Extreme Makeover

[RobertE]

So the turtle of my little fleet is getting a makeover.

Sokar:
AMD Xp 1900+
512mb ram
Abit KX7-333 MB

Linky to system info @ Rosetta.

Microsoft Windows XP
Professional Edition, Service Pack 2, (05.01.2600.00)
Memory 511.48 MB
Cache 976.56 KB
Swap space 1249.61 MB
Total disk space 91.28 GB
Free Disk Space 71.04 GB
Measured floating point speed 1452.93 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 2386.7 million ops/sec


Its been on life support for a while. Some of the case fans have died. One of the two fans on the CPU HS has died as well. I figured I'd run it till it blows. :evil:

So...I stopped by my friendly neighborhood Mirocenter and walked out $600 lighter. CPU, MB, RAM, PS & Vista OEM.

I'll be back with an update when the operation is complete.

 

[ProviaFan]

Isn't the lighter wallet sensation quite a strange one? It feels so bad and yet so good at the same time!

Having just done a laptop upgrade of terrible financial proportions, I know the feeling well.

However, the points are worth it... :thumbsup:

 

[RobertE]

Update:

All the old bits are out.
An entire village of dust bunnys met their demise. :evil:

All the new parts are in place.
Vista is installing.

What are the new parts your ask?
Vista Home Basic
Intel Core 2 Duo 6320
Abit Fatal1ty F190HD MB Link to MB thread here at AT
2 Gig of Buffalo Select DDR2-667 Memory
500w PS

First big upgrade for me in a long time. Feel like a kid in a candy store. Can't wait to see what it can do.

 

[Philippart]

That hardware looks NICE

Is it just for crunching or do you "really" use it too?

 

[RobertE]

Update 2:

New specs reported by bonic

GenuineIntel
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6320 @ 1.86GHz [x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6] [fpu tsc pae nx sse sse2 sse3 mmx]
Number of CPUs 2
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista
Home Edition, (06.00.6000.00)
Memory 1982.94 MB
Cache 976.56 KB
Swap space 4191.2 MB
Total disk space 111.79 GB
Free Disk Space 102.09 GB
Measured floating point speed 1452.93 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 2386.7 million ops/sec

All stock settings. Will give a day or so (or until I get impatient) to get settled in before I start really playing.

 

[RobertE]

Originally posted by: Philippart
That hardware looks NICE

Is it just for crunching or do you "really" use it too?

About 50/50.

It was just a download & cd/dvd burning machine. That task will now be moved to Anubis, my Sempron 2800.

This will now take over as my main rig. Games, checking (ha), email, etc.

 

[caferace]

Originally posted by: RobertE
Measured floating point speed 1452.93 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 2386.7 million ops/sec

That's exactly the same as your old CPU. Is that right?

jim

 

[RobertE]

Originally posted by: caferace

Originally posted by: RobertE
Measured floating point speed 1452.93 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 2386.7 million ops/sec

That's exactly the same as your old CPU. Is that right?

jim

Benchmark must have run while I was fiddling with it.

Currently its:
1734
3616

 

[RobertE]

Just a quick update.

Been running with a mild overclock from 1.86ghz to 2.1.
Was getting ~90 credits per 6 hour Rosetta WU and ~404 for the new Einsteins which were taking about 22 hrs. Overall about 750-800 credits/day. Stock voltage. Was running about 56c under full load. Stock cooling.

Was hitting a wall on the overclock. Figured the onboard graphics was the wall.

Droped in a 7600gt. Now running at 2.4 with a small bump in core voltage. Now running @ 60-62c under full load. Stock cooling. Case temp is 41c. Room temp is around 27c

Measured floating point speed 2205.99 million ops/sec
Measured integer speed 2586.17 million ops/sec

This is just killilng the old 1900+ :evil:

 

[Coquito]

Sexy.

I'm too lost to even try & overclock my c2d(1.86 forever, unless I find a dummy guide). I did pump up my xp-m a few years back, but that was unlocked, so it was simple.