Accurates new case and new look to pc :) woohoo!

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Hello everyone! As I said before I was tired of the super heavy crap metal case I had before so I bought a new aluminum case in the same style! Looks awsome, cut off almost 1/2 the weight and also painted the drives to match the case, I think it turned out sweet! What do you think..?? hehe :D
The hard drive run a HUGE amount cooler thx to the extra airflow, and the 2600+ overclocked that I have is running at 92F idle and 98F under load!!!! OVERCLOCKED! Did away with the Kenwood 72x drive for I have not used it in ages and put in a 16x dvd instead. Also took out the wimpy 80mm fan in the enermax powersupply rear and put in a higher flow blue led fan. The case was precut for an 80mm fan right over the video card so I am able to cool it off even more!

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more pics...

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And some more.... hehe :)

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Last one promise >:)

[TheRogue]

very sweet rig!

[Uranium-235]

too bad you have to have *that* videocard in such a cool rig

[eviltechie]

lol the NVDIA taunt
:lol:

how much was that case?

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*LOL* Like I said honestly the thing has been working awsome with dx9 and the new 3.0 drivers! Not one issue yet and the control panel is just as good as nvidia's :) Very happy with the setup! But tonight I am getting an asus nforce delux board and 2 sticks of pc3500 cosair 256mb. My kt400 dragon board and 512 of pc3500 platinum and a few powersupplies ect... will be put up for sale.

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Got the case with supply for $129.99, also came with 4 led tricolor fans *LOL*!!!

[eviltechie]

why are you selling ur 512 of PC3500 and moving to 256mb???

different brands?
my friend wants to buy some new high speed ram so he will be interested

and how much juice does the PSU that comes with it give?

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So I can run the new nforce board in dual channel mode, 2 sticks of 256 pc3500. I am actually out the door here in a few to go get the stuff :) if I had the cash I would get another 512 stick but just cannot afford such an expensive item *L*

[CiKoTiC]

AI is down with the sickness. 8)

[eviltechie]

AI, how much u selling the 512mb PC3500 for?

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want $200 + shipping for the 512mb stick, it is xms pc3500 and looks brushed aluminum, what they call platinum. The stick is 1.5 weeks old for I sold the black I bought for the better color *L* Let me know.

[MIK3]

AI...that case is definately sick...good god. You got a talent man. And some mulah, might I add! haha. Crazy stuff man. So now that your finished with that friggin beast, what are you gonna move on to now?!

It is never finished *LOL*

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Yeah baby :) check out my new score "not fine tuned" with the new nforce board!!!... I have some work to do but I will try to break 17,000 tommorow hehehe :) am I the 3dse champ on twl now..?? >:)

[eviltechie]

OH MY FUBAR!!!

is the 9700 pro OC'ed?

yeah baby, the 9700 pro and the 2600 on air, 2600 is running stable at 2425mhz and a fsb of 194x2 and agp overclocked to 70mhz / the 9700 pro overclocked to 385 / 344mhz. I am trying to figure out how to get a higher fsb and some posts in one forum is telling me bios revision for mine does not want to go past 194... by the way my latest score after tuning is 16776.... 17,000 is sooo dang close I can taste it!!!

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Yeah baby :) This is as far as I can go for now guys! WOOHOO!!! Broke the 17,000 mark with this rig :) nice!!!!

[Gixxer420]

SWEET

[CiKoTiC]

Hail to the King baby!!! :woot:

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well all is done for now *L* I think I am gonna rest for a bit :) Damn thing about killed me, I have not even turned on my speakers so I have no idea how the sound works *L* the nforce board was a complete pain to setup and it is ugly just like my 9700 but it does look almost black under the blue led lights so I am set :)

[eviltechie]

heh
who cares about how the board looks
i would only care about how the graphics in games look

hehehe

AI, are those new rams you got?

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You mean the 256 sticks..?? if so yes hehehe and I just bought a 3rd! So I am running 768mb of corsair pc3500 XMS hehehe Have not installed the 3rd yet but will later tonight or tommorow, I have to rebuild my girls pc and put her current board ect... in my old heavy antec style case!

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Hey soccer when we gonna get a lan party going..?? *LOL* I never had one or been to one but sounds interesting :) I know at least 4 people with hot setups that will come, I built them all *LOL* Oh yeah and I installed the 3rd stick of XMS... made my system unstable at 194, so I had to back it down to 190 to be safe but still score 17,000+ *LOL* dang this thing is sick fast... interesting to see 200+ on nature, 330+ on the first car scene and 380 or so on dragothic low res *LOL* Thos are the peak #'s I saw >:) Make me wonder what the heck the nv30 will do hehehe

[eviltechie]

are you using onboard sound, AI?

btw
how many fans do you have on that coolermaster heatpipe?

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I am useing the onboard soundstorm "ac97" and so far I have not much good to say about it, people raving over it do not know audio *LOL* the controls are annoying and I cannot get the spdif input to work for the dvd. I hands down prefere the onboard cmi audio in my kt400.... makes me miss it a bit. Oh yeah I have 1 80mm on the main sink on the 9700 and then the led window fan blows right on the card sideways as well for cooling, I can honestly say all the sinks are now cool to the touch! did not do to much for overclocking but makes me feel better that the card is not a firehazard.

[eviltechie]

yeah CMI has less issues

there was this guy on the board had an issue with ACS97 which is a bit different than AC97
we both couldnt find the drivers for winxp for it...


so whats the answer to the second question?

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re read my last post :)

[eviltechie]

how about the coolermaster HCC-001 R.2 though?
i thought u had 2 fans ontop on another

im thinking something right now...
i have some decisions to be made

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I took the one off for some reason a bit ago, cannot remeber why.. Think I used it on a case that only took a 60mm in the rear.. I went with an 8,000rpm 60mm ys tech fan for it and my chip overclocked runs at around 92-100F

[eviltechie]

isnt that loud though?

could you help me in deciding please
read this post http://www.techwarelabs.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=24333#24333

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I would use the tmd fan, just figure out a way to keep it in the heatsink... Mabey try servo tape..?? that way you can still pull it apart for cleaning and then use more to stick it back... just a thought....

[eviltechie]

my friend told me to use wires
he said to drill 4 holes on the heatsink and loop wires through
and tie down the fan
there would be a gap is using tape
and i dont like tape as most of them gets sticky and gooey

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Here ya go guys... here is the new mobo and ram installed...

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Man I tell ya, the soundstorm onboard sound in the nforce boards has to be the crappiest setup made so far, I have been nothing but dissapointed by it and annoyed...By far the worst feature of the nforce boards...

Well people I am here to tell ya about a little cheap secret card out there that is worth it's weight in gold! It is the Chaintech 6 Channel Sound Card Model AV515M. The reason I know this sound card rocks the house, sounds great and has drivers that are a pleasure to use is that the same exact setup came in my kt333 and kt400 soyo dragon boards! That is the one feature I miss the most about useing the soyo board is that the sound really was great for pc sound and I have heard most all the available pc soundsetups and found the cheapy little cmi 8738 chip to be equal to the $100+ cards with ease! One thing I did not know is that they made my exact setup I had on my soyo boards in a single card pci version by chaintech!!! and I still have my fiberoptic / coax pci slot bridge that came with my soyo boards so guess what, it works on this card!!! I bought 2 of these babies for both systems "girls and mine" so I can be happy again :) People, I cannot reccomend this little baby anymore.. if your in need and do not wanna break the bank then BUY THIS CARD! I cannot understand how people were saying the onboard sound in the nforce boards was "great" I am here to tell ya it is CRAP and this card will solve your probs. It does not have a 6 out of 6 rating for nothing, with everyone praising it! Cost is only $16.00 + $4 shipping each!!! woohoo!


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Update!! If you like blue, aopen makes this card also with the same fiberoptic / coax bridge as my soyo had...

http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=29-117-106-09.jpg/29-117-106-08.jpg/29-117-106-02.jpg/29-117-106-07.jpg/29-117-106-06.jpg

man that is nice rig bro :rofl:

[eviltechie]

u pretty much maxed the whole system out eh?

lol

AI, u sure got lots of mulahs in ur pocket

is Franklin or washington ur grandpas?

how much does that whole system cost???

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Ah greasshopper, the trick is when you wanna upgrade, sell what ya have and a little cash into it to get what you want :) Also I have no idea actually how much outta pocket this rig cost me, I have been bying, selling and trading non stop to get this far *L*

[eviltechie]

lol

its like climbing a volcanic mountain

no matter how much you climb, how much time and resource you spend
the top is just keeps going on and on and on

i wonder when 3.06GHz P4 w/ HT is gonna be on the shelves?
wanna see how that baby performs

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only has a benifit in multitasking like is office work, has no benifit in games which is all I care about *L*

[eviltechie]

lol

what games do u play???

UT2003?
BF?
CS?
DoD?

u should try out need for speed hot pursuit 2

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unreal, flight sims, finishing blood omen, aquanox is a personal fav on my system now that I can score so high!

[eviltechie]

flight sim combat or flight sim 2002 pro??

i got 2002 pro

i luv some airplanes

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I play flight sim 2002 pro edition, I like the learjet45 hehe and also I play flight sim 2003 ww2 combat sim, I like to take out the p38 and try to take off on short runways with all the ammo and bombs I can hehe

[eviltechie]

i like learjet45 too but its old

i like flying trans-continental flights

from Tokyo to Vancouver or the other way around
also to Hong Kong

but basicaly im just leaving it to test the system's stabability
i basicaly take off, set course, adjust
engage auto pilot

go eat
go sleep
wake up...

decend
get ready for approach...


u should try out BF
im sure ull like it
battlefield 1942 is number 1 rated game now tie with AOM

its a game ahead of its time
and there are some good mod packs for it too although most are still in alpha and many arent released yet

but yeah its a good game
very fun with low gravity too
i do alot of stunts on there

once i beached a jap carrier
then spawn as american
drive the willy jeep over a hill
just as i took off, my friend blows his 8 TNTs laid on top of the hill

and boom, there i fly
and tried to land on carrier

it was so close
didnt make it
jeep was 1 metre away from the carrier
landed in water and blew up

ive got it captured all on a VHS tape
its awesome
all of my friends who saw it are amazed

u really should get a the game
its another testament to the performance of your system

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Yeah baby! The new audio cards came in today from newegg, of course the color is not the same cool blackish gold pictured but rather ugly green, jerks :P anyways installed like a champ and dang! EXACTLY LIKE MY SOYO ONBOARD, identicle! sounds 1000x better than the junk soundstorm :) I am happy once again with no complaints about my system now other than I cannot hit 20,000 on 3dmark :)

[eviltechie]

lol

have u OC'ed ur 2600+ futher?
20000 is almost impossible to achieve

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have not overclocked it any further, but 20,000 actually would not be to hard to acheive, just very pricey. DO the board volt mod, the card volt mod and run that promethia or however you spell it liquid cooling and poof your there :) some are also saying the the nv30 overclocked you should get aroun 2-3K more 3dse points than a 9700pro overclocked that that is just gossip, but if that happens then I will hit 20K no prob! also here in the next few weeks when I can get my hands on a 2800+ I will be upgading again for I have my 2600+ sold as soon as I can get the 2800 :) hehehe. The I will be going for 18,000+. Hey also check it this out! on the overclockers.com 3dmark team I am the highest scoring amd guy woohoo! did not win anything for it though *L* I am keeping up with the p4 3.1-3.2ghz no problem!

http://oc3dmark.octeams.com/db/9700db.html

[eviltechie]

:mercy: :mercy: :mercy:

my 1.2 athlon sux

only scored 6590

i only have a Ti4200 128mb not yet oc'ed...

no ramsinks to do it

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you do not have to have ram sinks to overclock man :) as long as your not going crazy on agp voltage it really will not do much for you having them. Just keep the card clean and do a mild overclock.

[eviltechie]

what do u think of the score though??

only using PC2100
768mb

1.2GHz Athlon tbird oc'ed to 1466

my TI4200's default is now at 250/445.5
what should i aim for with safety in mind?

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should be a bit higher I would think... is it a stock 266fsb or 200 fsb...??

[eviltechie]

read this

http://www.techwarelabs.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=3141

[bilo86]

that case is amazing. thats some creative work in there.

[TheShaft]

Shit... I love this one

[Omega]

That's a pretty sweet setup. You've sure cleaned it up nicely. My case is a terrible mess...but I'm alright with that. I especially like what appears to be a CF/SC reader, with USB headers above your floppy. It seems like kind of a shame to have all those nice black bezels, and a silver case though. Perhaps donate them to someone with a black case? ;) *cough*cough*

Oh, look at that. I have a black case...

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haha, actually did all the black painting and then went to buy that same case in black, waited almost 2 weeks for them to get one in so I settled on silver which I later figured out I like better *L* Also the front door has black in it right in front of the drives so it matches :)