My latest system tweaks:)

stulid · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:21

3D Glasses thingy is a gimmick, not for me.

paradisiac · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:22

lol looks like you are going to have to play/tweak the bits you have and push them to their limits.

Reaper 392 · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:23

stulid said:
A full setup I have no interest in, a ATCS840 will easily accommodate a full system.

Always had an eye on those Corsair/Antec things, but keep getting put of by various stuff such as noisy/buzzing/rattling pumps, poor performance and a few other little annoyances that I see some people say.

well, i think the sensible option is to give your vengance RAM a haircut and buy a silver arrow if you are looking for a better cooler (assuming it fits in your case)

stulid · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:41

A Silver Arrow would look lost in this case.

stulid · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:57

paradisiac said:
if you decide to play with lucid virtu can you let me know how you get on, i had epic fail when i tried.

Try new drivers,

http://www.lucidlogix.com/driverdownloads-virtu.html

Relentless81 · 23 Jun 2011 at 18:54

stulid said:
The left is a P2350H the right is a 2433bw

Thanks, so thats a 23" next to a 24" looks a fair bit bigger. The reason I asked is I have a 226BW and dont know if I want to go to 24" or go straight to 27" with 120hz but the price difference between the two is huge

paradisiac · 23 Jun 2011 at 18:55

stulid said:
Try new drivers,

http://www.lucidlogix.com/driverdownloads-virtu.html

sorted it

i didnt realise how to set it up properly, had a play and now it seems to be ok. what i dont get is how obv is better at encoding that 2xHD6850s :confused:

CyberCrow · 23 Jun 2011 at 19:03

one nice looking build

that cpu cooler looks slick

Sampsy · 24 Jun 2011 at 15:29

This is a nice thread for me since my build will be very similar to this, however I have to wait on the PSU as it is currently out of stock.

Nelly · 25 Jun 2011 at 14:17

Hey Stulid,

Just a few curious questions:

When you setup your Z68 motherboard, do you have a lead from one of the onboard graphics sockets connected to your TFT as well as your discrete graphics card?
Do you have to switch your TFT from say HDMI 1 to HDMI 2 or DVI as examples depending on which connectors your using?

So say your going to watch a film, all the power juice just comes from the Intel Onboard graphics?

Cheers,

paradisiac · 25 Jun 2011 at 14:20

Nelly said:
Hey Stulid,

Just a few curious questions:

When you setup your Z68 motherboard, do you have a lead from one of the onboard graphics sockets connected to your TFT as well as your discrete graphics card?

Do you have to switch your TFT from say HDMI 1 to HDMI 2 or DVI as examples depending on which connectors your using?

So say your going to watch a film, all the power juice just comes from the Intel Onboard graphics?

Cheers,

why do you want to connect it via both to 1 monitor?

Nelly · 25 Jun 2011 at 14:21

paradisiac said:
why do you want to connect it via both to 1 monitor?

Because the onboard Intel graphics should use a lot less power when watching films, even using youtube. My 6950 fan increases quite abit when doing either of these.

Infact I will connect my Energy Monitor, to see how much power draw the 6950 uses when watching youtube / films.

Will report back . . . .

paradisiac · 25 Jun 2011 at 14:22

hmm thats odd. i dont think it can run off both graphics at the same time :confused:

paradisiac · 25 Jun 2011 at 16:24

Nelly said:
Because the onboard Intel graphics should use a lot less power when watching films, even using youtube. My 6950 fan increases quite abit when doing either of these.

Infact I will connect my Energy Monitor, to see how much power draw the 6950 uses when watching youtube / films.

Will report back . . . .

i will plug my tv into the onboard hdmi and the monitor into the gfx dvi and see if both will work when i get home if you like. see if its clever enough to run both.

Nelly · 25 Jun 2011 at 17:10

paradisiac said:
i will plug my tv into the onboard hdmi and the monitor into the gfx dvi and see if both will work when i get home if you like. see if its clever enough to run both.

Cool, I'm not sure how it works but would like to use everything desktop wise for the Intel onboard and obviously games with discrete.

Just done some tests using AMD 1090T @ Stock / 6950 @ Stock, I guess some wattage will be due to CPU as well as the 6950.

(Fan 24%) 175W = Windows Idle
(Fan 25%) 192W = Google Chrome (Web Browsing)
(Fan 30%) 205/220W = Vlc Player / Windows Media Player (Watching DVD)
(Fan 29%) 230W = Youtube (music or video clip)

Will run some tests when I get my Intel Z68 rig sorted.

paradisiac · 25 Jun 2011 at 17:18

thats quite a jump. will have a play when i get home and see how it goes.

paradisiac · 25 Jun 2011 at 17:59

yes it works, sort of. it switches to the obv fine, but when switching back to gfx card CCC fails to initialise properly. not had time to see whats going on and how much of a difference it makes to the gfx power usage, but in theory yes it is possible.

Subliminal Aura · 19 Jul 2011 at 10:04

stulid said:
Thought I would suck the GPU's hot air out with my hot box.

What is this ? Can you buy one or is this just a ghetto mod using what appears to look like a shroud pinched from a Dell ?

Subliminal Aura · 30 Jul 2011 at 16:45

Come on Stulid .... Spill the beans mate

stulid · 30 Jul 2011 at 16:50

It comes with the case ATCS840