It's Aliiiiiive!

Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
edited February 2005 in Hardware
My dually system is ALIVE! Muahahahahahahaa! I will now implement my secret plan to take over the world! :D;D

It's alive, booting, and currently installing Windows, but I'm not done tinkering with it yet...

<UL>Semi-final system specs:
<LI>Antec SX1240 full tower (it's too small; the HDDs with the converters hit the SLK-800s... I'm looking into new cases)
<LI>Antec TrueControl 550w TruePower PS w/front control panel
<LI>MSI K7D Master-L motherboard
<LI>512MB Samsung PC2100 DDR (1GB of OCZ PC2700 to be ordered on Monday)
<LI>2 AMD Athlon XP 2500+ CPUs @ 11x133 (1.47GHz). Soon to be changed to 2.25GHz, but I haven't modded the multis yet...
<LI>ATi Rage 128 32mb (soon to be a Ti4200/4400/4600, then an upgrade to the R420/NV40)
<LI>HighPoint RocketRaid 1540 SATA RAID adapter
<LI>SB Audigy2 Platinum
<LI>Adaptec ASC-29160 SCSI (to transfer files from old drives)
<LI>4 160GB Maxtor DiamondMax 9 8MB/7200RPM ATA-133 hard drives w/HighPoint RocketHead 100 PATA-SATA adapters in 2 320GB RAID 0 arrays
<LI>2 10,000RPM IBM Ultrastar LVD-160/SE SCSI hard drives @ 36.7 & 18.2GB (only until I get the files off 'em)
<LI>LiteOn 52/24/52 CD-RW
<LI>Toshiba 16x DVD
<LI>AMD retail 2500+ heatsinks w/low profile fans off other AMD coolers (they flow more air than the fans on the 2500 heatsinks do. They're only staying in it until I get a case that can handle 2 SLK-800s and 4 HDDs with adapters on them)
<LI>5 Tt SmartFan2 case fans connected to "Fan Only" leads, which are controlled on the front panel for the PS, along with the PS fans themselves
<LI>Sunon 92x25mm case fan, connected to standard molex connector
</ul>

We must all hail the uber computer! :respect::respect:

;D;D

Comments

  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    :wow:

    :respect: Respect!
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited July 2003
    Congrats, Geeky!

    Looks like you got an Awesome PSU.

    How much did that cost?

    My 430W Antec TruePower cost $100 from CompUSA.

    Not to be a downer, as I think you have a great setup there, but doesn't it get under your skin a little that dually boards don't have all the overclocking features of their single-cpu brethren?

    I know a lot of it has to do with the fact that there are two CPUs, so making it stable w/ overclocked settings is more of a chore, and also most of those boards sold are not for overclockers so they are made for the market they're sold to, but still it would be wonderful if a board like the NF7-S was made that would support dual procs! Imagine! =)
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited July 2003
    A2J, the PS was $117... www.extremepcgear.com

    I picked it (and the RAID card) up yesterday, so... interestingly enough, their building has the ATACOM company logo on it; from what I can tell, they're either sharing a building with ATACOM, or they are a spinoff or something. Either way, both companies are rated well on resellerratings, so...
    doesn't it get under your skin a little that dually boards don't have all the overclocking features of their single-cpu brethren?
    NO! WHO ASKED YOU ANYHOW?!? :D;D Yeah, I'm not too pleased with the (lack of) overclocking features, although I think this really has more to do with the 760MPX than anything else...
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited July 2003
    You ought to be able to do some Folding with that!

    Nice rig.:respect:


    Prof
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited July 2003
    LOL!

    I was seriously considering a dually before I got my NF7-S. Actually I first got an Epox 8RDA+, but it wasn't stable @ 166MHz FSB so I sent it back, but I had been considering a dually. The main thing that held me back was the overclocking potential--it just wasn't there.

    Oh well. I'm glad you have a nice system! I'm sure you'll get much enjoyment out of it . . . until you see something else that fancies you. :D

    Computers are an addiction!
    Geeky1 said

    doesn't it get under your skin a little that dually boards don't have all the overclocking features of their single-cpu brethren?
    NO! WHO ASKED YOU ANYHOW?!? :D;D Yeah, I'm not too pleased with the (lack of) overclocking features, although I think this really has more to do with the 760MPX than anything else...
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited July 2003
    don't disobey wuggarooism geeky...i wanna see that mofo folding ASAP!!
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited July 2003
    It'll be folding as soon as I can get windows installed and running... that much I can guarantee...
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited July 2003
    :celebrate

    WTG Geeky1
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited February 2005
    ...and after almost 2 years of service, it's dead. :banghead:

    The board just up and died a few weeks back for no apparent reason. It hadn't been overclocked in almost a year... was running in the same case since last August... everything was fine when I took it home over winter break. Came back, set it up, and it refused to POST. Said it had no RAM. Which was not true. I fiddled with it (cleared CMOS, reseated RAM) and it worked fine until the end of January. At which point it started bitching about having no RAM again. And this time I couldn't fix it. RMA time. :(
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    maybe it was the heat from your 101 hard drives.
    Well, what will the next incarnation look like?
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    It was good while it lasted, eh? Maybe it's time for Dual Opterons. Muahahah!
  • ClutchClutch North Carolina New
    edited February 2005
    Every good thing must come to an end. So now it is time to begin a new chapter my friend. And it must fold no matter what it is, hehe.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited February 2005
    The next incarnation will be the same thing, assuming I can find the MSI chipset heatsink & fan and put it back on the board so I can RMA it.

    I don't have the money to upgrade to a dual Opteron system right now, there aren't any boards out that I'm terribly interested in, and seeing as how my Xeon system managed to beat my 2.56GHz 2600m in 3dmark 2003 (with the same graphics card) and will run HL2 @ 2048x1536 w/maximum detail, 4x fsaa and 8x af, I don't really have a need to upgrade at this point anyhow.

    The successor to this system will probably come this summer, and ideally will look something like this:
    -Dual Opteron/SLI board
    -Dual Opteron 252s or (better yet) dual, dual-core Opterons (if they're out)
    -Somewhere between 2 and 4GB of RAM
    -2 6800 Ultra/512MB cards in SLI
    -4 300GB+ SATA HDDs
    -DVD burner
    -CD burner

    ...more realistically, since I probably won't have (or at best, won't want to spend) that kind of money on another computer, it'll probably be something more like this:
    -Dual Opteron/SLI board
    -Dual Opteron 244s-248s
    -1-2GB of RAM
    -2 6600GTs or 6800s in SLI
    -4 160-250GB SATA HDDs
    -DVD burner
    -CD burner
  • NiGHTSNiGHTS San Diego Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    I'd just save up for a Learjet if I were you.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited February 2005
    I hate flying :p;D
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited February 2005
    I don't have the money to upgrade to a dual Opteron system right now

    That's it, people. The end of the world is upon us. :cool:
  • ClutchClutch North Carolina New
    edited February 2005
    Oh my, Geeky with no money to upgrade. Holy crap, SmJ is right, it's the end of the world as we know it.
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited February 2005
    ...and I feel fine!
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited February 2005
    How about that abit dual opteron SLI board?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited February 2005
    mmonnin wrote:
    How about that abit dual opteron SLI board?

    Not a chance in hell.

    -It's an ABIT board*
    -It only has 4 RAM slots
    -The power connector is in an exceptionally bad position (big suprise coming from ABIT :rolleyes: )
    -The single PCI slot is in a bad position as well
    -And it doesn't look like it'll fit 2 XP-120s or even XP-90s.

    *I'm still royally pissed at ABIT; unless they come up with something that completely turns the world of motherboards on its head (which the WN-2S+ does not) I won't be buying any of their products anytime soon.
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