|
|
|
 |
Overclock.net - Overclocking.net > Intel > Intel - General > Intel Build Logs | |
**Newly Water Cooled** First Build (Many Images)
|
||
 |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools |
03-09-09
|
#1 (permalink) | |||||||||||
|
New to Overclock.net
|
**Newly Water Cooled** First Build (Many Images)
Hey guys, this is my first post. I've always been a gamer, but I hadn't really ever built a system on my own. So last October I bought a second monitor and I've really enjoyed the dual monitors. December came around and I was really getting interested in hardware... So I researched every aspect of hardware for about two months and arrived at this build.
__________________Parts from original computer: Q6600 G0 500Gb WD 7200rpm 500Gb SG 7200rpm generic DVD player/burner New parts: Antec 1200 Ultra X3 850 Watt Evga 750i FTW XFX GTX 260 Black Edition ZeroTherm NP120 Nirvana 4Gb G.Skill DDR2 1066 Future Plans: SATA Optical Drive 2nd XFX GTX 260 4Gb of more G.Skill 8-Pin ATX extender Full Window Mod Ambient Lighting Pix taken with a 7.1 MegaPixel FujiFilm and a fisheye lens Started with some basic cable management for the case fans.  Before any PSU cables were attached.   GPU's compared... (XFX GTX 260 vs. 8500GT)  Cable management after all cables were attached. It may not look pretty... but there's no buldge on the side panel.   And of course, the finished product inside...   Everything running, and of course some artsy dark photos...          I came from the custom car & truck scene so it just felt right to squeeze a computer for all the power it was worth. The original build with the stock Q6600 and the 8500GT netted a 3DMark06 of 2205. After fiddling with the various overclocking tools and reading countless threads about it, I reached 3.6 Ghz and an aggresive overclock on the GTX 260 for a 3DMark06 of 16313. I'm still learning every day about overclocking and stability. I feel safe at 3.2Ghz for the moment, but for bench marking and showing off I think there's more room past that 16.3k.
Last edited by Xandax : 05-24-09 at 03:51 AM |
|||||||||||
|
|
|
03-09-09
|
#2 (permalink) | |||||||||||||
|
Intel Overclocker
 
|
Wow, Nice build you got there. Grats
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
|
03-09-09
|
#3 (permalink) | ||||||||||||
|
New to Overclock.net
 
|
Awesome cable management, good job bud.
__________________+rep
|
||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
03-09-09
|
#4 (permalink) | |||||||||||||
|
Overclocker
|
Nice build! Those photos are something I havent seen before. I like them very much...
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
03-09-09
|
#5 (permalink) | |||||||||||||
|
4.0 GHz
 
|
That's a nice looking build... good cable management too.
...with the fisheye, I feel like I'm flipping through a skateboarding mag.
__________________
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
|
03-09-09
|
#6 (permalink) | |||||||||||||
|
Overclocker in Training
|
Sounds like a great system there judging from the specs. Nice job on the build and cable management, it looks great!
That looks like one crazy CPU cooler!  Off topic: was that a NOFX poster there? It's been a long time since I've seen that band. 
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
03-09-09
|
#7 (permalink) | |||||||||||
|
New to Overclock.net
|
Thanks a ton guys, I feel very welcome here.
__________________Absolutely a NOFX poster, going to see them this summer.
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
03-09-09
|
#8 (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
|
Renholdėr
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Kitchener, ON, Canada
Posts: 8,588
Rep: 840
  Unique Rep: 643
Trader Rating: 1
|
Nice build, but that camera lens is screwing with my mind.
__________________
 GRID Drift Club OCN Headphones Club - Because Perfect Hair is Overrated ATI - We Are the Red Tide Canadian OCN Club http://www.overclock.net/view.php?pg=rulestos The TOS Quote:
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
|
03-09-09
|
#9 (permalink) | ||||||||||||||
|
4.0 GHz
|
good job :]
Now ovaclock that q6600! :P
__________________
Q6600 1.325VID 4.0 ghz suicide (H2O) -1.675v xD http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=500919  4 GHz Overclock Club Quote:
|
||||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
04-05-09
|
#10 (permalink) | |||||||||||
|
New to Overclock.net
|
Update:
__________________Full Window Mod 8 Pin ATX power extension Sata optical drive New north bridge fan 2x cold cathodes w/ switch on back panel Heavy duty cable management (involved a dremel and a couple metal cutting bits) Still in the making: PCI Slot fan controller (I don't want to throw off the front appearance just to control a single damn NB fan) 2nd XFX GTX 260 BE UV green paint on certain areas of the interior of the case... this is still definately being considered because I'm not sure if I want to go through with ruining the beautiful black interior. Results:        Before & After Cathodes 
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
We Are Gr33n Machine
