Intel Skulltrail Part 2: Overclocking and Power Consumption

TWAIN List device Topnotcher

Technology Without An Imminent Need

I dunno - If you fancy upping your Folding@Home score...

Yes I can tell me friends about my uber-leetness in folding

Although i wouldn't want this system, it angers me that 1/4 of one of those cpus if like twice as fast as my athlon 64 3500+ at 2.5 ghz. (i imagine)

Still think you're better off building an actual Xeon workstation overall.

Gawd... I think intel should give you a years supply of free electricity, and perhaps a 24 pack of beer of your choice before ordering.  

If it was running crysis at 100fps on ultra high ...People would be like... "I want one" speaks in little girl voice

I just bought a SkullTrail and QX9775 (one CPU to start with). You can see photos of the assembly of the system on my blog: http://dvanderboom.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/bad-ass-dev....

What was used for cooling for the overclocking article's machine here on Tom's Hardware? I'm surprised they didn't say! Large heat sinks and monster fans, or something more extreme?

I bought a Thermaltake BigWater 7860is water cooling unit, and the Coolermaster case I'm using has almost a dozen fan slots and plenty of ventilation, so we'll see if I can't get the 11x or higher multipliers to work without overheating. I'd love to get it stable at 5 GHz, but we'll have to see how it goes.

Any tips?