Why I'm not happy with my new gaming rig...

Sandinista · Jul 31, 2009

Yes! Although it makes winter gaming all toasty and comfy though!

Village Idiot · Jul 31, 2009

It makes my room hot.

O:)

Village Idiot · Jul 31, 2009

Sandinista said:
Yes! Although it makes winter gaming all toasty and comfy though!

What? I started this thread and some how you posted before me. YOU'RE A TIME TRAVELLER!!!! :Oops:

OnlyTimeWillTel · Jul 31, 2009

I've been noticing a lot of threads like that lately.

Village Idiot · Jul 31, 2009

OnlyTimeWillTel said:
I've been noticing a lot of threads like that lately.

Are there more time travellers?

CrimsonRequiem · Jul 31, 2009

What are the specs? Are the fans loud?

cwa107 · Jul 31, 2009

It's amazing how much heat these high-end components throw out. My "office" used to be a relatively small 14x14 bedroom (before I had my second child, now my "office" is the basement

). I remember playing HL2 on my old P4 gaming rig with a single 9800 PRO card. The room would heat up 8-10 degrees with the door closed - and that was 5 years ago. I've heard that performance per watt used has improved with the latest generation of CPU/GPUs, but apparently not that much!

Village Idiot · Jul 31, 2009

cwa107 said:
It's amazing how much heat these high-end components throw out. My "office" used to be a relatively small 14x14 bedroom (before I had my second child, now my "office" is the basement ). I remember playing HL2 on my old P4 gaming rig with a single 9800 PRO card. The room would heat up 8-10 degrees with the door closed - and that was 5 years ago. I've heard that performance per watt used has improved with the latest generation of CPU/GPUs, but apparently not that much!

Got a small room. Bed, dresser, computer desk, night stand, and me are about the only things that can fit in it. There's enough room for females though.

So how come I started the thread and it has some one apparently posting before me?

Edit: Perry is the man.

CrimsonRequiem said:
What are the specs? Are the fans loud?

i7 920
1.8GB Nvidia 295 GTX

Mainly it's the GPU. It almost didn't fit in the case. I can't wait until it's snowing and I'm sleeping with the window open and keeping my room warm from the computer.

Loudest part is the DVD drive.

S.SubZero · Jul 31, 2009

I've never been crazy about those giant video cards. I typically stay in the "smaller form factor, cooler running, lower power" side of things. My current card is an old 8800GT that is cooled basically passive with an Accelero S1 R2 with the optional fan unit that barely spins. It's showing it's age a little, but the games I tend to play don't demand quite so much juice. If I do upgrade, it might be to a GTS 250, though the increase in performance is fairly marginal. Supposedly the Accelero S1 R2 will work with that card as well.

cwa107 · Jul 31, 2009

Village Idiot said:
Got a small room. Bed, dresser, computer desk, night stand, and me are about the only things that can fit in it. There's enough room for females though.

So how come I started the thread and it has some one apparently posting before me?

It's a forum bug we keep seeing pop-up from time to time. We've alerted iNet.

Edit: Perry is the man.

Gotta love Agent P

CrimsonRequiem · Jul 31, 2009

Village Idiot said:
Got a small room. Bed, dresser, computer desk, night stand, and me are about the only things that can fit in it. There's enough room for females though.

So how come I started the thread and it has some one apparently posting before me?

Edit: Perry is the man.

i7 920
1.8GB Nvidia 295 GTX

Mainly it's the GPU. It almost didn't fit in the case. I can't wait until it's snowing and I'm sleeping with the window open and keeping my room warm from the computer.

Loudest part is the DVD drive.

Have you looked into water cooling for the GPU, and system in general?

nbrowser · Jul 31, 2009

I built my dream rig a little while back.....it does run a little on the warm side for an Intel based system but that's due to the SLI config of my video cards....they do run hot as well as the processor because I overclocked the CPU and the cards.....goes like stink no doubt but can keep my apartment toasty in the winter months.....

Remember, desktop PC's aren't like a Mac when you deck them out with the bells and whistles to go really fast and do things that ordinary systems cannot do.

Village Idiot · Aug 3, 2009

S.SubZero said:
I've never been crazy about those giant video cards. I typically stay in the "smaller form factor, cooler running, lower power" side of things. My current card is an old 8800GT that is cooled basically passive with an Accelero S1 R2 with the optional fan unit that barely spins. It's showing it's age a little, but the games I tend to play don't demand quite so much juice. If I do upgrade, it might be to a GTS 250, though the increase in performance is fairly marginal. Supposedly the Accelero S1 R2 will work with that card as well.

I was running Crysis at 2560x1600 resolution on a 30" monitor. Had to turn the graphics down a bit. So far everything else like Left 4 Dead and Daw of War II have been at 2560x1600 and maxed out graphics and AA options with no slow down.

CrimsonRequiem said:
Have you looked into water cooling for the GPU, and system in general?

Not yet. The new tower I want is setup for watercooling and that's when I'm going to start playing with OC'ing.

nbrowser said:
I built my dream rig a little while back.....it does run a little on the warm side for an Intel based system but that's due to the SLI config of my video cards....they do run hot as well as the processor because I overclocked the CPU and the cards.....goes like stink no doubt but can keep my apartment toasty in the winter months.....

Remember, desktop PC's aren't like a Mac when you deck them out with the bells and whistles to go really fast and do things that ordinary systems cannot do.

I know, it runs so much cooler than my notebook.

At least the computer is right next to an AC register, so my left leg stays cold.

bobtomay · Aug 3, 2009

This might be another reason I like my MBP. I can sit in the LR in my recliner instead of the office that was always 15 degrees warmer than any other room in the house. Although, shutting down a couple of the 4 PC's I had in there or the Sat receiver or the Xbox might have helped some.