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pC* · 02-25-2009, 02:37 AM

with my old 9600GT

**NaMcO** · 02-25-2009, 02:46 AM

My new i7 setup, still in the cable management phase and waiting for the PI ram.

**r0ss0s** · 02-25-2009, 06:53 AM

Namco you have a wonderful hardware..

**G40RoCkEt** · 02-25-2009, 06:59 AM

Really nice setup.

Good photos too.

Let's see that smoke " in tha games ".

**NaMcO** · 02-25-2009, 07:24 AM

Thank you

Will have better photos next time and after the setup is finished this week, hopefully

**Da_maniaC** · 02-28-2009, 01:46 PM

Been a while since i posted here.....I made some changes to the way my room is organised and decided to take some new pics.

Hardware & Gear:
Asus Maximus Formula
Intel Core2Quad Q9650 @ 3,6 GHz
Zalman Fatal1ty FS-C77
4x OCZ ReaperX 2GB PC6400 (800 MHz @ 4-4-3)
OCZ ModXstream 780 Watts
Asus HD4870 512MB DDR5

2x Western Digital RaptorX 150GB (in RAID 0)
2x Western Digital RE2 750GB (in RAID 1)
Plextor PX-810 SA
Akasa Eclipse-62
2x Zalman ZM-F3 Blue (LED)

Samsung 2493HM USB (24" TFT, 5ms response time)
Philips 150B3 (15" Secondary Monitor)
Logitech G15 keyboard
Logitech MX518 mouse (With Hyperglides)
Logitech Rumblepad II
Fatal1ty Fatpad

Dynaudio Acoustics BM12A Active Studio Monitors
Sennheiser PC140 Headset
M-Audio Axiom61 MIDI Keyboard
Herman Miller Aeron B Antracite
HTC Touch Pro

**Mabyboi** · 02-28-2009, 04:42 PM

Those are some nice computers there NaMcO and Da ManiaC, absolutly beautiful!

**CodeNinja** · 03-01-2009, 02:47 PM

This has been a long road. I've been trying to build a computer to replace my old 3Ghz HT socket 478 system since the middle of 2007!

I started gathering information on the i7 before the new year, and ordering parts soon after. Everything was at my house in mid February, and it took 2 weeks to get to this point. Several days of that were prep on the case. Don't forget to sand and primer, folks, or else you'll have to start over from scratch (after removing all that flaky old paint)! There's just some detail work left, now. The CFCLs aren't working yet, one works but there is a short in the cable, the other isn't working at all. I have new ones ready to install, but am waiting for the DOA hard disk to get back so I don't have to disassemble twice. I also need to remove and re-lap the TRUE in my quest for 4Ghz 24/7 stable. Plus 2 of the Kaze Master's thermal probes are dead.

CoolerMaster Centurion 590
Asus P6T Green (plain P6T)
Intel i7 920 2.66Ghz @ 3.6Ghz (Currently)
Corsair Dominator 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600 @ 1440
XFX GTX285 1GB Black Edition
4x WD Caviar Black 7200RPM 640GB in RAID10
LG SATA 22x DVDRW
Corsair HX620 Modular PSU
Kaze Master Fan Controller
2x Scythe Kaze Maru 140mm High-Speed Fans
1x Scythe Slip Stream 120mm Ultra-Speed Fan
2x Yate Loon 120mm Medium Speed Fans
2x Xigmatek 120mm White LED Fans
1x Hiper Thin 80x15mm Fan
Thermalright TRUE Black Edition

Current temps are decent, although I think I can get better with a better attempt at lapping than what I have. I have this suspicion that I did it wrong. I'm currently idling at 39,38,40,38 and at full load in Prime95 with 8 threads, 72,72,71,75. Not horrible, but I don't want to raise the voltage for more clocks until I can get it down a wee bit more. I'm running right now at 180BCLK, which gives me 3600Mhz on the CPU, at stock voltage. This is a 24/7 stable temperature with no issues, but 3.8Ghz at stock volts crashes after a few hours of Prime95 and in 3DMark Vantage. I think the CPU is capable of 4Ghz without a huge bump in power. Currently the RAM is at 1440Mhz DDR (720x2). It can do more, it runs great at 1600Mhz, but at 180BCLK the next jump up is more than that. Once I get the CPU stable at either 3.8Ghz or 4.0Ghz, I'll fiddle with the RAM to eek out a little more.

My RAID10 array is degraded, one of the four drives showed up DOA, so I'm hoping to get better performance once the new drive shows up. If not, I may pick up a Perc 5/i and play with RAID5 using 4 drives.

I'd originally planned to make a custom front panel using modders mesh and place two additional 140mm Kaze Maru's on the front panel. This would take up the 5 unused bays, but the first attempt was a dismal failure. It fit worse than the Scythe Kama Bays that are currently installed. I'll try again sometime in the future.

Anyway, now for some hardware pron. I'm quite happy with how it turned out, I was surprised how small the case actually gets once you start installing hardware. It seemed big until things started going in!

And a few screen grabs. They are reduced down from 1680x1050, so since they are a little hard to read: 14493 3DMarks in Vantage, GPU score is 11738 and CPU is 48989. Respectable, but not ground breaking in any way. The only tweaking here is the 180Mhz BCLK on the CPU, GPU is stock. The other screenshot has some HDD benchs for my degraded array, and CPUZ shots. The HDD benchmarks are actually worse than they were, I was over 200 sequential read, I think I need to defrag.

Now I just need to man up and cut the side panel for the window...

**methimpikehoses** · 03-01-2009, 09:53 PM

Might think about putting some higher volume fans on your cpu cooler if you want to drop temps a few degrees... those xigmatek's look cool but they are only 61cfm.

**hillywav** · 03-02-2009, 01:27 AM

this build really like a wild horses..
problem after problem come like a flood

after hdd DOA,and the replacement come w/ bad status in my partition magic..
i finally done this lovely Nelly rig
specs:
X58-ds4
i7-920 (currently on stock, because iam to tired ~_~)
mugen 2 w/ scythe S-fleX
tx750
g.skill 1600 3gb
GTX 285
and 1tb WDC green
all of these part nested nicely in TJ07 w/o moddings and siting like a spoiled cat in my pre-furnished-rent-flat-simple desk

hope u guys like it

internal cum... i mean internal photoshot(1st attempt to do cable management)

now i know what people feel about 'angry sex'

**Jsunn** · 03-02-2009, 06:04 AM

More in the UFO Showcase!
-J

**Santi U** · 03-02-2009, 06:34 AM

nice colours

What's with the mobo hanging on the wall behind your case?

**Jsunn** · 03-02-2009, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by Santi U

nice colours

What's with the mobo hanging on the wall behind your case?

Thanks,

It is my old EVGA 680i. I wasn't sure what to do with it so I hung it up. It is still fully functional, I just upgraded to my current board to get a higher O/C on my proc.

-Jason

**hillywav** · 03-02-2009, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by Jsunn

Thanks,

It is my old EVGA 680i. I wasn't sure what to do with it so I hung it up. It is still fully functional, I just upgraded to my current board to get a higher O/C on my proc.

-Jason

i tough its one of yur victims

**Mabyboi** · 03-02-2009, 03:00 PM

hillywav, nice case + monitor. and good first attempt at cable management

, a little more work and it could look amazing, and beautiful job jsunn, and from now on say your 680i was your first oc victim :P

**lazy** · 03-02-2009, 03:47 PM

Wanted to practice sleeving so I just used my g'f =D

**CodeNinja** · 03-03-2009, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by methimpikehoses

Might think about putting some higher volume fans on your cpu cooler if you want to drop temps a few degrees... those xigmatek's look cool but they are only 61cfm.

I think they'll be fine.

I'm now at 3.8Ghz running 19x200BCLK, so far under Prime95 torture test I'm topping out at 73C on the hottest core. I know my lapping isn't so great, so we'll see where I stand when I get around to redoing that.

**|\|EW|3** · 03-03-2009, 06:12 PM

last two set ups were pretty good!

**Alex Suraci** · 03-03-2009, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by hillywav

this build really like a wild horses..
problem after problem come like a flood

after hdd DOA,and the replacement come w/ bad status in my partition magic..
i finally done this lovely Nelly rig
specs:
X58-ds4
i7-920 (currently on stock, because iam to tired ~_~)
mugen 2 w/ scythe S-fleX
tx750
g.skill 1600 3gb
GTX 285
and 1tb WDC green
all of these part nested nicely in TJ07 w/o moddings and siting like a spoiled cat in my pre-furnished-rent-flat-simple desk

hope u guys like it

[snip]
internal cum... i mean internal photoshot(1st attempt to do cable management)
[snip]
now i know what people feel about 'angry sex'

Very sexy monitor.

**|\|EW|3** · 03-04-2009, 05:26 AM

agreed.

**Jsunn** · 03-04-2009, 05:31 AM

Originally Posted by MaByBoI

hillywav, nice case + monitor. and good first attempt at cable management

, a little more work and it could look amazing, and beautiful job jsunn, and from now on say your 680i was your first oc victim :P

Thanks for the comments! I am going to take a few more pics when I get the chance.

Not so much of a victim, but has been retired. When I get the money, I might do something with it, maybe folding or HTPC. I was going to be building a PC for my cousin, but that didn't pan out.

-J

**Mabyboi** · 03-04-2009, 12:38 PM

jsunn that case looks very "busy" but also VERY NICE at the same time! great job!

**Krame** · 03-04-2009, 01:35 PM

**|\|EW|3** · 03-04-2009, 03:43 PM

dayum homeslice?
photographer over here. that looks pretty sweet. what kind of gpu is that.

**Krame** · 03-04-2009, 04:32 PM

lol, thanks man. The gpu is just a mildly overclocked EVGA 9800GT with an ac accellero cooler.

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