bikerdude on 13/4/2009 at 13:14
Quote Posted by Brethren
Yeah, but it would knock my budget out of whack.
not by much as the 4890 can be found for $200 now. What are your thoughts on the cabling, as it will have a thermal impact they way you have atm.
Renault on 13/4/2009 at 15:03
The cabling definitely needs to be straightened up, but for now I've got the case wide open as I still have a few things to add.
Where can I find that card for $200? Nothing lower than $250 on Newegg...
Renault on 13/4/2009 at 18:58
Yeah, after paying shipping, and a restocking fee for the old card, plus the increase in price, etc etc etc, it's not worth it. You could play the upgrade game forever and drive yourself insane.
bikerdude on 13/4/2009 at 19:54
Quote Posted by Brethren
You could play the upgrade game forever and drive yourself insane.
Welcome to my world, well almost. I do upgrade more than most, but I pick my upgrades... For example, my 1yr old GTX280 GFX cost me £240 and its still costs that now. My 1yr old E8400 CPU cost me £124 and the price is about that now also... The only thing that's gone down significantly in price is memory, I paid £45 for a G.Skill 2GB Dual channel low latency(4-4-4-12) DDR2-800 kit 6months ago and last week I bought a Kingston 4Gb D/C (5-5-5-15) DDR2-1066 kit for £37
Renault on 17/4/2009 at 01:03
The new rig is all set, installed, and running great. But one last question - there's a big fan built into the side of the case. It has two switch positions, blowing in and blowing out - which one should I use? I'm guessing there's not one uniform answer or there wouldn't be two positions on the switch to choose from.
Also, since we're on the cooling topic, how many fans should I use? Beyond the case fan mentioned above and the cpu fan (both working), the motherboard has locations for 2 "SYS" fans and 1 "PWR" fan, none of which are currently being used. Should I be using at least one of these too?
bikerdude on 17/4/2009 at 09:35
Quote Posted by Brethren
The new rig is all set, installed, and running great. But one last question - there's a big fan built into the side of the case. It has two switch positions, blowing in and blowing out - which one should I use? I'm guessing there's not one uniform answer or there wouldn't be two positions on the switch to choose from.
Also, since we're on the cooling topic, how many fans should I use? Beyond the case fan mentioned above and the cpu fan (both working), the motherboard has locations for 2 "SYS" fans and 1 "PWR" fan, none of which are currently being used. Should I be using at least one of these too?
The air should be blowing in. And let me answer it this way, i have 4 fans in my case the side and fron fans blow air in, and the rear and top fan blows air out. My case/mobo temps are very uniforum and generally i dont have any hot spots or dead zones. The sys/pwr fan header on the motherboard can be used as you see fit - you dont have to plug a fan in there if you dont want to.
On the subject of fans I went as far as buying very quiet/powerful fans (120mm xilence red wing) I have these on my front/side/back and cpu cooler. They produce no more than 21dba and push 68cfm of air. My computer as a whole is very quiet and even the vibration associated with the original antec tri-speed fans has been eliminated.
