My Machine (specs)

[GoldMember]

Hi all.. Here are the specs.. As soon as I get this problem with my floppy drive not working in WinXP.. I'll put some pics up.


1.4Ghz Athlon AYHJA @ 1.6Ghz (Very Stable at 70F low, 75F High)

2x 20Gb Maxtor ATA-66 7200RPM RAID-0 (Onboard Raid)

EPoX EP-8K7A+

512MB Samsung cas2 PC2100 DDR

Leadtek GF2 Ultra w/ AOC Low Profile 1U Rackmount CPU Cooler (Copper Heatsink). OC'd From 250Mhz Core, 460Mhz DDR To 300Mhz Core, 500Mhz DDR. (Going Higher when I get Tin coated copper ramsinks)

Digi Doc 5

Maze2-1

172w Peltier on a 24vdc 12.5Amp PSU

360GPH Pump.. I believe I have it set at 320GPH or so.. As running it at full power was to much pressure.. left me with a little drip from the in-take on the water-block. Lowering it just a bit left me dry and no increase in temp. As the waterblock can only take in about 90GPH max anyway.

1 Gallon Resevior which sits on my desk with the pump in it.

My own quick made Baybus for my 120MM Sunon 114CFM Fan and my waterpump. (Water pump is still going through a wall outlet.. I just put one of my AC Power switches on the line)

DangerDen SuperCube All Copper Radiator

Blue Power LED

White Hard Drive LED

Enermax 430W PSU

SB LIVE!

Linksys 10/100 NIC

12x8x32 LG CD-rw

40X Generic CD-rom

Intellimouse Optical V3.0

Full Tower Case (Mod'd for 2 PC PSU's.. Turned out I only used the Enermax! Now I have a hole in back of case.. No problemo just moved the radiator down there.. bah..

Painted the inside of the case red and the front bezel yellow.

As soon as my artist gets back from vacation I am having him do artwork on the side of my case.. It'll blow your mind how good he is.. I can't wait to post pics of it then..

That is pretty much it.. here are some benchmarks


Sisoft Sandra CPU Benchmark

1.4Ghz = Dhrystone ALU 3,849 MIPS
Whetstone FPU 1,893 MFLOPS

1.6Ghz = Dhrystone ALU 4,393 MIPS
Whetstone FPU 2,163 MFLOPS
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Comparison..

Athlon XP 1800+

Dhrystone ALU 4,222
Whetstone FPU 2,114 MFLOPS


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3DMark2001

1.4Ghz
1024x768
No Video Overclock
No Sound
No FSAA
Anistropic Filtering ON

4,696 3DMarks
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1.4Ghz
1024x768
No Video Overclock
No Sound
FSAA 4X
Anistropic Filter ON
Triple Frame Buffer
32Bit Textures

1,761 3DMarks
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1.6Ghz
1024x768
No Video Overclock
No Sound
No FSAA
Anistropic Filtering ON

4,925 3DMarks
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1.6Ghz
1024x768
No Video Overclock
No Sound
FSAA 4X
Anistropic Filter ON
Triple Frame Buffer
32Bit Textures

1,766 3DMarks
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Overclocking the video gave on average 100 3DMarks to 300 3DMarks more.


Sisoft Sandra Hard Drive Benchmark

My Drives - 34,554

ATA-100 7200RPM RAID 0 - 36,000


That's about it.. Oh, I am using 1/2" tubing on the waterblock and radiator. I have a few problems though. In XP when I hit ctrl+c or ctrl+v to copy/paste.. It doesn't do it!

Second is that on my board, EPoX EP-8K7A+ I CANNOT get the FSB anywhere! I can't even get it to 134mhz! I tried upping voltage and everything.. It's fricken weird.. If I go any higher it just freezes. Highest I had my CPU was 1.73Ghz.. It ran for a bit... Then I got BSOD. Temps are high on my CPU.. that is because my digi doc flat temp sensor had problems fitting by my CPU. The wire that comes out is restricting the block from COMPLETELY clamping down on the CPU core. Also, I won't be using DangerDen's clamping method anymore. I am going to use metal rods, nuts and bolts.. Not nylon ones that don't really get a good pressure down.

 

[SWScorch]

wow nice. I was going to reply and say I didn;t believe your CPU temp; then I saw you're watercooling. Cobgratulationsl that sounds like a sweet computer.

 

[GoldMember]

Yes.. I love it.. although my water-cooling isn't setup probably on the CPU. My block isn't make a full hard contact with the core.. Ya well.. this spring I'll probably rip it out and re-set it. My radiator makes a good heater though.. so much hot air blows out. I am going to vent the air to the front of my case and keep it toasty in my room.

I was going to build water-cooled machines and put them on my site.. but I've decided that I ain't going to bother with it now. I am just going to sell PC mods, laser cutting services, painting, artwork, water cooling kits and so forth.. no pre-made machines quite yet. I can't wait to get my site going.. should be soon now!

 

[GoldMember]

BUMP! Anyone know the answer to my problems at the bottom of my first message?

 

[Woodchuck2000]

Just out of interest, what difference would there be if you removed the peltier and used only the watercooling? Thats a fairly serious watercooler you've got there....

 

[GoldMember]

temps would be a bunch higher.. This spring when I re-set the waterblock the temps will be MUCH lower..