Author Topic: Captain Awesome's benchies (Read 101831 times)

Spazosaurus · « **Reply #100 on:** October 11, 2008, 04:05:55 PM »

$120 on Newegg, paid $126 on Amazon.

*Checks amazon and realizes that psu went down $20 since purchase last week*

Look how ah man getting back $20us. Price is now $105 there.

Carigamers · « **Reply #100 on:** October 11, 2008, 04:05:55 PM »

Nephilim · « **Reply #101 on:** October 11, 2008, 04:39:39 PM »

hmmm not bad at all....will do some more research on this series...my HX520 running its course...

Philosophical45 · « **Reply #102 on:** October 11, 2008, 05:37:54 PM »

hmmm.. how come i smell a next 4870 in the future..

Arcmanov · « **Reply #103 on:** October 11, 2008, 05:52:35 PM »

Ah boy...'Holic' make a pass.

...ah know he is yuh real hoss.

Spazosaurus · « **Reply #104 on:** October 15, 2008, 07:37:50 AM »

Another upgrade rolled in last night, this time in the form of a 300gig Western Digital Velociraptor. (In case y'all didnt know this before, upgrades dont only come in the form of new cases, cpu's and video cards. Hard drives are important too. They are the weakest link in your system)

I'll let these comparisons between it and this 320gig Seagate 7200rpm do the talking.

Bottom one is the Velociraptor, top is the Seagate.

That's over 60% more performance with just one drive...

Carigamers · « **Reply #104 on:** October 15, 2008, 07:37:50 AM »

Netizen1 · « **Reply #105 on:** October 15, 2008, 08:18:36 AM »

That's why I snagged 2 Raptors to put in RAID-0

phoenix31tt · « **Reply #106 on:** October 15, 2008, 09:04:04 AM »

Quote from: Captain Awesome on October 15, 2008, 07:37:50 AM

(In case y'all didnt know this before, upgrades dont only come in the form of new cases, cpu's and video cards. Hard drives are important too. They are the weakest link in your system)

yes agreed... but i doh agree that they are the weakest link doh

...

and gj @ that veloci... but jeez those things are expensive... i hope they reliable enough not to fail...
all ah we cant afford 2

... i cant even afford 1 -.-

what i want capt. is real life improvements... let us know how the system is running after going from the 7200rpm drive

Spazosaurus · « **Reply #107 on:** October 15, 2008, 09:21:36 AM »

Well with a mtbf of 1.5 million hours and a 5 year warranty, i'm not expecting to have to measure its exact dimensions for a fit in a coffin.

I'll install Warhead, and ive already installed Hell's Highway so I can give some feedback on load times.

Crixx_Creww · « **Reply #108 on:** October 15, 2008, 09:26:22 AM »

5 year warranty.. nice
expected for the class of money yu paying for it... but yu know, nice to actually know that all that blood yu had to sell to pay for it wont be lost

Arcmanov · « **Reply #109 on:** October 15, 2008, 09:39:01 AM »

Ah boy. Niceness, but I think the PSU is the weakest link yes.

Holic go bless me up with two for de Christmas (not for RAID though).

phoenix31tt · « **Reply #110 on:** October 15, 2008, 09:40:56 AM »

Quote from: Arcman on October 15, 2008, 09:39:01 AM

Holic go bless me up with two for de Christmas (not for RAID though).

nice tell holic link me to k

Spazosaurus · « **Reply #111 on:** October 15, 2008, 11:56:58 AM »

Well...psu IS very important but apart from that, performance wise, the hdd is generally that slowest part of the system.

phoenix31tt · « **Reply #112 on:** October 15, 2008, 12:17:05 PM »

Quote from: Captain Awesome on October 15, 2008, 11:56:58 AM

Well...psu IS very important but apart from that, performance wise, the hdd is generally that slowest part of the system.

oh thats what u mean by weakest link...
well in that case yes it is... but the impact that it has on the system means that it can be "allowed" to lag behind

Arcmanov · « **Reply #113 on:** October 15, 2008, 12:30:18 PM »

OK, now I understand what you mean (performance-wise). I suspect the only reason Vista gimme a 5.4 for storage and not a 5.9 is
probably because I not using one a them l33t drives.

Spazosaurus · « **Reply #114 on:** October 15, 2008, 12:51:31 PM »

Oh yeah...i'm up to full 5.9 on vista, upfro m 5.6 on my previous drive.

phoenix31tt · « **Reply #115 on:** October 15, 2008, 01:09:47 PM »

i'm @ 5.6 as well.. but bleh

btw arcman unlock the antec skeleton thread lol

Kraeoss · « **Reply #116 on:** October 16, 2008, 08:00:00 AM »

hey capt. the sunbeam core contact freezer hsf u have can that have 2 fans mounted ? and how good is it ? cooling wize

Spazosaurus · « **Reply #117 on:** October 16, 2008, 03:08:16 PM »

It IS possible to have a dual fan configuration on it but not in the conventional manner. Youll have to attach the fan on the other side with sticky tape or something.

As far as cooling goes, I get around 43-45 idle and 59-60 load at 3.3ghz.

Kraeoss · « **Reply #118 on:** October 16, 2008, 03:39:02 PM »

cool thx planning on getting one for meh system

Spazosaurus · « **Reply #119 on:** November 09, 2008, 10:23:43 PM »

I guess the numbers can speak for themselves. Didnt really push the cards/tweak for best performance either...yet.

Carigamers · « **Reply #119 on:** November 09, 2008, 10:23:43 PM »

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