New build, still a long way to go.

novacheck · Mar 26, 2008

Well, I was excited when I got my new motherboard and case. If you knew what I started with, you would understand.

Intel D945GCCR motherboard
Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2140
1gb Samsung DDR2-667 Ram
320gb Western Digital HDD
and a beat up Gateway GT-5464 Case.

Eventually, I moved everything to an Emachines case. It wasn't much better, but it looked nicer. A couple of months later, I purchased another 320gb HDD, and 2gb's of PNY DDR2-667 ram, and threw those in as well. Then, for some strange reason, I ended up with a PNY 8500GT video card. After that, my power supply went out. I picked up a Dynex 400 watt PSU. But, I still wasn't happy.
Then, one day, I stumbled across these forums. After a few posts, someone mentioned they had a mobo (MSI Neo2-FR) and case for sale. Nothing has been the same since. Thank you Daedalus :respect:

. Now, I thought I would post some pics of everything, and hopefully start a log of my upgrades. If anyone see's anything I can improve upon, please feel free to let me know.

This is what I started with...

Nice little rat's nest...

This is what I have now...

Side view...

Top view...

Cable management 1...

Cable management 2...

Cable management 3...

And a little something extra. I love my monitor...

I have a little more work to do on my cable management, but everything is nice so far. I should be getting an 8800gt in the near future, along with an Arctic Freezer Pro 7, witch should be here tomorrow.

Enjoy.

DaedalusHelios · Mar 26, 2008

Nice photos! I like how you did everything. Hopefully a new 8800gt will give you that performance your rig is lined up for.

I like how you did the photos. You must have a better camera than me. :eek:

novacheck · Mar 26, 2008

I couldn't tell you on the camera part. It is just a Kodak C330. Piece of junk.

DaedalusHelios · Mar 26, 2008

novacheck said:
I couldn't tell you on the camera part. It is just a Kodak C330. Piece of junk.

You must be better at taking candid shots then me then. I have a 5 megapixel HP which should be considered a better camera. I also have a rebel XT I use at work on occasion.

novacheck · Mar 26, 2008

This cam is only 4.1 MP. I didn't think I was that good at taking pictures

. Good to know.

DaedalusHelios · Mar 26, 2008

That looks like the MSI 8500gt right?

novacheck · Mar 26, 2008

Something like that. It is a PNY, though. They do look similar.

novacheck · Mar 26, 2008

I will it proper after a bit, but the Video Card is for sale. Just to let everyone know.

DaedalusHelios · Mar 26, 2008

PNY's OC pretty good. I believe they use three phase power designs. :toast:

novacheck · Mar 26, 2008

I am not sure about this card. I really haven't been able to find anything about this exact model. It is always the XFX, or the BFG.

MKmods · Mar 27, 2008

novacheck said:
I couldn't tell you on the camera part. It is just a Kodak C330. Piece of junk.

LOL, I know your pain I use a Kodak 2MP model...

Very nice work on the case and wiring. :toast:

novacheck · Mar 27, 2008

Well, my new cooler seems to have been left behind in Lexington KY. I have been tracking it, and it arrived yesterday at 10:41pm. As of right now, it is still there. I should be getting it tomorrow, but I don't know now. When I get it, I will update my pics.

MKmods said:
LOL, I know your pain I use a Kodak 2MP model...

Very nice work on the case and wiring.

I have to fight with it everytime I turn it on. The lens doesn't want to come out. You have to keep trying to zoom out with it, and eventually it will come out. But the zoom also barely works. It keeps going into digital zoom before it wants to zoom regularly. Oh, well. Can't win with everything. :banghead:

Scrizz · Mar 27, 2008

I use my cell phone cam, lol

nice job on the pc!!

novacheck · Mar 27, 2008

Scrizz said:
I use my cell phone cam, lol

nice job on the pc!!

Well, I have old phones also.

No cams there. Thank you guys for the good words.

JrRacinFan · Mar 27, 2008

Nice rig nova! I wonder what made you go with that motherboard and case?

Either way, nice cable management, also to add I have a 500W version of your psu and they actually work very VERY well and dont get warm at all.

Throw us a few benches and happy to see you are liking it!

novacheck · Mar 27, 2008

What kind of benches would you guys like to see. So far I only have 3dmark 06. I have low scores in it due to my gfx card.

novacheck · Mar 27, 2008

This is still on stock cooling. And I am limited on my OC with my ram. It won't boot past 750mhz

JrRacinFan · Mar 27, 2008

Wait a sec, thats PC Wizard 08?! And you are running with an AC 7 Pro? Hmmmm ....

Give us a SuperPI 1M run and an Aquamark 3 run.

novacheck · Mar 27, 2008

No, I don't have the Freezer yet. That is on stock cooling. Core 2 Duo HSF. Getting the software, and doing the runs. Post them shortly.

JrRacinFan · Mar 27, 2008

I just saw something and it seems kind of weird. Anyone else notice the PSU volts on the rails? They look a little low.

Throw us a pic of your volt monitoring in your bios while your at it.

novacheck · Mar 27, 2008

SuperPi. Thought I would throw in a few extra for you.

novacheck · Mar 27, 2008

novacheck · Mar 27, 2008

JrRacinFan · Mar 27, 2008

On that 8500GT, see if you can pull your core clock down and up your shader more and see what you got from there.

EDIT: Also thank you for the SuperPI and the volts. Looks good to me!

novacheck · Mar 27, 2008

And my crappy 3dMark06 scores.

Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.6ghz
Motherboard	Asus P5N-D
Cooling	Xigmatec HDT-S1283 - Lapped
Memory	4x1gb OCZ Fatality DDR2 1066mhz
Video Card(s)	2x EVGA 8800GT SC SLI
Storage	Seagate 7200.10 320gb HDD ; 2x Barricuda 7200.10 80gb RAID-0 ; 2x Spinpoint 120gb RAID-0
Display(s)	Westinghouse LCM 22W3 22" LCD Widescreen,
Case	Antec P182
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
Power Supply	Antec TPQ 850 watt
Software	Windows Vista Home Premium x-64

System Name	Cosmos F1000
Processor	i9-9900k
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370XP SLI, BIOS 15a
Cooling	Corsair H100i, Panaflo's on case
Memory	XPG GAMMIX D30 2x16GB DDR4 3200 CL16
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 2080 ti
Storage	1TB 960 Pro, 2TB Samsung 850 Pro, 4TB WD Hard Drive
Display(s)	ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q 27"
Case	CM Cosmos 1000
Audio Device(s)	logitech 5.1 system (midrange quality)
Power Supply	CORSAIR HXi HX1000i 1000watt
Mouse	G400s Logitech
Keyboard	K65 RGB Corsair Tenkeyless Cherry Red MX
Software	Win10 Pro, Win7 x64 Professional

Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.6ghz
Motherboard	Asus P5N-D
Cooling	Xigmatec HDT-S1283 - Lapped
Memory	4x1gb OCZ Fatality DDR2 1066mhz
Video Card(s)	2x EVGA 8800GT SC SLI
Storage	Seagate 7200.10 320gb HDD ; 2x Barricuda 7200.10 80gb RAID-0 ; 2x Spinpoint 120gb RAID-0
Display(s)	Westinghouse LCM 22W3 22" LCD Widescreen,
Case	Antec P182
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
Power Supply	Antec TPQ 850 watt
Software	Windows Vista Home Premium x-64

System Name	Cosmos F1000
Processor	i9-9900k
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z370XP SLI, BIOS 15a
Cooling	Corsair H100i, Panaflo's on case
Memory	XPG GAMMIX D30 2x16GB DDR4 3200 CL16
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 2080 ti
Storage	1TB 960 Pro, 2TB Samsung 850 Pro, 4TB WD Hard Drive
Display(s)	ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q 27"
Case	CM Cosmos 1000
Audio Device(s)	logitech 5.1 system (midrange quality)
Power Supply	CORSAIR HXi HX1000i 1000watt
Mouse	G400s Logitech
Keyboard	K65 RGB Corsair Tenkeyless Cherry Red MX
Software	Win10 Pro, Win7 x64 Professional

Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.6ghz
Motherboard	Asus P5N-D
Cooling	Xigmatec HDT-S1283 - Lapped
Memory	4x1gb OCZ Fatality DDR2 1066mhz
Video Card(s)	2x EVGA 8800GT SC SLI
Storage	Seagate 7200.10 320gb HDD ; 2x Barricuda 7200.10 80gb RAID-0 ; 2x Spinpoint 120gb RAID-0
Display(s)	Westinghouse LCM 22W3 22" LCD Widescreen,
Case	Antec P182
Audio Device(s)	Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
Power Supply	Antec TPQ 850 watt
Software	Windows Vista Home Premium x-64

System Name	Crossflow III
Processor	AMD 965 (4.04Ghz)
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair III
Cooling	Air
Memory	4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T
Video Card(s)	single 9800GT
Storage	Raptor 150's in Raid0
Display(s)	LG Flatron 24"
Case	Custom
Audio Device(s)	AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637
Power Supply	Custom modded Corsair 750HX
Software	Win 7 64/Solaris Utility
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06--21963 so far

System Name	:)
Processor	Intel 13700k
Motherboard	Gigabyte z790 UD AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	64GB GSKILL DDR5
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RTX 4090 Gaming OC
Storage	960GB Optane 905P U.2 SSD + 4TB PCIe4 U.2 SSD
Display(s)	Alienware AW3423DW 175Hz QD-OLED + Nixeus 27" IPS 1440p 144Hz
Case	Fractal Design Torrent
Audio Device(s)	MOTU M4 - JBL 305P MKII w/2x JL Audio 10 Sealed --- X-Fi Titanium HD - Presonus Eris E5 - JBL 4412
Power Supply	Silverstone 1000W
Mouse	Roccat Kain 122 AIMO
Keyboard	KBD67 Lite / Mammoth75
VR HMD	Reverb G2 V2
Software	Win 11 Pro

System Name	Dual Build Streamer
Processor	Ryzen 7900x3d : Ryzen 4600G
Motherboard	AsRock B650E Steel Legend : Giga B450i Aorus
Cooling	Custom Water 1x420 : Stock
Memory	32GB T-Force Deltas : 16GB Dominator Platinums
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7900 XTX Liquid Devil: iGPU
Storage	20+ TB
Display(s)	Sammy 49" 5k Ultrawide
Case	Custom White Painted Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2
Audio Device(s)	Onboard : Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W P2
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite White
Keyboard	Hyperx Origins 65
Software	Windows 10

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