Posted: Wed 5:07 am Post subject: trying to build same cpu
Plus how can you go wrong with all those drive bays?! That's why I added a fan behind the drive bays. I had to remove the large fan from the side panel because the CPU heatsink was interfering. It has holes in the back for an external radiator. Yes, looks like the one I have is the Solano, I've been very pleased with it. On the other hand, a few websites show that it is about on par with the i7 in speed, so even with liquid cooling that should be about $600 in savings. I gather it is basically already overclocked a bit. Yea, my research does show that the AMD FX-9590 kicks out heat like nobodies business. Of course, now that I actually look at the specs on that CPU, I'm starting to suspect you might need the liquid cooling. If you need more info I can post other details, not sure what else it would help to know, but off-hand I would think you could get away without liquid cooling unless you overclock the thing. I am not overclocking, and I never have in my many years of computing, nor have I dabbled in liquid cooling, so I'm afraid I don't really know much about either. I also have a fairly substantial nvidia based graphics card that I guess you would not have, this one is a GeForce GTX 660 Ti based card. I am using air cooling with a heatsink/fan combo like this (not sure about exact model): Code:Ĭooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120 mm PWM FanĬORSAIR Vengeance 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 Model name : AMD FX(tm)-8150 Eight-Core Processor
The motherboard is a ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 motherboard with cpu: The box is powered by a Corsair HX-750 power supply. I use bigger fans rather than smaller fans - bigger is generally quieter (due to lower RPMs). The airflow is very good in this case, and I even have an extra fan that I installed behind the upper drive bays.
I have this hardware in a Azza Full Tower Case, I forget the model number, they have some nice ones, as do many other manufacturers. I am using mine more as a desktop / general purpose workstation, not number-crunching, but I do a lot of emerging because I am a gentoo fanatic. I do have a slew of hard-drives in my box however. I will go into some detail with part numbers and such, in order to help you decide about the liquid cooling, because I am not using liquid cooling, although my CPU may not be as hot as yours. I have a box almost like this that I can tell you about. Last edited by The Doctor on Thu 7:26 pm edited 1 time in total I'm currently working on the dematerialization circuit for my blue box. I'll edit this again later, hopefully from the new computer.įirst things first, but not necessarily in that order.Īpologies if I take a while to respond. What I am going with is the i7-4790K on a Gigabyte GA-Z87-DS3H Motherboard, so completely not what I was originally thinking. Thanks in advance for any advice/experience.ĮDIT: I'm marking this as solved since the project has moved from planning to execution. Do I need anything else for a core system? My main concerns are liquid cooling overkill/underkill? I know the amd chips run hot and I don't plan on over clocking the chip. Hardrive/optical drive: basically what ever is around. Powersupply: whatever 600-700W happens to be on sale.Ĭase: probably a new full tower, but possibly salvaging an older desktop case. Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 1GB Vapor-X Video Card
G.Skill Ares Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (Cheapest 32 GB I could find) Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD5 ATX AM3+ Motherboard Of course, Linux comparability is most important followed by the price tag. Graphics isn't a high priority, although I would like to run kerbal space program and possibly X-plane (thus requiring the closed source drivers). Starting with, my aim is to build a box designed for running numerical simulations (as well as building source code, but I think that goes without saying). Posted: Tue 9:29 pm Post subject: Need advice on building a box Gentoo Forums Forum Index Kernel & Hardware Gentoo Forums :: View topic - Need advice on building a box