The Ultimate COD Rig

[FS~Phat]

Ive been busy upgrading my beast.... waiting patiently for COD to be sorted..

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The ultimate gaming rig has had another upgrade while I wait for COD to get sorted!
Installed an Aquaero 5 XT controller with 6 slave controllers and a bunch of sensors.

Have to say this was the most fun I have had playing with water cooling!!
I have setup "target temp" controls to adjust the various fans based on each loops water temp. Also for the internal air temp, and Fan Amp temps.
Running up on the bench to work out the configuration.

I have the RGB led installed replacing the Power led so I get another quick visual clue to whats going on. Green for below operating temp, blue for normal temp and red for overheating.

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Remounting the waterblock with METAL screws and insulators to tighten up the mount. The included plastic screws felt too flimsy and left the block a little floppy.

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Tidying up the cables.
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The Aquaero loop temp sensors and CPU sensor installation.
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Installed the PA2s with an old Ram fan to cool PA2 heatsinks. Works remarkably well dropping Poweramp temps by 20c! Of course controlled by a PA2, to ramp up with a target temp 70c with a virtual sensor i set up for the PA2 Fan Amp temps

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[FS~Phat]

All Assembled
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Overview page of my config in Aquasuite 2012.
A couple of the fans generate a dirty RPM signal below 6v but it doesnt effect the operation as the fans are voltage controlled anyway.

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Settings screens
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Aquaero screenshots
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I did some reconfiguring today.
Ive loaded the 4 D5 pumps onto the controllers and they work a treat!
I have the following config now:

A5
Ch1 PA2 Fans
Ch2 D5-1 GPU Loop
Ch3 Exhaust Fans
Ch4 D5-2 GPU Loop

PA2's
Ch5 CPU Rad1 Fans
Ch6 CPU Rad2 Fans
Ch7 GPU Rad1 Fans
Ch8 GPU Rad2 Fans
Ch9 D5-1 CPU Loop
Ch10 D5-2 CPU Loop

Flowmeter 1 CPU Loop
Flowmeter 8 GPU Loop

Temp Sensors
T15 Ambient Air Temp
T13 Rad Air In Temp
T7 Internal Air Temp
T14 Rad Air Out Temp

T1 CPU Water in
T2 CPU Water out
T3 CPU Water Res out
T4 GPU Water in
T5 GPU Water out
T6 GPU Water Res out
T8 CPU Temp
T16 GPU Temp

Here's a 15min Furmark run with 15min cooldown.
What an amazing piece of technology!
Reallllly quiet for normal computing and light gaming, but an absolute powerhouse when required. All seamlessly controlled.

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[Chips86]

NASA called, they want their machine back.

[speculum jockey]

Take a picture of next month's power bill.

[Chips86]

Take a picture of next month's power bill.

Or the divorce papers..

[Robin2k7]

uhm do you have stutters over london ? :grin:

[mattebubben]

You just Crushed my feeling of having a Decent Pc =<.
kinda like buying that new Volvo u always wanted and Seeing the neighbors new Ferrari.
I want youre Beast of a Machine =>

[Doc_uk]

Now show us a video of gameplay + fps or i dont belive you:grin:

[FS~Phat]

Now show us a video of gameplay + fps or i dont belive you:grin:

OK

COD Dogfight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bba7LKzFPc

and for good measure a massive IL2 BOB scenario..
Mission created with UberDemons UberQuick IL2 Mission Generator based on the HUGE Battle of Britain setting but turned up to insane plane numbers..
20 x Mk.Vc4 1941 Spitfires
12 x Mk.1 1938 Hurricanes
VS
28 x Bf-109 E-4 1940
18 x Bf-109 E-4/B 1940
28 x Ju-87 B-2 1941
28 x He111 H-2 1941

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTFTjRXqf8U

[smink1701]

What do they say about absolute power?

[jg27_mc]

NASA called, they want their machine back.

ROTFL.

Congrats FS~Phat you do own a very good looking rig.

[Vengeanze]

FS~Phat, could you lend a couple of hundred...thousand please.
Won't hurt your wallet. ;-)

[kimosabi]

Nice box.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Very impressive.

Does it also keep beer and vegetables cool? :)

Seriously though, 25-30 fps on that system? I get that on mine in an over water mission!?!?

Not with 3 monitors, I hasten to add.

[kristorf]

Not married with kids then, or soon not to be?..............................

[=XIII=Shea]

Those fps,s are not great at all,Clod just has a badly optimised game engine,waste of time upgrading until the game is fixed:(

[Insuber]

Wait ... are you playing CoD with an aquarium ???? :D

[ATAG_Doc]

London sightseeing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRmtTLtBOjU

Super Deal at the Silversmith Shop. All sales final.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwwwPjdFxVU

[Ze-Jamz]

Nice rig Phat..

Impressive...most impressive in a darth vader-esq voice

[Mad G]

uhm do you have stutters over london ? :grin:

I was coming to ask the same question. Any sttuter at all?

[Strike]

insane rig, this has to be some serious compensation for something.


The best part of it all - you have completely sacrificed the outside world by turning your huge window into the background of your gaming nest.

In-f***ing-sane...

Your PC is probably among the top 3 contributors to global warming.

If he were walking by, even Churck Norris would hesitate for a split second.

[Rattlehead]

What case is that?

[jcenzano]

If you are thinking someday on giving your machine away (for free), don´t count on my.

THAT THING DOES NOT FIT IN ANY OF MY ROOMS...:-P

[Rolltide88]

And I play the game flawlessly on an iMac pulling 250 Watts. Also my office stays about 74 degrees. I tend to like my temp on the cool side.:grin:

[SlipBall]

Expect a visit from the Green Police!!!!:grin:

[Herbs107]

"HAL 9000"....Good morning FS~Phat.

[Danelov]

Nice rig. Congratulations you have the right hardware for the minimum requirements for the next 4th Patch update of COD.

[FS~Phat]

What case is that?

Check the sig...

Mountain Mods Extended Ascension Horizon XL-ATX Case

[FS~Phat]

Very impressive.

Does it also keep beer and vegetables cool? :)

Seriously though, 25-30 fps on that system? I get that on mine in an over water mission!?!?

Not with 3 monitors, I hasten to add.

Thats with max everything except textures on high with an old beta patch before crossfire was working, and recording takes a bunch of FPS away as well.

With the beta before the last official patch when they got crossfire working, I was getting 74FPS avg and 174FPS max on black death with no stutter and pretty smooth over london.
Over water I generally get 120FPS+ consistently.

The latest patch has screwed up with a few big stutters back and 40% drop in FPS.

[FS~Phat]

Not married with kids then, or soon not to be?..............................

Actually 4 kids to the old model wife and 1 new baby to the upgrade wife who understands man toys. ;)

[Jatta Raso]

and in 3 years, something less than 1000€ will be faster..

[furbs]

think this is faster...(and more insane) :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpC_4JH05Yk

[roadczar]

Interesting idea-" 1 x 8800Ultra nvidia for physx ". How is that working out? Is there a lot of software that take advantage of this combination?

I'd need a second PSU to do this....hm...

http://www.roadczar.com/pc/PC%20II%201.jpg
http://www.roadczar.com/pc/PC%20II%203.jpg

[Katana1000S]

Very nice rig, now get yourself a TM Warthog.

You still have some way to go to beat my rig though ... spec in sig.

[Rattlehead]

You still have some way to go to beat my rig though ... spec in sig.

Spinal Tap would be proud. ;)

[335th_GRAthos]

Any sttuter at all?

Who cares about stutters with such a machine, actually I would not even bother with CoD with such a beast.... :D


Impressive, very impressive... !

~S~

PS: where is the 8800Ultra in the case????

[FS~Phat]

Who cares about stutters with such a machine, actually I would not even bother with CoD with such a beast.... :D


Impressive, very impressive... !

~S~

PS: where is the 8800Ultra in the case????

Temporarily remove while I did some upgrades.
Ill put it back in later this week. Im not playing anything at the moment that can use physx anyway.

[BomberJohn1970]

Hi. :rolleyes: I was wondering:
1) Are you an American?
2) Wouldn't you be better off paying for flying lessons?

Also, an observation:
1) It is just a game you know.;)

Don't get me wrong- I like a little overengineering myself. I would have been tempted to build mine from scratch, however. Buy a CNC machining thingamy and let fly.

Bomber

[FS~Phat]

Very nice rig, now get yourself a TM Warthog.

You still have some way to go to beat my rig though ... spec in sig.

Your a very funny (old) bastard! LOL (like me) to even remember that stuff!! I started out building XT x86 systems, that should give you a clue as to what an old bastard i am!

[FS~Phat]

Hi. :rolleyes: I was wondering:
1) Are you an American?
2) Wouldn't you be better off paying for flying lessons?

Also, an observation:
1) It is just a game you know.;)

Don't get me wrong- I like a little overengineering myself. I would have been tempted to build mine from scratch, however. Buy a CNC machining thingamy and let fly.

Bomber

No actually im an Aussie!
Yes probably
and Yes I know its just a game but system building is a hobby in itself!
Its like the modern age version of shoe horning an over sized v8 into a corolla!

[BomberJohn1970]

Ah, I know where you're coming from mate. I tend to favour two wheels myself, though! :grin:

PommieJohn1970

[kimosabi]

No actually im an Aussie!
Its like the modern age version of shoe horning an over sized v8 into a corolla!

I beg to differ but I see your point. I suffer from the same sickness. :)