Building a Sossaman rig?

[hedge]

also how do you guys find such good prices on the cpus?

A lot of luck and typing in the cpu stepping code in ebay is how I found mine.

[stangracin3]

i see a few months back theyy were finding the 2.0 chips for $20-40 and now the cheapest ones i can find are $100 with the cheapest 1.66 chips being $46


edit: found some 1.66 chips for 25 each

[NKrader]

i see a few months back theyy were finding the 2.0 chips for $20-40 and now the cheapest ones i can find are $100 with the cheapest 1.66 chips being $46


edit: found some 1.66 chips for 25 each

Until somone gets a decent quantity of them you will just have to search ebay.. as I stated above I offered a seller 50$ when they had it listed for 100$ and got em.. altho they are shipping from isreal.. for 18$... lol

[stangracin3]

Until somone gets a decent quantity of them you will just have to search ebay.. as I stated above I offered a seller 50$ when they had it listed for 100$ and got em.. altho they are shipping from isreal.. for 18$... lol

i think i'll stick with the 1.66's for now

[tiro_uspsss]

i see a few months back theyy were finding the 2.0 chips for $20-40 and now the cheapest ones i can find are $100 with the cheapest 1.66 chips being $46


edit: found some 1.66 chips for 25 each

linky to the $25 1.66's please!

[tiro_uspsss]

beefed up cooling for the CPUs.. temps were still a lil too hi for my tastes.. I had a 120mm @7V of-centre, now I have a dead-on-centre 12V 140mm.. seriously, what are 'normal' temps for sossy cpus when they are crunching?
i also finally placed the case side on.. had it of before.. thats why my cpu temps went up & so I placed the 140mm there instead..

[D_A]

Here's what mine is at right now:

michael@sausageman:~$ sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +35.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +44.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0002
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 2: +35.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0003
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 3: +39.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)

I'm using the fans from a couple of 1.7GHz Celerons (P4 vintage) that I modified to fit.

[tiro_uspsss]

so are these normal?

[tiro_uspsss]

Here's what mine is at right now:

michael@sausageman:~$ sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +35.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +44.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0002
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 2: +35.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0003
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 3: +39.0°C (crit = +100.0°C)

I'm using the fans from a couple of 1.7GHz Celerons (P4 vintage) that I modified to fit.

lol we posted @ same time... ur temps are way lower than mine
what HSs are u using?
TIM type?
I'm seriously baffled

[tiro_uspsss]

sorry, dumb questions D_A.. just looked back @ ur rig pic.. normal HSs. I see the fans ur using too.. man.. I dont get it.. surely my HSs are not inadequate??

[D_A]

lol we posted @ same time... ur temps are way lower than mine
what HSs are u using?
TIM type?
I'm seriously baffled

I'm using the genuine heatsinks which I lapped slightly to clean up some marks. No mirror finish malarkey, just a tidy up. For TIM I'm using Arctic Cooling Ceramique (blob in the centre application method). I'm also using an open cardboard box as a case so there's no heat collecting in there.

[tiro_uspsss]

I'm using the genuine heatsinks which I lapped slightly to clean up some marks. No mirror finish malarkey, just a tidy up. For TIM I'm using Arctic Cooling Ceramique (blob in the centre application method). I'm also using an open cardboard box as a case so there's no heat collecting in there.

admittedly I have no fans shifting heat OUT.. I have 2x 120mm intakes, one @ front - intake for entire case - & one on side for GPU cooling.. I have one fan in the top section but the top section of my case side is cut open, so there is no 'suction' / 'flow thru' so-to-speak from the front fan to the rear

[D_A]

If you're running passive or close to it then case ventilation is everything. Your case SOUNDS like it shouldn't have a hot air pocket in it, though.

Just looking at your temps again, one of your heatsinks might not be tensioned evenly.

[tiro_uspsss]

Just looking at your temps again, one of your heatsinks might not be tensioned evenly.

mmmm.. interesting point.. *sigh.. such a pain to open up & check etc etc

[Jaco]

Tiro , I have temps around 40°C with one 92mm fan covering half of the heatsinks
So something is definitely wrong, temps should never be that high

[tiro_uspsss]

Tiro , I have temps around 40°C with one 92mm fan covering half of the heatsinks
So something is definitely wrong, temps should never be that high

dang it!
thanks for confirming

[retro77]

I use an IR Thermometer to pin point hot spots. There are cheap knock offs, but the accuracy can be off by like +-10*.

[NKrader]

yay got my backplate today ...

got everything left for this sossi in the mail yay gona be done and on the grid soon!

can i run em fanless..?

[D_A]

They do need SOME cooling, even if not much by modern standards. Consider how hot a 25w light bulb gets, (go grab one, it'll be fun! j/k you do that and you're on you're own) and then consider that these things consume about 31w each. A single 120mm fan comfortable does both, cost almost nothing to run and is all but silent.

[NKrader]

They do need SOME cooling, even if not much by modern standards. Consider how hot a 25w light bulb gets, (go grab one, it'll be fun! j/k you do that and you're on you're own) and then consider that these things consume about 31w each. A single 120mm fan comfortable does both, cost almost nothing to run and is all but silent.

heh i have less than zero dollars.. and 1 80mm fan lol.. and no 120's..

heh i run a 250watt light in my livingroom.. it needs a big fan..

[D_A]

I'm using two fans I salvaged from old P4 level chips (1.7GHz Celerons) I snagged at the land fill. A little tweaking and they attach to the genuine heatsinks no problem.

[tiro_uspsss]

anyone got a RAID config running of the ICH5R with with either Vista or W7?
if so, where'd you get the drivers from?

[shoota]

I'm using two fans I salvaged from old P4 level chips (1.7GHz Celerons) I snagged at the land fill.

Wait really? The landfill? You just went there and they let you rummage through the garbage?

[NKrader]

Wait really? The landfill? You just went there and they let you rummage through the garbage?

thank god lol i was wondering how that could help me and where to go look thru garbage

[D_A]

Wait really? The landfill? You just went there and they let you rummage through the garbage?

Our local dump has a section where you can drop stuff off for other people to buy for a couple of bucks depending on what it is. A whole computer case, guts included, is about $6, $2 for a monitor etc. IT waste costs a lot to recycle (and they can get fined for just ploughing it into the ground) so the dump is happy to sell stuff rather than have to pay to get it taken away.