discussion Project: Kangzilla

[kendallcschm]

.... i think i just died and went to heaven.. thats an awesome build

 

[Liu Kang]

I wonder how the stock heatsinks stayed on long enough for the picture. :haha:

Warranties are for girls... :bleh:

Another teaser pic... a sign of things to come For those interested, it's a MIPS RAM cooler 6 for Corsair dimms. MIPS now offers international shipping -- MIPS Premium Watercooling Made In Germany (poorly translated site, but you'll manage).

 

[gingerbee]

yes thanks for the geek porn very nice.

 

[AmuseMe]

Not a single damn thing on this build is being overlooked, is it?

 

[gingerbee]

I would think that is his plan to oc. not like he'll have to with this beast

 

[AmuseMe]

Just curious about this: Why is it that many of these multi-socket motherboards don't have their CPU sockets aligned and perpendicular to eachother? They are always off set.

 

[Lpfan4ever]

My guess would be how it fits with regards to the RAM slots. Having the two sets of RAM slots side by side would probably take up a lot more space than it does now.

 

[Zero82z]

Just curious about this: Why is it that many of these multi-socket motherboards don't have their CPU sockets aligned and perpendicular to eachother? They are always off set.

It could be to align the parts of the i7 dies that have the QPI links to reduce trace lengths on the motherboard.

 

[Rison]

Just curious about this: Why is it that many of these multi-socket motherboards don't have their CPU sockets aligned and perpendicular to eachother? They are always off set.

Some boards like the standard ATX size ASUS Z8NA have them lined up. I prefer them offset - especially with air cooling. If venting out the back, I like the sockets offset so one fan doesn't blow hot air directly in the other (for tower / heatpipe style coolers)

 

[HaDeS]

You're gonna have to put some stilts up under that board once ya getter loaded up! Nice to see these kinds of builds once in a while!