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The beast.

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Meaker

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Well I have been putting this system together, firstly I had a couple of PMs regarding the mobo.

It came from overclockers.co.uk (revA3)
I have found the 912 bios to be unstable and would not recommend it unless you need it.

Q6600 SLACR @ 3.4ghz
Lanparty JR p45-t2rs @ 425mhz
4gb corsair dominator 8500C5 @ 510mhz 5-5-5-15 (PL 8, more aggressive/fully tightened phase adjust ~ 7600-7800MB/sec read/write speed)
ATI HD4850 512mb @ 750/1150 with arctic accelero S1 + 120mm fan
250gb 7200.10 seagate 16mb cache (have another one in another system but need to move it over for 2 in raid, its at the parents house lol)
Enermax 500W PSU
Zalman fan/power monitor
22" Hanns-G 1680x1050 monitor
Antec P180 mini

As I was moving the system over to the antec case I tried using the thermaltake HR-03GT to call the 4850 "passivly" with the cooler reversed to free up a slot using the 200mm fan to draw air over it. The experiment failed with stupid core temps so I replaced the S1 on it and it died.

:confused:

The s1 is easy to install so I am not sure why but it did. It was a good card reaching 750mhz too *sigh* On the bright side I have ordered a sapphire dual slot H4850 (the shorter one). Ebuyer is replacing the original one so I shall have 2. Yep I am going crossfire :cool:
The shorter card is partly for cable management issues.

A couple notes on the case:

1. Awesome
2. Very quiet, I have a Noctua 120mm fan in the front and the air is moving but making hardly a sound, the front door does mask it a lot as there is a big difference with it being open/closed.

Well benchmarks soon (expect them around a week today for the crossfire tests), single card results with a lower CPU speed (in my last case) were around 8000 3dmarks in vantage:

http://service.futuremark.com/resultComparison.action?compareResultId=385976&compareResultType=19

Will post up pics soon :)
 
Those shorter Sapphire cards look good.

CrossFire success seems to be very CPU dependent. I look forward to seeing how your system performs.
 
Can't wait to see your pics! I'm building up my Mini P180 as well. Sucks your GPU died :(
 
What's with the crappy pics.. Like a messed up VGA phone camera w/ digital zoom.
 
Crappy light + Higher megapixel + small lense = colour distortion.
 
Second card is supposed to be delivered tomorrow (a second dual slot card, yay ebuyer) there is a chance I might not be in but latest I should have it is friday :D
 
I have both cards, running into heat issues though, system is drawing over 400 watts (actual) load :eek:
 
You're running 2 cards and an overclocked quad.. what did you expect?
What heat issues? If it's the "inner card is fucking hot, outer card is better" then well, yea, that's how it's going to be. If it's something more drastic like "shit, my new card is hitting 100c with 100% fan" then you have a problem.
 
Meaker said:
I have both cards, running into heat issues though, system is drawing over 400 watts (actual) load :eek:
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According to the MB manual the MB alone requires at least 300W and 450 recommended.

For HD4850 in CrossFire with OC CPU and GPUs IMO you should probably go for 1000 watt PSU just to be safe. :D
 
The Antec P180 mini might not have enough airflow.
 
I am quoting actual consumption so a 500W supply at 80% efficiantcy means that 400w is around 330W actual supply, which is fine for a supply of this size.

And yes the centre card is hitting 100C :(
 
Up the fan speed then. My outer card (both o/ced) runs at 28%(1600rpm) fan (self set) at 65c while the inner runs at 65c with the fan requiring 3800rpm to maintain it.

Sonda5's suggestion of a 1000w psu is way overkill by a long shot. Wouldn't hurt, but waaay out there.
 
Well I replaced the cooler with a spare S1 I had hanging around and its lowered the temps a lot (I think its picking up the airflow in the case so keeping it cool (low 40s idle).
 
Working today, but when I get home I will use my fiance's phone camera, it's a LOT better than mine.
 
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