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John Morrison. Founder and Team Leader of SFF.N
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In-Win BK644 (~14L)
AMD FX-8350 @ 4GHz
Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3
8GB Corsair Value DDR3-1600
Gigabyte R7-360 OC
Noctua NH-L12 w/ Industrial PPC fan and Chromax
Prolimatech Ultra Sleek Vortex 120mm fan
OCZ Trion 100 240GB SSD
Seagate? 250gb slim 2.5" HDD
FSP 300w SFX PSU
2x 23.6" 1080P AOC LCD
IBM Keyboard
Hyundai Bluetooth Mouse
Blue Yeti microphone
$10 headphones
Long term testing of some components, as well as my own hardware.
Looking good! The two biggest questions I have are, "Is that IBM Keyboard a Model M?", and, "Have you tried running the FX-8350 with one core per module disabled and testing it's performance?".
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Not a model M - its a KB-9910 - but it's the best rubber dome board I've found by far. Very similar in feel to the Wyse thin client keyboards.
Yes, i've run the FX-8350 with one core per module, and 2 modules disabled (not at the same time) and in real terms, the difference isn't much at all between these two modes. At full 8 cores the system is noticeably faster. I need to get a kill-a-watt to check power consumption between the modes.
Looking at adding an aftermarket cooler to the GPU, this R7-360 is a screamer!
Yes, i've run the FX-8350 with one core per module, and 2 modules disabled (not at the same time) and in real terms, the difference isn't much at all between these two modes. At full 8 cores the system is noticeably faster. I need to get a kill-a-watt to check power consumption between the modes.
Looking at adding an aftermarket cooler to the GPU, this R7-360 is a screamer!
Hmmm. I was hoping it would improve performance although given that it is AMD, the cores would be well designed. As for an aftermarket cooler, have you looked at either the Accelero L2 PLUS or the Accelero Mono PLUS by ARCTIC?
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Both of those coolers make the card triple-slot, which is unacceptable in my eyes . I bought M-ATX for the expansion slots - it already pains me that i've lost the pcie x1 slot due to the dual slot card (my original intent was to buy the XFX R7-250E http://cdn.agilitycms.com/xfx/MediaGroupings/114/20140212160518_R7-250E-ZNP_1.JPG but it went EOL before I had the funds!)
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So, I got a new GPU cooler that necessitated a larger chassis.. The Xigmatek Bifrost (EOL, I bought the last one in NZ) is a bit larger than the card.
I can't hear my GPU anymore! I plan on using that overhang for a 92mm fan, a custom shroud, taking the card back to dual slot.
I can't hear my GPU anymore! I plan on using that overhang for a 92mm fan, a custom shroud, taking the card back to dual slot.
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The cooler did need some modification to fit - stupid double-stacked rear IO -_-
Will post further mods when they happen
Will post further mods when they happen
The cooler did need some modification to fit - stupid double-stacked rear IO -_-
Will post further mods when they happen
They should really consider to put this useless DVI connector on a ribbon, like they do on low profile GPU.
Or just leave a single DVI because legacy analog signals and leave the second slot open completely.
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I use both dvi ports on my card. One for dvi, one for dvi to vga adapter. My second screen only takes vga and hdmi, but the hdmi image quality is utter crap. Way over sharpened and the colours are quite far off!
Well you could also use an HDMI-to-DVI adapter for the first screen.
I absolutely understand that VGA is still important and that's why most GPUs will still have a single DVI-I connector, just so passive adapters will work.
I absolutely understand that VGA is still important and that's why most GPUs will still have a single DVI-I connector, just so passive adapters will work.
Sure, but this is solution would free the second slot for better exhaust:
I still want them to be single-slot, even with the DVI-port
Where would that bracket be mounted if it had a DVI-port on it? ITX cases usually only have 2 slots.
I still want them to be single-slot, even with the DVI-port
Sure ... I think I'm too used to old school chassis where you always had a bunch of "holes" to add dsub connectors without the need of a bracket
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The other problem is that usually the dvi-d is on the card level and the convertable dvi-I is in the second slot :/
Now that's just stupid. Why don't the manufacturers think of the people that want to slice their card to bits for no good reason? The world we live in these days...
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