Anyone for a Core i7 LAN rig?

Tute · 8 Jan 2009 at 14:02

http://www.techpowerup.com/index.php?80330

DFI seem to be working their magic again...

X58 chipset, Crossfire, possibly even SLi...

I might well have to pick this baby up and see what it's capable of!

Tute · 8 Jan 2009 at 19:06

Thank W3bbo for the find, was talking to him about getting a SFF Phenom II rig and then the sod goes and suggests getting i7...

I mean how can I possibly consider it when DFI are releasing this?!?!

Tute · 8 Jan 2009 at 22:33

BluZiff said:
the nf2 -nf4 days

Yeah - starting with the Lanparty nF2-Ultra 400 (which I had and it was an AWESOME board, better than the Abit board), right through to the nF4-Ultra and SLi boards.

They had some problems with their P35/X38/P45/X48 boards IIRC, and the competition was fierce.

They have recently started to make good mATX boards, incorporating Crossfire with full width lanes so you can get two full sized cards in.

This is just the "next step" in that - the move to LGA1377.

Tute · 9 Jan 2009 at 14:07

Conan257 said:
As long as its 2 x PCI-E 16x lanes then i'm in... Seen it for 290CAN$, not sure if its available here yet.

Was talking to Yewen on MSN last night, these will be stocked by OcUK at some point.

Tute · 9 Jan 2009 at 21:00

Bradley8988 said:
Would like to see good air flow and cooling in a small case filled with hot running CPU/Hdds and twin GPU's.

I feel the cooling in my V350 is more than adequate? :confused:

Tute · 20 Jan 2009 at 15:32

Just found this on another site for 223 Euros. Around £200.

I've changed my mind!

Tute · 21 Jan 2009 at 12:39

V|per said:
You we're running all that on a single water loop though, on air, it'd probably have cooler temps as all the ehat wasn't being dumped into 1 loop.

My v350 is absolutely fine on a single gpu and dual core (and nb) in 1 loop, and it's ruddy hot in this room!

Mine's on a table with an electric heater underneath. Granted it's "only" got a single 4870, but all I get is an almost inaudible "whoosh" for about a second every half an hour or so.

The V350 is one hell of a case, easily the best SFF case possible.

Tute · 31 Jan 2009 at 12:30

XiS111 said:
i've been wanting to build a SFF gaming machine so i can retire my poor HP lappy that seems to want to burst into flames every time i try play a game for more than 3 hours. However i have no clue where to start, or which graphics card would fit into one of these small cases, or water-cooling... :/

Okay, well...

From what i've seen, with the V350, you aren't restricted that much at all. The motherboard need to be microATX, like the one above, and the CPU cooler has a restricted height. But it's not actually that restricted in the V350. For example, I have a Scythe Mini-Ninja in mine, and I get load temps in the low 50's with an overclocked C2D 45nm.

It fits every graphics card with a little wiggling, it'll take a couple of optical drives and a couple of 3.5 or 2.5" HDDs. You also often get 4 DDR2 slots to play with on the Core 2 boards.

Just make sure airflow is good, and you're set to go. It will be more fiddly to fit than a normal case but the V350 comes apart totally so you can get into every corner. Just plan what you're going to do, and take your time.

It's really a doddle. I have no doubt in my mind that a Core i7-965 system with 12GB DDR2 and SLi GTX295s is easily possible.

Tute · 23 Feb 2009 at 23:50

Tosk said:
looks like ocuk have the board on pre-order now guys, but i cant see myself buying it
now. thats just way to much money for a matx board.

what do the rest of you think?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-059-DF

ACK!

Nope, it had to be under £200 for me to consider it. A Ci7 CPU would set me back another two hundred, and DDR3 isn't cheap yet either (although the Crucial kits are a step in the right direction).

Plus then i'd feel obligated to get two graphics cards...