Homemade *not testbench

[Draco Houdini]

Hello forum!

I've just seen a video from Luke with custom made test bench.

 

A long time ago I had AMD Sempron with ATI XT1800 or something like that with 2GB of RAM in an older case with no extra fans or whatsoever...

I recently updated my components (bought from friends to save money) to Core 2 Quad Q9550, 4GB RAM and HD7950 Boost from Sapphire. CPU produces a lot of heat since I still use stock cooler from Intel.

I wanted to get rid of the heat in the case, firstly I removed only the top side of case and I realized that I can not put things on top of it (I usually put my phone on my case), but I wasn't satisfied with that,

so secondly I removed side panels. The problem with that was I used to move my legs a lot so here and there I had hit my components  .

Now, I don't have a case (teared it apart after some removes) and I have to admit, it feels good!

I weekly clean my CPU and GPU from the dust so I don't have problem with that and the heat goes up in the air directly...

I would like to have a test bench, but I think I'll put my PC under the desk, put some fans on each side to keep the fresh air in there... 

 

I think it's okay if I share my PC with all of you. Components are just laying on the table, nothing special.

If you have some recommendations for me, tell me! 

Every friend that came to my place was surprised with my "I don't give a *uck PC".

 

P.S. Sorry for the dust on the table, around the PC. I'll clean it... Maybe...  

[l__T__l]

You could make it take up a lot less space and the core 2 quad is probably a bit of a bottleneck for a 7950.

[Draco Houdini]

On 5/7/2016 at 5:00 AM, l__T__l said:

core 2 quad is probably a bit of a bottleneck for a 7950.

Why do you think so?

 

I think it's a mid range CPU and there's no bottleneck in my opinion. 7950 is in a range of R9 280, if I overclock 7950 I can get results pretty close to 280X.

I don't play games very often, maybe 2 hours per week. I've bought Q9550 for 70$(U.S.) because I wanted to save so money with not buying a new MBO and CPU, so I think

Q9550 (in benchmark performance somewhere near AMD 860K/Intel Core i5 760) it's a decent CPU for that socket.

[l__T__l]

1 hour ago, Draco Houdini said:

Why do you think so?

 

I think it's a mid range CPU and there's no bottleneck in my opinion. 7950 is in a range of R9 280, if I overclock 7950 I can get results pretty close to 280X.

I don't play games very often, maybe 2 hours per week. I've bought Q9550 for 70$(U.S.) because I wanted to save so money with not buying a new MBO and CPU, so I think

Q9550 (in benchmark performance somewhere near AMD 860K/Intel Core i5 760) it's a decent CPU for that socket.

You overplayed for that CPU. You can get a Q6600 with a board and 4GBs of RAM for only $30AUD. Maybe people just like to get rid of them here. The CPU isn't that bad,  but the graphics card is almost as good as a 960 and I remember topics with people bottlenecking an 860k with a 950 but it really depends on the workload, I believe that was in GTA V, you should be fine with no CPU intensive games.

[Draco Houdini]

I actually live in Croatia (Europe) and I have to admit 70$ for Q9550 it's a pretty good deal. I could buy the same CPU for cheap on eBay, but I don't have the balls to do it.

I would never say there's a bottleneck with 860K and GTX950. 950 doesn't seem to me to be that much powerful GPU to create a bottleneck. Interesting...

I'm usually playing Guild Wars 2 and I have from 30-60fps which is more than enough for me(depends where I am in the game, city or somewhere else).

 

But, if your statement about bottleneck between CPU and GPU are true (for 860K and 950) than I have to agree that I have a bottleneck too with Q9550 and 7950.

[SLAYR]

4 hours ago, Draco Houdini said:

I actually live in Croatia (Europe) and I have to admit 70$ for Q9550 it's a pretty good deal. I could buy the same CPU for cheap on eBay, but I don't have the balls to do it.

I would never say there's a bottleneck with 860K and GTX950. 950 doesn't seem to me to be that much powerful GPU to create a bottleneck. Interesting...

I'm usually playing Guild Wars 2 and I have from 30-60fps which is more than enough for me(depends where I am in the game, city or somewhere else).

 

But, if your statement about bottleneck between CPU and GPU are true (for 860K and 950) than I have to agree that I have a bottleneck too with Q9550 and 7950.

$70USD isn't too good of a deal when it performs the same as an overclocked q6600

 

If you buy from reputable sellers, or buisnesses on ebay cpus are pretty durable, especially if the pins are on the motherboard side, and just buy from a seller who has sold a lot of items(100+), and who accepts returns, and paypal does favor the buyer over the seller for most issues that arise. If you are buying intel motherboards on ebay then you might want to be a bit more careful about buying certain ones and if the seller shows the cpu socket and pins.

 

You could get a better cooler such as the 212x which will make the cpu run a lot cooler and then leave room for an overclock.

[TheGamingBarrel]

7 hours ago, Draco Houdini said:

Why do you think so?

 

I think it's a mid range CPU and there's no bottleneck in my opinion. 7950 is in a range of R9 280, if I overclock 7950 I can get results pretty close to 280X.

I don't play games very often, maybe 2 hours per week. I've bought Q9550 for 70$(U.S.) because I wanted to save so money with not buying a new MBO and CPU, so I think

Q9550 (in benchmark performance somewhere near AMD 860K/Intel Core i5 760) it's a decent CPU for that socket.

The 7950 IS A 280 BTW, and the Core2Quad Is certainly slowing it down, not enough to care though.

[Draco Houdini]

37 minutes ago, SLAYR said:

$70USD isn't too good of a deal when it performs the same as an overclocked q6600

 

If you buy from reputable sellers, or buisnesses on ebay cpus are pretty durable, especially if the pins are on the motherboard side, and just buy from a seller who has sold a lot of items(100+), and who accepts returns, and paypal does favor the buyer over the seller for most issues that arise. If you are buying intel motherboards on ebay then you might want to be a bit more careful about buying certain ones and if the seller shows the cpu socket and pins.

 

You could get a better cooler such as the 212x which will make the cpu run a lot cooler and then leave room for an overclock.

On our "eBay" that's a fair, good price for the CPU. Even though I could get one on eBay for less or better CPU for the same amount of money, I wanted to be sure and buy from local guy I know personally.

 

Thanks for the information/advice about buying components from eBay!

 

I'm planning to upgrade my CPU fan. Intel stock cooler is not enough if I'm planning to play games through summer.

I was thinking to buy something like Cooler Master TX3i or Arctic Cooling Freezer 13.

My motherboard does not support overclocking, so some beast-mode cooling option isn't necessary for me.

Maybe if I get a good deal on some better CPU+MBO (like i7 2600 or newer with motherboard with or without overclockability).