The New Build 1 & 2

[miggs78]

Nice rig!!.. You got some nice cable management going, it actually really looks good.!!

Oh and there is one thing missing.. OCZ :P you know, you probably realized, actually the real thing that case misses is a water cooling setup :D..

Now do you agree Lian Li.. sheer quality.. :) (not that you never used to, but truly..)

[cwestwell]

I love Lian Li after the V600 I swore I would never buy another case brand....now there are a few cases that are definetly competitive but I am glad I stuck with them...however I find the V2010 seems a little flimsy inside compared to the V600 it is probably due to it's shear size, it is definitely a lightweight for its size...I do not regret it at all though .....and the HD cage and intake fan from Lian Li are great.

I am actually now is the market for new Ram ...I of course am looking into some Redlines, I can't seem to shake the price of the GSkill kits though..however I think I am going to give up the Corsair for awhile I am unsure about OCZ ram.

I was concerned with my CPU temps at idle when I started this thing up I was sitting at 30-32 idle with the Ultra 120 I thought WTH but I looked it up and saw the E8600 runs a little warm ...so no biggy then to calm my nerves the E8600 idles at 31-34 at 4.0

[cwestwell]

Woohoo..now for 4.2

[Phobia]

gotta love the size difference between the 2 cases.. lol, the lian li is like double the size. nice looking builds

[cwestwell]

Yeah I measured it and I could actually fit the V600 inside the V2010 with lots of space to spare if it wasn't for the center divider.

[cwestwell]

Well 20k is my goal for 3D Mark and I think I reached it this morning....this is lame but the reason I cannot confirm is I do not have a purchased version and the website did not seam to be working. Bah I must know....

I have noticed that Diamond has an XOC version of the 4870X2 out I only bring this up because similar to the X0C 4870 it is the biggest wast of time/money I have ever seen....I ran my 4870X2 OC 800/1000 last night and holy crap artifact like mad my girlfriend thought the computer was broken from all the Disco lights and flashing that was going on during the 3Dmark test. So to sell a X0C version of a card that has unlocked bios to OC beyond that of the regular overdrive in CCC is a waste without a better cooler and well I am not even sure if that would do it.

[cwestwell]

Damn so close I will get though...

[cwestwell]

Woooooo yeah this is what I wanted to see...

[cwestwell]

Well my 420X10 failed the OCCT tests so it's back to the drawing board in the Bios...I am sure I can maintain it....might just be a little work though.

I have accomplished what I set out to do....Pass 4Ghz and break 20K in 3DMark.

I think I will close this worklog now (well stop updating)...unless anybody has any pointers on bios settings to help for stability. I don't think I need to post any benchmarks on the other system this was the main rig for that.

Thanks to those you commented and I hope everybody enjoyed the show. This was my first worklog thread but I am sure will not be my last. (next goal 5Ghz) 30K

See you all in the other threads.

[cwestwell]

Brief update for those who were following....My proper fans have shown up so I have 3 Silverstone FM122's to install..I was dissapointed that they were molex only connectors and didnt come with fan connector adapters.....oh well they are pretty hard core so I will find a way to deal with it.....this messes with my clean wiring yarrrrrrrrr...The new ram should be here Monday as well so I will be back with a couple of photo's with the new fans...but mostly a second round of OC with the new fans and ram

My skunkworks(will provide more details when parts are in) plans are moving ahead got my price quotes looks like I will need some serious cash down...so looks like November or early December is my target for build starting but first I will need a new dremel....and well need some access to a metal shop....and some fabrication....anyone have a favorite dremel bit for cutting aluminum.