David & Goliath

Biffa · 9 Aug 2011 at 04:49

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Biffa · 9 Aug 2011 at 13:09

Yes Saphire AM3, no on the CPU

Spec:
CPU: ATHLON II X4 600E 2.2GHZ SKT AM3 L2 2MB 45W PIB - £101
MB: Saphire AM3 AMD AMD785G DDR3 mITX - £94.83
Mem: Corsair Value 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333MHz DIMM 240-pin CL9 - £54.99
Case: Thermaltake Element Q Black with 200W PSU - £47.97
SSD: Corsair Nova Series 2 60GB SSD - £77.98

Total Inc VAT & Del: £376.77

Case and SSD arrived today not sure if I will use the SSD or just an old 160GB SATA I've got lying around

Even with the fan going its totaly quiet. Havent tried folding on it yet

Will do later and get Watts/heat info

Biffa · 9 Aug 2011 at 21:58

Its not actualy a cruncher :eek:

Biffa · 10 Aug 2011 at 16:38

It's called mercury

CPU temps are ambient when idle and 40 degrees when folding smp

Watts are around 68w for the system while folding. CPU around 39w

Biffa · 16 Aug 2011 at 23:13

At the moment no :-)

Biffa · 26 Aug 2011 at 02:37

I don't have to worry about the leccy where Goliath is concerned.