I'll start first, keep this thread going...post all your technophiles goodies.
So here goes...
I ordered everything from NewEgg.com. I received a bunch of boxes...dispersed into three different days, I only saved the good boxes...these two
After inspecting, I put the CPU, Mainboard, GPU, HSF, RAM, and PSU together outside of the box, in a static free zone to make sure the hardware would POST before screwing everything into my box.
I used my fav. thermal compound.
yay it posted...*******************************************************************************************************************************************
on with the screwing...*************************************************************************************************************************************
I started with the two extra 120mm Scythe case fans in the front for intake...
then the 400 W Corsair PSU...**********************************************************************************************************************************
on tis case, the power supply goes on the bottom...*****************************************************************************************************************
more screwing...********************************************************************************************************************************************
then some cable connecting going on here...drive installation...video card...etc.*********************************************************************************************
It looked real good at night all lit up...****************************************************************************************************************************
^^^^^lulz^^^^***********
when I replaced the side panel I was amazed @ how it looked when it was all put together...***********************************************************************************
^^^moar lulz^^^ ;D
) woot
when i installed win_7, it looks good...wish i was sponsored by asus...here's a coupla pics of my little area of the house i can call mine, it's where i'm @ when chillin...********************************
...~;^)
ok, here's the geeky part...
I upped the front side bus from 200 to 210 mhz
the HT link from 2oo0 to 21oo mhz
i had to manually set the G.Skill DDR3-1333 timing to 8-8-8-21-33 1T
i pulled the multiplier up from 15.5 to 18
set the ram voltage to 1.6v and the CPU to 1.45v
left all other settings at auto,
my 3.1 Ghz cpu is running at 3.78Ghz
ram @ 700Mhz ddr which means my ddr3-1333 is tuned to ddr3-1400 speeds
I have two barracuda 500GB hdd in a raid 0, I installed Windows 7 professional build 7600 ( i got for free cause I'm an MSDNAA member)
for storage I have another barracuda 250 GB and a wd caviar black 1TB
hdd totals = 2094GB
asus blu-ray rom, dvd/cd writer
and i left my ati radeon hd4670 alone...(ie. overclock... i'm not a big gamer)
the 4670 is perfect for vdj/htpc...anything moar would be overkill
Click on this Picture for a larger image...............
Screen shot of my performance in a GUI.....^.^.^.^.
i am really excited... i'd like to think i made a valiant effort in purchasing a readily upgradeable piece of hardware. only time will tell on that...
tell me what you think??
respect crew...~;^)
Jakeup
