Project: Kangzilla

[Liu Kang]

Thx for the help, lowfat, SugarJ... pc-canada and 1c2c were the only ones I had found earlier.

[SugarJ]

NP. I want to see this beast in action.

It's on wheels, right? Otherwise you'll need a forklift to move it. :)

[AmuseMe]

Kang, what is it that you do for a living?

[Liu Kang]

Originally Posted by SugarJ

It's on wheels, right? Otherwise you'll need a forklift to move it. :)

All Mountain Mods Ascensions (and UFOs I *think*) come with castors, so yes, it's on wheels.

Originally Posted by AmuseMe

Kang, what is it that you do for a living?

I work hard and get nice tax returns ;)

[HalifaxPete]

Originally Posted by Liu Kang

All Mountain Mods Ascensions (and UFOs I *think*) come with castors, so yes, it's on wheels.

I work hard and get nice tax returns ;)

OMG, he works for the Canada Revenue Agency!

I am constantly checking this thread for your build progress.

[gingerbee]

nice build liu but 600 bucks on rads those tax returns must be real nice. lucky bastage but buying gpu based on the pcb is down right silly, enjoy

[Liu Kang]

Originally Posted by HalifaxPete

I am constantly checking this thread for your build progress.

I'm trying to keep up, just been busy with school and work. I ordered the GPUs from DirectCanada yesterday (2 x 5970s) so all I have left are the procs and I can throw this bitch together and start testing.

Originally Posted by gingerbee

buying gpu based on the pcb is down right silly, enjoy

I won't disagree, but I'm just not willing to throw a green/red/blue card into my rig... looks matter to me :) Shallow, I know...

Thanks for all the kind words, gents.

[fishingfanatic]

This thing is gonna be over the top. Please keep those pics coming. Would love to see some benching results on this beast! Good luck with the build, though it sounds like this is just another build for you. How do you rate a server's performance any way. I know, another noob question from a beginner.

[AmuseMe]

Originally Posted by gingerbee

nice build liu but 600 bucks on rads those tax returns must be real nice. lucky bastage but buying gpu based on the pcb is down right silly, enjoy

I was thinking more about the TWO ~$2000 CPUs he is putting in there?

Kang, since you are going crazy allready with this, will we see an Iwaki!?

[Liu Kang]

Originally Posted by fishingfanatic

How do you rate a server's performance any way. I know, another noob question from a beginner.

Actually, that's probably the most useful question asked so far... My intent isn't really as much to build a "server" as it is to build the ultimate work station and gaming rig. While I believe 3dmark/vantage/cinebench/etc are all over-rated means of gauging performance, I will run them anyways to see how/where I can improve and optimize my machine. That being said, stability is as important as performance, so I will also run the "usual suspects" of torture test apps, like Prime95.

Personally, I'm most interested in testing the read/write of the SSDs and my PPD in both Folding and the World Community Grid.

As for true server testing, you're looking at a whole different ball game where you have to consider everything from failover to load balancing to network related tests... all tests I couldn't care less about during this build. :)

Originally Posted by AmuseMe

will we see an Iwaki!?

No, I'm not a fan of the Iwaki. While it's a fantastic pump, I've always felt it's important to build redundancy in a loop, in other words, use multiple pumps just in case a pump fails. There's something about running 2 Iwakis that makes me think my blocks, tubing and rads would explode ;)

I have a few Laing DDC 355 pumps on hand, so I will most likely run a single loop with 3 pumps in series or multiple loops with 2 pumps in series. All of this will depend on the SR-2 chipset waterblock I use, unfortunately, none are available yet.