The grad build! - Page 5

Panda Man · May 23rd, 2007

***UPDATE2*** second to last update, flashed BIOS and other stuff, the comp is nearly ready, just waiting on the red cold cathode to arrive and she'll be perfect :D I'm very impressed with this 8800GTS, low power consumption, good temps and VERY quiet, I was expecting it to sound like a 727. And this E6420 is making me cry from awesomeness. Here what I just jumped from (listing buses and sockets for some reason :O )

AGP 9600XT -> PCIe 8800GTS
s478 P4 3.0ghz - > 775 E6420
1GB DDR400 -> 2GB DDR2-800
P180 -> nine hundered
865PE chipset -> P965 chipset

You get the idea, MASSIVE performance boost

Couldn't have done it without you guys as well, would like to give everyone here at HWL a huge THANK YOU! Even you Hitman :P I may not be active for a few weeks, I'm so busy playing with this new machine. Picture time!

All pics here, I'm only going to post a few:

pandaman1029/nine - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

WEE! Its here! its here! but I'll have to wait on more day for the Case and PSU :(

Prepared for tommorrow's Case and PSU delivery!

UPS quality shipping

But everything else is UPS proofed at the newegg warehouse. Jeez, these guys think of everything! obtw, the case came unharmed, Antec did a good job packing their boxes as well

Testing!

I call it "Over-dream"... Until I can think of something better anyways.

Last post until I get the red cathode in. Then final shots

And hitman, I will work on the cable management.

**gvblake22** · May 23rd, 2007

Dang dude, looks great! That is one heck of an upgrade too, especially on the video card! Great stuff, have fun with that beauty of a computer!!

How was it building inside the Nine Hundred?

Panda Man · May 23rd, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by gvblake22

Dang dude, looks great! That is one heck of an upgrade too, especially on the video card! Great stuff, have fun with that beauty of a computer!!

How was it building inside the Nine Hundred?

A hell of a lot easier than the P180!

Loved every second, it was easy from start to finish, from mounting the PSU all the way to putting in the final screws, couldn't have asked for a better case. Lots of room to play around in, sturdy, and lighter than I thought it would be

Airflow is of course great, I'll just need to clean it regularly and its all set!

wtcnbrwndo4u · May 23rd, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Panda Man

I'll just need to clean it regularly and its all set!

I need to do that for my Dell, but I have to remove the heatsink to get access to that 15cm fan....

**stinger608** · May 23rd, 2007

Panda, that is one sweet rig man!!!! Again, congrats on the graduation and building a "dream" machine dude

:congr ats:

Beetle Bailey · May 23rd, 2007

Big congrats!

And kudos on the new build.

I too will have pics coming soon of my venture with the 900.

I'm also working on a filter system for it. I'll let you know how it works. Bailey.

Fasttazz · May 23rd, 2007

Nice Rig Panda!!! Congrats on the Graduation too!!!!

**gvblake22** · May 24th, 2007

So you're gonna have red, blue, AND green lights in that case?! WOW, a little too much bling for me, but to each his own I guess!

Panda Man · May 24th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by gvblake22

So you're gonna have red, blue, AND green lights in that case?! WOW, a little too much bling for me, but to each his own I guess!

Yea, looks awesome. I'm going to post pics when I get everything finalized. I'm going to office Depot in Enterprise to get a new desk tommorrow.

One question though. CoD started slowing down and getting sluggish, and I thought it was overheating at first, but the temps were fine. Then I remembered my board is retarded when it comes to detecting/settings memory settings. This motherboard detected the RAM timings to be 5-5-5-18, when they should be 5-5-5-12. For some reason the settings *were* locked but I unlocked it and changed them to where the should be. Now here is the question - I'm pretty sure it defaulted the voltage to v1.8, and it should be v1.9. For some reason, I can't just tell it to change the voltage to 1.9, it wants me tell set it to +0.1v, +0.2v, etc. etc. so I'm not entirely sure what the voltage is ATM. It doesn't say in the BIOS, and everything I've tried so far just reads the SPD and say v1.8 or doesn't give me the info at all. What's a good program I can use to check and see just what the voltage is set to? I'm pretty sure I have it set to v1.9 where it should be, but I want to be absolute.

Jokerswild · May 24th, 2007

Ok if you send me the computer now I won't tell anyone that your making it with a Koala Bear.

May 23rd, 2007	#41
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,910	Re: The grad build! *UPDATE2* second to last update, flashed BIOS and other stuff, the comp is nearly ready, just waiting on the red cold cathode to arrive and she'll be perfect :D I'm very impressed with this 8800GTS, low power consumption, good temps and VERY quiet, I was expecting it to sound like a 727. And this E6420 is making me cry from awesomeness. Here what I just jumped from (listing buses and sockets for some reason :O ) AGP 9600XT -> PCIe 8800GTS s478 P4 3.0ghz - > 775 E6420 1GB DDR400 -> 2GB DDR2-800 P180 -> nine hundered 865PE chipset -> P965 chipset You get the idea, MASSIVE performance boost Couldn't have done it without you guys as well, would like to give everyone here at HWL a huge THANK YOU! Even you Hitman :P I may not be active for a few weeks, I'm so busy playing with this new machine. Picture time! All pics here, I'm only going to post a few: pandaman1029/nine - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting WEE! Its here! its here! but I'll have to wait on more day for the Case and PSU :( Prepared for tommorrow's Case and PSU delivery! UPS quality shipping But everything else is UPS proofed at the newegg warehouse. Jeez, these guys think of everything! obtw, the case came unharmed, Antec did a good job packing their boxes as well Testing! I call it "Over-dream"... Until I can think of something better anyways. Last post until I get the red cathode in. Then final shots And hitman, I will work on the cable management. Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

May 23rd, 2007	#42
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,546 Blog Entries: 1	Re: The grad build! Dang dude, looks great! That is one heck of an upgrade too, especially on the video card! Great stuff, have fun with that beauty of a computer!! How was it building inside the Nine Hundred?

May 23rd, 2007	#45
stinger608 Silence..Or I kill you! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Zone! Posts: 3,001 Blog Entries: 1	Re: The grad build! Panda, that is one sweet rig man!!!! Again, congrats on the graduation and building a "dream" machine dude:congr ats: HEATWARE

May 23rd, 2007	#46
Beetle Bailey Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Harrah, OK Posts: 388	Re: The grad build! Big congrats! And kudos on the new build. I too will have pics coming soon of my venture with the 900. I'm also working on a filter system for it. I'll let you know how it works. Bailey.

May 23rd, 2007	#47
Fasttazz Kill the wabbit Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wyoming Posts: 177	Re: The grad build! Nice Rig Panda!!! Congrats on the Graduation too!!!! Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe. Amd X2 4200 2GB Corsair XMS Extreme. BFG 8800GTS 320 OC2 ThermalTake "Big Typhoon". Audigy 2 ZS. Logitech X-530 5.1 surround. Sceptre X9 LCD WD 2000 HDD. Lit-on DVD R/RW. MGE "Viper"case PurePower RX 500W

May 24th, 2007	#48
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,546 Blog Entries: 1	Re: The grad build! So you're gonna have red, blue, AND green lights in that case?! WOW, a little too much bling for me, but to each his own I guess!

May 24th, 2007	#50
Jokerswild ButtHead Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,290	Re: The grad build! Ok if you send me the computer now I won't tell anyone that your making it with a Koala Bear.

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