Author Topic: Upgrading my pc (Read 5207 times)

RotteVis · « **on:** September 16, 2003, 07:05:58 pm »

Since 4 weeks I've been playing on this damn spare-pc, cause I was to rough building watercooling on my a7n8x mobo. So I decided it was time for a little upgrade that I like to share with all you people and I want to know what you all think of it.

Asus PC-DL Deluxe Mobo
2 x Intel Xeon 2,4 Ghz HTT FSB533
Enermax EG465AX-VE(W)FM PSU 465 Watt
2 x Swifttech MCW-5000PX Watercooling for CPU

These products will all be placed in my Koolance PCW-601 casing I already own, together with my Asus GF4ti4200-128mb, 2 x 512 Corsair DDR-SDRAM 333Mhz in dual-channel mode, 1 x 80gb WD and 1 x 120GB IBM. Main task of the system will be internet and playing games (unreal tournament). My OS will be WinXP + SP1

My 'old' system will I'll be going to use as a spare PC for Lan's (a7n8x deluxe, 1800+@2000+, GF2ultra-32mb, 2x256 mb DDR266 dual channel)

I ordered all the components just an hour ago on various places on the internet, so it will be a week or 2 when everything arrives (mobo + cpu's weren't on stock), so I will be updates everytimes some component arrives (will be adding pics in the future)

gryphon · « **Reply #1 on:** September 16, 2003, 07:21:12 pm »

great. . now I have to buy another conputer again because you're endlessly nagging me that I am laggin in network games $:-\$
Hope they are gon'na deliver the parts in a resonably short time. . .I'l be over there to druwel at it . . well. . you need watter to fil that cooling system anyway. .

Doc Nyar · « **Reply #2 on:** September 16, 2003, 09:45:20 pm »

We should try to play a LAN party with a friend of mine guys.. I'm sure we can decide what game(s) to play

RotteVis · « **Reply #3 on:** September 16, 2003, 11:21:20 pm »

Quote from: Doc Nyar on September 16, 2003, 09:45:20 pm

We should try to play a LAN party with a friend of mine guys.. I'm sure we can decide what game(s) to play

Come to Gryphons house 18 till 21 october, then I'll be at his 'Limbolan'. I don't think that Gryphon would mind if u join us

Doc Nyar · « **Reply #4 on:** September 17, 2003, 12:30:30 am »

Quote from: RotteVis on September 16, 2003, 11:21:20 pm

Come to Gryphons house 18 till 21 october, then I'll be at his 'Limbolan'. I don't think that Gryphon would mind if u join us

If he doesn't, count me and Fitz in

RotteVis · « **Reply #5 on:** September 17, 2003, 06:49:24 am »

I'll call him today for u guys

Doc Nyar · « **Reply #6 on:** September 17, 2003, 08:31:27 am »

Quote from: RotteVis on September 17, 2003, 06:49:24 am

I'll call him today for u guys

Cool

Btw, what gams are you guys playing ?

gryphon · « **Reply #7 on:** September 17, 2003, 02:22:11 pm »

you need to call past 9 o'clock. . I won't be home before then. . .

Mostly Command & Conquer Yuri's Revenge and Unreal I presume.

The date is like Rottevis mentioned, . . btw .. you know I live in the middle of nowhere at the moment I hope ?

My network can handle it. . although we might gon'na do a little redecoration to fit all the PC's in .. .. .
BTW. The rule i you can hack it you can copy it appies again this time on my DNS. .

Ei · « **Reply #8 on:** September 17, 2003, 04:01:36 pm »

Quote from: gryphon on September 17, 2003, 02:22:11 pm

you need to call past 9 o'clock. . I won't be home before then. . .

Mostly Command & Conquer Yuri's Revenge and Unreal I presume.

The date is like Rottevis mentioned, . . btw .. you know I live in the middle of nowhere at the moment I hope ?

My network can handle it. . although we might gon'na do a little redecoration to fit all the PC's in .. .. .
BTW. The rule i you can hack it you can copy it appies again this time on my DNS. .

maybe i show up also .... if i will come it will be at sunday 19 oct in the evening after the CN LAN party (cosa nostra)

Doc Nyar · « **Reply #9 on:** September 17, 2003, 04:21:42 pm »

The middle of nowhere is where ?

If it's okay, I might bring Serious sam... that's gonna be fun

I'll see if we can make it

RotteVis · « **Reply #10 on:** September 17, 2003, 05:25:20 pm »

Quote from: Ei on September 17, 2003, 04:01:36 pm

Quote from: gryphon on September 17, 2003, 02:22:11 pm
you need to call past 9 o'clock. . I won't be home before then. . .

Mostly Command & Conquer Yuri's Revenge and Unreal I presume.

The date is like Rottevis mentioned, . . btw .. you know I live in the middle of nowhere at the moment I hope ?

My network can handle it. . although we might gon'na do a little redecoration to fit all the PC's in .. .. .
BTW. The rule i you can hack it you can copy it appies again this time on my DNS. .

maybe i show up also .... if i will come it will be at sunday 19 oct in the evening after the CN LAN party (cosa nostra)

I hope you make it Ei, Andre will come too. But if Doc & friend comes, then we be with 6 ppl. LOL

gryphon · « **Reply #11 on:** September 17, 2003, 07:42:53 pm »

Home at last

. . .I had a direction [ or whatver you call it ] meeting that lasted longer the most of us where hoping . . . . those people just like talking about their ideas on, and on , and on. . and on. . ...

You just have to be there. . .euh. . here again Ei !

I am asking around at school, although I doubt they have got the time. . .there is another 75 people counting LAN around the same data, mayby 3 or 4 will come to both LAN's. .

I am thinking of Ghost Recon. . .although I doubt you guy's are going to like that.

Any game should be ok, just keep in mind that some might need to install it . . taking a few minutes. .

RotteVis · « **Reply #12 on:** September 17, 2003, 08:13:24 pm »

Quake 3...

RotteVis · « **Reply #13 on:** September 18, 2003, 08:35:27 pm »

UPDATE 1:

Today I received one of the many orders, it were special-size hoseclamps & tie-wraps. And got a confirmation that my mobo has been shipped and that I could expect it to arrive within a couple of days.

Also after a re-evalution of my budget I decided I could even spare the money for a new graphics card, so I decided to go for an Ati 9800 pro, cause the FX5900ultra I originally had I mind is to expensive. I never was a big Ati-fan, but I'm going to give it a try. The card is expected to ship in 1,5 weeks, together with an extra bank of 512mb DDR333 Corsair memory.

RotteVis · « **Reply #14 on:** September 23, 2003, 03:56:05 pm »

UPDATE 2:

This morning I went to the postoffice because 2 boxes has arrived. It turned out to be my motherboard, powersupply and some little stuff like 2 casefans and some watercoolstuff. Also got 2 emails from the other shops, my xeons will arrive begin next week, the watercoolblocks are on my way, so I will have them tomorrow with any luck. Friday next week I'm going to the store to get the 9800pro and some mem. But when I opened the box of my psu I saw it was the wrong one

I checked the bill and my email confirmation and saw I gave up the wrong type. So I am now the proud owner of a very silent 460 Enermax Psu NOT suited for dual xeon. So I ordered some electrical stuff on my work and this week I am going to make my Psu dual xeon worthy by hand and soldering iron.

gryphon · « **Reply #15 on:** September 23, 2003, 06:12:06 pm »

that's not good. . . can't you send the PSU back and swap it for another one ?

RotteVis · « **Reply #16 on:** September 23, 2003, 06:15:06 pm »

Quote from: gryphon on September 23, 2003, 06:12:06 pm

that's not good. . . can't you send the PSU back and swap it for another one ?

I could, but that's no fun. I've got some tweaker-spirit in me, so I'm going to use it

gryphon · « **Reply #17 on:** September 23, 2003, 07:16:51 pm »

Just saw your email. . sorry .. . have tons of them at the moment .. . .

uploaded them to your home directory. Links are below. If you like to make a post of them ofcourse do so and I will delete this one of mine.

btw. that MoBo looks real good on you couch

edit : removed the links from this post.

number6 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 23, 2003, 09:51:03 pm »

Sorry I have not posted here until now. I am quite envious of your soon to be system. Those Xeon processors must have set you back quite a bit. I'd like to see some pics of the system in various stages of construction and the final product obviously. I would hope you don't have any serious game issues with a rig like this.

RotteVis · « **Reply #19 on:** September 23, 2003, 10:43:01 pm »

Those xeon's isn't my biggest problem, my problem is time. I' very busy at the moment with work and some private stuff that I have very little time to get to stores (read as decent stores who have watercooling en dual-cpu stuff) or the postoffice. The first moment I have time again is friday next week for my graphics card and memory. I've I let it come by mail, then I have to hope I can find the time to go to the postoffice. So I told myself I wanted the rig up and running the 1st week of october, and so far it won't be a problem.

My PSU problem is solved by the way, I made myself a cableadapter, I abused an old PSU for it. The 8-pin connector is a small version of the 20-pins ATX connector, a standard molex is to big, so with a very sharp cutting knife I reduced the connector from 20-pins to 8-pins. The 8 loose wires it soldered to a molex and now it fits.

But I won't be building my rig until I got everything here until the last screw, so when I begin I can finish it, I will make pictures of course.

And about gaming, I don't think it will be a problem. I'm going to use WinXP Pro + SP1, and I must say, I never had big problems with games in the past with any system, I always choose my PC-components with great care, won't go for lowbudget shit. I've done a lot of research about Dual Xeon, it isn't a thing I decided in one night. But time has got to learn, I don't hurry myself with it, and that's the best thing to start with I think. But thank you for your interest Number6, I really like it when people respond. And also the people who already responded and will respond in the future, also thanks.

The only disadvantage I will have with the rig, is that I have to run server all the time with Unreal Tournament

gryphon · « **Reply #20 on:** September 24, 2003, 12:39:11 am »

hope it works out with that PSU. . . it won't be the first LAN we are going to have with things blowing up .. . .
- gryphon is thinking harddrives .. .grafics card .. .grafics card and the beloning PCI socket. . now I come to think of it. .we have destroyed quit some hardware along the years. . -

btw. if you would be interested in more pictures of dual systems .. 2cpu.com has a small picture galery..

RotteVis · « **Reply #21 on:** September 24, 2003, 05:40:25 pm »

UPDATE 3:

When I came home today I found another box, it contained my watercoolblocks (Swiftech MCW-5000PX rev. 2), the size, the weight, they are godlike compared to my 'old' socket A koolance waterblock. They even included Arctic Aluminium coolpaste! The only thing is that my waterhoses are a little to small, but that ain't nothing that a little bit of ducktape can't solve

. Pictures will follow

RotteVis · « **Reply #22 on:** September 25, 2003, 11:18:17 pm »

UPDATE 3.1

Tonight I practiced mounting the tubes onto the watercoolbock. My ducktape proved to be a perfect waterseal. So my watercoolingsystem is ready to go.

RotteVis · « **Reply #23 on:** September 26, 2003, 06:46:54 pm »

UPDATE 4:

I just returned from the store where I bought me my 9800pro. And at the postoffice are my Xeon's, so I start building the rig on monday. The only thing that worries me, is that I may have a shortage on tubes. I ordered some extra ones, but I need a miracle to get them here on time for monday. Otherwise, I must rely on my old, thinner tubes and lots of ducktape

gryphon · « **Reply #24 on:** September 26, 2003, 07:49:44 pm »

Copied the next set to your dir .. and removed them out of my posts.

RotteVis · « **Reply #25 on:** September 26, 2003, 07:53:32 pm »

Here are some pics:

number6 · « **Reply #26 on:** September 27, 2003, 02:59:55 am »

Ahhhh!!! Pretty hardware

. I want to see the Xeons, where are they?

RotteVis · « **Reply #27 on:** September 27, 2003, 06:49:34 am »

Quote from: number6 on September 27, 2003, 02:59:55 am

Ahhhh!!! Pretty hardware . I want to see the Xeons, where are they?

Waiting for me at the post office, I'll go out and collect them monday

Atomic Mitten · « **Reply #28 on:** September 29, 2003, 11:23:06 am »

Re Rottevis pics, there arn't any in your post ??

RotteVis · « **Reply #29 on:** September 29, 2003, 11:27:38 am »

Quote from: Atomic Mitten on September 29, 2003, 11:23:06 am

Re Rottevis pics, there arn't any in your post ??

Maybe is Gryphon's server down.

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