SEO: What would you do with $25k ?
- Thread starter Mike
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Intitial Temp Setup Pic
My bad. I just saw the Noctura fans and assumed. But, looking at it now I can see that it is in deed the The Dark Knight II Night Hawk Heat Sink just like mine that I had to RMA on Saturday!!! You should be able to see the square Hole in the front of the box. Plus the box had been opened from the bottom and was messed up. The hardware was NOT in the top of the foam where it belonged either.
So, it was obviously an open box return that they sent me instead of a new one like a I bought. Here's a Pic:
One of the damn standoff's threads had too much plating on it and it wouldn't screw into the back plate and the thumb nut wouldn't go on it either.
I was pissed that a 25 cent piece of hardware was holding up my build.
So, I decided to just go ahead and put the stock heat sink in it and get it built and setup.
Here's a quick Pic before turning the top HDD rack back in line with the bottom one and before adding a 1 TB Barracuda I had laying around.
After getting it together and hooking up the monitors, I selected a Wallpaper that reflected how I felt. This is the two eIPS 24" UltraSharps and my OLD UltraSharp 17" that I turned up into Portrait to be close in size vertically.
The extra RAM is helping with my extended browser sessions. Here's a pic of my latest TAB COUNT in FF.
BTW, everyone assumes that I'm using XP because of the GOLD pointer. ROFLMFAO!!
I've been copying my OLD Cursor folder from XP to all my new installs. I just REALLY like that GOLD pointer better than the White, Black, or Outlined ones.
I'll post up a better PIC of the box after I get the Dark Knight cooler and the 3TB Barracuda I have coming installed.
BTW, I had thought of just leaving the STOCK cooler on it for now. But, after getting basic programs installed, it went from 32-34*c at idle to hovering around 40*c now. Then I ran Sandra Soft Business just to give it a "little" stress before hitting it with Prime95 and the damn CPU SHOT UP to over 73*c at 99% load!!!!
So, no more pushing it until I get the DK back. I had decided against the Noctura Heatsink also, since it was TOO wide and REALLY HEAVY.
I was gonna do you like you did, and may still have too, and get Noctura fans to put on the DK. Had you tried it first with the sTOCK DK fans before getting the Noctura's?
I have 4 140mm case fans running at 1,100PRMs, the PSU fan on the regular/normal setting so it constantly runs, and the twin fans on the GPU. Absolute SILENCE in the Fractal Case.
But let me tell you, I don't know if it's the Noise dampening padding or the metal, but the case weighs 40lbs. overall and the side panels have to be at least 13lbs. each on their own. LOL
I have no Window either. It actually BUGS me if there is any LED light escaping the back of the case and reflecting off the wall. Which is why at first I hesitated to get the DK cooler since the video I watched showed it having a pretty bright WHITE LED on the fan. Another reason besides QUIETNESS, amount of air it moves, and reliability that I was going to put Noctura fans on it to replace the stock the fan.
The Dark Knight came with an extra 140mm case fan that I was gonna put on it, it was a FREEBEE, but since the cooler was messed up I put in the front of the case.
When I went to repack the DK for the RMA I noticed that the TOP HS Fin was POPPED loose on one side from the Heat Pipes. I hadn't noticed that upon first examination. ARGH!!
Oh well, looks like Thursday or Friday before it gets here, even though CS at Newegg had said they would OVERNIGHT it today. But of course they did not.
My bad. I just saw the Noctura fans and assumed. But, looking at it now I can see that it is in deed the The Dark Knight II Night Hawk Heat Sink just like mine that I had to RMA on Saturday!!! You should be able to see the square Hole in the front of the box. Plus the box had been opened from the bottom and was messed up. The hardware was NOT in the top of the foam where it belonged either.
So, it was obviously an open box return that they sent me instead of a new one like a I bought. Here's a Pic:
One of the damn standoff's threads had too much plating on it and it wouldn't screw into the back plate and the thumb nut wouldn't go on it either.
I was pissed that a 25 cent piece of hardware was holding up my build.
So, I decided to just go ahead and put the stock heat sink in it and get it built and setup.
Here's a quick Pic before turning the top HDD rack back in line with the bottom one and before adding a 1 TB Barracuda I had laying around.
After getting it together and hooking up the monitors, I selected a Wallpaper that reflected how I felt. This is the two eIPS 24" UltraSharps and my OLD UltraSharp 17" that I turned up into Portrait to be close in size vertically.
The extra RAM is helping with my extended browser sessions. Here's a pic of my latest TAB COUNT in FF.
BTW, everyone assumes that I'm using XP because of the GOLD pointer. ROFLMFAO!!
I've been copying my OLD Cursor folder from XP to all my new installs. I just REALLY like that GOLD pointer better than the White, Black, or Outlined ones.
I'll post up a better PIC of the box after I get the Dark Knight cooler and the 3TB Barracuda I have coming installed.
BTW, I had thought of just leaving the STOCK cooler on it for now. But, after getting basic programs installed, it went from 32-34*c at idle to hovering around 40*c now. Then I ran Sandra Soft Business just to give it a "little" stress before hitting it with Prime95 and the damn CPU SHOT UP to over 73*c at 99% load!!!!
So, no more pushing it until I get the DK back. I had decided against the Noctura Heatsink also, since it was TOO wide and REALLY HEAVY.
I was gonna do you like you did, and may still have too, and get Noctura fans to put on the DK. Had you tried it first with the sTOCK DK fans before getting the Noctura's?
I have 4 140mm case fans running at 1,100PRMs, the PSU fan on the regular/normal setting so it constantly runs, and the twin fans on the GPU. Absolute SILENCE in the Fractal Case.
But let me tell you, I don't know if it's the Noise dampening padding or the metal, but the case weighs 40lbs. overall and the side panels have to be at least 13lbs. each on their own. LOL
I have no Window either. It actually BUGS me if there is any LED light escaping the back of the case and reflecting off the wall. Which is why at first I hesitated to get the DK cooler since the video I watched showed it having a pretty bright WHITE LED on the fan. Another reason besides QUIETNESS, amount of air it moves, and reliability that I was going to put Noctura fans on it to replace the stock the fan.
The Dark Knight came with an extra 140mm case fan that I was gonna put on it, it was a FREEBEE, but since the cooler was messed up I put in the front of the case.
When I went to repack the DK for the RMA I noticed that the TOP HS Fin was POPPED loose on one side from the Heat Pipes. I hadn't noticed that upon first examination. ARGH!!
Oh well, looks like Thursday or Friday before it gets here, even though CS at Newegg had said they would OVERNIGHT it today. But of course they did not.
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BOO YAH!!!!!
Just noticed that I made into the TAGS of this thread!!!
I'm a WF Celebrity now!!!!
ROFLMFAO!!!
BOO YAH!!!!!
Just noticed that I made into the TAGS of this thread!!!
I'm a WF Celebrity now!!!!
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It's not NOW I'll have you know!!!! lulz
That's alright, I had initially thought that 3 24" monitors would be TOO wide. NOW that I have them and have had a day with'em, it looks like I just might go ahead and get another 24".
You know, I saw that end monitor being TOP LOW in that pic while I was posting and thought, Hmmm.....even now that they are EVEN across the top, the end one is LOW at the bottom. LOL
Here you go.......You've EARNED this:
Lulz
I would do this: http://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-...ting-vision-planning-resource-allocation.html
Adjust as you see fit!
Adjust as you see fit!
I must be missing something. Why are you using a server chip in a workstation? Why do you need ECC RAM? I really am interested to hear what you're up to if you'll share.
This is a good 8 months old now, but 2 days humming and hawing + 2 days shipping from Amazon, done.
It's a P9X79 Deluxe, i7 3820, with 16GB of Corsair Dominator Platinum running at 2400 mhz, 2 x Intel 520 SSD, 1 x 240gb for Win 8 OS and programs, and 1 x 60gb for scratch disk, plus a few other bits and pieces.
I have a P8Z77-V Deluxe in my home theater box.
Oh, this thread is about building PCs now. SEO is dead.
Nice cable management!
Should bump that to 32GB (ram so cheap).
GTX670 is a nice card =)
Seems reasonable...
They should pay for his e-mail, internet service, new computer, coffee, printer, office space, electric bill, etc just to name a few. And perhaps once those are all taken care of, he can start doing SEO.