rubber5
Xtreme Member

I don't think my 2500k is golden but I'm not sure how common 5.0GHz is. It runs at 5.0Ghz on a H80 and H100 with ease. It's not stable above 4.8GHz on air.

If you're looking for something more specifically, Click here and send me the details through a private message and I'll help you figure out what's best.

Currently the best in terms of performance per watt is a 2600k, and that's only going to get better once the Z68 boards come out since you won't need a discrete graphics card. If you're going to join a GPU DC project also, the Z board won't matter as you'll have a card anyway but it sounds as if you want to keep things cheap.

If a 2600K is to expensive, look at just the 2600 with a H67 (if you get a Z68 you can still bump up the multiplier 4x, but again, a bit more expensive). For either setup you'd only need ~4GB of RAM, any old HDD you have around, and just about any PSU that can handle the graphics. (although it might be smart to get a silver/gold/platnium rated PSU) This will be sub 200W full load without graphics if you're careful with your voltages.

Haha, it's all good. Yeah I saw that you had mentioned that on WCG after I sent you the message. No worries, but if you ever get the urge, you know where we are.

Hey rubber5,

Saw that you joined WCG for supercomputing week, and when I saw you had 2 470s thought I might mention GPUGrid. If you're interested, post up over here.

Thanks for the help!

Hey rubber, we've missed your post in the WCG section. I just posted up the info and I hope you will get the help you needed there.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=503

i know a good amount of info on watercooling, but as vapor said maybe post in the forum

i know enough to build cooling systems and basic case mods but im not a guru

I know enough where I could build a really nice loop for myself at varying budgets...I also know 'how things work'...but why don't you post your questions on the forum so everyone can help?