint my name in aurek besh down the side of my case because i am a nerd.

I was able to run two clients with CQ enabled in the below config (current setup), though I only have one monitor atm (looking at getting a second, after a little shuffling elsewhere). I don't know the temps, but it was stable; I only turned it off due to unusual artifacts and/or delays when getting in/out of the CQ (annoying if you're doing a string of fast-paced missions).

Case: Cooler Master Cosmos 1000
PSU: decent-sized modular unit from Silverstone
Mainboard: Gigabyte P38-DS4 Rev2
CPU: Q6600 Quad-Core (stock speed), OCZ Vendetta air cooler.
Memory - 8 Gig OCZ 'Gold' (4 x 2 gig)
Video: Palit 8800 GT (nVidia, 1 gig video mem, non-reference design)
Primary Monitor – Acer G215H (21.5" LCD)
OS - Windows 7 Home Premium

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Regarding the case discussion - My previous cases were SFF-sized so comparing to the Full Tower I have now is kinda impossible. However, the combination of large airspace, multiple fans, and the Cosmos' special stuff (like the built-in foam on the side doors) have helped with sound as well as performance on the Quad.

I'm kinda bummed out that I cannot seem to find a mid-tower or smaller case that takes its cues from the Cosmos; I'd like to trade down to something a little more compact (mini-ATX or ITX territory), but they all seem to have 'open' sides or generally poor airflow options these days.