I have never tried software fan control but how reliable is it? As for the 780... I am going for it most likely.. since the last thing on my list is GPU... Intels new CPU's come out in 2-3 weeks so I may as well upgrade those too while im at it.. Does anyone here actually own the Bulldozer? I've heard mixed reviews about it and im wondering for my next build if I should consider AMD ( I havent used them in MANY years).. also heres the picture I promised upper part is PC lower part is server

 

it was great, just make sure it works the first time and you are set.

 

Sounds good Ill try it after I work on sleeving all my cables to make things organized... Its stupid how long this is going to take.

 

meh took a weekend.

 

nice build, moar pictures please!

I need some inspiration for my next build

 

lol more pictures tonight and hopefully itll be done very soon! I just cant wait to get it running.. too much time making everything perfect for my build.

 

+1 for more pics

 

is that a mini itx board on the bottom?

 

it is! this build is purely a workstation/server. I wont be touching it lol I will just be pushing files to and from... its essentially going to be my media server while the actual desktop mobo is ran to the kitchen if I decide to use it during breakfast. the white panel is actually a light panel ill post pictures tonight with it on... I decided I would use it to separate the 2 motherboards.

 

heh...

I started pulling together some stuff to put a small car radiator under my house and plumb the water through the walls to 2-3 computers... Then CPU performance started being less and less important and I bagged the idea. Now I just air cool with very quiet fans.

Back when air coolers sucked and were LOUD (60mm delta screamers), water cooling was a big deal. It was also more fun since it was all underground and MacGuyver setups instead of these highly commercial setups now.

Now, I don't do anything that needs CPU except gaming, and surprisingly few games are a problem for my lowly i3-530 @ 4.2 GHz. It kinda became pointless for me to do water, it's even difficult to get excited about upgrading, because it's barely noticeable except in synthetics.

 

yeah not much uses my system completely

Why you no geothermal cool?

 

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO cpu cooler
Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Patriot G series 'Sector 5' Edition 16gb (4x4gb sticks)
Thermaltake Armor A90 Mid-Tower
Thermaltake 1000w powersupply
Western Digital Caviar Black
2x Radeon ATI 6870 Reference cards

As far as peripherals go:
Logitech G9x mouse
Logitech G15 keyboard
Logiteech G930 headset


Have been debating on where or not to buy a corsair water cooler and getting an SSD for it but I hardly use my computer anymore.. Use my Alienware laptop more then the desktop

 

Eww alien ware nice desktop setup though. Only reason I am using water cooling for my machine right now is because its powering 2 motherboards and its more efficient for cooling. Depending on what you do with your computer... It may or may not be worth it. Like one person said its nice aestheticly but performance you can easily almost match temperatures with quality fans. I have a friend that owns a SGI Octane 3 I'm not sure if anyone here knows of it but it is fan powered and when ever I go over to his place I feel like his computer is a heater lmao.

 

lol I love my alienware! i7 3610QM ivy bridge, 8gb of ram, 3gb gtx650m, 500gb hdd, klipsch speakers and wahtever else i am missing!! best 900 dollars i ever spent ahaha!

 

bought not built