Maxwell Spanker vs. Silver Hammer vs. Annihilatrix, pt. 2

[Maxwell]

Maxwell, play nice now. The last time we had a loud verbal joust like this half of the really good crunchers on the team decided to leave and many others like myself, JPM and STM decided it was just getting time to take a break from crunching.

I came back, just recently made my target of 40MM and am executing on my plan of going on a sabbatical. Maybe it's just the right time.

That may be due to some of them taking it personally. All this bantering is in jest. Those involved know that their counterparts are just talking smack to get the competitive juices flowing and to keep upgrading their systems. I for one think it is hilarious.

Yeah, this is all just smack talk intended for entertainment's sake. In no other thread would I talk like this. I can't speak for others, but I do know for a fact that both JPM and STM enjoy this (as do I)...

[joker]

Max, I fart in your general direction!

[Maxwell]

Max, I fart in your general direction!

Your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries!

[STMahlberg]

Yeah, this is all just smack talk intended for entertainment's sake. In no other thread would I talk like this. I can't speak for others, but I do know for a fact that both JPM and STM enjoy this (as do I)...

Indeed... I've had a blast with this thread.

[Sarge104]

Max, I fart in your general direction!

Indeed... I've had a blast with this thread.

Everyone seems to be farting here....careful guys, avoid sparks and heat sources....

[Slicker]

Someone stole my name! My new project has a a 80+ silver PSU and a Thor's Hammer CPU cooler, I was going to name it the "Silver Hammer", but since that's already taken, this project will be named "The Bambi Killer". The goal? Spank the hammer into annihilation!

Why Bambi and not Monster Buck? That's because it is starting out with only one 6970 installed. With 2 PCI Express x16 slots and two more PCI Express x8 slots, it has a ways to go to become a monster.

Here are the specs:

GPU: XFX Radeon HD 6970 2GB
CPU: Core i7 950 - only $199 at MicroCenter!
MB: GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel
Cooler: XIGMATEK Thor's hammer HDT-S126384 - for plenty of OC room
RAM: CORSAIR XMS3 12GB (6 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 - no swap space needed
PSU: PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II PPCMK2S750 750W 80 PLUS Silver
HDD: Dual Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6.0Gb/s - will be mirrored
DVD: Sony Optiarc CD/DVD - because the dead E2160 it is replacing has an IDE drive
Case: Antec 900 - plenty of vents so it can heat the office

[Maxwell]

Why Bambi and not Monster Buck? That's because it is starting out with only one 6970 installed. With 2 PCI Express x16 slots and two more PCI Express x8 slots, it has a ways to go to become a monster.

Awesome stuff...

One word of advice: double-check that mobo. There is some weird issue where if you try to put too much data through some Mobos, they cards will not function on BOINC, even though each card works fine by itself. With my dual 5970 Hammer, the cards WILL NOT WORK except in crossfire mode; Farscape has actually had the exact same problem (he was the one who clued me into this issue).

[Beerdrinker]

Someone stole my name! My new project has a a 80+ silver PSU and a Thor's Hammer CPU cooler, I was going to name it the "Silver Hammer", but since that's already taken, this project will be named "The Bambi Killer". The goal? Spank the hammer into annihilation!

Why Bambi and not Monster Buck? That's because it is starting out with only one 6970 installed. With 2 PCI Express x16 slots and two more PCI Express x8 slots, it has a ways to go to become a monster.

Here are the specs:

GPU: XFX Radeon HD 6970 2GB
CPU: Core i7 950 - only $199 at MicroCenter!
MB: GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel
Cooler: XIGMATEK Thor's hammer HDT-S126384 - for plenty of OC room
RAM: CORSAIR XMS3 12GB (6 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 - no swap space needed
PSU: PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II PPCMK2S750 750W 80 PLUS Silver
HDD: Dual Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6.0Gb/s - will be mirrored
DVD: Sony Optiarc CD/DVD - because the dead E2160 it is replacing has an IDE drive
Case: Antec 900 - plenty of vents so it can heat the office

Holy cow!!


This team is really starting to lift off!!...Everyone is doing some upgrades, tweaking of some kind or just getting back into crunching....

The future looks more brigth now!

[DrPop]

I can just hear Slicker singing..."Merry Christmas to me, Merry Christmas to me!"
That is one sweeeeeeeet Hammer spanker / er...I meand rig.

Hopefully I can amass a small fortune between now and next year to compete with some of that once Bulldozer comes out.
Congrats on a beautiful build!

[Maxwell]

A specific goal for Slicker and further evidence STM is a doodiehead:

My testing of PG this evening has netted me over 100k. In just a few hours. Yes, I could do more elsewhere. But Booyeah!!!