Proposed Gamer

[rickss69]

Threw some parts together this afternoon to test how they gamed online. All went smoothly on the Vista 64 install. I most likely in the end will only use one 5970 so I can have my sound card installed...framerates are ridiculous anyway. ;)


Biostar TP67B+ mb
Intel 2600K cpu
2 x 5970 gpu


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[DOM]

wheres the bench marks :scared:


nice cards :thumbsup:

[rickss69]

Benchmarks have no correlation to online gaming. I did see nearly 600fps in BlackOp's tho...:taunt:

[kikicoco1334]

i'd love to take some of that from you when ever you are ready for find a new family for all your toys lol

[DrNip]

Tell me a little about that water cooling setup there.

[Witchdoctor]

Nice gaming rig,

Looks like you are all set for Crysis 2

[rickss69]

Tell me a little about that water cooling setup there.

That would be one of my Boreas TEC units Nip. One of the finest cooling solutions ever produced in my opinion.


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[Witchdoctor]

Rick,

Where do you pick one of those up at,


I can not find one........... anywhere :Dizzy:

[rickss69]

Rick,

Where do you pick one of those up at,


I can not find one........... anywhere :Dizzy:

No longer manufactured by Coolit WD. That is why I started snapping them up off ebay and such. I have three of them atm. :D

[Witchdoctor]

That explains it,

can't figure out why they would stop offering these with the preformance level being so good.

you would think they would be flying off the shelves ???

[rickss69]

They were pricey and not easily incorporated into everyday pc's.

[DrNip]

HA the thought of it being a TEC didn't even cross my mind. Nice. I member those. Real pricey they were. Why do you have three of them?

[rickss69]

I bought these because they are no longer offered and remain the King of cooling for 24/7 use.

[Splave]

hey rick why vista and why x64? was going to say why 2x5970 unless you have an eyefinity setup or something ;)

[rickss69]

hey rick why vista and why x64? was going to say why 2x5970 unless you have an eyefinity setup or something ;)

Lol! This was just a test and Vista was the first disc I layed hands on. As stated in post #1 I will most likely go with one video card to free up space for my sound card. :)

[Splave]

10-4 :)

[rickss69]

One 5970 and sound card installed - Looks and sounds great!


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[Witchdoctor]

sick .................. :thumbsup:

can't wait to get mine up and going ...... mouth waters

I have a few games I want to play sitting here

Black ops
Modern Warfare 2
Just Cause 2
Mafia 2

and will be getting Crysis 2 on release date

seeing some wicked trasilers here of late,

heavy teselation at work

[rickss69]

Think this qualifies to reside in the former "Weapons Grade" domicile?


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[Splave]

you know the answer ;)

[DrNip]

I got a question. Sorry if it is off course but why the hell PC games $60 now?

[DOM]

I got a question. Sorry if it is off course but why the hell PC games $60 now?
only when there new... then go on sale later lol

but i guess cuz ppl pirate them i would think

hell 360/ps3 games cost the same and look like shit vs pc

[rickss69]

Guess they figured what the market would bear...:thumbdown:

[Witchdoctor]

got black ops for 50 ....

prolly want 60 for Crysis 2 though

[HybridChiller]

me like that boreas very much, have one to.

but did you put another waterpiump on it from coolit then the stock one ?

[rickss69]

me like that boreas very much, have one to.

but did you put another waterpiump on it from coolit then the stock one ?

I have three of them Hybrid - Two with aftermarket pumps and one with a stock pump. I can tell no real difference between them. Same goes for the waterblocks.

EDIT: I forgot I have four of them now. :taunt:

[HybridChiller]

i change cpu block, give me some extra °C lower, changed the coolingpaste between the peltier plates gives me few °C lower.
But a pump to fast did give me worse temps, think the liquid doesn't get the time to cool down.
The internal of those alu block can be better, i'm looking to make new ones and better ones.

what kind of pump from coolit you mounted here on the boreas ?

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[rickss69]

The pump pictured above is a second revision stock version. Same as the first, just less noise I think.

[rickss69]

I have settled on the Biostar mb and one 5970 for the gamer. The below benchmark was with the card on air...I may put it on the Boreas loop if for nothing else than to just rid myself of the fan noise. The Biostar is not a Micro mb so I can't use it in the former Weapons Grade case. I have a LianLi case due here this morning which I may use instead. I will post some pic's of it when it arrives.

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[HybridChiller]

can't get the SB higher ?

[rickss69]

The LianLi case finally arrived and I loosely fitted the parts together for a trial spin. Along with the case Coolit sent me a couple of extra parts...a Vantage cpu cooler and a Omni gpu cooler. The Omni has a 5870 backplate so I will not be using that here. I had intended to use a Boreas TEC in this rig until I saw the Vantage unit... I decided to give it a chance. So far these are the parts installed:

LianLi PC-P50 case
Biostar TP67B+ mb
Intel 2600K cpu
4GB GSkill DDR3 2000
Silverstone Decathalon 1000w psu
Coolit Vantage cpu cooler
Lite-On DVD burner
Sapphire 5970 gpu
WD 1TB hdd
SuperTalent 32GB ssd
Silverstone HDDBoost
Creative X-Fi sound card

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The Omni gpu cooler which will not be used here...
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If I intend to use the Vantage unit I will have to do some surgery to the top panel so it will fit around the rad/fans...
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I was skeptical of the Vantage cooler at first, but after some online gaming and benchmarks at 4.5GHz I was impressed with the little unit's performance. I'm thinking I will roll with it for this gamer.

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[rickss69]

I really see no need for me to run it any harder than this...it nets me nothing in online gaming that I can tell...


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[Witchdoctor]

Nice work man,

I would agree, 4.5 is way kool for gaming ...

That is what I plan to run mine at when I get a board .........

should have held onto the WS till new boards were availible :ohcrap:

Now it is the waiting game for me .....

[Chuchnit]

Killer setup Rick :thumbsup:

[Neuromancer]

Nice rick.. why do you have hyperthreading on. doesn't that hurt most RW performance? Especially games?

(If I asked that before just ignore me.. my 920 I ran at low low voltage disabled HTT and let i run cool and easy... only thing I could tell it suffered on was that video encoding app.. Handbrake..

[rickss69]

Nice rick.. why do you have hyperthreading on. doesn't that hurt most RW performance? Especially games?

(If I asked that before just ignore me.. my 920 I ran at low low voltage disabled HTT and let i run cool and easy... only thing I could tell it suffered on was that video encoding app.. Handbrake..

Not tried it out...I will give it a go for effect. :)

EDIT: A little cooler with HT off, but no real difference in online gaming.

[rickss69]

Revised the Vantage mount and removed the two top fans so I could fit the top cover without any further butchery. Good news it it didnt seem to effect temps much at all.

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Oh, did I mention the ridiculous frame rates? :taunt:

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[DOM]

camper :scared::taunt:

[Witchdoctor]

Marshmello's anyone ......... :laughing:

[rickss69]

I'm through with this...on to gaming. Nothing fancy or artful, just a solid game rig.

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[DOM]

i want it :P

pink play dough FTMFW

[rickss69]

I can never leave well enough alone...threw this monstrosity together for a temporary gamer.

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[Splave]

holy shit :) is the 5870 even necessary?

[rickss69]

That's a 5970 + a 5850 pictured...have seen fps in game over 800 at times...:taunt: (Really, the 5850 is more than enough by itself)

[Splave]

Awesome :) thanks

[Kal-EL]

Nice table too boot :)
Tim the Toolman would say: arggh arrrghh argggh

[Witchdoctor]

Nice gaming rack :blink:

what happened to the case ?

[DOM]

Nice gaming rack :blink:

what happened to the case ? cases are for boys racks are for men :taunt:

[Witchdoctor]

:ohcrap:

[Neuromancer]

Very nice!

Torquemada would be proud of that torture rack :)

[OC Maximus]

Yeah..... I'm not really sure how the heck I missed the thread.

You got one killer setup there! :thumbsup:

Makes me wanna build a gamer now ;)