Hello there hashcat forums, first time poster, long time ghoster here. I've been using the product for awhile, and I LOVE IT! Thank you!
Specifically I'm interested in the WPA capabilities of the GTX 970.
I am in the process of building a machine, I have a top budget of $1000ish. The machine will be general purpose, but, I have a quite grandiose cracking project I'd like to embark on as well.
Here's one of the builds I'm looking at: http://imgur.com/O5NVSuj
If anyone sees something out of place, or has a better suggestion for mobo/proc/mem or any component, feel free to constructively criticize.
I plan to buy a 290X reference model from ebay, from either MSI/XFX since they have transferable warranties. (Again, please correct if I'm wrong, or have missed other manufacturers of the card who also transfer.) Then attach one of these Hybrid II coolers to it. It seems to do an OK job from the stats I could find, and is more cost effective than doing a custom loop and buying a EC waterblock at just $99 from newegg. From what I can tell the Hybrid will keep the core around 60 under load, honestly forget the VRM1 temp, and the waterblock will keep it in the 40's. I don't have the experience to say how much of a savings that is in terms of keeping the entire case cooler, so needing less cooling overall, or how much longevity it will add to the card, but it seems significant, but then again, so is the price. (Again, corrections?)
My concerns: The fx6300 (and 93xx), and the 290X have kindof crappy TDP. So whereas I might save up front, I will lose in the backend. The power of the 290X vs WPA is so super good though! I've also considered going with like a refurbished maximus vi + i5 4690k, but this is quite a bit more expensive, just the 4690k costs more than the 6300+mobo. I can't think of any really processor intensive tasks I wish to engage in besides the occasional gaming, and virtual machining, so I'm open to suggestions here.
Which brings me to why I'm interested in the specs for the 970, since it's Maxwell, it will have good TDP. The cost for reference is $320, which is about the same as what I could get a 290x+cooling solution off ebay for. But it really depends on how well the 970 hangs with the 290X. The 980 is just too cost prohibitive for me, but thanks to epixiop for posting those stats the other day, they were very interesting, and nearly pornographic. I'm also concerned with how well the $320 dollar models of the 970 will cool themselves, so stats under load with reference models also appreciated, although I do already have some slight stats on that.
Thanks anyone for taking the time to read through my jumbled thoughts and posting back.
Specifically I'm interested in the WPA capabilities of the GTX 970.
I am in the process of building a machine, I have a top budget of $1000ish. The machine will be general purpose, but, I have a quite grandiose cracking project I'd like to embark on as well.
Here's one of the builds I'm looking at: http://imgur.com/O5NVSuj
If anyone sees something out of place, or has a better suggestion for mobo/proc/mem or any component, feel free to constructively criticize.
I plan to buy a 290X reference model from ebay, from either MSI/XFX since they have transferable warranties. (Again, please correct if I'm wrong, or have missed other manufacturers of the card who also transfer.) Then attach one of these Hybrid II coolers to it. It seems to do an OK job from the stats I could find, and is more cost effective than doing a custom loop and buying a EC waterblock at just $99 from newegg. From what I can tell the Hybrid will keep the core around 60 under load, honestly forget the VRM1 temp, and the waterblock will keep it in the 40's. I don't have the experience to say how much of a savings that is in terms of keeping the entire case cooler, so needing less cooling overall, or how much longevity it will add to the card, but it seems significant, but then again, so is the price. (Again, corrections?)
My concerns: The fx6300 (and 93xx), and the 290X have kindof crappy TDP. So whereas I might save up front, I will lose in the backend. The power of the 290X vs WPA is so super good though! I've also considered going with like a refurbished maximus vi + i5 4690k, but this is quite a bit more expensive, just the 4690k costs more than the 6300+mobo. I can't think of any really processor intensive tasks I wish to engage in besides the occasional gaming, and virtual machining, so I'm open to suggestions here.
Which brings me to why I'm interested in the specs for the 970, since it's Maxwell, it will have good TDP. The cost for reference is $320, which is about the same as what I could get a 290x+cooling solution off ebay for. But it really depends on how well the 970 hangs with the 290X. The 980 is just too cost prohibitive for me, but thanks to epixiop for posting those stats the other day, they were very interesting, and nearly pornographic. I'm also concerned with how well the $320 dollar models of the 970 will cool themselves, so stats under load with reference models also appreciated, although I do already have some slight stats on that.
Thanks anyone for taking the time to read through my jumbled thoughts and posting back.