My Entry into Modern/Quiet Computing
Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 2:47 pm
Hello members of SPCR,
I have been lurking here for quite a while, and have learned much from many of the great posts here. I thought I would like to share with you all my computer build I did with all the vast amounts of knowledge I learned here:
Below is a list of everything:
- Fractal Design R3 USB3 Black Pearl
- Seasonic X-650
- Gigabyte 970A-UD3 Motherboard
- AMD Phenom II 960T CPU
- Sapphire 6850 Vapor-X Edition
- 8GB Corsair 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM
- Scythe Mugen 3 Heatsink and Fan
- Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Paste
- Hitachi Desktar 500GB HDD
- Samsung 830 Series 128GB SSD
- 3x Scythe SY1225SL12LM-P 120mm PWM Fans
- Samsung DVD Writer
- 2x Rosewill PWM Splitter
With knowledge I learned from here, I was able to unlock my CPU to 6 cores and overclock to a modest 3.6Ghz. More importantly, I stumbled upon PhenomMsrTweaker here, and was able to use that software to underlock the CPU to 800Mhz at 0.75v on idle.
I am very happy with my system. My previous system was loud and annoying. Thanks SPCR forums for leading me in the right direction to think about more than just pure performance. I hope in the future to continue learning from here.
I have been lurking here for quite a while, and have learned much from many of the great posts here. I thought I would like to share with you all my computer build I did with all the vast amounts of knowledge I learned here:
Below is a list of everything:
- Fractal Design R3 USB3 Black Pearl
- Seasonic X-650
- Gigabyte 970A-UD3 Motherboard
- AMD Phenom II 960T CPU
- Sapphire 6850 Vapor-X Edition
- 8GB Corsair 1600Mhz DDR3 RAM
- Scythe Mugen 3 Heatsink and Fan
- Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Paste
- Hitachi Desktar 500GB HDD
- Samsung 830 Series 128GB SSD
- 3x Scythe SY1225SL12LM-P 120mm PWM Fans
- Samsung DVD Writer
- 2x Rosewill PWM Splitter
With knowledge I learned from here, I was able to unlock my CPU to 6 cores and overclock to a modest 3.6Ghz. More importantly, I stumbled upon PhenomMsrTweaker here, and was able to use that software to underlock the CPU to 800Mhz at 0.75v on idle.
I am very happy with my system. My previous system was loud and annoying. Thanks SPCR forums for leading me in the right direction to think about more than just pure performance. I hope in the future to continue learning from here.