Author Topic: your big rig specs** (Read 81178 times)

niplfsh · « **Reply #300 on:** Sun, 25 July 2010, 22:39:20 »

I liked the P180. It looked great and was very quiet. Plenty of internal drive bays; at that point I had 6 hard drives. Drawbacks were cable management was a huge pain (I had to get creative with the dremel to make it tolerable) and it weighed a metric ****ton. AFAIK they've improved the cable management in the newer versions.

Oh and yeah, the Dark Fleet series looks awful. Bastard child of the HAF series. I don't think the 922 looks that bad, really... I would have preferred a smoother front but I think it looks better than the 932. I removed the red LEDs, too. I have blacklights inside the case, but it's a very subdued glow.

Phaedrus2129 · « **Reply #301 on:** Sun, 25 July 2010, 22:40:10 »

Hopefully they have, I lost our Dremel in the move.

gr1m · « **Reply #302 on:** Sun, 25 July 2010, 22:44:45 »

"Ugh" sums up that Dark Fleet very well indeed. I guess a new way to save money is to sell cases without any front or top plates and call it a "cool look".

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #303 on:** Sun, 25 July 2010, 23:05:22 »

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Hopefully they have, I lost our Dremel in the move.

Is that a premonition referring that you already ordered the P183?

Cable management should be easy inside that case (there's a lot worse; using cable twisties to bundle cords actually helps a lot, if you have any spare bays, I recommend shoving cords in them too):

Phaedrus2129 · « **Reply #304 on:** Sun, 25 July 2010, 23:08:49 »

Depends, it's part of their forum reviewer schtick that I got in on for having an obscene amount of posts/rep on OCN (btw Gr1m, I got five flames finally after eight months

). Every month or two I get to choose from one of 3-4 products, then they send it to me and I post a review on the forums I frequent.

This time it was a choice between one of the new Darkfleet cases (which I've made clear I HATE) or a TPQ-1200. Since I already have an engineering sample of the HCP-1200 that leaves me with nothing that I have any reason to ask for. So I used my one free pass to ask for a P183 instead. I'm waiting for their response.

gr1m · « **Reply #305 on:** Mon, 26 July 2010, 00:09:00 »

I really don't think post/rep count has anything to do with it. It's not as if you're the only person on OCN with a lot of rep.

Phaedrus2129 · « **Reply #306 on:** Mon, 26 July 2010, 00:13:18 »

It also helps that I got into a conversation with NickShih who asked the Antec marketing department to put me on the list for getting a review sample of the HCP-1200; and they instead put me on the forum reviewer list, and Nick had to send me an engineering sample. Win-win for me, I suppose.

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #307 on:** Mon, 26 July 2010, 00:22:57 »

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It also helps that I got into a conversation with NickShih who asked the Antec marketing department to put me on the list for getting a review sample of the HCP-1200; and they instead put me on the forum reviewer list, and Nick had to send me an engineering sample. Win-win for me, I suppose.

I think you're a good candidate; especially in terms of technicalities (for those who want extra information rather than just basic outlines).

Although, I seen some dirt-basic PSUs bundled with various chassis.

gr1m · « **Reply #308 on:** Mon, 26 July 2010, 00:32:44 »

You remind me of meticadpa. From zero to self-proclaimed PSU hero in about a week. That's what it looked like on OCN at least.

Phaedrus2129 · « **Reply #309 on:** Mon, 26 July 2010, 08:00:02 »

Quote from: gr1m;206482

You remind me of meticadpa. From zero to self-proclaimed PSU hero in about a week. That's what it looked like on OCN at least.

At times it even comes close to the truth. Thankfully most issues on OCN don't require the hugely in-depth knowledge of PSU design or obscure manufacturers that I'm weak on. I stick to "favorites" like everyone else with my recommendations; but I back my favorites up with reviews with competent testing, and I change those favorites every time something better comes along. Unlike the poor gofs still recommending the Corsair TX750 (mediocre) or worse the PC P&C Silencer 750W (no longer made or sold).

Competence is mostly a matter of perception.

ch_123 · « **Reply #310 on:** Mon, 26 July 2010, 08:07:17 »

Quote from: gr1m;206482

You remind me of meticadpa. From zero to self-proclaimed PSU hero in about a week. That's what it looked like on OCN at least.

The quality of advice is independent of who gives it, no?

keyboardlover · « **Reply #311 on:** Mon, 26 July 2010, 12:09:00 »

Here are the specs of my big rig (current work machine):
Intel Xeon X3430 2.40 GHz
8 GB RAM
Dual 500 GB HDD (RAID 0)
Windows 7 x64

Just got it a month ago and I love having a server-class machine for development work =)

gr1m · « **Reply #312 on:** Mon, 26 July 2010, 12:36:52 »

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The quality of advice is independent of who gives it, no?

You're right but still, people should stop jizzing over "PSU experts".

phillip · « **Reply #313 on:** Mon, 26 July 2010, 14:58:42 »

Quote from: gr1m;206637

You're right but still, people should stop jizzing over "PSU experts".

yeah, if they want psu reviews they should just go to jonnyguru or something where they have proper test hardware

gr1m · « **Reply #314 on:** Mon, 26 July 2010, 15:24:54 »

Quote from: Phaedrus2129;206537

Unlike the poor gofs still recommending the Corsair TX750 (mediocre)

I don't understand this recent trend. It's as if trash-talking the TX750 is a requirement to becoming a "PSU expert". I removed meticadpa from Steam the first time round because he just wouldn't shut the **** up about how a TX750 is a bad power supply. It's not. It's decent and it's old. Of course newer power supplies are better.

Quote from: phillip;206663

yeah, if they want psu reviews they should just go to jonnyguru or something where they have proper test hardware

From what I see, a "PSU expert" paraphrases jonnyguru and gets recognition for it.

Phaedrus2129 · « **Reply #315 on:** Mon, 26 July 2010, 16:30:59 »

I don't trash it. It's just when you compare this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006&Tpk=TX750
To this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371025&cm_re=truepower_new_750-_-17-371-025-_-Product

And you do your research, if you don't recommend the Antec over the Corsair then you either don't know what you're on about or you're a fanboy ("you" used in the indefinite sense). There's nothing wrong with the TX750, it just gets undeserved praise and can't compete with Antec's aggressive pricing.

British · « **Reply #316 on:** Mon, 26 July 2010, 16:42:51 »

Quote from: EverythingIBM;206451

Cable management should be easy inside that case (there's a lot worse; using cable twisties to bundle cords actually helps a lot, if you have any spare bays, I recommend shoving cords in them too)

After having quite a few Antec and ThermalTake cases, I found my Case-Goddess (yes, it's a she):

Stuffed:

Best cable management I ever witnessed, it's so nice not to have all those damn cables flying around.

To compare, my previous rig:

gr1m · « **Reply #317 on:** Mon, 26 July 2010, 16:44:53 »

Quote from: Phaedrus2129;206674

I don't trash it. It's just when you compare this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006&Tpk=TX750
To this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371025&cm_re=truepower_new_750-_-17-371-025-_-Product

And you do your research, if you don't recommend the Antec over the Corsair then you either don't know what you're on about or you're a fanboy ("you" used in the indefinite sense). There's nothing wrong with the TX750, it just gets undeserved praise and can't compete with Antec's aggressive pricing.

Again, one of them is years newer than the other. Are you surprised that it's superior? Besides, the TX750 looks like it's $90 after rebates. That's still a bargain considering I got my VX550 for $83.

Phaedrus2129 · « **Reply #318 on:** Mon, 26 July 2010, 17:07:10 »

That's the thing, the TX750 is a couple years old and technology has advanced. There's better out there. But a lot of people continue to believe that anything with "Corsair" on the label must be top of the line, even if it's midrange by today's standards.

And yeah the price fluctuates, but they both stay in the $90-$120 range generally.

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #319 on:** Mon, 26 July 2010, 20:40:21 »

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That's the thing, the TX750 is a couple years old and technology has advanced. There's better out there. But a lot of people continue to believe that anything with "Corsair" on the label must be top of the line, even if it's midrange by today's standards.

And yeah the price fluctuates, but they both stay in the $90-$120 range generally.

I was interested in a lot of the corsair stuff, I don't think it's bad. If I find something too expensive, I just wait a few years until the price goes down. I remember when dungeon siege came out, it was $60. I waited two years and got it for $5 in the "value" bin.

Phaedrus2129 · « **Reply #320 on:** Mon, 26 July 2010, 21:10:47 »

How come whenever I say "Corsair product XXXXXX isn't the best" they interpret it as "Corsair is bad"?

JaccoW · « **Reply #321 on:** Tue, 27 July 2010, 13:10:17 »

Because our brain follows a flawed logic.

I have a Corsair HX520 in my main pc and a HX450 in my parents pc.
Good little psu's, quiet, but I can also understand if technology has improved in the meantime. Though I wonder how much when it comes to psu's.

gr1m · « **Reply #322 on:** Tue, 27 July 2010, 13:14:20 »

Corsair's warranty is among the best as I hear it (my PSU hasn't failed yet so no RMAs). I would gladly be labelled a Corsair fanboy. My sister tried buying an Antec laptop charger a month ago and RMAing it was a bloody nightmare.

Phaedrus2129 · « **Reply #323 on:** Tue, 27 July 2010, 13:26:40 »

Don't know about laptop chargers, but I've heard praises and hallelujahs about Antec's PSU customer service. Seems about on par with Corsair, they'll ship it to you at their expense with minimal delay. I don't recall though, I haven't had to RMA something to them before. But from what I've heard it's comparable to Corsair.

Only point I'm not sure on is replacement of other hardware in the event the power supply takes it out. I've only heard of a Corsair doing that once, and Corsair sent a check for the fried mobo and hard drive to be replaced, which was a double mega +++ in my eyes. However I haven't heard an Antec frying anything in recent years so I don't know if they'll do that. I mean, they probably do fry stuff on occasion in the event of bad shorts, I just haven't run across it before.

But on the whole I've heard their support is comparable.

kriminal · « **Reply #324 on:** Tue, 27 July 2010, 14:10:31 »

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I may start using my Antec High Current Pro 1200W engineering sample as my PSU and sell my TX750. I mean, my computer draws less than 350W, but I could use some cash and I can't sell the ES. Plus it's supposed to be 92% efficient from 100 - 800W.

Also may be getting a free sample of the P183 case.

It's nice having computer cred.

=O

instantkamera · « **Reply #325 on:** Tue, 27 July 2010, 15:14:15 »

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I don't recall though, I haven't had to RMA something to them before.

That would explain why you don't recall ...

Ekaros · « **Reply #326 on:** Wed, 28 July 2010, 14:05:37 »

So, just for sake of spamming:
Asus P5Q-E
Intel Core Quad Q9300
8GB A-Data
Radeon 4870 512MB
~2TB HDD space
Razer Diamondback
Microsoft Internet Keyboard(nearly 10 year old membrane piece, waiting to be changed...)
And my pride and joy 22" Lenovo L220x native resolution 1920x1200
+LG 17"

British · « **Reply #327 on:** Wed, 28 July 2010, 14:49:06 »

I wouldn't call "trying to stay on-topic" spamming, but I guess quite a few people would think otherwise :wink:

instantkamera · « **Reply #328 on:** Wed, 28 July 2010, 16:13:03 »

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And my pride and joy 22" Lenovo L220x native resolution 1920x1200
+LG 17"

PVA panel if I recall? Last I checked those were terribly overpriced (here in Canada compared to the latest IPS offerings around), did you get a good deal, and where?

Ekaros · « **Reply #329 on:** Wed, 28 July 2010, 16:30:37 »

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PVA panel if I recall? Last I checked those were terribly overpriced (here in Canada compared to the latest IPS offerings around), did you get a good deal, and where?

M-PVA yes, about 2 years old bought from local dealer for 411€. I think it as good deal, tried out 24" inch quickly before it but it felt just too big for me... So after some Internet cheking ended up with it, haven't realy regreted buying it even for that price at all. There isn't too many out with similiar specs(size-resolution) and those which are seems to cost even more here...

instantkamera · « **Reply #330 on:** Wed, 28 July 2010, 17:16:32 »

yeah it's nice for sure, good res at that size.

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #331 on:** Wed, 28 July 2010, 18:55:05 »

Quote from: Ekaros;207156

M-PVA yes, about 2 years old bought from local dealer for 411€. I think it as good deal, tried out 24" inch quickly before it but it felt just too big for me... So after some Internet cheking ended up with it, haven't realy regreted buying it even for that price at all. There isn't too many out with similiar specs(size-resolution) and those which are seems to cost even more here...

Does it have a stand like this?

Those are good stands. Very malleable. I like the little swivel buttons too.

Ekaros · « **Reply #332 on:** Wed, 28 July 2010, 19:09:43 »

Quote from: EverythingIBM;207193

Does it have a stand like this?
Show Image

Those are good stands. Very malleable. I like the little swivel buttons too.

Yep, stand is just like that one, I don't understand when someone says it's too big... My keyboard fits fine under it if it needs to...

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #333 on:** Wed, 28 July 2010, 19:36:08 »

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Yep, stand is just like that one, I don't understand when someone says it's too big... My keyboard fits fine under it if it needs to...

Yep, I find it as a very nice flush surface to temporarily place things.

It's big in the sense that it has a lot of surface area, but it's also very *flat*. Unlike most stands which are very small but raised up a lot.

gr1m · « **Reply #334 on:** Wed, 28 July 2010, 19:39:25 »

I rest my headphones on my monitor's stand:

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #335 on:** Wed, 28 July 2010, 21:22:05 »

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I rest my headphones on my monitor's stand:
Show Image

Ewwww, an LG! The lenovo one is way better.

Although I guess your AMD box isn't running dual-channel RAM:

You have way too much time on your hands:

gr1m · « **Reply #336 on:** Wed, 28 July 2010, 21:26:05 »

Old picture. That was the first hour of cable-job just to see if the parts worked. I sold the third 2GB stick and RMA'd the 4890 3 times until I got a decent one. Also, I don't make those bunchie pictures, lol. I just collect the cool ones I find. Except the one in my avatar. Actually, I would be lying, someone else made it for me, but the concept is mine.

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #337 on:** Wed, 28 July 2010, 21:30:08 »

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Old picture. That was the first hour of cable-job just to see if the parts worked. I sold the third 2GB stick and RMA'd the 4890 3 times until I got a decent one. Also, I don't make those bunchie pictures, lol. I just collect the cool ones I find. Except the one in my avatar. Actually, I would be lying, someone else made it for me, but the concept is mine.

#1 well I'm glad you're running in dual channel or I'd have to laugh at you.

#2 I don't think there's a difference between making... "bunchies" or finding them. It still requires time. And you collected so many, I'm sure the time it took you to collect all of those, someome could have already made one.

gr1m · « **Reply #338 on:** Wed, 28 July 2010, 21:33:52 »

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#1 well I'm glad you're running in dual channel or I'd have to laugh at you.

From what I hear about your Pentium to Core 2 upgrade, you shouldn't be laughing at anybody about anything computer-related.

Quote from: EverythingIBM;207236

#2 I don't think there's a difference between making... "bunchies" or finding them. It still requires time. And you collected so many, I'm sure the time it took you to collect all of those, someome could have already made one.

Digging IBM garbage out of a dumpster takes more time than copy/pasting URLs from this website: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bunchie

Besides, what the **** are you snooping around my Photobucket account for?

Phaedrus2129 · « **Reply #339 on:** Wed, 28 July 2010, 21:51:53 »

Quote from: gr1m;207238

From what I hear about your Pentium to Core 2 upgrade, you shouldn't be laughing at anybody about anything computer-related.

Digging IBM garbage out of a dumpster takes more time than copy/pasting URLs from this website: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bunchie

Besides, what the **** are you snooping around my Photobucket account for?

EIBM sees aaaallllll...

instantkamera · « **Reply #340 on:** Wed, 28 July 2010, 22:06:49 »

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EIBM sees aaaallllll...

Yeah, only 640x480 pixels at a time though.

gr1m · « **Reply #341 on:** Wed, 28 July 2010, 22:09:14 »

Really, a stranger is stalking and digging up pictures from my Photobucket account and then accusing me of having too much time on my hands; hypocrisy at its finest.

gr1m · « **Reply #342 on:** Thu, 29 July 2010, 00:34:06 »

Quote from: kishy;207363

With all due respect, this is like people who complain about Facebook stalking.

(anyone else see the laughable news that someone set up a crawler to pull a couple gigabytes of personal info off Facebook, then threw it up online as a torrent?)

When you put things online, not only should you be aware that people will go through it but you should also expect it. There is no privacy and there ought not be any beyond your own discretion. Put a password on your photobucket account if you're concerned.

No offense taken. I have nothing private on my Photobucket (and I would have put a password on if I did) so it's not a privacy complaint. Just a hypocrisy complaint.

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #343 on:** Thu, 29 July 2010, 01:09:31 »

Quote from: gr1m;207368

No offense taken. I have nothing private on my Photobucket (and I would have put a password on if I did) so it's not a privacy complaint. Just a hypocrisy complaint.

Quote from: gr1m;207257

Really, a stranger is stalking and digging up pictures from my Photobucket account and then accusing me of having too much time on my hands; hypocrisy at its finest.

Let us review this two statements in unison:
A) you got angry when I said you were wasting time gathering Bunchies. <-- this is basically the real reason why you made all of those statements.
B) you use [that] anger to say I'm "stalking" public photobucket pages.
C) Then you say I'm wasting my time on your photobucket page -- but then what's the point of accusing me of stalking and getting mad over that when you quickly change it saying I'm wasting time by going on your photobucket, and then calling me a hypocrite -- just to ignore the fact that you were previously saying I was stalking? In other words, you can't accuse me of stalking public pages; but then why did you bring that up? So the accusation of me being a hypocrite is rendered void because that wasn't your original argument. You just "morphed" it into that.

So which one is it, am I stalking your photobucket, am I wasting my time on it, both?

Quote from: Phaedrus2129;207251

EIBM sees aaaallllll...

Yes, I'm the all-seeing-eye of horus.

gr1m · « **Reply #344 on:** Thu, 29 July 2010, 01:11:36 »

Read the second statement you quoted carefully. Especially after the word "account". There, you might see that my original point was that you're a hypocrite for telling me that I wasted my time collecting bunchies while you wasted your time digging ancient pictures up from my Photobucket account.

I'll make it easy for you:

Quote from: gr1m;207257

Really, a stranger is stalking and digging up pictures from my Photobucket account and then accusing me of having too much time on my hands; hypocrisy at its finest.

So, no. I got angry when you said I was wasting time gathering bunchies and then used that anger to say that you're wasting more time stalking my Photobucket page.

*edit

Quote from: EverythingIBM;207396

Anyways... back on topic.

Victory is mine. Read posts properly next time.

EverythingIBM · « **Reply #345 on:** Thu, 29 July 2010, 01:18:28 »

Quote from: Ekaros;207120

So, just for sake of spamming:
Asus P5Q-E
Intel Core Quad Q9300
8GB A-Data
Radeon 4870 512MB
~2TB HDD space
Razer Diamondback
Microsoft Internet Keyboard(nearly 10 year old membrane piece, waiting to be changed...)
And my pride and joy 22" Lenovo L220x native resolution 1920x1200
+LG 17"

Anyways... back on topic.

What case do you use for your computer out of curiosity? 8GB of RAM can get fairly hot if I'm not mistaken. Even old EDO RAM lol (but those things suck a lot of voltage).

gr1m · « **Reply #346 on:** Thu, 29 July 2010, 01:33:53 »

So I'm on Vent and somebody is claiming that anybody buying above 100W PSUs is wrong and we're all misinformed and it's all a conspiracy theory from manufacturers like Corsair to make money. Phaedrus, get on Spec's vent.

gr1m · « **Reply #347 on:** Thu, 29 July 2010, 01:45:09 »

http://www.overclock.net/power-supplies/788140-power-supplies-misinformed-users.html

Lmao. I got all of the buildup on vent. He's trolling though. Quite obviously. It was great while it lasted. He's still going. You know when something's an obvious troll but it's still funny?

ch_123 · « **Reply #348 on:** Thu, 29 July 2010, 04:34:46 »

Like any time MW posts?

And your link is dead.

gr1m · « **Reply #349 on:** Thu, 29 July 2010, 04:36:47 »

Well, not really dead, the mods took care of it. The troll was weak overall. I'll write a summary later.

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