Yup, on one of my builds I have a large side panel fan that sits recessed inside the case pulling air from the outside in. The Thermalright's did not fit and I had to step down to the Zalmans.
Mike --- In [email protected], Paul D <notanaiqgen...@...> wrote: > > I actually agree that the Thermalright coolers are the way to go. I happened > to > have a Zalman laying around from an older build, so I used that but I have > read > time and time again that the Thermalright coolers are the best in terms of > superior temps. I would have switched to this cooler but it is so tall that > it > is within 1-2mm of not fitting in my case, so I don't want to risk buying it > and > having it not fit. > > Paul > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Mike <sfclimb...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sat, July 24, 2010 11:28:23 AM > Subject: [amibroker] Re: New System Question > > > For very little difference in price you can go with Thermalright coolers, > instead of Zalman, and get measurably superior temperatures. > > Even when switching to liquid cooling, I was unable to get a better overclock > than I got from air cooling using Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme. > > http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_page/product_page/product_cpu_cooler_1366.html > > That was almost 2 years ago, but they were unbeatable then, and one heck of a > lot cheaper than all the $$$ that I poured into liquid cooling! However, I > did > have a lot of fun putting together the liquid cooled system ;) > > Mike > > --- In [email protected], Paul D <notanaiqgenius@> wrote: > > > > Hi Rob and other system builders, > > > > In 2009 I built my own i7 920 and overclocked it to a very very stable 3900 > > megahertz. I have XP 64 bit on it. > > > > In a Tradestation forums thread I posted a very detailed shopping list from > > Newegg of all the parts I used (more or less) and show that it can be done > > very > > > > cheap. In my opinion, the 920 version is (or at least was) the most > > affordable > > > in terms of bang for your buck once overclocked. I had some problems > > getting > > things cool enough with all 8 virtual cores going, so I turned off the > > hyperthreading and just run with 4 cores. > > > > > > Attached is a PDF of my shopping list complete with colorful pictures of my > > i7 > > > 920 build during and after. FYI, I was going for lowest price rather than > > the > > very nicest stuff, though I did not skimp on mobo, power supply, CPU, or > >memory. > > > > The case, graphics card, and fans were not the best (or quietest). > > > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Rob <sidhartha70@> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thu, July 22, 2010 2:38:22 AM > > Subject: [amibroker] New System Question > > > > > > Hi TJ, > > > > I am considering building myself a new computer system. Basically I am > > running > > > AB on a Mac Pro right now. 8GB Ram (ram is not one my constraints). I am > >running > > > > 2 x quad core Intel Xeon X5365 2.99 Ghz processors. > > > > I use AB for real time day trading... (not backtesting)... but I am pushing > > the > > > > core I run AB on to the max pretty much (My performance indicator in AB > > runs > > pretty consistently between 200 - 260%... I also have another 4 charts > > running > > > on another instance of AB to utilise another core. > > > > Question is, in building a new system, what should I be looking for > > maximise AB > > > > performance....? Obviously I am looking at the i7 range of processors. > > However, > > > > given that I can only utilise one core per instance of AB (and I want to > > run as > > > > few instances of AB as possible), should I less concerned with going for > > more > > cores and more concerned with perhaps overclocking the cores I do have...? > > > > I could go the whole hog and overclock a Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition > > to > > > 4Ghz... I don't know if that would be overkill given there would be a lot > > of > > processing power I couldn't access....? (although having 12Mb of onboard > > cache > > > looks attractive since I could run larger DB's in AB more quickly). > > > > Any other critical issues I should be thinking of in terms of speed running > > AB...? > > > > Thanks for your time. > > >
