How "Xtreme" are you?? Post Pics of your System, and show us.

[Kunaak]

just something purely for fun.
I would be curious to see what other xtreme systems 3dmark team members really work with, just for fun.
nothing serious, just abit to see whos the most insane with thier computer around.

so, post your Pics, if you can, I think it would be fun to see who's working with what.
post a 3dmark score or two if you can.

;)

:D

;:cool:

[shray]

guess first.. http://shrayisheretoday.tripod.com/compooter.WMV

[shray]

Whoops right click save target as..

[macci]

i'll post u a little video clip soon =)

[bowman1964]

well this is my little baby,all though i am running a epox now.the pic was taken while testing a abit,

http://members.fortunecity.com/ajr011/pictures/at7max2.jpg

[TheDude]

Bowman,

How can anyone follow that? You win...next thread please:D

[macci]

True. THat is by far one of the coolest (literally) rigs ive ever seen. Excellent job. :)

btw, did watercooling the ati mem chips give much extra speed?

[Kunaak]

macci

definatly post us some pics, I gotta see what got 7500 on 2k3 ;)

Bowman, jesus, what can we say, hahaa...
all I can say, is thats one of the most memorable pics I ever saw.

Mr. Icee you around?
I think some would be stoked to see what your working with.

[bowman1964]

macci

Sorry my friend.even running -27c coolant though the memory coolers it made no differance at all.i have since removed the liquid cooled mem cooler and replaced them with heat sinks.

yea i was alittle extreeme on that project.but that one was a baby compaired to my new one I am working on.i know LN2 guys think they have the advantage......but they better watch out.i checked today and my freezed is being shipped and due to me next thursday.it will reach -121f temps stock.i have to tear it down for parts to start my latest baby.

i will keep every one posted.

i have a pic at home where the lines are frosted over running -27c.maybe tonight i will replace the pic with the current one.

[macci]

ok thats pretty much what I thought about the ramchips. Wish they would still use the older memchips on these things as those suckers really loved the cold temps (got my old GF3 mem from 575 to 660MHz by using water+pelt on it, and the ram on my original GF3 went from 545 go 645MHz when I cooled it down w/ dryice).

[MrIcee]

Kunaak:)

I'm around my friend:) I apologize to all because I can't upload the following pics and have them all in one post...so I'll make multiple posts with pics. Since aquiring the Rev 1 NF7-S I've been doing my testing soley on air. With dual channel DDR running at high FSB....great performance can be had on air with a highly overclocked videocard aboard. I've had great success as has our friend macci as witnessed by his great 2003 scores with his AMD under 2500Mhz. Once I get my hands on a Barton I'll put it all back in the Prommy. It's hanging out of the Prom as I'm using the PSU thats in the case. First up is a pic of my entire workstation.

[MrIcee]

Next up is the custom R-22 chiller I created from what was originally a Movin' Cool portable 10,000 BTU air conditioning unit. The evap is plumbed into an old 16 gallon Metal Coleman picnic cooler which is filled with 16 gallons of 50/50 mix of Texaco Dex-Cool and distilled water. The -30c average mixture is pumped via a Danner 750 GPH mag drive pump to my Swifty MCW50T, plus I have a second set of lines available for future use, ie: northbridge cooling etc. Built this in January 2002, apltly dubbed " MrIcee" :)

[bowman1964]

MrIcee

i like the pic.this is what we should be showing.our actual work space..i think it shows what each man is all about with out words.
what you think?

[MrIcee]

bowman my friend:)

Great idea indeed....lets let the "crew" show their environment...great idea:) Multiple pics welcome:thumbsup:

Randi:D

Heres a little closeup of the rig I hit 5900 points with in 2003 last night at 998Mhz

[MrIcee]

And a little closer:D Thats all folks..........................

[MrIcee]

Just a touch MickeyMouse....I had only been running maybe 10 minutes when I shot that pic this afternoon. I usually have between 1/8 to 1/4" of frost buildup after a couple hours of benching.:)

Randi:D

[bowman1964]

well this is my rig at the moment running.i came home and got a more actual pic running -52f evap and -27c coolant

http://members.fortunecity.com/ajr011/Rotation.of.Picture.012.jpg

[bowman1964]

well i guess i will show my little work space.i have enough freon to fill a small hotel in here.as well as 3 working phase change systems and almost anything else that i might need to build a small ****** opps i have said too much....LOL:D

a picture says a thousand words.........now dont eveyone laugh at me too hard.;)

[TheDude]

Bowman..laugh at you!? It is a rare and wonderous thing of beauty!
Better Homes and Insane Geeks will be by to take some photos tomorrow! I bet you make the cover for sure!:D

:toast:

[isp]

oh my god. Bowman....wow. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :thumbsup: :lol:

[will_perdikakis]

Well this is embarassing. :p

There is a bootleg chiller I made :)
http://www.modders.net/uploads/will_perdikakis/Chiller30.JPG

Here is a solid block of copper. That is a 156W pelt at 12v with -20C coolant.
http://www.modders.net/uploads/will_perdikakis/Copperfroze.JPG

There is a GF4. Was a great card. It had excellent overclocking memory, especially after mod.
http://www.modders.net/uploads/will_perdikakis/GF4angle.jpg

There is how I ran my computer for most of last summer.
http://www.modders.net/uploads/will_perdikakis/messy.JPG

[baker18]

Here is my setup............

-55F CPU and -30F GPU...........

Thks to Bowman for his help on this cooling project.

[baker18]

More pictures........

[macci]

Heres my very unXtreme rig:
VIDEO (http://www.solidhardware.com/macci/videoz/computar.avi)
(right click..save as)

Dryice video coming soon.. :D

[bowman1964]

Originally posted by baker18
Here is my setup............

-55F CPU and -30F GPU...........

Thks to Bowman for his help on this cooling project.

I always help my friends out.

like I tell my close friends........If i own it it is yours anytime you need it.

glad to help baker my friend:D

[macci]

da DRYICE OCing SEssioN (http://www.solidhardware.com/macci/videoz/dryice.avi) (right click..save as..enjoy :D)

[bias_hjorth]

You guys are nuts...

Have you ever heard of casemodding and not just extreme, tweaked and total maxxed out motherboard... :-D


I like it:cool:

[TerroH8er]

bunch of nerds LOL

bowman your setup is by the far the coolest and messiest looking work area i've ever seen :D well done!

one day.. *dreams*

[Goofy]

And my friends think I'm crazy!! :D
http://www23.brinkster.com/goofyno1/parasoll.jpg

[bias_hjorth]

sorry my friend but it says: HTTP1.1 STATUS 403 Remote Access to this object forbidden This file cannot be directly accessed from a remote site, but must be linked through the Brinkster Member's site.

[Twisted]

http://www23.brinkster.com/goofyno1/parasoll.jpg?

[Goofy]

Yeah I know Brinkster is weird but you have to copy the adress into the adress field and then put at space after it then it will work.. (I hope)

[bias_hjorth]

yup now it works...

but how cold is it where you are at?:toast:

[Goofy]

Originally posted by bias_hjorth
yup now it works...

but how cold is it where you are at?:toast:

Well during the day now in april its about 12-18 degrees celsius but at night when I clock its about 3 degrees celcius!! :D But I was to late this year because in the winter here in sweden it can be about -20 degrees celcius!!!

[Hobocrow]

Originally posted by bowman1964
well i guess i will show my little work space.i have enough freon to fill a small hotel in here.as well as 3 working phase change systems and almost anything else that i might need to build a small ****** opps i have said too much....LOL:D

a picture says a thousand words.........now dont eveyone laugh at me too hard.;)

Bowman :) I got a quick story for ya.. My wife has been after me to clean my work space, as we have her family coming to visit. We'll it's embarrassingly clean and orderly compared to yours. :D

So, when she checked on me...I showed her a picture of your room (as the before example) and said "now isn't this much better?" She said "Good job" don't ever let it get that bad again!"

Thanks Bowman...I didn't hafta clean a d*mn thing! :D

[bias_hjorth]

Originally posted by Goofy
Well during the day now in april its about 12-18 degrees celsius but at night when I clock its about 3 degrees celcius!! :D But I was to late this year because in the winter here in sweden it can be about -20 degrees celcius!!!


nice!!

I live in danmark and we sometimes have some pretty cold temp. also.. Nice when you are overclock.. but pretty freezing for the body:D

[will_perdikakis]

macci,

That video was great. Did you just drill holes into the p4 HS to mount it in there?

Great soundtrack too! Two thumbs up. You could use a better server though. :p DLing at 24.5kB/s on T3.

Excellent editing too, funny how the fluctuating voltages are synchronous with the percussion.

BTW you are a *EDITed by IFMU* :p

[Goofy]

Originally posted by bias_hjorth
but pretty freezing for the body:D

Yeah, I nearly froze my arse off when it was only 3 degrees celcius and i can only imagne how cold it must be when it's -15 degrees celcius outside!!

[bias_hjorth]

lol just use something warm like a cpu and a sleeping back..:cool:

[Goofy]

But now I have figured out that i can have my computer outside and sit in our outdoor room (the room you saw on the picture where i had my screen) and use our infra-red heaters, then it gets warm and cosy!!! :D

[bias_hjorth]

hehe quite smart actually.. I wonder if I should try this someday..
For now I am just using me radiator (for the watercooling).. And its doing a great job... :D

[bowman1964]

Originally posted by Hobocrow
Bowman :) I got a quick story for ya.. My wife has been after me to clean my work space, as we have her family coming to visit. We'll it's embarrassingly clean and orderly compared to yours. :D

So, when she checked on me...I showed her a picture of your room (as the before example) and said "now isn't this much better?" She said "Good job" don't ever let it get that bad again!"

Thanks Bowman...I didn't hafta clean a d*mn thing! :D

yea good to know i helped you out....LOL

since i shipped my wife of 15 years down the road.....i dont have to hear that anymore either.LOL
i figure that one room is my getaway from the world.:cool:
i do need to clean it up some.but i wanted to give a honest picture.:D

[Hobocrow]

Originally posted by bowman1964
yea good to know i helped you out....LOL

since i shipped my wife of 15 years down the road.....i dont have to hear that anymore either.LOL
i figure that one room is my getaway from the world.:cool:
i do need to clean it up some.but i wanted to give a honest picture.:D

LOL, Buddy! I hear you, I've been married to this woman all my adult life, well 28 years anyway.. You know what they say, the 3rd time is a charm. ;) I'll submit a pic of my area soon...As I cleanit that is! :)

BTW. I think your work area is very logical in a "helter-skelter, beatles" sort of way! It's beautiful! :eek:

[KnightElite]

http://homepage.usask.ca/~kdh349/

That's my rig up there. Out of commission right now, but enjoy. Nice setups guys ;).

[corrupt]

Here's my rig nothing special just water.

[corrupt]

And here's my corner of the world, not much of a corner,lol.

[TheDude]

I'm kind of a freak about a neat MAIN desk...but I do have a sloppy workbench.

[phobix]

As you can guess, my wife wasn't very happy with this scene:

[phobix]

Last Shot - My R-12 Water chiller. I work for a company that produces Medical instruments so I was able to score this from an old medical analyzer :D

[phobix]

My Current AMD benching rig :D Sorry about all the posts

[TheDude]

Sorry about all the posts

Don't apologize dude...great pics!:D

I really enjoy seeing what everyones got!

[phobix]

Originally posted by bowman1964
well i guess i will show my little work space.i have enough freon to fill a small hotel in here.as well as 3 working phase change systems and almost anything else that i might need to build a small ****** opps i have said too much....LOL:D

a picture says a thousand words.........now dont eveyone laugh at me too hard.;)

Bowman, you are the man, that is a sick setup you have going there. I gather you are a refrigeration tech by trade or have past experience?

[poopygood]

Awesome workspaces and xtreme rigs guys!!



Originally posted by corrupt
Here's my rig nothing special just water.

corrupt, can you tell me more about you H20 rig? Specifically what radiator you mounted on the back of the antec 1030 case? That is exactly what I want to do. :)

Also why are there like 3 reservoirs in the case?

[bowman1964]

Originally posted by phobix
Bowman, you are the man, that is a sick setup you have going there. I gather you are a refrigeration tech by trade or have past experience?

Well I have done a few things in my time.
but i sell refridgeration parts for the mobile market with the oem stuff i handle.

[Penti]

Bowman your setup and your messy room rocks ;) any geek would want a room like that.
Randis setup was very nice allso but didn't look so crazy as yours =)

I no where near that extreme. But i maybe build a chiller in the summer ;) Well if that happens i sure post some pics of it. Now i just have straight h2o i have hade the same block and pump for over a year so im little thierd of it.

[swissocer]

well heres mine
www.pbase.com/dome/ma_case
dont be surprised at my young face im only 18 :D
well i like a case more then a mobo layin at the desk ;)
but we did some oc sessions without case ;)
cause swizzaland cooold in wintha :D

[Kunaak]

well, finally a few Pics of my computer...

;)

[Kunaak]

side view...

[Kunaak]

the entire area.

[Kunaak]

I just Figured out how to put multiple pictures together...
save alittle space here ;)

this is my waterchiller.
at the moment it's out of commission cause the pump is dead as far as I can tell, I really hate tearing this thing apart, so it's been sitting there for about a week.
I'll get to it sooner or later.
it does pretty well, getting about -20 for water.
nothing quite as extreme as somethings I seen here, but it's better then nothing.

:D

[twiztdskatr]

teh new water rig.

[zakelwe]

bowmans room cracked me up. Even the mouse cable has 5 knots in it ?

Here's my setup, I'm the antiBowman as I am pretty tidy.The 4 under one table are all duals, 15GHz under one table. Quantity not quality is my motto


http://www.aocb77.dsl.pipex.com/myrig2.jpg

No extreme cooling for me, just air cooling and I guess you have all seen a picture of varous fans LOL :)

Must buy a silver spray can to attack the CD-ROMs from 3 foot away.

Regards

Andy

PS The reason I am so tidy has an elbow that you can just see to the far left whilst she plays Freecell on my main machine, thus stressing a Barton at 2400Mhz to it's very core ...

[KingInge2000]

Everything 4 a 4 node cluster with frontend. Get 'em clustered an run the 3dmark;)

[CCW]

Nice rigs guys! My current rig is only Xtreme in the sound of 9 fans make ;)

Bowman - your rig is the god of all rigs (bar some of the crays on this world ;))

TheDude, have you got the custom cooling unit up and running that you got of Bowman? i didnt see it, would be nice to see it in action

Mr Icee - nice rig!

well done guys :D

[TheDude]

TheDude, have you got the custom cooling unit up and running that you got of Bowman? i didnt see it, would be nice to see it in action

CCW,


Don't have it yet...Bowman still needs to bench a couple of things before he ships it. I'm in no hurry...gives me something big to look forward to! I will use it just to see what OCs I can hit with certain CPUs...cooling the cpu and NB with it...gonna be fun!

Kunaak,

You get -20 with that setup? C or F ? Actual water temperature?

[Kunaak]

Kunaak,

You get -20 with that setup? C or F ? Actual water temperature?

Yes, it got to -20C on the videocard block, but thats only when testing it, I don't know what it gets when actually hooked to my videocard and northbridge.
I can tell you this though....
The Pump is dead cause the lines froze solid when I was leak testing.

I bought it on ebay for 200.
it cost alot to ship it, thats why it cost 200.

I modified it alittle to use better lines and such.
it worked perfect, till the pump got killed.
when I first got it, it was averaging -6C, but my friend took a look at it, and "refilled it", I don't really know what that means, but it works alot better now....

atleast, it did.

:(

I'll replace the pump soon.

[bowman1964]

TheDude......if i can get off my lazy butt ,i am going to get the unit out to you.i should get to bench the abit this weekend.then out she goes.


CCW........thanks for the kind words.

and to the rest of you.....ha ha i should have never showed off my messy room.i can see i will never live this one down.
:slobber:

[shortcircuit]

Here's a pic of my current benchmark rig....

xp3000 @ 2823mhz (225 * 12.5) prometia cooled
epox 8rga+, h2o cooled NB, vdd=2.0v, heatsink on voltage regulator
2 x 256mb twinmos pc3200 (winbond) @ 6-3-2 cas2.5 2.9v
sapphire radeon 9800 pro @ 493/378, h2o cooled, vgpu=1.9v, agp=87mhz/1.6v
enermax 431w psu voltmodded
western digital 120gb 7200rpm SE drive
cooltech radiator, pump, and resevour
and a whole lotta fans...

I've only had the 9800 pro for a few days so far but it has been good for 21228 3dmarks... I have a 172w peltier which I haven't tried on this card yet and I have a few other voltmods left to do, so I think 21.5-22k is possible, if not more. I am not sure what's up with the memory because it did 3-2-2 cas2 at the same speed in an 8rda+...

[Kunaak]

Just a thought.

Who Here has the Most Xtreme Air Cooled PC?

:)

[zakelwe]

Originally posted by Kunaak
Just a thought.

Who Here has the Most Xtreme Air Cooled PC?

:)

I would hazard a guess at Jeff, or he did have when he used to visit, haven't seen him around for a time. He's pretty high up the pi-fast times and was just getting into video card overclocking / 3dmark when last here.

Regards

Andy

[corrupt]

Originally posted by poopygood
Awesome workspaces and xtreme rigs guys!!




corrupt, can you tell me more about you H20 rig? Specifically what radiator you mounted on the back of the antec 1030 case? That is exactly what I want to do. :)

Also why are there like 3 reservoirs in the case?

Sorry for the delay, the rad at the back of my case is the thermaltake Aquarius 2 kit it has 2 resevoirs for some reason I'm taking the one off the back, that kit is just to cool the 9800pro. And the other is the koolance kit which cools my cpu and NB its a nice kit, the thermaltake kit is ok but the pump sucks it cools the gpu ok. I just wanted the gpu on its own loop.

[poopygood]

cool, thanks for the info.. :)

[Raptor]

this was my old watercooling Rig with a 8KHA+ and a XP2000+... very old i must say! :D

Now i use a Kryotech and a more "regular" watercooling system for the ATI.

[SPQQKY]

Insane stuff guys, maybe I'll post some pics of mine so I can remind you of what a "normal" system looks like...LOL.

[Goofy]

Have a look att mine, its quite normal excepts its outside...
http://pixas.mine.nu/~www/uplfolders/upload2/Parasoll.jpg

[TheDude]

Can you post one of it in the pool? That would be Xtreme! :D

[ellsworth]

my fascination is combining extreme cooling with coustom built, non traditional style cases.
here is my setup that i build last summer :D

this is my "crystal shanty" mk1 (named because of huge size) , and mk2 is on the drawing boards.
this case is made of acrylic and includes a 5,000btu water chiller in the bottom half, while the computer sits on top. the resevoir is about 1.5 gallons and is also made of acrylic. i see water temps of around -8C to -12Cbut could be better but my cap tube is way too short i think, and im using crappy refrigerant charge. my cpu and nb are being cooled in this picture but i removed the nb block due to flow drop.

mk2 will include a homebrew direct die system and be much smaller than mk1 (a huge beast) and will be completed this summer.

[ellsworth]

pic #2:
(before wire management ;) )

[TheDude]

Nice job ellsworth!
Welcome to Xtreme:D

[bowman1964]

killer rig !!! ellsworth

i like it.
took a lot of time and effort to make such a nice unit.and it shows...

[ellsworth]

bowman i love your forums.
they have helped me plan together my new system, but i am still in the gathering phase.

ill definately be posting pics on your forums when i get started in a few weeks.

btw...ive been reading these forums for a few days now and i think ive found myself a new home :toast:

[bowman1964]

yep i have to agree this a killer site.none like it anywhere.
best of the best.:banana:

but more important than anything else are the great guys who run this forum.
they go unnoticed most of the time.

but they make this site what it is today.

these guys in this forum are almost.. close as family:D

[Royal Oaks]

That is a killer rig Ellsworth:banana: You will like it at XS, best of the best here. :cool: I haven't seen any specs from you yet, what are you runnin??? Very nice rig you got there, that is a masterpiece!!

[TheDude]

Hey Bowman,

Just don't be calling me Pops...ok? :D

[Tweaked!]

Originally posted by TheDude
Hey Bowman,

Just don't be calling me Pops...ok? :D

I'll keep him in his place, ok pops;)

Ellsworth, Awesome job you've done there! Welcome to Xtreme!:D:cool:

I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work:)

[Hobocrow]

Originally posted by Hobocrow
LOL, Buddy! I hear you, I've been married to this woman all my adult life, well 28 years anyway.. You know what they say, the 3rd time is a charm. ;) I'll submit a pic of my area soon...As I cleanit that is! :)

BTW. I think your work area is very logical in a "helter-skelter, beatles" sort of way! It's beautiful! :eek:

Ok! here's my picked-up work space and system...It's nothing compared to the awesome ingenuity of other members....it is neat, though! :p

[Jeff]

Great thread with even better pictures!!! :toast: I'll take a few pictures of my work area soon. I had to clean up the basement for Easter so it's actually looking pretty good down here. ;)


Originally posted by zakelwe
I would hazard a guess at Jeff, or he did have when he used to visit, haven't seen him around for a time. He's pretty high up the pi-fast times and was just getting into video card overclocking / 3dmark when last here.

I'm still around, just not posting much since I have been a bit lazy with computer stuff lately. I basically have all my rigs set for under 140MHz FSB and on auto-pilot Folding.

[ellsworth]

Originally posted by Royal Oaks
That is a killer rig Ellsworth:banana: You will like it at XS, best of the best here. :cool: I haven't seen any specs from you yet, what are you runnin??? Very nice rig you got there, that is a masterpiece!!

thanks for the kind words :D. right now i am aircooled because my chiller was too big to take to college (so no crazy ocing :( ). as soon as i get back home in mid may i will start my new project and use my waterchiller to cool vid card and nb and use direct die phase change on my cpu. when i built my system last summer i didnt have a good chip to oc with, so i never really got any good numbers out of it.

right now im running:
epox 8rda vdd modded
swiftech big and loud heatsink
2100+ tbred B @ (215 x 11 for everyday use)
9500np -> 9700
etc.

its hard to oc with no ac!!!

anyways...awesome forums. seems like all of the [H] migrated over here hehe.

[Kunaak]

Hobocrow

don't underestimate that Pic, I see them skeleton computers, and little signs of modding.

;)

[Hobocrow]

Originally posted by Kunaak
Hobocrow

don't underestimate that Pic, I see them skeleton computers, and little signs of modding.

;)

Kunaak :) LOL! There's (4) computers in that room....can barely keep (1) working! :D

[Marci]

http://www.over-clock.com/marci/2003ptII/images/DSC00106.jpg

http://www.over-clock.com/marci/2003ptII/images/DSC00115.jpg

http://www.over-clock.com/marci/casemods/2003rigGallery/images/DSC00031.jpg

voila... specs etc:

-AMD Athlon XP2400+ AXDA2400DKV3C - AIUCB0240WPDW @ 210x12 (2415), 1.8v
-Abit NF7-S Rev2.0
-1x 512Mb OCZ PC3500 EL-DDR
-Sapphire Radeon9700 Pro Rev 3 watercooled
-Seagate Barracuda V 80Gb SATA
-Seagate Barracuda V 80Gb SATA
-16x Pioneer DVD, 24x10x40 Freecom CD-RW Master
-Hauppage WinTV PCI
-Matrix Orbital MX212 LCD
-Chieftec Scorpio Silver Full Tower
-Enermax 465 Whisper PSU modded with shortened mobo cable to reduce resistance on 5v rail. Excess 5.25" / 3.5" power conns removed.

-DangerDen Maze3-1 220w Pelt Block on CPU
-DangerDen Z-Chip block on Northbridge
-DangerDen Rad9700 block on GPU (pelt to come)
-Eheim 1250 pump
-Thermochill 3x120mm Rad (with 3x YSTech 120mm Slimlines @ 8v)
-Meanwell Pelt PSU (Tweaked to 12.9v)
-Waterwetter
-1x Dual LCD Thermometer
-1x Sunbeam Rheostat

[TheDude]

Marci,

That is one classy looking setup! But then I would expect nothing less from you....great job! :thumbsup:

[OPPAINTER]

80 watt pelt on the NB, 220 pelt on the vid card cooled by a R404A water chiller, Prometia on the CPU.

OPP

[OPPAINTER]

I'm getting rid of the Waterchiller, gunna start useing a Vapochill to cool the Vid card.

OPP

[bowman1964]

as always OPP a site to behold.:D

that rig means business......

looks great:D

[TheDude]

Opp,

How are you going to clamp the Vapochill evap to the card? Just curious. Nice setup:D

[Colin]

Man, you guys make me look like sh*t! I'm so jealous man! :D

Here's my setup... Nothing compared to the setups in here!

http://www.pcstats.com/articleimages/Colin/Test_Rig/Test_Rig1.jpg

[AndrOvr]

perfect case cooling :D
Never had a case :D

[majormav]

them ramsinks on graphics card are ace ... i remember the first time i saw em ages ago the image of em has stuck ..... everytime i see a pic of em i chuckle ...

[CCW]

Colin, like your small collection of thermal paste tubes ;)

[Kunaak]

this is my System in action.
aquarium filled with ice.
no peltiers at the moment.
waterchiller now gone...
unmodded R9700 Pro.

not easy, but I got this.

20538.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6439533

[swissocer]

well got a bunch of new pics showin my mobo and case clear coated.. :D
www.pbase.com/dome/ma_case

[biggie135]

My plain ol' PC but seeing all of your rigs gives me some ideas.
http://www.sitemouse.com/users/biggie135/computerpics/Picture001.jpg
http://www.sitemouse.com/users/biggie135/computerpics/Picture002.jpg

[JeffPH]

Xtreme!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheDude]

biggie135,

Sharp looking case! I see what looks like a CMOS reset mod with a toggle switch. I just did one too....love it. :D

[twiztdskatr]

what was that about watercooling? :banana:

[TheDude]

My latest setup...far left on floor /Prommie....middle on desk /Phase Change....far right floor /Water Cooling

[bowman1964]

twiztdskatr....man i love it......what you using ? mineral oil as a coolant or something else.

dude you got a thing of beauty.

you area is awsome dude........

[Crazymofo]

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/fosterjeff/comppics/insful.jpg
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/fosterjeff/comppics/radang.jpg

Doesnt quite compare to the likes of TheDude and you other phase change nuts:D Took me about a month to complete mostly waiting for parts...:rolleyes:

There's more pics if you follow the NF7 link in my sig...

[aNabolic]

Love your pics bowman.


Mine are really boring.

http://www.dyonisis.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pc/window.jpg

http://www.dyonisis.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pc/Picture8.jpg

http://www.dyonisis.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pc/Picture9.jpg

Brett

[Major]

This thread is powerful example of how lucky you guys are to have such understanding wives, and serves as reminder of why I'm no loger married ! hehe

[bias_hjorth]

Originally posted by Major Slaughter
This thread is powerful example of how lucky you guys are to have such understanding wives, and serves as reminder of why I'm no loger married ! hehe


lol :cool:

[Raptor]

Originally posted by Major Slaughter
This thread is powerful example of how lucky you guys are to have such understanding wives, and serves as reminder of why I'm no loger married ! hehe

lol...

i've been dating a girl latelly, but i still haven't had the guts to show her my room... wonder why! :P

[Kunaak]

everyone just thinks I am nuts when they see my PC's...

;)

[bias_hjorth]

Originally posted by Kunaak
everyone just thinks I am nuts when they see my PC's...

;)


"looking over your specs and wonder why"
:D :toast:

[bowman1964]

Originally posted by Major Slaughter
This thread is powerful example of how lucky you guys are to have such understanding wives, and serves as reminder of why I'm no loger married ! hehe

Me too brother.no wife.......no more complaining,complaining,complaining,.....but i must admit some in here have wonderfull woman who dont mind putting up with there husbands hobbies.

to you guys i say.........You Lucky son of................:D
you better keep then,they dont come along every day.:)

[MrIcee]

I am one of those lucky guys whose wife supports my hobby and what I do. She even contributes occasionally when I'm down on $..hence my current 1800+ that at 1.95v will do 2975Mhz. Can't wait to get a board with more volts:D

But anyways..shes happy I tinker at home in her company ....better than her worrying about me out all night blowing $ on booze down at the local gin mill and drowning myself...LOL

Randi:D

[bias_hjorth]

Originally posted by MrIcee
hence my current 1800+ that at 1.95v will do 2975Mhz. Can't wait to get a board with more volts:D

Randi:D

holy ****

"stepping must have"(robot)

[Penguin4x4]

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/adunlap/images/Workstations.jpg

[rabeb25]

here is one of mine

[sysfailur]

Alright.... well ya gotta understand.... I work in phases. First up we have the "nice neat and useful" phase (see pic 1). Then we have the "testing new crap" phase (see pic 2) and finally we have the "overclocking the hell out of hardware" phase (see pic 3).

Things often get rotated from wherever. The 2nd picture is what I'm using right this second. It'll be slapped in a case for a lan this weekend, then back out and then "oc'ing the hell out of hardware" phase will begin :P

Anywho, the 3dmark score that goes w/ the 2nd pic: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6524168

PICTARS! :

UNO:

http://www.maximumoc.com/img/room_pictures/2.jpg

TWO:

http://www.maximumoc.com/img/hardware/gigabyte_8knxp/comp_setup.jpg

DREI:

http://www.maximumoc.com/img/hardware/asus_super_a7n8x/pelt_setup5.jpg


Btw, I love everyone's setups! Go go extreme! :)

[SPQQKY]

Here's a shot of my recent vmod....

[SPQQKY]

...

[rabeb25]

here is one of my full setups.

[sysfailur]

Newly configured w/ new 4U case.

http://www.maximumoc.com/img/random/new_desk_setup.jpg

[CCW]

Sysfailur, using your desk fan makes you truly boughetto! how much cfm of air does it push???

Craig

[sysfailur]

Originally posted by CCW
Sysfailur, using your desk fan makes you truly boughetto! how much cfm of air does it push???

Craig

I dunno but on the fast setting, things fly off my desk! :P

[CCW]

lol, i imagine with a fan that big it would be alot , i might try that some time :D

Craig

[poopygood]

sysfailur,

What do you have in the 4U case?

Love the dual 1900FP's! :slobber:

[Stang_Man]

Originally posted by poopygood
sysfailur,

What do you have in the 4U case?

Love the dual 1900FP's! :slobber:

i'm guessing it's the Gigabyte P4 800FSB board and other various Intel items :-p

here's mine, taken in the middle of January, with temps around ambients temps in the room around -10C :p

[Stang_Man]

here's the "day-to-day" setup:

[TheDude]

Here's the upstairs setup...the wife uses this one.

[Twisted]

nice TheDude!
stang man..you a ccna?

[Stang_Man]

Originally posted by Twisted
nice TheDude!
stang man..you a ccna?

soon to be:)

working a few internships around town at various companies:cool:

[sysfailur]

Originally posted by poopygood
sysfailur,

What do you have in the 4U case?

Love the dual 1900FP's! :slobber:

As stang_man said, it is my Gigabyte 8KNXP ultra, my 1gb of xms3500, 2.4C, and right now an Albatron GFFX 5600. It needs a soundcard though. This onboard sound keeps crashing my system. :\ It's my work/DVD watching/play computer. 9800 Pro is out for modifications and overclocking hehe.

[saaya]

maybe you need some better sb cooling if the onboard sound crashes your system

[sysfailur]

Originally posted by saaya
maybe you need some better sb cooling if the onboard sound crashes your system

Heh, well I found out it wasn't the sound, it was my memory. It blewed up :P

[baker18]

Updated picture: Frankie on wheels...................

[saaya]

baker you need .... a case :D

[sandman]

I am in awe.............

WoW!! those are some great systems.

[TheDude]

Welcome to Xtreme sandman! :D
Hope you enjoy it here and decide to stick around
:toast:

[sandman]

I think I will...........great site.:smileysex

[gabbax]

Hehe,just AIR (yet)I have just beeing doing this for aprox 4 months:D .Not so "xtreme" yet:(
http://w1.825.telia.com/~u82507271/SIdangraffe.jpg
Fully V-moddet.
http://w1.825.telia.com/~u82507271/hddmodd.jpg

Hehe(feeling just a little bit sissy,compare to u guys "xtreme" modds:slobber: :slobber: ;)

[Amoeba Assassin]

Originally posted by Kunaak
Just a thought.

Who Here has the Most Xtreme Air Cooled PC?

:)

Although its not exactly "xtreme" I have my 2.6C benchmarked at 3.6 (see Intel board). I got 2 or 3 Case fans (I can see 2 but I swear I have a 3rd one somewhere). I got a SLK800 with a P4 Adaptor (most xtreme thing I have) with the Might Vantec Tornado. I just got a job the other day, $60, but hell, its good if your 15!:D

[Amoeba Assassin]

hey bowman I live in VA too, in your picture you dont happen to be at the Cascades do you? Ive been there a couple times & the swimming there is freezingly cool.

[Amoeba Assassin]

My comp at it's fullest glory. Now if I can work about 15 days, at $60, I might be able to actually afford a Prommy....:banana:

[Kunaak]

I tried to bump up my "Xtreme-Ness" this weekend.
check it out,

:D

[Kunaak]

one more pic.

[Kunaak]

last one, I promise.

[sandman]

hey kunaak, what's the yellow thing in with your hard-drive?

[Kunaak]

thats a removable cage that holds the floppy drive and harddrive. it's the standard prometeia case.

that little disk is my kill it all disk.
that disc will kill all information on any hard drive, in a matter of 3 seconds, in 2 steps.
insert, and reboot.
after that it takes about 3 seconds for it to wipe all information of a hard drive, even my information salvaging programs don't work after using this disk.
very handy when killing all the crap on windows, without windows always trying to leave it's footprint on the hard drive even when you think it's cleaned.

[bowman1964]

Originally posted by Amoeba Assassin
hey bowman I live in VA too, in your picture you dont happen to be at the Cascades do you? Ive been there a couple times & the swimming there is freezingly cool.

sorry i was in las vegas on the strip in that pic.
i live south of richmond va.

[ALT-F13]

http://shved.modlabs.net/oil1.jpg
http://shved.modlabs.net/oil2.jpg
http://shved.modlabs.net/oil3.jpg
My friend's system. It is P4-1.6@2.8/R9700Pro put in auto refrigerator with 9 liters of Castrol oil. Also, there is ice in bottles for keeping it cold.
Runs 3DMark at 26C on CPU and 16 on GPU. But unfortunately i don't know actual results.
Additional info: http://forum.modlabs.net/viewtopic.php?t=324 but grab your online translator to russian:)

[CLarKEY]

wow im new here and all these rigs make my setup look like an old 486er

[ALT-F13]

CLarKEY. Welcome to Extreme, then. "Glad to see you here" (C) ;)

[TheDude]

Welcome to Xtreme CLarKEY!
:toast:
Before long, you will be as crazy as the rest of us. :D

[aNabolic]

Just some new updated boring pics :)

http://www.dyonisis.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/xtreme/room1.jpg

http://www.dyonisis.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/xtreme/room2.jpg

http://www.dyonisis.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/xtreme/room3.jpg

http://www.dyonisis.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/xtreme/room4.jpg

aNaBolic

[gobbo]

Here is my desk/work area/mess

http://www.harry-carlton.notts.sch.uk/gobbo/computer/desk.jpg

And here is my rig, pic is a bit crappy, will get some better ones done later in the week.

[ctgilles]

Hey Brett, nice A/C cooling you got there, may I ask what it costed and where/what type?

Thanks!

[gouda96]

I was wondering the same thing...

[aNabolic]

Originally posted by ctgilles
Hey Brett, nice A/C cooling you got there, may I ask what it costed and where/what type?

Thanks!

Hi ctgilles,
The AC Unit was ordered from b&q online www.bandq.com. Its a 10,000 BTU Habicool unit. And cost me £250. Its very good and made a huge difference to my 3Dmark scores. I couldnt break 23k before, infact I was a long way off and the first day I had the AC unit on I broke 23k without breaking a sweat, infact I got 23400+ at 3.8Ghz. Couldnt even get 22800+ at 3.95Ghz before !!! Also helps to cool the Air For my Water wich in turn cools the TEC on the 9800. Id recommend an AC unit for any Extreme overclocker who lives in a warm area. Not only that but it keeps me nice and cool too :) My computer room gets bloody hot in the summer.

You can get them a lot cheaper and I saw Homebase selling a 10K BTU for £179, unfortunately all the places I went to had sold out - Damn hot weather ;) So I decided to pay a bit more and order one online.

It was worth it :)

Brett

[ctgilles]

http://www.born2oc.be/~ctgilles/images/001.jpg
http://www.born2oc.be/~ctgilles/images/002.jpg
http://www.born2oc.be/~ctgilles/images/003.jpg
http://www.born2oc.be/~ctgilles/images/004.jpg
http://www.born2oc.be/~ctgilles/images/005.jpg http://www.born2oc.be/~ctgilles/images/006.jpg
http://www.born2oc.be/~ctgilles/images/007.jpg
Teh 9800 is fux0red

[oplix]

I'll get some pics up soon...of my 2.4@3.7 on air :)

[gouda96]

Originally posted by oplix
I'll get some pics up soon...of my 2.4@3.7 on air :)

WOW:exclamati:exclamati

That must be one hell of a chip. Can you bench it, or just post?

[Twisted]

Originally posted by ctgilles
http://www.born2oc.be/~ctgilles/images/001.jpg

Teh 9800 is fux0red
awesome setup ct!

[ctgilles]

Originally posted by Twisted
awesome setup ct!
Thanks :)
My room is a mess, lucky you can't see that :rolleyes:

[NoStra]

Here is my little setup... nothing special if I compare it here! My friends call me a freak when they my pc every time :D Wait till they see this thread!

Great pics Bowman....that's the most amazing setup/room I have EVER seen. Great work ;)

http://129.125.103.64/pcsetup.jpg

[Tettejaak]

I'm currently only this "extreme"
http://users.pandora.be/metaldennis/Landing%201.3//DSCF0086.JPG
That was at some lan-party, @home the fans are in better positions and there are more of them :)
It's not realy extreme, but it works damn fine!!! I can bench@241 fsb :p

[trifler]

I would say wow when you put all the "§§§§" in a case and made a nice finish. But on the other hand i don't recon you guys using our computers as normal people would atleast not your xtreme comps.

[baker18]

Here is a picture of my current setup:


http://home.socal.rr.com/ice3/system1.JPG

baker18

[iTzJoNjOn69]

My comp is pure crap compared to yours but here it is:
http://briefcase.yahoo.com/itzjonjon69@sbcglobal.net

[ALT-F13]

http://alt.modlabs.net/alt-pc.jpg

My setup with ghetto waterchiller.

[ctgilles]

Ghetto-styled rules :D

[bias_hjorth]

know this aint a system pic but you should enjoy these pics anyway.. A modded 9700pro.. enjoy ;)

http://www.oc-central.dk/pics/nik_gfx_1.JPG
http://www.oc-central.dk/pics/nik_gfx_2.JPG

[gouda96]

:eek:I thought my stock intel hsf was big on a video card :eek:

What kind of hsf is that? I bet that would work better than my sk6+

[bias_hjorth]

Just a plain simple Revoltec:D :slobber:

http://www.revoltec.net/produkte/rk001.htm

its really nice!:toast:

[bowman1964]

well guys i know i was posting a messy room months ago,but i just redid it,and although it has more in it it looks like a lab more than my computer room.
anyways here you go,,some say how extreem are you?

well i am this EXTREEME:D

[bowman1964]

and another view:D

[bias_hjorth]

Yes indeed you are... there was never doubt:toast:

[bowman1964]

last one of where i keep supplies

[poopygood]

Originally posted by bowman1964
last one of where i keep supplies

:slobber: master!

[Kunaak]

My latest Pic that just makes me laugh alittle.
from my OC session last night.

:D

[TheDude]

Wow Bowman,

You really cleaned the place up nice! How long you think it will stay so nice and neat? lol
It does look like a lab now....an evil, diabolical, world domination sort of lab, but a lab none the less. :D

[La1kr0diZ]

Check out mine.

http://laik.modlabs.net/radeon/nakedpower1.jpg

http://laik.modlabs.net/radeon/nakedpower2.jpg

http://laik.modlabs.net/radeon/nakedpower3.jpg

Waddya say? :)
No phase-change yet though its neat and works great :)

[piercedandtatto]

OK here are a few of mine...

this is my extreme computer desk. its an old micron moniter box with a slab of 3/4 inch ply wood i found laying in a friends back yard and 2 old end tables my aunt couldnt sell for $1.00 at a garage sale she had so she gave them to me.

[piercedandtatto]

here is my ghetto cooling system
I made a shroud out of duct tape cardboard and an exaust hose for a dryer and routed the cold air from my airconditioner into the intake fans of mt case

[piercedandtatto]

and

[piercedandtatto]

and finally my case

[piercedandtatto]

Oh and also since the question is 'How xtreme are you" i thought i would add my extreme tatto im working on right now!!!!

[TheDude]

piercedandtatto,

Wow...looks like some nice work there bro!

:D :toast:

[bowman1964]

man i love the ghetto system...awsome work there.:D

[piercedandtatto]

Originally posted by TheDude
piercedandtatto,

Wow...looks like some nice work there bro!

:D :toast:

thanks man!!!!




Originally posted by bowman1964
man i love the ghetto system...awsome work there.:D

thanks and maybe if i get up the courage to try i might buy another airconditioner and try my first diy phase change cooler......need to do alot more readying on it first though.

[Kunaak]

whoa, Piercedandtattoo doesn't fool around ;)

[gouda96]

Man those are some nice procs. Where are you getting so many good ones? What batch are they?

[JToolz]

I want a 2.4c that will do 4ghz :(

[Amoeba Assassin]

my 2.6c does 3.7 on air too:D

[KennethChong]

Originally posted by pc ice
so do i and mabey i do...need to put some coldness on it....do you think if im at -40 underload i can hit 4ghz...

just tested my old 2.4 out, never really gave it much mind, but with -38 idle it worked its way up to 4.1, coudnt finish testing it though, had to redo the insulation, witch opend up a whole new set of problems :/

[gouda96]

what do you guys look for when you are picking a proc? Any speciffic fpo/batch# or pack date? Or are you guys just realy lucky? I need you guys to by my next proc for me...I need a 2.6c, because I wanna try some 1:1 oc'ing with some ram that will hit around ddr600. My 2.4c will get too high for it, so Looks like a 2.6c is the next logical step, but I doubt I would have the kind of luck you guys have :D.

[gouda96]

damn...didn't know fry's had such a good return policy...GOD DAMN IT!!! WHY ISN'T THERE A FRY'S IN ATLANTA!!!!

I was in cali a month back, I should have bought like 10 2.6c's and sent the ones back to my friend to return that weren't up to snuff.

Is there any reason in particular why there are 10k fry's, and none anywhere near the east coast? I live in the east...I have a computer...I would love to go to fry's, and test out 30 different procs, but nooooo.

:D

I am gonna try one of those local small computer stores, and see if they will let me do something like that. Maybe I can pay them like 5% more. That would be fine by me if I could get a product that could preform 20% better...and it wouldn't cost them anything.

[gouda96]

You should tell him to §§§§ off, and that he just lost the business of a very good customer, and then report him to FRY's HQ.

Teach him to complain when you buy 20 procs and only keep 3 :D

Next time you have an extra 2.6c pm me. I will buy it from you :toast:

[KennethChong]

Originally posted by gouda96
what do you guys look for when you are picking a proc? Any speciffic fpo/batch# or pack date? Or are you guys just realy lucky? I need you guys to by my next proc for me...I need a 2.6c, because I wanna try some 1:1 oc'ing with some ram that will hit around ddr600. My 2.4c will get too high for it, so Looks like a 2.6c is the next logical step, but I doubt I would have the kind of luck you guys have :D.

Usualy you have to go threw quite a few procs before you will find a keeper. When i had my 3.0, i went threw 3 before i found one that would do 4.2.

[gouda96]

3 isn't too bad for an oc'er like that. I am gonna check with the local stores, but they are pretty bad. Only 2 realy little places, that don't have that much. I will try them, if they don't let me return massive ammounts of stuff I guess I will just have to stick to waiting for good oc'ing procs to go on sale...which has worked pretty well so far. $30 for my 1700 that does 240*11.5 @1.65v on a stock nf7-s, and $130 2 months ago for a 2.4c that does 3.6 on stock air/cooling. I just don't have the patience for it though :(

[shidokanjohn]

here is mine,not such fast as others but promie is on the way:D
thermochill double radi with 2 blocks...system specs at my 3dmark down to my sign

[LardArse]

Just discovered this thread, kinda like a gold mine :)

Here are some recent pics.

http://bravo.ausgamers.com/lardarse/lard/dryicing12.JPG

http://bravo.ausgamers.com/lardarse/lard/better3.JPG

http://bravo.ausgamers.com/lardarse/lard/phaset2.JPG

http://bravo.ausgamers.com/lardarse/lard/badphase2.JPG


http://bravo.ausgamers.com/lardarse/lard/p4c1.JPG

http://bravo.ausgamers.com/lardarse/lard/vrpic1.JPG

http://bravo.ausgamers.com/lardarse/lard/vrpic2.JPG

http://bravo.ausgamers.com/lardarse/lard/vrpic3.JPG

http://bravo.ausgamers.com/lardarse/lard/badyphase1.JPG

[LardArse]

And some upcoming stuff

http://bravo.ausgamers.com/lardarse/lard/containers1.JPG

http://bravo.ausgamers.com/lardarse/lard/driice2.JPG

http://bravo.ausgamers.com/lardarse/lard/driice3.JPG

http://bravo.ausgamers.com/lardarse/lard/driice8.JPG

[TheDude]

Some pretty Xtreme pics LardArse! Thanks for sharing:D
:toast:

[Niven]

Whoa! looks like some mad scientists crazy lab :D brilliant.

[gouda96]

hm...that isn't extreme ...THAT IS EXTREME!!!!

[LardArse]

Heheh thanks guys! You guys are the only ones who can appreciate these :)

[vlad]

I love this place! i've never seen so many people in one place that are as sick or sicker then me. VERY NICE LardArse!:slobber:

[Nemesis]

hi
sorry for my english but iam german
i was just surfing through the i-net and found this great and extreme topic
my system is not so extrem like yours but i thinks it looks great:D
its "only" watercooled

my 9700pro

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/ram1.jpg

and my own build wood cube

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/fertig12.jpg

the back

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/hinten1.jpg

inside

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/fertig7.jpg

3dmarks: 18213
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6105853

[TheDude]

Nemesis,

WELCOME TO XTREME BROTHER!

:toast:

You belong here! That is a very cool rig! :D
Can you post some more pics or explain more about what you did? Looks very interesting! Good job! :up:

[Nemesis]

he he thx :)

i build this woood cube of 12mm mdf (i dont know the english word)

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/Rohbau1.jpg

here is the priming

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/grund.jpg

then i painted it withe the original piano lacquer

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/schutz.jpg

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/lack9.jpg

my self soldered cu radiator

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/hinten1.jpg

my dragon

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/fertig6.jpg

a front pic

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/fertig1.jpg

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/fertig3.jpg

my chromium-plated jaguare

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/fertig10.jpg

and finaly some in the dark

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/nacht5.jpg

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/nacht6.jpg

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/nacht7.jpg

the back side of my radeon with own build cooler

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/ram2.jpg

my lcd

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/LCD.jpg

the final cube

http://richard.klages.bei.t-online.de/fertig12.jpg

well the hardware is in my sig temps are idle 41° C load 48° C

[TheDude]

Very nice work!!!
That is awesome!:D

:toast:

[gouda96]

Welcome Nemesis!!

That is simply beautiful :D Some of the best work I have ever seen...the tubing work is by far and away the best...and same with the case and rad setups!!!!

Your english was very easily understood by me...i hope that doesn't stop you from posting here in the future...

your work is amazing, you have any pics from any other jobs...that doesn't seem like a "virgin mod" to me :D

[KennethChong]

Very nice!!

[gouda96]

we should probably talk through pm's and delete these posts to clear up this thread...i will send you a pm

[2fast4u]

In the middle of re-tubbing w/ 1/2 inch for the pelts and making a "fan sandwich" for the Black Ice Extreme.

[2fast4u]

more pics

[gouda96]

1 meanwell 320 is powering 2 mcw50-t's? I didn't know it could handle that...I might be doing the same thing then :D

[2fast4u]

and one more

[2fast4u]

I am also running a couple of fans off of it and a set of uv lights. I think it is rated for 25 amps and the 50-t's only pull about 14 amps so there is plenty of headroom.

[2fast4u]

The whole pile o' crap!

[gouda96]

is that 14 a piece or together?...regardless I guess it works if you are doing it. I wonder if my pcp&p can handle the regular computer components and 2 mcw50-t pelts...It should take 1 just fine...but I don't think it will do too well with 2

[2fast4u]

That is 14 amps together. Most of the time the fan on the Meanwell isn't even kicking on. I was thinking of running anothe 50-t on the southbridge but it won't fit and the Meanwell would start putting alot if heat in the case at full load. I would go with the Meanwell if money is not an issue, but I have seen many on this forum running pelts wit atx psu's. I would get a dedicated psu for the pelt though as they "surge load" a psu at startup.

[gouda96]

my 226w pelt on my mcw5000-pt is going on the meanwell, and I don't want to have to spend another $90 if it will work off of my regular psu. I will see how it works...I am gonna pick up another psu for another comp...maybe a 480w enermax. They have realy high amps, so that could be good for the mcw50-t with my comp...i can test and compare it to the pcp&p and see if they realy are as good as everyone says.

[2fast4u]

My Enermax 460 rev 1.2 is rated for 33 amps on the 12v rail so the 480 should handle it. I just remember reading somewhere that pelts are hard on atx psu's at startup. Post results when you try it out, I would like to see how it handles the pelts. I would like to go to 172w pelts but that takes a 24v psu and I got enough dough in this rig already.

[gouda96]

2fast...are you running your mem at 240 1:1 for ddr480(in your sig)? That is pretty high for xms3500c2...how high can you get with tight timings? I am gonna be pelting my intel rig up to realy high fsb's (300+) and even with the 5:4 divider that is still pretty high. I have some mem that can do ddr482 @ 2-3-2-6, but I want 2-2-2-x and it might need to go above ddr482. I will be doing a vdim mod to about 3.3-3.4v so i think that mem can handle it, if not I am looking for the cheapest bh-5 chips I can find. The buffalo 3700 seems to be the cheapest so far. People pretty much can get as high as they want with out the mem limiting them with 5:4 divider and 2-2-2-x with bh-5 chips@3.3v so it seems like that might be where I am headed.

[2fast4u]

I have to loosen up the timings to get stable @ 240. 7-3-3-2.5 to get through 3d01 without a crash. I haven't tried any other timings other than 7-3-3-2.5 and 5-2-2-2, the later of which I like to run. That is without the mem volt mod, which I just did today, and I have to get the water rig back together to test it. I think these are bh-5 but I can't see it for the heat srpeaders. The mem was holding me back on the fsb so the volt mod should do the trick and let me go back to 5-2-2-2

[2fast4u]

You will have to mod the 3v rail to get 3.4V on the mem vmod and that would fry most mem IMO.

[Nemesis]

and thx again
well it isnt a virgin mod its my second :D
i havnt pics of the first sorry but i m working on a new projekt :D

[Colin]

2fast4u that was very nice sir! I love how well you've kept everything nice and tidy! Keep up the awesome work dude. :D

Oh and btw XMS3500CAS2 uses BH-5 memory. :)

[sysfailur]

2fast4u: I like how your camera makes the computers look like chicks in 80's Penthouses... you'll know what I mean if you look at it. Not that I do often, but just saying... >_< *cough*

And Nemesis, what others have said... I like it alot! Always nice to see something totally custom!

[Ragnarok]

§§§§ for a minute i thought there was a bra hanging on the lamp shade

[2fast4u]

Thanks for the compliments guy's. No, thats not a bra, It's my sunglasses hanging from a lamp! Neat is not a word I understand, at least not outside the case! And thanks to COLIN for the heads up on the bh-5 chips. I thought I was going to have to pull the heatspreaders today as that was bugging me to know what I had under there.

[gouda96]

Keep us posted on that new mod nemesis...I would love to see how it turns out.

2fast...I have seen a whole lot of people running bh-5 at 3.3-3.4v inorder to get them upto about ddr500@2-2-2-x, and I haven't seen to many of them getting fryed. If you use buffalo 3700 than it isn't all that much to begin with, so frying them isn't a huge problem. I think I will only need like 3.1v or so to get my current geil gd to ddr500 2-2-2-x. I am curious to see how your bh-5 respond. I am assuming you modded the 3.3v line to raise your vdim? Mine is at 3.5v right now i think...that is what it says in the hardware monitor, which confuses me becuase I haven't done any mods on my nf7-s yet...

I just noticed that the 4pda2+ rev2 has 1.8v or so vcore, and 3.3v vdim. That is realy high...wouldn't need any vmods...I am assuming it is the same for the 4pca3+, so I wonder how their preformance compares to p4c800 and ic7. I don't realy know how these epox boards preform becuase they aren't very wide spread in the us...and that was epox's own choice.

If anyone can shed some light on these epox boards for me I would appreciate it.

[Stang_Man]

ok, over the past few weeks, my Dad and I, have been getting the shed we built over 8 years ago, prepped up for my new workstation. this is where all my benching will be going on, especially on those cold cold new england winter days/nights :)

well here goes, we gotta take a small trip/hike to get there :p:

[Stang_Man]

gotta walk up 9 stairs, big pain in the winter time, with 2 feet of snow or more!!

[Stang_Man]

here is the shed from the front (or side, whatever)

[Stang_Man]

shed is locked when no one is in there

[Stang_Man]

here is a "overall view"

[Stang_Man]

here is a closeup of the actual bench, with just the monitor..

i still have some work to do, (tools and stuff still lying around :p:)

[Stang_Man]

here is the "from the inside, out" view..

[Stang_Man]

gotta remember to turn these lights off!

[Stang_Man]

here's a view of our house from the hill.. :cool:

[Aldus]

Nice house.

[KennethChong]

yea man, i would love a place like that, looks like you have plenty of room! its so crouded in huston :(

[gouda96]

seems like it will be a great oc'ing house/shed, except for the fact that you will have to be in the cold. I stick my desktop outside, and have all my cables coming in through the closed door. It can get kind of cold in atl in the winter...not like new england, but can stay in the 20's for a month or so. I can stay in the warmth the whole time too...and the room is huge.

[Stang_Man]

thanks guys...

just got a bunch of materials ready... shed is cleaned up even more!

so far i have the sealstring (auto glass sealer), 1/2"ID-3/4"OD 10ft vinyl tubing, ViaAqua 1300 pump, about to get a 8000btu air conditioner, and insulation

[Chriviper]

GL...on your testin....keep us updatin w/ pics of rigs and scores..plz!!!!