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[eRoC]

built it about a month ago.. been sucked into crysis, cod4, and half life episode 2.

q6600 @ 3.6 all day (400x9) voltage @1.5
4 gigs crucial ballistix @ ddr2 1000 (667 divider) voltage @ 2.3
biostar p35 chipset
8800gts 640mb (700/1000)
Sound Blaster
PC power and cooling Silencer 610
zalman cnps9000 heatsink
Sunbeam acrylic case
custom lighting, fanbus, etc

madhatter bought generic ram and a off brand PSU. blue case and green PSU lights, he must be a seattle seahawks fan or something. He thought he was slick with the Xeon but its all the same kentsfield chip it only does 3.73 on air dont be fooled. Sure you can post at 4.1 and get a screenshot but it wont run 3d mark or any other benchmarks. I'll post some pix soon go giants!

Crucial ram ownz. i can overclock the Ballistix to ddr2 1175 @ 2.4 volts. Its not ddr3 or anything but still. Highly recommended at todays prices it allows you to get those extra mhz when you overclock. Also pc power and cooling is the standard by which all other psu's are measured, definately lives up to the hype. I plan on tricking out the case with a STALKER shadow of Chernobyl mod. I really got into that game for some reason, and took some wacky screenshots so we'll see how it goes. I got some clear sticker decals that fit into an HP printer, so hopefully it will look sweet on the clear acrylic.

Edited by eRoC, 03 February 2008 - 10:18 PM.

[Novahawk]

Nice! But ram voltage at 2.3? just hope your memory controller doesn't burn out...

[eRoC]

it is a little high isnt it.. I actually had to raise it to 2.4 to get ddr2 1175 and was hell bent on 1200. I tried a suicide run @ ddr1200 with a 667 divider and 2.5 volts but it locked up the cmos.

but the ballistix were rated @ 2.2 volts so we'll see what happens i'll probably turn the clocks down eventually anyway because it does get hot even with the zalman heatsink.

Nice! But ram voltage at 2.3? just hope your memory controller doesn't burn out...

[(NamEless)]

nice man but i was never a fan of the sunbeam acrylic cases

[Scroll_Lock88]

nice man but i was never a fan of the sunbeam acrylic cases

Have 4 friends who had this, all but 1 has either A. Sold it B. Broke something off it, as acrylic is not a very plyable material slightest over stress and you have cracks forming. C. Returned it


They are a b*tch to clean out, as you have to clean EVERYTHING otherwise you get t3h dirts showing. Can't hide cables, and if you are not good at wire management, it will look like straight up ass


Meanwhile, I will continue to have soft sensual love to my Lian Li case

[matthew0155]

i almost bought an acrylic case, got any pics of your computer i love the acylic case...

[eRoC]

lots of acrylic haters I see. Ive heard all your arguments against them, yet its sturdier than I thought, and not that hard to clean. In fact it came with small cotton gloves for the assembly so you wouldnt get prints on it during the build. If you do that you only have to clean the side panel because thats the only part you touch. I do hesitate to transport it tho, because the power supply is so heavy.

But i hear ya, its definately not for everyone. people who see it though are impressed, if not amazed. Pics coming soon. I got a ram cooler and some more lighting, so i think im going to rebuild the whole thing this week sometime and get the cables tightened up a bit.

[matthew0155]

ya, once you start putting cold cathodes, other lights/fans it becomes a wiring disaster. Ya to clean it must be a pain because u cant use windex or anything like that cause it will dull the acrylic, you have to use special acrylic cleaner. But once you get used to it, and u manage the wires, stand back you'll see that thing a mile away...

[eRoC]

heres some pix check em out

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[eRoC]

heres 2 more they wouldnt all fit. I know the wiring is messy im gonna re do the whole thing anyway.

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Edited by eRoC, 06 February 2008 - 01:30 AM.

[NuLL-ZeR0]

nice, i like that acrylic case alot! i want ur cpu lol.