Mini 2.0

[Mussels]

My sig shows my current media PC - that system is getting updated.
As it turns out, an FX-62 just wasnt enough so i'm rebuilding it with a Q6600

This is going to become my room rig/lan rig, with the current beast moving to the lounge for media/gaming on my 40" HDTV.

The new build is going to be:

Q6600 G0 SLACR (Lapped when i get a chance)
Asus P5E-VM HDMI (Matx, can OC quads, onboard HDMI)
2x1GB OCZ plat rev 2 PC6400 (800MHz 4-4-4-12 2.1v)
Inno3D 8800GT 512MB (Accelero S1 cooler, Modded bios 755Mhz core) GPU-Z link
150GB Raptor X (from Fitseries3 sale thread)
OCZ StealthXtreme 700W
Silverstone TJ05 matx case
Asus DVD-RW (Lightscribe)
OCZ StealthXstream 600W
22" Samsung 226BW + BenQ 17" (dual screen for supreme commander )


Stock CPU cooler for now, but as this quad seems to run stock at 1.10v its not a concern.

All i'm waiting on is the raptor and a CPU cooler.
Pondering This
Once i have the raptor i'll do the assembly/pics, and do the benchies once i get the cooler

the raptor has been delayed (shipping problem) and i got too impatient to wait on a cooler. Will go as high as i can on stock cooling, so i lapped the Q6600.


Specs/Benchmarks for original system:
FX-62 @ 2.8GHz
Asus Nodus-M mobo
2x1GB PC 1066 ram (at 800 4-6-6-23) (no timing control)
8800GT / onboard 6150 (both tested for teh lulz)

no linkies or screenshots, seriously - this is for my benefit and my own gain, so lying would get me nowhere.
The reasons for testing what i have, is because i plan to take the video card out when just watching anime/movies to save power. Native HDMI (w/ audio) makes this more appealing on the new system.

Superpi: 31.457s
3dM05: 15,550
3dm06: 10,026

06 CPU score: 2031

Onboard video:
3dm05: 698
3dm06: 192

New hardware (results soon!)
Superpi: 21.232s (33.6% faster)
3dM05: 15464 - My math may be out, but i see that as 0.06% slower.
3dm06: 11,877 11.8% faster

CPU score 3541

Onboard video:
3dm05: 1203 - 72% faster
3dm06: 633 - 329% faster

Power Comparison:
All settings at stock, cool and quiet enabled.

Old system:
idle 120W
3D load 232W
CPU load 234W
CPU + 3D (OCCT + ATI tool) 287W

onboard
idle 80W (rises to 92W-120W justt typing lol)
3D load 98-114W - it wouldnt settle down. 110W average, imo.
CPU load 198W
both - 194W

 

[stubbers]

Who wants to set mussels on fire?

 

[Mussels]

Who wants to set mussels on fire?

flaming? id have to touch your laptop to get that hot...

 

[stubbers]

Damn straight... Because it's so awesome and red... Firey red... That's what makes it sexy...

 

[Mussels]

Updating first post with benchmarks - old system first.

 

[Mussels]

Bump:

Benchies are in first post. Summary: CPU power is massively up, gaming power is about the same. This really does put an end to 'is quad better than dual' for most gaming, as 3dm05 (which is single threaded) didnt change one damned bit.

Soon, i'll retest at 3GHz, and hopefully 3.2Ghz

P.S. Intel onboard isnt so much of an epic failure nowadays.

 

[Mussels]

Update:

3dm06 linkage. Note ram is at 4-4-4-15, CPU-z is screwing up.
Score is slightly different because this is a different run - its close enough to not matter.

Upped CPU to 3GHz, will see if i can get 3.2GHz stable on stock cooling and do some benches - it should be noted that the original FX CPU just wouldnt overclock at all, so while it matched this chip at stock i think thats about to change...

 

[Mussels]

I have now upgraded the CPU cooler to a noctua U120 - CPU idle temps have dropped from 48C idle, to 30C

Cant wait to OC the heck out of this thing...

 

[Mussels]

I have now begun stealthing the system. Removing/unplugging all lights, slowing/replacing fans (including PSU, video card, and CPU) in an attempt to make the PC entirely silent.

 

[tkpenalty]

I have now upgraded the CPU cooler to a noctua U120 - CPU idle temps have dropped from 48C idle, to 30C

Cant wait to OC the heck out of this thing...

werent you going to get a HDT S1283?

 

[Mussels]

werent you going to get a HDT S1283?

i was... then i realised i had a 120mm cooler in my storage system, that might just fit... and it did!

I got it in and took pics, i'll go shoop them now.

 

[Mussels]

Shooping complete!

Unassuming exterior: Missing floppy bay WILL return... once i find where i dropped it.

Ugly rear - poor pic too.

PSU mod - stealthXstreme was too loud

Interior 1

Interior 2

Close up of video card... there IS a soundcard there somewhere too. (Audigy 4)

 

[Cold Storm]

there's a computer in that system?? all I see is a huge ass cpu heatsink! lol.. great stuff man

 

[Mussels]

there's a computer in that system?? all I see is a huge ass cpu heatsink! lol.. great stuff man

i was quite surprised the heatsink fit in to be honest. Its funny that i could throw an E8500 in here and reach 4+GHz and a 3870x2, and have one helluva rig in a matx case.

The only flaw is poor HDD cooling, hence why its upside down near the intake fan.

 

[Cold Storm]

yeah i see the hard drive also. thats pretty nice still, and 4 gigs on the E8500... You need to add that into a bigger system and see how far you can go!

 

[Mussels]

yeah i see the hard drive also. thats pretty nice still, and 4 gigs on the E8500... You need to add that into a bigger system and see how far you can go!

the 4GB is in the big rig, this ones meant to be portable - its my lan rig that i take to LAN's every weekend - thus the beaten up case, as its been lanning for a while on the previous system.

 

[Cold Storm]

nice. You find a place every weekend to lan! thats pretty good to be able to find a place like that... and yeah you need to put the chip in your main one and see how it does!

 

[Mussels]

nice. You find a place every weekend to lan! thats pretty good to be able to find a place like that... and yeah you need to put the chip in your main one and see how it does!

I used to run one every week as a business now we kinda rotate through the ex-regulars houses - ones become the kinda default recently.

Anyway, ihave tested the Q6600 compared to my main one - this one uses less volts below 3GHz, but 1-2 notches more past 3.2 or so. This micro board has some Vdroop as well, meaning its not so great past 1.375v or so (which is about 3.2GHz anyway)

 

[Cold Storm]

ah, i see now. And how was the business like that? I bet it was fun and eventful?

 

[cdawall]

looks great

it would look better if you removed the empty HDD cage and mounted the HDD to the CD cage above it

want to give me your FX62

 

[Mussels]

looks great

it would look better if you removed the empty HDD cage and mounted the HDD to the CD cage above it

want to give me your FX62

i just put it up for sale on ebay, but i can cancel it and sell it if you want
looking for around $250 Au

Didnt think about removing the HDD cage, because the raptor is still on its way in - i was going to run dual drives for ~300GB total, or ditch the 160GB IDE and go purely raptor - in which case i think i WILL remove the HDD bay. good idea there.


Cold Storm: it was fun. it was a nightmare cleaning up after noobs trashing the rental PC's (seriously, the one kid would cut every game onto the desktop, because shortcuts 'just dont work'), but at the same time i got the game without net lag every week. it was awesome.

 

[Cold Storm]

i just put it up for sale on ebay, but i can cancel it and sell it if you want
looking for around $250 Au

Didnt think about removing the HDD cage, because the raptor is still on its way in - i was going to run dual drives for ~300GB total, or ditch the 160GB IDE and go purely raptor - in which case i think i WILL remove the HDD bay. good idea there.


Cold Storm: it was fun. it was a nightmare cleaning up after noobs trashing the rental PC's (seriously, the one kid would cut every game onto the desktop, because shortcuts 'just dont work'), but at the same time i got the game without net lag every week. it was awesome.

wow, i don't know why you stopped doing it! I would love have someone do it round here, just a place where people could hang.. but Then i reread your post, and see that there was rental computers.... most of messed up a few of them!

 

[cdawall]

i just put it up for sale on ebay, but i can cancel it and sell it if you want
looking for around $250 Au

Didnt think about removing the HDD cage, because the raptor is still on its way in - i was going to run dual drives for ~300GB total, or ditch the 160GB IDE and go purely raptor - in which case i think i WILL remove the HDD bay. good idea there.


Cold Storm: it was fun. it was a nightmare cleaning up after noobs trashing the rental PC's (seriously, the one kid would cut every game onto the desktop, because shortcuts 'just dont work'), but at the same time i got the game without net lag every week. it was awesome.

bah anyone want to donate 250AUD to me?

 

[Mussels]

wow, i don't know why you stopped doing it! I would love have someone do it round here, just a place where people could hang.. but Then i reread your post, and see that there was rental computers.... most of messed up a few of them!

it was the side business to an internet cafe, the problem was that there was major bushfires around here right when i had no funds... so the tourists ran away in case the whole place burned down (there was 3-4 towns in danger of becoming trapped amidst it, it came close but never happened)

closed down with plans of reopening, currently saving money to do just that. Well... currrently saving money and spending it on this rig, but you get the idea.

 

[Cold Storm]

yeah I get the BIG picture! Its pretty nice to know that there is stuff like that. An Internet cafe would be good, but to many teenage kids that would just trash things...