Mini IIX all purpose rig (With a proper video card!)

a_ump · May 8, 2009

very nice.

kyle2020 · May 8, 2009

Is your GPU-Z screenshot glitched or is your card on the fritz?

alucasa · May 8, 2009

mlee49 said:
Total cost? WCG points?

Case : 100USD. It comes with PSU.
Slime line DVD : 40 USD. 10 USD for adapter
Q8200 : 165 USD
Mobo : 150USD
RAM : 40USD for 4gb (2x2)
GPU : 130USD (or around that)
Total : 635 USD for everything.

I am expecting around 13000 WCG points a day. This is coming from experience with Q6600. I will run at stock. I don't want to blow up the PSU.

kyle2020 said:
Is your GPU-Z screenshot glitched or is your card on the fritz?

What do you mean ?

kyle2020 · May 8, 2009

This:

Shows your GPU clocks as 0? Hope Im looking at it right haha.

a_ump · May 8, 2009

fillrates and bandwidth are also blank....lol strange

kyle2020 · May 8, 2009

Must be the driver - have you updated to the latest? I did last night, nothing noticeable performance wise though.

alucasa · May 8, 2009

I am running everything on Windows 7 default drivers. I will update it with Nvidia one. I didn't update it since I had no reason to.

alucasa · May 8, 2009

Updating driver worked.

a_ump · May 8, 2009

just curious, how does my 7800GTX have more bandwidth than your 8800GTS? well actually more than most cards, almost 8800GTX bandwidth somehow

EDIT: nvm i googled how to calculate it, and GPU-Z is multiplying my effective memory speed(1340) by 2 instead of the actual speed(670). weird lol but it makes it look like i got tons of bandwidth

alucasa · May 10, 2009

Just an update. The rig is now using 120w at full load while 8800GTS is idling.

I've been able to crunch with just 1gb so far, but ram usage is high. I hope the 2x2gb set will work. I will know on Monday.

The silverstone case is the best enthusiast (Gaming class) mini-itx case I've seen so far. I think I will buy a few more of this case and set up a neat farm.
I am even thinking of getting rid of my mid tower and go with this case in near future when mini-itx gets AMD 790x chipset.

ascstinger · May 10, 2009

oh? when is itx getting the 790x?

I'm running the 8200 zotac board in my SG-05 and was planning to move up to the 9300 and a quad and just eliminate my tower alltogether

alucasa · May 10, 2009

Well, currently, it has up to 780 chipset, and there is a mini-itx that has pci-e 16x (runs at 4x) with 780 chipset as well. I suppose 790 will come in a year or so. I just hope there will be one with pci-e 16.

Mussels · May 11, 2009

alucasa said:
Well, currently, it has up to 780 chipset, and there is a mini-itx that has pci-e 16x (runs at 4x) with 780 chipset as well. I suppose 790 will come in a year or so. I just hope there will be one with pci-e 16.

doesnt the MINIX have a true 16x slot? i was looking at that for my ITX build. (which is still months away)

BrooksyX · May 11, 2009

Mussels said:
doesnt the MINIX have a true 16x slot? i was looking at that for my ITX build. (which is still months away)

I am pretty sure the Zotac 9300 board has a true 16x slot. Here it is on the egg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500022

alucasa · May 11, 2009

Mussels said:
doesnt the MINIX have a true 16x slot? i was looking at that for my ITX build. (which is still months away)

The Zotac one has a true 16x. If you look at one of my desktop screenshot which includes GPU-Z, it does show that it has full 16x. What's more, its gen-2 (I found out from the manual).

The AMD mini-ITX I am talking about has 4x in 16x form though. Here is a link. http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=32760&vpn=MINIX780G-SP128MB&manufacture=J&W Technology

And a review of it. http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2008/09/17/j-w-minix-780g-mini-itx-htpc-motherboard/1

Mussels · May 11, 2009

alucasa said:
The Zotac one has a true 16x. If you look at one of my desktop screenshot which includes GPU-Z, it does show that it has full 16x. What's more, its gen-2 (I found out from the manual).

The AMD mini-ITX I am talking about has 4x in 16x form though. Here is a link. http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=32760&vpn=MINIX780G-SP128MB&manufacture=J&W Technology

And a review of it. http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/motherboards/2008/09/17/j-w-minix-780g-mini-itx-htpc-motherboard/1

all 780G boards will be in PCI-E 2.0, so even a 4x slot will be overkill for the kind of cards you run on an itx board.

and thats the minix, the one i'm talking about! i thought it was 16x, but 4x 2.0 works for me.

alucasa · May 11, 2009

It doesn't support Phenom II though.

Mussels · May 11, 2009

alucasa said:
It doesn't support Phenom II though.

its ITX!

gawd, you'd want an athlon 64 for something like that anyway. cheapest dual core possible.

alucasa · May 11, 2009

Nah, I'd go for quad core even if I am building ITX system which is exactly what I did with this build.

My next build will be an Atom 330 with the same case.

ascstinger · May 11, 2009

Mussels said:
its ITX!

gawd, you'd want an athlon 64 for something like that anyway. cheapest dual core possible.

yeah, but at the price point of that x4 minix and a fairly decent A64 X2, you could pretty much have the 9300 wifi and say and e5300 or smth. even a 4670 would have a bottleneck at 2.0 4x, and with the performance of either the 780g, 8200 or 9300 it isnt worth buying anything lower. (unless the prices of the J&W have significantly dropped

@alucasa, ok I thought it had already been announced or smth

alucasa · May 11, 2009

I could find J&W MINIX at 225 CAD in Canada. Zotac 9300 was purchased at 175 CAD.

It was easy what to choose.

ascstinger · May 12, 2009

alucasa said:
I could find J&W MINIX at 225 CAD in Canada. Zotac 9300 was purchased at 175 CAD.

It was easy what to choose.

yeah exactly, I'm a bit of an AMD fanboy and I'd rather have the 9300 as well for that same reason

lemonadesoda · May 12, 2009

alucasa said:
My next build will be an Atom 330 with the same case.

Atom 330 is a GREAT basis for a micro-server, but for a desktop, you will be pushing P4 performance, not more. You may be disappointed.

Could you run some benchmarks on the Zotac please? Please see here:
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=82785

BrooksyX · May 12, 2009

lemonadesoda said:
Atom 330 is a GREAT basis for a micro-server, but for a desktop, you will be pushing P4 performance, not more. You may be disappointed.

Could you run some benchmarks on the Zotac please? Please see here:
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=82785

Agreed. Atom performance is just too weak. I had a netbook and I sold it and bought a laptop. I am much happier with the laptop performance wise.

My cpu is supposed to be arriving tomorrow so I should have my mini-itx rig up and running as well.

Braveheart · May 12, 2009

are you selling any of those cases?

System Name	Felix777
Processor	Core i5-3570k@stock
Motherboard	Biostar H61
Memory	8gb
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 470
Storage	WD 500GB BLK
Display(s)	Acer p236h bd
Case	Haf 912
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Rosewill CAPSTONE 450watt
Software	Win 10 x64

System Name	Felix777
Processor	Core i5-3570k@stock
Motherboard	Biostar H61
Memory	8gb
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 470
Storage	WD 500GB BLK
Display(s)	Acer p236h bd
Case	Haf 912
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Rosewill CAPSTONE 450watt
Software	Win 10 x64

System Name	Felix777
Processor	Core i5-3570k@stock
Motherboard	Biostar H61
Memory	8gb
Video Card(s)	XFX RX 470
Storage	WD 500GB BLK
Display(s)	Acer p236h bd
Case	Haf 912
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Rosewill CAPSTONE 450watt
Software	Win 10 x64

System Name	F34R T3H 0R4NG3
Processor	AMD Phenom II 945
Motherboard	DFI DK 790gx LP JR
Cooling	Scythe Mugen II
Memory	G.SKILL Trident 4GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX260 Core216 55nm
Storage	Western Digital 80gb Vraptor
Display(s)	Westinghouse 19" LCD
Case	Antec Mini P180 Black
Audio Device(s)	Onboard :/
Power Supply	Antec Signature Series 650w
Software	Vista x64 SP2

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Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
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Memory	12gb of G.Skill Value Series DDR3 / 4x 1gb DDR2
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon 6870 1gb / Asus Radeon 5450 512mb
Storage	2x Samsung 830 64gb SSD Raid 0 & 750gb WD Blue HDD / OCZ Vertex II 80GB & 10TB of HDD Space
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Power Supply	Rosewill 750w / Antec EArthwatts 380w
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