Green Tea: retro AMD-nVidia build - Page 7

ThE_MaD_ShOt · May 1, 2012, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melvis

Naa that's the mad shots system, mine are running 2x 8600GT's and the other a single 9600GT all at stock settings

MY Sli system is running Linux right now. LOL

TRWOV · May 2, 2012, 03:04 AM

Any tips on OCing the FX60? I don't have any experience with AMD CPUs.

ThE_MaD_ShOt · May 2, 2012, 03:14 AM

Hell I don't oc anymore. I am more for total stability right now as I use most of my system for crunching.

TRWOV · May 2, 2012, 04:07 AM

You can always have a stable OC. What I don't do is overvolt (lost many Celerons due to that), I'm happy to live within the stock voltage but getting as much performance as possible.

BTW, I previously reported that I set the multi at x14 but CPU-Z reported x13... well, dxdiag and the system propreties panel show 2.8Ghz so I guess it's a CPU-Z bug.

burning at 2.8Ghz, 10 loops, standard. Wish me luck.

EDIT:
IBT stable at 2.8Ghz

How safe is to increase the Vcore on AMD CPUs? CPU-World reports the FX60's Vcore as 1.35-1.4V so if I set the Vcore at 1.4v I should be in the clear, right?

There are some BIOS options that I don't understand that much, specially the HTT decode scheme and the HT width. Is there a way to measure their effect? I've already set the HT Link at 1000Mhz (Auto is 800Mhz).

EDIT2:

Ok, I've educated myself a little. Let's see if this wo

eidairaman1 · May 2, 2012, 05:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ThE_MaD_ShOt

Hell I don't oc anymore. I am more for total stability right now as I use most of my system for crunching.

Minor OC wont kill it, aka a 500MHz Increase from Stock

TRWOV · May 3, 2012, 01:10 AM

mmm... I'm not having luck with this. At x15 (3Ghz) it won't boot at any voltage.

I tried to raise the bus speed but the most it can do is 203 with the x14 multi AND HT at x4. With the x13 multi I can go up to 210Mhz with x5 HT and 213 with x4 HT.

I think that I'm hitting the board's ceiling in terms of how much power can it deliver to the CPU. I'll try to get the capacitors replaced and get some VRM heatsinks. Apparently the average OC is 3.2Ghz, I'd like to reach 3Ghz at least.

I'll leave it at 200Mhz x14 CPU x5 HT for the time being. The only thing I don't like is that I can't take advantage of my RAM's 250Mhz rated speed but I've lowered the timmings to 2.5-3-2-5 so not everything is lost.

BTW, there's another thing I've noticed: shouldn't XP detect 3.25GB of RAM??? It only detects 3GB for some reason. W7 detected the whole 4GB so I know that all the slots are working fine.

TRWOV · May 5, 2012, 09:12 PM

ok, this is a first:

A TWIMTBP title that's incompatible with an nVidia card?

_JP_ · May 5, 2012, 10:48 PM

HA! That's what you get for trusting a generic random no-vendor card!

Just kidding, that is really weird.
What game is it? Far Cry?

TRWOV · May 5, 2012, 10:55 PM

Crysis 2

_JP_ · May 5, 2012, 11:07 PM

Well, the minimum requirements for that game lists a 8800GT...so that card is underspec'd.

TRWOV · May 5, 2012, 11:23 PM

oh, that must be it then...

_JP_ · May 6, 2012, 12:00 AM

Shoot for the 1st one.

TRWOV · May 8, 2012, 04:04 AM

so I removed the heatsink to give the card a proper cleaning and found two bulging caps... does anyone knows if GPU caps need to be of the low ESR type? I've found replacements but they aren't low ESR caps.

eidairaman1 · May 8, 2012, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRWOV

so I removed the heatsink to give the card a proper cleaning and found two bulging caps... does anyone knows if GPU caps need to be of the low ESR type? I've found replacements but they aren't low ESR caps.

low ESR is required on all caps to work properly, right now those caps have High ESR

TRWOV · May 9, 2012, 01:31 AM

Someone knows a good site to order low ESR caps from that ships woldwide? I tried eBay but read that there are quite a few bootleg caps out there.

Norton · May 9, 2012, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TRWOV

Someone knows a good site to order low ESR caps from that ships woldwide? I tried eBay but read that there are quite a few bootleg caps out there.

Check these guys...
http://www.newark.com/

stinger608 · May 9, 2012, 03:53 AM

Also Digikey is great and ships world wide! Huge discounts. Caters to individuals as well as very large corps!

http://www.digikey.com/?gclid=CLzI_P...B218cs3juYXzQH

TRWOV · May 9, 2012, 04:01 AM

another question: what range can be considered low ESR?

eidairaman1 · May 9, 2012, 04:36 AM

http://www.badcaps.net/

http://www.capacitorlab.com/failure-modes/index.htm

TRWOV · May 13, 2012, 05:59 PM

Painted the kb and mouse.

I decided to paint the whole front panel green as I couldn't find a way to paint just the front without the edges looking like shit. I'm going to use black DVD and floppy drives with some green accents (the eject button and the floppy lid will be painted green).

Also bought a cheap LCD 5.25" panel:

and the slim DVD 5.25" bracket it's on its way too. All that's left is to mod the power supply and recap the boards.

I got the u-channel molding and finished the window and top blower.

I'm going to replace those screws with black ones later.

Jayzilla · May 14, 2012, 11:51 PM

Cool.

gtoforce · May 21, 2012, 07:28 AM

im so impressed with the interest in retro setups

im using current phenom and cards for gaming etc
but for normal pc usage and playing minor requirement games like Assassins Creed 3 or mass effect 2 (can play mass effect 3 at max but bottlenecked), dragon age, borderlands, i am using my old legend pc which has the specs below:

AMD Athlon FX-60
4gb Ram
ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe
1000w PSU
Win 7 64
ATI 4870x2

i am sad cuz the processor can go further but the pcie 2.0 can only go as far as gtx 285 or 4870
anything modern such as the ati hd 5xxx and above, the pc wont POST
crap...

ThE_MaD_ShOt · May 22, 2012, 12:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gtoforce

im so impressed with the interest in retro setups

im using current phenom and cards for gaming etc
but for normal pc usage and playing minor requirement games like Assassins Creed 3 or mass effect 2 (can play mass effect 3 at max but bottlenecked), dragon age, borderlands, i am using my old legend pc which has the specs below:

AMD Athlon FX-60
4gb Ram
ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe
1000w PSU
Win 7 64
ATI 4870x2

i am sad cuz the processor can go further but the pcie 2.0 can only go as far as gtx 285 or 4870
anything modern such as the ati hd 5xxx and above, the pc wont POST
crap...

Well what you do there is find someone that will trade you S939 board. One that does Sli and put 2 gtx 285's in Sli. Problem solved.

Melvis · May 22, 2012, 03:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gtoforce

i am sad cuz the processor can go further but the pcie 2.0 can only go as far as gtx 285 or 4870
anything modern such as the ati hd 5xxx and above, the pc wont POST
crap...

Im not sure if thats right? i find that a bit odd, i ran a 4870X2 on PCI-E 1.1 with out any issues, im sure ive tested a GTX295 on that also (S939)

I must admit i dont think ive run anything more modern then that on PCI-E 1.1 but im sure they will run on it without fail.

gtoforce · May 22, 2012, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Melvis

Im not sure if thats right? i find that a bit odd, i ran a 4870X2 on PCI-E 1.1 with out any issues, im sure ive tested a GTX295 on that also (S939)

I must admit i dont think ive run anything more modern then that on PCI-E 1.1 but im sure they will run on it without fail.

sorry i was mistaken
i tried the GTX 295 on it...and it ran.
and the A8R32-MVP is a crossfire motherboard
so i did crossfired my 4870x2 but after one burnt, finding another in my country (malaysia) is really difficult

anyways, yeah, the 1.1 can run 2.0 cards but it cant run 2.1 cards

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TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,045 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	Any tips on OCing the FX60? I don't have any experience with AMD CPUs. __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650

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May 2, 2012, 04:07 AM	#154
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,045 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	You can always have a stable OC. What I don't do is overvolt (lost many Celerons due to that), I'm happy to live within the stock voltage but getting as much performance as possible. BTW, I previously reported that I set the multi at x14 but CPU-Z reported x13... well, dxdiag and the system propreties panel show 2.8Ghz so I guess it's a CPU-Z bug. burning at 2.8Ghz, 10 loops, standard. Wish me luck. EDIT: IBT stable at 2.8Ghz How safe is to increase the Vcore on AMD CPUs? CPU-World reports the FX60's Vcore as 1.35-1.4V so if I set the Vcore at 1.4v I should be in the clear, right? There are some BIOS options that I don't understand that much, specially the HTT decode scheme and the HT width. Is there a way to measure their effect? I've already set the HT Link at 1000Mhz (Auto is 800Mhz). EDIT2: Ok, I've educated myself a little. Let's see if this wo __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650 Last edited by TRWOV; May 2, 2012 at 05:01 AM.

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May 3, 2012, 01:10 AM	#156
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,045 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	mmm... I'm not having luck with this. At x15 (3Ghz) it won't boot at any voltage. I tried to raise the bus speed but the most it can do is 203 with the x14 multi AND HT at x4. With the x13 multi I can go up to 210Mhz with x5 HT and 213 with x4 HT. I think that I'm hitting the board's ceiling in terms of how much power can it deliver to the CPU. I'll try to get the capacitors replaced and get some VRM heatsinks. Apparently the average OC is 3.2Ghz, I'd like to reach 3Ghz at least. I'll leave it at 200Mhz x14 CPU x5 HT for the time being. The only thing I don't like is that I can't take advantage of my RAM's 250Mhz rated speed but I've lowered the timmings to 2.5-3-2-5 so not everything is lost. BTW, there's another thing I've noticed: shouldn't XP detect 3.25GB of RAM??? It only detects 3GB for some reason. W7 detected the whole 4GB so I know that all the slots are working fine. __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650 Last edited by TRWOV; May 3, 2012 at 01:40 AM.

May 5, 2012, 09:12 PM	#157
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,045 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	ok, this is a first: A TWIMTBP title that's incompatible with an nVidia card? __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650

May 5, 2012, 10:48 PM	#158
_JP_ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Portugal Posts: 2,112 (1.87/day) Thanks: 1,952 Thanked 644 Times in 466 Posts System Specs	HA! That's what you get for trusting a generic random no-vendor card! Just kidding, that is really weird. What game is it? Far Cry?

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May 5, 2012, 10:55 PM	#159
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,045 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	Crysis 2 __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650

May 5, 2012, 11:07 PM	#160
_JP_ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Portugal Posts: 2,112 (1.87/day) Thanks: 1,952 Thanked 644 Times in 466 Posts System Specs	Well, the minimum requirements for that game lists a 8800GT...so that card is underspec'd.

May 5, 2012, 11:23 PM	#161
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,045 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	oh, that must be it then... __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650

May 6, 2012, 12:00 AM	#162
_JP_ Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Portugal Posts: 2,112 (1.87/day) Thanks: 1,952 Thanked 644 Times in 466 Posts System Specs	Shoot for the 1st one.

May 8, 2012, 04:04 AM	#163
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,045 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	so I removed the heatsink to give the card a proper cleaning and found two bulging caps... does anyone knows if GPU caps need to be of the low ESR type? I've found replacements but they aren't low ESR caps. __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650

May 9, 2012, 01:31 AM	#165
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,045 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	Someone knows a good site to order low ESR caps from that ships woldwide? I tried eBay but read that there are quite a few bootleg caps out there. __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650

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May 9, 2012, 03:53 AM	#167
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May 9, 2012, 04:01 AM	#168
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,045 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	another question: what range can be considered low ESR? __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650

May 9, 2012, 04:36 AM	#169
eidairaman1 Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: HTX Posts: 10,078 (4.69/day) Thanks: 1,359 Thanked 1,159 Times in 1,035 Posts System Specs	http://www.badcaps.net/ http://www.capacitorlab.com/failure-modes/index.htm __________________ Athlon XP USERS with COD 4 FIX http://www.techsupportforum.com/foru...ls-202011.html http://www.howorks.com/2011/02/24/ho...-memory-limit/ “Sometimes my level of fail is unprecedented.” -TheMailMan78 “This is what the force of a thousand suns looks like.” -3870x2

May 13, 2012, 05:59 PM	#170
TRWOV Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Mexico Posts: 2,045 (3.16/day) Thanks: 788 Thanked 1,048 Times in 546 Posts System Specs	Painted the kb and mouse. I decided to paint the whole front panel green as I couldn't find a way to paint just the front without the edges looking like shit. I'm going to use black DVD and floppy drives with some green accents (the eject button and the floppy lid will be painted green). Also bought a cheap LCD 5.25" panel: and the slim DVD 5.25" bracket it's on its way too. All that's left is to mod the power supply and recap the boards. I got the u-channel molding and finished the window and top blower. I'm going to replace those screws with black ones later. __________________ My other rigs: OCTANUX - Conroe865PE - QX6800 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - HIS HD4670 AGP - SB Audigy 2 ZS - BFG PPU phenomenal - AM2NF3-VSTA - 965BE - 8GB OCZ Platinum LV - HIS HD3850 AGP - SB X-Fi - Asus PPU - WIP Green Tea - 939A8X-M - FX60 - 4GB OCZ Platinum EL - 7950GT AGP Re-build - CT-6VTA2 - PIII 600E - 384MB PC133 - Voodoo 5500 AGP - SB16 ISA BLUELINE - H61M-GE - PDC G645 - 8GB DDR3-1333 - Powercolor HD7750 - 2xTV Wonder 650 Last edited by TRWOV; May 13, 2012 at 09:49 PM.

May 14, 2012, 11:51 PM	#171
Jayzilla Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 80 (0.06/day) Thanks: 17 Thanked 16 Times in 11 Posts	Cool.

May 21, 2012, 07:28 AM	#172
gtoforce Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 5 (0.00/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts System Specs	im so impressed with the interest in retro setups im using current phenom and cards for gaming etc but for normal pc usage and playing minor requirement games like Assassins Creed 3 or mass effect 2 (can play mass effect 3 at max but bottlenecked), dragon age, borderlands, i am using my old legend pc which has the specs below: AMD Athlon FX-60 4gb Ram ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe 1000w PSU Win 7 64 ATI 4870x2 i am sad cuz the processor can go further but the pcie 2.0 can only go as far as gtx 285 or 4870 anything modern such as the ati hd 5xxx and above, the pc wont POST crap...

Processor:	AMD Athlon FX-60 @ 2.6ghz
Motherboard:	ASUS A8R32MVP-Deluxe
Cooling:	TT Golden Orb II + Arctic Cooling Mx-2
Memory:	Mushkin 3 x 1gb DDR400 Value Ram
Video Card:	2x Asus EAX1950PRO 256mb 256bit
Hard Disk:	400GB Seagate NL32.5 SATAII
Optical Drive:	PIONEER DVD-RAM
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung SyncMaster 226BW
Case:	CoolerMaster Ammo 533
Sound Card:	On Board
PSU:	FSP Epsilon GLN600FX + FSP BoosterX3 300w
Software:	MS Windows Vista Business 32bit
Benchmarks:	X1950PRO Crossfire 3dMark 06 - Default - 7234

System Name:	Night Rider \| Mini PC \| Transcoder
Processor:	AMD FX 8350 \| AMD Phenom II 955 \| Phenom II X6 1055T
Motherboard:	GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ \| GA-MA78LMT-S2 \| Gigabyte 880GM-UD2H AM3
Cooling:	All three systems have the AMD 4 Copper Pipe Heat Sink
Memory:	4x2GB DDR3 G.Skill 1600 6-8-6-24\| 2x4GB Ripgaws 1333 \| DDR3 Corsair 1600 Dominator
Video Card:	2 X HIS 7870's \| Gainward GTX 650 TI \| Onboard ATI 4250
Hard Disk:	300GB VRaptor /160 Raptor X/1TB WD Black \| Raptor/WD Black \| WD 320/WD BK 1TB
Optical Drive:	Pioneer x2 \| Sony DVD \| Sony DVD Burner
CRT/LCD Model:	Dell 2007FPS 20.5" LCD 16001200 \| Dell 20" LCD 16801050 \| 15" Dell LCD
Case:	Atrix 9001-C4 \| Mini ATX Case (custom) \| Coolermaster Elite 342
Sound Card:	Onboard \| Onbaord \| Onboard
PSU:	Corsair HX-850 \| Silverstone Mini 450W \| Corsair CX-400
Software:	Windows 7 Pro 64 \| Windows 7 Pro 64 \| Windows 7 Pro 64
Benchmarks:	3DMark 06 with SLi rig = 7964 8600GT's...

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