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evil-98 · 01-10-08

Home Wrecker: Render Slave Rev3

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120mm Fan HD cage

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jab-tech.com order - placed & shipped

1x EK-Supreme $69.95
1x EK-Multiopinion RES 150 rev.2 $41.95
1x EK-Anti-Cyclone $2.49
3x EK-High Flow Fitting 1/2" OD $7.05
2x DangerDen Fillport - delrin $23.90
1x 1/2" T $0.99
1x Thermalright backplate $6.95
10x 5mm Pink LED $6.00
1x 12" CCFL UV $5.99
10' Masterkleer Tubing 7/16" ID x 5/8" OD $4.90

Total + Shipping:$179.56

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Project: "Home Wrecker" was originally called "Table Wrecker" because
of how heavy the system would be when the project would be over

but in some recent family events, yada yada, i dub thee "Home Wrecker"

Project Overview:

This was originally my Render Slave which is a 680i quad xtreme w/ 2
8800gtx in sli. all-in-all it was great fun, but i was unable to stabilize
the motherboard. the original build cost 3200 for a unstable, unreliable
could of been a lot better system. there were chooses that i regret but
its ok, the build was sponsored by MSI thus the use of the P6N and the
2 8800gtx's. everything was very pricey back then and the 680i chipset
was very unstable. anyways this will be the third and final revision.

Render Slave:

QX6850 @ 3.33 1333x10
4x 1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 PC2 6400 800
MSI P6N Diamond (1.3 beta 2)
2x MSI 8800GTX
2x WD 320gb Caviler
ASUS 16x DVDR
SilverStone ST7SF 750w Strider
TT Armor LCS

terribly unstable, temps were actually ok even at load, but i really hated
the quality of the product. the p6n actually never offically supported the
QX6850 so i had MSI write me a bios which is now the official bios (1.3)
i had been running 1.3 beta 2 since august 07 and the board felt like it
was degrading...

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Render Slave: Rev1 (added cooling hardware)

QX6850 @ 3.20 1300x10
4x 1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 PC2 6400 800
MSI P6N Diamond (1.3 beta 2)
2x MSI 8800GTX
2x WD 320gb Caviler
ASUS 16x DVDR
SilverStone ST7SF 750w Strider
TT Armor LCS
Swiftech Apogee GTX
4x SilverStone 121 fans

well system was again terribly unstable, tried some new cooling hardware
out to see if it would yield any difference, it did help a little bit but again
not worth the trouble. just ran the system as stable as possible

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Render Slave: Rev2 (on air)

QX6850 @ 2.9 1066x11
4x 1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 PC2 6400 800
MSI P6N Diamond (offical 1.3 bios)
2x MSI 8800GTX
2x WD 320gb Caviler Raid O
Samsung 20x DVDR
SilverStone ST7SF 750w Strider
TT Armor LCS
4x SilverStone FM121 fans
SilverStone NT06 air cooler

so i scraped the cooling system, sold as much of it as i could and put in
my old cooler from my p4 and it had the same idle temps but a better
load temp.. can you believe that. horrible, anyways the board was really
degrading on me. the system had become so horribly unstable that i had
to down clock my system. over days and days of testing, i stabilized at
1300 Rated FBS, a couple weeks later again horribly unstable, tested again
and finally stabilized at 1066. then i thought, hum wonder if the official
bios would help, so i flashed, clocked everything to standard speed and
after window loads about 2 mins on OCN i get a reboot or a power down..

and that was the last straw, i have 3 P6N Diamonds, 1 which was DOA
one in my system and one under a bunch of close. needed to test my
hardware so i had tested them on another P6N and had no difference
the motherboard was obviously garbage.

thus the project "Home Wrecker" was made, endless nights, tired
eyes, cuts, blood, you name it.

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ive already got the 360GTX and got the D5 today i also have all the fans.

heres a pic of Rev2

i got big plans for Rev3

stay tuned

thanks for watching
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SentryOptic · 01-10-08

This should be very interesting

Watching this, +rep

RPIJG · 01-10-08

you want stable...X38 or P35 FTW!!!

You want bleeding edge tech, 780i or 790i (DDR3). Bonus of the 780i or 790i is the SLI, but I had a terrible time with long term high FSB stability on my 680i boards and the 780i uses the same exact NB/SB chips with an added N200 PCIe2.0 bridge, I can't imagine that it would be much different CPU/FSB/Mem overclocking than the 680i boards. There is another version of the 780i called the 780i FTW (I'm not joking) and supposedly (I don't think it's out, and all the info is just propaganda) it will be much more stable due to the use of solid state capacitors, it also has an integrated watercooling block already, but I haven't seen any shots of it yet, despite being announced by EVGA.

I switched over from the EVGA 680i NF68 board to the P5K Deluxe and was amazed by the stability of the chipset, I do lament the lack of SLI capability however.

evil-98 · 01-10-08

i want to go SLI because i have 2 cards, if i cant X38 or P35 and i could WC a card! yay..i should be putting in my order today if i get time, im at work right now slaving away.. but ya
it pays for the Wrecker... lol

thanks for the interest, i should have sometime to show for when i get home

edit:

what do you guys think of the p5n-t deluxe? there finally back in stock at egg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...tem=13-131-247
review

stricker II formula is coming out, 780i FTW, MSI has a P7N... (no thanks) but
might as well take it for a spin if i can get it for free

for a x38 Maximus for sure, for p35 probally P35C-DS3R ill need to pick one out
soon so i can get this going. im ordering the rest of the WC parts from Petra
so they should be here in a few days giving me the rest of the time to mod the
case. i have alot of ideas that ill mock up for you guys when i get home.

In Stock
Asus P5T-D $339 newegg.com
Asus Maximus Formula $259 newegg.com
Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 $259 newegg.com
Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R $159 newegg.com
Gigabyte GA-X38-DQ6 $289 newegg.com

Out Of Stock
Asus Striker II Formula $329 ISORM.com

MSI.
P7N DIAMOND
P35 PLATINUM

RPIJG · 01-10-08

Free is always worth at least a try, and as far as the rest of the 780i boards, I would recommend the EVGA 780i FTW when available, I've always heard conflicting reports on the strikers, people either love 'em, or hate 'em. I wouldn't recommend the ASUS 780i boards in general I guess, they haven't been as adherent to the reference boards as they should have been in the past, and in this case, they didn't even claim 45nm quad compatibility until just recently. I totally understand the SLI quandry, good news is that apparently the 780i boards show much better results with SLI because of the added N200 chip being used for Vid card core crosstalk without needing the CPU.

evil-98 · 01-10-08

yea i wonder when 780i FTW is coming out. i do was SLI so im more swayed towards the 780i boards

AAHH FTW!!!

i want that one

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looks like a great board for my project, just wonder how much it would be...

RPIJG · 01-10-08

Should be sooner rather than later as I'm sure they want to launch this before the 790i launches in about a month, and from the looks of it (some pictures here the thing is a beast, with an integrated NB/SB watercooling, the picture shows the optional air.

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