cooling and SLI

[seatay]

im not really sure i no im either going to be using vmware or microsoft vpc. If you guys no of any vpc's that do that'd be great. also will I have to turn on hyper-threading in the bios or something when i get my pc or will it automatically be truned on?

 

[keynes]

im not really sure i no im either going to be using vmware or microsoft vpc. If you guys no of any vpc's that do that'd be great. also will I have to turn on hyper-threading in the bios or something when i get my pc or will it automatically be truned on?

Mine had hyper threading enable. You can check that by going to the bios.

 

[seatay]

cheers again ruben. I've had a look on google and it does seem that most VM software does support Hyperr threading so im thinking i'll allocate 2 or 3 vcore's per Vm thinking about having 2 or 3 VM's on my machine all together. 1 for legacy applications, 1 for my main machine, and 1 for testing purposes, e.g. new software, OS etc.

 

[seatay]

Hey guys just one quick thing which has cuaght my eye. Would there be any point in getting a "fan controller" as from what I understand this will monitor heating etc for the fans/heatsync and pc specialist will install up to 4-5 fans with it. Just wondering if its worth it, as one thing which I have'nt really considered is whether or not the gemini sprie rev.3 will be enough cooling for my machine. Any advice on this would be great

 

[keynes]

Hey guys just one quick thing which has cuaght my eye. Would there be any point in getting a "fan controller" as from what I understand this will monitor heating etc for the fans/heatsync and pc specialist will install up to 4-5 fans with it. Just wondering if its worth it, as one thing which I have'nt really considered is whether or not the gemini sprie rev.3 will be enough cooling for my machine. Any advice on this would be great

I have a fan controller and I hardly use it, most of my case fans are running at 100%. I think the main advantage of a fan controller is to lower the noise of the fans. The fans that came with my case (also coolermaster) are not very noisy that is why I keep them at 100%.

 

[seatay]

when you say running at 100% im guessing thats max rpm's, and Do i have to do any extra configuration for the fan controller. I mean I don't want my pc to overheat. Ruben do you no if the cooling i've got is good enough?

 

[keynes]

when you say running at 100% im guessing thats max rpm's, and Do i have to do any extra configuration for the fan controller. I mean I don't want my pc to overheat. Ruben do you no if the cooling i've got is good enough?

All the fans in your case are going to be connected to the fan controller, you can vary the speed by using the touch screen at the front of your case. Your PC is not going to overheat, adding more fans would help reduce temperatures slightly with a trade off of more noise.

 

[seatay]

ok thanks ruben, i don't think i'll get the fan controller. I noticed for your pc you've got liquid cooling, was that to do with the noise or was that just a personal choice as spec wise I think my pc would produce more heat? Just wondering why you went for liquid cooling.

 

[keynes]

ok thanks ruben, i don't think i'll get the fan controller. I noticed for your pc you've got liquid cooling, was that to do with the noise or was that just a personal choice as spec wise I think my pc would produce more heat? Just wondering why you went for liquid cooling.

I went for liquid cooling because I was planning to overclock my CPU and wanted something not bulky like an air cooler. Not sure how noisy the Titan is but mine is usually silent unless I am pushing the fans at more than 50%.