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[kbrady1979]

Yeah, the Antec 1100 isn't open-loop system friendly at all. It is however, one of THE best cases in terms of airflow and temps. I would honestly like to play around with a Nanoxia case sometime.....they are suppose to be really nice.

 

[essenbe]

It's a shame we don't live closer Paul. I've got a switch 810 you could easily rid me of.

I'm thinking about doing a build in one of these.



LINK

 

[Dude]

I grabbed the cpu on my break. Tried to upload a pic with my phone but no luck

 

[paulpicks21]

It's a shame we don't live closer Paul. I've got a switch 810 you could easily rid me of.

I know Steve, that is really annoying! How much is postage to the UK? Got to be cheaper than a new case right?

Edit :It could be pretty battered by the time it gets here though!

 

[paulpicks21]

I grabbed the cpu on my break. Tried to upload a pic with my phone but no luck

Darn Doug, I guess we will have to wait til you get home then lol.

 

[paulpicks21]

Bed time for me, catch you guys tomorrow.

 

[kbrady1979]

It's a shame we don't live closer Paul. I've got a switch 810 you could easily rid me of.

I'm thinking about doing a build in one of these.

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LINK

HTPC Steve?

 

[essenbe]

I'm seriously thinking about it and will probably end up doing it pretty soon. It just depends on which order I do things. I just finished a server and am probably going to buy a new smart HDTV and the HTPC. But this case can serve as an HTPC and a server, it holds up to 8 hard drives. So, I have all this stuff going around in my head and have to decide which way I'm going to go. I could also do the HTPC as a standard computer with the server in a VM. So, the end of a long story is yes, as soon as I get it all figured out.

 

[Dude]

Installed the new cpu, it runs great

 

[kbrady1979]

Something that you may be interested in: If you get a Smart TV, such as a Samsung/LG, you can use a program called Plex Media Server on your PC that works in conjunction with an app on the TV called Plex which will let you stream anything on your PC to your TV wirelessly(if supported) or over ethernet. If you have quite a bit of HD content, I would recommend using an ethernet cable. This is how I do things and it works great. I use the Plex app on my Samsung TV in the living room, and on the Samsung Blu Ray player in the bedroom. This may or may not be convenient for you though as the computer has to be on and some people don't like leaving the PC on all of the time. Plex Media Server and the app is written by one of the guys responsible for Xbox Media Center(XBMC) and I've found it works really well..which brings me to my next point.

If you are using an HTPC or NAS you may want to use XBMC(although Plex is supported by Windows & Linux based NAS') because technically, XBMC is more fleshed out than Plex at the moment and you have an order of magnitude more options. I like Plex because it's simple, and just plain works. They are both free programs and probably the most popular choices that integrate with HTPC/Smart TV's. You can also get opensource software, but I've never used any for this purpose and can't comment on it.

If you would like some screenshots/pictures of Plex to give you an idea of the GUI, just send me a PM.

 

[kbrady1979]

Installed the new cpu, it runs great

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That is awesome Doug! What are the voltage/temps under load?

 

[Dude]

Almost forgot Steve's pic

 

[essenbe]

Thanks Kelly, I may be contacting you pretty soon. Right now I'm using Windows Home server 2011. There's a lot I don't like about it, but it is primarially a media server to me, and works pretty well for that.

Nice job, Doug. Great overclock. I especially like the voltage. Turn your power plan to balanced and you will see the real voltage. Don't ask why it works that way, I don't know but it does.

 

[Dude]

Installed the new cpu, it runs great

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That is awesome Doug! What are the voltage/temps under load?

I have it set to auto right now. Dropped it back down to 4.2 so I can look at voltages and test before I try keeping it there. Temps are mid 30's to 42 on the last core

Edit Just read Steve's post, will give that a go probably tomorrow

 

[essenbe]

4.5 should be a piece of cake for that CPU. That's what I run mine at 24/7. I could go higher but what's the point?

 

[kbrady1979]

I would start out with IntelBurnTest before you waste a bunch of hours validating anything. It will get HOT for sure, but if it will pass that, there is a good chance it will pass 12+ hours of Prime95 or AIDA64. My CPU(according to RealTemp and CoreTemp) gets to 70-75*C while it is under load with IBT and that is totally fine.

Here is how you should set IBT up......I think it is this way by default, but I don't remember. Times to Run-->10+(self explanatory), Stress Level-->Standard or higher(tests with varying amounts of RAM and will take longer the more it uses) and Threads-->All.

 

[Dude]

I would start out with IntelBurnTest before you waste a bunch of hours validating anything. It will get HOT for sure, but if it will pass that, there is a good chance it will pass 12+ hours of Prime95 or AIDA64. My CPU(according to RealTemp and CoreTemp) gets to 70-75*C while it is under load with IBT and that is totally fine.

Here is how you should set IBT up......I think it is this way by default, but I don't remember. Times to Run-->10+(self explanatory), Stress Level-->Standard or higher(tests with varying amounts of RAM and will take longer the more it uses) and Threads-->All.

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Thanks Kelly, I have it @4.2 and ran IBT 10 times on standard it did get pretty hot up in the 90's

 

[kbrady1979]

If you left the voltage set on Auto, it is probably using 1.3xx volts or more with a multiplier of 45. You should be able to get that down quite a bit and that should help with the heat some. For instance, I run 4.5GHz under load @ 1.256-1.264v and when not under load, it lowers the frequency and voltage to something more reasonable.

 

[Dude]

Thanks Kelly, good info there!

 

[essenbe]

Doug, keep cpuz open while you are running it so you can see the voltage. Kelly is right, on auto is like saying take all the voltage you want. It will run on much less. That's the trick, get it to run at the frequency you want on as little voltage as possible. Voltage=heat.