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wolfeking said:
A lot of people say that. Once you look at it though, and don't expect miracles, it is not that bad. The hard drive is the main limit to these old systems. Even a 7200 RPM will get no real improvement due to ATA66 interface (8.25MB/s max burst rate).
For basic things, like surfing the net, doing office work, and talking to people on facebook, it is no better than my desktop at doing. Would probably run an older game too if I wanted to dig one up to play.
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That is true actually, but slowness in general is what annoys me most. Things like slow boot times and long waits for stuff to open is what annoys me the most. I guess if you're prepared for it you'll be OK.
 
The boot up is not all that slow (thanks to the smaller core of 2k pro), but yea. As for waiting for things to open, other than seamonkey, it is generally almost instant.

all aside, I still want to get my Acer's charger to go back to useing it.
 
wolfeking said:
You are going to be limited going 80 euro for a case and motherboard. But I see what you are saying.
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I know some cases that are pretty good for only 30-40 Euro.
And the mobo, probably getting one cheap from eBay. (I bought a m3a32 deluxe already, but the chipset was broke and I'm not allowed to send back...)
 
SmileMan said:
Max I wanna invest in my testsystem is about 80 Euro, so that's a new case and a second hand mobo (this case is mini atx or itx, probably mini atx ;P)
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If you are just using this as a OC testing platform screw everything down to a piece of wood and run nekkid!
Mount the MB vertical in case of a leak or even upside down.
 
eh, it was the best I could do with the parts that I had. Still need to upgrade the CPU and get a GPU for it, as well as correct the horrible cable management.
 
wolfeking said:
eh, it was the best I could do with the parts that I had. Still need to upgrade the CPU and get a GPU for it, as well as correct the horrible cable management.
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Yup, you better just rip it all apart and start from scratch! :P
Cut holes in the bottom of the wood board and solder all the wires underneath the MB so we don't have to see them. :D
 
there is no need to be an arse. But putting them under the lumber would not really solve anything. Putting them inside of it would solve it. But I need a better drill to take care of that.
 
So guys, here is how good it cools my athlon :P. Lifted the tab until it hadn't effect on the temps anymore. The more waterpressure, the cooler, pretty amazing! But after a certain point the temps stayed the same, there's where I stopped.

This is the result! (until now, but I don't think the temp will rise anymore lol)

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Pretty good I think :P Time to overclock! (first getting an overclockable board -.-)

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spirit said:
Such a good case, Smile. :P

Looking forward to seeing what you get once it's all overclocked. :)
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Since I'm selling my hd6870, I need to oc my 9600GT too :P I just placed my intel stock cooler on it. So overclocking memory speed will not be an option, but engine will.
 
What OS are you running on that PC Smile? Looks like Windows Vista or 7 with the classic theme? Or Windows Server 2008?
 
SmileMan, why the HUGE difference in temps between the 2 cores?
And one core is below the freezing point.
I don't have much faith in those readings.
 
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So...long story short, I need something else to occupy my time. Maybe I'll actually become an active member once more :P So to start, my new PC that was built a few months ago...

I actually can't recall if I posted things about my previous machine but the motherboard began to act up. Primarily the networking card, but I don't feel comfortable simply disabling so I decided it was time for a complete revamp.

Specs include...

Corsair Carbide 300R case
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4-TH
Intel Core i7 3770K
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 (8 GB from the previous system)
ASUS XONAR DX
EVGA GeForce GTX 570 1280 MB
SanDisk Extreme SSD 120 GB
WD Caviar Black SATA6 1TB (reused)
Corsair TX650w PSU (reused)

Currently I'm running stock speeds with turbo set to 4.5GHz. The experience score 7.8/7.8/7.9/7.9/7.9. Boot times to Windows 7 are around 20 seconds including POST. I am pleased ;)
 

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