Phenomenal: Phenom II X4 AGP rig - Page 2

waspman3 · Jan 3, 2013, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by TRWOV

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/920/phenomenal.png

I really like Asrock and their little nifty boards, they always cater to some specific needs: 2011 board with a floppy connector? check. 865G AGP based board released in 2012 for no apparent reason? check. A board drafted for 775 P4s that at its EOL supports Core 2 Quads? got you covered.

One of those curious boards is the AM2NF3-VSTA. It really shows a lot of Asrock's ingenuity: supports AM2, AM2+ and AM3 CPUs up to 125w, DDR2-1066 and AGP cards. Basically a dream machine for any AGP user with a "high-end" card (HD 3850/4670).

There's a caveat though: due to nVidia's shenanigans, the nforce3 chipset doesn't have a working multi-core GART driver for 64bit OSes; only single core CPUs work in that configuration and, because of that, the usefulness of using a modern OS is lost and if you stick to XP 32bit with a working multi-core GART then you can't take advantage of the 4 DDR2 slots. My intent is to research this issue and, hopefully, get to a working solution.

Will I be able to overcome all of that and become an internet hero

or will I cry frustration tears like all others before me?

Dude looks like a sweet rig. Just looking at it makes me want to configure one of my own again.

Jstn7477 · Jan 3, 2013, 11:51 PM

I added fet sinks to my AM2NF3-VSTA and a few of them are still loose for some reason after a day of the 2 part glue curing, but so far they are running at a cool 50c under full load from an X3 8550 from what my IR thermometer gun is telling me. I'll leave it running for another day and make sure the sinks are solid before I dare mount it back in its case and put the 965BE back in.

TRWOV · Jan 5, 2013, 12:18 AM

Heatsinks installed:

Jstn7477 · Jan 5, 2013, 12:29 AM

Those came out good. I'm embarrassed to look at my board and the sloppy arctic cooling sinks I glued on, but they work great and my VRM temps are like 55c max now @ 3.5GHz/1.35v on my 965BE.

TRWOV · Jan 5, 2013, 01:12 AM

I was planning to change the capacitors but they are nichicon and Panasonic. I guess I'll test with them first.

TRWOV · Jan 5, 2013, 10:10 PM

Window installed:

I've hit a wall it seems. The bios that shipped with the board is 2.50, going by the sticker, and it seems that it doesn't want to boot with the Sempron... although there's a weird thing: the PSU fires up as soon as I turn on the PSU's switch.

I removed the RAM and CPU but it still turns on. No beep codes. Short? I'm using it outside the case.

EDIT: Unplugged everything, including the CPU and the PSU fires up as soon as I plug the 20pin connector. What would cause this?

Jstn7477 · Jan 5, 2013, 10:21 PM

Did you clear CMOS and everything? If Power ON after AC Loss is enabled, the board will instantly turn on when power is reapplied.

TRWOV · Jan 5, 2013, 10:27 PM

yup, cleared CMOS before turning it on

Jstn7477 · Jan 5, 2013, 10:30 PM

Darn, might be bricked unless the PSU is DOA. Not quite sure on that one.

TRWOV · Jan 5, 2013, 10:35 PM

PSU is fine, used a tester on it before. mmm... I guess I'll have to buy a Sempron 3200 or something, I had thought it would at least boot... but I find the lack of beep codes disturbing.

Jstn7477 · Jan 5, 2013, 10:39 PM

I'm pretty sure my Sempron 130 worked out of the box. I don't know why it wouldn't besides outdated AGESA code although I did originally run my board with a Phenom 9750 and may have done the BIOS upgrade to 3.40 then.

TRWOV · Jan 5, 2013, 10:48 PM

Ok, I don't know what I did but the PSU is behaving normally now. Still no beep codes.

I guess I'll hunt for an AM2 CPU.

Jstn7477 · Jan 5, 2013, 11:13 PM

I have an X3 8550 if you're interested.

eidairaman1 · Jan 5, 2013, 11:20 PM

use a spare PSU, if that board has a power switch on it- could be cause, check the front panel button headers too.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRWOV

Window installed:

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/4418/img0984y.jpg

I've hit a wall it seems. The bios that shipped with the board is 2.50, going by the sticker, and it seems that it doesn't want to boot with the Sempron... although there's a weird thing: the PSU fires up as soon as I turn on the PSU's switch.

I removed the RAM and CPU but it still turns on. No beep codes. Short? I'm using it outside the case.

EDIT: Unplugged everything, including the CPU and the PSU fires up as soon as I plug the 20pin connector. What would cause this?

Jayzilla · Jan 7, 2013, 04:40 AM

Man. You just never let the AGP die. I'm so glad to see this work-log. You have finished 2-3 systems and I haven't got close to 15%.

So you aren't using any Zotac PCI for Physx? Looks like Cooler Master is your sponsor for this project.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRWOV

Ok, I don't know what I did but the PSU is behaving normally now. Still no beep codes.

I guess I'll hunt for an AM2 CPU.

When I got my board it has the P2.50 sticker on the BIOS chip. I don't remember the version it actually has, but an AM2 chip was needed to flash the bios. I still having the booting problem sometimes....but I'm not sure what is the cause. As for now I am fine I guess. I hope you don't experience the issues I had. I am just doubting the stability for this board with the Phenom II X4 chips. One small thing with this rig is you'll need to do the restart/shutdown manually.

Cuzza · Jan 7, 2013, 07:07 AM

AGP ftw! A few years ago I wanted to go GPU folding on my AGP board so I dug up a AGP 3850. Never got it to work. Haven't used AGP since. I will be watching with interest!

TRWOV · Jan 10, 2013, 07:28 PM

Ended up ordering an updated bios chip on ebay.

3870x2 · Jan 10, 2013, 07:31 PM

Just the chip? are you going to have to solder that on?

Jstn7477 · Jan 10, 2013, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3870x2

Just the chip? are you going to have to solder that on?

It's a socketed PLCC package CMOS chip, pictured to the left of the PCI slots.

eidairaman1 · Jan 11, 2013, 07:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jstn7477

It's a socketed PLCC package CMOS chip, pictured to the left of the PCI slots.

thank goodness, I hate how board makers have went back to soldering the chips.

TRWOV · Feb 1, 2013, 06:29 PM

A small change. The case used will be this:

theubersmurf · Feb 1, 2013, 07:17 PM

I like the older case better, why the change?

TRWOV · Feb 2, 2013, 08:48 PM

The bottom of the frontal panel looks like a helmet somewhat and gave me an idea, plus it has a black interior and has more room.

I still have the other one so I can always swap again.

TRWOV · Apr 19, 2013, 05:50 AM

Small update. Got an X-Fi XtremeMusic for the build.

TRWOV · Apr 28, 2013, 11:00 PM

Got a pair of 160GB drives to install both W7 x64 and XP to get started with the testing.

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Jan 3, 2013, 11:51 PM	#27
Jstn7477 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sarasota, Florida, USA Posts: 3,248 (2.34/day) Thanks: 397 Thanked 1,249 Times in 840 Posts System Specs	I added fet sinks to my AM2NF3-VSTA and a few of them are still loose for some reason after a day of the 2 part glue curing, but so far they are running at a cool 50c under full load from an X3 8550 from what my IR thermometer gun is telling me. I'll leave it running for another day and make sure the sinks are solid before I dare mount it back in its case and put the 965BE back in. __________________ Intel Crunchers (34 threads): 4770K 4.3G (7t), 2x 3770K 4.3G (14t), 2600K 4G (7t), X3210 (3t), P-M 735A, P4 HT 3G AMD Crunchers (12 cores):1100T 3.6G (3t), 1045T 3.4G (2t), X4 640 3.2G, X2 4200+, T64 ML-37 AMD Folders (6272 GCN cores): 2x 7950 1125/1475, 7970 1150/1650, 7770 1100/1200 NV Folders (2336 GF10x + 1344 GK104 cores):GTX 470 & 465 720/1715, 4x 460 768MB 825/2000, GTS 450, 660Ti 1228/6000 HEATWARE

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Jan 5, 2013, 12:18 AM	#28
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,138 (3.15/day) Thanks: 813 Thanked 1,145 Times in 591 Posts System Specs	Heatsinks installed: __________________ CRUNCHERS - 1090t - 2x1055t - X4 620 OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB DDR-400 - HD4670 AGP - Audigy 2 ZS - Physx PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB DDR2-1066 - HD3850 AGP - X-Fi - Physx PPU WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB DDR-500 - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA RB scraps - IC7-G - P4 3.4E - 4GB DDR500 - HD2600XT AGP - X-Fi - iRAM WIP

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Jan 5, 2013, 12:29 AM	#29
Jstn7477 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sarasota, Florida, USA Posts: 3,248 (2.34/day) Thanks: 397 Thanked 1,249 Times in 840 Posts System Specs	Those came out good. I'm embarrassed to look at my board and the sloppy arctic cooling sinks I glued on, but they work great and my VRM temps are like 55c max now @ 3.5GHz/1.35v on my 965BE. __________________ Intel Crunchers (34 threads): 4770K 4.3G (7t), 2x 3770K 4.3G (14t), 2600K 4G (7t), X3210 (3t), P-M 735A, P4 HT 3G AMD Crunchers (12 cores):1100T 3.6G (3t), 1045T 3.4G (2t), X4 640 3.2G, X2 4200+, T64 ML-37 AMD Folders (6272 GCN cores): 2x 7950 1125/1475, 7970 1150/1650, 7770 1100/1200 NV Folders (2336 GF10x + 1344 GK104 cores):GTX 470 & 465 720/1715, 4x 460 768MB 825/2000, GTS 450, 660Ti 1228/6000 HEATWARE

Jan 5, 2013, 01:12 AM	#30
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,138 (3.15/day) Thanks: 813 Thanked 1,145 Times in 591 Posts System Specs	I was planning to change the capacitors but they are nichicon and Panasonic. I guess I'll test with them first. __________________ CRUNCHERS - 1090t - 2x1055t - X4 620 OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB DDR-400 - HD4670 AGP - Audigy 2 ZS - Physx PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB DDR2-1066 - HD3850 AGP - X-Fi - Physx PPU WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB DDR-500 - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA RB scraps - IC7-G - P4 3.4E - 4GB DDR500 - HD2600XT AGP - X-Fi - iRAM WIP

Jan 5, 2013, 10:10 PM	#31
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,138 (3.15/day) Thanks: 813 Thanked 1,145 Times in 591 Posts System Specs	Window installed: I've hit a wall it seems. The bios that shipped with the board is 2.50, going by the sticker, and it seems that it doesn't want to boot with the Sempron... although there's a weird thing: the PSU fires up as soon as I turn on the PSU's switch. I removed the RAM and CPU but it still turns on. No beep codes. Short? I'm using it outside the case. EDIT: Unplugged everything, including the CPU and the PSU fires up as soon as I plug the 20pin connector. What would cause this? __________________ CRUNCHERS - 1090t - 2x1055t - X4 620 OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB DDR-400 - HD4670 AGP - Audigy 2 ZS - Physx PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB DDR2-1066 - HD3850 AGP - X-Fi - Physx PPU WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB DDR-500 - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA RB scraps - IC7-G - P4 3.4E - 4GB DDR500 - HD2600XT AGP - X-Fi - iRAM WIP Last edited by TRWOV; Jan 5, 2013 at 10:17 PM.

Jan 5, 2013, 10:21 PM	#32
Jstn7477 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sarasota, Florida, USA Posts: 3,248 (2.34/day) Thanks: 397 Thanked 1,249 Times in 840 Posts System Specs	Did you clear CMOS and everything? If Power ON after AC Loss is enabled, the board will instantly turn on when power is reapplied. __________________ Intel Crunchers (34 threads): 4770K 4.3G (7t), 2x 3770K 4.3G (14t), 2600K 4G (7t), X3210 (3t), P-M 735A, P4 HT 3G AMD Crunchers (12 cores):1100T 3.6G (3t), 1045T 3.4G (2t), X4 640 3.2G, X2 4200+, T64 ML-37 AMD Folders (6272 GCN cores): 2x 7950 1125/1475, 7970 1150/1650, 7770 1100/1200 NV Folders (2336 GF10x + 1344 GK104 cores):GTX 470 & 465 720/1715, 4x 460 768MB 825/2000, GTS 450, 660Ti 1228/6000 HEATWARE

Jan 5, 2013, 10:27 PM	#33
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,138 (3.15/day) Thanks: 813 Thanked 1,145 Times in 591 Posts System Specs	yup, cleared CMOS before turning it on __________________ CRUNCHERS - 1090t - 2x1055t - X4 620 OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB DDR-400 - HD4670 AGP - Audigy 2 ZS - Physx PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB DDR2-1066 - HD3850 AGP - X-Fi - Physx PPU WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB DDR-500 - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA RB scraps - IC7-G - P4 3.4E - 4GB DDR500 - HD2600XT AGP - X-Fi - iRAM WIP

Jan 5, 2013, 10:30 PM	#34
Jstn7477 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sarasota, Florida, USA Posts: 3,248 (2.34/day) Thanks: 397 Thanked 1,249 Times in 840 Posts System Specs	Darn, might be bricked unless the PSU is DOA. Not quite sure on that one. __________________ Intel Crunchers (34 threads): 4770K 4.3G (7t), 2x 3770K 4.3G (14t), 2600K 4G (7t), X3210 (3t), P-M 735A, P4 HT 3G AMD Crunchers (12 cores):1100T 3.6G (3t), 1045T 3.4G (2t), X4 640 3.2G, X2 4200+, T64 ML-37 AMD Folders (6272 GCN cores): 2x 7950 1125/1475, 7970 1150/1650, 7770 1100/1200 NV Folders (2336 GF10x + 1344 GK104 cores):GTX 470 & 465 720/1715, 4x 460 768MB 825/2000, GTS 450, 660Ti 1228/6000 HEATWARE

Jan 5, 2013, 10:35 PM	#35
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,138 (3.15/day) Thanks: 813 Thanked 1,145 Times in 591 Posts System Specs	PSU is fine, used a tester on it before. mmm... I guess I'll have to buy a Sempron 3200 or something, I had thought it would at least boot... but I find the lack of beep codes disturbing. __________________ CRUNCHERS - 1090t - 2x1055t - X4 620 OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB DDR-400 - HD4670 AGP - Audigy 2 ZS - Physx PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB DDR2-1066 - HD3850 AGP - X-Fi - Physx PPU WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB DDR-500 - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA RB scraps - IC7-G - P4 3.4E - 4GB DDR500 - HD2600XT AGP - X-Fi - iRAM WIP

Jan 5, 2013, 10:39 PM	#36
Jstn7477 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sarasota, Florida, USA Posts: 3,248 (2.34/day) Thanks: 397 Thanked 1,249 Times in 840 Posts System Specs	I'm pretty sure my Sempron 130 worked out of the box. I don't know why it wouldn't besides outdated AGESA code although I did originally run my board with a Phenom 9750 and may have done the BIOS upgrade to 3.40 then. __________________ Intel Crunchers (34 threads): 4770K 4.3G (7t), 2x 3770K 4.3G (14t), 2600K 4G (7t), X3210 (3t), P-M 735A, P4 HT 3G AMD Crunchers (12 cores):1100T 3.6G (3t), 1045T 3.4G (2t), X4 640 3.2G, X2 4200+, T64 ML-37 AMD Folders (6272 GCN cores): 2x 7950 1125/1475, 7970 1150/1650, 7770 1100/1200 NV Folders (2336 GF10x + 1344 GK104 cores):GTX 470 & 465 720/1715, 4x 460 768MB 825/2000, GTS 450, 660Ti 1228/6000 HEATWARE

Jan 5, 2013, 10:48 PM	#37
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,138 (3.15/day) Thanks: 813 Thanked 1,145 Times in 591 Posts System Specs	Ok, I don't know what I did but the PSU is behaving normally now. Still no beep codes. I guess I'll hunt for an AM2 CPU. __________________ CRUNCHERS - 1090t - 2x1055t - X4 620 OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB DDR-400 - HD4670 AGP - Audigy 2 ZS - Physx PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB DDR2-1066 - HD3850 AGP - X-Fi - Physx PPU WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB DDR-500 - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA RB scraps - IC7-G - P4 3.4E - 4GB DDR500 - HD2600XT AGP - X-Fi - iRAM WIP

Jan 5, 2013, 11:13 PM	#38
Jstn7477 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sarasota, Florida, USA Posts: 3,248 (2.34/day) Thanks: 397 Thanked 1,249 Times in 840 Posts System Specs	I have an X3 8550 if you're interested. __________________ Intel Crunchers (34 threads): 4770K 4.3G (7t), 2x 3770K 4.3G (14t), 2600K 4G (7t), X3210 (3t), P-M 735A, P4 HT 3G AMD Crunchers (12 cores):1100T 3.6G (3t), 1045T 3.4G (2t), X4 640 3.2G, X2 4200+, T64 ML-37 AMD Folders (6272 GCN cores): 2x 7950 1125/1475, 7970 1150/1650, 7770 1100/1200 NV Folders (2336 GF10x + 1344 GK104 cores):GTX 470 & 465 720/1715, 4x 460 768MB 825/2000, GTS 450, 660Ti 1228/6000 HEATWARE

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Jan 7, 2013, 07:07 AM	#41
Cuzza Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Zealand Posts: 932 (0.43/day) Thanks: 136 Thanked 213 Times in 166 Posts System Specs	AGP ftw! A few years ago I wanted to go GPU folding on my AGP board so I dug up a AGP 3850. Never got it to work. Haven't used AGP since. I will be watching with interest! __________________ My Sega Mod Project - - - - - - - My Macintosh Mod Project “I don't want to get sued by any 9 fungered modders cause I gave them the idea. My wife concurs with me on that, too.” -Mark_Hardware "For one believes he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats only vegetables." - Romans 14:2

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Jan 10, 2013, 07:28 PM	#42
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,138 (3.15/day) Thanks: 813 Thanked 1,145 Times in 591 Posts System Specs	Ended up ordering an updated bios chip on ebay. __________________ CRUNCHERS - 1090t - 2x1055t - X4 620 OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB DDR-400 - HD4670 AGP - Audigy 2 ZS - Physx PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB DDR2-1066 - HD3850 AGP - X-Fi - Physx PPU WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB DDR-500 - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA RB scraps - IC7-G - P4 3.4E - 4GB DDR500 - HD2600XT AGP - X-Fi - iRAM WIP

Jan 10, 2013, 07:31 PM	#43
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Feb 1, 2013, 06:29 PM	#46
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,138 (3.15/day) Thanks: 813 Thanked 1,145 Times in 591 Posts System Specs	A small change. The case used will be this: __________________ CRUNCHERS - 1090t - 2x1055t - X4 620 OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB DDR-400 - HD4670 AGP - Audigy 2 ZS - Physx PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB DDR2-1066 - HD3850 AGP - X-Fi - Physx PPU WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB DDR-500 - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA RB scraps - IC7-G - P4 3.4E - 4GB DDR500 - HD2600XT AGP - X-Fi - iRAM WIP

Feb 1, 2013, 07:17 PM	#47
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Hard Disk:	wd caviar black 500 gigs, Spinpoint F3 1Tb
Optical Drive:	yep, I'd do without if it weren't that installation media were largely optical...
CRT/LCD Model:	Asus IPS 1920x1080
Case:	NZXT Source 220 (Thanks Peet)
Sound Card:	AMD gpu integrated
PSU:	Seasonic X650 80+ GOLD
Software:	Win 7 Pro x64

Feb 2, 2013, 08:48 PM	#48
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,138 (3.15/day) Thanks: 813 Thanked 1,145 Times in 591 Posts System Specs	The bottom of the frontal panel looks like a helmet somewhat and gave me an idea, plus it has a black interior and has more room. I still have the other one so I can always swap again. __________________ CRUNCHERS - 1090t - 2x1055t - X4 620 OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB DDR-400 - HD4670 AGP - Audigy 2 ZS - Physx PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB DDR2-1066 - HD3850 AGP - X-Fi - Physx PPU WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB DDR-500 - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA RB scraps - IC7-G - P4 3.4E - 4GB DDR500 - HD2600XT AGP - X-Fi - iRAM WIP

Apr 19, 2013, 05:50 AM	#49
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,138 (3.15/day) Thanks: 813 Thanked 1,145 Times in 591 Posts System Specs	Small update. Got an X-Fi XtremeMusic for the build. __________________ CRUNCHERS - 1090t - 2x1055t - X4 620 OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB DDR-400 - HD4670 AGP - Audigy 2 ZS - Physx PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB DDR2-1066 - HD3850 AGP - X-Fi - Physx PPU WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB DDR-500 - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA RB scraps - IC7-G - P4 3.4E - 4GB DDR500 - HD2600XT AGP - X-Fi - iRAM WIP

Apr 28, 2013, 11:00 PM	#50
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,138 (3.15/day) Thanks: 813 Thanked 1,145 Times in 591 Posts System Specs	Got a pair of 160GB drives to install both W7 x64 and XP to get started with the testing. __________________ CRUNCHERS - 1090t - 2x1055t - X4 620 OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB DDR-400 - HD4670 AGP - Audigy 2 ZS - Physx PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB DDR2-1066 - HD3850 AGP - X-Fi - Physx PPU WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB DDR-500 - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA RB scraps - IC7-G - P4 3.4E - 4GB DDR500 - HD2600XT AGP - X-Fi - iRAM WIP

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