Hi guys, after much thought, and a lot of practice on spare parts (placing AS5 on a spare junk 7600gt to make sure I am using the proper amount etc), I finally completed my project:
XFX 750i SLI Mainboard
8gb OCZ Gold Edition DDR2, in 4x2gb
Q6600, G0 (with Thermaltake TMG A1 CPU Cooler)
PNY 8800GT (with Thermaltake Duorb VGA Cooler)
Thermaltake 550w PSU
Antec 300 Case
No name, run-of-the-mill, mediocre HDD
The OC:
CPU OCed: 3.08GHz(342x9)(FSB@1366)(Core Voltage: 1.288v)
Memory OCed: 512.5MHz (FSBRAM= 2:3)(Effective 1025MHz)(5-8-8-24)
8800GT OCed: 700/1800/1000
PSU OCed: jk
After much reading up on these forums (thanks for the wealth of knowledge), I went out and got most of the parts to complete this, walked through the BIOS, tinkered with it (a lot), read up some more, etc etc, and now after a night of running Folding@Home's SMP Core Client and their GPU Client at the same time (as kinda a torture test), I awoke and checked my temps:
Hi guys, after much thought, and a lot of practice on spare parts (placing AS5 on a spare junk 7600gt to make sure I am using the proper amount etc), I finally completed my project:
XFX 750i SLI Mainboard
8gb OCZ Gold Edition DDR2, in 4x2gb
Q6600, G0 (with Thermaltake TMG A1 CPU Cooler)
PNY 8800GT (with Thermaltake Duorb VGA Cooler)
Thermaltake 550w PSU
Antec 300 Case
No name, run-of-the-mill, mediocre HDD
The OC:
CPU OCed: 3.08GHz(342x9)(FSB@1366)(Core Voltage: 1.288v)
Memory OCed: 512.5MHz (FSBRAM= 2:3)(Effective 1025MHz)(5-8-8-24)
8800GT OCed: 700/1800/1000
PSU OCed: jk
After much reading up on these forums (thanks for the wealth of knowledge), I went out and got most of the parts to complete this, walked through the BIOS, tinkered with it (a lot), read up some more, etc etc, and now after a night of running Folding@Home's SMP Core Client and their GPU Client at the same time (as kinda a torture test), I awoke and checked my temps:
Edit: 20 passes @ 64mb, 128mb, 256mb, 10 passes @512mb, and 5 passes @ 1024 all succeeded, and I tried 6000mb, and watched the temps, CPU0 was staying@ 61c
That program was trying to eat my CPU for breakfast, compared to Prime95 and Folding@Home. Prime95 and F@H only got my CPU up to around 50c.
Thanks for the heads up on IntelBurn, it really goes above and beyond for putting stress on the CPU, and now that I ran it, I feel pretty confident my computer is put together properly
Edit: 20 passes @ 64mb, 128mb, 256mb, 10 passes @512mb, and 5 passes @ 1024 all succeeded, and I tried 6000mb, and watched the temps, CPU0 was staying@ 61c
That program was trying to eat my CPU for breakfast, compared to Prime95 and Folding@Home. Prime95 and F@H only got my CPU up to around 50c.
Thanks for the heads up on IntelBurn, it really goes above and beyond for putting stress on the CPU, and now that I ran it, I feel pretty confident my computer is put together properly
Yes, i used to use prime 95. But, i prefer intelburn as you do not have to run the stress test for long hours. As a result, you can know whether it is stable or not in a few minutes, not hours.
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