lets see your rig - Page 53

**forcifer** · 01-04-2008, 02:22 AM

hehe....another hard night of modding. pics to tomarrow, and be prepared for what i have :)

HawMan · 01-04-2008, 09:37 AM

Operation clean-up.

Before

After

Case Before

Case after

Not the best, but its certanly alot better than it was before, Next plan is to get the Zalman 9500 cpu cooler with the 5000+ Black Edition.

**forcifer** · 01-04-2008, 03:05 PM

get a zalman 9700. its the more recent version with more copper fins and better performance

StaticInMyHead · 01-04-2008, 04:18 PM

My most recent build...

The 3way is cool, but I'm still waiting on a driver update. Nvidia's still using a beta for this particular setup and it doesn't run all that well just yet.

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 01-04-2008, 04:28 PM

Static thats an amazing build great job

**forcifer** · 01-04-2008, 04:37 PM

wow that is rediculous. very well done. id try for a bit more cable management though for improved airflow. ive got to believe the 3 8800GTXscreate quite a bit of heat

HawMan · 01-04-2008, 04:50 PM

Wow, Dunno if i would like the 3way SLI, Looks like there is no air at all for the cards

Very nice build though!

StaticInMyHead · 01-04-2008, 05:02 PM

Yeah, that picture was taken right after I finished it. I had it goin just to make sure it was running all right. The cables are all tucked away nicely now. As you can see by my desk, I'm a bit of a neat freak lol.
It does heat up, thats definitely for sure. They're factory overclocked GTXs, nonetheless. I don't know what I would do without those side fans. I'm considering new heatsinks for the video cards, since the stock configuration doesn't do as well as I like.
It was very, very expensive though, and extremely CPU bound. That's currently my bottleneck, even at 3.2GHz. Every time I overclocked the processor, my benchmark scores shot way up. When Intel releases the Penryn, I'll be grabbing one of those. They run cooler and the new architecture is a lot more efficient than the current Kentsfield and Yorkfield processors.
BTW this thread is starting to look like an advertisement for Thermaltake. Right on, HawMan.

**oddball2910** · 01-04-2008, 05:39 PM

Phenomenal looking system Static.

Give it to me?

**forcifer** · 01-04-2008, 07:16 PM

its a bit blurry, but a good overall shot

LCD temp read. recognize it anyone?

fan controller. again, anyone recognize it?

one of my 4 LEDs i put in. this one will be harder to recognize, but nonetheless many of you have seen it.

a look at the graphics card with the LED shining on it.

this seems like a random pic, but the blue shiny part is what my keyboard looks like at night. instead of back light keyboard, LEDs from case work pretty well (its the two front ones)

**magnethead** · 01-04-2008, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by StaticInMyHead

BTW this thread is starting to look like an advertisement for Thermaltake.

My thought too.

FYI, i do have a temp report on my system with the 7800GT. Idles between 39 and 42 C with the side fan on low. With all the fans on high and no load, gfx is 38C, FSB is 31C, HDD's are 18, 24, and 24C, and the cores are around 28C on stock intel cooling and overclock to 3.0 from 2.66.

-d- · 01-04-2008, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by forcifer

they are in his "my system" thing

looks pretty good....ew, stock cooling, but thats just me

Thanks.

hehe, stock cooling lets me idle @ 26 Celcius, and maxes out at 40 celcius at load; not too bad for me. I would have overclocked but my ram isn't really OC friendly atm, and I don't really have a need (everything runs fine!).

Maybe for my next CPU (hopefully an E6750 or higher) I'll pick up the Zalman I've been eying ;)

**magnethead** · 01-05-2008, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -d-

Thanks.

hehe, stock cooling lets me idle @ 26 Celcius, and maxes out at 40 celcius at load; not too bad for me. I would have overclocked but my ram isn't really OC friendly atm, and I don't really have a need (everything runs fine!).

Maybe for my next CPU (hopefully an E6750 or higher) I'll pick up the Zalman I've been eying ;)

mine's the 6750.

**magnethead** · 01-05-2008, 10:15 AM

this is all fans at full bore (except the one for both HD1's)-

**magnethead** · 01-05-2008, 10:39 AM

and with all fans off....

-d- · 01-05-2008, 10:47 AM

Pretty nice sytem, I envy your RAM and CPU ^-^

**magnethead** · 01-05-2008, 11:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by -d-

Pretty nice sytem, I envy your RAM and CPU ^-^

its on the specs, balistix memory which is entirely over neccesary and 2.66 CPU OC'd to 3.0 GHz. even with the overclock, the 6750 locks the multiplier at 8, so i'm at 375 MHz base frequency, with a FSB freq of 750 MHZ. The memory is rated for up to 800 MHZ, so i can go to the full 3.2 GHz before capping my system (but i wont do that till i dump the stock cooler). there was a LOT of though put in the system before i bought the contents. I probably should have gone with the next processor up though and just paid the price for the 9 multiplier so i could OC the CPU even further and kept the FSB at 800. That would allow up to 3.6 GHZ (even though there aren't any known coolers that could exactly cool like that, plus C2D's are thermo-mechanically locked at 3.2 GHZ more or less before self destructing)

**oddball2910** · 01-05-2008, 01:19 PM

I have an E6750 OC'd to 3.2 GHz with it's stock fan, and my case only has the three stock fans it came with (one in front, one in back, one on the side), and my temps never cross the 45C threshold, even while running orthos.

StaticInMyHead · 01-05-2008, 02:02 PM

That temperature would be really nice... My CPU is a pretty cool one, I've found out. With just SLI and an 800MHz CPU OC, it idles right around 40C. Not too bad for a quad core, I'd say. But when I stick that 3rd card in, the NB goes insane. The heat output doubles on that little chip, and what do you know...its right underneath my otherwise cool CPU.

HawMan · 01-05-2008, 02:11 PM

whats your 3dMark06 static? Im guessing you would hit over 20k Easily lol.

01-04-2008, 02:22 AM	#1041 (permalink)
forcifer Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas City kansas Posts: 3,623 OS: Vista Premium 32 My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: lets see your rig hehe....another hard night of modding. pics to tomarrow, and be prepared for what i have :)

01-04-2008, 09:37 AM	#1042 (permalink)
HawMan Liam Join Date: May 2006 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 2,938 OS: Win XP My System	Re: lets see your rig Operation clean-up. Before After Case Before Case after Not the best, but its certanly alot better than it was before, Next plan is to get the Zalman 9500 cpu cooler with the 5000+ Black Edition. __________________ Please Consider Donating to keep the site free.

01-04-2008, 03:05 PM	#1043 (permalink)
forcifer Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas City kansas Posts: 3,623 OS: Vista Premium 32 My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: lets see your rig get a zalman 9700. its the more recent version with more copper fins and better performance

01-04-2008, 04:18 PM	#1044 (permalink)
StaticInMyHead Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 319 OS: WinXPPro, Vista HP My System	Re: lets see your rig My most recent build... The 3way is cool, but I'm still waiting on a driver update. Nvidia's still using a beta for this particular setup and it doesn't run all that well just yet.

01-04-2008, 04:28 PM	#1045 (permalink)
1 g0t 0wn3d TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sedona, az Posts: 6,528 OS: Vista basic 32bit My System	Re: lets see your rig Static thats an amazing build great job __________________ Bench Test \| PC Wizard \| System specs \| PSU info \| PSU calculator \| Memtest86+ \| Speedfan

01-04-2008, 04:37 PM	#1046 (permalink)
forcifer Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas City kansas Posts: 3,623 OS: Vista Premium 32 My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: lets see your rig wow that is rediculous. very well done. id try for a bit more cable management though for improved airflow. ive got to believe the 3 8800GTXscreate quite a bit of heat

01-04-2008, 04:50 PM	#1047 (permalink)
HawMan Liam Join Date: May 2006 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 2,938 OS: Win XP My System	Re: lets see your rig Wow, Dunno if i would like the 3way SLI, Looks like there is no air at all for the cards Very nice build though! __________________ Please Consider Donating to keep the site free.

01-04-2008, 05:02 PM	#1048 (permalink)
StaticInMyHead Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 319 OS: WinXPPro, Vista HP My System	Re: lets see your rig Yeah, that picture was taken right after I finished it. I had it goin just to make sure it was running all right. The cables are all tucked away nicely now. As you can see by my desk, I'm a bit of a neat freak lol. It does heat up, thats definitely for sure. They're factory overclocked GTXs, nonetheless. I don't know what I would do without those side fans. I'm considering new heatsinks for the video cards, since the stock configuration doesn't do as well as I like. It was very, very expensive though, and extremely CPU bound. That's currently my bottleneck, even at 3.2GHz. Every time I overclocked the processor, my benchmark scores shot way up. When Intel releases the Penryn, I'll be grabbing one of those. They run cooler and the new architecture is a lot more efficient than the current Kentsfield and Yorkfield processors. BTW this thread is starting to look like an advertisement for Thermaltake. Right on, HawMan. Last edited by StaticInMyHead; 01-04-2008 at 05:12 PM.

01-04-2008, 05:39 PM	#1049 (permalink)
oddball2910 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,108 OS: WinXP SP2 My System	Re: lets see your rig Phenomenal looking system Static. Give it to me? __________________

01-04-2008, 07:16 PM	#1050 (permalink)
forcifer Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas City kansas Posts: 3,623 OS: Vista Premium 32 My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: lets see your rig its a bit blurry, but a good overall shot LCD temp read. recognize it anyone? fan controller. again, anyone recognize it? one of my 4 LEDs i put in. this one will be harder to recognize, but nonetheless many of you have seen it. a look at the graphics card with the LED shining on it. this seems like a random pic, but the blue shiny part is what my keyboard looks like at night. instead of back light keyboard, LEDs from case work pretty well (its the two front ones)

01-05-2008, 10:15 AM	#1054 (permalink)
magnethead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,570 OS: Vista ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: lets see your rig this is all fans at full bore (except the one for both HD1's)- __________________ For proper support: what are you running? graphics, cpu, m/board, ram, PSU brand wattage PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER . Bench Testing Your System

01-05-2008, 10:39 AM	#1055 (permalink)
magnethead Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Texas, USA Posts: 3,570 OS: Vista ultimate 32bit My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: lets see your rig and with all fans off.... __________________ For proper support: what are you running? graphics, cpu, m/board, ram, PSU brand wattage PCI-E requires 26 amps at 12 volts. That's a 650W PSU. Power Supply Info and Selection . Info on thermal compounds & application . TEST PSU USING MULTI-METER . Bench Testing Your System

01-05-2008, 10:47 AM	#1056 (permalink)
-d- Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Markham ON Posts: 190 OS: Windows XP SP2 My System	Re: lets see your rig Pretty nice sytem, I envy your RAM and CPU ^-^

01-05-2008, 01:19 PM	#1058 (permalink)
oddball2910 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,108 OS: WinXP SP2 My System	Re: lets see your rig I have an E6750 OC'd to 3.2 GHz with it's stock fan, and my case only has the three stock fans it came with (one in front, one in back, one on the side), and my temps never cross the 45C threshold, even while running orthos. __________________

01-05-2008, 02:02 PM	#1059 (permalink)
StaticInMyHead Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 319 OS: WinXPPro, Vista HP My System	Re: lets see your rig That temperature would be really nice... My CPU is a pretty cool one, I've found out. With just SLI and an 800MHz CPU OC, it idles right around 40C. Not too bad for a quad core, I'd say. But when I stick that 3rd card in, the NB goes insane. The heat output doubles on that little chip, and what do you know...its right underneath my otherwise cool CPU.

01-05-2008, 02:11 PM	#1060 (permalink)
HawMan Liam Join Date: May 2006 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 2,938 OS: Win XP My System	Re: lets see your rig whats your 3dMark06 static? Im guessing you would hit over 20k Easily lol. __________________ Please Consider Donating to keep the site free.