Dremel Dream Machine!

Off to the shop now to pick up my braided 8-pin ATX cable,

I have a good feeleing that by the end of the week this will be installed and running, then time to see what it can do

OCUK peeps, I have posted elsewhere asking but I need telling a few more times

with all the gear I have in this, is 1000W PSU good enough ? While I have it all apart, should I go for the 1200W just to be safe

is there a 1200W that hase 3 x 8pin and 3 x 6pin PCIeX power cables ?

I presume they are not modular at this power ?

I ask as I intend to overclock the everythang !!
 
I entered your spec into one of the PSU calcs and it came to a recommended PSU of 950W and that was without OC the graphics cards. the 1200W would be safer from the numbers I saw.
 
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I entered your spec into one of the PSU calcs and it came to a recommended PSU of 950W and that was without OC the graphics cards. the 1200W would be safer from the numbers I saw.
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anyone else have thoughts ?

I have also used the calculators and got a similar number

does an OC add that much more power consumption ?

does the PC draw FULL LOAD on games and other non-benchmarking use?


is the 1000w enough for me or should I go get this

Corsair AX1200W beauty
 
The PC will probably never draw full load in normal use, but overclocking does usually require a lot of power, especially if you would overclock the GPU's by any substantial amount. Guessing numbers here with your system specs you probably would be adding atleast an extra 50W power consumption per component (that would most likely be a conservative number considering 3 x 5870's).
 
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well, here we go again then, I'll use the 1000w while I have it and upgrade if it fails to deliver

on that note, whats a good item to use to find out power draw on a PC ? I don't own a fluke or anything .. any item that might go onto the UK socket to show readings or the like ?

more pics soon guys, to be honest I'm doing cable management tonight, looks like Medusa hanging out the front of my case, and my RAD tube is currently hanging into a can of Coke Zero, looks like it's already thirsty :p

my photobucket is at 75 % bandwidth so I'm hanging off posting too many pics until I've done something major

update soon tho I promise
 
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on that note, whats a good item to use to find out power draw on a PC ? I don't own a fluke or anything .. any item that might go onto the UK socket to show readings or the like ?
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I bought a 'Ecosaver Plug In Power Energy Monitor Meter' from a very well known rainforesty online store. Google the quoted text.

It shows me how many watts I am pulling from the socket. It also can count the cost over a time just by leaving it plugged in.

It's simple but it works.
 
picking one up later this week, that should work perfectly

only downside is we were looking at our lecky bill last night, the missus now has EVIDENCE Dammit.. Hard EVIDENCE !..

that it's my PC that has doubled our usage :(

oh well, I wonder If I can tell her the fans and lights are all energy saving bulbs ? worth a shot !
 
Are we READY ?

first of the lightshow needed a big old switch instead of a thing ona PCI bracket ..
well I ran out of room for PCI brackets too .. you'll see why in a minute



simple but effective I thought
next to throw some AWESOME into the mix



then time to run some TOOBS !



and some more



and more ... think I used 30 metres so far !



and I ran out of time ... I'm pooped !

one ******* of a problem is my braided extensions have the wrong connectors on them so back to the shop tomorrow to fix that issue

here's where I got to before collapsing



I'll do more leak testing and etc. soon .. I'm off for cocoa and cookies then bed and dreams like the pipework screensaver in win 95 :eek: :eek:
 
3x 5870s on a single 360 rad? Would have thought that was a bit underpowered tbh. :/

Build is looking good though dude, nicely done. Just leave the Dremel alone. :p
 
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pictures in the picture gallery, but here's the final thing ladies !! hold onto ur knickers !!

Leak testing in the case



LIGHTS !


CAMERA !!



ooops ... thats a blooper ..

CAMERAAA !!



can you spot the new and improved ???

ACTIONE !



Leak tested, topped up and in my room

CPU - 22 at idle
GPU 1 - 30
GPU 2 - 33
GPU 3 - 32

will leave it here for now and blow it's brains out in prime tomorrow .

I'm so happy !!

Thankis for all ze support OCUK ! .. ur superstars ! :D
 
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