Charlie's PC

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Posted:	December 27th 2006
Updated:	January 2nd 2007 - 5:38 PM
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Rating:	Outstanding (7.4) 7 votes total
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Key Features:
System Specs:	» AMD Opteron 144 CABNE 0545 @ 1.47v 290x9 = 2.61Ghz, Asetek Waterchill CPU water block, DFI LanParty UT Nf4 SLI-D with 7.1 Karajan audio, Alphacool NexXxos NB-SLI Northbridge water block, 1GB Corsair PC400 TwinX3200C2PT (3,3,3,8,1T), XFX Geforce 6800GS XXX Edition 256Mb @ 533 Mhz core 1196 Mhz memory, Alphacool NexXxos NV-XP-3 Nvidia GPU water block, Duel 120mm Black Ice Pro radiator and fans, Single 120mm Black Ice Pro radiator and Blue LED fan, Asetek pump, tubing and reservoir, 160Gb Hitachi Deskstar SATA 7200rpm HDD, Sony duel layer and duel format DVD-RW, Lite-on DVD / CD-RW combo drive, Thermaltake Soprano ATX case black with window, Akasa 460W PSU with 120mm Blue LED fan, 120mm blue LED front case fan, 2 x 19" LG Flatron 915FT Plus CRT at 1600x1200 resolution and 32bit true color, Logitech X-530 5.1 surround sound speakers 70W total, Sunbeam 10cm UV cold cathodes, 15cm Multi color bubble light and 6X Red laser LED’s.
Well its fast, maybe not a fast as some of the latest and greatest hard ware but for a year old PC built on a budget it does quite well. It contains a fully water cooled Opteron 144 overclocked by 800Mhz to 2.61Ghz. My CPU will go a lot higher up to above 3Ghz if you increase the voltages, but I am not quite brave enough to leave it at this high settings and temperature so I have compromised with 2.61Ghz. Saying that I am very happy with my very high GPU overclock of 533Mhz compared to the standard 425Mhz. My water cooling loop consists of Pump - CPU - Duel 120mm Radiator – North Bridge – GPU – Single 120mm Radiator – Reservoir then back to the pump. This loop is quite effective and allows all the fans to be switched off when idle. Though I haven’t got round to doing this wiring job yet. I am running a duel 1600x1200 monitor set up consisting of two 19" Flat CRT’s. they are crystal clear in games and looks great at this resolution. My favorite game is FARCRY which this PC can play with all the settings maxed out. Over all I think my PC looks great and I do go on about it quite a lot which my girlfriend isn’t very happy about.

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13 Comments

JdPower

Very nicely done. Wires are outta the way and hidden, and your watercooling setup is neat and nice. Good job man keep the good work coming. Also I hear you on the girlfriend thing. Sometimes I swear she plots against my computer! LOL

10/10

chkycharlie

by: JdPower
Very nicely done. Wires are outta the way and hidden, and your watercooling setup is neat and nice. Good job man keep the good work coming. Also I hear you on the girlfriend thing. Sometimes I swear she plots against my computer! LOL

10/10

Thanks its nice to know somebody appreciates my wiring it takes a couple of hours every time I do a rebuild. Just need some more votes now.

EviLZeD

as jdpower replied the wiring is really good and looks great

Ketxxx

Eligible for custom title

Protect the compy from that evil woman! men love pcs more than women simply coz pcs wont nag you :D

FanATIc

I had exactly the same processor, nice stepping, overclocks very well!
well done!

chkycharlie

Go on enter some nice high votes

Gemma C

Nice work and very neat plus like your water cooling loop I give you 10

JC316

Knows what makes you tick

I love to see a good budget rig thats solid as a rock. Great cable management and water cooing. 7/10 because I think you can OC it more.

west4ever12

i have got that same case....in the cupboard somewhere..used for about 4months before i decided it was too small for me..and now i have the mozart tx....the case looks great tho...and you have done a nice job with the watercooling.i'll give you a 9/10 for using the space and a nice system
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chkycharlie

by: west4ever12
i have got that same case....in the cupboard somewhere..used for about 4months before i decided it was too small for me..and now i have the mozart tx....the case looks great tho...and you have done a nice job with the watercooling.i'll give you a 9/10 for using the space and a nice system
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rate mine http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/543

Thanks mate, just had a look at yours. nice like it, just how many fans have you got in that thing must be about 10 or 11

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west4ever12

by: chkycharlie
Thanks mate, just had a look at yours. nice like it, just how many fans have you got in that thing must be about 10 or 11

i have 11 fans 5 in front and 6 at the back.....in front i have 5 120mm and at the rear i have 5 120mm and 1 80mm......all the fans are remote controlled...

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chkycharlie

by: west4ever12
i have 11 fans 5 in front and 6 at the back.....in front i have 5 120mm and at the rear i have 5 120mm and 1 80mm......all the fans are remote controlled...

nice, is that you fan controller above your cd drives the x shaped thing dont recognice it. can you tern your fans right off or only down to 50% like most controllers. looking for a controller my self BigNG takes my fancy but is expensive. what size radiators do you have, ive got a single 120mm and a duel 120mm

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west4ever12

by: chkycharlie
nice, is that you fan controller above your cd drives the x shaped thing dont recognice it. can you tern your fans right off or only down to 50% like most controllers. looking for a controller my self BigNG takes my fancy but is expensive. what size radiators do you have, ive got a single 120mm and a duel 120mm

yes the the x-looking thing.dont recommend it to you tho because your case has a front door as you may have already guessed i had it on the same case as yours before and for me to remotely control them i had to open the door. but it is a great gadget.you can turn them down to about 30%.i have 2 120mm radiators one is in my drive bay at the bottom and the other is at the back. i can fit in all 5 120mm radiators in this case

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