Are those 2 agp cards running alongside a pci-e card?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire$torm
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Are those 2 agp cards running alongside a pci-e card?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire$torm
No those are 1 slot PCI-E cards
What cards? Nice setup F$
Nope. All three cards are HD 4850s in PCIe slots. The top card has the Cooler assembly from the bricked 4870 that I received from DrPop's brother. I had to do some modding of the 4870's copper plates it used for heatsinks to get them to fit on my 4850.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike029
I'm going to guess at 4850'sQuote:
Originally Posted by Mike029
Good guess :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dandasarge
Wow, I'm even more impressed now than before. (*)
And...you did a fabulous job on the backyard tech engineering position as usual! If I am not mistaken, that card is now running the coolest temps of the three, even though it is in the top slot! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire$torm
\m/ :-bd \m/Quote:
Originally Posted by DrPop
Big Update.
I have acquired, thanks to a loan from friends n' family like DrPop, an Intel Core i7 860 for this build. It should ship out on Thursday and be at my stoop by the following Tuesday/Wednesday.
So This puppy will soon be ready to Rock n' Roll, baby!!!
About time! :p
AWESOME!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire$torm
Should be fun to see what this machine can do!Quote:
Originally Posted by Fire$torm
Thanks for the update. Looking forward to the complete build!!
Hardware Update
This build keeps morphing bit by bit. So I might christen this puppy Morpheus. Then again, maybe not. Anyhow, here is the list.
MB: GigaByte GA-P55-UD6 (Received from Beerdrinker)
CPU: Intel Core i7 860 (Received)
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 plus (Need to Acquire)
PSU: Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W (Received)
RAM: CORSAIR XMS 4GB (2 x 2GB) CMX4GX3M2A1333C8 (Need to Acquire)
HDD: Maxtor DiamondMax D540X 40GB (From Maxwell)
GPU: ATI HD 4850 (Transferring 2 from Desktop)
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 (Received)
Case Fan: Scythe SY1225SL12H 120mm "Slipstream" (x3) (Need to Acquire)
Hardware Update
MB: GigaByte GA-P55-UD6 (Received from Beerdrinker)
CPU: Intel Core i7 860 (Received)
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 plus (Received)
PSU: Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W (Received)
RAM: CORSAIR XMS 4GB (2 x 2GB) CMX4GX3M2A1333C8 (Need to Acquire)
HDD: WD WD5002ABYS 500GB SATA II (Pulled from my Dell 730x)
GPUs: ATI HD 5830 (From joker) & nVidia 8800GT
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912 (Received)
Case Fan: Scythe SY1225SL12H 120mm "Slipstream" (x3) (Need to Acquire)
Busy day today. While running errands I made it to Micro Center and bought the Hyper 212 Cooler. Temporarily used the RAM from my server so I could fire this puppy up. Yipeeeee it boots #:-s Installed Win7 Home Premium x64 and have spent most of the evening installing software and configuring/tweaking/disabling stuff.
And this system now formally known as............ Odin (Going to my Scandinavian roots).
@Mike029: As you can see in the pic below you can do a "North-South Install of this cooler. There is the chance of clearance issues with things like RAM. But in my setup I am using only 2 sticks which are installed in the White slots so no worries there.
BTW: The cooler is not copper or coppered colored. I think that coloring in the pic was a reflection of the wood paneling in the room.
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Looks sweet. I see what you mean. I have it set like that in one of my boxes. Blowing the hot air up and out. Great pics. Odin better get crunchin. :))
.......Like WoW! When did this "Adventure" first begin? Oh never mind that. This is the last update post because It.....Is.....Finished!!!!
Before I go any further, I once again want to thank EVERYONE that helped get Odin up and running.
Much Gratitude to the following **== :
Beerdrinker
Joker
DrPop
My Uncle
And all who provided advice, encouragement and support.
For the heck of it here are the primary part suppliers: NewEgg, Micro Center and Tech For Less.
And as usual, the pics \m/ (Click the images to enlarge)
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http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/8...tackasmall.jpg
http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/7498/fansasmall.jpg
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The final parts list looks like this:
MB: GigaByte GA-P55-UD6
CPU: Intel Core i7 860
Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 plus
PSU: Antec NEO ECO 620C 620W
RAM: CORSAIR XMS 4GB (2 x 2GB) CMZ4GX3M2A1600C9B
HDD: WD WD5002ABYS 500GB SATA II
GPUs: ATI HD 5830 (From joker) & nVidia 8800GT
Case: Cooler Master HAF 912
Case Fan: XIGMATEK XSF-F1252 (x2) and Enermx UC-12EB
More stones for Team SETI.USA **== **== **==
With mounds and mounds of Gratitude,
F$
Very very nice! Though i have to admit, my favorite part is the Lightning and Odin wallpaper in the first pic (i'm a huge Final Fantasy fan).
Very nice indeed. Maybe we should start a thread on who has built the most elegant looking system. None of mine would rate, that's for sure. I just stuff everything in the case any ol' way it fits and call 'er done.
Crud, I didn't notice that I listed the wrong GPUs. Odin has 2x 4850s. I put the 5830 & 8800GT in my 730x desktop.
AWESOME build there my friend.
Congratulations on the new pc!
Well done, Sir! Thanks for all your hard work, the team will benefit greatly as always. :)
Nice work sir!
I love that big box fan you have in the picture! :-B
Hahaha. I need it there because the heat generated from those two boxes sorta lingers since where they are kept, right next to a cloths storage cabinet to the left and the house water heater to the right, doesn't have a lot of air flow. I only need to run that fan on low.Quote:
Originally Posted by rgathright
Hey...if you have them THAT close to the water heater, water cool them, plumb them into the water heater and turn the water heater off. You'd still always have hot water! J/K LOLQuote:
Hahaha. I need it there because the heat generated from those two boxes sorta lingers since where they are kept, right next to a cloths storage cabinet to the left and the house water heater to the right, doesn't have a lot of air flow. I only need to run that fan on low.
After thinking about that statement for a moment, it actually doesn't sound like a bad idea. At 60c a graphics card is generating 140f temps. That is hot enough for you to not want to keep your hands in it for more than a few seconds (10 or so). That is plenty hot for the average person. At 82c (180f), the temp is now scalding hot and you definitely don't want to put your hand in it at all. Siphoning off that heat and storing it in a tank for later use could save a person a bit of money over time by reducing your gas or electric bill.
There are already systems in place with proven results with solar water heating. Controlling the water flow, temp, pump and any valves that are required would be a simple breeze for any computer to control with perhaps a dash of added hardware for interfacing to the rest of the system.
Though using heat generated from graphics cards may take longer to heat the water in a full size water heater, the heat they are generating now is just going off into the air and useful for nothing except for making you run your AC to help stay comfortable.
Why not store that heat away and use it again at a later time? I know from living in an RV for over 5 years, that a person can have hot water every day from just the pilot light of the water heater itself. It takes most of the night to heat a cold 10 gallon water heater with just the pilot light, but in the morning there's enough hot water to get a shower and do a couple dishes.
Oh NO! Help me, I think I've gone SANE!
I do see one drawback however, in that, the line pressure of a typical household is much higher than that of what a water cooled computer would be, which could very likely be the obstacle that makes the whole idea a no go :(
OH NO, I AM SANE! I just realized that with a heat exchanger, one could use the very low pressures of the computer water system to transfer the heat to a high pressure water system and they would be isolated from each other thus avoiding the pressure differential problem. I am a self proclaimed genius!
LOL, your sanity is hysterical......
In general terms, a whole house energy reclamation system is long over due. Sure the initial cost is higher, but long term, the savings and reduction of the environmental impact would more than justify the higher cost to build it.
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Originally Posted by YoDude9999
Suddenly I see a whole new series of jokes from Jeff Foxworthy. "You might be a {high-tech} redneck if..."
Actually, I've been talking to my Dad about this the last couple weeks. My folks are still in Alaska, and after the last oil price spike like 3 years ago or whenever it was, they got one of those outdoor "giant wood stove" contraptions as big as a small utility shed, that you throw a ton of wood in, and it smolders in there for days...the hot water pipes run to and from it, through insulation sleeves and into the house where it flows through baseboard style radiators with fins and heats the whole house. Not only that, but they have it hooked up to a certain kind of hot water heater with a heat exchanger built in. There is some kind of circuitry that kicks the hot water heater itself off and on based on the temp of the water flowing into the house from that outdoor wood stove. The system is really stable, there is something insane like between 100 to 200 gallons of water in the whole thing.
Now, if you just replaced the "wood stove" with computers . . . primarily GPUs, now we're talking! ;) I did the math. To equal the Wattage output of a new electric tankless "on demand" hot water heater, you would need at least 5 rigs with (2) GTX 590's in each one...or some equivalent of 10 DUAL GPU boards...or 20 normal GPUs. Certainly doable, but when I get the money for that size of a place to live, and that utility bill per month...well, ya'll be the first to hear about it! :D hehe... :p
BUT....You are speaking of a full house water heater used under everyday circumstances, yes?Quote:
Originally Posted by DrPop
And I wasn't talking about using GPUs to REPLACE the heat generated by a water, only to enhance it some by storing the GPU heat for later use. The water heater can still run normally as use requires, but during those time when everyone is at work, school or whatever, while the GPUs are running they could be heating the water also, thus saving on the gas/electric bill. After all, the heat generated by GPUs IS electricity spent already, why let it go to waste if it can be stored away?
Say for instance, one was to connect just a 10 gallon, "under sink" water heater to a GPU fed water system, having that 10 gallons already heated and ready for use would be great for lowering the electric/gas bill as most people only do dishes once or twice a day. Thus saving on the demand of the, "regular" water heater to supply the necessary hot water.
I think some experimentation should be done.....Does anyone think this is a BAD idea?
Right, I agree with you. The math I did was if you wanted to completely eliminate the old, and use computers to heat the house with a radiant floor heating / hot water combo system. That would be pretty sweet. But, very expensive and unnecessary for most folks.
What you propose is a very good intro level solution. Try making a small-ish hot water system that is axillary to the main system. If you coupled that system with an on-demand tankless system to pick up the slack - say when someone actually takes a shower...I'll bet that would be the only time it would ever turn on. Dishes, laundry, etc - when not done at the same time, would all be covered by your aux system. :cool:
Cool stuff to think about...