Uhhh...
this one:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2007/11/ ... up_0407/11
with two of these fans clipped on (does not come with its own fans):
http://www.arctic-cooling.com/catalog/p ... 68&mID=144
And 5 more of the above fan mounted at various locations in this case:
http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=NQ==
with mx-2 thermal paste:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2009/04/ ... out_q209/2
But I was a bit misleading when I simply said it was 3.6 ghz, I actually have a 3.0 ghz E8400 overclocked to 3.6 ghz:
http://processorfinder.intel.com/detail ... Spec=SLAPL
The important difference between the E8xxx and E6xxx lines is, the 8xxx is a 45 nm chip. So all the awesomeness about the i7 running so cool applies here too. The smaller size also equates to a good performance increase over what you'd get at similar speeds on a 65 nm core. Also I've got the FSB at 1600, so everything is just... silk. Another contributor to it running so cool is that the PSU is in a blocked-off compartment in the under-side of the case, so all the heat it generates gets removed from the case without having a chance to heat everything else up.
My computer can singlehandedly defeat Russia if they get any funny ideas about our arctic sovereignty again.
The fans essentially run silent. And any noise that does exist is completely blocked by the case's steel/plastic/steel construction.
Total cost: $400 including taxes and shipping, brand-new. I win at comparison shopping.
It is basically on par with water-cooling but virtually silent. Is it OK to like your computer more than your friends?
) which would be quite cool but thats not what I want talk about here. By dynamic map lighting I am referring to something like cloud shadows moving on the ground like seen in C&C generals. I think this might contribute to "dense atmosphere". It maybe done by blending another texture, projecting coordinates in to the x-z-plane and adding some constant increment/velocity to the u,vs. But I am far from being an expert. What do you think?
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