Puget Quiet Quad Dual-Core Processor System
While you can get a quad processor server from just about any computer company, the Puget Quiet Quad Dual-Core Processor System is designed to blow away anything you've seen before from a mainstream custom builder, and provide an EIGHT CORE computer system with a very low noise level.
We can provide this system in two different types -- air cooled and water cooled. The air cooled system uses large fans to provide great airflow at low noise levels. For the liquid cooled setup, we have hand selected only the best liquid cooling components to provide superior performance. With 3/8 inch tubing and powerful pumps, the quad processor liquid cooled systems use an external radiator mounted on the side of the case. Depending on performance needs, this radiator can be run with fans, or passively with no fans for even quieter operation. This page is designed to give you a good feel for what we offer, and will step you through all the component options we provide.
Air Cooled Option
The air cooled set up is quite straightforward. The main difficulty in running a quiet quad processor system is finding a suitable chassis and power supply that can both fit the system, and provide adequate cooling without a high noise level. The Coolermaster Stacker chassis, with our modifications, does this beautifully. We then run Thermalright XP90 heatsinks, to provide excellent cooling of each processor.
120mm fans in the chassis provide good front-to-back airflow, which is very important to vent the heat away from the processors.
Liquid Cooled Option
The liquid cooled option is more complex, but is capable of much better cooling at an even lower noise level. You have the added noise of the pump, but are running 4 fewer CPU fans as well.
Radiator
One of the most important parts of a liquid cooling system is the radiator. Responsible for dissipating the heat away from the computer components, the better the radiator, the cooler your system will run. For our quad processor setup, we need a very large radiator to dissipate the heat, and that radiator is too large to mount internally. Instead, it is mounted to the side of the case, on the outside. This has the added benefit of being in contact with the cooler ambient air, which allows us to run it passively with no fans. However, for even better cooling, we can mount a crossflow fan at either 5V or 7V (for quiet operation), to help draw cool air over the radiator.
Reservoir
The reservoir is responsible for holding extra coolant, which ensures that you provide consistent flow to your pump and waterblocks. It also serves to "trap" the bubbles to keep them from recirculating through your system.
The AquaTube Reservoir is certainly the most classy reservoir we've seen. From Germany, the AquaTube is a reservoir that mounts in two CDROM bays, and provides a front view to the water level. A tube in the center of the reservoir "fountains" the water in front of a blue LED light, which looks great! Water is drawn from the bottom of the tank, and with the tube nossle keeping the intake farther away, this is an ideal setup for trapping bubbles as they pass through. Less bubbles means lower noise from the pump and waterblocks.
Pros:
Great looking! Blue LED light
Easy to fill withouth opening case
Great at removing bubbles from the system
Cons:
Case must be propped onto its back for filling
Uses two CDROM bays
Pump
The pump is responsible for actually pushing the coolant through your system. It is important to get a pump powerful enough to provide adequate flow. The Laing DDC pump has earned the respect of the liquid cooling community as a real workhorse. It is very powerful and provides excellent flow. Due to its small size, it can be mounted just about anywhere...usually in a 3.5 inch bay. This is the pump of choice for high performance liquid cooling and for extremely high performance hardware.
OS Limitations
When using 4 physical processors, you have to be careful about what operation system you use, as many common platforms will not support that many processors. Here is a chart showing the limits of most popular operating systems. An entire CPU chip represents a physical processor, while each core represents a logical processor. So for example, in a dual quad-core system, you have 2 physical processors, and 8 logical processors.
While you can get a quad processor server from just about any computer company, the Puget Quiet Quad Dual-Core Processor System is designed to blow away anything you've seen before from a mainstream custom builder, and provide an EIGHT CORE computer system with a very low noise level.
We can provide this system in two different types -- air cooled and water cooled. The air cooled system uses large fans to provide great airflow at low noise levels. For the liquid cooled setup, we have hand selected only the best liquid cooling components to provide superior performance. With 3/8 inch tubing and powerful pumps, the quad processor liquid cooled systems use an external radiator mounted on the side of the case. Depending on performance needs, this radiator can be run with fans, or passively with no fans for even quieter operation. This page is designed to give you a good feel for what we offer, and will step you through all the component options we provide.
Air Cooled Option
The air cooled set up is quite straightforward. The main difficulty in running a quiet quad processor system is finding a suitable chassis and power supply that can both fit the system, and provide adequate cooling without a high noise level. The Coolermaster Stacker chassis, with our modifications, does this beautifully. We then run Thermalright XP90 heatsinks, to provide excellent cooling of each processor.
120mm fans in the chassis provide good front-to-back airflow, which is very important to vent the heat away from the processors.
Liquid Cooled Option
The liquid cooled option is more complex, but is capable of much better cooling at an even lower noise level. You have the added noise of the pump, but are running 4 fewer CPU fans as well.
Radiator
One of the most important parts of a liquid cooling system is the radiator. Responsible for dissipating the heat away from the computer components, the better the radiator, the cooler your system will run. For our quad processor setup, we need a very large radiator to dissipate the heat, and that radiator is too large to mount internally. Instead, it is mounted to the side of the case, on the outside. This has the added benefit of being in contact with the cooler ambient air, which allows us to run it passively with no fans. However, for even better cooling, we can mount a crossflow fan at either 5V or 7V (for quiet operation), to help draw cool air over the radiator.
Reservoir
The reservoir is responsible for holding extra coolant, which ensures that you provide consistent flow to your pump and waterblocks. It also serves to "trap" the bubbles to keep them from recirculating through your system.
The AquaTube Reservoir is certainly the most classy reservoir we've seen. From Germany, the AquaTube is a reservoir that mounts in two CDROM bays, and provides a front view to the water level. A tube in the center of the reservoir "fountains" the water in front of a blue LED light, which looks great! Water is drawn from the bottom of the tank, and with the tube nossle keeping the intake farther away, this is an ideal setup for trapping bubbles as they pass through. Less bubbles means lower noise from the pump and waterblocks.
Pros:
Great looking! Blue LED light
Easy to fill withouth opening case
Great at removing bubbles from the system
Cons:
Case must be propped onto its back for filling
Uses two CDROM bays
Pump
The pump is responsible for actually pushing the coolant through your system. It is important to get a pump powerful enough to provide adequate flow. The Laing DDC pump has earned the respect of the liquid cooling community as a real workhorse. It is very powerful and provides excellent flow. Due to its small size, it can be mounted just about anywhere...usually in a 3.5 inch bay. This is the pump of choice for high performance liquid cooling and for extremely high performance hardware.
OS Limitations
When using 4 physical processors, you have to be careful about what operation system you use, as many common platforms will not support that many processors. Here is a chart showing the limits of most popular operating systems. An entire CPU chip represents a physical processor, while each core represents a logical processor. So for example, in a dual quad-core system, you have 2 physical processors, and 8 logical processors.
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