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Soul_Est

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After some tweaks, I have finally 'finished' K'NNECTED.



 

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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.
 

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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!
 

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I did not notice that. Sucks that we can no longer get new single slot video cards without modification.
 

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John Morrison. Founder and Team Leader of SFF.N
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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.

 

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Awesome solution, very nice ! Be sure to post photos and temps with the 92mm fan. It seems like the heatsink was a fraction away of not being able to fit near the rear bracket !
 

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Glad you got the video card figured out and I am definitely looking forward to seeing your mods to the GPU cooler.
 

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The cooler did need some modification to fit - stupid double-stacked rear IO -_-

Will post further mods when they happen :)
 

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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!
 

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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.
 

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John Morrison. Founder and Team Leader of SFF.N
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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 :/