dalewakelin
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Im making a workstation and I am building it off of an IBM Intellistation A Pro. It has Nvidia Quadro 4500, 16GB of RAM, 80GB WD BLACK HDD, 2x Dual Core AMD OPTERON socket 940. I will post pictures soon.
Workstation Build
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The Orange One
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Ok. Look Forward for the Pics
dalewakelin
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I ended up with an intel cpu cooler from arctic cooling somehow but an amd replacement is on its way. It is more cable managed since i got it as it was a mission to put the side panel on before.
I have ordered some ram heatsinks as they are really cheap and they look nice and keep the ram a good 10-15 'C cooler. I also replaced the heavy duty server fans with 2 arctic cooling f8s as they are a lot quieter and they look the part. I have also ordered a 120mm fan that i am going to put in the front of the case, previously there was a drive cage there with and 80mm fan but have removed it to increase airflow and because it only has one hard drive. This means i will need to drill a few holes to make the fan fit. Also the PSU fan is past its best so i will replace that with a 92mm Arctic cooling fan. (arctic fanboy lol) for the cpu coolers im planning on using 2 arctic cooling alpine 64s but i just need to see if they fit and whether or not i can mod them to fit.
My cat also wanted me to get quieter fans. I have ordered a fan controller for eye candy and to lower the speed of my fans for at night if i need to leave it on all night for whatever reason. (The workstation is the furthest away one)
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The Orange One
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Good Work Mate. I Like It!
dalewakelin
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Thanks, once more of the parts arrive i will post an update. :rock:
seumasbeathan
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Don't bother with ram coolers, they are not needed what so ever and are a waste of money
dalewakelin
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They are £0.06 a piece and they're already ordered, the Ram in this does tend to get hotter than I would like it to be. Unlike "gaming" ram, the ram chips in this are crowded and there is more chips on a single module too. Its not one of the big pricey ones im getting either just subtle heatsinks.
Here is a pic:
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seumasbeathan
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Sorry I thought you meant a different type of ram cooler
dalewakelin
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Yeah i know, there's a lot of over priced ones going around. :ar:
Josh Weston
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This forum has a hatred for the fan assisted RAM coolers, tis all.
What're you going be doing on your workstation, if I may ask?
What're you going be doing on your workstation, if I may ask?
dalewakelin
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Its mainly going to be used for editing and using cinema 4d, i got it for free and its a vast improvement over my intel pentium d with 2gb of ram
dalewakelin
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I don't know exactly but it should be done by the start of September, i just need to wait for stuff to arrive and i need to order a few more bits and bobs. And im getting a fan controller with an LCD screen, it looks nice and i picked it up of ebay for a good price. Once i get it ill post picksWhen do you think you are going to be finished? I can't wait to see it
dalewakelin
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Yeah sure, once i finish i will be able to give some pointers. The people on the forums have waaaay more knowledge than me though.
dalewakelin
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dalewakelin
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UPDATE!:
I have the AMD cpu cooler now but i dont have the brackets so i will most probably need to take glue to it, some of my RAM heat-sinks came and they made like 10'C difference. i got the 4 silver ones but only 1 black one came and the silver seems to be cooler for some reason.
The heat-sinks were hard to install at first but then i got the hang of it.
I only have one arctic cooling alpine 64 at the minute but i will need to order another one but not having a second one was a good test for the fan controllers temp alarm.
Here is picture of the front with the fan controller in. I took the audio and firewire out because i dont need them and they were a wast of space. The hard-drive is on show at the front but that is the only place i can put it. I tried to power it up and it turned on and the fan controller lit up and all the fans were going but no image appeared on my monitor and i dont know why exactly and it turns its self of after a few seconds presumably because the second cpu overheats.
I have the AMD cpu cooler now but i dont have the brackets so i will most probably need to take glue to it, some of my RAM heat-sinks came and they made like 10'C difference. i got the 4 silver ones but only 1 black one came and the silver seems to be cooler for some reason.
The heat-sinks were hard to install at first but then i got the hang of it.
I only have one arctic cooling alpine 64 at the minute but i will need to order another one but not having a second one was a good test for the fan controllers temp alarm.
Here is picture of the front with the fan controller in. I took the audio and firewire out because i dont need them and they were a wast of space. The hard-drive is on show at the front but that is the only place i can put it. I tried to power it up and it turned on and the fan controller lit up and all the fans were going but no image appeared on my monitor and i dont know why exactly and it turns its self of after a few seconds presumably because the second cpu overheats.
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