So the other day a friend of mine drops off a box of goodies on me, and I think I see some potential for a gaming/htpc kind of system. Bear in mind these are all pretty dated (hence why they were free) but I really hate to throw any kind of technology away.
Here are the parts:
Asus P5Q3 Motherboard
Intel Q9550 with Stock Cooler
Ancient Case (looks like a Cooler Master Centurion 530 or there about, really old, crappy airflow.)
So the parts I have laying around and have managed to make work with this are:
Corsair HX1000W PSU
Patriot Viper 1600 Mhz Low Latency (supposed to run at 7-7-7-20, but that causes a unintended overclock to 3.4 GHz leading to some massive overheating so the ram is running at 800 Mhz, regular 9-9-9-24 settings)
Toshiba 1 TB 7200 RPM Sata 3 HDD
EVGA GTX 560 SE
And Windows 7 (Or I could go Ubuntu 12.04.4 if I wanted.)
So I've got it up and running, no real headaches. Aside from the video drivers (having to use 314 drivers because anything newer causes firefox to lock up) and I'll be getting a gtx 570 OC from the same person as soon as I get my butt down to see him (in his words, its too much effort to sell, especially with a new Son to deal with.)
I'm asking if this is even worth while to keep around I guess. I did put Skyrim on it and it is playable. I hate how the chip gets so hot, but I read that these chips were warm from the get go. If I wanted to throw it under water I do have a spare H50 laying around, but I would need to order the mounting hardware (it got lost when I cleaned up my spare parts bin.) I don't plan to OC the machine, and I have modded the case with a 120 MM intake fan and replace the stock rear 120 MM with a Antec Tri-Cool (hey, I had a few laying around) I think this MIGHT be worth a damn, but I am just looking for opinions.
FWIW I don't plan to sell off these parts. It's a gift from a friend and I personally have an issue making a buck on a gift. Besides, the CPU/MB alone isn't worth much and neither is the case. Nor is the GPU. The PSU is still almost new as is the HDD. I'm building this up on a ZERO DOLLAR BUDGET.
Any ideas what it could be aside from what I mentioned earlier? I kind of want it to do more than just take up space in my living room hooked up to a 39" TV.
Thanks for reading!
Here are the parts:
Asus P5Q3 Motherboard
Intel Q9550 with Stock Cooler
Ancient Case (looks like a Cooler Master Centurion 530 or there about, really old, crappy airflow.)
So the parts I have laying around and have managed to make work with this are:
Corsair HX1000W PSU
Patriot Viper 1600 Mhz Low Latency (supposed to run at 7-7-7-20, but that causes a unintended overclock to 3.4 GHz leading to some massive overheating so the ram is running at 800 Mhz, regular 9-9-9-24 settings)
Toshiba 1 TB 7200 RPM Sata 3 HDD
EVGA GTX 560 SE
And Windows 7 (Or I could go Ubuntu 12.04.4 if I wanted.)
So I've got it up and running, no real headaches. Aside from the video drivers (having to use 314 drivers because anything newer causes firefox to lock up) and I'll be getting a gtx 570 OC from the same person as soon as I get my butt down to see him (in his words, its too much effort to sell, especially with a new Son to deal with.)
I'm asking if this is even worth while to keep around I guess. I did put Skyrim on it and it is playable. I hate how the chip gets so hot, but I read that these chips were warm from the get go. If I wanted to throw it under water I do have a spare H50 laying around, but I would need to order the mounting hardware (it got lost when I cleaned up my spare parts bin.) I don't plan to OC the machine, and I have modded the case with a 120 MM intake fan and replace the stock rear 120 MM with a Antec Tri-Cool (hey, I had a few laying around) I think this MIGHT be worth a damn, but I am just looking for opinions.
FWIW I don't plan to sell off these parts. It's a gift from a friend and I personally have an issue making a buck on a gift. Besides, the CPU/MB alone isn't worth much and neither is the case. Nor is the GPU. The PSU is still almost new as is the HDD. I'm building this up on a ZERO DOLLAR BUDGET.
Any ideas what it could be aside from what I mentioned earlier? I kind of want it to do more than just take up space in my living room hooked up to a 39" TV.
Thanks for reading!
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