ionicle's project 4000!

[NickS]

Nice lookin rig Ian. Nice wire management!

 

[ionicle_old]

so it should b it took me hours...i took out the floopy cable cos i dont use the floppy drive no-more as i need the power thingy from it for my mobo

 

[ionicle_old]

right, new keybord, uv lights, exaust blower, antec fan, fan controler and XP-120 (now with a few bent fins)...all installed

 

[JN]

.... and XP-120 (now with a few bent fins)...all installed

"Ionicle, This is the Overclocking Police, Please Step away from the computer."

 

[ionicle_old]

lol, i streightened em out...it took a skrewdriver, a few hours of frustration, and a snaped pencil, but they are are streight now...

 

[enVias]

"Ionicle, This is the Overclocking Police again, please step away from the computer or we will be forced to arrest you on the spot."

 

[ionicle_old]

i have work to do, leave me be...pictures

ok, i kno the wirings a mess again...but ah well, it all works atleast

 

[ionicle_old]

Rig Gallery Updated too

 

[FarFarAway]

Yeah wirinf is a bit of a mess still. Get a decent cabling kit thats easy to do:

http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_2384.html

Glows in UV too so it wouldn't matter so much if you had loads of wires showing

 

[ionicle_old]

that does look pritty cool...i'll consider it, but in the short term all thats needed is a tidy up to get it back to this quality:

this is what it was like before, when i spent 4 hours shovin wires behind everything i could...

 

[FarFarAway]

Which is also messy....

 

[ionicle_old]

its the neetest i have ever got it lol

 

[ionicle_old]

right...update...solved the slow problem, or partially anyway, i flashed the bios from a late '03 one to a june '05 one all on my own too lol...erm...iv had a go at the wireing, and got nowhere, so i wont bother doin pic's, i am now overclocked to 2520, the bigest stable overclock i have ever had i should mention, and that is on 210 x12 = 2520 i could try higher...with my XP-120....but i wont bother...too risky, i would prolyl end up blowin it up lol! i love the saitec eclipse, its soo nice to type on, thats y this post is so long, its jsut really comfy lol, its like presing on foam, not buttens, and it compliments my mouse nicely altho a copperhead would be even better...its on my to-get list its either that or a plazma edtion dimondback, but the next NECESERY upgrade will be a 7800GT, i have found posibly the 2 cheepest on the net, one is by PNY, and one is a BFG, and the PNY is cheaper...but only by £5 or so! lol! heres the links:

PNY:http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=96312

BFG: 3'rd down: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/7800_Series.html

so either of them is probably my next upgrade, although i might consider an ATi alternative, depends if there is one...can anyone sugest a good one? or a good Nvidia Alternative lol...anything, my mind aint made up yet...i am also considering another gig of ram...in the form of 2x512 moduels, which i can get 2 more of what i have alredy got for about £125 i just need deepfried to pay me the £85 he owes me for parts from the ol sempron system for me to be able to aford anything, once he has paid me i wil be able to aford my next upgrade.

 

[NickS]

PNY's a good reputable brand, get that ..

 

[ionicle_old]

i've herd good things bout BFG, and for only £5 extra what av i got too loose really...

on the other hand, if i wait a bit longer, i could get this, the most powerfull 7800GTx out there:

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/prod...2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=92419

 

[FarFarAway]

Sweet Ian. Glad to see your learning and really getting some good results. Good work on the BIOS flash

I would get the BFG 7800GT: you really don't need the GTX mate: you don't play games enough

 

[ionicle_old]

would CSS benefit from a GTx insted of a GT?

also my hard drive is i think 5400rpm and it is IDE so does that need replacing?

 

[FarFarAway]

would CSS benefit from a GTx insted of a GT?

In all honesty mate: not really. You won't see any difference unless your running at 1600 x 1200

 

[ionicle_old]

and my moniter only goes up to 1024x768...so no point lol

 

[bloodthirst]

would CSS benefit from a GTx insted of a GT?

also my hard drive is i think 5400rpm and it is IDE so does that need replacing?

we should play some css sometime ionicle