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KieX's 1m² crunching farm

How should I upgrade my farm?

  • Build an SR-2

    Votes: 3 15.8%
  • Upgrade both i7 quads to hex

    Votes: 12 63.2%
  • Get another i7 quad

    Votes: 2 10.5%
  • Other

    Votes: 2 10.5%

  • Total voters
    19
  • Poll closed .
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No i'm shopping for htpc's thanks for the heads up!

my i7 + 295 was too much for this case

the rig shut itself down due to overheating, and that was at stock speeds :shadedshu

check out silverstones sg0x series, they seem okay, but i dont know how well the cooling is in those

best cube case ive ever had was the nzxt rogue, that is one cool case, but isnt produced anymore, and its big for a cube case
 
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Updated the OP with a picture of my room and the tiny space I have to work with.

The stand fan I think is going to be a definite buy. mATX and rack ideas are two seriously good ideas I had not though of before. Thanks so much for your response I wasn't expecting such turnout.

Just throwing out this question although maybe better to have this one on another subforum... would watercooling make the room cooler? Or is my room bound to the laws of physics and it will get just as hot, though cooler hardware?
 
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No water cooling will not make your room cooler... the heat produced will go to your rad and the fans will still pump that heat into your room imo. Your focus should be on how to lower your ambient temps.

Wow looking at the amount of space you have i think stacking is your best option!
 
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No water cooling will not make your room cooler... the heat produced will go to your rad and the fans will still pump that heat into your room imo. Your focus should be on how to lower your ambient temps.

what if he uses a 9x120mm rad, and place it in the window and have fans blowing out of the window, wont that lower temps a bit?
 
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what if he uses a 9x120mm rad, and place it in the window and have fans blowing out of the window, wont that lower temps a bit?

yes that would help... the biggest fight is ambient temps... if you can figure out a way to "dump the heat" and get a constant inflow of cooler air then you will be winning
 
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Kiex, I would advise on you buying a 19" rack e.g. rittal, new or secondhand. Get some secondhand rack server cases, transfer your CPUs to the racks. It will be much easier to manage thermally, as well as physically. If your room has a door, a small vent at the top and bottom will also help "chimney" heat out of the small room.

That's a great idea but those suckers are expensive - even used. Also, if you want to oc you need room for cooling gear whether you go air cooling (especially) or water. Water gives you more flexibility though and I've seen setups with 6 motherboards on the same pump and radiator. If you go with 4U cases in the rack, you'll have nearly as much room as a mid tower case but mounting something like a True 120 is going to be very tight and you might have to leave the lid off.

In the summer I have a problem with the small room where my desk is. It's 10 x 12 feet and only has one register for the central a/c.

I've found the best arrangement is to have one fan mounted near the ceiling in the part of the room farthest from the door. This gets pointed in the general direction of the door. Then, near the door, mount a very directional fan near the ceiling and have it aimed at about the middle of the door way.

I use this one or something almost identical. It pivots to point in almost any direction. The arc is about from 40 degrees below horizontal to maybe 70 degrees above.

What happens is you get warm air near the ceiling being forced out and cool air near the floor sucked in. When both fans are on high, they make a bit of a racket, but you can actually feel the breeze created by the cool air rushing in.

It's not perfect, but I can keep that room to within 2-3F degrees of the temp in the hallway.
 

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I see you have a window there... What about those fans that fit in yer windows http://www.seds.com/consumerelectronics.htm this is just a google link, but you get my drift. Have the fans mounted in the window so that they push the air out of ur lil room there. Also IDK what the dust situation is there in that room, but maybe one of those open bench tech stations would work? just throwing that last one out there....

PS. I use a window fan in my bedroom for when I smoke cigs, etc. I just have the air flow pushing the smoke out of the room and it works like a charm for that purpose... im not sure about cooling a room that way tho....
 
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I'd say go for the Hex's! :rockout:
 

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I'd say get a pair of hex-core i7s & sell off the current quads (or maybe keep one around for a potential 3rd i7). That should give the best PPD/$ ratio, an W555(SR-2) setup still is way overpriced IMO. Especially w/ CPUs well over $1000 a piece
 
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