Green Machine Upgrade for my Son: i7

CyberDruid · Feb 15, 2009, 10:12 PM

Well my Son's PC is experiencing the old BSOD.

Now I probably could just replace the PSU and be done with it but this was a great excuse to buy some PC gear

I've been curious about the i7 stuff but the prices seemed too high.

But then I looked a bit harder at the upgrade I had planned and thought ya know I could put a fair amount of money into an X48 DFI Lan Party but 5 years from now it'll be ancient history. Just like his AA8XE and 520 are now.

1366 has just started and likely will be still running strong for a good while (and I want to check it out

)

So I sprung for an X58.I had to have the UV green to match his Metallic green Antec 900..had to. There was no other real option he's quite partial to Green

So the DIF was the obvious choice. Seems like I bought the last ATX sized Lanparty X58 at the Egg too... I always enjoy that.

The only CPU that I wanted to afford was the 920. I have a feeling I may be able to get my hands on an Extra Special 1366 Xeon in the near future at a fraction of what it would cost me retail. It'll be a good experiment to see what the 920 can do on the Lan Party.

To complimnet that I sprung for the G SKill Black Pi 1600. I have a great fondness for G skill and have been using their RAM for ages. THe Black PI is dead sexy too.

For a Cooler I decided to try out the Mugen2 and a 1900RPM S-Flex. It's probably not as sexy as the Black TRUE but I think it will have to do. I'm interested to see how it performs.

My only regret (sort of) is an impulsive purchase of an Xclio PSU. THe 750 Modular was the right price and right look. BUt I still wish Ihad gotten a black PC Power 750 instead. Especially if I could find a Pre-OCZ one. But I think the modular will make a big difference in ease of cabling. The 900 is not exactly a great case for hiding stuff...

I will post up some shots of the rebuild when the gear comes in. I'll be spending a bit more time on it this go around and will be getting my son involved more this time...he's getting older and is starting to notice little details like cable managment

Pics to follow

CyberDruid · Feb 15, 2009, 10:14 PM

pics spot

LittleLizard · Feb 16, 2009, 12:58 AM

which lanparty did you buy, ut, dk or jr

AddSub · Feb 16, 2009, 01:08 AM

Sounds like a great build. I just finished my i7 build a week ago. The LGA1366 will be around for a long time especially since the global economy has slowed down. I can see LGA1366 as the high-end platform for Intel well into 2011. Anyways, good luck and keep us updated.

Thrackan · Feb 17, 2009, 11:48 AM

Nice upgrade, I recently acquired my own spot on the i7 list and I can say nothing else than that it is sweet stuff.
Of course I upgraded from a C2Duo, not a Quad, so I might be a little biased there.

Gotta say that most 920's can handle a clock of 3,33Ghz without complaints, mine likes it as well. Even a better simple overclock than my E6750 before (2,66 to 3,2)

AddSub · Feb 17, 2009, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Nice upgrade, I recently acquired my own spot on the i7 list and I can say nothing else than that it is sweet stuff.
Of course I upgraded from a C2Duo, not a Quad, so I might be a little biased there.

Gotta say that most 920's can handle a clock of 3,33Ghz without complaints, mine likes it as well. Even a better simple overclock than my E6750 before (2,66 to 3,2)

Yeah, i7 is a beast. The i7 920 is one of the best OC CPU's I have tinkered with. I can do an amazing 3.6GHz with stock Vcore (along with a slight boost on the VTT). It comes out to around 3.8GHz if you count in turbo, all on stock Vcore. The X58 platform is pretty amazing too. X58 chipset is 45nm based as well. It runs cool and is pretty bug free.

CyberDruid · Feb 18, 2009, 05:54 PM

STUFF! Got some stuff...oh yeah. Not enough to fire up the rig...but enough to feel the glow

Dammit I hate geting $300 mobo with a dmaged package. It's a frigging insult.

920

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Xclio PSU

Why the solid aluminum? It just makes it heavier. Does look Badass though

Waiting on RAM and Heatsink now.

CyberDruid · Feb 18, 2009, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LittleLizard

which lanparty did you buy, ut, dk or jr

Sorry man I forgot to sub my own thread

It's UT

sneekypeet · Feb 18, 2009, 05:58 PM

That DFI should look damn sexy in that case too. I feel so jealous of your son....lol

CyberDruid · Feb 18, 2009, 06:05 PM

I know...he's getting the royal treatment for sure.

KieranD · Feb 18, 2009, 06:06 PM

your sons so jammy i wish i had a father like you, who would build me a rig like that

a i7 what is hardcore into pc like you are CD

when i saw green machine i thought hmmn a green build as in power saving, then i thought how can you make a green i7 rig? lol it was the mobo and case which is nice

my case is just plain nzxt tempest £60 inc shipping gonna just add some foam to keep dust out and dampen noise

Thrackan · Feb 18, 2009, 06:06 PM

What's with the heatsink in the DFI package?

CyberDruid · Feb 18, 2009, 06:10 PM

They had a similar one in the P35 UT TR2. It takes heat out of all the damn heatpipes that snake all over the board by tying into a baseplate at the backplane by the CPU socket. There is also a thin copper plate that you put between the CPU and the HSF that transfers heat from the CPU to the external Heatpipe thinger you are asking about.

That Heatpipe goes external of the case and supposedly catches the air from the rear fan or w/e.

This one is not as adjustable as the one with the P35 UT TR2 but it is a helluva lot sturdier.

It'll be clear once I have it installed.

ChiSox · Feb 18, 2009, 06:10 PM

That board has IT!! I really like the heatsinks and the sata connectors....Great color scheme...Cant wait to see it built....CONGRATS!!!

Thrackan · Feb 18, 2009, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberDruid

They had a similar one in the P35 UT TR2. It takes heat out of all the damn heatpipes that snake all over the board by tying into a baseplate at the backplane by the CPU socket. There is also a thin copper plate that you put between the CPU and the HSF that transfers heat from the CPU to the external Heatpipe thinger you are asking about.

That Heatpipe goes external of the case and supposedly catches the air from the rear fan or w/e.

This one is not as adjustable as the one with the P35 UT TR2 but it is a helluva lot sturdier.

It'll be clear once I have it installed.

Gonna wait for your install pics then

This confuses me even more than the pic did...

CyberDruid · Feb 18, 2009, 06:17 PM

It's optional. But it does make the chipset run cooler by shifting the heat out of the case in a novel manner. And it looks Badass

Fitseries3 · Feb 18, 2009, 06:18 PM

sweet setup. i love the dfi x58!

sneekypeet · Feb 18, 2009, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thrackan

Gonna wait for your install pics then

This confuses me even more than the pic did...

http://img.lanparty.tw/Upload/Catalo...TX58T3eH8L.jpg

CyberDruid · Feb 18, 2009, 06:22 PM

Ahh I made a wrong assumption. I see no copper plate on that set up so maybe that was specific to the P35

sneekypeet · Feb 18, 2009, 06:24 PM

Im not positive if that was a feature of the "trans-piper" only, as this time around they have a different name for the cooler. Doesnt look like it though as the P35 heatsink it mounted to was grooved all the way from left to right. Seems with the new heatsink design it wont allow the copper plate to lay in there!

eidairaman1 · Feb 18, 2009, 06:24 PM

ya i can say something about you 1st post CD, someone i game with on TS in Project Torque, he upgraded his graphics to a 9800GT and has a 550watt XClio in it, well i warned him about it, sure enough the PSU crapped out.

crtecha · Feb 18, 2009, 06:25 PM

Wow awesome build. I would be busting ass on some house choirs if I had that coming my way.

Castiel · Feb 18, 2009, 06:37 PM

Are you going to be making some videos on this?

CyberDruid · Feb 18, 2009, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sneekypeet

Im not positive if that was a feature of the "trans-piper" only, as this time around they have a different name for the cooler. Doesnt look like it though as the P35 heatsink it mounted to was grooved all the way from left to right. Seems with the new heatsink design it wont allow the copper plate to lay in there!

Yeah I don't see anything in the kit yet...buit I have not totally tyorn open all the accessories yet. Waiting till tomorrow when the RAM arrives.

Quote:

Originally Posted by eidairaman1

ya i can say something about you 1st post CD, someone i game with on TS in Project Torque, he upgraded his graphics to a 9800GT and has a 550watt XClio in it, well i warned him about it, sure enough the PSU crapped out.

Yeah I have been told by a number of people that the 550 has blown up. I hope this 750 will handle the load. I was leaning toward the PC Power750 but that thing has a mile of cabling hanging off it. I like the Silverstone 750: I've used one before.

Quote:

Originally Posted by crtecha

Wow awesome build. I would be busting ass on some house choirs if I had that coming my way.

I will deffo figure out some way to get him to help out around the house. But then again he's only 5 so...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Castiel

Are you going to be making some videos on this?

Sure I can do that.

Thrackan · Feb 19, 2009, 06:51 AM

5 years old and running i7... Dang! I was still pounding a Commodore 64 at that age!

Feb 15, 2009, 10:12 PM	#1
CyberDruid Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: On top of a mountain Posts: 1,947 (0.94/day) Thanks: 818 Thanked 1,120 Times in 659 Posts System Specs	Green Machine Upgrade for my Son: i7 Well my Son's PC is experiencing the old BSOD. Now I probably could just replace the PSU and be done with it but this was a great excuse to buy some PC gear I've been curious about the i7 stuff but the prices seemed too high. But then I looked a bit harder at the upgrade I had planned and thought ya know I could put a fair amount of money into an X48 DFI Lan Party but 5 years from now it'll be ancient history. Just like his AA8XE and 520 are now. 1366 has just started and likely will be still running strong for a good while (and I want to check it out ) So I sprung for an X58.I had to have the UV green to match his Metallic green Antec 900..had to. There was no other real option he's quite partial to Green So the DIF was the obvious choice. Seems like I bought the last ATX sized Lanparty X58 at the Egg too... I always enjoy that. The only CPU that I wanted to afford was the 920. I have a feeling I may be able to get my hands on an Extra Special 1366 Xeon in the near future at a fraction of what it would cost me retail. It'll be a good experiment to see what the 920 can do on the Lan Party. To complimnet that I sprung for the G SKill Black Pi 1600. I have a great fondness for G skill and have been using their RAM for ages. THe Black PI is dead sexy too. For a Cooler I decided to try out the Mugen2 and a 1900RPM S-Flex. It's probably not as sexy as the Black TRUE but I think it will have to do. I'm interested to see how it performs. My only regret (sort of) is an impulsive purchase of an Xclio PSU. THe 750 Modular was the right price and right look. BUt I still wish Ihad gotten a black PC Power 750 instead. Especially if I could find a Pre-OCZ one. But I think the modular will make a big difference in ease of cabling. The 900 is not exactly a great case for hiding stuff... I will post up some shots of the rebuild when the gear comes in. I'll be spending a bit more time on it this go around and will be getting my son involved more this time...he's getting older and is starting to notice little details like cable managment Pics to follow

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Feb 15, 2009, 10:14 PM	#2
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CyberDruid Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: On top of a mountain Posts: 1,947 (0.94/day) Thanks: 818 Thanked 1,120 Times in 659 Posts System Specs	STUFF! Got some stuff...oh yeah. Not enough to fire up the rig...but enough to feel the glow Dammit I hate geting $300 mobo with a dmaged package. It's a frigging insult. 920 \ Xclio PSU Why the solid aluminum? It just makes it heavier. Does look Badass though Waiting on RAM and Heatsink now.

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Feb 18, 2009, 06:05 PM	#10
CyberDruid Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: On top of a mountain Posts: 1,947 (0.94/day) Thanks: 818 Thanked 1,120 Times in 659 Posts System Specs	I know...he's getting the royal treatment for sure.

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Feb 18, 2009, 06:10 PM	#13
CyberDruid Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: On top of a mountain Posts: 1,947 (0.94/day) Thanks: 818 Thanked 1,120 Times in 659 Posts System Specs	They had a similar one in the P35 UT TR2. It takes heat out of all the damn heatpipes that snake all over the board by tying into a baseplate at the backplane by the CPU socket. There is also a thin copper plate that you put between the CPU and the HSF that transfers heat from the CPU to the external Heatpipe thinger you are asking about. That Heatpipe goes external of the case and supposedly catches the air from the rear fan or w/e. This one is not as adjustable as the one with the P35 UT TR2 but it is a helluva lot sturdier. It'll be clear once I have it installed.

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Feb 18, 2009, 06:22 PM	#19
CyberDruid Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: On top of a mountain Posts: 1,947 (0.94/day) Thanks: 818 Thanked 1,120 Times in 659 Posts System Specs	Ahh I made a wrong assumption. I see no copper plate on that set up so maybe that was specific to the P35

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sneekypeet Unpaid Babysitter Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 19,022 (7.31/day) Thanks: 3,039 Thanked 5,488 Times in 3,951 Posts System Specs	Im not positive if that was a feature of the "trans-piper" only, as this time around they have a different name for the cooler. Doesnt look like it though as the P35 heatsink it mounted to was grooved all the way from left to right. Seems with the new heatsink design it wont allow the copper plate to lay in there! __________________ Hers: ASUS Maximus V Gene / i7 3770K / Swiftech H220 / 4X8GB Corsair Dominators / ASUS GTX660 / Corsair AX-760 / Windows 7 64bit / Fractal Design ARC Midi R2 Test: Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3 / i7 2600K / A lot Of Coolers / Ripjaws Currently / HIS HD7950 IceQ Turbo / Silverstone SST-ST85F-G / Windows 7 64bit / InWin D-Frame Limited Edition

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Feb 19, 2009, 06:51 AM	#25
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