My Energy Efficient Gaming rig ;-p

Flyordie · Nov 8, 2008

Well, here is my semi-complete* system in all its glory. I designed around the ability to make this sucker use as little power while sitting around as possible.... so under 80W while idle is what came of it.
Anywho- this is what I came up with. I won't them cause they are rather large... so to be nice to 56k'rs just click if you want to see. ;-p
First up- Before shots of the cable management aspect...
[url]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d20/Flyordie07/Rage3D/PA102535.jpg[/url] <--- Before
[url]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d20/Flyordie07/Rage3D/PB072545.jpg[/url] <--- After
It was a major improvement for a Mid-Tower with little to no room... lolz.
If you have improvement suggestions run them by me... not picky but I won't be cutting holes in this case... the steel is 1.8mm thick.

**gonna add another HD4850 sometime later and up the PSU to an EA500 or SeaSonic equivalent.

douglatins · Nov 13, 2008

+1 4850 would give you bottle neck i think

Flyordie · Nov 26, 2008

I would really be bottlenecked by a 2.6Ghz A64 X2 3800+? Surely I would see some improvement by going to HD4850 Crossfire on this board... ;-|

FujiwaraTakumi · Nov 26, 2008

Your system would be bottlenecked by the processor. Adding another 4850 could make a slight improvement, but your overall system would still be bottlenecked by your processor.

DrPepper · Nov 26, 2008

my cpu at idle takes up 80 watts lol good job though maybe you could have went intel with an asus epu board and took advantage of its power savings.

proletariandan · Nov 26, 2008

Its too bad the HD4850 is so horribly inefficient at idle...Quite the disappointment considering that the HD3850/70 consumed significantly LESS power than previous generations.

cdawall · Nov 26, 2008

an NV card would be better for efficiency 8800GTS would work...

also go like i did celeron DC low power but better performance than an AMD

Nick89 · Nov 26, 2008

I had a 4200+ X2 @2.2ghz and I didnt notice any kind of bottle neck when I put in my 4850 to replace my 3850.

System Name	Budget AMD System
Processor	Threadripper 1900X @ 4.1Ghz (100x41 @ 1.3250V)
Motherboard	Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7
Cooling	EKWB X399 Monoblock
Memory	4x8GB GSkill TridentZ RGB 14-14-14-32 CR1 @ 3266
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon RX Vega₆⁴ Liquid @ 1,800Mhz Core, 1025Mhz HBM2
Storage	1x ADATA SX8200 NVMe, 1x Segate 2.5" FireCuda 2TB SATA, 1x 500GB HGST SATA
Display(s)	Vizio 22" 1080p 60hz TV (Samsung Panel)
Case	Corsair 570X
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic X Series 850W KM3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	Sovereign // HTPC
Processor	i7 3770k 4.2 // i7 3770k 4.2
Motherboard	Maximus V Gene // Sabertooth Z77
Cooling	Noctua D14 // Intel HSF
Memory	16GB Samsung // 16GB VengeanceLP
Video Card(s)	Deciding // 660 DC2
Storage	OS (X25-M), Data (Seagate 1TB) // Samsung 840 120GB & bunch of drives
Display(s)	Samsung T240HD // LG TV
Case	TJ08e // Grandia GD08
Audio Device(s)	DT880 Pro 250 ohm // TV speakers
Power Supply	Seasonic Plat 1000 // Seasonic Gold 760
Software	Windows 8 Pro x64 // Windows 7 Pro x64

System Name	Budget AMD System
Processor	Threadripper 1900X @ 4.1Ghz (100x41 @ 1.3250V)
Motherboard	Gigabyte X399 Aorus Gaming 7
Cooling	EKWB X399 Monoblock
Memory	4x8GB GSkill TridentZ RGB 14-14-14-32 CR1 @ 3266
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon RX Vega₆⁴ Liquid @ 1,800Mhz Core, 1025Mhz HBM2
Storage	1x ADATA SX8200 NVMe, 1x Segate 2.5" FireCuda 2TB SATA, 1x 500GB HGST SATA
Display(s)	Vizio 22" 1080p 60hz TV (Samsung Panel)
Case	Corsair 570X
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic X Series 850W KM3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

Processor	AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (NewCastle) @ 2.4Ghz
Motherboard	Asus K8N
Cooling	CM Hyper TX2, 4x80mm front intakes, Antec VGA intake, 92mm exhaust, Zalman VF900
Memory	2x512MB Corsair Value PC3200 CAS 2.5, 1x512MB Kingston HyperX PC3200 CAS 2.5
Video Card(s)	Sapphire X800GTO 440/540 w/ 16 pipelines bios mod
Storage	Seagate 160GB SATA, Seagate 200GB ATA
Display(s)	Samsung 19" widescreen (940BW)
Case	Rosewill TU-155
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Zalman ZM500 (500W)
Software	Windows XP Professional SP2

System Name	Rusky
Processor	Intel Core i7 D0 3.8Ghz
Motherboard	Asus P6T
Cooling	Thermaltake Dark Knight
Memory	12GB Patriot Viper's 1866mhz 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s)	GTX470 1280MB
Storage	OCZ Summit 60GB + Samsung 1TB + Samsung 2TB
Display(s)	Sharp Aquos L32X20E 1920 x 1080
Case	Silverstone Raven RV01
Power Supply	Corsair 650 Watt
Software	Windows 7 x64
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06 - 18064 http://img.techpowerup.org/090720/Capture002.jpg

My Energy Efficient Gaming rig ;-p

Flyordie

douglatins

Flyordie

FujiwaraTakumi

New Member

DrPepper

The Doctor is in the house

proletariandan

cdawall

where the hell are my stars

Nick89

System Name	All the cores
Processor	2990WX
Motherboard	Asrock X399M
Cooling	CPU-XSPC RayStorm Neo, 2x240mm+360mm, D5PWM+140mL, GPU-2x360mm, 2xbyski, D4+D5+100mL
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill 3600
Video Card(s)	(2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage	2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s)	Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case	Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s)	Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse	Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard	Keychron K8
Software	W10P

System Name	9th Level
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	MSI X570 Carbon wifi
Cooling	EK Basic 360, x2 250mm, x1 140mm, x1 120mm fans.
Memory	32GB Corsair Vengeance 3200mhz.
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3080 12GB FTW3
Storage	500gb ssd, 2tb ssd, 6tb HD.
Display(s)	MSI 27" Curved 1440p@165hz
Case	HAF 932
Power Supply	Corsair HX850W
Software	Windows 10 64bit