-Post pics of your computer-

[Deaderinred]

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

whats with the white cutouts? what are you hiding from us?

[nycdarkness]

whats with the white cutouts? what are you hiding from us?

Boxes of kleenex for the moments of shame.

[caveman-jim]

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

Just wanted to bump this, because of the Mobo - this is actually Vengeance's old motherboard. We traded a couple of years ago, I swapped a DDR-400 2Gb kit for it. It's found a new meaning, today.

[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!

second response to this - it got me 3304mhz @ 1.385vCore (vDroop puts me at 1.325 in CPUz) with load temps 4C lower than the GeminiII. Both idled the same temps; this things disipates heat under load far better.

[becco]

[sittal]

I call it the Dusty McPwner.

[ultimadrift]

Your speakers both hooked up to the PS3 and the computer?

[dreamwalker]

Initially when I looked at that pic, I didn't notice the case door, so the case looked like a futuristic high-rise.. I thought damn, that's different

[sittal]

Your speakers both hooked up to the PS3 and the computer?

yes

[Guybo]

My Pc at rest:



My PC at play:



My PC at work:

[Nunz]

Thats an interesting chair you have


And wow sittal, that is a SWEET set up. Very neat too!

[Kraven]

Thats an interesting chair you have


And wow sittal, that is a SWEET set up. Very neat too!

I was gonna say that, hes got an alienware pc but then a camping chair. Whatevers comfortable i guess :P


Sittal what wallpaper is that you are using?

[Guybo]

RadeonBBQ is that rig running a quad core and a 9800? Looks like a hot rig


Sittal and Beco- can you guys come to my place and teach me how to be so neat? LOL, Every PC I have ever had has looked like a rat's nest! Becco- the lighting looks good.

The chair is a canvas outdoors chair. I have tried computer chairs of various types but for racing I need a stable chair, so I tried one of these patio chairs once and it was great. $7 for the chair and it works better than $100 chairs I have tried before. Plus, if my kids climb on it and break it, I am only out $7.

We keep the PC right next to the TV so we can watch movies over the TV (I watch a lot of d/l racing stuff) and I can watch DVDs we rent over the PC's DVD player so I can take advantage of the PC's 5.1 sound. You can see the 2 fronts in the pic, but you cannot see the center channel behind the monitor or the rears tucked in around the couch in back.

[sittal]

The only reason it's so clean is because I just moved in, lol.

It already looks terrible.

[Lupine]

second response to this - it got me 3304mhz @ 1.385vCore (vDroop puts me at 1.325 in CPUz) with load temps 4C lower than the GeminiII. Both idled the same temps; this things disipates heat under load far better.

Excellent!

[jimmyboy]

These are the not-yet-assembled parts. Still need the CPU, some cables, and the case.


Mobo: Asus P5WDG2-WS
CPU: Intel E4500 (not yet acquired)
CPU cooler: Zerotherm BTF90 butterfly all-copper
VIDEO: HIS X1950 Pro IceQ3 512MB
RAM: Patriot PSD21G8002 2x1GB PC2-6400
RAM sinks: Scythe Kama Wing, all copper
HD: 3 Fuji 15k rpm SCSI, one 36GB (boot), two 74GB (RAID 0)
RAID card: Adaptec U320 dual-channel
PSU: Seasonic SS650-HT 650W high-efficiency

LS-120 floppy/optical drive
copper braided cables

EDIT: sorry for B/W photo. Don't know what happened there...

[traitoR]

These are the not-yet-assembled parts. Still need the CPU, some cables, and the case.

Mobo: Asus P5WDG2-WS
CPU: Intel E4500 (not yet acquired)
CPU cooler: Zerotherm BTF90 butterfly all-copper
VIDEO: HIS X1950 Pro IceQ3 512MB
RAM: Patriot PSD21G8002 2x1GB PC2-6400
RAM sinks: Scythe Kama Wing, all copper
HD: 3 Fuji 15k rpm SCSI, one 36GB (boot), two 74GB (RAID 0)
RAID card: Adaptec U320 dual-channel
PSU: Seasonic SS650-HT 650W high-efficiency

LS-120 floppy/optical drive
copper braided cables

EDIT: sorry for B/W photo. Don't know what happened there...

You need a better CPU besides the E4600 goes for the same price as the E4500 now, you can`t spend 300-400 bucks on a mobo and get a 120 dollar processor, i suggest the Q6600, if that board supports it.

Make sure you post pics of your build.

[jimmyboy]

You need a better CPU besides the E4600 goes for the same price as the E4500 now, you can`t spend 300-400 bucks on a mobo and get a 120 dollar processor, i suggest the Q6600, if that board supports it.

Make sure you post pics of your build.

I know.

My plan all along was to get at least a Q6600, but preferably an X3220 Xeon. But in the last few weeks my family has decided that my brother needs to come live with me. We had been planning for it but it needs to happen a lot sooner than expected. Therefore, I need to move into another, much more expensive place a lot sooner than planned, so the money needs to go there instead.

But my computer has been in pieces for so long and I just need to get it going. Thus, I'm going for a much cheaper substitute in an E4xxx proc. But I anticipate moving up to a Quad-core in the near future.

I'll be posting some good pics soon.

EDIT: the reason I chose the E4500 over any other E4xxx is because it has the highest multiplier. My thinking is that it'll give me better chances for a higher, more stable OC, considering FSB and RAM speed. But basically I'm going to go with whatever I can afford right now.

[traitoR]

I know.

My plan all along was to get at least a Q6600, but preferably an X3220 Xeon. But in the last few weeks my family has decided that my brother needs to come live with me. We had been planning for it but it needs to happen a lot sooner than expected. Therefore, I need to move into another, much more expensive place a lot sooner than planned, so the money needs to go there instead.

But my computer has been in pieces for so long and I just need to get it going. Thus, I'm going for a much cheaper substitute in an E4xxx proc. But I anticipate moving up to a Quad-core in the near future.

I'll be posting some good pics soon.

EDIT: the reason I chose the E4500 over any other E4xxx is because it has the highest multiplier. My thinking is that it'll give me better chances for a higher, more stable OC, considering FSB and RAM speed. But basically I'm going to go with whatever I can afford right now.

Oh i see, it sucks when life gets in the way. Still you should be able to hit 3Ghz if the newer chips still o/c as well as my E4300 does.

I googled bronze case and came up with this..LOL it`s different.

[jimmyboy]

Oh i see, it sucks when life gets in the way. Still you should be able to hit 3Ghz if the newer chips still o/c as well as my E4300 does.

Everything I've read on the 4500 indicates that it's a great OC-er.

I googled bronze case and came up with this..LOL it`s different.

I've seen that pic before. I actually considered doing that, and even got some copper pipes and some brazing/soldering stuff. But I abandoned that idea. My plan now is to take an existing case, use its frame and put copper skin around it. I'm considering using Lian Li's PC-A60C limited-edition copper case as a base, since it already has many very nicely done copper parts in it. I'd use the copper front bezels as the face plates for my DVD drives. But...that case is VERY expensive, so who knows. This part of the project is on indefinite hold (as it has been for two years now...)

Lian Li PC-A60C

[traitoR]

There`s this, not sure if this would turn out or look ok though.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/p...roductID=10346

Here`s some pictures of various colors.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/text/conte...altyColors.htm

[jimmyboy]

There`s this, not sure if this would turn out or look ok though.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/p...roductID=10346

Here`s some pictures of various colors.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/text/conte...altyColors.htm

Thanks for the heads-up, but nothing replaces real copper. In my eyes only real copper looks like copper. My plan is to have it nicely polished, or maybe with a satin finish, then coated with some kind of clear lacquer so that it won't tarnish.

[UmX27]

Here is a few pics of mine...more in my sig of the inside

[Deaderinred]

two posts? one for each sexay monitor?

[moshpit]

This is the badboy I got to build today at work. Dually Xeon 5410's, 4Gb of FBDIMMs, a pair of 250Gb SE's in a mirrored pair, and 4 500Gb SE.2's in RAID 5 along with 4 of our custom Salient Systems capture cards.

[Qb2k5]

WOW, Wow, wow!

[SSXeon]

Very sick, tho i would have atleast 8GB. Anyways heres the last time they will be around each other.

[UmXX]

no i tried to delete 1 post but it wont let..

when i originaly posted it said it didnt go thru for some reason so i did it again. guess it doubled posted

so if a mod could delete be cool

[moshpit]

Very sick, tho i would have atleast 8GB. Anyways heres the last time they will be around each other.

Nah, not for this server's job. 4Gb is actually overkill for this job, 2Gb would have more then sufficed since it uses Win2k3 server 32bit, but we wanted to ensure long term usability and future upgrade potential for the OS when we get Server 08 certified for our app. It's a video security camera monitoring server. The only thing it does is serve our application to guard post client machines and store the incoming video for later retrieval or deletion depending on if anything happened or not.

This is actually the second one I've built since I started up here 2 weeks ago. The first one was identical except for having dual 3ware controllers and a pair of RAID 5's + mirror set instead of this one's single RAID 5 + mirror set.

Our lowest end video server we build is based on a sweet Dell T3400 workstation and comes decked out.

[SSXeon]

O ic, makes sence then. Thought it was going into a cluster of servers, cool man must be a f*cken awsome job!

[moshpit]

O ic, makes sence then. Thought it was going into a cluster of servers, cool man must be a f*cken awsome job!

I'm really loving it. I get to do all the new builds, repairs, and testing of parts for future use in one of our models. I spend 80% of my time in the lab and about 20% on the phone doing support. This is alot more fun then the consulting I was doing before this, doesn't quite pay as well, but is far more steady work and a garunteed paycheck

I have a build order for next week consisting of 36 machines. Thank god that all of them are using the smaller chassis instead of that beast I posted

[Arc_Angel]

Specs on left <--

[ultimadrift]

Got fed up with my Antec 900 case

Replaced the NB fan with this! because it was too loud and small

[SSXeon]

Nice Specs Please!!!! (caps but rage changes it) bleh

[Treeckcold57]

Cool...I probably need some money to build a server for backup.

[Medion]

My new system, specs to the left



EDIT - Won't let me post images, click the link.

[jimmyboy]

The first incarnation of the Copper Queen. Only partially assembled, in an Antec SuperLANboy case:

Check out the copper heat sinks everywhere!

(still need to put one on the RAID card)

[traitoR]

I thought the Kama Wing`s went on like this, wonder if it makes any difference ?

Nice butterfly, Post more pics. BTW, which processor did you end up with ?

[jimmyboy]

Spiffy set-up you got there! What kind of CPU sink is that? That's no moon...it's a space station!

I like that Duo Orb or whatever it's called, on the video card. I would have used that if my card didn't already come with a killer copper heat sink.

I thought the Kama Wing`s went on like this, wonder if it makes any difference ?

I don't know for sure. I just installed them in the direction of the airflow through the case, which is front to back. Made sense to me, but I don't know if there's a preferred way they're supposed to be installed. The limited instructions on the package don't say anything about it.

Also, I didn't use the thermal pads they included. I just used Arctic Silver on the RAM chips, then put the sinks right on top. Did you have trouble with the clips being a bit too loose?

Nice butterfly,

You know it!

Post more pics. BTW, which processor did you end up with ?

I got an E4400, for about $50. It has a high multiplier setting, so I should be able to overclock with the FSB, even if the stock multiplier setting doesn't allow a high OC. That's the thought, anyway.

More pics in next post.

[jimmyboy]

Absolutely wonderful shot of the mainboard. It's an Asus P5WDG2-WS Pro.



Various parts before installation:



Antec SuperLANboy. This thing's about as light as air!



Oops, how'd this one end up here...