joeyjojo said:
I'd love to know how this system turned out Bigstan. Particularly:
1) What cooling are you using, and how are temps?
2) Whats the mobo like? Tried clocking it?
3) Whats that little case like? Enough space for a hefty heatsink? (eg Ninja, Big Typhoon)
Thanks a lot
1) Using stock cooling as there isn't room in the case for aftermarket coolers (or at least none that I've seen). It runs cool enough (about 42 degrees full load) since I can't up the vcore and it only clocked a little bit
2) Mobo's not up to much, no option in the bios (latest version) to alter the vcore. Only got it to 150x20 before it crapped out on me
3) See 1).
This system is good enough for folding or Boincing (pardon my language
) but if you need a system to be able to do anything else then you'd be better of spending a few more quid and getting a bigger case, better PSU, better mobo and an aftermarket cooler - although by the time you do all that, you've probably doubled the price
It'll give me around about 1ppd per pound spent on it so it's not too bad as I have plenty other better rigs to do other stuff with.
I think I'm just going to build another couple of high end rigs and then any others will be like this one - purely for folding.
I quite like the little case, it's neat and has a neon fan at the back but it's a bit cramped so big coolers are a no no and if you wanted to put a gfx card in you'd be struggling a bit for airflow. Also, I don't think the PSU is the greatest and maybe dual core and a gfx card would be too much for it.
Hope that's of some help to you mate
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