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by **venney** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:08 pm

Ive decided to take it to a place and get them to do it, overclock it too hopefully.
Gonna cost me 60 quid, im pretty sure i could probally do it, but if i messed it up id just take it to them and it would cost me more.

Ill post pics up when its all here

by **liljim** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:36 pm

it should be a sweet running machine venney, cant wait to see the benchmarks. Im going to be building myself a new one this weekend also but its AMD. Should be an interesting comparison.

by **venney** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:58 pm

by **venney** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:34 pm

Sorry for the poor quality pics, im really quiet excited lol.

by **liljim** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:03 pm

Thats a sharp looking case, im excited for you!

what are you using for video and memory?

the new machine will be for me this time and i'll start a new thread with specs and benchmarks soon.

do you have 3dmark06?

by **venney** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:13 pm

i do not have that program, is it a bench mark program? Ill download it now, do some benchmarks now, and then compare with the new system.

The gpu i am using is a HIS ATI Radeon X1950 Pro ICEQ 3 V2 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI. I am thinking of maybe buying another around easter (if i get a job) as the new mobo is crossfire ready.

The ram i am using is OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 . So far the ram has been decent, i might buy another 2 gig around easter as well.

im downloading 3DMark06, is it easy to use? What do i do with it?

by **liljim** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:51 am

check your pm

by **Psymon** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:14 pm

Holy Moly!!
This new PC's gunna own!
Damn good choice on the CPU!
Let me know when you can play css again, phil found a quality gun game server.

by **venney** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:05 pm

by **venney** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:10 pm

Hey guys, ill post some new pics up soon, all running nicely.
Strangely, my temps are around 30oC when I’m running the fan on the radiator on lowest, so i thought lets see what it can kick out on full blow, and it maybe just about goes to 29oC but keeps keeping up to 30oC. This is only when I’mm doing general pc stuff, nothing too taxing.

Maybe there’s just not a big difference when im not using it much, so maybe under load ill see a difference. Its a good thing though, as it means I can run the fan on low

by **venney** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:54 pm

Thought id post an update guys, sorry for the lateness.
I think id like it to look a bit tidier, and im going to ditch the fan/temp thing in the front.
I will take some more pics later when i take it out.
The tubing is quiet long, but for good reason, when i need to change it, it will be so much easier to have extra tubing than less.
Still, looks a bit messy doesn’t it ?

What do you think?

Also, does anyone know of a possible reason why, when i turn my pc on, it starts to power up, then powers down (like 1 second power) and then boots normally? it has done this since ive had it, just not thought of fixing it.

by **liljim** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:59 pm

Power supply in the bottom huh? I havent seen that before. Am i seeing 5 hard drives? I like the temp reading on the front but if it were black you would probably like it more. I kinda agree with ya on the wiring, it looks rough around the edges but its handy when you move things around. Im not sure what to say about the power issue, could be related to the water cooling kicking in but i couldnt promise it. I'd think the water pump pulls quite a few amps on startup.

by **venney** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:32 pm

ok that would explaine it i think

I only have 2 hdds, but i am thinking of buying another

its pretty sweet that i can have 5 i think :lol:

by **liljim** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:39 pm

Ok, after looking at it closer i see the 2 drives. I assume you remove those trays to add drives?

by **Gecko** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:33 am

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