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i hate you . VERY NICE!

and HM thats the 950si


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Wow.... that is beautiful.  Would love to see the benchmarks on that baby.
 
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HeartITS SOOO NICE!!!! Ermm
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How's the Apple Display working out for you?


I love this display. The colors are consistent edge to edge, the brightness is excellent, I like the design, the response time seems excellent for gaming, and there are no dead pixels.

I have it hooked up to my Mac and PC using a DVI KVM switch from Belkin.

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Would love to see the benchmarks on that baby.


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What temps is the cpu and gpu's running at idle and under load?

Sweet system btw.  Ermm

Mine should be here soon!!!
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What temps is the cpu and gpu's running at idle and under load?Sweet system btw.  ErmmMine should be here soon!!!


I don't have it in front of me, but last night I was playing games for a couple of hours. I seem to recall seeing temperatures like these:

CPU idle: 50c
GPU idle: 50c

CPU under load: 60c
GPU under load: 83c

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Very nice I prefer the HAF also but the 950si is sweet looking case also
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Originally posted by JamesAstro

Originally posted by gurumagic

What temps is the cpu and gpu's running at idle and under load?Sweet system btw.  ErmmMine should be here soon!!!


I don't have it in front of me, but last night I was playing games for a couple of hours. I seem to recall seeing temperatures like these:

CPU idle: 50c
GPU idle: 50c

CPU under load: 60c
GPU under load: 83c



wow i7 runs hot.
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Should probably turn your fan speed up to 90% to 100%
83C is a bit hot  What program were you running when under load? For full load temp you need to run prime or intel burn test or somthing like these programs.


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What program were you running when under load


I was playing Tomb Raider Underworld.
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nice rig!!! How $$$$$$$???? and the score is super...
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Amazing rig man.
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nice rig!!! How $$$$$$$????


Approximately $5700.
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Very nice!  JA!!  GPU temp is really high tho. 
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Very nice!  JA!!  GPU temp is really high tho. 


What's a good temperature for a GPU under load?

Right now I have the GPU fans set to automatic. They tend to start off around 40%, and then automatically run up to 80% during high load. I figured the fans would go even higher if they needed to.

I noticed that the video cards claim to support temperatures up to 105 degrees. That made me think 85 was ok. However, maybe I should just crank the fans up to 90% and see what effect that has.

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Did you get you GPUs liquid cooled? That is too hot. I just sent mine back for a cooling problem but mine are liquid cooled and was running at that temp. I also I am upgrading to a 3rd GTX 280 like yours. Your admark score is amazing, was that OCed or stock?  
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Did you get you GPUs liquid cooled? That is too hot. I just sent mine back for a cooling problem but mine are liquid cooled and was running at that temp. I also I am upgrading to a 3rd GTX 280 like yours. Your admark score is amazing, was that OCed or stock?  



Mine are liquid cooled, and slightly overclocked.
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I only have dual 280s with dual liquid loop, but underload top card is 45C (monitor plugged into it) and lower card is at 41C.
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Did you get you GPUs liquid cooled? That is too hot. I just sent mine back for a cooling problem but mine are liquid cooled and was running at that temp. I also I am upgrading to a 3rd GTX 280 like yours. Your admark score is amazing, was that OCed or stock?  



Mine are liquid cooled, and slightly overclocked.


Sorry, I don't know what I was saying. My video cards are air cooled. Duh!
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make sure you have your fans turned up in precision just so your cards dont get too hot. 83 isnt too bad though
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 That 30000 score is great the new PCgamer really screwed DS by only putting a rating of 23000 Admark score for the new DS twister extreme i7. Its like they took the lowest score. They only gave the new Falcon $7500 i7 with 4 GPUs a 25000 Admark score. Is that a different test than yours?



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I couldnt see where your GPUs are liquid cooled because they are still in thier GPU fan cases and I dont see a hose going to them only the CPU.Is that a different cooling option?. Look at my pictures then yours and you will see what I mean its complety different. My pics are at "system arrives safely" Oh wait I have the dual loop thats why Duh . I just sent mine in to be upgraded to 3 cards like yours. Only mine has the 9770 extreme Wink instead of the new i7. Ill be curious to see my times when I get it back.

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Very nice system man. Take care of it and enjoy it!!! Geeez though, 5700$...thats insane!!!!
I dont even know how you spend 5700$ and didnt get liquid cooling for those puppies!!! Peace out-
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Originally posted by paraguy1

 That 30000 score is great the new PCgamer really screwed DS by only putting a rating of 23000 Admark score for the new DS twister extreme i7. Its like they took the lowest score. They only gave the new Falcon $7500 i7 with 4 GPUs a 25000 Admark score. Is that a different test than yours?



I'm not sure what the Admark score is. I just ran the free version of 3DMark.
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I couldnt see where your GPUs are liquid cooled because they are still in thier GPU fan cases and I dont see a hose going to them only the CPU.Is that a different cooling option?. Look at my pictures then yours and you will see what I mean its complety different. My pics are at "system arrives safely" Oh wait I have the dual loop thats why Duh . I just sent mine in to be upgraded to 3 cards like yours. Only mine has the 9770 extreme Wink instead of the new i7. Ill be curious to see my times when I get it back.


Actually, my cards are air cooled. It was a typo when I wrote that they were liquid cooled. My mind thought one thing, and my fingers typed another!
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Very nice system man. Take care of it and enjoy it!!! Geeez though, 5700$...thats insane!!!!
I dont even know how you spend 5700$ and didnt get liquid cooling for those puppies!!! Peace out-


I seriously thought about liquid cooling, but decided that I wanted the video cards to be easily upgradeable, and that meant air cooling.
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np, bro!  Your beast is running great?
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Yup thats the one draw back on LCing the GPUs is I have to have DS upgrade it.
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Yeah, air cooling is more reliable but you have a 3 year warranty for a reason...lol, if somehting gets messed up Ds will take care of it.
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