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System Name | Blaq Mamba |
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Processor | Intel i7 950 @4Ghz Swiftech Water Cooled |
Motherboard | ASUS ROG Rampage III Formula |
Cooling | All are 12cm LED fans: 2x front, 1x side, 1x back, 2x inside top under CPU radiator, 2x 14cm Top. |
Memory | 12GB DDR3 1600 3x4GB DIMMs |
Video Card(s) | 2x MSI HD 6950 2GB flashed to 6970 2GB... Damn fast :p direct exhaust. |
Storage | 2x GSkill Phoenix Pro 120GB SSDs' in RAID 0 (500MB/s read/write). 3x 2TB WD Green in RAID 5 |
Display(s) | 52" Sony Bravia LCD 200hz motionflow |
Case | NZXT Tempest Evo |
Audio Device(s) | 6950/6970 |
Power Supply | 1200w Thermaltake Toughpower |
Software | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
Benchmark Scores | 7.7 in Windows Experience Index.... CPU holding me back... |
EDITED:
Ok... Basically I wanted
As I'm wanting to use it for:
After having a look around I'm starting to think I'm gonna want more power than what I was planning....
So looks like I may get the ZOTAC H67-ITX WiFi & a i3 2100t 35w.
Will probably under clock some components & drop voltages to bring that value down a little.
Am looking at the Lian Li PC-Q08 case for the good HDD cooling & ventilation. Will probably cut some of the side of the HDD trays out to increase airflow. Will also be covering up the PSU slot as I'm going to buy a PicoPSU as I mention VVV
My other consideration was a dual core i5 or a dual core i3 both 35w, my 1st choice is the lowest power quad core 45w... Even tho the dual might cope just fine (especially with hyper threading)... Let's just hope I can keep the power down just a little.....
I probably going to buy a PicoPSU, not sure what capacity. Was thinking 120w but a 90w might almost do me. 4x 2TB drives use 5.3w each while active. So hoping I can keep low.
Any other opinions are greatly appreciated.
Ok... Basically I wanted
- Mini-itx
- USB 3.0
- 5 SATA ports
- RAID if possible
- Gigabit
- XBMC &...
- HDMI (pref 1.4a)
- Low power consumption
As I'm wanting to use it for:
- HTPC - XBMC
- File server (for other XBMC clients inc iPad2)
- Vuze (torrents)
- USB-UIRT (ir receiver/transmitter for universal control)
- File storage (my collection of everything)
- HTTP/FTP server
- General remote desktop use Through iPad.
After having a look around I'm starting to think I'm gonna want more power than what I was planning....
So looks like I may get the ZOTAC H67-ITX WiFi & a i3 2100t 35w.
Will probably under clock some components & drop voltages to bring that value down a little.
Am looking at the Lian Li PC-Q08 case for the good HDD cooling & ventilation. Will probably cut some of the side of the HDD trays out to increase airflow. Will also be covering up the PSU slot as I'm going to buy a PicoPSU as I mention VVV
My other consideration was a dual core i5 or a dual core i3 both 35w, my 1st choice is the lowest power quad core 45w... Even tho the dual might cope just fine (especially with hyper threading)... Let's just hope I can keep the power down just a little.....
I probably going to buy a PicoPSU, not sure what capacity. Was thinking 120w but a 90w might almost do me. 4x 2TB drives use 5.3w each while active. So hoping I can keep low.
Any other opinions are greatly appreciated.
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