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Originally Posted by jaydee
So my question is what's next?
I have also evolved. I am no more wanting to OC as I find no fun or reason to do so. I now would rather have a small computer nearly hidden and quiet yet still have enough power to play the latest games somewhat well. I see a lot more people wanting similar.
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Jaydee, what's next is the doing.
List out the criteria, talk about it, gather ideas, make some decisions, start a build and a worklog with some text and pictures. Inspire others by showing them the possibilities. Let others borrow from your imagination and methods, and add and share their own twists.
It starts with a goal and moves forward from there. What we need to do is get those goals documented and share the journey to minimize the snubbery from the folks that have different goals in mind. That's part of the problem, the elitism is not a matter of arrogance, but a matter of differing goals and values. We've all evolved, often in different directions, and some folks are at different places on the evolutionary path.
Let's have some monster overclock anything goes systems, some systems that make a pin drop sound loud, some systems that make a loaf of bread look huge, some that are works of art, some that are works of ingenius ghetto functionality. You get the idea. The important part is the goal needs to be stated up front, and the decisions and discussion tied back to those goals.
I'd much rather see "I chose the 3/8 inch block x because of the blocks price, relatively decent low flow performance for the small and quiet pump I am using, and the smaller tubing works out better for routing in the small form factor I am working in" up front instead of seeing "3/8? Block x? Weak-ass pump? Geeze, what a n00ber. That company makes crap. Might as well go with air." State the goals and rationale for choices and move the arguments over the relative merits of noise, best possible temps, size, etc off to their own threads.
ProCooling has been instrumental in the process of helping better performance within the community. What we need to do now is recognize that performance means different things to different people.
Maybe come up with a questionaire/form to begin each worklog and as an aid for folks in figuring out their own design goals and priorities. Hell, that could even grow to include some recommendations and rules of thumb for certain areas. Say something like a 1-5 scale for size, overclockability, temps, bling, cost, etc. with a few example systems or components. Center the discussion around the choices and the best way to meet those goals.