Quad socket board communitarian bulk buy

[Blake]

that's a great pic! thanks for sharing. all of my crunchers are down at the moment.

just to be clear, TX3's work just fine all in the same direction. have you ordered them yet?

I could not get the rear 2 TX'3 to fit without turning them back to back.

[Deluded]

Did you at least adjusted the fans so the air would blow one way from left to right?

[Sparky]

Got mine plumbed. Filled it, started up the pump.... pump won't stay running, the D5 revs up and quits

[CaptMorgan]

This boards manual says it's power requirements are this-SSI 24-pin + 8-pin + 8-pin power connectors / EPS12V. I also see it can take a GFX card so what is the best PSU for this baby

[hendermd]

I don't know about best but I have that board using onboard graphics powered by by this.

[shoota]

I could not get the rear 2 TX'3 to fit without turning them back to back.

trust me, all four of mine are facing the same direction and not touching. think outside the box

Got mine plumbed. Filled it, started up the pump.... pump won't stay running, the D5 revs up and quits

dude that sucks, what are you going to do?

[Sparky]

I don't know yet. I'm going to pull it from the loop and check the innards, also will stick it in a test "loop" with just the pump and res and see what it does. Hopefully, if it is dead, the seller will replace or refund...

[Kryja]

Hey Jacka would your mate be interested in making a few bob?

[Jacka]

Of course. :p

The guy said he can do 8x1GB of the memory for £14 per 2x1GB, but he can only do that price if the payment is made by a paypal gift as the fees he had to pay for my sale meant he made no profit! I don't know if you'd rather pay a bit extra (possibly £15, I don't know how the fees work) or send as a gift?

[shoota]

Sending as gift avoids fees as far as I know

[Jacka]

That's what I mean. He sold me them at a slight loss as a favour to me, but any further sales he would like to make a bit of money on them.

[Kryja]

Ah sorry Jacka I meant your bracket mate not your ram friend
I've already got my ram on the way from the U S of A.

You wouldn't be needed any of those 8 pin adapters by any chance? Was going to get some off ebay and thought we could save a little on postage.

[Jacka]

I've got some 18 and 16 way receptacles already, sorry.

[Kryja]

No worries mate, just putting the offer out there

[Jacka]

Have you ordered any heat sinks Kryja? A friend of mine that works for Microsoft in Reading can hopefully get some discount from scan.co.uk for heat sinks (Coolermaster Hyper TX3). I doubt it'll be a big discount, but if it's anything significant it might be worthwhile ordering them with me. Also, if you do decide on the TX3 I'll get some extra brackets made for you by my friend. Only cost for the brackets will be postage.

[Kryja]

I've only got my board and ram on the way at the moment so need to buy everything else.

I need to budget a bit what with building this, a Sossaman (thanks Ramaistro ) and going to Japan for three weeks, so yeah any discount is better than a kick in the teeth. That'd be great if you could count me in for four heat sinks and brackets. You the man Jacka

[metalop1g]

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?s...r&promoid=1088

Does this psu have the right connections/amperage, given the fact that I order the adapters on ebay?

[Jacka]

It's single rail and far more powerful than you'll need for the CPUs alone. Will be fine with the adaptors.

[metalop1g]

Idk I just feel like I need a good strong psu, I'm worried it will rev up too much and I won't be able to sleep :|
Btw quick answer mate, it always impresses me when someone is quick like that

[Jacka]

Most PSUs are at their most efficient at ~50% draw, so if you can afford it you're best buying a higher powered one.

[metalop1g]

You mean, 750w is good or a higher powered one would be best

[Jacka]

750 is great. Should be right around the sweet spot with just CPUs running.

[DragoonXX]

I'd have to fire mine back up while its attached to my UPS to get a rough estimate of consumption, but so far I've had no problems running my quad 8347 and an 8800GT on a xfx 650W on a tyan board (less efficient)
~45% load when calculating pi, and there's a ~18% load on it from my normal system, on an opti-ups 1700VA (900W) UPS

[Kryja]

I'm pretty sure this is correct but just to double check; to power the board using the psu metalop1g linked, it's the normal 8 of the psu, two of these adapters and a rewired 6 pin? How is the 6 pin rewired? Sorry, I know this has been posted before but I'm at work so cannot see any pictures.

[Sparky]

PCIe 6 pin has the ground and 12V wires switched compared to the 8 pin EPS12V. So you need to either switch the wires so it matches, or plug it in backwards, or something like that.