EggXpert

Heres my 2007 Xmas build the specs are in my sig.

http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd82/HOGHAULER/new%20case/?albumview=slideshow

RIG UPDATE

Processor - Amd Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition @ 3.3Ghz

Memory - Kingston HyperX DDR2 800 @ 4-4-4-12 Timings

Hard Drive - 80GB Sata Hard drive Disk 7,200RPM

Video Card - e-VGA Geforce 8800GS 680/1700

Motherboard - ASRock ALiveNF6P-VSTA AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE / nForce 430 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

Sound Card - Onboard

Power Supply - Hec 585W PSU

Speakers - Sound From HDTV

Operating System - Windows Xp w/ Vista Transformation Pack 8.0.1 (Has everything of vista, looks, and such except DX10)

Fans - 1 90mm Fan

Case - Rosewill R363-M-BK Micro Black Ultra High Gloss

Keyboard - Wireless

Mouse - Wireless

Monitor - LG HDTV 26"

*Pics Soon*

Penewab2007:

Looks awesome CoolB,

And there's some pretty efficient cable management. I've always thought you can't go wrong with a 6400+ x 2 when you got a really good HSF.

Kudos man,

Penewah!

 

Thanks yeah my case was running a little hot so the cable management was kind of a necessity.  And the 6400+ is great.  I love the speed.   

This is the parts list for my first ever build (I'll add to my sig in a little while).  Everything but the video card came from Newegg.

Not on list:
    -Mouse: Logitech MX 518 Gaming Mouse
    -Keyboard: ZBoard ZBD101 Gaming Keyboard
    -Speakers: Logitech X-230 2.1 Speaker System

Pics (click for full sized versions):

The wiring only got a little better after this pic was taken:

Ignore the date stamp on this one, no clue what happened:

The whole package on my tiny desk:

 

coolbob222:

Just finished building this new rig which replaced my old P4 dell, needless to say this one runs much faster.  Kept it just under 1000.

NZXT Apollo Case

3x Thermaltake 120mm Blue LED fans 

ASUS M2N-SLI DELUXE 570 MOBO

AMD Athlon X2 6400+ Black Edition Processor (3.2gz)

Zaleman 92mm Heatsink

XFX 8600 GT XXX 256mb graphics card (may SLI soon)

2x 250gb Seagate Barracuda SATA Hard Drives

ASUS DVD-RW w/ Lightscribe (SATA)

Samsung DVD-RW (IDE) 

2x 1gb OCZ DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

2x 1gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

NZXT PRC-550W PSU

PCI Slot Cooler

Zaleman Z-MFC1 6 Fan controller 

22" Westinghouse 5ms LCD Monitor 

Maxtor 1Touch 250gb External HD

Logitech x240 2.1 Speakers

HP Deskjet 3900 (Does the job for 15 bucks)

Logitech MX Revolution (Amazing Mouse) 

XP Professional SP2 

 

*Soon to be added* 

Saiteck Keyboard (On its way)

Creative Sound Card

USB Hub

 

The last two im just waiting to get my employee discount check from staples cause i work there and then those two are going in/on.

Overall the system runs great though.  Runs COD4 flawlessly and rarely gets above 50 load.  The fans can get a little loud so i plugged them into the Zaleman fan controller.  They move a lot of air even on the lowest setting.  At max speeds they can get pretty loud but i only turn them up that much when Im gaming so sounds isn't an issue.  Overall Im very satisfied with this. 

 

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/coolbobdrum/?action=view&current=Computer037.jpg

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/coolbobdrum/?action=view&current=Computer043-S.jpg

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/coolbobdrum/?action=view&current=Computer040-S.jpg 

 

 

 

Your rear case fan and your CPU fan are blowing in different directions. Just thought I'd let you know. 

Webster:

coolbob222:

Just finished building this new rig which replaced my old P4 dell, needless to say this one runs much faster. Kept it just under 1000.

NZXT Apollo Case

3x Thermaltake 120mm Blue LED fans

ASUS M2N-SLI DELUXE 570 MOBO

AMD Athlon X2 6400+ Black Edition Processor (3.2gz)

Zaleman 92mm Heatsink

XFX 8600 GT XXX 256mb graphics card (may SLI soon)

2x 250gb Seagate Barracuda SATA Hard Drives

ASUS DVD-RW w/ Lightscribe (SATA)

Samsung DVD-RW (IDE)

2x 1gb OCZ DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

2x 1gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)

NZXT PRC-550W PSU

PCI Slot Cooler

Zaleman Z-MFC1 6 Fan controller

22" Westinghouse 5ms LCD Monitor

Maxtor 1Touch 250gb External HD

Logitech x240 2.1 Speakers

HP Deskjet 3900 (Does the job for 15 bucks)

Logitech MX Revolution (Amazing Mouse)

XP Professional SP2

 

*Soon to be added*

Saiteck Keyboard (On its way)

Creative Sound Card

USB Hub

 

The last two im just waiting to get my employee discount check from staples cause i work there and then those two are going in/on.

Overall the system runs great though. Runs COD4 flawlessly and rarely gets above 50 load. The fans can get a little loud so i plugged them into the Zaleman fan controller. They move a lot of air even on the lowest setting. At max speeds they can get pretty loud but i only turn them up that much when Im gaming so sounds isn't an issue. Overall Im very satisfied with this.

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/coolbobdrum/?action=view&current=Computer037.jpg

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/coolbobdrum/?action=view&current=Computer043-S.jpg

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/coolbobdrum/?action=view&current=Computer040-S.jpg

 

 

Your rear case fan and your CPU fan are blowing in different directions. Just thought I'd let you know.

 

No the rear case fan is an exhaust fan blowing the air out of the case.  The CPU fan is blowing the air back towards the exhaust fan and out of the case.  So they are both blowing out of the case.  Thanks anyways though 

coolbob222:

No the rear case fan is an exhaust fan blowing the air out of the case.  The CPU fan is blowing the air back towards the exhaust fan and out of the case.  So they are both blowing out of the case.  Thanks anyways though 

 

The way you have it setup in the pictures, the rear fan is blowing air out of the case, and the CPU fan is blowing air toward the front of the case. That is unless you modded the CPU fan, but by the pictures I can't tell that you have. 

P.S. I have the same setup in one of my computers 

This is my hodge podge of an HTPC that i've been building over the last 6+ months until i got it where i want it. Only upgrade left is a Core2Duo CPU at some point. But i only play BluRay movies to my 50" Plasma TV over VGA, no gaming. And ALL parts bought from New Egg...

Processor: Pentium 4-D (641) 3.2ghz HT 775

Memory: WinTec AMPO 2GB (2x1gb) DDR2-667 (PC 5300) Dual Channel

Hard Drive: 250GB Western Digital Raptor SATA and 120gb IDE for storage

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD3450 512mb GDDR2 PCIe - for Onboard BluRay decoding

Motherboard: ECS 945GCT-M/1333 v3 MicroATX

Sound Card: Onboard Sigmatel HD audio with the 945chipset, will eventually be using the HD sound on my Sapphire card once my DVI to HDMI addapter arrive

Drives: Lite-On BluRay SATA DVD Rom DH-401S-11 & LG Super Multi 18x SATA DVD Burner GSA-H62NK

Power Supply/Case: Linkworld 6280-01 MicroATX Case w/400wt PS

Speakers: TV Speakers or Sony 550wt 7.1 Dolby Digital Surround

Operating System: XP Pro SP2

Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech EX110 Cordless Keyboard/Mouse

Monitor: 50" Vizio P50HDTVA (1366x768) 720p/1080i

Let us see pictures!!

No pictures of the inside, i'll take some of those tonight, but here's teh aftermath once i got bluray up and running:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jschramm97/sets/72157604058980577/

So i took another look at it and i realized that you were right.  I had been thinking the Zaleman blew the other way.  I must have looked at it wrong when i tested it so i guess ill have to change it now.  Thanks for the help.

 

Also to jschramm that looks like a pretty nice setup you have there.  That tv is gorgeous.  

Yeah, cuz' the fan is gooing to obviously blow across the HS to cool it, but don't sweat it, I get fans backwards all the time. LOL.

AMDkid1, you have to get a photo host site, they're free, like Photobucket, Facebook, etc, and when you upload your picts to it, they'll give you a direct link to copy and paste in threads. Use the little green tree icon, above, or whatever the heck it is. lol.

Love seein them picts peeps, keep'm coming.

HoggerH, whats the Eiffel Tower you got in that rig man? Is that a TR 120? Or a Kingwin Rev 120? The thing is huggggge! LOL/.

Penewah! 

 

Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

 ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard

 EVGA 320-P2-N815-AR GeForce 8800GTS 320MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

 OCZ GameXStream OCZ700GXSSLI ATX12V 700W Power Supply - Retail

AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 Brisbane 2.3GHz Socket AM2 45W Dual-Core Processor Model ADH2400DOBOX

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ x2 for 4 gigs total

EXCELSTOR Jupiter Series ESJ8160S 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

Hanns·G JW-199DPB Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor

HITACHI Deskstar 7K400 H3400B72S 400GB 7200 RPM SATA 1.5Gb/s Hard Drive - Retail x 3

LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM Write Black IDE Model LH-20A1P-185

 

TokenBad

Ok, here is my latest build, its not 100% finished just yet, but I'll let you have a look. I still have a few final touches to finish, but it is very near completion. I plan to link to a complete worklog a little later down the road.

 

Processor: Lapped G0 Q6600 (Still in the process of overclocking, hopefully I can get around 4GHz)

Memory: 4GB (4x1GB) G.Skill DDR2800 (In the process of clocking up w/Proc.)

Hard Drive: Raptor-X(Syst. Drive) 2x500GB Western Digitals (Storage)

Video Card: 2x HD2900XT 1GB in CF-X (Plan to OC a little down the road)

Motherboard: Volt-modded Maximus "Rampage" Formula SE (Still working on all the memory settings in this BIOS)

Sound Card: Onboard

Power Supply: PC Power&Cooling Silencer 750W

Speakers: Sennheiser RS-120 Wireless Headphones

Operating System: Vista Ultimate SP1

Fans: Undervolted Aerocool 92mm rear fans, a slightly modded Corsair Dominator cooler, undervolted 120mm Aerocool Turbine fans, a total of 5 Yate Loon LowSpeed fans and 2 Yate Loon Medium Speed fans on the radiators.

Case: Modded Silverstone TJ-07

Keyboard: Razer Tarantula

Mouse: Logitech G5

Monitor: Samsung 22" WS 2ms

Cooling: Two Watercooled loops that go a little like this.

 Loop1: EK150Res -> DDCw/Petra'sTop -> Thermochill PA120.2 -> D-Tek Fuzion with Quad Accel. Nozzle -> Maximus NB block -> Res

Loop2: EK150Res -> Laing D5 Vario -> Thermochill PA120.3 -> EKR600 Full Cover Block(1) -> EKR600 Full Cover Block(2) -> Res.

All using 7/16" and 1/2" Tygon Tubing and a Distilled Water coolant 9:1 ratio DW/Pentosin with Biocide. MX-2 TIM used everywhere needed.

 

 
 

Wow.  Looks like an amazing rig.  What temps does it run at with all that cooling?

With the stock volts I have right now, all the cores usually idle around 26-27C, however if I open my windows, they can dip as low as 15C. Load temps are never higher than 35C. As for the GPUs, they idle around 35C, simply because the R600s run so hot.

Processor: DualCore AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2600 MHz (13 x 200) 5200+

Memory: 4 x 1GB Corsair XMS2 CM2X1024-6400

Hard Drive: 500GB SATA II WD Carver

Hard Drive: 500GB SATA II WD Carver

Hard Drive: 200GB IDE Maxtor

Hard Drive: 160GB IDE Maxtor

Optical Drive: Toshiba-Samsung SATA  DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM

Optical Drive: Toshiba-Samsung SATA  DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM

Video Card: 2 X  9600GT XFX

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4

Sound Card Creative Soundblaster X-Fi FAT1LITY Champion Series

Power Supply 750Watt Thermaltake MOD

Speakers Logitech Z-5500  Speaker

Operating System Windows XP Pro SP2, Windows Vista 64bit Home P., FreeBSD

Fans 8X 120mm

Case CM-830 Stacker

Keyboard Logitech G15

Mouse Logitech trackball

Monitor Samsung SyncMaster 955Df 19”

Misc Boot loader LiLo

Processor: Intel C2D E6750

Memory: 4GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800

Hard Drive: 80/500 GB Western Digital SATA II

Video Card: Sapphire HD3870 512MB

Motherboard: Gigabyte P35-DS4 Rev 2.0

Sound Card: Creative Labs X-Fi Extreme Audio PCI-e x1

Power Supply: Kingwin Mach 1 600W

Speakers: Logitech Z-5500

Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

Fans: 2x120mm, front intake/back out, 1x 90mm side intake / Arctic Cooler Freezer 7 Pro

Case: Thermaltake Tsunami

Keyboard: Logitech G15

Mouse: Logitech MX1000

Monitor: Samsung 906BW 19" Widescreen LCD

As of right now no pics, but I'll snap a few later.

Processor: P4 630 @ 3.0Ghz  (It's a Prescott and runs hot, true to form - 50C idle)  I can't complain too much, though, as it seems to take the heat well.  Goes over 65C under load, and it's never been unstable for me. 

Memory: 2 x 512MB Kingston DDR2

Hard Drive: 80GB Seagate

Video Card: EVGA Geforce 6800 GS w/Zalman cooler (Stock cooler was loud!)

Motherboard: Asus P5GD2 Deluxe

PSU: Enermax Liberty 400w 

Comments: It's been a good machine for 2 years.  May it rest in peace.

Processor: Intel Q9450

Memory: 4GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 (2x2GB)

Hard Drive: Seagate 500GB 32MB SATA (2-platter), Western Digital 640GB 16MB SATA (2-platter)

Video Card: EVGA 8800GTS 512MB OC

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 2.1 

Sound Card: Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer PCI

Power Supply: Corsair 520HX

Operating System: Vista Ultimate x64

Fans: Nexus D12SL-12 (2x), SilenX 120x38mm Ixtrema

Case: Antec P180B

Keyboard: Logitech G15

Mouse: Logitech G5

Monitor: Dell 2005FPW 20.1" 1680x1050