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TazzMania

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Processor AMD XP 2800 Barton @2193.53 Mhz
Motherboard ABIT NF7 Ver 2.0 NForce-2 Ultra 400
Cooling 3 Antec Case Fans , Antec CPU Fan
Memory Corsair TWINX512-3200 @ 350 Mhz
Video Card(s) Sapphire X800 GTO 256 Meg AGP (Not O/C)
Storage 3 Segate 120 Gig
Display(s) Sony 17 inch Flat panel
Case Antec
Audio Device(s) Nforce 2 onboard 5.1
Power Supply Coolmaster 450w dual 12v Rails
To view this case mod, go here.



Specs:
AMD XP Barton 2800 O/C : 2256 Mhz (180/12.5 @ 1.7v) Sapphire X800GTO: Core-400 Mem-490 16 pipes
O/C Sapphire X800GTO: Core-444 Mem-573 16 pipes
3 Seagate ATA133 120 Gig drives,Toshiba 16 DVD-RW dual layer, Corsair TWINX 512 Meg 3200 @360 Mhz, Nforce 2 Audio with Logetech 5.1 Surround speakers, Coolmaster 450w Dual 12v rail Power supply, Sony Flat panel 17 inch LCD

Mods:
New parts:
1. Artic Cooling ATI Silencer 5 Rev 2
2. Thermaltake A1899 Extreme Spirit North and South bridge cooler and heat sinks
3. Additional 80mm intake fan in front of case
4. PC toys ATA 133 18/24 inch round ide cables
5. PC toys FDD 18 inch round cable
6. Sunbeam Chameleon Laser Light controler w/4 lights (just for fun)

Bench marks-
Stock- 3DMark03 9552 3DMark05 4946 Aquamark3 52053
O/C- 3DMark03 10300 3DMark05 5400 Aquamark3 52389

Notes:
Still need to clean up some cables inside and fix face plate for the watt meter on front of case
 
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System Name Onus
Processor E8500 @ 3.95ghz ~1.25v
Motherboard ASUS P5E Deluxe
Cooling Scythe Orochi cpu, 5x 120mm Zalman red LED case fans, stock GPU coolers
Memory 8gb (4x2gb) G.Skill PC8000 5-5-5-15
Video Card(s) 2x ASUS 3870x2s
Storage 4x160gb RAID 0 Main, 2x 500gb RAID 0 media storage.
Display(s) LG W2600H
Case Lian Li PC-A70B, painted black and other modded aspects :)
Audio Device(s) HT Omega Striker. Klipsch RF-3II fronts, Yamaha NS-A222 rears, Klipsch RC-3II center, Klipsch SUB12
Power Supply Corsair CMPSU-750TX
Software Windows 7 Ultimate x64, lots of games, photoshop n stuff.
Nice system, cables are a little messy on the inside but for how many drives you have it's really pretty nice. Great scores too. Only thing I don't like are the mix of white and black drives on the front.
 

TazzMania

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Processor AMD XP 2800 Barton @2193.53 Mhz
Motherboard ABIT NF7 Ver 2.0 NForce-2 Ultra 400
Cooling 3 Antec Case Fans , Antec CPU Fan
Memory Corsair TWINX512-3200 @ 350 Mhz
Video Card(s) Sapphire X800 GTO 256 Meg AGP (Not O/C)
Storage 3 Segate 120 Gig
Display(s) Sony 17 inch Flat panel
Case Antec
Audio Device(s) Nforce 2 onboard 5.1
Power Supply Coolmaster 450w dual 12v Rails
wtf8269 said:
Nice system, cables are a little messy on the inside but for how many drives you have it's really pretty nice. Great scores too. Only thing I don't like are the mix of white and black drives on the front.


Thanks for the comments...but no rating :( I like your idea to reverse the harddrives .... not sure if it is possible with my case layout also still using ata133 not sata will require more room....will take a look at it.

Thanks again
 
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Memory 32GB Ripjaws V 3200
Video Card(s) Asus 2090 ti Strix
Storage Samsung 970 Pro 1tb
Display(s) Alienware aw3418dw
Case Thermaltake View 91
Power Supply seasonic 1kw
I did that also... its just a bitch sometimes and interferes with my fan
 
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System Name Box of Distraction
Processor Ryzen 7 1800X
Motherboard Crosshair VI Hero
Cooling Custom watercooling
Memory G.Skill TridentZ 2x8GB @ 3466MHz CL14 1T
Video Card(s) EVGA 1080Ti FE. WC'd & TDP limit increased to 360W.
Storage Samsung 960 Evo 500GB & WD Black 2TB storage drive.
Display(s) Asus ROG Swift PG278QR 27" 1440P 165hz Gsync
Case Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s) Phillips Fidelio X2 headphones / basic Bose speakers
Power Supply EVGA Supernova 750W G3
Mouse Logitech G602
Keyboard Cherry MX Board 6.0 (mx red switches)
Software Win 10 & Linux Mint
Benchmark Scores https://hwbot.org/user/infrared
Nice system! I like your idea of taking pictures as your built it up... wish i'd done that.

Hey, you wanna check out the bios on the motherboard to see if there's any settings affecting the PCIe slots. I found a few settings in there that boosted my graphics card performance significantly. Before i was getting roughly the same 3dmark05 scores as you, and afterwards, getting 6k and up.

The settings you should look for are:

PEG buffer length - set to [long]
PEG link mode - Set to [faster]

There's a couple others, but they don't seem to have as much of an impact.

Hows you memory performing? Can i see a sisoft sandra memory bandwidth benchmark? Oh, and pcmark05. :D

Good job!
 

TazzMania

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Processor AMD XP 2800 Barton @2193.53 Mhz
Motherboard ABIT NF7 Ver 2.0 NForce-2 Ultra 400
Cooling 3 Antec Case Fans , Antec CPU Fan
Memory Corsair TWINX512-3200 @ 350 Mhz
Video Card(s) Sapphire X800 GTO 256 Meg AGP (Not O/C)
Storage 3 Segate 120 Gig
Display(s) Sony 17 inch Flat panel
Case Antec
Audio Device(s) Nforce 2 onboard 5.1
Power Supply Coolmaster 450w dual 12v Rails
infrared said:
The settings you should look for are:

PEG buffer length - set to [long]
PEG link mode - Set to [faster]

There's a couple others, but they don't seem to have as much of an impact.

Hows you memory performing? Can i see a sisoft sandra memory bandwidth benchmark? Oh, and pcmark05. :D

Good job!

Thanks for the comments...I have a AGP video card ....I will run the bench on the ram and post the scores....Thanks again for the rating.

Tazz
 
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Video Card(s) EVGA 1080Ti FE. WC'd & TDP limit increased to 360W.
Storage Samsung 960 Evo 500GB & WD Black 2TB storage drive.
Display(s) Asus ROG Swift PG278QR 27" 1440P 165hz Gsync
Case Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s) Phillips Fidelio X2 headphones / basic Bose speakers
Power Supply EVGA Supernova 750W G3
Mouse Logitech G602
Keyboard Cherry MX Board 6.0 (mx red switches)
Software Win 10 & Linux Mint
Benchmark Scores https://hwbot.org/user/infrared
lol, no probs. It deserves a good rating!


I'm off for the night, cya later
 

TazzMania

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Processor AMD XP 2800 Barton @2193.53 Mhz
Motherboard ABIT NF7 Ver 2.0 NForce-2 Ultra 400
Cooling 3 Antec Case Fans , Antec CPU Fan
Memory Corsair TWINX512-3200 @ 350 Mhz
Video Card(s) Sapphire X800 GTO 256 Meg AGP (Not O/C)
Storage 3 Segate 120 Gig
Display(s) Sony 17 inch Flat panel
Case Antec
Audio Device(s) Nforce 2 onboard 5.1
Power Supply Coolmaster 450w dual 12v Rails
Thanks for the rating of 1.....hope it brings you own confidence up !!!!

Tazz
 

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System Name Gamer
Processor amd phenom quad core 9950 black edition
Motherboard msi ms-7309
Cooling 120mm front,120mm rear
Memory 2gigs ddr2 800
Video Card(s) BFG gtx 260 maxcore
Storage wd 160gig sata2 hd
Display(s) LG 20in widescreen
Case USP 100
Audio Device(s) onboard Logitech x-530 5.1 spkrs
Power Supply Antec Neo 550watt
Software windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
heat rises

just wondering why you have your tower right up near the cieling, i would put closer to the floor so it will run cooler..heat does rise and it will be warmer up there.
 

TazzMania

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Processor AMD XP 2800 Barton @2193.53 Mhz
Motherboard ABIT NF7 Ver 2.0 NForce-2 Ultra 400
Cooling 3 Antec Case Fans , Antec CPU Fan
Memory Corsair TWINX512-3200 @ 350 Mhz
Video Card(s) Sapphire X800 GTO 256 Meg AGP (Not O/C)
Storage 3 Segate 120 Gig
Display(s) Sony 17 inch Flat panel
Case Antec
Audio Device(s) Nforce 2 onboard 5.1
Power Supply Coolmaster 450w dual 12v Rails
newmodder said:
just wondering why you have your tower right up near the cieling, i would put closer to the floor so it will run cooler..heat does rise and it will be warmer up there.

My desk has a bay for the tower but it is closed ....and gets just as warm....I live on the Central coast of CA so the house stays around 70 F ..... Also it is nice to see the case out in the open. Thanks for the inputs.

Tazz
 

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Video Card(s) XFX 9600GT
Storage Seagate 7200.11 500GB
Display(s) Acer AL2216Wbd and Acer AL1717
Case Gigabyte 3DAurora Black
Audio Device(s) Creative X-Fi Extreme Gamer Faitality
Power Supply OCZ GameXStream 500w
nice looking comp. i may be mistaken but is that an oem case?

i give it an 8
 

TazzMania

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Processor AMD XP 2800 Barton @2193.53 Mhz
Motherboard ABIT NF7 Ver 2.0 NForce-2 Ultra 400
Cooling 3 Antec Case Fans , Antec CPU Fan
Memory Corsair TWINX512-3200 @ 350 Mhz
Video Card(s) Sapphire X800 GTO 256 Meg AGP (Not O/C)
Storage 3 Segate 120 Gig
Display(s) Sony 17 inch Flat panel
Case Antec
Audio Device(s) Nforce 2 onboard 5.1
Power Supply Coolmaster 450w dual 12v Rails
KennyT772 said:
nice looking comp. i may be mistaken but is that an oem case?

i give it an 8


Here is the basic case that I bought at a local store in North Carolina..I stripped out the old power supply and installed the rest of my hardware...Thanks for the score!!!


ACI Acryllic Window Black/Silver MidTower ATX 400W PS w/2 Front USB
Mfg. Part No. F3131C400SB
Product Information
400Watt Power Supply
Acryllic Window with case fan
2 x Front USB Ports
4 x 5.25" Drive Bays
1 x 3.5" Drive Bay (external)
2 x 3.5" Drive Basy (internal)
Extra case fan in rear (optional, not included)
Carrying Handle on the top
 
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