Post your rig!

[NIS3R s Dad]

This is my rig, it owns

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w250/nis3rsdad/mypc.jpg

[gOOCH]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=130007
orgasimz
lol just skip to the last page

[RANDOM H3RO]

NISER's Dad's Rig > gOOCH's rig

[syndrome]

pic of my actual rig

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g311/sinisyko/203114.jpg

in the dark:
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g311/sinisyko/Picture020.jpg

old pic of the entire sys
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g311/sinisyko/14-07-06_0127.jpg

[manofphat]

I still don't know what the deal is with those flaps.

[DeathSniper]

They're to prevent spillage/splashing when pouring from the tap...DURH!

[chris]

That case Gooch posted is fucking sick

[The Killing Joke]

http://www.rb-29.net/HTML/04.PAAvtnArt/PAShowScans/LateAdditions12/BigRig7.jpg

[syndrome]

I still don't know what the deal is with those flaps.

dont have the slightest clue i removed them they vibrate and make noise.

[Mike-KT]

I have no idea why a case would need labia

[TheGreenBastard]

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/4557/myrigjl1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Shot at 2007-06-28


thats mine , like my vase?

[WiseGuy]

i lol'd

[mfkr]

thats mine , like my vase?

Yes, Yes i do...But prefer your stylish green bottles.

[Crayola]

i also love your decorative plant-in-a-bag

[Rez Prophet]

Heres my messy ass setup.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/dashcroft/DSC00796.jpg

[ORION]

No obvious pron or kleenex, so for the time being, your just a clean up away from win?

[WiseGuy]

nice monitor

[Wesley Crusher]

Just redid my water cooling for the third time this week.
It's not as neat as I'd like, since I don't happen to have my dremel tool. Once I get enough parts to justify disassembling the whole thing again, I'll make some cuts so I can route my power and SATA cables more cleanly.

http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/wc-newloop.jpg
http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/wc-newloop-back.jpg

[Crayola]

I hear you burned yourself

[gOOCH]

lol wes how high can u oc with that

[Wesley Crusher]

Right now I have it setup for cool and quiet running:

E6700 @ 3.4 GHz (10 x 340 @ 1.33 V/Auto in BIOS)
4 x 1 GB DDR2-680 5-5-5-12 @ 1.90 V
X1900XT @ 675/800 default V (I think 1.40/2.00)
NB Voltage @ 1.55 V (4 sticks of RAM makes it cry, hence the bump)

I've had it at 3.6 GHz @ 1.50 V but my waterblock isn't making great contact because it was designed before Conroes. I'll be selling it and getting a DTek FuZion block instead. Once I fix that, I expect CPU load temps to drop at least 5 C.

Ambient 24 C
CPU/GPU Idle 28/38 C, CPU Load 48 C. No idea what my video card loads at.

Three fans inside the case run at 5 V (orange ones, and the black one in the PSU chamber). The two fans on the rad run at 7 V. The loudest parts are my Seasonic S12-600 PSU and my WD 320 GB SATA hard drive :( Anyone want to buy them so I can get different parts? :)

[WiseGuy]

how much for your HD? i just got a call from my mom yesterday... they killed my old computer that i sold to them. The hard-drive fails every 5 min or so... im gonna need a cheap replacement.

[AcidPenguiN]

in day
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/AcidLacedPenguiN/DSC00055.jpg

at night
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/AcidLacedPenguiN/DSC00053.jpg

and front of tower
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/AcidLacedPenguiN/DSC00061.jpg

[manofphat]

Chenming 610AE?

[AcidPenguiN]

indeed good call

[manofphat]

I used to have a black one. Solid case but it scratched easily.
In fact, the first time we co-located a server it was in my Chenming 610AE lol

[Mike-KT]

I have a Socket A/AGP system...

gross

[Wesley Crusher]

I bought a Corsair HX620 today and cut up my case for a few hours. Here are the results (I'm thinking I should have kept my T line the same way it was before :|):

http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/wc-newloop2.jpg
Much much much neater cabling it looks like. I would have taken a picture of the other panel removed, however the girth of the 24 pin cable makes replacing it a 15 minute procedure. Modular is great!

http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/wc-newloop2-hdcaddy.jpg
http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/wc-newloop2-hdcaddy2.jpg
Because of the girth of the PSU cable, I had to let my hard drive cage stick out a little. Look at the problem it causes with the REGULAR panel! With a well placed simultaneous hold panel+punch+slide closed motion, I can squeeze it by and keep it sealed.

How's $70 for the 320 GB? -> "WD3200JD-00KLB0 In Limited Warranty 10/24/2008?"
Selling my old Seasonic S12-600 as well :) How's about $145.

[Rez Prophet]

New Rig!

evga 680i sli mobo
e6600 cpu with a scythe ninja on it
4 gb of ram
500 gb hard drive
evga 8800 gtx
antec p182 case
antec 850 watt ps

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/dashcroft/DSC00802.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/dashcroft/DSC00803.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/dashcroft/DSC00801.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/dashcroft/DSC00800.jpg

[SKULLCRUSHER]

Wow Rez, rig looks super sweet man... good job.

[Rez Prophet]

Thanks Gerry, the only thing I had to do to get the graphics card to fit was bend a rail for a hard drive mount.

[Wesley Crusher]

Nice Rez

You should just take out the middle drive cage if you're not using it.

[syndrome]

gj rez, i remember back when i was building mine and we used to chat about it. *tear* you've grown so much. wait that wasnt even a year ago

[mfkr]

New Rig!

evga 680i sli mobo
e6600 cpu with a scythe ninja on it
4 gb of ram
500 gb hard drive
evga 8800 gtx
antec p182 case
antec 850 watt ps


How much would something like this cost?

[TheGreenBastard]

is it true that xp can only have 2 gigs of ram in use?
and that you have to get a patch to use all 4 gigs?

[Landspeed]

NO But it will only detect 3 or 3.5 gigs depending on your mobo.

[SKULLCRUSHER]

That's ghey !!

[TheGreenBastard]

ya look for the patch

[Rez Prophet]

How much would something like this cost?

2,126.90 Without sending any rebates in yet.

[Mike-KT]

OHHHHHH MAANNNNNNN

This will be my next PC

http://www.notebookreview.com/assets/24526.jpg


This is the ASUS Eee (Easy?) PC. It's a tiny, cheap linux machine. It's just what I need when I'm travelling around, and it'll drop for around $250-$300

Display: 7"
Processor: Intel mobile CPU (Intel 910 chipset, 900MHz Dothan Pentium M)
Memory: 512MB RAM
OS: Linux (Asus customized flavor)
Storage: 8GB or 16GB flash hard drive
Webcam: 300K pixel video camera
Battery life: 3 hours using 4-cell battery
Weight: 2lbs
Dimensions: 8.9 in x 6.5 in x 0.82 in - 1.37 in (width x depth x thickness)
Ports: 3 USB ports, 1 VGA out, SD card reader, modem, Ethernet, headphone out, microphone inhttp://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3829

[WiseGuy]

im strongly considering putting some money down for a macbook when i leave for vancouver so it makes it more handy for travel/work and getting aroudn town while still having a computer on me. Also blogging?

[Mike-KT]

Yeah I was considering a macbook pro, in the fall it'll have leopard and hopefully a santa rosa chip. Still, two grand? ouch. You likely can't get a better laptop, but man does it cost you

[Calamity Gundam]

512MB of RAM is kinda low now, even for a notebook. Plus, low screen refresh rate on monitor screens = eyes bleed over time. 75 Hertz minimum - 60 is the max on all laptops I have seen yet.

Not to mention the painful process of getting replacement parts...

[The Killing Joke]

Plus, low screen refresh rate on monitor screens = eyes bleed over time. Not to mention the painful process of getting replacement parts...

Tell me about it! Replacement parts for bleeding eyes does not sound like fun!!!

:))

[Mike-KT]

I'm using 60 hz on my lcd right now, and my eyes are fine (and have been for a long while)

Maybe you're just crazy.

[Wesley Crusher]

Refresh rates on LCDs are not the same as on CRT.

A CRT actually scans the image across the screen every 60 times a second or whatever you set it to. It's like a projector sort of, every second 60 frames flicker on and off.

LCDs have a backlight that illuminates the image, eliminating the "flicker". There is no scanning across the screen. It'd be more like looking through a stained glass window.

[chris]

This is going to be my lappy in a couple of weeks

http://thegoddessblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/macbook-black.jpg

Apple gives student a 100 $ and a free 4 Gig iPod

[gOOCH]

thats not a rig, just a mac book

[WiseGuy]

im considering getting a mac laptop, does anyone have suggestions? i was thinking a macbook pro but they're kinda pricy... is it worth it?

a friend suggested to me i just get a cheap lappy and unix it

[Mike-KT]

I was gonna get a cheap Acer and throw Ubuntu on there and hope it survives, that'll cost around $600. You don't have to get anything till you're out there, I'm sure you can find some wicked deals in the Chinese sections of town. I imagine it would be like Pacific mall, but with a real Pacific

[SKULLCRUSHER]

Manophat say's " Dont buy Acer, there are in the shop getting fixed more then they are at your home being used"

[ORION]

512MB of RAM is kinda low now, even for a notebook.


Adam, you haven't actually used linux yet -- have you?
We had systems running RH Fedora 6 on a pIII 450 w/ 128 mb ram as fast as p4 1.2 w/ 512 on XP

[chris]

Is this better?

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/9173/dsc00598rn5.jpg

[Wesley Crusher]

im considering getting a mac laptop, does anyone have suggestions? i was thinking a macbook pro but they're kinda pricy... is it worth it?

a friend suggested to me i just get a cheap lappy and unix it

MacBook Pro's can play CS:S pretty well. Put Bootcamp on it, link it with Parallels and use Coherence for an awesome computing experience :D

1680x1050 resolution, LED backlight, 8600 GPU... awesomeness.

[Crayola]

man, i still think those screwless bays are ugly

[ORION]

macbook pro's have 8600's?

[Mike-KT]

Yes they do, and as for the Acer thing, I've seen quite a few Acers get by well recently. Maybe Mano's a little burned because he only ever saw broken Acers, never saw the good ones.

Saying that, spend $600 on a laptop and you get what you pay for.

Oh well, as long as this bad boy Asus comes out, I won't have to worry about it.

[SKULLCRUSHER]

Stop fuckin around and buy a real laptop...

http://www.voodoopc.ca/transactions/qksummarynew.aspx?Qsessid=0acdfd71-1f1b-4571-993b-341d6f284504

[ORION]

Crappy RAM

[SKULLCRUSHER]

Thats what your gurlfriend said about you ! Hahaha

[The Killing Joke]

Thats what your gurlfriend said about you ! Hahaha

She uses him to time an egg! :))

[null]

Stop fuckin around and buy a real laptop...

http://www.voodoopc.ca/transactions/qksummarynew.aspx?Qsessid=0acdfd71-1f1b-4571-993b-341d6f284504

Eh... screw voodoo. It's just a subsidiary of HP. Falcon NW is the way to go, if you don't want to build something yourself, but still want a custom. They have laptops, too. ^^

http://www.falcon-nw.com/

*shrug*

Matter of preference. I, myself, am planning to get one've these... as soon as I get a PO box, at least.

http://www.pccanada.com/viewitem.asp?id=5953

[Rez Prophet]

Hey guys post some more rigs.

[WiseGuy]

Ook fine: here's a pic of my pc with the new 8800GTS in it (lol my lava lamp reflection)
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/wiseguy02/P6170010.jpg


Also this is a pic of Ungst's rig, i told him to post it ages ago but he never did..
http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s283/wiseguy02/P7030009.jpg

[gOOCH]

what temps u getting on the 8800?

[Wesley Crusher]

http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/DSCF2005.jpg

[manofphat]

^^OMG sexy setup!!!!

[ORION]

Eh... screw voodoo. It's just a subsidiary of HP. Falcon NW is the way to go, if you don't want to build something yourself, but still want a custom. They have laptops, too. ^^

http://www.falcon-nw.com/



I thought VooDoo was a relatively small company, like 10 guys or something :/

and I'm officailly in <3 with the falcon-nw web designer.

[WiseGuy]

what temps u getting on the 8800?
im actually in the process of RMA'ing mine cuase its overheating and sometimes artifacts when i play Dialbo II or Eve

[gOOCH]

rofl orion on that site for the page on the frag box
"This computer rocks."
-FHM Magazine
i lold

[The Killing Joke]

http://static.dropline.net/cats/images/pc.jpg

[null]

I thought VooDoo was a relatively small company, like 10 guys or something :/

and I'm officailly in <3 with the falcon-nw web designer.

You may actually be right about that, but they do have some affiliation with HP, seen as they're linked directly from the HP shop website. The link being labeled as "gaming computers", or something of that nature.

[Wesley Crusher]

:( I just splurged on a Q6600 after seeing some awesome overclocking results. Updates tomorrow assuming Purolator comes tomorrow :)

[Crayola]

got my shit today. gonna wait till weekend to install

[SharpShooter]

Well I guess this weekend came really fast.... how come my boss didn't know?

[WiseGuy]

:( I just splurged on a Q6600 after seeing some awesome overclocking results. Updates tomorrow assuming Purolator comes tomorrow :)
i think cray was telling me that they dont overclock well at all... please post a link :)

[Crayola]

no, my e6750 doesnt oc well

[Wesley Crusher]

bwa bwa

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=152722

[gOOCH]

i think its mixed results with 6750
http://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dq66750400004wassercv1.jpg

[Butters]

Cool I have the same case as Wiseguy and also have 8800gtx, the blue lights make me happy

[Wesley Crusher]

http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/q6600b3-3200.jpg

Prelimary results. It's too hot outside :|

[SKULLCRUSHER]

Here is Ricky's new HP Pavilion Laptop that just arrived today. It sports a 17-inch screen and has a sweet finish on the outside. One lucky 14 year old to be buyin this for himself - good job Rich, you worked for it and you got it.

It came with:

AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-58 1.9GHz
249 Gb SATA Hard Drive
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 w/ 559MB Memory
2048MB DDR2 RAM
5-In-1 Integrated Digital Media Reader
Windows Vista Home Premium
Integrated Altec Lansing Speakers
LightScribe Super Multi 8X DVD?R/RW

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c32/Counterstrikeone/DSC00475.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c32/Counterstrikeone/DSC00476.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c32/Counterstrikeone/DSC00480.jpg

[WiseGuy]

did it come out of the ricky is famous fund?

[SKULLCRUSHER]

Yup, not too bad eh.

[gOOCH]

k new pics, i just got one of these
http://www.enzotechnology.com/cpu.htm

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d64/TheGooch2/P8050001.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d64/TheGooch2/P8050002.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d64/TheGooch2/P8050003.jpg
the top fan is backwards, i get 2-3 degrees less
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d64/TheGooch2/P8050004.jpg
il probably oc when room temp goes down
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d64/TheGooch2/P8050008.jpg

[ORION]

Here is Ricky's new HP Pavilion Laptop that just arrived today. It sports a 17-inch screen and has a sweet finish on the outside. One lucky 14 year old to be buyin this for himself - good job Rich, you worked for it and you got it.

It came with:

AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core TL-58 1.9GHz
249 Gb SATA Hard Drive
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 w/ 559MB Memory
2048MB DDR2 RAM
5-In-1 Integrated Digital Media Reader
Windows Vista Home Premium
Integrated Altec Lansing Speakers
LightScribe Super Multi 8X DVD?R/RW

*sigh... not guna ruin it for the little guy... enjoy it.

[WiseGuy]

nice 8800 gooch, i didnt know you got it already

[gOOCH]

i ran the call of juarez dx10 benchmark, and if thats a true reflection of dx10, its an epic fail

[Wesley Crusher]

Turn your HSF upside down. The pipes should be oriented the other way if possible.

[WiseGuy]

wouldnt they release the heat back up into the heatsink that way though wes?? i think he's got the right idea putting them up right next to that top outtake...

[gOOCH]

the top outake isnt an outtake, its an intake now, but ive remounted 3 times already, and dropped my cpu on the ground lol, il try remount tomorrow with the heatpipes down, and il ask some people who have the same heatsink on xs

[Wesley Crusher]

Most heat pipes work best if gravity helps the condensate return to the base of the heatsink.

When the heatpipes are mounted in an "n" orientation, it'll get stuck in the end.
If it's mounted in the "U" orientation, then it can more easily return to the base.

Results on XP-120 orientation: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=79765
Diagram of a simple heatpipe: http://www.neoseeker.com/Hardware/faqs/kb/5,37.html

[Mike-KT]

yeah guys, duh

My Asus Eee has been delayed till September. I doubt I'll ever be able to get my hands on that cheap, cheap goodness.

[gOOCH]

actually http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=147470

[gOOCH]

more pics
before
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d64/TheGooch2/P8070009.jpg
after
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d64/TheGooch2/P8070015.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d64/TheGooch2/P8070017.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d64/TheGooch2/P8070018.jpg

[The Killing Joke]

Ok, so you removed the text from the top of your chip. I'm intrigued. How? (Second question: Why?)

[gOOCH]

i also changed the colour

[ORION]

So wait, you lapped it down to a mirror finish, and now your going in, sans-thermal-paste right?

[Crayola]

what did you use to lap it and give it such a nice finish?

[gOOCH]

sandpaper

[The Killing Joke]

I hope that the friction didn't cause any static discharge. I've never heard of the process you've done, however that's not to say it's not done... ...although I wouldn't try it.

[gOOCH]

its called lapping
http://www.exoid.com/?page_id=81

[WiseGuy]

so your not going to use ANY themal paste?

[Wesley Crusher]

You still need to use thermal paste, just not as much.

[gOOCH]

thermal paste is for the microscopic unevennessizllez

[ORION]

I thought you weren't supposed to use any with mirror finishing.

[gOOCH]

no

mano wants 5 letters

[The Killing Joke]

http://www.majorspoilers.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/optimusprime.jpg

[Cleavage Monkey]

lol Rick

[Wesley Crusher]

http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/dual30.jpg

[manofphat]

I would break my glasses if they sat there ;)

[Wesley Crusher]

I don't always put them there :)

Another update.. the second 30" went to its new owner. Look what I got in its place!

http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/203020-1.jpg
http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/203020-2.jpg

[The Killing Joke]

4Chan, FTW!

http://www.genii.ca/images/other/chucknorrisapproves.gif

[manofphat]

omg led binary clock. Nice shit Wes!

[ORION]

omg led binary clock. Nice shit Wes!
*facepalm

BTW: Wes, I came.

[MiNdWaRp]

I'll post my rig as well.

X-Blade Case (Unknown company, lol) - Used to have an Antec P180, but the thing weighs a ton and my back hated it, so I got rid of it.
ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium Motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 2.4GHz - My CPU fan is too shitty to overclock it at the moment
Thermaltake Ruby Orb CPU fan - See? lol
2 x 1 GB OCZ XTC Gold DDR2 PC6400 RAM @ 5-5-5-12
1 x eVGA 7950 GT KO 512 MB Video Card
Creative Labs Soundblaster X-FI Xtreme Audio Sound Card
2 x 80GB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM SATA2 Hard Drive RAID0
1 x 200GB Western Digital Caviar 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
1 x LG 16x DVD Burner
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
Razer Diamondback 1600DPI Gaming Mouse - > Logitech G5, G7, Ganything. Don't care what you Logiwhores say!
Acer AL1916W 19" Widescreen 5MS LCD Monitor
Cyber Snipa Aluminum Mouse Pad
Logitech Gaming Headset - I think that's what it's called... It's not so great anymore and hurts the ears after a while...

I'm thinking about getting a new CPU fan to try overclock my baby. Apparently, 4GHz has been achieved on air cooling with a Zalman 9500 CPU fan, so, I'm quite happy I have a processor with THAT kind of potential at low cost.

[Wesley Crusher]

Upgrading an old machine with the following:

CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core E2140 - SLA3J - L711A691 - Pack date: 07/20/2007
Motherboard: Asus P5K-VM - 0401 BIOS
RAM: 2x1GB Kingston ValueRAM DDR2-667
Heatsink: Scythe Ninja Rev. B w/Yate Loon SL12

Had to trim the bracket on the Ninja Rev. B to clear the caps. Look at the paste distribution before I modified the bracket.
http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/p5k-vm-ninjab.jpg

I've undervolted and overclocked the CPU.
http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/e2140-2667-1.2750.JPG

8x333, 1.2750V set in BIOS, 1.168V load according to CPU-Z.
I've hit a wall at 333, and I can't seem to locate any conductive ink to attempt the BSEL mod to increase the default FSB from 200->266->333.

I have it temporarily setup on my desk using a Phantom 500W, Seagate 7200.7 40GB IDE (w/AAM ON).

This is replacing an Athlon 64 3000+/MSI RS482.

CPU: $79
Mobo: $125
RAM: Already had
Heatsink: $35

Awesomely cheap upgrade.

[nekochan]

Proto Matrix 06
-Virtue Board
-Orange Bolt
-Critical Raze Trigger
-Top Hat Mod
-Ndz Clamping Feedneck
-Ndz Micro Rail Ez Turn Asa
-Shocktech Small Drop
-Dye Titanium Boomstick

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f351/onikyatto/sidefullview.jpg

Vents Avatar
Dye C6 pants
Dye C6 Gloves
Diablo Night Jersey

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f351/onikyatto/fierce.jpg

Thats my rig :)

[lefty]

angel's are better. :)

[Crayola]

lol, pm6, ill rape you with my DMC

[The Killing Joke]

lol, pm6, ill rape you with my DMC

You have one of THESE?!

http://www.kirchgessner.net/dmc/delorean_front_1024x768.jpg

[WiseGuy]

I was workin along today on my new work PC when i realized it was running really smoothly, so i decided to check the stats.

Intel 6600 @ 2.40GHz
3GB Ram
Radeon X1300PRO

Reason this surprised me is cuase... theres like 1000 of these things in here, and its not a bad system at all lol...

[nekochan]

angel's are better. :)

lol not 1 I've played against. My pm6 dominates the game 99 percent of the time even with my stock halo b.


lol, pm6, ill rape you with my DMC
y bc ur lpr is in the back and your milling deflects bullets ? my gun is also like atleast 400 dollars less then a stock dmc

...I also got a freak kit and a couple of trigger xD

so :p

[Crayola]

ive got a boomstick

[gOOCH]

i lold

[WiseGuy]

why was my post removed? i posted my new setup...

[manofphat]

why was my post removed? i posted my new setup...

I didn't remove it because I wanted you to see how it turned out but maybe another moderator removed it. You would have received a notice if that were the case.
You were trying to hotlink an image from your blogger account and it didn't work. Try again ;)

[SKULLCRUSHER]

I removed it because there was no body to the post...meaning it was blank, empty, devoid of content, nada, zip, diddlysquat....

[Wesley Crusher]

I saw it. You had to do a quote and cut+paste the link out. haha

[Stremes]

hey all.. figured id post my rig...

AMD S939 Clawhammer 4000+ @ 230Mhz x12, 2760Mhz
Thermaltake Silent Boost RX K8
Asus A8V Deluxe
OCZ DDR1 dual channel 1GB PC4800 kit @ 2-4-4-10
BFG 6800 256MB GT @ 410MHz core, 1250Mhz mem
Aerocool 550W PSU
Western Digital 120GB 7200rpm 8mb cache
Western Digital 320GB 7200rpm 16mb cache
LG CD Burner
Sony DVD burner
Lite On SATA DVD burner.. 20x, litescribe, dual layer...
Sunbeam Acrylic case
5 vantec blue/green LED fans
Dual black light cold cathodes
UV reactive cables

and i got a 19" Dell monitor, Logitech G3 mouse and base keyboard. the cpu never goes above 45C at full load and idles around 35, GPU pushes 60C under full load but its still completely stable. oh, and i got a logitech Z-5300 system.

[gOOCH]

post a pic

[Stremes]

id love to but i dont have any on the net.. and i dunno maybe its late or just me but i cant figure out how to upload one lol

[WiseGuy]

Boo on the Lite On burner.. i've had three, they all died exactly 1 week after the 1 year warrantee ran out

[manofphat]

id love to but i dont have any on the net.. and i dunno maybe its late or just me but i cant figure out how to upload one lol

Check out photobucket dude. It's wicked.

[Stremes]

haha.. well it still works for me... havent had it for a year yet tho so ill be prepaired for the crapout.. yea ill check it out tomorrow and try and post some pics, when i had this thing in rez everyone was like sweat comp man..

[ORION]

--------[ EVEREST Ultimate Edition 2006 (c) 2003-2006 Lavalys, Inc. ]---------------------------------------------------

Version EVEREST v3.50.761
Benchmark Module 2.1.169.0
Homepage http://www.lavalys.com/
Report Type Quick Report
Computer ANDREWS-PC
Generator Andrew
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.1.2600 (WinXP Retail)
Date 2007-09-15
Time 13:13


--------[ Overclock ]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

CPU Properties:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 531
CPU Alias Prescott
CPU Stepping G1
Engineering Sample No
CPUID CPU Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
CPUID Revision 00000F49h

CPU Speed:
CPU Clock 3758.6 MHz (original: 3000 MHz, overclock: 25%)
CPU Multiplier 15.0x
CPU FSB 250.6 MHz (original: 200 MHz, overclock: 25%)
Memory Bus 200.5 MHz
DRAM:FSB Ratio 4:5

CPU Cache:
L1 Trace Cache 12K Instructions
L1 Data Cache 16 KB
L2 Cache 1 MB (On-Die, ECC, ATC, Full-Speed)

Motherboard Properties:
Motherboard ID 63-286-0000010-00101111-122006-INTEL$75I6G286_775I65G BIOS P2.90
Motherboard Name ASRock 775i65G (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 AMR, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)

Chipset Properties:
Motherboard Chipset Intel Springdale-G i865G
Memory Timings 2-3-3-5 (CL-RCD-RP-RAS)
PAT Disabled

SPD Memory Modules:
DIMM1 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (2.5-3-3-8 @ 200 MHz)
DIMM3 512 MB PC3200 DDR SDRAM (3.0-3-3-8 @ 200 MHz) (2.5-3-3-7 @ 166 MHz) (2.0-2-2-6 @ 133 MHz)

BIOS Properties:
System BIOS Date 12/20/06
Video BIOS Date 05/11/06
DMI BIOS Version P2.90

Graphics Processor Properties:
Video Adapter nVIDIA GeForce 6800 GS/XT AGP
GPU Code Name NV41AGP (AGP 8x 10DE / 00F6, Rev A2)
GPU Clock 470 MHz (original: 350 MHz, overclock: 34%)
Memory Clock 658 MHz (original: 500 MHz, overclock: 32%)


Seems 25% is as high as my CPU will go without memory issues (memory multiplier options in the BIOS are gay) but my temps are stable, Stremes the 6800 core can run stable up to about 99 Celcius, have you looked into over clocking or pipeline modding? both would add alot of performance and are relatively easy to do :) my 6800 runs from about 50C-65C but I have a custom heatsink on it that occupies 2 PCI slots (with fan).

[Wesley Crusher]

Nice. I had my old Northwood 3.0C up to 3.6 GHz, I could never hit the magic 3.75 stable :(

[ORION]

I'm begging to question the "stable" bit, I mean, it runs fine for hours on end, but every now and then I try to do something, open media player, join a server, load a webpage, and poof, restart... the temps are stable, and it's never the same amount of time in, usually 1-3 hours in, but it's getting kind of annoying and I'm questioning whether it's my CPU, Mobo or Harddrive (did a full mem86 on it about 4 hours ago).


ADD ON: Prime95 Hardware Failure Detected, 13 minutes in D:

ADD ON: Backed it off 1Mhz at the bus and it made it farther, but
[Sun Sep 16 02:43:05 2007]
Self-test 8K passed!
[Sun Sep 16 03:00:10 2007]
Self-test 10K passed!
[Sun Sep 16 11:12:58 2007]
Self-test 8K passed!
[Sun Sep 16 11:28:43 2007]
Self-test 10K passed!
[Sun Sep 16 11:43:48 2007]
Self-test 12K passed!
[Sun Sep 16 11:58:02 2007]
FATAL ERROR: Rounding was 0.5, expected less than 0.4
Hardware failure detected, consult stress.txt file.

:(

[Stremes]

http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd223/stremes/IMG_0806.jpg
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd223/stremes/IMG_0805.jpg
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd223/stremes/IMG_0804.jpg
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd223/stremes/IMG_0803.jpg
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd223/stremes/IMG_0802-1.jpg

Finally got some pics.. and yea you dont need to tell me, ive got enough dust in there to insulate a house

[gOOCH]

nice case, but SRSLY, that cooler makes me cry

[ORION]

Chitty Tt cooler that hasn't been dusted since... ever?

[Stremes]

Yea it was done like a month ago.. since there are so many case fans it gets soo dusty soo fast.... its a pretty good cooler, does me well. im goin to clean it out soon when i get a chance haha... or when i feel like it anyways

[gOOCH]

instead of those grills maybe u should get filters

[ORION]

Man, I really want to try an oil setup, with like, one big slow moving agitator and see how it performs... But my next PC build is soooo going to be freon, fuck this air shit, and water shit.

[Wesley Crusher]

Be prepared to shell out ~$1K :P

[ORION]

Neither system costs nearly that much when you build it yourself... I have access to everything I'd need to do either, or almost everything... I'm thinking of using sulfur dioxide (type 3 freon if I'm not mistaken) for the freon system, and as for oil, some plexiglass, silicone and canola oil really isn't a bank-breaking expense... I've made custom modified all my existing cooling systems, so why not take it up a notch :)

[WiseGuy]

cause if it leeks just a little bit u screw u whole system, where as the performance/price curve is spiking high towards teh end of the graph... it just doesnt seem worth it lol

this will let u get like what... an extra 5% on top of ur current overclock?

[ORION]

Once again, it doesn't seem worth it to anyone who doesn't have experience engineering devices of this nature using the proper tools. It's not about the results as much as it's about the experience of building it and making it work. Also, in either case a leak wouldn't do too much damage, Oil leak: congrats you leaked oil, Freon leak: room smells of sulfur, shut system down and re-assess air-tightness.

[Mike-KT]

Wasn't there an overclocking thread?

[Rez Prophet]

everything was going good till I got a random lockup
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/dashcroft/stresstest.jpg

[WiseGuy]

mmmm how do you know if your ram is healthy... like is there some standard way of OC'ing without overstressing it? Cause like when ur FSB is getting ridiculously high up there arent you going to cook it?

[ORION]

memtest86... ram doesn't usually cook, it just gets unstable when you push it too hard.

[gOOCH]

theres a memory ratio wise stock my fsb is 266 and ram at 400
now my fsb is 415 and memory at 415
and then u test it

[FLeX]

.......

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e387/flexed/100_2742.jpg



and directly beside my desk. http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e387/flexed/100_2743.jpg

[Boodah]

Quad core Q6600 @ 3.4 GHZ overclocked ( 29C idle, 58 Max load )
ATI 2900XT @ 825/1100MHZ overclocked
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4
2GB Mushkin 1066MHZ @ 4-4-4-12 (2.2V)
2x 500GB SATA2 in RAID0
Thermaltake V1
Antec 900
21" CRT ( 100HZ / 100FPS + VSYNC WOOO )

15,900 in 3DMARK 06 defaults






http://www.gsxr.ca/random/puter1.jpg

http://www.gsxr.ca/random/puter2.jpg


And my other two.... :D

http://gsxr.ca/sized21.jpg

750 doing 300KM/hr: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAAqoaPww4c



LCD in garbage... can't beat CRT for gaming.

[ORION]

Can't beat LCD for lower eyestrain + widescreen.
Also: Updated my GPU to an 8800GTS 512 (G92) XD

[Boodah]

True enough, just would never, ever, use one for gaming myself. Even a 2ms. :-/

[WiseGuy]

oh man, sniffles be jealous

[Wesley Crusher]

My current test rig:

QX9650@4.0
Asus maximus formula se 0505
4x2gb gskill ddr2-1000 (running at ddr2-800 right now)
Sapphire hd3870
X-fi xtrememusic hotrodded
Corsair hx620
Thermochill pa120.2/dd-cpx1/apogee gtx/ek res

http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/rig_test.jpg
http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/qx9650-retail-4000-1.360v.jpg


:lol:

[Rusty Bridges]

I just Built a Yorkie for my friend.. He doesn't want to overclock it. I've told him 4ghz would be no problem.. let me know what you can get out of yours.. well what you feel safe running at.

[ORION]

Why does it memory @ 800MHz?
Also: I came, with the price point on the 3870 I find myself wishing they had better linux support. probably woulda saved over $100, but benchmarks put the nVidia G92 higher last I checked, so was it worth the extra cash... we shall see.

[Sharpie]

Did I happen to notice no one has a Samsung 206BW/226BW monitor?

My Rig
CPU: Intel E6750
MOBO: P5K SE
RAM: 2gb (2x1024) kit OCZ 800Mhz
Video: Asus GeForce 8800GT
HDD: Seagate 500gb SATA
Sound: Plantronics DSP 500 USB Headset
Monitor: Samsung 226BW (its so purty...I want 2)

I'd post pictures but there isn't anything special about the case. I'm tossing water cooling on it in a bit and going to start some overclocking. I know the MOBO isn't the best OC board, but its always an option to change out if I need to down the road.

[syndrome]

My current test rig:

QX9650@4.0
Asus maximus formula se 0505
4x2gb gskill ddr2-1000 (running at ddr2-800 right now)
Sapphire hd3870
X-fi xtrememusic hotrodded
Corsair hx620
Thermochill pa120.2/dd-cpx1/apogee gtx/ek res


:lol:

i wanna know the core temps & superpi times on that beast

[Wesley Crusher]

Coretemp added to shot, RAM running at DDR2-800 simply because I haven't bothered to tweak anything yet... that'll come maybe this weekend. SuperPI will be pretty crappy since the RAM timings are very loose compared to all of the benchers.

Who the hell buys a QX chip and doesn't OC? Frig... haha. 400x10 @ 1.35-1.40V is a pretty safe spot for 24/7 use. The TRUE120 can handle that no sweat. I'll push on higher and let you know.. this chip is doing better on water+low volts than my QX9650 ES.

[Rusty Bridges]

I'm going to try and convince him 4.0 is safe...

[Mortivex]

My machine is an upgraded store bought PC - I get good discounts being a Supv @ Best Buy, so you have to go with what you can get cheap :D

"Core" Machine was a Gateway GT5426E - all that remains of that pretty much is the motherboard.

AMD Athlon 5000+ 64 X2 2.6GHz Dual Core

4GB PC5300 DDR2

nVidia 7900 GS 256MB (Could have done better, but the GPU is nice..took a 650w power supply)

2GB Readyboost...why? Because I can? I'm not even sure.. ;)

LG 1933 19" 4:3 Monitor (connected with Monster DVI)

Plantronics Open Ear Headset (340 model I think?)

Total HDD = somewhere around 500GB between the PC & an external MyBook

All this and I get an "overall performance rating" of 5.2 under Vista. I sell $3000 machines for a living that rate not much higher than 3.2-3.5

Oh yeah, I run Vista.

[Wesley Crusher]

http://individual.utoronto.ca/bzhou/images/qx9650-4200-1.4000v.JPG

QX9650 @ 4.2 (400x10.5)
DFI LanParty X38-T2R
4x2gb G-Skill ddr2-1000 (running at ddr2-800 right now)
Sapphire HD3870
X-fi xtrememusic hotrodded
Corsair hx620
Thermochill pa120.2/dd-cpx1/apogee gtx/ek res

Rad fans @ 5V hence the high temps. Dead quiet :)

[gOOCH]

post a pic of rig gosh, and maybe 3d mark scores

[Snowbow]

I'd post my rig... but I fear derisive laughter once people see the photo of my desk with an iMac (gasp!) and a Commodore SX-64 with extra 1541 drive (double gasp, oh gods wtf) alongside the good ol' gaming laptop.

Actually, a photo of my rig would only be remarkable for those two hardware aberrations. I just have a trusty Satellite A200 that truly qualifies as a gaming rig.

[Wesley Crusher]

I'd post my rig... but I fear derisive laughter once people see the photo of my desk with an iMac (gasp!) and a Commodore SX-64 with extra 1541 drive (double gasp, oh gods wtf) alongside the good ol' gaming laptop.

Actually, a photo of my rig would only be remarkable for those two hardware aberrations. I just have a trusty Satellite A200 that truly qualifies as a gaming rig.


YESS me and my commodore 64!!!
I still have a shoebox full of games. I wonder if they still work... I know some of my joysticks no longer function properly.

gooch, I might have some time to toss in two 3870s to do a 3dmark run or two.. we'll see. Some more fun hardware coming my way this weekend... WOLFDALE! :D

[Snowbow]

YESS me and my commodore 64!!!
I still have a shoebox full of games. I wonder if they still work... I know some of my joysticks no longer function properly.

Fuck, man, send me that box of games, I'm getting tired of imaging disks all the time. ;) Not that I mind hearing the 1541 chug but I only have so many disks, and far more images.

[SharpShooter]

lol fuck wes man upgrade enough.... it seems every week your changing shit.

[wrenchgirl]

A few people were talking about their setups last night on server #3, so went searching for this thread....

Intel Core Duo E6750 (stock atm, I leave that for others to do)
Asus Maximus Formula X38 mobo
4GB DDR2 2x2GB Corsair XMS2
EVGA 8800 GTS
Sunbeam Tuniq Tower heatsink
WD 74GB 10000 rpm
Maxtor 200GB
and temporarily a Maxtor 40GB (at the time of pics, was moving hdd's around)
Lan Li Case

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb223/amabanana/sIMG_1206.jpg

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb223/amabanana/sIMG_1230.jpg

[ORION]

A few people were talking about their setups last night on server #3, so went searching for this thread....

Intel Core Duo E6750 (stock atm, I leave that for others to do)
Asus Maximus Formula X38 mobo
4GB DDR2 2x2GB Corsair XMS2
EVGA 8800 GTS
Sunbeam Tuniq Tower heatsink
WD 74GB 10000 rpm
Maxtor 200GB
and temporarily a Maxtor 40GB (at the time of pics, was moving hdd's around)
Lan Li Case

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb223/amabanana/sIMG_1206.jpg

http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb223/amabanana/sIMG_1230.jpg

Overpriced case is overpriced... Post RAM frequency, OS and current relationship status.

[Slaughter]

AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.7ghz
ASUS A8N32-SLI
2x1024mb Corsair XMS3500LL 2-3-3-6 2T
eVGA 8800GTS 640MB
Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro
WD Raptor 36gb 10,000 RPM 8mb Cache
Seagate 200gb 7,200 RPM 16mb Cache
OCZ Modstream 450W PSU
Antec SOHO Fileserver II modded Case

Hanns-G HW191D 19" Widescreen Monitor

Windows Vista Home Premium

[GreenEnvy]

Mine is soon to be have it's cpu/mobo/ram upgraded, but currently:

Athlon64 X2 4200 (939)
2gb DDR
2x200gb seagate sata
1x250gb seagate sata
2xdvdrw 20x sata
Palit 8800GT super 512mb
Turtlebeach soundcard with optical out to 5.1 receiver.
600w psu
Antec 900 case
Samsung 19" widescreen lcd (with hdcp).

Currently a tripple boot with XP, Vista, and Ubuntu 7.10

http://www.schiebel.ca/images/case1.JPG
http://www.schiebel.ca/images/case2.JPG

[wrenchgirl]

Overpriced case is overpriced... Post RAM frequency, OS and current relationship status.

bought the case ~5 years ago and has been with me since.

for the RAM I believe its 800MHz with timings 5-5-5-18, windows XP, and I am in a relationship :p

[iheartyou]

I am in a relationship :p
Aww i thought it was only a 1 night thing... is that why you tok my undies when you left? Well its offical guys wrenchgirl and i are together, now back the F off :lol:

[Crayola]

http://www.schiebel.ca/images/case1.JPG
http://www.schiebel.ca/images/case2.JPG

nice drive choices lol

[cujo]

http://www.compareindia.com/media/images/2007/jun/img_652_lenovo_t60.jpg

*cries in corner*

[badastronaut]

I hate my rig. I really do. I can't wait for some money to buy something new. Here's what I have right now:

Antec Sonata II Case
A8N32-SLI deluxe mobo
AMD 4200+ 64 x2 @2.21 gHz (s939)
2x512 MB DDR
nVidia GeForce 6600GT (256MB)
320 GB SATA
250 GB IDE
LG DVD-RW drive
LG DVD-ROM drive
425 watt psu (WTF??! I didn't choose this - it was replaced by some stupid tech)
Fans for cooling (lol)
Acer AL1912 19" monitor
Windows XP SP2 (ftw)

Here's some pics of my desk and stuff (and yes, solid snake is in his box on my rig):
http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2071/pcmo6.jpg
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/8905/deskgm3.jpg
Messy desk is messy. And yes, that is RAM on my desk.

[MiNdWaRp]

Overpriced case is overpriced...

TNR forums is NOT 4chan :P

You people have such clean desks... Mine's a huge ass mess!

[ilikedonuts]

excuse me .. I don't understand this thread.

http://www.eng.gla.ac.uk/marine/images/oil_rig.jpg

[wrenchgirl]

Messy desk is messy. And yes, that is RAM on my desk.

that is not a messy desk lol


You people have such clean desks... Mine's a huge ass mess!

Mine is usually a huge ass mess, more like my desks shelf, but you won't be able to see my keyboard and mouse if I took pics like that.

[badastronaut]

that is not a messy desk lol
Lol, it's messy for my desk. Usually, that extra mouse (that's actually broken), RAM, USB to PS/2 adapter, iPod cable, twist tie, and eraser aren't on it. That's a lot of stuff, for me at least.

I may be a bit of a freak though.

[ArchAngel2]

My desk is pretty messy most of the time.

I love having a huge desk though. Leaves lots of room for junk. :lol:

[cujo]

lol astro XD, i appreciate the fact that snake's box says "the orange" XD

[GreenEnvy]

nice drive choices lol

Yea, I actually have black faceplates somewhere in my parts bin, but I havent got around to finding them yet.

Though it does make for a unique case. I am a lime green freak (Kawasaki) though, so I might paint the drives and some other trim in a Kawasaki theme anyway.

[Radiojock]

http://www.laptopspirit.fr/wp-content/uploads/new/toshiba-satellite-x200-20f.jpg (http://http://www.toshiba.ca/web/product.grp?lg=en&section=1&group=1&product=7210&category=)

S'muh Baby.
I need to pick up a better mouse than the piece of crap optical I'm using right now...
Got a MERC keyboard for my Bday, which I hook up whenever I hook the laptop into my "other Baby"...
(50 inch LG plasma... it's no "top of the line" display... but it's fun to play with, from time to time.)

[manofphat]

I like your case badastronaut. The Antec Sonatas are a sexy sexy case for functionality and quality.

[badastronaut]

I like your case badastronaut. The Antec Sonatas are a sexy sexy case for functionality and quality.
Yeah, it's a really nice case. The one thing about this one though - the fucking guys who put it together scratched the crap out of the left side. Then they tried to cover it up with black sharpie. Like I can't tell the difference between piano black paint and sharpie :mad:

[Hieyeck]

AMD Athlon64 X2 AM2 3800+ (2.0G OC'd to 2.5G, some people have taken this to 2.8 on a STOCK cooler - 3.2 with water. <3 AMDs)
ASUS Crosshair (Motherboard, Main Bus OC'd)
Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro (512MB ver.)
OCZ Platinum DDR2@800 4x1G (DC'd to 667 for CPU and Mobo OC; yes I know XP only reads 3.6G, but 3.6 is still > 2)
OCZ Powerstream 700W
System/Program/Music Drive: Seagate SATA-II 7200.10 300G
Utility Drive: Seagate SATA-II 7200.10 300G
Storage Drives: Seagate SATA-II 7200.10 3X500G


Yes I use onboard audio, but it's good sound that supports 7.1 surround. My audio limitations are my headphones right now, but I'm not an audiophile anyways, so pfbtbtbtbtbt.

I recently priced the computer - a measly $1200, $750 if you take away 4 HDDs. None of my OCs require anything other than what's provided stock, and considering I'm first in the server 95% of the time, you all need an upgrade :P Good luck trying to find a 3800+ tho, those things OC so well, that enthusiasts have nabbed most of them and AMD stopped production. I'll probably keep this rig for another year and some (depending on new price points), so I'm thinking hard about getting my video upgraded - HD3870X2 maybe.

[ORION]

AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ (2.0G OC'd to 2.5G, some people have taken this to 2.8 on a STOCK cooler - 3.2 with water. <3 AMDs)
ASUS Crosshair (Motherboard, Main Bus OC'd)
Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro (512MB ver.)
OCZ Platinum DDR2@800 4x1G (DC'd to 667 for CPU and Mobo OC; yes I know XP only reads 3.6G, but 3.6 is still > 2)
OCZ Powerstream 700W
System/Program/Music Drive: Seagate SATA-II 7200.10 300G
Utility Drive: Seagate SATA-II 7200.10 300G
Storage Drives: Seagate SATA-II 7200.10 3X500G


Yes I use onboard audio, but it's good sound that supports 7.1 surround. My audio limitations are my headphones right now, but I'm not an audiophile anyways, so pfbtbtbtbtbt.

I recently priced the computer - a measly $1200, $750 if you take away 4 HDDs. None of my OCs require anything other than what's provided stock, and considering I'm first in the server 95% of the time, you all need an upgrade :P Good luck trying to find a 3800+ tho, those things OC so well, that enthusiasts have nabbed most of them and AMD stopped production.

Got my Q67 up to 3.8 (Air, Thermalright Ultra 120 - Lapped) just before my DFI MB + RAM died. Memory reservation isn't limited to 3.6G, it's limited by the total address space of a 32 bit OS, which is 4GB, but little things like Video Cards and Chipsets are known to alter the visible value.
DDR2 @ 667 for 1:1 ratio?
ever consider RAIDing those drives? 'cause I can't even imagine how you can use that much space...
Anyway, not bad man, not bad ;)

[DeathSniper]

My rig is a SNES.

[DevilShootsDevil]

You people have such clean desks... Mine's a huge ass mess!

Word.. And quite frankly I don't understand how my desk gets so messy, honestly! :p

[Krythos]

ill post my rig look once i get my 42' widescreen, gaming keyboard, and a new fan to complete my pure blue glow (its got red lcds *sigh*)

[Hieyeck]

Got my Q67 up to 3.8 (Air, Thermalright Ultra 120 - Lapped) just before my DFI MB + RAM died. Memory reservation isn't limited to 3.6G, it's limited by the total address space of a 32 bit OS, which is 4GB, but little things like Video Cards and Chipsets are known to alter the visible value.
DDR2 @ 667 for 1:1 ratio?
ever consider RAIDing those drives? 'cause I can't even imagine how you can use that much space...
Anyway, not bad man, not bad ;)

I have, but I was trying to migrate some older drives and holy shit was it a pain. I'll sacrifice a little performance (honestly, defragging and sliming down XP is more useful) for better portability.

[ORION]

Yeah, it depends on the mobo, I've noticed, you really either want to run a separate RAID controller card, or have a mobo that has 2 drive controllers, DFI P35 Dark -> ICH9 + ICH9R or my DFI LT X38 -> ICH9R + J Micron.

[ArchAngel2]

Wow...lol. I can't even imagine having that much storage in my desktop PC...

I have 1.5 TB in my server with another 200GB in my desktop with a 160GB and a 320GB that I don't know what to do with right now.

I use most of my storage for video and such.

What do you use all that for?

[GreenEnvy]

Picked up my new hardware today, new system will be:

C2D Q6600 quadcore
2gb Crucial ballistix tracer 1066mhz
Asus P5K-E Wifi Motherboard (probably won't use the wifi AP though)

Then the rest is the same:
Palit 8800GT super 512mb
Turtlebeach mondego sound
3hd's and 2 dvdrw.
Zalman 9700 cooler (assuming I still have the s775 bracket for it)

[Slaughter]

Ooh.. Sexy. Makes me want to upgrade again! :)

[Wesley Crusher]

I've got 4x1 TB drives.. 1080P movies take up 8gb each, then there's lossless audio, and scratch space for video editing, DVD authoring, etc.

When I build my home server, I'll post a worklog or something :)

[ArchAngel2]

I've got 4x1 TB drives.. 1080P movies take up 8gb each, then there's lossless audio, and scratch space for video editing, DVD authoring, etc.

When I build my home server, I'll post a worklog or something :)

Ah, I guess that makes sense.

Where do you buy your drives and what brand do you buy?

[Wesley Crusher]

Ah, I guess that makes sense.

Where do you buy your drives and what brand do you buy?

I currently have:
1 x Hitachi 1 TB
3 x Western Digital 1 TB

Obtained through a few contacts. Best Buy in the states had a ridiculous sale and someone resold one to me for a small fee.

The Hitachi is a great performer - using it as my main OS / app drive. The three WD drives are 5400rpm and are a bit slower at seeking so I use them as my storage drives.

[ArchAngel2]

I currently have:
1 x Hitachi 1 TB
3 x Western Digital 1 TB

Obtained through a few contacts. Best Buy in the states had a ridiculous sale and someone resold one to me for a small fee.

The Hitachi is a great performer - using it as my main OS / app drive. The three WD drives are 5400rpm and are a bit slower at seeking so I use them as my storage drives.

Ah, cool. I picked up 2 500GB SATA 2 WD drives from Best Buy around Christmas. Price matched of course...hehe. I got them for just over $100 each.

I just wish the 3.0GB/s drives would drop in price faster!

[GreenEnvy]

I'm afraid of WD drives these days, they seem to not take power outages well at all.
I've had no issues with seagate, and they have a 5 year warranty, so all my stuff is seagate.

[iheartyou]

<3 my WD Raptor. I jsut recently as of last week RMA'd my seagate 7200.1 400gb as i was getitng a Windows Disk Write error and Seagate promptly told me to send it to them for a enw one. Hopefully it'll be at my house when i get home =D

[ArchAngel2]

<3 my WD Raptor. I jsut recently as of last week RMA'd my seagate 7200.1 400gb as i was getitng a Windows Disk Write error and Seagate promptly told me to send it to them for a enw one. Hopefully it'll be at my house when i get home =D

The UPS guy just picked up my dead 500GB after I got the replacement drive from an Advance RMA. WD was really easy to deal with.

I would love to get a couple of 150GB raptors for the next desktop I build.

[Hieyeck]

TV, Movies, Games, Apps, Anime.

[iheartyou]

TV, Movies, Games, Apps, Anime.

+ music?

[SharpShooter]

Let this thread just DIE like it had been for months

[Wesley Crusher]

Raptor 150 GB drives aren't the king of transfer rates anymore with the 333 GB platters coming out. If you get a chance, check out the Samsung F1 series for speed and silence. Segate 7200.11 are also very speedy. That being said a Raptor is still a fast drive.

FYI I've had my WD 500GB AAKS drives fail on me when temperatures get too hot whereas my Raptor 150 GB and WD 250GB KS drives kept on chugging along. So far no issues with the 1TB 10EACS.

[ORION]

I'm thinking about getting a 10k drive as an OS drive, something that's crossed my mind in the past, but I've always been iffy as to how much it can really help, that and WD 500's are often ~$90 + $10 Shipping through DirectCanada/NCIX.

[BlossoM]

I vote Wrenchgirl has the best case !!!!!!

And Gooch, got some pretty pink wall colour :)

[gOOCH]

omfg which page, my walls arent pink

[manofphat]

lol reminds me of this: http://www.northernresistance.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6237&#post6237

[The Killing Joke]

lol reminds me of this: http://www.northernresistance.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6237&#post6237

Oh, boy. Are YOU in trouble!

:))

[Mike-KT]

lol sheep humping for dummies.

[ORION]

lol reminds me of this: http://www.northernresistance.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6237&#post6237


Oh, boy. Are YOU in trouble!

:))

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[Rusty Bridges]

Raptor 150 GB drives aren't the king of transfer rates anymore with the 333 GB platters coming out. If you get a chance, check out the Samsung F1 series for speed and silence. Segate 7200.11 are also very speedy. That being said a Raptor is still a fast drive.

FYI I've had my WD 500GB AAKS drives fail on me when temperatures get too hot whereas my Raptor 150 GB and WD 250GB KS drives kept on chugging along. So far no issues with the 1TB 10EACS.


I have that WD 250GB KS Drive. One of the quickest and stable drives out there. soon to retire to an external drive. I've had this drive since they came out.. I would think 3 years ago.. i have my eye on the F1 Series.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/storage.html

[ORION]

So now I'm torn between an F1 and a Barracuda because I don't want to brake the $200 mark on a HDD, and I'm left with the impression, as Wes stated, that 10k drives are over rated.

[iheartyou]

So now I'm left with the impression, as Wes stated, that 10k drives are over rated.
I dont see Wes saying that anywhere, and if you think they're overrated you're definitly understating their value. As for applications and games they(Raptors/cheetas) blow 7200rpm hdds away. As with this day and age 7200rpm hdds are meerly storage devices, 10k and the soon to come 15k(non SCSI) drives are for optimal application and gaming performance.

[wrenchgirl]

I vote Wrenchgirl has the best case !!!!!!

And Gooch, got some pretty pink wall colour :)

Thanks ;)

I can see why SharpShooter asks this thread to die though... this in depth hardware discussion makes my brain shut off

[ORION]

Raptor 150 GB drives aren't the king of transfer rates anymore with the 333 GB platters coming out. If you get a chance, check out the Samsung F1 series for speed and silence. Segate 7200.11 are also very speedy. That being said a Raptor is still a fast drive.

FYI I've had my WD 500GB AAKS drives fail on me when temperatures get too hot whereas my Raptor 150 GB and WD 250GB KS drives kept on chugging along. So far no issues with the 1TB 10EACS.

Right Here.


I have that WD 250GB KS Drive. One of the quickest and stable drives out there. soon to retire to an external drive. I've had this drive since they came out.. I would think 3 years ago.. i have my eye on the F1 Series.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/storage.html

Look at this site.


I dont see Wes saying that anywhere, and if you think they're overrated you're definitly understating their value. As for applications and games they(Raptors/cheetas) blow 7200rpm hdds away. As with this day and age 7200rpm hdds are meerly storage devices, 10k and the soon to come 15k(non SCSI) drives are for optimal application and gaming performance.

15k are out, SSD's perform better and are dropping in price faster, SSD's will replace HDD's long before 15k becomes common-place.

[Crayola]

Right Here.



Look at this site.



15k are out, SSD's perform better and are dropping in price faster, SSD's will replace HDD's long before 15k becomes common-place.

did you just write that post upside down?

[Wesley Crusher]

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=28171&vpn=HD103UJ&manufacture=Samsung%20SSI&promoid=1020

I'm ordering two at $270 each + ship. Who wants in?

[GreenEnvy]

upgrade is done:

Core2Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz, @ 3.0ghz (333*9)
Asus P5K Premium Wifi
2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-8500 (1067mhz)
1x250gb Seagate 7200.10
2x200gb seagate 7200.10
Palit Geforce 8800GT 512mb Super
Turtlebeach Mondego DDL hooked into 5.1 stereo via optical
Ultra Xfinity 600W psu
Samsung 940BW 19" LCD.
Microsoft Habu mouse
Ideazon Fang gamepad
Antec 900 case

O/C'd from 2.4 to 3.0, cpu is running between 35 and 39 degrees, stock voltage. Ram is bumped from 2.2 to 2.25

Pics (Sorry, I still need to tidy up the cabling)
http://www.schiebel.ca/images/pc/newrig1.JPG
http://www.schiebel.ca/images/pc/newrig2.JPG
http://www.schiebel.ca/images/pc/newrig3.JPG

[Mike-KT]

ewwwwww, get some black disk drives!

[SniperGimp]

yeah, you need to move to black, =)
Otherwise, nice rig.

[Rusty Bridges]

nice rig man, But like the other guys said.. grab some black drives.. It will complete the look!

[gOOCH]

upgrade is done:

Core2Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz, @ 3.0ghz (333*9)
Asus P5K Premium Wifi
2GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR2-8500 (1067mhz)
1x250gb Seagate 7200.10
2x200gb seagate 7200.10
Palit Geforce 8800GT 512mb Super
Turtlebeach Mondego DDL hooked into 5.1 stereo via optical
Ultra Xfinity 600W psu
Samsung 940BW 19" LCD.
Microsoft Habu mouse
Ideazon Fang gamepad
Antec 900 case

O/C'd from 2.4 to 3.0, cpu is running between 35 and 39 degrees, stock voltage. Ram is bumped from 2.2 to 2.25

Pics (Sorry, I still need to tidy up the cabling)
http://www.schiebel.ca/images/pc/newrig1.JPG
http://www.schiebel.ca/images/pc/newrig2.JPG
http://www.schiebel.ca/images/pc/newrig3.JPG

OMFG your psu is VDROOPING
also those arent the real temps, dl intel thermal analysis tool, speed fan, core temp

[GreenEnvy]

Fine fine, colours will be fixed by this evening.
Here is a work in progress pic:
http://www.schiebel.ca/images/pc/paintrig1.JPG
http://www.schiebel.ca/images/pc/paintrig2.JPG

[GreenEnvy]

OK, still missing one drive bay (still wet), but you get the idea:
http://www.schiebel.ca/images/pc/paintrig3.JPG
http://www.schiebel.ca/images/pc/paintrig4.JPG

Better?

[SKULLCRUSHER]

How to ruin an Antec case - class 101

[badastronaut]

How to ruin an Antec case - class 101
I wouldn't call it ruined. I think it actually looks pretty great!

[ORION]

Could have used some higher quality paints, I've seen alot worse though, look into gel coating and wet sanding that bitch.

[WiseGuy]

and swap those blue fans out for green

[Mike-KT]

That looks pretty decent I must say, but I like my 900 the way it is. You'll be taking out those blue lights right? Or at least adding some yellow film around the LEDs?

[GreenEnvy]

I'll eventually swap in green fans. I'm really not one who cares about how his case looks though, as evidenced by the white drives on there until now, so it might take a while.
I just am a lime green freak, which is the reason I did that rather then just paint the drives black.

[Sweetlou]

Looks nice Envy

[Nekkris]

I was never really a fan of the case but the paint job looks good green :).
Much better than white drives on the black case.

[ORION]

ATM
q6700 @ 3.6 GHz 1.4v (Thermalright Ultra 120, lapped)
2x2GB Patriot Viper Fin PC8500 @ 720 MHz (1:1 FSB:DDR) 5-5-5-15 (will be brining those down a bit, been having trouble POSTing over 800 MHz though on my)
DFI Dk P35 T2RS (LT X38 is currently on RMA status due to SB dying, will buy again)
Enermax Liberty 620W
XFX 8800GTS 512 ADE OC'ed (734-1890-1037)
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music, as modded by Wes.
2x120 GB 7200 RPM SATA2 HDD (WD Caviar and SG Barracuda 7200.7)
Case is TBD for LAN

[SharpShooter]

If you can post over 800MHz on your DFI, let me know your clock settings, on my e6600 I just can't get past it @ 3.6 GHz

[wrenchgirl]

OK, still missing one drive bay (still wet), but you get the idea:
http://www.schiebel.ca/images/pc/paintrig3.JPG
http://www.schiebel.ca/images/pc/paintrig4.JPG

Better?

A very nice job!

[Cleavage Monkey]

I think pink would have been better myself.

[Xzinum]

OK, still missing one drive bay (still wet), but you get the idea:
http://www.schiebel.ca/images/pc/paintrig3.JPG
http://www.schiebel.ca/images/pc/paintrig4.JPG

Better?

Needs more lights
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Photos/Go-Green-Suit.jpg

And you should try some Strontium Aluminate (SrAl2O4) Photoluminescent Pigment Crystals
http://www.modsthatglow.com/images/web/auctions/green_glow.jpg

[Wesley Crusher]

Best rig ever:

http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/psu-pc/

[iheartyou]

Best rig ever:

http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/psu-pc/

OHH EMM GEE, Best rig EVER!!!
*insert Saturday Night Fever dance off*

[Diffy]

A little late, but heres my share (Pics taken with webcam, too lazy to use camera):

I keep it clean ;)

http://i29.tinypic.com/osa16e.jpg

http://i30.tinypic.com/fn5pc4.jpg

http://i32.tinypic.com/taq9w7.jpg

AND A BONUS: My View from my windows

http://i27.tinypic.com/27wxe2f.jpg

[Rez Prophet]

HERE IS MY SHITTY CRAPPY SYSTEM




http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/dashcroft/DSC00932.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/dashcroft/DSC00931.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/dashcroft/DSC00928.jpg


http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j73/dashcroft/magiceye.jpg