Media PC 3.0

Mussels · Nov 20, 2008

SkyKast said:
@mussels

arent you building this for someone?

or is it a personal build

personal build. I get lots of questions about my builds, so i figured writing it up step by step would help answer them.

DrunkenMafia said:
AMD FTW!!!

you got that os installed yet?

No. having some weird issues... its either because AHCI mode doesn't like me, or because my secondary (300GB) HDD is dead.

edit:
ohhh crap

SkyKast · Nov 20, 2008

aww bawls

thats not good

Jeno · Nov 20, 2008

what CPU cooler did ya end up putting on there?

Mussels · Nov 20, 2008

Jeno said:
what CPU cooler did ya end up putting on there?

Thermalright ultima 90.

Skykast: solution in the end, is vista SP1 slipstream disk. Making one now.
Grr, i had to read over 40 bloody pages of crap to find the solution.

SkyKast · Nov 20, 2008

Mussels said:
Thermalright ultima 90.

Skykast: solution in the end, is vista SP1 slipstream disk. Making one now.
Grr, i had to read over 40 bloody pages of crap to find the solution.

ok good news

yeah lol I read 2 hits from google and gave up...my final decision: bad

Mussels · Nov 20, 2008

SkyKast said:
ok good news

yeah lol I read 2 hits from google and gave up...my final decision: bad

atm i'm ripping my DVD to my HDD, so i can slipstream SP1 into it with Vlite. Then once thats done, i have to make a bootable installer from a USB drive, since i have no blank DVD's.

Grrrrrrr. i hate you gigabyte. i knew it'd bite me in the ass.

SkyKast · Nov 20, 2008

Mussels said:
atm i'm ripping my DVD to my HDD, so i can slipstream SP1 into it with Vlite. Then once thats done, i have to make a bootable installer from a USB drive, since i have no blank DVD's.

Grrrrrrr. i hate you gigabyte. i knew it'd bite me in the ass.

nah, its alright just get bything little nick and then you can enjoy it for

the rest of eternity.....

Edit: ^ that means I'm bored

Mussels · Nov 20, 2008

SkyKast said:
nah, its alright just get bything little nick and then you can enjoy it for

the rest of eternity.....

Edit: ^ that means I'm bored

well supposedly installing off USB is faster than DVD (DVD is pretty slow, admittedly) so we'll see how fast it gets.

SkyKast · Nov 20, 2008

Mussels said:
well supposedly installing off USB is faster than DVD (DVD is pretty slow, admittedly) so we'll see how fast it gets.

oh i didnt know that usb is faster than DVD, and firewire is faster than USB right?

Edit: I'm kickin it in for the night its 11:30 here

Mussels · Nov 20, 2008

SkyKast said:
oh i didnt know that usb is faster than DVD, and firewire is faster than USB right?

Edit: I'm kickin it in for the night its 11:30 here

my DVD drives (Even on SATA) tend to max out at 15MB/s, and my USB sticks to 20-25MB/s.
Remember they have the same latency advantages of SSD's, so that may help too.

DrunkenMafia · Nov 20, 2008

spewing about your install hassles bro. Mine went without a hitch. have you got the lastest bios on that board?

hopefully it goes ok for you

Mussels · Nov 20, 2008

DrunkenMafia said:
spewing about your install hassles bro. Mine went without a hitch. have you got the lastest bios on that board?

hopefully it goes ok for you

latest bios is on there. From what i read, its only rev 1.1 boards with the issue. 1.0 and 2.0 dont have it. Probably why they updated to 2.0 in the first place.

DrunkenMafia · Nov 20, 2008

That sux, can you take it back and swap for a Rev 2??? I am hoping that my return from rma will be a new board and a rev 2.

Stick with it :banghead:

Mussels · Nov 20, 2008

DrunkenMafia said:
That sux, can you take it back and swap for a Rev 2??? I am hoping that my return from rma will be a new board and a rev 2.

Stick with it

the place i bought it from says they only have rev 1.1.
This is what i get for buying gigabyte.

Mussels · Nov 20, 2008

ok its up and running fine now. Problem is apparently some conflict with the chipset and vista SP0, SP1 slipstream fixed it.

Just getting the OS setup how i like it, and i'll probably start on the long overdue PSU tests.

Edit: Okaaaaay. hearing the vista logon noise at full volume in 5.1 is utterly terrifying.

DrunkenMafia · Nov 20, 2008

Great to hear.

I don't think gb boards are that bad, I have had a whole heap of them and only 1 bad one. Ironic it was actually this one.

Mussels · Nov 20, 2008

DrunkenMafia said:
Great to hear.

I don't think gb boards are that bad, I have had a whole heap of them and only 1 bad one. Ironic it was actually this one.

its usually just BIOS issues, or the vista boot problem i had. i'm about to listen to some sexy DTS with some FLAC audio files i downloaded

DrunkenMafia · Nov 20, 2008

cool let me know how good the soundcard is, I am only using a $20 2 speaker "cough" setup at the moment. Waiting for some cheap logitechs to come up.

Mussels · Nov 20, 2008

DrunkenMafia said:
cool let me know how good the soundcard is, I am only using a $20 2 speaker "cough" setup at the moment. Waiting for some cheap logitechs to come up.

its rather sad... but with the DTS encoding turned on, its really trashing my auzentech and audigy 4. its gunna be hard to go back to the others for gaming...

DrunkenMafia · Nov 20, 2008

lol. That is good I guess. I plan on using it without a s.card for my HTPC setup. Are you using HDMI, spdif, optical or normal jacks??

Mussels · Nov 20, 2008

DrunkenMafia said:
lol. That is good I guess. I plan on using it without a s.card for my HTPC setup. Are you using HDMI, spdif, optical or normal jacks??

the SPDIF optical. the DTS encoding wont work on analogue, or the HDMI port.

DrunkenMafia · Nov 20, 2008

ok cool. I will have to remember that.

hows vista going?? The onboard gfx handles the aero interface pretty well huh

Mussels · Nov 20, 2008

DrunkenMafia said:
ok cool. I will have to remember that.

hows vista going?? The onboard gfx handles the aero interface pretty well huh

the only lag i'm experienceing is on this machine thats on the web, the media PC is leeching off it at 50MB/s, and its underclocked to 1.2GHz atm. It doesnt like it.

I'm about to play Wall-E (Blu ray/1080p trailer) and see just how low i can get the CPU usage.

edit:

You tell me... just how slow of a CPU can i pull this off with?

Thrackan · Nov 20, 2008

Mussels said:
it took about 15 photos before she was satisfied with the one i ended up using, lol. girls and attention.

Well from what I can see, you've got a nice looking assistant :cool:

Of course, that doesn't account for her personality, but hey, I just get to see pics so who cares about personality

Mussels · Nov 20, 2008

Thrackan said:
Well from what I can see, you've got a nice looking assistant

Of course, that doesn't account for her personality, but hey, I just get to see pics so who cares about personality

funnily enough, her helping with the PC actually was her homework - she's doing certificate two in I.T at TAFE (no idea where that fits in with US/UK education systems, but its a level above high school)

anyway, i'm writing these things as they come up here in forums posts (such as the HD one above) and then pasting them back into post #2 - dont forget to check back there and see the udpates as i add them in.

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	VAN
Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz LGA 775 95W @ 3.0GHz
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P45 Intel Motherboard
Cooling	Thermaltake SpinQ VT, front-rear-side 120mm, top-bottom 80mm
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Tracer 8GB(4x2GB), DDR2, 800 MHz, 4-4-4-12, 2.0V, w/ Red LEDs
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon HD 6770 1GB
Storage	Samsung 850 PRO 256SSD (OS) - WD 640GB 7200 RPM (files) - Seagate 1TB 7200 (backup)
Display(s)	DUAL 19" Samsung, LG LCDs
Case	NZXT Lexa Blackline
Audio Device(s)	Realtek Onboard
Power Supply	OCZ 600 Stealth-X-Stream 600W RT
Mouse	Cyborg R.A.T. 9
Keyboard	Razer Black Widow Ultimate
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	VAN
Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz LGA 775 95W @ 3.0GHz
Motherboard	ASUS P5Q Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P45 Intel Motherboard
Cooling	Thermaltake SpinQ VT, front-rear-side 120mm, top-bottom 80mm
Memory	Crucial Ballistix Tracer 8GB(4x2GB), DDR2, 800 MHz, 4-4-4-12, 2.0V, w/ Red LEDs
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon HD 6770 1GB
Storage	Samsung 850 PRO 256SSD (OS) - WD 640GB 7200 RPM (files) - Seagate 1TB 7200 (backup)
Display(s)	DUAL 19" Samsung, LG LCDs
Case	NZXT Lexa Blackline
Audio Device(s)	Realtek Onboard
Power Supply	OCZ 600 Stealth-X-Stream 600W RT
Mouse	Cyborg R.A.T. 9
Keyboard	Razer Black Widow Ultimate
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

Media PC 3.0

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System Name	GaMEr / HTPC
Processor	FX8320 4.5ghz so far NB- 2815mhz / X2 255 @ 3.2ghz (Temp till BD)
Motherboard	990FX-UD5 / GA-MA785GPMT-US2H
Cooling	XSPC - 240rad 480rad 5 x 120mm out, 6 x 80mm in / H220-edge 1/2" & 2 x 120mm Magma
Memory	4gb PI 6,8,6,18 1T 1706mhz / 4gb Crucial D9's 1400 @ 6,6,6,18,1T
Video Card(s)	3gb HD7950 / Onboard
Storage	2 x 120gb Sandisk ultra plus 2tb WD / 60gb vertex 2 + 2 x 2tb WD Greens
Display(s)	3x24in Dell Ultra (portrait) / NEC 32" FullHD LCD
Case	LL PC71A Full tower / Antec fusion black with Imon remote Modded for WC
Audio Device(s)	OB / Auzentech cinema 7.1
Power Supply	TT 700w TR2 / TT 600w Litepower modded with Noctua S12 fan.
Software	7 Ult / 7 premium x64

System Name	Acer Aspire V3-771G-53218G75Maii
Processor	Core i5 3210M (2,5-3,1Ghz)
Memory	8GB DDR3 SODIMM
Video Card(s)	Geforce GT650M
Storage	Samsung 830 256GB - 750GB Toshiba drive
Software	Windows 7 x64 Home Premium (non-acer-bloatware)