My specs - updated

Richard Dower

I'm feeling a 4800+ Dual Core or FX-57 perhaps? , the box is looking good these days...roll on the Xi-FI APU soundcard and Raptor II!!



Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 nForce4 Ultra, revision 1.0, F6 BIOS
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego (0515) o/c to 2.606GHz
OCZ 1GB, PC3700 @ 2-3-3-8 DDR473, 2.8V
Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM 4.5ms, x2 - RAID 0 Array 64k stripe XFX 7800GTX PCI-E, 256MB GDDR3 @ 450/1250MHz
AOpen H700a full size tower
Plextor PX-716A 16x DVD+R, 1.08 firmware, TLA# 0304
Plextor PX-130A 16x DVD-ROM, 1.01 firmware
Digital Doc 5+ controlling eight 80mm CoolerMaster Blue LED fans
CoolerMaster Hyper6, incl. an additonal 8 Vantec copper ramsinks affixed to the cooler + two CoolerMaster Blue LED fan in push/pull
Arctic Silver 5
Sony 3.5" floppy drive
Belkin 802.11b/g wireless modem router + wireless usb adapter bundle
Logitech Cordless Desktop, MX 3100
Creative I-Trigue L3450 speakers
Creative Audigy 2 ZS
22" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB
CoolerMaster rounded floppy and IDE cables
Thermaltake Purepower 680W PSU, ATX 2.01 incl. cable sleeving.
Hewlet Packard monitor cooler
HP Deskjet 5650
Windows XP Professional - SP2 slipstreamed

Endurance Man

Im not really getting what this thread is all about??

djmarkus

i think its a "Look what I Have" thread. nice setup tho, wish i had that amount of money to blow on computers

DonkeyStyle \o/

Richard Dower wrote:

Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 nForce4 Ultra, revision 1.0, F6 BIOS
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego (0515) o/c to 2.606GHz
OCZ 1GB, PC3700 @ 2-3-3-8 DDR473, 2.8V
Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM 4.5ms, x2 - RAID 0 Array 64k stripe XFX 7800GTX PCI-E, 256MB GDDR3 @ 450/1250MHz
AOpen H700a full size tower
Plextor PX-716A 16x DVD+R, 1.08 firmware, TLA# 0304
Plextor PX-130A 16x DVD-ROM, 1.01 firmware
Digital Doc 5+ controlling eight 80mm CoolerMaster Blue LED fans
CoolerMaster Hyper6, incl. an additonal 8 Vantec copper ramsinks affixed to the cooler + two CoolerMaster Blue LED fan in push/pull
Arctic Silver 5
Sony 3.5" floppy drive
Belkin 802.11b/g wireless modem router + wireless usb adapter bundle
Logitech Cordless Desktop, MX 3100
Creative I-Trigue L3450 speakers
Creative Audigy 2 ZS
22" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB
CoolerMaster rounded floppy and IDE cables
Thermaltake Purepower 680W PSU, ATX 2.01 incl. cable sleeving.
Hewlet Packard monitor cooler
HP Deskjet 5650
Windows XP Professional - SP2 slipstreamed

omg, you must have a HUGE PENIS :eek:

DonkeyStyle \o/

Seriously though, nice PC.

Endurance Man

omg, you must have a HUGE PENIS

I was getting the same vibe
Tis a beauty though!

rsynnott

Honestly, this sort of thing must keep the whole bloody economy afloat; tho if you need to do the showoffy thing, I suppose an over-the-top computer is a better way to do it than an SUV or somesuch...

Hagar

Shoulda went to Specsavers

Sparky

man i wish i had some money to spend

/me starts saving

DemonOfTheFall

Nice, but could be better done.

I'm not feeling the PSU, 80mm fans, 4000+, I-trigue speakers, or Gigabyte motherboard. Other than that very nice (and pricey )

Loobz

omg, you must have a HUGE PENIS

hehe
Nice setup.

mp3guy

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

omg, you must have a HUGE PENIS :eek:

he's gonna need it, to pay for that, if you catch my drift

Ciaran500

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote:

omg, you must have a HUGE PENIS :eek:

First thing I thought was compensation

Endurance Man

Has he gone into hiding now?

djmarkus

I think he dreamt that one up!

Endurance Man

Hewlet Packard monitor cooler

What the hell is a monitor cooler. Never heard of cooling your monitor, can u watercool them to

CSSource God

Do you wana post a 3dmark 05 score or something?? See what the 7800 develops? Im gettin 6400 at the moment!

djmarkus

Maybe his computer assassinated him.

CSSource God

Richard can you do a compare with my system in 3d mark? This is stock settings(no overclocking). Im not doubting you but i want to see what the 7800 is like http://service.futuremark.com/servlet/Index?pageid=/orb/projectdetails&projectType=12&projectId=1009128

WizZard

Project ID isn't valid!

CSSource God

Someone said that before! Whats the problem Wizzard am i doing something wrong??

WizZard

Yes, you are copying the link in the address bar instead of the one that the ORB provides when a project is published. Your link should be http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1009128

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1009128
The bold bit is the project id which is the only thing that should change

Richard Dower

My PC is legit...i've shown pics of my rig and folks have seen my rig. As for "compensating"....folks always say that stuff. It's like you have to be dysfunctional or have a small dick.

You can't just be a PC geek and have a hobby you enjoy...no, must be a loser. I'll do some benchies later when i am confident of my tweaks.

WizZard

Don't sweat it Richard, it looks very cocky to post "Look what I have" without any other reason other than to show off.
You're just getting good natured ribbing



(So it's not true about the compensating then...?)

Richard Dower

Endurance Man wrote:

What the hell is a monitor cooler. Never heard of cooling your monitor, can u watercool them to

http://www.frozencpu.com/moc-01.html

It kicks ass, keeps my monitor cool....it's very quiet and extracts dust etc.

Richard Dower

WizZard wrote:

Don't sweat it Richard, it looks very cocky to post "Look what I have" without any other reason other than to show off.
You're just getting good natured ribbing



(So it's not true about the compensating then...?)

I am showing off!!!!...why the hell not?
Put alot of time and money into this, damn right i'm waving my penis around.

CSSource God

Sorry Richard, we dont mean to annoy you mate! Some people can be begrudging, we are genuinely interested in the 7800 coz not many have it yet. I know there are reviews online but its nice to see how a fellow boards member finds them Nice Rig by the way!

Richard Dower

The XFX is in the mail...due end of week. Just updating my specs to reflect this. I'll be selling my 6800GT PCI-E then and invest that money into Dual Core. I hear a 4400+ DC can go 240x11 no problem = 2.64GHz at stock voltage. I'd be well pleased with this.

Ooh...and i got the free XFX gamepad with the card is well, they retail for $40 in the US, all round great bargin. And when the XFX Extreme Edition drops the bios will be posted online and i'll flash. So i'll have 490/1300!!!!

Dundhoone

djmarkus wrote:

Maybe his computer assassinated him.

lol

more than likely it was his bank manager , in the server room, with the candlestick

great rig though, would love to have the cash for a 7800

koneko

Richard Dower wrote:

I am showing off!!!!...why the hell not?
Put alot of time and money into this, damn right i'm waving my penis around.

Oh yeah man, polishing e-peens totally gets us chicks hot for it.

po0k

It had better, there are alot of virgins counting on it...

Praetorian

Nice PC Richard. You will be able to get 5,000,000 fps in quake 2 now like!

Back in the day when I enjoyed burning money, em I mean buying every upgrade ever, I would have waited for ATI's almost certainly quicker product

Endurance Man

Ok im still very confused by this moniter cooler. Iv had probably 12 monitors and never had 1 overheat on me?? :rolleyes: . Think HP just stole 10$ off of u .

WizZard

Endurance Man wrote:

Ok im still very confused by this moniter cooler. Iv had probably 12 monitors and never had 1 overheat on me?? :rolleyes: . Think HP just stole 10$ off of u .

I just used to pour iced-water over my CRT when it got too warm. I'll miss that monitor...

Richard Dower

koneko wrote:

Oh yeah man, polishing e-peens totally gets us chicks hot for it.

You know you want me!

DemonOfTheFall

I can definitely see the point of a monitor cooler, a big monitor puts out a lot of heat and cant be good for the insides. It must be literally scorching inside a monitor

duridian

koneko wrote:

Oh yeah man, polishing e-peens totally gets us chicks hot for it.

> :eek: Woah, you're a chick??
>...er.....Cool..... er........a/s/l..... er.....oh wait we've already established the S part, just a/l......

rsynnott

Endurance Man wrote:

Ok im still very confused by this moniter cooler. Iv had probably 12 monitors and never had 1 overheat on me?? :rolleyes: . Think HP just stole 10$ off of u .

No they didn't, he handed over the money. A number of industries feed on the very gullible (419, penis enlargement pills, and most things with cooler in the name). Strictly speaking, in this case it's not even false advertising; the thingy undoubtedly cools the monitor. Of course, this is wholly unnecessary; when did you last hear of a CRT dying a heat death under normal conditions? They die of a lot of things, but not heat. This is simply a small waste of energy and money. And looking at yer man's specs, that is the least of his worries.

Richard Dower wrote:

I am showing off!!!!...why the hell not?
Put alot of time and money into this, damn right i'm waving my penis around.

My, aren't you clever? Look, I can spend money

jonski

I think some people mistook the point of the post and the forum it was in . This is the "Tweaking and Modding" forum , this is what these guys do and then post about it so others can see and maybe get ideas , and also to say " check this out " . Over in the battlefield forums the gamers post their stats , here they post their setup .Everyone has their own thing , if I could afford that rig I wouldn't post it here , I would post it everywhere .

rsynnott

jonski wrote:

Everyone has their own thing , if I could afford that rig I wouldn't post it here , I would post it everywhere .

I would not post it in a box, I would not post it with a fox, I would not post it in the air, I would not post it anywhere!

Well, not the bit about the monitor fan, anyway; that's just embarrasing.

And yes, I realise a large part of the point of this forum is penis size wars; I'm only teasing gently

djmarkus

jonski wrote:

I think some people mistook the point of the post and the forum it was in . This is the "Tweaking and Modding" forum , this is what these guys do and then post about it so others can see and maybe get ideas , and also to say " check this out " . Over in the battlefield forums the gamers post their stats , here they post their setup .Everyone has their own thing , if I could afford that rig I wouldn't post it here , I would post it everywhere .

Well at the start there was alot of confusion, we just didnt know what response he wanted! that why he got a whole spectrum of responses.

WizZard

I think we should lobby for an [e-peen] (thanks Koneko!) tag, it would make threads like this a lot clearer!

astrofool

putting specs in your sig is probably worse tbh...

WizZard

Could be... quite possibly worse... but I don't get offended by people querying them

Richard Dower

Pfft....be glad i don't post pics OF my penis, then you guys would really have something to be jealous of.

Gareth2303

I think your forgetting how you bought your pc rich....Compensation from the accident you had in that warehouse. Remember..It got chopped off lol


Oj, Nice setup!!

Richard Dower

Gareth2303 wrote:

I think your forgetting how you bought your pc rich....Compensation from the accident you had in that warehouse. Remember..It got chopped off lol


Oj, Nice setup!!

Shhh!

Gareth2303

Haha...

po0k

astrofool wrote:

putting specs in your sig is probably worse tbh...

Yes, actually, I propose a thread on feedback banning specs in sigs, to be replaced instead with a link to a page listing the spec instead.

Also, rsynnot, it's not how much you spend, but what you spend it on and how they come together.

gline

nice rig, but aircooling and pc3700 ram aint up to much these days. But i think the 7800 probably makes up for it..maybe, lol

alos why gigabyte???....whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...

Richard Dower

OCZ PC3700 gave me the best timings at 2.8V, You can get faster memory but the latencies goes way up. I wanted CAS 2, sure you can get OCZ that can go 2-2-2-5 upto DDR500...but at 3.3-3.5V. Not many boards support this high voltage.

I can get 2-3-3-8 upto DDR480, i can get 2.5-3.3.8 upto DDR500. I've seen this memory go to DDR520...but not totally stable.

Gigabyte rocks...it's feature packed and stable as hell, but not a great overclocker. I'm afraid of watercooling....