- Joined
- Feb 7, 2003
- Location
- Portland, OR USA
My new rig:
AMD A64 3200+ Winchester @2.52 (252X10) 1.48V 4x HTT Prime 95 (12 hours)
Code: CBBHD 0444RPAW
Themalright XP90 with Panaflo 92mm, 56.8 CFM @ 2850 RPM, 35.0 dBA
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI nForce4 SLI
G.skill pc4400 1GB (2 x 512) @ 1:1 504 2.5-3-3-8 2.7V
2x eVGA e-GeForce 6600 GT PRO with 1.6ns ram @ 550/1.18
74gb Raptor
Plextor 12X DVD+/-RW Drive, Black, Model PX-712SA SATA connection
Antec Neopower 480
Antec slk3000-b with a 120mm Panaflo front intake and stock 120 exhaust
NEC/MITSUBISHI FE2111SB-BK 22" Monitor
I finally got everything put together and it is running very nice. The above settings are all 100% stable. I still hope do some tweaking from this point, especially the RAM.
One thing to note on the install: You need a special metal backing plate to use the XP 90 on this board. Gigabyte uses a proprietary plastic backing plate that will not work. The metal plate only costs 3 dollars, but make sure to get one ahead of time if you are planning on using any Thermalright HS with gigabyte boards. I have my xp90 set up so the overhang is towards I/O port. This allows free access to the RAM and provides a little more airflow over the power capacitors and MOSFETS. CPU runs @ 25C idle in a 64F room right now. Was running 33-35C while running prime 95.
I am very happy with the system, I just plugged things together and turned it on and it is running great. Set up was easy. Windows recognized my HD and loaded no problem. If you are using 1 HD like I am, remember to go into the raid set-up in bios and set up your single disk with a setting of “spanning” before you start loading windows.
SLI is running quite well. I realize the dual 6600s barely compete with the single 6800 GT/Ultra cards at very hi-res with AA/AF, but this set up is still pretty sweet. I did a benchmark run and got 14960 on 3Dmark 03 @ 2.6 (260*10) with RAM 1:1 and video at 552/1.18. Managed a 6336 on 3Dmark 05 @2.66 and video 554/1.18 Also, runs Battlefield Vietnam at 1920 x 1440 with all video max settings at 60-80 FPS. Pretty good for air cooling my CPU and the stock cooling on the video cards. My next project is to use AS on the GPUs, if it is possible. I haven’t looked into this yet. I might not use AS because I may want to use the eVGA step up program with these cards.
What do you guys think of my new system? Any questions or suggestions? I'm in need of OC info with the RAM. I want to run 1:1 for sure. Are there any improvements I could make to the above settings? This is my first AMD system and I want to maximize my new rig, it's quite different from my other system in my sig.
Skeetman
AMD A64 3200+ Winchester @2.52 (252X10) 1.48V 4x HTT Prime 95 (12 hours)
Code: CBBHD 0444RPAW
Themalright XP90 with Panaflo 92mm, 56.8 CFM @ 2850 RPM, 35.0 dBA
Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI nForce4 SLI
G.skill pc4400 1GB (2 x 512) @ 1:1 504 2.5-3-3-8 2.7V
2x eVGA e-GeForce 6600 GT PRO with 1.6ns ram @ 550/1.18
74gb Raptor
Plextor 12X DVD+/-RW Drive, Black, Model PX-712SA SATA connection
Antec Neopower 480
Antec slk3000-b with a 120mm Panaflo front intake and stock 120 exhaust
NEC/MITSUBISHI FE2111SB-BK 22" Monitor
I finally got everything put together and it is running very nice. The above settings are all 100% stable. I still hope do some tweaking from this point, especially the RAM.
One thing to note on the install: You need a special metal backing plate to use the XP 90 on this board. Gigabyte uses a proprietary plastic backing plate that will not work. The metal plate only costs 3 dollars, but make sure to get one ahead of time if you are planning on using any Thermalright HS with gigabyte boards. I have my xp90 set up so the overhang is towards I/O port. This allows free access to the RAM and provides a little more airflow over the power capacitors and MOSFETS. CPU runs @ 25C idle in a 64F room right now. Was running 33-35C while running prime 95.
I am very happy with the system, I just plugged things together and turned it on and it is running great. Set up was easy. Windows recognized my HD and loaded no problem. If you are using 1 HD like I am, remember to go into the raid set-up in bios and set up your single disk with a setting of “spanning” before you start loading windows.
SLI is running quite well. I realize the dual 6600s barely compete with the single 6800 GT/Ultra cards at very hi-res with AA/AF, but this set up is still pretty sweet. I did a benchmark run and got 14960 on 3Dmark 03 @ 2.6 (260*10) with RAM 1:1 and video at 552/1.18. Managed a 6336 on 3Dmark 05 @2.66 and video 554/1.18 Also, runs Battlefield Vietnam at 1920 x 1440 with all video max settings at 60-80 FPS. Pretty good for air cooling my CPU and the stock cooling on the video cards. My next project is to use AS on the GPUs, if it is possible. I haven’t looked into this yet. I might not use AS because I may want to use the eVGA step up program with these cards.
What do you guys think of my new system? Any questions or suggestions? I'm in need of OC info with the RAM. I want to run 1:1 for sure. Are there any improvements I could make to the above settings? This is my first AMD system and I want to maximize my new rig, it's quite different from my other system in my sig.
Skeetman
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