The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

The kids name was Jeff Rodgers. I went to school with him. No fears of a clone here sneaking up on you, he's 65, my age! ROFLMSOAO!!

Rock On,
Russ

 

Update
I installed the OCZ 700w GameStream PSU, and changed out the front fan. After looking over the temps, I've lowered it to 3.5GHz until I can afford the 92mm, 4 pipe Noctua. Here's a couple of screen shots of Everest, at idle at 3.5. Note the motherboard, GPU Diode and Hard Drive temps.



Here, it running at 100%, all four cores with P95



Again, note the motherboard, GPU Diode and the Hard Drive temps. It never was this cool before with the x4 630. Normal was right around 40C for the motherboard, 50C for the GPU Diode and low 40Cs for the Hard Drives. The cores flickered to 62C, but went right back down to 58C. I've got the case airflow right so I know when I do get the Noctua, cooling should not be an issue at all. I probably won't need two fans, since the Noctua NH-U9B SE2 92mm cools much better than the Freezer 64 to begin with. The best part is it's quieter. All you can hear is some airflow. It ran right good at 3.7GHz, without issues, but the temps got too high for me, so I'm real close to my goal of 3.8GHz. A better CPU cooler like the Noctua should get me there.

I'm Happy,
Russ :0)


I probably could have left it at 3.6GHz, but I would rather be cautious, than stupid

 

Have I got a surprise for everyone, including me! I did some more playing around, and got the voltages down, and here's a Pic you won't believe, and no it isn't shopped! Ambient temp was 78F. and yes, that is 3.8GHz. Solid as a rock



I ran Multi core P95 for an hour, only to get a pic of the Screen Grabber Pro window. That's what happens when you get tired! I accidentally double clicked on the capture button when I had it set for full screen, and didn't realize it It's amazing what you can accomplish with a Freezer 64 if you can get the airflow right. The voltage is much lower too! I'm still planning on the Noctua, because it isn't summer here yet. Today is only the third day this year we got over 80F outside. Here's a little CPU Math for you as well.



And a little SuperPi!



I can get more out of it, but I promised myself I would quit at 3.8GHz! LOL!! I'm still pretty amazed, myself!

Oops, I almost forgot Everest idle temps at 3.8GHz.



Clock On,
Russ

 

Hot Damm Russie, what are you doing up so early lol, damn this pc, at least its running half ass this morning, anyway wow, are you planning on staying with 3.8, and what about this Noctua, never heard of it.

 

well after talking to alot of different people about OCing this Q9550 looks like 3.83ghz is the sweets spot. i can get 4.12ghz and pass all test, but it just seems sluggish, you know what i mean by that.lol.
so this is my resting place for the time being.



also need to find a version of everest that will recognize my mobo

the only thing i need to change on this rig is more mem. get me 4gb of mem

 

just found this version of everest. 5.50 released about 2 weeks ago. all is well with this mobo and this version



http://www.lavalys.com/community/blog/2010/03/everest-v550-now-available

 

Fred,
The 92 MM Noctua is very close in size the the Freezer 64, but has 4 pipes instead of 3. They cost a bit more than the Freezer 64, but you buy what does the job and fits.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608014

Rob,
It is amazing that you are clocking a computer faster, Still stable, yet it starts to lose some performance, after the sweet spot. Sophocles calls that the point of diminishing returns. Would it be worth going faster? Not to me it wouldn't be, besides I was shooting for 3.8GHz, and that's what I got. To do it with a Freezer 64, just shows you what can be done if you can get the airflow right. I'm not in any big rush to get the Noctua, but we'll see what happens when it starts getting real hot. I love it when a plan comes together though!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

I decided to run DVDRB/CCE 2 Pass since it's 81F in here right now, so I can see how the temps do in a typical re-builder job.

This pic is two fold. It's the lowest temps it hit during the entire re-build, and just happened to catch the speed in the 15s. Mid 14s are more typical speeds though! LOL!!



This is the maximum temperatures reached.



3.8 GHz 81F ambient. I am one happy camper! :0)

Russ

 

I use the beta version of everest now since it's the only one that supports my MB as far as I know.

 

Either or will do just find on the board, I know you'll choose the Red Lol
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...1-246^20-231-246-TS,20-231-166^20-231-166-S01

I'm on the Old Boy tonight EO E8400 just seeing if it still got itCranked it up alittle on the Old P35 platform




memory bandwidth with the kingston hyper


LinX


bumped it back down to 426x9.0=3834ghz letting rest there it seems to run better in my I45 board but.I got another chip in store for that board later on down the line it's still packed up and stored in it's box Russ good luck with your new chip it seems like your having fun with itDon't forget to change your sig from Athlon IIx4 630 to Phenom II X4 955...yes i've notice.lol

 

Will,
I would but I haven't figured out how to do it yet. I can't find personal messages either! LOL! Why is it these hotshots today have to change everything, just for the sake of change, when there's no need! New software is supposed to be easier, not harder! Notice you have no problems connecting to a Social Network though!

Where do you find the place to go to make changes in your sig, or for that matter, where do you go to send a new PM?

Russ

 

Russ... click on the person's "nick" and see what "options" you get. Go to the "top" of the page and see what you have there. It should be to the RIGHT of your logged in screen "nick".

 

Click on setting at the Top of the page between (logout) and Private Messages and look to the left and you will see edit setting click on that to change your sig to send a private message do what greensman said put your mouse arrow near the person (nic name) and you'll see a drop down arrow show up and you send a message from there...

 

greensman & bigwill68,
Thanks guys! A simple "Common Sense" thing like an index, would have made doing it an easy thing, but that would be "Old Fashioned"! Shame on me! Oh, I don't text either! ROFLMSOAO!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

LOL! I had to look myself. I just passed the arrow over a few things, then clicked on the drop down arrow We all make mistakes every now and again

 

The PM system is a bit broken for me as it always says I have one unread message :\

Anyway does anyone know of a way to shutdown a computer based of a temperature (mainly the cpu) besides everest, which tends to crash the computer after a while on it's own? I've tried realtemp with the shutdown.exe file but running that executable doesn't actually do anything lol.

TIA,

redmaw

 

NOW hold on... ROFL.. Russ doesn't make mistakes.. he makes uh-oh's...

@BigWilly.. looks as tho your little 8400 system is still rocking.

@Russ.... been working on some friend's stuff today and trying to build me parents a "new" system. lol. It's NOT fun when the case you bought for them is to damn small for the cpu cooler.... ;( ROFLMAO....

 

GM,
I've made plenty of mistakes. You can't learn much meaningful, unless you do! The trick is, not to make the same mistakes over and over again.

With your Folks computer, can you use a smaller cooler, or will you have to get a bigger case?

Russ

 

It was a micro case and I needed to get a "smaller" cooler to make it work... I said screw that and just used an old case that I had handily available. I prolly went OVERBOARD on a cooler for their machine but I'm not gonna be able to work on it much, maybe once a year so I don't want the issue of a dang cooler "blowing" the deal... ROFL.

 

hell yea the E8400 is a billy bad AZZ even my CO E8400 is kicking like it did day one. have it a 3.6ghz Up from 3.3ghz it's actually cool as hell running it and the Q9550 at the same time doing a dvd rebuild. yea the Q9550 gets done about 10 mins faster but its cool have 2 one can do this stuff with and get quality result with them... i dont regret getting the E8400 at all....

ok time for the amd stuff. think i might just give this a whirl in a few months once they are out and see what kinda bugs there is if any? might just put I5, I7 to bed without saying good night..lol

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103849

EDIT
Russ you are right there is no reason to go any faster than i have the Q9550 right now. it is rockin at this speed without any hickups at all. but like everyone else they as i try to get as much as you can out of what you have. yes i would love yo run 4.26ghz every day, but thats not gonna happen with this cpu. maybe a I5 or the new AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz and what ever board supports it. i dont know jack about amd so i couldnt say what board would work..