I bought the same PSU for my SLI setup and its rockin'. The only thing i found is that the fan on the Zeus is loud. It was by far the loudest thing in my case, but i replaced the fan and its a good noise level, quieter than my Raptors now.
Considering you got the X800XL for free, I think you'll be very happy with the crossfire setup- especially with a 1280x1024 monitor. If your X800XL has the PCI-E power connector on it, there is a good chance you can get the clock speed close to the X850XT default (they both are 16pipers). In any case, it'll be significantly faster than your 9800pro and the price is right
When it comes time to sell, that pair will pick up a pretty penny when sold as a combo.
My single X850XT still plays just about every game smoothly at 1280. I'm still looking for an excuse to upgrade
That's what I'm thinking: 1280x1024 being my chosen res, the dual x8xx crossfire will still kick some serious ass, despite it being "weird"
Leo, i wanted you to look at the mounting job I did on the Big Typhoon. It seemed too easy, and you made it sound complicated, and now I want to make sure I did it right
Paste job:
Just screw that bar into the backplate, right?
Crossbar seems bent down pretty tight. Good?
Board prepped and waiting for the rest of the stuff:
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LeonardoWake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, AlaskaIcrontian
edited February 2006
Ah, beautiful, my friend! You avoided the pitfall of not putting enough torque on the crossbar nuts. What was a little complicated with setup was that Socket 775 uses a four post setup for the crossbar. It's very easy to tighten it down, only to observe the heatsink base is canted, with one side of the heatspreader unprotected. The other "complication", rather item of attention to detail - that you got right, is to ensure that crossbar is actually bent down a little on each upright post. That ensures that the bar is springloaded.
Thanks for the pics. I get all misty eyed. Have you tested it yet to see how quiet it is? It's really an impressive beast and even works better than it looks. I can't remember any piece of computer hardware over which I've been this enthusiastic.
Well I got the rest of the parts today, excepting the second video card. I put it all together and assembled it in the case. It fits! That was one of my worries.
The PSU was difficult to squeeze in because the big typhoon doesn't leave much room for play. I thought for a moment that I would have to tear down the whole thing and put the PSU in first and then rebuild it, but I was able to jimmy it in there
Pics momentarily...
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LeonardoWake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, AlaskaIcrontian
edited February 2006
I thought for a moment that I would have to tear down the whole thing and put the PSU in first
Hey, but you did install motherboard stand-offs, right?
Question.....if you were to have a dual processor setup, and want to do the same thing prime is doing (OCing) how would you get proper cooling? Two Typhoon's wouldn't fit, would they???
Excuse me if I’m intruding in your journal, prime.
I'm using a dual core setup, which is one physical processor die, but two processor cores.
If you must use two physical processors, I really doubt you'd be able to find a board and case that could fit two typhoons. You'd definitely need something smaller.
I think it's a combination of its size (which allows more heat dissipation) and good design....after all size is nothing without technique
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LeonardoWake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, AlaskaIcrontian
edited February 2006
Not yet - just getting prepped
Attachments: 1. Prime shows a little trepidation as he outfits himself for overclocking his new build. 2. Prime begins overclocking, machine...well, it overclocks. 3. Prime continues to increase voltages.
My first issue of the day is an unknown device in my device manager.
Any clues? I installed the ULi drivers, the catalyst drivers, the sound drivers, the network drivers, etc.
Usually this means some obscure motherboard feature, but I'm stumped on this one. Any a8r-mvp owners know what it could be?
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LeonardoWake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, AlaskaIcrontian
edited February 2006
My first guess, without knowing that motherboard would be that the unknown device is either a RAID controller chip or an less-than-major brand LAN port/chip.
Did you install everything from the installation CD? If not a retail board (no CD), did you go the support manufacturer's site and install everything for the board?
Hey Prime, even if you've done all the above, sometimes it takes three or more system restarts for Windows to 'see' all the hardware correctly.
Remember this ...don't forget that when you start bumping up your frequency to only do about 10mhz at a time til you hit 250. You won't get quite as far if you do 15mhz but of course you'll get to the top quicker. Once you hit 250 then switch to 1mhz if you're on the x10 multi or 5mhz when on the x9.
Everyone gets into trouble around 260 or 270. Just be patient.
Okay, everything stock, I ran 3dmark05 as a reference benchmark: 6131
The games shall begin the next two days. My dryer died at home, so it needs a new belt, and a friend wants to take me to his brother's new restaurant tonight, so I might not be able to screw around with the OCing tonight.... But I am really anxious to
There is a link there to dload a hotfix which points to the A64 X2 I believe. Once you get there you can backtrack your way to the Opteron fix. They may or may not be the same idunno.
Okay, everything stock, I ran 3dmark05 as a reference benchmark: 6131
Nice score so far Brian ...notice any difference yet over your old setup? :bigggrin:
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LeonardoWake up and smell the glaciersEagle River, AlaskaIcrontian
edited February 2006
ATK0110 ACPI UTILITY
Cool and Quiet. You might wish to install it so Device Manager looks normal, but i certainly wouldn't run it. In fact, you should turn off all temperature/frequency monitoring software. Such stuff is good if you don't know how to overclock or if your system has substandard cooling equipment.
EDIT: (where is my head today?) I did not mean to turn off monitoring software. I meant to turn off all the garbage that automatically controls fan speeds and CPU frequency. That stuff is huge piles of bovine waste - any motherboard brand. If you wish to control noise via software, get the freeware SpeedFan. If you want to control it via hardware, get variable speed fans with a switch or a case-mounted controller for multiple fans.
Cool and Quiet. You might wish to install it so Device Manager looks normal, but i certainly wouldn't run it. In fact, you should turn off all temperature/frequency monitoring software. Such stuff is good if you don't know how to overclock or if your system has substandard cooling equipment.
Exactly what I did good advice. An leave the Qfan stuff off as well.
Brian if you happen upon marvell yukon update drivers over at windows update then untick it and hide it and do not install it. You will only end up in a continuous loop situation that is a biotch to get out of.
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When it comes time to sell, that pair will pick up a pretty penny when sold as a combo.
My single X850XT still plays just about every game smoothly at 1280. I'm still looking for an excuse to upgrade
Leo, i wanted you to look at the mounting job I did on the Big Typhoon. It seemed too easy, and you made it sound complicated, and now I want to make sure I did it right
Paste job:
Just screw that bar into the backplate, right?
Crossbar seems bent down pretty tight. Good?
Board prepped and waiting for the rest of the stuff:
Thanks for the pics. I get all misty eyed. Have you tested it yet to see how quiet it is? It's really an impressive beast and even works better than it looks. I can't remember any piece of computer hardware over which I've been this enthusiastic.
Thanks for checking it out! Most of the parts should be here tomorrow - enough for me to get this thing going. I can't wait!
I hate to break it to you prime, but that's not an X800XL you've got installed there..
Whoa - a Trident - That goes way back!
The PSU was difficult to squeeze in because the big typhoon doesn't leave much room for play. I thought for a moment that I would have to tear down the whole thing and put the PSU in first and then rebuild it, but I was able to jimmy it in there
Pics momentarily...
Hey, but you did install motherboard stand-offs, right?
(of course you did -- just kidding)
Excuse me if I’m intruding in your journal, prime.
I'm using a dual core setup, which is one physical processor die, but two processor cores.
If you must use two physical processors, I really doubt you'd be able to find a board and case that could fit two typhoons. You'd definitely need something smaller.
Attachments: 1. Prime shows a little trepidation as he outfits himself for overclocking his new build. 2. Prime begins overclocking, machine...well, it overclocks. 3. Prime continues to increase voltages.
Any clues? I installed the ULi drivers, the catalyst drivers, the sound drivers, the network drivers, etc.
Usually this means some obscure motherboard feature, but I'm stumped on this one. Any a8r-mvp owners know what it could be?
Did you install everything from the installation CD? If not a retail board (no CD), did you go the support manufacturer's site and install everything for the board?
Hey Prime, even if you've done all the above, sometimes it takes three or more system restarts for Windows to 'see' all the hardware correctly.
ATK0110 ACPI UTILITY
Weird.
Remember this ...don't forget that when you start bumping up your frequency to only do about 10mhz at a time til you hit 250. You won't get quite as far if you do 15mhz but of course you'll get to the top quicker. Once you hit 250 then switch to 1mhz if you're on the x10 multi or 5mhz when on the x9.
Everyone gets into trouble around 260 or 270. Just be patient.
The games shall begin the next two days. My dryer died at home, so it needs a new belt, and a friend wants to take me to his brother's new restaurant tonight, so I might not be able to screw around with the OCing tonight.... But I am really anxious to
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=81429
There is a link there to dload a hotfix which points to the A64 X2 I believe. Once you get there you can backtrack your way to the Opteron fix. They may or may not be the same idunno.
Nice score so far Brian ...notice any difference yet over your old setup? :bigggrin:
EDIT: (where is my head today?) I did not mean to turn off monitoring software. I meant to turn off all the garbage that automatically controls fan speeds and CPU frequency. That stuff is huge piles of bovine waste - any motherboard brand. If you wish to control noise via software, get the freeware SpeedFan. If you want to control it via hardware, get variable speed fans with a switch or a case-mounted controller for multiple fans.
Brian if you happen upon marvell yukon update drivers over at windows update then untick it and hide it and do not install it. You will only end up in a continuous loop situation that is a biotch to get out of.
And no worries - i never run the extraneous crap.
Yes, this system is MUCH faster than my old