Fans, Video, Memory, and Case.


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Specs:

New stuff:

Coming tomorrow:

CoolerMaster Centurion 590 case w/3 extra fans (2 80cfm intake in the 
front, 1 rear exhaust, 1 exhaust over processor, 1 exhaust in top 40cfm, 
each on exhaust. Should add a bit of passive flow out of the remaining 
vents) This will keep cool air coming in from the front of the case, 
rather than recycle warm air from underneath the desk.

Radeon 3850 Graphics
4GB DDR2 1066 memory
5 in one card reader.

Came earlier:

Core2 Quad 2.8mhz
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R Main Board

will move from original PC:

500W psu (Really, probably a minimum for this system, but does very well 
with a power-hog P4 and 3850 AGP!)

2x500GB harddrives
DL DVD+-RW

Will be left to rot:

Crappy Chinese knock-off case, 3.5 inch floppy drive, several large dust 
bunnies.

Will be retained for a modest HTPC system, used for on-demand netflix 
movies, youtube, checking e-mail, and moderate gaming:

P4 2.6, Asus P4P800-E MB, 2.5GB DDR memory, 1394 card, Radeon 3850 AGP
-- 
~Mike

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Mike Raiford wrote:

> Core2 Quad 2.8mhz
> Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R Main Board

I *really* hope that's 2.8 GHz. ;-)

I keep thinking to myself that I should do something like this too; my 
PC is powered by a mere AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+. (And it's the slower 
Socket-939 one at that.) For a little money, I could get something much 
faster now.

On the other hand, I just bought a brand new pair of ski boots, so I 
have no money. And I still have various other items I need to buy...

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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
> 
>> Core2 Quad 2.8mhz
>> Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R Main Board
> 
> I *really* hope that's 2.8 GHz. ;-)
> 

Good catch ;) Talk about retro computing.

> I keep thinking to myself that I should do something like this too; my 
> PC is powered by a mere AMD Athlon64 X2 4200+. (And it's the slower 
> Socket-939 one at that.) For a little money, I could get something much 
> faster now.

Yep. This is a big upgrade for me, mainly because I'm going from a 
DDR/AGP system to a DDR2/PCIe system. Basically, none of the major 
components were compatible.

> On the other hand, I just bought a brand new pair of ski boots, so I 
> have no money. And I still have various other items I need to buy...
> 

Yep. I sort of spread it out over a couple pay periods... Just because 
life gets in the way, and I don't really use credit to buy things that 
are nice to have.

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~Mike

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>> I *really* hope that's 2.8 GHz. ;-)
> 
> Good catch ;) Talk about retro computing.

No, that would be -2.8 MHz honey. ;-)

> Yep. This is a big upgrade for me, mainly because I'm going from a 
> DDR/AGP system to a DDR2/PCIe system. Basically, none of the major 
> components were compatible.

It gets that way sometimes...

>> On the other hand, I just bought a brand new pair of ski boots, so I 
>> have no money. And I still have various other items I need to buy...
>>
> 
> Yep. I sort of spread it out over a couple pay periods... Just because 
> life gets in the way, and I don't really use credit to buy things that 
> are nice to have.

Aren't you that guy who recently made a small human? How the HELL do you 
have money?!

-- 
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>> Good catch ;) Talk about retro computing.
> 
> No, that would be -2.8 MHz honey. ;-)
> 

Oh, Har..

> 
> It gets that way sometimes...
> 

And then I go and buy a processor that will likely be the last of the 
LGA775 processors. Next one will be DDR3 and LGA1366 pff.

>> Yep. I sort of spread it out over a couple pay periods... Just because 
>> life gets in the way, and I don't really use credit to buy things that 
>> are nice to have.
> 
> Aren't you that guy who recently made a small human? How the HELL do you 
> have money?!
> 

My wife works, too..


-- 
~Mike

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I built it. It works. It even booted my (prepared) Vista install without 
trouble.

And it's FAST! Real fast...

Photoshop benefited greatly from the quad core processor.. I can do some 
stuff in realtime now.

Most surprisingly was Flight Simulator X. Which has been a bit of a 
let-down for me since my wife gave it to me when it came out. I could 
never run it on any more than bare minimum settings. So imagine my 
surprise when I pressed the "Set Defaults" button and it came up with a 
new default setting: Every single graphic item maxed out!

So, with some trepidation, I went ahead and started a flight. There were 
trees.. lots of trees, and a town of houses below, and ... the airport 
actually buildings everywhere!

And it all ran as smooth as glass! Holy cow, I'm impressed!

the 3850 was a $50 card. I had the AGP version of it. This is the PCIe 
version, and it seems .... faster... more capable.

I can't believe how insanely fast this system is.

The case I bought keeps itself very cool. (OK, so it has 6 12cm fans, 
now ... 2 pushing 80cfm, others pushing 40 or so )The processor actually 
reports the temp of each individual core... I can watch as cores heat up 


I'm happy to report POV 3.7 screams through even the toughest scenes.

The only problem I really had was the drivers for the network card were 
being rather stubborn.

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