Slaymates Rig - Page 12

BuffaloChips · 11-11-2007, 08:32 AM

I think the real thing with 64-bit is that no one was willing to invest in a 64-bit OS when there were no programs or games for it. I tried out XP 64-bit. It was ok, but a lot of programs I have wouldn't fun on it. And I'm not going out to buy all new programs for that purpose.

Slaymate · 12-15-2007, 01:45 AM

Well I've got a friend who works for Intel and he got me a great deal on
a QX6850 cpu. That was last week and it fired right up. But when I tried
to overclock it my mobo died so I ordered a Asus Striker Extreme. Well
the Striker came in yesterday and I put it all together this afternoon at
work :-) I took a bunch of pictures, hopefully they'll turn out good. I figured
I was going to have to re-install Vista and lose the data on my raid arrays,
but no, it booted right up. I had to reload a few drivers and re-activate Vista
for the 4th time on my oem version. I'll be doing a little overclocking tomorrow
and I'll see how well my new QX6850 does. I'll post some pictures tomorrow,
after I back my data up :-)

Slaymate · 01-01-2008, 10:40 PM

Well I got the new cpu and my EVGA 680i mobo died. So I bought an Asus Striker Extreme and
it had major problems. I'm now running a Asus P5K Deluxe WiFi. And one of my 8800GTX's
crapped out and I'm waiting on my RMA replacement. But I'm up and running again at least.
Here's a few pictures :-)

GMtm · 01-02-2008, 10:32 AM

Welcome back the real world! :thumbup:

I had one of my SATA controllers go funny over the festive period. Luckily I have another 7 to choose from, but at first I thought my large HDD had gone down. I felt so sick at the thought of losing all my porn, mp3s and game ISOs (legal of course!

).

HD0087 · 01-02-2008, 04:25 PM

After that huge rant I made about asus striker extreme you decided to go ahead and buy it?

BuffaloChips · 01-02-2008, 06:53 PM

Slay,

What is that little yellow wire running away from the cpu socket in those pics?

HD0087 · 01-02-2008, 06:59 PM

Thats for his own thermal meter

Slaymate · 01-02-2008, 09:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by BuffaloChips@Jan 2 2008, 02:53 PM
Slay,

What is that little yellow wire running away from the cpu socket in those pics?

HD0087 hit the nail on the head. It's the thermal probe to my Digital Thermometer :-)
As for the Striker, HD was right again, I shouldn't of bought it. But I was hoping it
would work out.

Slaymate · 02-17-2008, 12:39 AM

Well I've got my system running at maximum effectiveness again :-)
Right now my spec's are:
Intel Core2Xtreme QX6850 @ 3.6 GHz (450x8)
EVGA 780i SLI
(2) x 1GB Crucial Ballistix PC2 8500
(2) x XFX 8800GTX
(2) x WD 80GB sata drives at Raid0 (Vista Home Premium)
(1) x Maxtor 250GB sata drive (Windows XP Pro)
(1) x Maxtor 250GB sata drive (Data)
Cooler Master Real Power Pro 1250w power supply
Sony 20x DVD/ROM
Samsung 16x DVD Burner
NEC Floppy Disk Drive
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme
Cooler Master Stacker Case

I just got the new EVGA 780i SLI mobo. I read a bunch of reviews on this mobo
and I already knew they ran hot so I modded the Northbridge cooling 1st thing.
So instead of using the supplied NB fan I attached a fan from a Athlon XP heatsink.
And I was surprised that there was a blank spot in the back panel/IO shield area
right at the other end of the heatpipe assembly. So I attached a 20x20mm fan at
that location. Gotta luv Tie Straps. So far my mod is working Great, my NB temps
hover in the 45-50dC range.
Here's a few pic's :-)

And with a little tweaking I've gotten a 3DMark06 score of 18977 :-)
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Slaymate · 04-25-2008, 11:24 PM

Here's a few pic's of my latest toy's :-) And I'll have a 3rd one next week :-)