Sexy Hardware Close-Up Pic Clubhouse.

Sir B. Fannybottom · Jan 2, 2014

dayum dave, when did you start using .88mm picks?

cadaveca · Jan 2, 2014

Sir B. Fannybottom said:
dayum dave, when did you start using .88mm picks?

Geez, you'd think I was using the pik of Denstiny or sumptin.

stinger608 · Jan 2, 2014

Wrigleyvillain said:
Doesn't have to be my sexay hardware right? This is from IT Diva (Darlene) at OCN. I don't think I have ever felt more inadequate.

Holy crap!!!!!!!! That is insane.

Nordic · Jan 2, 2014

Wrigleyvillain said:
Doesn't have to be my sexay hardware right? This is from IT Diva (Darlene) at OCN. I don't think I have ever felt more inadequate.

Its a nice showpiece, but heck of a pain to work on.

Random Murderer · Jan 2, 2014

Wrigleyvillain said:
Doesn't have to be my sexay hardware right? This is from IT Diva (Darlene) at OCN. I don't think I have ever felt more inadequate.

Gorgeous. Genuinely gorgeous.

james888 said:
Its a nice showpiece, but heck of a pain to work on.

Worth it. Not just because it's beautiful, but the hardware underneath as well.

Doc41 · Jan 5, 2014

I'm in, some test shots i took while cleaning a PS3 using my GS3
cropped

micropage7 · Jan 5, 2014

Doc41 said:
I'm in, some test shots i took while cleaning a PS3 using my GS3
cropped

nice, it cropped from zooming or close shot

micropage7 · Jan 5, 2014

Wrigleyvillain said:
Doesn't have to be my sexay hardware right? This is from IT Diva (Darlene) at OCN. I don't think I have ever felt more inadequate.

looks like building with thermonuclear inside

GC_PaNzerFIN · Jan 5, 2014

Very rare HW pr0n now.

Dead Tahiti XTL naked - core shattered like glass, probably during heat expansion during heavy load (mining litecoin).

micropage7 · Jan 5, 2014

GC_PaNzerFIN said:
Very rare HW pr0n now.

Dead Tahiti XTL naked - core shattered like glass, probably during heat expansion during heavy load (mining litecoin).

too bad, could be from overtighten too?
actually i dont like non ihs core since it goes more fragile

GC_PaNzerFIN · Jan 5, 2014

micropage7 said:
too bad, could be from overtighten too?
actually i dont like non ihs core since it goes more fragile

Otherwise yes but in this case I doubt, screws were not very tight. Must have been manufacturing flaw and a lot surface tension.

GreiverBlade · Jan 5, 2014

Doc41 said:
I'm in, some test shots i took while cleaning a PS3 using my GS3
cropped

ooohhh we use both our SIII for close shot

(tho i might have a use for the Macro function on my Canon SX100iS since i brought by mistake a 32gb CL10 SD card instead of a µSD... )

wait you cropped ... bah ... not even at my level ... and im not really high ... about 1.74m above ground

Norton · Jan 5, 2014

GC_PaNzerFIN said:
Very rare HW pr0n now.

Dead Tahiti XTL naked - core shattered like glass, probably during heat expansion during heavy load (mining litecoin).

You should post that pic here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...urts-more-than-helps-brand-amd-radeon.196320/

There's a sub debate going on in the thread regarding whether or not mining damages gpu's!

GC_PaNzerFIN · Jan 5, 2014

Norton said:
You should post that pic here:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...urts-more-than-helps-brand-amd-radeon.196320/

There's a sub debate going on in the thread regarding whether or not mining damages gpu's!

Well, the load is rather extreme. Really compared to heaviest game it is more like furmark which you run constantly. I have another 280X which fan bearings are dying because of constant mining too. There is no question about it: extreme load, more killed GPUs. Simple as that.

Also, I design ASIC chips myself. Operating temperature of ICs indeed affects their likely operational lifetime. Mining -> very very hot graphics cards espeically VRM parts which many don't understand.

Norton · Jan 5, 2014

GC_PaNzerFIN said:
Well, the load is rather extreme. Really compared to heaviest game it is more like furmark which you run constantly. I have another 280X which fan bearings are dying because of constant mining too. There is no question about it: extreme load, more killed GPUs. Simple as that.

I fold on my 7970 but since it's water cooled I'm not too worried about it atm. Full load temps stay in the mid 40's :clap:

I'll probably give the card a break for a month or two since I have some new crunching hardware coming online soon and I don't want to send my electric bill any higher :rolleyes:

Doc41 · Jan 5, 2014

micropage7 said:
nice, it cropped from zooming or close shot

GreiverBlade said:
wait you cropped ... bah ... not even at my level ... and im not really high ... about 1.74m above ground

nah, what i meant for cropped is that i opened it in paint for its full 8MP size and just cut the ICs out so i don't upload a huge picture

, if you want i can re upload the whole picture.
i also forgot that i can use my brother's Canon PowerShot S5IS, kinda old and also 8MP but still somewhat decent and has a super macro seting, and i still have my nokia n8 with its 12MP cam but it doesn't help much with macro shots

Peter1986C · Jan 6, 2014

GC_PaNzerFIN said:
Well, the load is rather extreme. Really compared to heaviest game it is more like furmark which you run constantly. I have another 280X which fan bearings are dying because of constant mining too. There is no question about it: extreme load, more killed GPUs. Simple as that.

Also, I design ASIC chips myself. Operating temperature of ICs indeed affects their likely operational lifetime. Mining -> very very hot graphics cards espeically VRM parts which many don't understand.

Would it help the health of the cards if the intensity is put on 12 or less? The Hashfaster pools advise an intensity of 11 for Scrypt (which will not give max perf. but will increase desktop usability and might help avoiding unnecessary wear).

GC_PaNzerFIN · Jan 6, 2014

Chevalr1c said:
Would it help the health of the cards if the intensity is put on 12 or less? The Hashfaster pools advise an intensity of 11 for Scrypt (which will not give max perf. but will increase desktop usability and might help avoiding unnecessary wear).

Many people are not willing to sacrifice hash rate. But you can often decrease voltage and clock speed with very minimal impact on hash rate. In fact one of my R9 280X works best undervolted and clocked to 950 MHz getting +700Khash. And the difference in temperatures and power consumption is quite big compared to default stock settings.
Even +-20 MHz difference in GPU or Memory frequency can mean +-100Khash/s difference and the settings are unique for each card.

You'd have to see how big difference it makes on VRM and GPU temps and a kill-a-watt meter would be very handy to have when you optimize mining rig. After all, electricity is not free either. Mining is a compromise of everything.

The point of desktop usage is valid. At intensity 13 things seem to be a bit slowish. Perhaps it will reduce the load a bit too -> lower VRM temps for example so it helps with wear and tear.

(Do note that I 13 is optimal for Tahiti and I 20 for Hawaii)

Main reason cards die is that the default gaming settings are just too much for 24/7 "furmark-like" use. And people only see the hash rate ignoring card's hints of suffering.

One serious stress to GPU comes when you sometimes lose connection to your pool stratum server and your GPUs rapidly cool down to idle temps and when work resumes it rapidly heats the GPUs back to very hot. This kind of cycling is very bad.

"It's designed to run at 94c. VRM is spec'ed up to 130c" - anonymous miner
"My 5 HD 7990s are running each at 99c" - anonymous miner

In the mining pool chats and forums you find quite a bit dead hardware.

dj-electric · Jan 6, 2014

stinger608 · Jan 6, 2014

That is an awesome looking MSI ITX board DJ!!!! :peace:

Peter1986C · Jan 7, 2014

If I ever build a PC from scratch I will definitely go mini-ITX! :rockout:

Compact, sexy and efficient!

micropage7 · Jan 7, 2014

Doc41 said:
nah, what i meant for cropped is that i opened it in paint for its full 8MP size and just cut the ICs out so i don't upload a huge picture , if you want i can re upload the whole picture.
i also forgot that i can use my brother's Canon PowerShot S5IS, kinda old and also 8MP but still somewhat decent and has a super macro seting, and i still have my nokia n8 with its 12MP cam but it doesn't help much with macro shots

yep, and using real camera would give you better shot than using macro shot by using phone camera

Athlon2K15 · Jan 8, 2014

RCoon · Jan 8, 2014

Dj-ElectriC said:

Just ordered the mATX version today along with some shiny new toys. Will post pics on Friday.

Random Murderer · Jan 8, 2014

RCoon said:
Just ordered the mATX version today along with some shiny new toys. Will post pics on Friday.

Lol, love the new PC's name!

System Name	The SwagMachine / The Sister
Processor	Core i5 3570K @5.2ghz 1.3V/ 1100T
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z77-V / ASUS M5A99X EVO
Cooling	Phanteks PH TC14PE / Corsair H40
Memory	M379B5273DH0-YK0 2X4GB + PVI316G213C1QK 2X4GB / 2x4GB Patriot 2133
Video Card(s)	PNY 780Ti /Windforce 7950
Storage	2xSamsung 840 EVO 250gb+WD10EZEX + WD30EZRX/ 1x WD1500 Black
Display(s)	AOC Q2963PM+Acer S200HL / Acer S200L+ LG 22LD350
Case	Fractal Define R4 / NZXT Trinity
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar DG / Asus Xonar DG
Power Supply	Seasonic 750X / ROSEWILL RG630-S12 630W R
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Chroma / Roccat Kone+
Keyboard	Razer Blackwidow 2013 Stealth / Roccat Isku
Software	Windows 8.1 Pro / Windows 7 Ultimate
Benchmark Scores	one time I scored a 3 on 3dmark 11

System Name	Dean Machine/2020 Ryzenfall
Processor	Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 3700X
Motherboard	MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Gigabyte AORUS ELITE B550
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO
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Display(s)	Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440
Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
Software	Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro

Processor	7800x3d
Motherboard	Gigabyte B650 Auros Elite AX
Cooling	Custom Water
Memory	GSKILL 2x16gb 6000mhz Cas 30 with custom timings
Video Card(s)	MSI RX 6750 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
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Case	ThermalTake P3
Power Supply	SuperFlower Leadex Titanium
Software	Windows 11 64 Bit
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Power Supply	LEPA G1600-MA 1600W \| Corsair CX750M 750W
Software	Win 10 64
Benchmark Scores	over 9000 BungholioMarks, "Bitchin' Fast"

System Name	Lazyman 9000+
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3800X
Motherboard	X570 Aorus Ultra
Cooling	Arctic LF II 280
Memory	2x8GB Crucial Ballistix 3600 MHz DDR4
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Red Devil 5700XT
Storage	Never Enough
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Case	LIAN LI Lancool II Mesh RGB
Audio Device(s)	Sennheiser HD518 / Logitech Z623
Power Supply	FSP AURUM PT 850W
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Logitech G810 Orion Spectrum
Software	Win 11
Benchmark Scores	All over the bench

Sexy Hardware Close-Up Pic Clubhouse.

Sir B. Fannybottom

cadaveca

My name is Dave

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

Nordic

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

Doc41

micropage7

micropage7

GC_PaNzerFIN

micropage7

GC_PaNzerFIN

GreiverBlade

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

GC_PaNzerFIN

Norton

Moderator - Returning from the Darkness

Doc41

Peter1986C

GC_PaNzerFIN

dj-electric

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

Peter1986C

micropage7

Athlon2K15

HyperVtX™

RCoon

Random Murderer

The Anti-Midas

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Processor	AMD Ryzen 7950X
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair X670E Extreme
Cooling	Corsair iCUE H150i RGB PRO XT
Memory	4x16GB DDR5-5200 CL36 G.SKILL Trident Z5 NEO RGB
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix RTX 2080 Ti
Storage	2x2TB Samsung 980 PRO
Display(s)	Acer Nitro XV273K 27" 4K 120Hz (G-SYNC compatible)
Case	Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO
Audio Device(s)	Audioquest Dragon Red + Sennheiser HD 650
Power Supply	Asus Thor II 1000W + Cablemod ModMesh Pro sleeved cables
Mouse	Logitech G500s
Keyboard	Corsair K70 RGB with low profile red cherrys
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64-bit

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Power Supply	EVGA 750 G3- SeaSonic DGC 750- EVGA P2 850 and etc...
Mouse	G300s
Keyboard	Corsair K65
VR HMD	N/A
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Memory	Gskill Aegis DDR4 32GB \| 4 GB DDR4 \|
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX 6600 (8GB) \| Arm Mali G52 \|
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Case	Asus Prime 201 \| Stock case (black version) \|
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Mouse	Logitech G500 \|Steelseries Rival 300
Keyboard	Qpad MK-50 (Cherry MX brown)\| Blaze Keyboard
Software	Windows 10, Various Linux distros \| Gentoo Linux

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Motherboard	MSI Z590 Carbon EK X
Cooling	Custom Water
Memory	Team DDR4 4000MHz
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Storage	WD WN850 1TB
Display(s)	43" LG NanoCell 4K 120Hz
Power Supply	Asus Thor 1200w
Mouse	Asus Strix Evolve
Keyboard	Asus Strix Claymore

System Name	HP Omen 17
Processor	i7 7700HQ
Memory	16GB 2400Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	GTX 1060
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Display(s)	1080p IPS G-SYNC 75Hz
Audio Device(s)	Bang & Olufsen
Power Supply	230W
Mouse	Roccat Kone XTD+
Software	Win 10 Pro

System Name	micropage7
Processor	Intel Xeon X3470
Motherboard	Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory	Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage	V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
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Case	Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply	Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Classified

System Name	micropage7
Processor	Intel Xeon X3470
Motherboard	Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory	Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage	V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
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Case	Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply	Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Classified

System Name	micropage7
Processor	Intel Xeon X3470
Motherboard	Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory	Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage	V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
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Case	Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply	Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Classified

System Name	micropage7
Processor	Intel Xeon X3470
Motherboard	Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory	Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage	V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
Display(s)	Samsung 21 inch LCD Wide Screen
Case	Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply	Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Classified