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| 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. |
Decided that this systems had enough work gone into it to make a project log, for others reference.
Originally it was made as a download PC (hence the name) but over time the goal has changed.
Current hardware:
Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro2
Intel Pentium 4 3GHz (northwood
)
1x1GB DDR400 ram (3.0-3-3-8)
ATI radeon 9250 PCI
FSP 220W PSU (i think - will verify wattage another time, but its low)
2.5" 40GB samsung IDE drive (5,400RPM 2MB)
3.5" 160GB Samsung IDE drive (7,200RPM 8MB)
Logitech Cordless mouse and keyboard set: MX3200
Initially i did some underclocking down to 2Ghz to save as much power as possible, since it was purely for downloading. Back then it had a prescott CPU (3GHz still) and the power reduction was around 25W at idle. On the northwood, it was lower at 3GHz than the prescott at 2GHz. Thats why its remaining at 3GHz now.
Currently the system is using 75W at idle, watching 720P anime it uses around 85W and at full CPU load (orthos) it uses 147W. no idea why anime doesnt use full wattage, as it does load the CPU highly (60-90%)
After doing those tests, i realised this beast would be more worthy of my TV for anime use, since it all looks the same on-screen between systems so now this is also my media PC
Its connected up to the 40" HDTV via analogue (compared to the gaming system over HDMI) and also connected via analogue to my Logitech Z5500D speakers by analogue.
The system is borderline on playing 1080P media (as in it plays, but there is obvious visual lag) so i am currently testing to see what i can do with that.
Pictures of the ugly beast will come later, for now this is just up to show what can be done with an old PC, and how even a pentium 4 can save you money! (75W anime load vs 250W on the main PC)
Originally it was made as a download PC (hence the name) but over time the goal has changed.
Current hardware:
Gigabyte 8IPE1000 Pro2
Intel Pentium 4 3GHz (northwood
)1x1GB DDR400 ram (3.0-3-3-8)
ATI radeon 9250 PCI
FSP 220W PSU (i think - will verify wattage another time, but its low)
2.5" 40GB samsung IDE drive (5,400RPM 2MB)
3.5" 160GB Samsung IDE drive (7,200RPM 8MB)
Logitech Cordless mouse and keyboard set: MX3200
Initially i did some underclocking down to 2Ghz to save as much power as possible, since it was purely for downloading. Back then it had a prescott CPU (3GHz still) and the power reduction was around 25W at idle. On the northwood, it was lower at 3GHz than the prescott at 2GHz. Thats why its remaining at 3GHz now.
Currently the system is using 75W at idle, watching 720P anime it uses around 85W and at full CPU load (orthos) it uses 147W. no idea why anime doesnt use full wattage, as it does load the CPU highly (60-90%)
After doing those tests, i realised this beast would be more worthy of my TV for anime use, since it all looks the same on-screen between systems so now this is also my media PC
Its connected up to the 40" HDTV via analogue (compared to the gaming system over HDMI) and also connected via analogue to my Logitech Z5500D speakers by analogue.
The system is borderline on playing 1080P media (as in it plays, but there is obvious visual lag) so i am currently testing to see what i can do with that.
Pictures of the ugly beast will come later, for now this is just up to show what can be done with an old PC, and how even a pentium 4 can save you money! (75W anime load vs 250W on the main PC)
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