WHATS GPU(S)

[ozaudio]

I'm keeping my q6600 system as its running in a brand new case with & new artic freezer cooler. ( even if i didnt use it id keep it as it seems every one wants it for free ). I will overclock to 2.8 - 3.0 ish , ill be taking from my new system the 500watt enermax psu when i upgrade and also my gtx 560 and keeping it running in my q6600 machine .

My new motherboard has 3 PCI E slots , the gtx 560 are £93 refurbished , are these worth buying more of? i notice these are pretty much the exact same as gtx 460s? . or

gtx 570 £ 170 refurb
gtx580 £ 203 refurb

also OCuk has 560 Ti for £143 on offer now aswell.

id like to buy 3 x 580 and a new psu at one but that will cost a fortune

what to buy? !!! what will work out best in terms of power vs ppd?

 

[ozaudio]

560 or 560ti and a new psu

You are looking at around 170-200W per gpu, so for 3 I'd go for a 850-1000W PSU of the Silver or Gold variety (depending on whether you get the Ti version or not)

is the TI worth £50 more? the gtx 560 are evga superclocked ones at £93

You may have that number of PCIe slots on your motherboard, but using them all will throttle the bandwidth available to each card? I have no idea whether that could compromise the maximum performance. I do know I gave up trying a two carded ATI 5770 crossfire setup on my old Q6600 board as this bottlenecked performance playing Battlefield 3, yet became fine once I upgraded the CPU/motherboard to an i7 2600K.

new pc 3570k at stock till i get a good air cooler and mothboard is Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H

the Q6600 will be ok it only has 1 PCI e slot and my current gtx560 will be ok in there

 

[ozaudio]

i dont have MM access im affraid , ebay seems expensive from looking

is this true biffa? gtx 590?


heres my new system taking shape, no point in making the cables tidy, the psu wont be staying much longer in this pc , neither will the crappy standard intel heatsink

 

[ozaudio]

I dont smoke
i dont drink ( maybe 2/3 times a year)
i dont really go out , well i never go out to clubs , kids , work nights most weekends
i live 3 miles from work

money saved from these things covers it , its a hobby aswell, i could sped £400 on a new exhaust for my leon cupra, but i get nothing from it , imagen £400 worth of leccy in a year . im sweet

plus when i got to work, my girlfreind turns the PC of when she goes to bed so it gets a few hours rest a night , now its coming colder i think ill keep it on all the time, cuts the cost of heating the house inaway.. my q6600 can stay on with a gtx 560 all the time

 

[ozaudio]

my question to you , what are you planning inplace of gtx 590s!! and how many are you using now ?

infact just what are running altogether? as your ppd is just high as hell

by the way i cant find your email? says i have to register with yahoo , but myn is. [email protected]

lets make it a marathon instead of a sprint, with it been x-mas it'll work better all around. The more time i give for buying parts the better parts ill end up with. But i'm very impatient and want everything right away!

 

[ozaudio]

so you paid for 4 x 590s plus all the extras? you must be dam rich!

the 2 470s i had were brilliant but the heat and electric was just stupid

what do you have in the pipeline if you shift/when these 590s?

 

[ozaudio]

on the power subject, i just checked my meter and it says 12.13 kwh if i said both pcs are drawing 600/ 700 watts? dout even this whats that in 24 hours , also around £2.30 a week standing charge

q6600 , 166 watt
3570k & gtx 560 , around 240 watts also it said 0.018kwh

 

[ozaudio]

eh? i have a q6600 AND a 3570k with a gigabyte z77 d3h

q6600 > gtx 560
3570k > 3 x ??? but my electricity has gone down 25pence in 2 hours, thats just the computers + 1 tv on. im thinking maybe now using the q6600 aswell may NOT be a good idea

imagen extra gpus and the other house items, gota be around £7 a day i bet?

EDIT - just sold the q6600 LOL , 1500-2000ppd not worth the electric, helps fund somthing else

 

[ozaudio]

the sale of the q6600 funded a nice new cpu cooler folding faltout leaves me with a MAX of 65c with an overclock of 4.2 , seems to be a steady 61/62 c now