Thursday, November 15, 2012

New PC build

I decided to build a PC for me to keep at the lab that I could remotely connect to and run my simulations on. Nothing too special because what is so special about PCs these days? Anyway the quick specs are

750W PSU
AMD 8350 eight-core CPU
32GB DDR3-1600 RAM
NZXT Phantom case

That's about it. There is a 1TB drive I had at home that I threw in and I added a cheapo graphics card just to have video output. I brought in my old Samsung Syncmaster 712n to serve as it's monitor and I have had this monitor since August 2004 before I started up at ISU so it has served me well even though it was just sitting on my desk at home. Here are some pics:





I added the front 140mm case fan since it came with my CPU heatsink as a free gift. Speaking of the heatsink, I couldn't figure out how to install it at first so I just hooked up the stock AMD cooler which performed well enough to keep the CPU from overheating during full load, but I did manage to get the aftermarket cooler (a Xigmatek Dark Knight ii Night Hawk eidtion) and it managed to knock the temps down by 30 C or so. The case is nice and I felt like this was my cleanest build ever although as always there are just so many damn cables tucked away on the backside. I am definitely going with a modular PSU next time. I may upgrade this with round SATA cables, but I am happy with it for now. The fans are 140mm IN, 2x 120mm IN, 120mm OUT, 200mm OUT and I think I am happy with this. I pieced this one together for running simulations which are extremely parallel and like multithreaded CPUs which is why I went with the 8350 from AMD. 32GB of RAM rounds it out for the sims (believe me it is necessary). Anyway, I recommend the NZXT Phantom.

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