Posts by Starbomba

I'm thinking on doing an upgrade to my HTPC and setting 3x 7950/7970,. to make it a rendering/BOINC workstation and gaming rig when i'm away from home (it will be my work pc), and i'll need a ton of GPU power. While i know x58/x79 is the...

Quote:Originally Posted by ripsaw here's a question. Can i run another kit ( corsair vengeance 2x4gb 1600 cl9) alongside the sammies, if i just set them to the corsair's specs? including 1.5v? Just wanna know if i'm likely to...

Quote:Originally Posted by driftingforlife The only boards that do that use a PLX and for 2 cards you are better of using the native x8/x8 as you don't get the latency increase. x8 PCI-E 3.0 is fine. This. I barely notice any kind...

Quote:Originally Posted by LarsL So you don't want the folding community coming over for BGB's? No, it is to prevent people from team hopping. Some of us BOINCers do fold at big events only, but it's different as if i were an...

What about Silverstone? The SilverStone Strider Plus SST-ST75F-P is a nice unit which is not Seasonic-based (it's made by Enhance) and has very nice reviews. Being fully modular helps a lot as well. Also, 750w is more than enough to run...

Quote:Originally Posted by MxPhenom 216 The guy above is very wrong. Upgrade to Haswell and z87. It makes EVERYTHING faster. Stick with the 2500k and you will loose about 10% of that 780 performance, even with the overclock. I have...

Quote:Originally Posted by Jimbags i would boinc 24/7 if i could afford the power and the risk to my hardware just step up to help ocn in challenges. If i could afford the power, i would BOINC 24/7 as well. Risk to hardware just...

Quote:Originally Posted by arvidab What about someone like me who only Boincs for OCN but currently mostly do it during these events (BGBs and Pent and such)? I certainly don't do because of prizes, but they are an added...

Quote:Originally Posted by Skullwipe I'd really consider getting a new case, is there a specific reason you're using that one? The space where that computer will be at is very restricted due to soundproofing, and where i live...

Quote:Originally Posted by lagittaja I haven't come across any coil whine yet, and I've two of these less than a meter from me.Oh and finished installing the 660XP2 to my main rig last evening. [[SPOILER]] Hopefully those do not make...