New System, 90% Complete.

[DoG]

Over the last few weeks i have been buying new parts to upgrade the old system i had, i ended with this:

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P4 3.2 gig Prescott
1 GB (4 x 256MB) Corsair XMS PC4000 DDR 500 Memory (Running in Dual Chan Mode)
MSI 875P Neo FISR MoBo
AKASA king Copper 901XT CPU Cooler
ThermalTake Xaser V Damier V6000A Case
Enermax 460W PSU

I'm planning on phasing out 2 of my 160 Gig IDE drives and installing 2 250 Gig WD Serial ATA drives along with a decent (ATI) graphics card- the Nvida FX series just don't impress me at all TBH. Am also looking at the ThermalTake Silent Pure Power 550 W PSU, simply because the Enermax doesnt have enough 4 pin power outlets.

Can anyone think of anything else i can do with it?

On a side note, the ThermalTake case looks extremely nice BUT the 5 fans and the fan/temperature display module are a pain in the donkey. The cables will NEVER look neat untill i start hard wiring them with a soldering iron and while the side mounting internal HDD bays look good they are a pain in the donkey to get IDE cables to- hence the move to serial ATA drives.

links to hardware here:

http://www.thermaltake.com/xaserCase/Damier/v6000a.htm
http://www.akasa.com.tw/spec/coolers/spec_ak_901xt.htm
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p...-FISR&class=mb
http://www.corsairmicro.com/corsair/xms.html

[unicorn]

I would love to have specifikations like that. Five fans... noisy? For some time I have been looking at this:

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http://www.coolpc.com.au/store/index.php?item=628

Click to enlarge the oicture. Cool.

[DoG]

oh wow, that looks awesome! Wouldnt mind something like that myself.
Yes, the 5 fans are noisy. you can controll the speeds which does lessen the noise but the system temp slowly creeps up if you do that

[SlickVic78]

@ DoG
Yeah, 5 fans seem to be about right. I to have 5 fans running inside my rig. If I didn't, I'd probably be able to cook breakfast on it! :lol1:.

What are you temps? Idle and on full load?

@ unicorn,
That cooling rig is sick. Wish I had one of them... but I don't think I'd have the room for it... Ah, I guess I can always make room for something as cool as that!

-SlickVic78

[DoG]

It's at around 30C idle and 56C Full load. I had better results from my old case with this CPU Cooler than i do with this one, the other case kept the temps down to 25C idle and 46C at full load. Saying that, all the cables and stuff in there restrict the air flow something rotten, when i can get them soldered and routed properly it may help. The instructions for the dozzens of cables suck! I don't suppose that having to have some of the cables strewn over the mobo helps- but there just isn't enough play in the cables to get them neat and tidy

[Bads]

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It's at around 30C idle and 56C Full load.

This is really hot

I have only a P4 2.0 ghz and the temp is never too high

What is the temp in your room ?

[DoG]

Room temp is 31C, got a few pc's in here and the AC is bust

[Bads]

Ok,

Here the room themp is only 23 C

[unicorn]

@SlickVic78: Yup, it's sick. And expensive, and cool. Above all it's silent.

Silence is a luxuary. Of course everyone judges for themselves. Is it worth the money? I would say yes.

Don't forget that your relatives and friends will be much more impressed by this cooling tower than they ever will be from some cryptic MoBo codes. Then you can talk a little about environment pollutions and noise...

[SlickVic78]

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Originally posted by DoG@May 31 2004, 01:09 PM
It's at around 30C idle and 56C Full load. I had better results from my old case with this CPU Cooler than i do with this one, the other case kept the temps down to 25C idle and 46C at full load. Saying that, all the cables and stuff in there restrict the air flow something rotten, when i can get them soldered and routed properly it may help. The instructions for the dozzens of cables suck! I don't suppose that having to have some of the cables strewn over the mobo helps- but there just isn't enough play in the cables to get them neat and tidy

I have 3 computers running in the same location (a corner of my room)... Doesn't help with keeping things cool at all... This part of my room is almost 10 degrees hotter than the other side of the room!

I have a 4th computer in my room that I only turn on when I am testing out applications and websites I am working on, which adds a few more degrees to the room when turned on.

I tell ya... Heat is our computer's worst enemy! Besides that, there's dust! :lol1: I ended up blowing out my rig the other day and the amount of dust that came out was scarey! It did knock off a few degrees though. My current temps on my main rig usually fall into the same range as your computer temps, DoG.

-SlickVic78