My New Winchester Rig

[ewalk123]

Here is what I ordered (note: prices are in Canadian dollars):

AMD ATHLON 64 S939 Winchester 3200+
MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM
THERMALRIGHT XP-90
PQI Turbo TCCD 512 (x2)
Chieftec Dragon Case + Ultra X-Connect 500W PSU
Panaflo 80mm U1A Case Fans (x5)
Sunbeam Rheobus
HS Fan - 90mm Tornado (from current system)
Video Card - BFG 6800 GT (from current system)
Hard Drive Seagate 80GB SATA (from current system)

Hopefully everything will arrive by Monday.

 

[Sentential]

Looks good bro.... does this look familiar?

Hopefully your Winchester is better than mine...my WC sux, does 2.55 tops.

 

[ewalk123]

Believe me Sen, I know all about your Winchester adventure. I've read your entire thread and now im watching OC550's.

 

[Sentential]

Believe me Sen, I know all about your Winchester adventure. I've read your entire thread and now im watching OC550's.

<sigh> ...yea I really wish it has gone better than it turned out. Such is life I suppose

 

[Ardneh42]

I have not read about this adventure and was wondering if you could link me to the thread.

 

[wpmegee]

I have not read about this adventure and was wondering if you could link me to the thread.

Ask and ye shall receive:
OC550's: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=341920
Sentential's: http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=338031

 

[Ardneh42]

Thanks for the links, I will now start reading up on this, might take a while with there being 38 pages combined on the two.

 

[Sentential]

Now using v1.36 BIOS. Its going quite a bit better now. I can finally use high vcore where I couldnt before.

 

[ewalk123]

PARTS STARTED ARRIVING TODAY!
Here is what i've got and what i've done so far:

Case (Big, Yellow And Ugly...Perfect )

Removed Fan Grills From Case

Case Fans (VERY SHORT CABLES! )

Fan Controller

Power Supply

CPU

CPU Close Up (im a little dissapointed at how old this CPU is )

Heat Sink

Motherboard

CPU Installed

Heatsink Installed (i also used AS5 but forgot to take a pic)

Tornado Installed

CPU / HS / FAN Side Angle... DAM thats tall.

Well, Thats about all that I can do for now. Im still waiting for my RAM and some fan cables to arrive.

 

[capmuffin]

Thats awsome, I am genna take pics of mine,btw mind linking me to that fan controller?

edit: didnt see links

what was the total cost?

 

[man_utd]

Very nice, and very detailed. I like your setup.

 

[ewalk123]

Well, it looks like the UPS stike has held up my RAM for a couple days.
Nevertheless, I went ahead and installed everything excect the RAM.

Fan Cables

Inside (still a little more cable organization to do)

Drive Bays

Finishing Touch

 

[Sentential]

Hate to break it to ya, but pull the mobo back out. Check the thermalpaste under the southbridge. Mine had none on it.

 

[ewalk123]

Hmmm, thanks for the tip. I think i can probably get the SB fan off without having to remove the mobo.

Ill take a look.

 

[ewalk123]

Well, i was wrong, those two black things which I thought were screws are not. I am assuming the SB fan must be unfastened from the back side of the mobo. Is this correct?

 

[Sentential]

Well, i was wrong, those two black things which I thought were screws are not. I am assuming the SB fan must be unfastened from the back side of the mobo. Is this correct?

Yep they are squeeze pins

 

[capmuffin]

Yep they are squeeze pins

I hate that...put the mobo in & find out squeeze pins hold everything on....I think it would be best to put 6-32 nuts&bolts insted (maybe plastic) like a thumbscrew........

 

[ewalk123]

Yes I agree, thumbscrews would make much more sense. That is what I thought those two black things on the SB fan were until a started turning, and turning, and turning... and nothing happened. grrr

 

[Daewood]

looking good but i though that heatpipes dont work when placed verticle or is it horizontal... bah i cant remember...

 

[Tamasha_Strife]

That PSU is just gorgeous...Too bad its so expensive...