Norton's Build Log- Final 2012 rig?

Norton · Oct 11, 2012

Capitan Harlock said:
im curious about how is your powerbill every month with 6 pcs + 1 of the new build or you have a solar pannel system?

Power bill is higher than normal but I have some secondary locations I use where power use is not an issue.

and it will help with the heat in the Winter :toast:

[Ion] · Oct 11, 2012

Norton said:
Power bill is higher than normal but I have some secondary locations I use where power use is not an issue.

and it will help with the heat in the Winter

That it definitely will. Even when it's 45F outside and I have the windows open, the computers still keep it plenty warm

Any new pics for us?

Norton · Oct 12, 2012

Pics- I'll just leave these here (sorry for the crappy cell phone pics :rolleyes:

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[Ion] · Oct 12, 2012

That's a really nice set of parts you have there! :rockout:

When are you going to assemble it?

Aquinus · Oct 12, 2012

I have the blue variant of your 6870 and the reference 6870 as well. It idles real low but it's loaded temps at higher voltages don't get handled as well as the reference cooler. If you have the option for a side panel case fan, I would opt for it. The GPU will benefit from it.

Norton · Oct 12, 2012

[Ion] said:
That's a really nice set of parts you have there!

When are you going to assemble it?

Thanks- I plan to get everything together this weekend

Aquinus said:
I have the blue variant of your 6870 and the reference 6870 as well. It idles real low but it's loaded temps at higher voltages don't get handled as well as the reference cooler. If you have the option for a side panel case fan, I would opt for it. The GPU will benefit from it.

I've run this card before in the Fortress and it ran a little warm but never hot. This case will be running 6 fans total so I think the card should run pretty cool.

- 2x135mm Zalman's in the Front (Intake)
- 2x120mm Corsair's in the Top (Exhaust)
- 1x140mm Fractal in the Rear (Exhaust)
- 1x140mm Xigmatek in the Bottom (Intake)

:toast:

Daimus · Oct 12, 2012

@Norton
Do you plan to bump the 8120 a bit higher? Up to 4 GHz on all cores for example?

Norton · Oct 12, 2012

Daimus said:
@Norton
Do you plan to bump the 8120 a bit higher? Up to 4 GHz on all cores for example?

I'll run the 8120 at 8150 settings at minimum (3.6Ghz) and yes as long as everything runs stable I will run at 4Ghz. The 8150 in my main rig is 100% happy crunching 24/7 at 4Ghz so I don't see any reason not to do the same with this one. :cool:

Daimus · Oct 12, 2012

This nice EVO board has exellent DIGI-VRM, so I hope your system will be stable as a rock :toast:

NHKS · Oct 12, 2012

Norton said:
Pics- I'll just leave these here (sorry for the crappy cell phone pics )

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=48678&stc=1&d=1350012335

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=48679&stc=1&d=1350012349

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=48680&stc=1&d=1350012361

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=48681&stc=1&d=1350012372

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=48682&stc=1&d=1350012384

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=48683&stc=1&d=1350012397

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=48684&stc=1&d=1350012412

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=48685&stc=1&d=1350012431

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=48686&stc=1&d=1350012441

looking good, sir!.. gamers too would be impressed with that build..

Norton said:
... This case will be running 6 fans total so I think the card should run pretty cool.

- 2x135mm Zalman's in the Front (Intake)
- 2x120mm Corsair's in the Top (Exhaust)
- 1x140mm Fractal in the Rear (Exhaust)
- 1x140mm Xigmatek in the Bottom (Intake)

135 size Zalman is non-standard i guess.. will it fit the R4 or you intend to use ties?
i thought i saw 3 Xigmateks in the pics.. where do plan to use the other 2, CPU cooler?

Norton · Oct 12, 2012

NHKS said:
looking good, sir!.. gamers too would be impressed with that build..

135 size Zalman is non-standard i guess.. will it fit the R4 or you intend to use ties?
i thought i saw 3 Xigmateks in the pics.. where do plan to use the other 2, CPU cooler?

Thanks- most decent gaming rigs also do well crunching so they are somewhat related. Will eventually replace these rigs with a server.

The Zalman fans have 120mm mounting points and the Fractal R4 can fit 120 or 140mm fans so they should work fine and the other 120mm Xig's are just spares at this point (the Spire TME III cooler comes with 2x120mm PWM fans)

NHKS · Oct 12, 2012

^ i am not much aware abt WCG crunching.. but i always thought it is cpu/compute/thread intensive.. would a gpu complement it further? and yes, multi-socket server builds should save some space too( besides adding performance) when compared to having separate single cpu mainboards..

and as for the 135mm fans having 120mm mounting points.. u r right!.. i just noticed in the pics that the fans dont have a conventional full-square housing bracket, does make sense!

Norton · Oct 12, 2012

NHKS said:
^ i am not much aware abt WCG crunching.. but i always thought it is cpu intensive.. would a gpu complement it further? and yes, multi-socket server builds should save some space too( besides adding performance) when compared to having separate single cpu mainboards..

and as for the 135mm fans having 120mm mounting points.. u r right!.. i just noticed in the pics that the fans dont have a conventional full-square housing bracket, does make sense!

Crunching is all about cores/threads, clock speed, and stability. The more you have of each the better you can crunch. Stability wise- it's not just a matter of being Prime95 stable or anything like that.... in order to crunch w/o throwing errors you actually need to back off on gaming/benching grade overclocking.

As far as GPU's, WCG is just now getting into GPU crunching and the modern cards seem to be doing very well with it. :toast:

Sneekypete suggested those fans and I can't thank him enough for the assistance he provided with the case, cooler, and the fans.... He gave me a great deal on them :respect:

ThE_MaD_ShOt · Oct 12, 2012

nice rig that is going to be.

Norton · Oct 13, 2012

Mobo with cooler installed... ready to get installed in the case :toast:

[Ion] · Oct 13, 2012

That's a really attractive HSF on there! :toast:

Are you going to get it fully assembled and crunching tonight?

Norton · Oct 13, 2012

[Ion] said:
That's a really attractive HSF on there!

Are you going to get it fully assembled and crunching tonight?

Should have it online by later tonight. Installed all of the fans a little while ago so that part's out of the way :cool:

[Ion] · Oct 13, 2012

Norton said:
Should have it online by later tonight. Installed all of the fans a little while ago so that part's out of the way

Amazing, let's see if you can get 100k tomorrow! :eek:

Norton · Oct 14, 2012

It's Alive!!!

Definitely need a better camera :eek:

JrRacinFan · Oct 14, 2012

M5A97 Evo.; Beautiful board isn't it? Looking nice man.

Norton · Oct 14, 2012

JrRacinFan said:
M5A97 Evo.; Beautiful board isn't it? Looking nice man.

Thanks Bud!

I have the 99X and 97 Evo's... only difference between the two is the 8x/8x Crossfire/SLI support on the 99X. The M5A99X in my main rig has been trouble free since I installed it (knocks wood..)

Got this board from geeks.com as a refurb for $55 :rockout:

JrRacinFan · Oct 14, 2012

Norton said:
Thanks Bud! I have the 99X and 97 Evo's... only difference between the two is the 8x/8x Crossfire/SLI support on the 99X. The M5A99X in my main rig has been trouble free since I installed it (knocks wood..)

Got this board from geeks.com as a refurb for $55

Before I decided to get mine, which is now not here, I was contemplating between it and the 970 Extreme 3 (for it's sli support). Deciding that I may not had a possibility of going SLI I skipped it and went Evo.

Loved the board and wish I had a reason to get another.

[Ion] · Oct 14, 2012

Norton said:
It's Alive!!!

Definitely need a better camera
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Wicked setup! :toast:

That MSI Twin Frozr card looks great!

But I see your GPU and CPU idle..... :twitch:

:shadedshu

Norton · Oct 14, 2012

[Ion] said:
Wicked setup!

That MSI Twin Frozr card looks great!

But I see your GPU and CPU idle..... :shadedshu

The rig will be working this afternoon after all of the updates are finished

Norton · Oct 15, 2012

Got Windows all updated yesterday and let it crunch overnight on CPU and GPU work units and it did fine. It's still spooling up but I did manage to get 2-3,000 points generated overnight :rockout:

Temps are OK (cores@43C, die@54C, VRM's@48C) and should improve somewhat as the AS5 TIM breaks in over the next few days. Will need to figure out how to get a fan blowing onto the VRM's so I can overclock it w/o getting them too hot.

I shut it down for the day to give it a rest but will fire it back up this evening while I'm home so I can keep an eye on it.

System Name	Main PC- Gamer- Main Cruncher/Folder and too many crunching/folding rigs
Processor	Ryzen 5900X- Ryzen 5950X- Ryzen 3950X and etc...
Motherboard	Asrock X570 Extreme4- MSI X570S Tomahawk MAX WiFi- MSI B450M Bazooka Max and etc...
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S (dual fan)- EK 360 AIO with push/pull fans- Corsair H115i RGB Pro XT and etc...
Memory	2x16GB GSkill FlareX 3200/c14- 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance 3600/c16- 2x16GB Team 3600/c18 and etc..
Video Card(s)	MSI Gaming RX 6800- Asus RTX 3070 TUF OC- MSI Ventus GTX 1660Ti and etc...
Storage	Main PC (1TB WD SN850- 2TB PNY CS 3040- 2TB Seagate Firecuda) and etc...
Display(s)	Main PC (2x24" Dell UltraSharp U2414H)
Case	Phanteks P600s- Seasonic Q704- Fractal Meshify C and etc...
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z625 THX 2.1 speakers
Power Supply	EVGA 750 G3- SeaSonic DGC 750- EVGA P2 850 and etc...
Mouse	G300s
Keyboard	Corsair K65
VR HMD	N/A
Software	Windows 10 Pro or Ubuntu
Benchmark Scores	Why sit on the Bench when you can get in the game and Crunch!!!

System Name	Niedersachsen / Ribe / Minsk
Processor	i3 3240 / i7-3520M / 4x Opteron 6376 @ 2.86GHz
Motherboard	BIOSTAR H61M / HP Q77 / Supermicro H8QG7
Cooling	Stock / Stock / 4x 1U G34
Memory	1x8GB / 2x4GB / 4x4GB
Video Card(s)	GTX260 / Intel HD 4000 / nVidia GT310
Storage	80GB Intel SSD / 256GB Intel SSD / 2x 60GB SSD (RAID1)
Display(s)	Dell 3007 + HP 2245w / 12.1" 1366x768 / None
Case	Antec NSK3480 / HP / Supermicro 1U
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax 500W / HP 130W / Supermicro Gold 1400W
Keyboard	IBM Model M
Software	Windows 7 (Niedersachsen/Ribe) / Linux Mint 17.2 (Minsk)

System Name	Main PC- Gamer- Main Cruncher/Folder and too many crunching/folding rigs
Processor	Ryzen 5900X- Ryzen 5950X- Ryzen 3950X and etc...
Motherboard	Asrock X570 Extreme4- MSI X570S Tomahawk MAX WiFi- MSI B450M Bazooka Max and etc...
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S (dual fan)- EK 360 AIO with push/pull fans- Corsair H115i RGB Pro XT and etc...
Memory	2x16GB GSkill FlareX 3200/c14- 4x8GB Corsair Vengeance 3600/c16- 2x16GB Team 3600/c18 and etc..
Video Card(s)	MSI Gaming RX 6800- Asus RTX 3070 TUF OC- MSI Ventus GTX 1660Ti and etc...
Storage	Main PC (1TB WD SN850- 2TB PNY CS 3040- 2TB Seagate Firecuda) and etc...
Display(s)	Main PC (2x24" Dell UltraSharp U2414H)
Case	Phanteks P600s- Seasonic Q704- Fractal Meshify C and etc...
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z625 THX 2.1 speakers
Power Supply	EVGA 750 G3- SeaSonic DGC 750- EVGA P2 850 and etc...
Mouse	G300s
Keyboard	Corsair K65
VR HMD	N/A
Software	Windows 10 Pro or Ubuntu
Benchmark Scores	Why sit on the Bench when you can get in the game and Crunch!!!

System Name	Niedersachsen / Ribe / Minsk
Processor	i3 3240 / i7-3520M / 4x Opteron 6376 @ 2.86GHz
Motherboard	BIOSTAR H61M / HP Q77 / Supermicro H8QG7
Cooling	Stock / Stock / 4x 1U G34
Memory	1x8GB / 2x4GB / 4x4GB
Video Card(s)	GTX260 / Intel HD 4000 / nVidia GT310
Storage	80GB Intel SSD / 256GB Intel SSD / 2x 60GB SSD (RAID1)
Display(s)	Dell 3007 + HP 2245w / 12.1" 1366x768 / None
Case	Antec NSK3480 / HP / Supermicro 1U
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Enermax 500W / HP 130W / Supermicro Gold 1400W
Keyboard	IBM Model M
Software	Windows 7 (Niedersachsen/Ribe) / Linux Mint 17.2 (Minsk)

System Name	Apollo
Processor	Intel Core i9 9880H
Motherboard	Some proprietary Apple thing.
Memory	64GB DDR4-2667
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2
Storage	1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External
Display(s)	Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays
Case	MacBook Pro (16", 2019)
Audio Device(s)	AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers
Power Supply	96w Power Adapter
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Logitech G915, GL Clicky
Software	MacOS 12.1

System Name	Cruncher
Processor	AMD FX-8370
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair V Formula
Cooling	Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E
Memory	2x4 GB Corsair XMS3 2000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD7870+Powercolor HD7850 CrossFire
Storage	Corsair ForceGT 90 SSD,WD Black 500
Display(s)	Acer 24'' 2ms
Case	Cooler Master HAF 932
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Thermaltake Grand 1050w 80+Gold
Software	Win 7 SP1 Ult x64

System Name	Selene / Yoda
Processor	Fx 8350 @ 4.4 / Phenom II x6 1090t @ 3.6
Motherboard	Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 r4.0 / Gigabyte 890XA-UD3
Cooling	H100i / Xig Dark Knight
Memory	4x 8gb G.Skill Snipers / 4x 4gb G.Skill Ares
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte R9 290x / XfX DD & VisionTek HD6850's C'fired
Storage	256gb ssd, 2x 2tb Wd Blacks & 1x 1tb Wd black / 1x 1tb
Display(s)	Dell Ultra Sharp 2408 WFp / Hp w2207
Case	Raidmax Vampire / Chieftec Alum. Dragon Blue
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Hd Audio / Onboard Hd Audio
Power Supply	Corsair TX 850 watt / Corsair TX 750 watt
Mouse	Logitech G500s
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe
Software	Win 10 pro / Win Vista Home prem. 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	What are benchmarks anyway?

System Name	Dual Build Streamer
Processor	Ryzen 7900x3d : Ryzen 4600G
Motherboard	AsRock B650E Steel Legend : Giga B450i Aorus
Cooling	Custom Water 1x420 : Stock
Memory	32GB T-Force Deltas : 16GB Dominator Platinums
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7900 XTX Liquid Devil: iGPU
Storage	20+ TB
Display(s)	Sammy 49" 5k Ultrawide
Case	Custom White Painted Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2
Audio Device(s)	Onboard : Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W P2
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite White
Keyboard	Hyperx Origins 65
Software	Windows 10

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