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*CyberDruid* · 05-05-06

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Originally Posted by BRISKbaby

I'd like to place my order.

It's looking great, keep up the hard work and 'grats on the kiddo!

Thanks a lot!

*CyberDruid* · 05-05-06

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Originally Posted by niko-time

Think you posted the wrong picture ^^. Congrats if its yours though...

Too funny--guess that one was meant to be...lol yep it slipped by...

*CyberDruid* · 05-05-06

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Originally Posted by Renegade5399

To cool 4 CPUs, I can tell you right now, you're going to need two Bonnie cores. So the water cooling aspect is going to get interesting. Since the area is small, only 1 pump should be needed. The only reason I used 2 was due the large amount of tubing I used. So, how many PSU's are you going to end up using? This thing is looking soo good.

I left enough room for two--I am starting with a 350 enermax 26A 12V rail and gonna see if it will drive two mobos. If so then I will get another--if not the 350 will go into the 820 rig and I will get a bigger badder PSU and try again... Ideally 2 PSUs 4 mobos 8 cores. But I'll start with 1 PSU 1 mobo 1 core..lol.

*CyberDruid* · 05-05-06

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Originally Posted by Fusion Racing

looks nice so far, i love it

good luck with it.

(whoo 200th post!!)

thanks!

noxious89123 · 05-05-06

Lol, quad post >.<

This rig is looking great. Gratz on the kid as well

madmanx1x1 · 05-05-06

This is a big build and is looking awsome...I wanted to build a similar rig as this. I think i might build the system to hold a few older mobos i have laying around until i get the money to buy a few cheap mobos and cpus and stuff...ur so insperational...u should be a motavational speeker.

*CyberDruid* · 05-05-06

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Originally Posted by madmanx1x1

This is a big build and is looking awsome...I wanted to build a similar rig as this. I think i might build the system to hold a few older mobos i have laying around until i get the money to buy a few cheap mobos and cpus and stuff...ur so insperational...u should be a motavational speeker.

You would be surprised how fast stuff comes together with all this interest and support...I thought it would take at least a month to get the first mobo alive in Crunch--but in a few days all the bits will start arriving--and what I really think is interesting is everything except the PSU has come from here...

If wood is not your thing youshould check out Burn's tech station build log...very techno and practical--a similar framework type techstation as that described RetroSpekt's FAQ would work great--if little fingers aren't a problem.

Shawn McGrail suggested slotting the mobos like cards into the case which would work very well in a tech station type rig. There are a lot of ways to approach it.

One way would be to make independent modules that could stack together as the rigs were assembled--alleviating the hassle of splitting PSU leads and wrestling with plugging, unplugging power cables to get at a particular board.

For hardcore folders anything that makes the most of what you've got is the way to go....I happened to have some materials from a job and that's where Crunch got started.

Try something out....

*CyberDruid* · 05-06-06

Everything has arrived--today--I fabbed the mobo bracketry, mounted the mobo, HDDs, and not having a power SW clipped the header off a PC mobo speaker, repinned it and hotwired the beast into life.

Crunch is Alive!

Not having the manual I was guessing at which IDE headers to use and guessed right about the RAID ones--I took my old WD400 and paired it with the Samsung Spinpoint 40 gig that just arrived to see if I could find the RAID in BIOS...work in progress--will post massive picks of the FAb and install soon!

*Chozart* · 05-06-06

Woohoo!!! It's ALIVE!!!

Folding world beware...it CRUNCH TIME!!

*CyberDruid* · 05-06-06

Kind of quirky mobo--needs to have an IDE HDD on Channel 0 master and a CD ROM on channel 0 slave, or if nothing Slave on 0 then master on 1. Nothing else works for installing 98, anyway. Excited about the onboard RAID controller, but as I need to have a HDD on 0 to install that leaves me one HDD short to do RAID--I could be missing something...never used a Giga board before--great BIOS layout--tons of features.

Anyway finally got it down to the SPinpoint and the CDROM and right now windows in formatting the HDD--about to put a never used 98SE I have had for years into action. Guess that will work for folding.

Had to "rent" a PCI MX 4000 from Wally world just to get going.

Will post back when Crunch is fully up and into the desktop!

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