-Post pics of your computer-

[becco]

my Crucial Ballistix Tracer

[becco]

and my new LCD monitor:

[cjl64]

nice becco!!!

[jima13]

how about the garage?

caveman will note the shop towels

[SSXeon]

I love the VF1000s! What temps do you get under load?

[Dandingo]

[GravY]

Nice mirror finish, how long did that take.. what was the process..?

[Deaderinred]

what the hell are you sat on the toilet there with your pants nearly down?

[moshpit]

what the hell are you sat on the toilet there with your pants nearly down?

That's what I was wondering?

[Dandingo]

Nice mirror finish, how long did that take.. what was the process..?

Case comes like that....Antec P182 Special Edition

what the hell are you sat on the toilet there with your pants nearly down?

That's what I was wondering?

THOSE ARE MY HOUSE PANTS ******ES!!!!!!!



I like 'em nice and comfy for around the house.

[moshpit]

Case comes like that....Antec P182 Special Edition




THOSE ARE MY HOUSE PANTS ******ES!!!!!!!



I like 'em nice and comfy for around the house.

[JesterOnYer6]

Nuttin fancy.

[ultimadrift]

Nuttin fancy.

you spoil your son more than your daughters im disappointed lol
nice rig btw +rep

[TRD Supra]

You sig says 2405 but thats a 2407.

[JesterOnYer6]

You sig says 2405 but thats a 2407.

IT sure is I will fix it I thought it was the same model number as the 2405 I gave my son I will fix it.

[caveman-jim]

Cavebabies Gaming Box - ShuttleX 43G / Athlon XP 2500+ / 2x 1Gb DDR 400 @ 333 / AGP FireGL X1-128 / PCI Linksys 802.11g / Excelstor PATA 80Gb / LG DVD-ROM/CD-RW / XP SP2

edit - managed to scrounge a 2x2Gb DDR 400 kit

Caveman's Ubuntu Box - Antec Tower / AsRock 939-DualSATAII / s939 Athlon64 3500+ / 4x1Gb DDR 400 / Quadro FX1300 PCIe (shown with AGP Rage128 ) / LG DVD-RW / Seagate 7200.10 PATA 250Gb / Seagate 7200.9 SATA 250Gb x2 RAID 0 / 430W PSU / Ubuntu 8.04 x64 Desktop w/VMware Server

[caveman-jim]

Caveman's Rig - Antec P182b / Corsair VX550 / 4x1Gb Buffalo Firestix DDR2-800 / Xeon X3210 / 1x Seagate 7200.10 320Gb HD 2x 7200.9 250Gb / NEC DVD-RW / HD2900XT 512 / new XigmaTech S1283

It's a close fit I'll post up if there's any difference in temps vs the Gemini II that it replaced.

[Lupine]

I expect the proc itself will be much cooler, but the mem & mobo components are going to miss the GeminII. I'm looking forward to hearing if it impacts your overclockability!

[traitoR]

It's a close fit I'll post up if there's any difference in temps vs the Gemini II that it replaced.

Nice pics Caveman. I`ve read what others think of the push/pin design with this cooler, what do you think ? Yay or nay ?

[grog]

Small system upgrade

Small system upgrade

After two years of use I developed a crack in my CPU waterblock.
The CPU waterblock leak spilled just a little fluid on my video card.
Since the fluid is non-conductive there was no damage to any of the parts. Only the CPU water block was lost.
Since I had to remove the motherboard to fix the issue I decided to upgrade my main system as the same time.

What is
* Motherboard: ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - BIOS 1002
* CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Processor - Retail
* Memory: G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel - F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ
* Danger DEn MC-TDX for AM2 Processors CPU Water Block (Option: Top style Brass)
* Thermaltake CL-W0044 Bigwater UV Sensitive Coolant

Cost
Danger DEn: MC-TDX for AM2 (Option: Top style Brass) : $67.95
NewEgg: ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi : $219.99
AMD Phenom 9600 Retail : $179.99
G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) : $79.99
Discount for Combo : -$40.00
Thermaltake CL-W0044 : $12.99

What Was
* Motherboard: DFI Lanparty UT CFX3200-DR Socket 939 ATI CrossFire Radeon Xpress 3200 - BIOS 07/28/2006
* CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core
* Memory: CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) TWINX2048-3200C2PRO
* Thermaltake CPU Water Block ( came with case )

The new System in detail
* Monitor: Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24" LCD (Shared via KVM)
* Monitor: Philips 47" 1080p LCD Monitor 47pfl7422d/37 ( via component )
* Motherboard: ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - BIOS 1002
* CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 Agena 2.3GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 95W Quad-Core Processor - Retail
* Memory: G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel - F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ
* Video: ATI All-in-Wonder® X1800 XL 256MB PCI Express®
* ATI HDTV Wonder Remote Control Edition PCI TV Tuner
* Sound: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro Sound Card
* Sound: ADI AD1988 8-channel HD Audio (onboard)
* Ethernet: Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (onboard)
* WiFI: AR5006 Wireless Adapter
* Hard Disk-1: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3300622AS 300GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
* Hard Disk-2: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3300622AS 300GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
* Hard Disk-3&4: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s x 2 (total 640GB) RAID-0
* DVD-R/RW: SONY White IDE DVD Burner Model DRU810A
* DVD-R/RW: SONY Silver USB 2.0/i.LINK External DVD Burner Model DRX810UL
* CASE: Thermaltake Tai-Chi VB5001SNA Black/ Silver Computer Case with liquid cooling
* Danger DEn MC-TDX for AM2 Processors CPU Water Block
* Thermaltake A2309 iCage 5.25" bay (2 units)
* LCD-TEMP: AeroCool GateWatch-SV Silver GateWatch with LCD display
* PSU: PC Power & Cooling 510 SLI-PFC 510W
* UPS: APC Back-UPS XS 1000 UPS, 1000 VA, 600 Watts
* OS: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 Rollup 2
* OS: Microsoft Windods XP Professional x64 Edition
* OS: Fedora 8 - x86_64
* Speakers: Klipsch ProMedia Ultra 5.1





















So what did I do with the extra parts

I moved the "DFI Lanparty UT CFX3200-DR Socket 939" motherboad to one of my Linux test systems.

Moved AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core to test system as well.

The AMD Athlon 4000+ in the test box was moved to one of my other Linux test systems.

CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) was moved to main Linux system. Now my main Linux box has 4GB of memory.

A lot of the systems here were updated in some way with this change.
I removed my older socket 940 based system from service with these upgrades.

Thermaltake CPU Water Block - Was broken.. Moved to trash can.

Links

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231122

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131224

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103225

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835106060

http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=294&cat=92&page=1

New Main Linux System Specs
Linux System-1
* Monitor: Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24" LCD (Shared via KVM)
* Motherboard: DFI Lanparty UT CFX3200-DR Socket 939 ATI CrossFire Radeon Xpress 3200 - BIOS 07/28/2006
* CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core
* Memory: CORSAIR XMS 4GB (4 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) TWINX2048-3200C2PRO
* Video: ATI All-in-Wonder® X1800 XL 256MB PCI Express®
* ATI HDTV Wonder Remote Control Edition PCI TV Tuner
* Sound: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro Sound Card
* Ethernet: Dual Gigabit LAN - Marvell 88E8052 and Marvell 88E8053
* Hard Disk-1&2: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3300622AS 300GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive x 2 (total 600GB) RAID-0
* DVD-R/RW: SONY White IDE DVD Burner Model DRU810A
* DVD-R/RW: SONY Silver USB 2.0/i.LINK External DVD Burner Model DRX810UL
* CASE: Thermaltake Tai-Chi VB5001SNA Black/ Silver Computer Case with liquid cooling
* LCD-TEMP: AeroCool GateWatch-SV Silver GateWatch with LCD display
* PSU: PC Power & Cooling 510 SLI-PFC 510W
* UPS: APC Back-UPS XS 1000 UPS, 1000 VA, 600 Watts
* OS: Fedora 8 - x86_64
* Speakers: Klipsch ProMedia 2.1

Yes... I am just running Linux on the system above.

Linux System-2
* Monitor: Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24" LCD (Shared via KVM)
* Motherboard: ASUS A8R-MVP ATX AMD CrossFire Motherboard - BIOS 309
* CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core
* Memory: Kingston ValueRAM - 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR 400
* Video: GECUBE GC-RX165PG2-D3 (RoHS) Radeon X1650PRO 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Gamer Edition Video Card
* Sound: Onboard AC97 ( with Coaxial S/PDIF Out Port )
* Ethernet: Onboard Marvell 88E8001 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit
* Hard Disk-1: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3160812A 160GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100
* Hard Disk-2: Maxtor 6Y120M0 120GB 7200 RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s
* DVD-R/RW: Pioneer DVR-104
* CASE: Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
* PSU: 450Watt SmartPower 2.0 ATX 12V V2.0 for AMD & Intel systems
* OS: Linux Ubuntu 7.10 gutsy

Linux System-3
* Monitor: Dell UltraSharp 20.1" 2001FP LCD
* Motherboard: ASUS A8R-MVP ATX AMD CrossFire Motherboard - BIOS 309
* CPU: AMD Athlon 64 4000+ 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Dual Core
* Memory: Kingston ValueRAM - 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR 400
* Video: Cheap PCI Video card I had laying around
* Sound: Onboard AC97 ( with Coaxial S/PDIF Out Port )
* Ethernet: Onboard Marvell 88E8001 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit
* Hard Disk-1: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3160812A 160GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100
* CD: LG 52X MAX
* CASE: Cheap case
* PSU: Cheap 400Watt Power Supply
* OS: Fedora 8 - x86_64

[SSXeon]

That better not be at 2.3Ghz still. What volts and temps do you get at your max speed? Nice rig! + Rep.

[caveman-jim]

I expect the proc itself will be much cooler, but the mem & mobo components are going to miss the GeminII. I'm looking forward to hearing if it impacts your overclockability!

No difference so far. Haven't tried a prime load test yet, though. I did think about the board cooling, which is why I added an extra yate loon on the upper HDD compartment. There are now two fan there - one in front of the upper tray chamber, and one held on with the provided fan clips on the rear. This gives a lot of airflow into the upper chamber, straight to the gpu and nb, not so much to the memory, but I'm hoping the HSF and rear/upper fans cause a convection to pull warm air away from the memory.

Nice pics Caveman. I`ve read what others think of the push/pin design with this cooler, what do you think ? Yay or nay ?

push pins do an excellent job, for me. They seem to be higher quality than the normal Intel ones; mine slotted in securely and with minimal fuss. However, I did my installation with the motherboard unsecured from the standoffs, as I had to remove the bolt-through Gemini. I recommend for any HSF install to do it with the motherboard out of the case, unless its just physically not possible. That way you can brace and support the board, etc., however is needed for a secure install.

[grog]

temperature

No overclocking yet but I did do some stress testing.

Using the new AMD AOD "AMD OverDrive" 2014 beta to check all cores:

AMD AOD : 29C idle, 38.5C full load.
ASUS PC PROBE II: 36C idle, 44C full load.
External probe (AeroCool GateWatch): 29C idle, 32.5C full load.

I am sure the core is a tad warm at full load but my case is cold to the touch. Even if the 44C is correct from ASUS this is very cool for this processor.

The external probe in effect is seeing the water block temperature.

What's running

1. Mersenne Prime 95 torture test version 2.56 with thread support so we can load all core to 100% usage quickly!http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=9779
2. ATI MMC recording a HD OTA broadcast in 1080i.
3. Windows Media Player 11 playing 'Amazon_1080.wmv' a nice 1080P clip. We have media player set to play the film in loop mode.
4. Cyberlink PowerDVD 7 is playing the movie "Wild Hogs".
5. GraphEdit is playing a divx movie.

The following test ran for over an hour. I did restart the MMC recoding but we got a good 1/2 recording in after the restart. The show I was recording ended.

Note: Everything played perfect even during the torture test!
The video I recorded played back fine with no dropped frames or other issues.

You can thow a hell of a lot at this system and it just handles it!

That better not be at 2.3Ghz still. What volts and temps do you get at your max speed? Nice rig! + Rep.

[GravY]

Added the Zalman and a E6420.. need to sit down and run all my cables again..



Moved all my stuff back to the basement a month or so ago.. about to start finishing the basment, going to make myself a nice little computer nook.. so for now its a patched together dusty mess..

[Lupine]

First shots of my newly equipped main rig. I hit a bit of a roadblock when I discovered that I'd apparently shipped off the backplate to my Ultra120Extreme w/ a mobo return. Oops.

Couldn't bring myself to wait 3-5 days for the new backplate to arrive, so threw in a Hyper TX2 for now. Anyway. Pics:





New additions: Intel Q9450, Abit IP35 Pro v.1.1, 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR2-1066.

[grog]

Now that is wicked!
Nice looking setup there.

First shots of my newly equipped main rig. I hit a bit of a roadblock when I discovered that I'd apparently shipped off the backplate to my Ultra120Extreme w/ a mobo return. Oops.

Couldn't bring myself to wait 3-5 days for the new backplate to arrive, so threw in a Hyper TX2 for now. Anyway. Pics:





New additions: Intel Q9450, Abit IP35 Pro v.1.1, 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR2-1066.

[GravY]

First shots of my newly equipped main rig. I hit a bit of a roadblock when I discovered that I'd apparently shipped off the backplate to my Ultra120Extreme w/ a mobo return. Oops.

Couldn't bring myself to wait 3-5 days for the new backplate to arrive, so threw in a Hyper TX2 for now. Anyway. Pics:





New additions: Intel Q9450, Abit IP35 Pro v.1.1, 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR2-1066.

whats the 3 fan cooler thingy.. for the ram? how loud is it?

[moshpit]

whats the 3 fan cooler thingy.. for the ram? how loud is it?

It's a Dominator cooler. Basicly a ram cooler unit, made to fit over Corsair Dominator ram.

[GravY]

i've got two sticks of Dominator ram right now need to get two more to replace some slower ram I have in there along with it..

do you know if they are loud? small fans tend to be..

[moshpit]

i've got two sticks of Dominator ram right now need to get two more to replace some slower ram I have in there along with it..

do you know if they are loud? small fans tend to be..

I think they're pretty slow spinning so shouldn't be too loud. Ram doesn't require much in the way of airflow.

[Lupine]

I think they're pretty slow spinning so shouldn't be too loud. Ram doesn't require much in the way of airflow.

Everest is showing 5700RPM but, accurate or not, I don't hear them w/ the case closed (Cosmos 1000 is well insulated so ymmv).

[caveman-jim]

I hit a bit of a roadblock when I discovered that I'd apparently shipped off the backplate to my Ultra120Extreme w/ a mobo return. Oops.

You did that with another mobo and your Zalman backplate as well

New additions: Intel Q9450, Abit IP35 Pro v.1.1, 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair Dominator DDR2-1066.

How's that clocking up?

[Lupine]

You did that with another mobo and your Zalman backplate as well

How's that clocking up?

Not great so far. Having random blue-screen issues that, after swapping out the mem for a set of G.SKILL DDR2-1000, may be mem related (although the Doms pass memtest no problem. Still seeking FSB limits. Right now running 417*6.

[Kraven]

Added Antec Spotcool fan to my setup as my northbridge has been running hot recently. Shedded about 6-7 degrees off it and also knocked about 3-5 degrees of my cpu temp. Pretty happy

[Lupine]

How do you like your Noctua fans (I'm assuming that's the brand based on the color)? I just ordered one of their new notched ones and am looking forward to seeing how it compares w/ my Scythe fans.

[Kraven]

They are great, so quiet and powerful. I originally only had 1 on the cpu and it didnt make any noise at all so thought what the hell lets kit the whole pc out in them

[RadeonBBQ]

yes i can play crysis on full settings, don't bother asking.

[Greasy]

<img src=http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/images/RL_WakaWakaTandyLarge.jpg>

yes i can play crysis on full settings, don't bother asking.

Fixed your link for you.

http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/images/RL_WakaWakaTandyLarge.jpg

[traitoR]

Fixed your link for you.

http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog...TandyLarge.jpg

Bastard.

[SSXeon]

Fixed your link for you.

http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/images/RL_WakaWakaTandyLarge.jpg

haha