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Awesome results man!
Good luck with breaking 2.6!
Good luck with breaking 2.6!
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JOURNAL- A64 system, FROM noob to ELITE (with pictures)
- Thread starter AlanD911
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AlanD911 said:
Awesome! Good OC and I can't wait to see if you hit 2.6!!
Kick ***
Kick *** computer Alen. I found this post after ordering all new parts to build myself a new 64bit system and I must say I was pleased to find that I ordered a few of the same parts you are using. I am a newb and I have been reading up on post for the last few weeks in order to get a good overclocking computer for a reasonable price. What I finally went with after half a dozen cancelations from newegg and zipzoomfly:
DFI Lanparty ultra D
2x512 Mushkin blue BH-5 (hopefully, won't know till I get it on monday)
Fortron 500W Blue Storm
MSI Geforce 6600gt
I havn't ordered a processor, I am holding out for either the venice core or a pricedrop in the Winchesters, but I will get a 3200+. I know our memory is a little different but I was hoping I could get some help from you when I set this thing up. Sadly I have to wait a little while before I come up with a good cooling solution, for now i'll have to run stock, but that will give me some time to break in the components and read up on what I need to know before I start to overclock. I think I should get some nice results though, tell me what you think.
Kick *** computer Alen. I found this post after ordering all new parts to build myself a new 64bit system and I must say I was pleased to find that I ordered a few of the same parts you are using. I am a newb and I have been reading up on post for the last few weeks in order to get a good overclocking computer for a reasonable price. What I finally went with after half a dozen cancelations from newegg and zipzoomfly:
DFI Lanparty ultra D
2x512 Mushkin blue BH-5 (hopefully, won't know till I get it on monday)
Fortron 500W Blue Storm
MSI Geforce 6600gt
I havn't ordered a processor, I am holding out for either the venice core or a pricedrop in the Winchesters, but I will get a 3200+. I know our memory is a little different but I was hoping I could get some help from you when I set this thing up. Sadly I have to wait a little while before I come up with a good cooling solution, for now i'll have to run stock, but that will give me some time to break in the components and read up on what I need to know before I start to overclock. I think I should get some nice results though, tell me what you think.
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patrck17 said:
How much will you be paying for your memory?
Good choice on waiting for Venice/Diego, i'm doing the same thing.
I am buying the ram discussed in this thread:
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=377110
It cost me 120 dollars. I bought the dual channel set and I am crossing my fingers that its the good stuff. (BH-5)
Either way, I am a newb to this stuff and I want to take it slow. I'd like to have the best components so tht if I do want to try to take it to the extreme I will be able to, but for right now I will be content with a modest overclock. I certainly will not be doing much till I get some kind of beefy air or water cooling though.
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=377110
It cost me 120 dollars. I bought the dual channel set and I am crossing my fingers that its the good stuff. (BH-5)
Either way, I am a newb to this stuff and I want to take it slow. I'd like to have the best components so tht if I do want to try to take it to the extreme I will be able to, but for right now I will be content with a modest overclock. I certainly will not be doing much till I get some kind of beefy air or water cooling though.
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patrck17 said:
those parts look awesome man i replied before but my post got deleted or something lame like that. I would have chosen the same parts u did mainly if they were available where i live. in regards to cooling i would go with air since u dont want to buy a watercooling setup when you dont really know much about it at all. I would recommend a thermalright xp-90 they are like top of the line air cooling you also will need a fan and you should pick one according to how loud you want your computer to be but make sure it pushs some nice CFM. Great
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UPDATE:
Ok I was doing many burn ins running the cpu at 2.6 but that resulted in a whole mess of results that would not become stable. So i went back to my previous stable overclock which was 2.5 at 1.425 volts and i uped the mhz to 2.7. before prime would fail after 10 minutes or now after many hours of burning in prime95 has been running for 45 minutes before i stoped it to start a new burn in I am now uping the mhz to 2.6 and leaving the voltage hoping for a super long burn in session that will result in a prime stable at 2.6 mhz
Ok I was doing many burn ins running the cpu at 2.6 but that resulted in a whole mess of results that would not become stable. So i went back to my previous stable overclock which was 2.5 at 1.425 volts and i uped the mhz to 2.7. before prime would fail after 10 minutes or now after many hours of burning in prime95 has been running for 45 minutes before i stoped it to start a new burn in I am now uping the mhz to 2.6 and leaving the voltage hoping for a super long burn in session that will result in a prime stable at 2.6 mhz
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UPDATE!
It has been quite awhile since I posted in this thread but I have new parts for my computer in the mail. here is a little background history of what I have been doing in the past months. First of all I moded my ultra-d to SLI spec and bought a second 6600gt (and am running it flawlessly). I also have bought 512 more ram of the same PQI 2-2-2-5 so I now have a total of somewhere around 1.5 gigs of ram ><! Also summer temps have completely ruined my overclock so I am resulting in extreme measures to get this box running at a cool rate It doesnt help that my room is the hottest in the house naturally. So now I list the fun part!
Current parts in the mail being shipped 2 me:
(2x) Vantec tornado 80mm fans
(2x) silverstone 120mm fans
Vantec nexus 3.5" fan controller.
10feet of Clearflex 60 3/8" inner diameter
2feet of Clearflex 60 1/2" inner diameter
1 1/2" barb to 1/2" insert
Current projects are as follows:
1) Reinstall my entire watercooling loop with clearflex 60 and find a shorter loop route rather than the long one I have currently.
2) Mod my MCP350 swiftec pump inlet so that it can flow 1/2" Inner diameter tubing.
3)Cut 2x 120mm blowholes on the top of my chieftec case (hehe moding it allready)
4)Create a watercooled fan system out of an old ocelating(spelled wrong) fan. (this is the coolest idea that I am going to implement to allow my room to be cooler during the hot hot hours of the summer (around 12-3pm). I plan on purchasing these parts tommorrow from the home depot. A link to this system is as follows.
http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~gmilburn/ac/
a pic of the system is below cool isnt' it? (this is not my own setup mine will be more elite).
PICS OF MY UPDATES WILL BE LOADED ON SATURDAY (well today) hehe
It has been quite awhile since I posted in this thread but I have new parts for my computer in the mail. here is a little background history of what I have been doing in the past months. First of all I moded my ultra-d to SLI spec and bought a second 6600gt (and am running it flawlessly). I also have bought 512 more ram of the same PQI 2-2-2-5 so I now have a total of somewhere around 1.5 gigs of ram ><! Also summer temps have completely ruined my overclock so I am resulting in extreme measures to get this box running at a cool rate
It doesnt help that my room is the hottest in the house naturally. So now I list the fun part!Current parts in the mail being shipped 2 me:
(2x) Vantec tornado 80mm fans
(2x) silverstone 120mm fans
Vantec nexus 3.5" fan controller.
10feet of Clearflex 60 3/8" inner diameter
2feet of Clearflex 60 1/2" inner diameter
1 1/2" barb to 1/2" insert
Current projects are as follows:
1) Reinstall my entire watercooling loop with clearflex 60 and find a shorter loop route rather than the long one I have currently.
2) Mod my MCP350 swiftec pump inlet so that it can flow 1/2" Inner diameter tubing.
3)Cut 2x 120mm blowholes on the top of my chieftec case (hehe moding it allready)
4)Create a watercooled fan system out of an old ocelating(spelled wrong) fan. (this is the coolest idea that I am going to implement to allow my room to be cooler during the hot hot hours of the summer (around 12-3pm). I plan on purchasing these parts tommorrow from the home depot. A link to this system is as follows.
http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~gmilburn/ac/
a pic of the system is below
cool isnt' it? (this is not my own setup mine will be more elite).
PICS OF MY UPDATES WILL BE LOADED ON SATURDAY (well today) hehe
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Pics of the new stuff. (oo goodie)
Here is a pic of my SLI SETUP. Now some of you may be wondering where I got my SLI bridge but that's easy. NGEAR makes replacement ones hehe I bought mine from www.ncix.com (i love that company and would totally recommend it since the shipping is rediculously fast and I dont pay PST since I live in ontario and they are a BC based store)
And a pic of the SLI bridge
If you look at the pic of my current loop you can see that I made some very lame choices in regards to tube length as a result I got kinks all over the place. I plan on doing a before and after shot of the pre kinked/long tubes and the revamped clearflex 60 tubes. I am also going to do a step by step process on how I did my mods this time around.
Here is a pic of my SLI SETUP. Now some of you may be wondering where I got my SLI bridge but that's easy. NGEAR makes replacement ones hehe I bought mine from www.ncix.com (i love that company and would totally recommend it since the shipping is rediculously fast and I dont pay PST since I live in ontario and they are a BC based store)
And a pic of the SLI bridge
If you look at the pic of my current loop you can see that I made some very lame choices in regards to tube length as a result I got kinks all over the place. I plan on doing a before and after shot of the pre kinked/long tubes and the revamped clearflex 60 tubes. I am also going to do a step by step process on how I did my mods this time around.
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On another note I've been busy moding my brothers old computer and making a linux box downstairs. I did some fun case moding on an old biege case and added (2x) blowholes and updated his system to a nf7 2.0 2500+ mobile barton overclocked baby! its running at 2.4 and it is just awesome. I will post pics of that mod when my camera battery recharges. Also pics of my downstairs linux box install will also be up
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So that is all you have to do in order to make the ultra-d sli? Just get one of those sli bridges?
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I believe you have to do a slight mod to the chipset as well.A64skate said:
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^^Yeah, soldering or pencil modding two bridges together, actually.
On another note, saweeet build man, hope it all goes well
On another note, saweeet build man, hope it all goes well
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UPDATE
Ok today I went out and made myself a watercooled fan! it is the coolest thing ever here are pics of everything. I plan on making a larger resevoir and filling that with frozen bottles of water to improve the cooling of my room. So far I have only tested out this fan in non oscelating mode and when that breeze is directly on you it is freezing cold! I can't wait to get a bigger res (tommorrow) and try out the ice cooled water
thats all the materials needed for the setup mainly copper tubing and vinyl tubing
The above pic is the completed watercooling setup
The above pic is the copper tubing completely ziptied onto the fan grill
Ok today I went out and made myself a watercooled fan! it is the coolest thing ever here are pics of everything. I plan on making a larger resevoir and filling that with frozen bottles of water to improve the cooling of my room
. So far I have only tested out this fan in non oscelating mode and when that breeze is directly on you it is freezing cold! I can't wait to get a bigger res (tommorrow) and try out the ice cooled water 
thats all the materials needed for the setup mainly copper tubing and vinyl tubing
The above pic is the completed watercooling setup
The above pic is the copper tubing completely ziptied onto the fan grill
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Well its original atleast!
You must be the first person on here to have a watercooled fan!
You must be the first person on here to have a watercooled fan!
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