• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

Marks Tri-SLI SFF Lan box.

Joined
Jul 20, 2008
Messages
4,016 (0.69/day)
Location
Ohio
System Name Desktop|| Virtual Host 0
Processor Intel Core i5 2500-K @ 4.3ghz || 2x Xeon L5630 (total 8 cores, 16 threads)
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V || Dell PowerEdge R710 (Intel 5520 chipset)
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100 || Stock hotplug fans and passive heatsinks
Memory 4x4gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 || 12x4gb Hynix DDR3 1066 FB-DIMMs
Video Card(s) MSI GTX 760 Gaming Twin Frozr 4GB OC || Don't know, don't care
Storage Hitachi 7K3000 2TB || 6x300gb 15k rpm SAS internal hotswap, 12x3tb Seagate NAS drives in enclosure
Display(s) ViewSonic VA2349S || remote iDRAC KVM console
Case Antec P280 || Dell PowerEdge R710
Audio Device(s) HRT MusicStreamer II+ and Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 || Don't know, don't care
Power Supply SeaSonic X650 Gold || 2x870w hot-swappable
Mouse Logitech G500 || remote iDRAC KVM console
Keyboard Logitech G510 || remote iDRAC KVM console
Software Win7 Ultimate x64 || VMware vSphere 6.0 with vCenter Server 6.0
Benchmark Scores Over 9000 on the scouter
Who was the guy that solders the wires to the mobo and stuff? Like he solders the 24pin wires to the back of the mobo 24pin input and stuff...its nuts
I think I'll let Mark answer that ;) :laugh:
 

MKmods

Case Mod Guru
Joined
Feb 26, 2008
Messages
5,697 (0.96/day)
Location
Nevada
System Name Crossflow III
Processor AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard Asus Crosshair III
Cooling Air
Memory 4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s) single 9800GT
Storage Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s) LG Flatron 24"
Case Custom
Audio Device(s) AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores 3DMark06--21963 so far
Actually I am looking into the big PSU issue, I think I can get around it, some kilowatt psus actually retain the same size as the ones normally used. I'm gonna give it a bit of time 4850x2 hasn't made its way out yet, but I been thinking about this for a while when I first saw a lanbox with an SLI single slot configuration, I figured a quad-or 3way setup would be the next step, just pull the hdd cage out of the front, and you get enough room for longer cards. Well Im going to go ahead and be quiet now. I hope to see this thing mod in action.

no need to be quiet, glad you took the time to stop by.:toast: DFI has that new mATX mobo thats crossfire (how about a pair of 4850 X2s.....)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813136055
 
Last edited:

MKmods

Case Mod Guru
Joined
Feb 26, 2008
Messages
5,697 (0.96/day)
Location
Nevada
System Name Crossflow III
Processor AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard Asus Crosshair III
Cooling Air
Memory 4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s) single 9800GT
Storage Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s) LG Flatron 24"
Case Custom
Audio Device(s) AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores 3DMark06--21963 so far
Who was the guy that solders the wires to the mobo and stuff? Like he solders the 24pin wires to the back of the mobo 24pin input and stuff...its nuts

lol, you mean this guy

;)
 

somethingcool

New Member
Joined
Sep 16, 2008
Messages
10 (0.00/day)
Location
Portland, OR
Who was the guy that solders the wires to the mobo and stuff? Like he solders the 24pin wires to the back of the mobo 24pin input and stuff...its nuts

Uhhh, that would be MKmods... :slap:


Actually I am looking into the big PSU issue, I think I can get around it, some kilowatt psus actually retain the same size as the ones normally used.

Forgive me if I am missing something, but why do you need a kilowatt PSU? A 4850x2 and a 4850 will maybe pull 500W max... (based on a 4850 maxing at 200w or so)
You would need one beastly system to pull more than 250w for the rest of the components, so a good quality 750W should do fine.
 

MKmods

Case Mod Guru
Joined
Feb 26, 2008
Messages
5,697 (0.96/day)
Location
Nevada
System Name Crossflow III
Processor AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard Asus Crosshair III
Cooling Air
Memory 4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s) single 9800GT
Storage Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s) LG Flatron 24"
Case Custom
Audio Device(s) AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores 3DMark06--21963 so far
I remember when looking at Nvidias site for Tri SLI PSs they are all 1000watts and above too. I think they say that to be on the safe side.
 

kysg

New Member
Joined
Aug 20, 2008
Messages
1,255 (0.22/day)
Location
Pacoima, CA
System Name Workhorse lappy
Processor AMD A6 3420
Memory 8GB DDR3 1066
Video Card(s) ATI radeon 6520G
Storage OCZ Vertex4 128GB SSD SATAIII
Display(s) 15inch LCD
Software Windows 7 64bit
no need to be quiet, glad you took the time to stop by.:toast: DFI has that new mATX mobo thats crossfire (how about a pair of 4850 X2s.....)

You know I actually have that board lol, I have a thread open in the mobo section about it, currently its on hold due to the fact I had to order the chipset cooler today, DFI did a good job on this board, a good job, I'm not saying it's perfect, but it beats all other matx boards right now I think,

I also think they did a good job on the NB cooler for it


@somethingcool: yea they say kilowatt psu's to be on the safe side, I'm pretty sure this is because at full load thing eats up a lot of power. Still I should look at xbitlabs for the powerdraw information so I can draw a better conclusion on this.
 

Attachments

  • DSC00037.jpg
    DSC00037.jpg
    191.8 KB · Views: 385

Jmatt110

New Member
Joined
Jul 22, 2008
Messages
510 (0.09/day)
Location
Australia
Processor Intel 2600k @ 4.8ghz
Motherboard ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
Cooling EK Supreme
Memory 16gb Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s) 2x 6990 Quadfire
Storage OCZ Vertex 2 120gb, 2 storage drives.
Display(s) Eyefinity - 3x Dell U3011
Case CaseLabs TH10
Audio Device(s) Creative X-Fi Titanium HD
Power Supply Corsair AX1200W + AX850W
Software Windows 7 x64
Thanks tzitzibp...

In case you are wondering about the PS and Hdds here is a shot of behind the mobo tray

notice I offset one of the 140mm fans so it will supply cool air the PS and Hdds

Is it just me or is the mobo tray bent? Where the hole of the fan is, it seems the trays bends backwards.
 
Joined
Jul 20, 2008
Messages
4,016 (0.69/day)
Location
Ohio
System Name Desktop|| Virtual Host 0
Processor Intel Core i5 2500-K @ 4.3ghz || 2x Xeon L5630 (total 8 cores, 16 threads)
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V || Dell PowerEdge R710 (Intel 5520 chipset)
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100 || Stock hotplug fans and passive heatsinks
Memory 4x4gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 || 12x4gb Hynix DDR3 1066 FB-DIMMs
Video Card(s) MSI GTX 760 Gaming Twin Frozr 4GB OC || Don't know, don't care
Storage Hitachi 7K3000 2TB || 6x300gb 15k rpm SAS internal hotswap, 12x3tb Seagate NAS drives in enclosure
Display(s) ViewSonic VA2349S || remote iDRAC KVM console
Case Antec P280 || Dell PowerEdge R710
Audio Device(s) HRT MusicStreamer II+ and Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 || Don't know, don't care
Power Supply SeaSonic X650 Gold || 2x870w hot-swappable
Mouse Logitech G500 || remote iDRAC KVM console
Keyboard Logitech G510 || remote iDRAC KVM console
Software Win7 Ultimate x64 || VMware vSphere 6.0 with vCenter Server 6.0
Benchmark Scores Over 9000 on the scouter
Forgive me if I am missing something, but why do you need a kilowatt PSU? A 4850x2 and a 4850 will maybe pull 500W max... (based on a 4850 maxing at 200w or so)
You would need one beastly system to pull more than 250w for the rest of the components, so a good quality 750W should do fine.
Kilowatt PSU's are necessary to add some extra girth to the e-penis so it stays in proportion with the added length of tri or quad gpu configuration. :roll:

Seriously though, I've been kinda wondering the same thing for a while :confused:
 

MKmods

Case Mod Guru
Joined
Feb 26, 2008
Messages
5,697 (0.96/day)
Location
Nevada
System Name Crossflow III
Processor AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard Asus Crosshair III
Cooling Air
Memory 4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s) single 9800GT
Storage Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s) LG Flatron 24"
Case Custom
Audio Device(s) AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores 3DMark06--21963 so far
Is it just me or is the mobo tray bent? Where the hole of the fan is, it seems the trays bends backwards.

its you( and the shadow)
 
Joined
Jul 20, 2008
Messages
4,016 (0.69/day)
Location
Ohio
System Name Desktop|| Virtual Host 0
Processor Intel Core i5 2500-K @ 4.3ghz || 2x Xeon L5630 (total 8 cores, 16 threads)
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V || Dell PowerEdge R710 (Intel 5520 chipset)
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100 || Stock hotplug fans and passive heatsinks
Memory 4x4gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 || 12x4gb Hynix DDR3 1066 FB-DIMMs
Video Card(s) MSI GTX 760 Gaming Twin Frozr 4GB OC || Don't know, don't care
Storage Hitachi 7K3000 2TB || 6x300gb 15k rpm SAS internal hotswap, 12x3tb Seagate NAS drives in enclosure
Display(s) ViewSonic VA2349S || remote iDRAC KVM console
Case Antec P280 || Dell PowerEdge R710
Audio Device(s) HRT MusicStreamer II+ and Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 || Don't know, don't care
Power Supply SeaSonic X650 Gold || 2x870w hot-swappable
Mouse Logitech G500 || remote iDRAC KVM console
Keyboard Logitech G510 || remote iDRAC KVM console
Software Win7 Ultimate x64 || VMware vSphere 6.0 with vCenter Server 6.0
Benchmark Scores Over 9000 on the scouter
its you( and the shadow)
I had been wondering that as well, but assumed something similar. I can't imagine somebody like you would overlook a bent mobo tray :laugh:
 

MKmods

Case Mod Guru
Joined
Feb 26, 2008
Messages
5,697 (0.96/day)
Location
Nevada
System Name Crossflow III
Processor AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard Asus Crosshair III
Cooling Air
Memory 4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s) single 9800GT
Storage Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s) LG Flatron 24"
Case Custom
Audio Device(s) AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores 3DMark06--21963 so far
I had been wondering that as well, but assumed something similar. I can't imagine somebody like you would overlook a bent mobo tray :laugh:
when doing prototype work I have to assemble/disassemble the parts hundreds of times to try stuff and refit things. Some parts I remake after the case is finished because I practically destroyed them with all the fittings...

I would be more fussy when its done than while its being built and testfit...
 

Jmatt110

New Member
Joined
Jul 22, 2008
Messages
510 (0.09/day)
Location
Australia
Processor Intel 2600k @ 4.8ghz
Motherboard ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
Cooling EK Supreme
Memory 16gb Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s) 2x 6990 Quadfire
Storage OCZ Vertex 2 120gb, 2 storage drives.
Display(s) Eyefinity - 3x Dell U3011
Case CaseLabs TH10
Audio Device(s) Creative X-Fi Titanium HD
Power Supply Corsair AX1200W + AX850W
Software Windows 7 x64
Joined
Jul 20, 2008
Messages
4,016 (0.69/day)
Location
Ohio
System Name Desktop|| Virtual Host 0
Processor Intel Core i5 2500-K @ 4.3ghz || 2x Xeon L5630 (total 8 cores, 16 threads)
Motherboard ASUS P8Z68-V || Dell PowerEdge R710 (Intel 5520 chipset)
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100 || Stock hotplug fans and passive heatsinks
Memory 4x4gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 || 12x4gb Hynix DDR3 1066 FB-DIMMs
Video Card(s) MSI GTX 760 Gaming Twin Frozr 4GB OC || Don't know, don't care
Storage Hitachi 7K3000 2TB || 6x300gb 15k rpm SAS internal hotswap, 12x3tb Seagate NAS drives in enclosure
Display(s) ViewSonic VA2349S || remote iDRAC KVM console
Case Antec P280 || Dell PowerEdge R710
Audio Device(s) HRT MusicStreamer II+ and Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 || Don't know, don't care
Power Supply SeaSonic X650 Gold || 2x870w hot-swappable
Mouse Logitech G500 || remote iDRAC KVM console
Keyboard Logitech G510 || remote iDRAC KVM console
Software Win7 Ultimate x64 || VMware vSphere 6.0 with vCenter Server 6.0
Benchmark Scores Over 9000 on the scouter
when doing prototype work I have to assemble/disassemble the parts hundreds of times to try stuff and refit things. Some parts I remake after the case is finished because I practically destroyed them with all the fittings...

I would be more fussy when its done than while its being built and testfit...
Ah, ok, that makes sense. I've never done any real serious mods, so I hadn't thought about that.

lol fair enough then, I must be going crazy.
Earlier today, when I got home from work, I thought I saw ants moving around on my kitchen floor. Turned out to just be the speckle on the tile that's been exactly the same for the past couple years :eek:
 

Jmatt110

New Member
Joined
Jul 22, 2008
Messages
510 (0.09/day)
Location
Australia
Processor Intel 2600k @ 4.8ghz
Motherboard ASUS Maximus IV Extreme-Z
Cooling EK Supreme
Memory 16gb Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s) 2x 6990 Quadfire
Storage OCZ Vertex 2 120gb, 2 storage drives.
Display(s) Eyefinity - 3x Dell U3011
Case CaseLabs TH10
Audio Device(s) Creative X-Fi Titanium HD
Power Supply Corsair AX1200W + AX850W
Software Windows 7 x64
Ah, ok, that makes sense. I've never done any real serious mods, so I hadn't thought about that.


Earlier today, when I got home from work, I thought I saw ants moving around on my kitchen floor. Turned out to just be the speckle on the tile that's been exactly the same for the past couple years :eek:

lol this morning in bed I cut my elbow on the zipper of one of my pillows while I was asleep, now theres blood all over my bed. Crazy stuff lol.
 

fluidmeister

New Member
Joined
Mar 21, 2008
Messages
5 (0.00/day)
Well, i went up and down a set of stairs 20 times yesterday with a foot broken in 4 places and by the time i got home it looked like Popeye's forearms, LOL!
 
Joined
Nov 17, 2007
Messages
2,228 (0.37/day)
Location
Larisa, Greece
System Name StarCruiser Dark Knight v.2
Processor Intel® Core™ i5-3570K
Motherboard P8Z77-V LX
Cooling 1x custom W/C loop/ inflow:6x120 /outflow:4x120, 2x200
Memory Viper 3 Black Mamba (4x4GB)
Video Card(s) Powercolor LCS 5870
Storage 1X 128GB OCZ, 2 x 1.500 Gb Seagate
Display(s) Samsung 24" LC24F396
Case custom MDF case (I BUILT IT) check sig.....NOW
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply Tagan 900 watt
Software Win 7 RC / Open office / Games
@MK I checked the width of the offset for the hdds... question: is there going to be enough space for the cpu cooling set up? :confused:
 

MKmods

Case Mod Guru
Joined
Feb 26, 2008
Messages
5,697 (0.96/day)
Location
Nevada
System Name Crossflow III
Processor AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard Asus Crosshair III
Cooling Air
Memory 4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s) single 9800GT
Storage Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s) LG Flatron 24"
Case Custom
Audio Device(s) AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores 3DMark06--21963 so far
@MK I checked the width of the offset for the hdds... question: is there going to be enough space for the cpu cooling set up? :confused:

Thats why I got the Zerotherm BTF92. Its about 5" tall like the AC freezer, it just barely fits.

However like somethingcool mentioned you always have the option of using a cooler like the Silverstone NT-06.

Il throw up a couple more picts today showing the PS and Hdds in a bit.
 
Joined
Nov 17, 2007
Messages
2,228 (0.37/day)
Location
Larisa, Greece
System Name StarCruiser Dark Knight v.2
Processor Intel® Core™ i5-3570K
Motherboard P8Z77-V LX
Cooling 1x custom W/C loop/ inflow:6x120 /outflow:4x120, 2x200
Memory Viper 3 Black Mamba (4x4GB)
Video Card(s) Powercolor LCS 5870
Storage 1X 128GB OCZ, 2 x 1.500 Gb Seagate
Display(s) Samsung 24" LC24F396
Case custom MDF case (I BUILT IT) check sig.....NOW
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply Tagan 900 watt
Software Win 7 RC / Open office / Games
sounds like is the way to go!

i 'd love to see the set up! :cool:
 

MKmods

Case Mod Guru
Joined
Feb 26, 2008
Messages
5,697 (0.96/day)
Location
Nevada
System Name Crossflow III
Processor AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard Asus Crosshair III
Cooling Air
Memory 4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s) single 9800GT
Storage Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s) LG Flatron 24"
Case Custom
Audio Device(s) AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores 3DMark06--21963 so far
welcome to TPU WC. Glad you stopped by the thread.
 

InnocentCriminal

Resident Grammar Amender
Joined
Feb 21, 2005
Messages
6,477 (0.92/day)
System Name BeeR 6
Processor Intel Core i7 3770K*
Motherboard ASUS Maximus V Gene (1155/Z77)
Cooling Corsair H100i
Memory 16GB Samsung Green 1600MHz DDR3**
Video Card(s) 4GB MSI Gaming X RX480
Storage 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD
Display(s) 27" Samsung C27F591FDU
Case Fractal Design Arc Mini
Power Supply Corsair HX750W
Software 64bit Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores *@ 4.6GHz **@ 2133MHz
XD

HEH HEH HEH! Love it, first post rawr'd! HEH HEH HEH!

How are you feeling now MK? I'm craving pictures... :drool:
 

MKmods

Case Mod Guru
Joined
Feb 26, 2008
Messages
5,697 (0.96/day)
Location
Nevada
System Name Crossflow III
Processor AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard Asus Crosshair III
Cooling Air
Memory 4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s) single 9800GT
Storage Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s) LG Flatron 24"
Case Custom
Audio Device(s) AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores 3DMark06--21963 so far
XD

HEH HEH HEH! Love it, first post rawr'd! HEH HEH HEH!

How are you feeling now MK? I'm craving pictures... :drool:

Im feeling better (thanks IC ) and in the middle of putting a new laminate floor in my shop (dont tell the nurses its my fault the dressing keeps getting ripped off, lol)

I am debating on how to do/show the wiring as several of the parts should be patented. Give me a couple days to finish my floor and get back to modding.
 

jbunch07

New Member
Joined
Feb 22, 2008
Messages
5,260 (0.89/day)
Location
Chattanooga,TN
Processor i5-2500k
Motherboard ASRock z68 pro3-m
Cooling Corsair A70
Memory Kingston HyperX 8GB 2 x 4GB 1600mhz
Storage OCZ Agility3 60GB(boot) 2x320GB Raid0(storage)
Display(s) Samsung 24" 1920x1200
Case Custom
Power Supply PC Power and Cooling 750w
Software Win 7 x64
Im feeling better (thanks IC ) and in the middle of putting a new laminate floor in my shop (dont tell the nurses its my fault the dressing keeps getting ripped off, lol)

I am debating on how to do/show the wiring as several of the parts should be patented. Give me a couple days to finish my floor and get back to modding.

Good luck with the floor, Im going to be redoing my garage and workbench the first weekend in october, going to have a huge garage sale, and hopefully once its all said and done ill have a work bench...that I can actually use.
 

Cold Storm

Battosai
Joined
Oct 7, 2007
Messages
15,010 (2.47/day)
Location
In a library somewhere on this earth
System Name Haro
Processor AMD 1700x
Motherboard AsRork x370 Taichi
Cooling EK Custom Loop - CPU only
Memory 32gb G-Skill Trident Z
Video Card(s) EVGA 1080 Superclock 2
Storage Too Many
Display(s) Viewsonic VX2450WM-LED 24" & LG 32 IPS
Case Cooler Master Cosmos II
Power Supply Cooler Master V1000
Mouse SteelSeries Rival 500
Software Win10 Pro
Benchmark Scores i5 750 4.62ghz pi runs // Evga FTW p55
Good luck with the floor, Im going to be redoing my garage and workbench the first weekend in october, going to have a huge garage sale, and hopefully once its all said and done ill have a work bench...that I can actually use.

You mean that a garage is suppose to have tools, a car, and NO boxes? :laugh: down here in Florida, it's one of the hard finds... Try and find a house that doesn't have half the garage filled with boxes due to moving... Lol

MK... Your making me wait! If this turns out like I believe it will... I might have to talk with you about paying for your brain "use" :roll:
 

InnocentCriminal

Resident Grammar Amender
Joined
Feb 21, 2005
Messages
6,477 (0.92/day)
System Name BeeR 6
Processor Intel Core i7 3770K*
Motherboard ASUS Maximus V Gene (1155/Z77)
Cooling Corsair H100i
Memory 16GB Samsung Green 1600MHz DDR3**
Video Card(s) 4GB MSI Gaming X RX480
Storage 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD
Display(s) 27" Samsung C27F591FDU
Case Fractal Design Arc Mini
Power Supply Corsair HX750W
Software 64bit Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores *@ 4.6GHz **@ 2133MHz
Im feeling better (thanks IC ) and in the middle of putting a new laminate floor in my shop (dont tell the nurses its my fault the dressing keeps getting ripped off, lol)

I am debating on how to do/show the wiring as several of the parts should be patented. Give me a couple days to finish my floor and get back to modding.

Righto! Be-careful doing the floor, don't want to put back any of this moddin' malarkey. ;)
 
Top