{"id":3240,"date":"2013-02-09T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-09T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8105\/?p=3240"},"modified":"2021-12-05T08:16:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T08:16:09","slug":"my-current-desktop-cpu-dates-back-to-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.shahada.abubakar.net\/?p=3240","title":{"rendered":"My current desktop CPU dates back to July 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My current desktop CPU dates back to July 2009. It’s still quite usable, but when running Oracle and multiple VMs, it would sometimes<\/i> get bogged down due to limited memory. Since I had maxed out the memory on the motherboard, it was time … for an upgrade!Where do you go after a quad-core? Hexa-core of course! The intel i7 3930K was at a nice price point (well, for a hexa-core), and I could get a motherboard that went up to 64GB for that CPU, so it sounded future proof for a few years.<\/p>\n

The 3930K doesn’t come with a CPU cooler, as intel considers this an “enthusiast’s” CPU, so had to look for aftermarket solutions. Most of them consists of a fan and a brick<\/i> so large that it blocks access to the board. In the end I went with a water-cooled solution, it was just so much neater.<\/p>\n

Despite all the research I did, I screwed up on the most basic thing … the motherboard didn’t fit in my existing chassis (full-ATX motherboard vs mini-ATX chassis). So had to leave everything as it is and wait till the next morning, when I went out and got a larger chassis.<\/p>\n

The old quad-core motherboard + CPU + RAM will go to my HTPC, and the HTPC setup will be come a test server for work stuff.<\/p>\n

It’s been running idle for most of the week, as I’ve been away. Here are the idle temps:<\/p>\n

shahada@pc-shahada:~$ sensors\ncoretemp-isa-0000\nAdapter: ISA adapter\nPhysical id 0: \u00a0+40.0\u00b0C \u00a0(high = +81.0\u00b0C, crit = +91.0\u00b0C)\nCore 0: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 +40.0\u00b0C \u00a0(high = +81.0\u00b0C, crit = +91.0\u00b0C)\nCore 1: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 +35.0\u00b0C \u00a0(high = +81.0\u00b0C, crit = +91.0\u00b0C)\nCore 2: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 +38.0\u00b0C \u00a0(high = +81.0\u00b0C, crit = +91.0\u00b0C)\nCore 3: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 +39.0\u00b0C \u00a0(high = +81.0\u00b0C, crit = +91.0\u00b0C)\nCore 4: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 +35.0\u00b0C \u00a0(high = +81.0\u00b0C, crit = +91.0\u00b0C)\nCore 5: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 +37.0\u00b0C \u00a0(high = +81.0\u00b0C, crit = +91.0\u00b0C)<\/pre>\n
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\nNew CPU, CPU Cooler, Motherboard and RAM.<\/p>\n
Intel Core i7-3930K … made in Malaysia!<\/p>\n
LGA2011 Socket on the motherboard.<\/p>\n
Overkill RAM. Enough for many many VMs.<\/p>\n
water-based CPU cooling kit.<\/p>\n
The Hydro H60 comes with these special mounting screws for LGA2011 … shorter on one side.<\/p>\n
Much “neater” solution compared to air-cooling.<\/p>\n
Despite all my research, forgot that my old chasis was a mini-ATX one … and the new motherboard was full-ATX … so had to go buy a new chassis.<\/p>\n
A water-pump sits on the CPU, which moves water through hoses to a radiator at the back, which is cooled via a 120mm fan sucking in cold air. Unfortunately not enough clearance for a fan on the top of the casing unless I find a really thin 120mm fan.<\/p>\n
Everything fully loaded.I relocated the original case fan to the front. Maybe one day will clear up the wiring.<\/p>\n
New PC in action. Old quad-core one goes to my TV PC, and TV PC becomes test PC for work projects.<\/p>\n
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