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Post by vikingken on Jan 10, 2009 7:53:59 GMT
The Beasts smart new look, Designed by Kev's Custom Computers and built by the Hong Kong Noodle and Mattress Factory. Computer Name: " THE BEAST." Named after my granddaughter. Browser MSIE 7.0 System OS Windows XP Pro SP2 x64 System OS Install Date 10/9/2008 10:02:07 PM System Make Hong Kong Mattress and Noodle Factory, UK Division, Nottingham, East Midlands, England System Model System Product Name Custom built System Serial Number MS1C89BX2200256 Main Board Make ASUSTeK Computer INC. Main Board Model M3A79-T DELUXE Main Board Version Rev 1.xx Main Board BIOS American Megatrends Inc. Default System BIOS UNKNOWN 20080916 Processor Description AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core Number of Processors 4 Processor Clock Speed 2500 Mhz Zalman all copper heatpipe cooling, Ultra Flower CNPS9700 LED 110mm x 110mm x 25mm fan Graphics Description ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series Memory Installed 8192 MBs, Corsair Airflow PC8500, DDR-2 1066MHz Memory Slots 4 slots Memory Configuration 2048+2048+2048+2048;DIMM Synchronous Drive Name (C) Drive Size (C) 76755 MBs Drive Format (C) NTFS Drive Name (F) Drive Size (F) 49991 MBs Drive Format (F) NTFS Drive Name (G) Drive Size (G) 250003 MBs Drive Format (G) NTFS Drive Name (H) Restore Data Drive Size (H) 953867 MBs Drive Format (H) NTFS Drive Name (I) Storage Drive Size (I) 953867 MBs Drive Format (I) NTFS Drive Name (J) Drive Size (J) 257949 MBs Drive Format (J) NTFS Drive Name (K) Drive Size (K) 157457 MBs Drive Format (K) NTFS Drive Name (M) Paging File Drive Size (M) 37448 MBs Drive Format (M) NTFS Drive Name (O) Store Drive Size (O) 839662 MBs Drive Format (O) NTFS DVD-RAM Model Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200A DVD-RAM Read Speed 8467 KB/sec (48X) DVD-RAM Write Speed 8467 KB/sec (48X) DVD-RAM Model Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200A DVD-RAM Read Speed 8467 KB/sec (48X) DVD-RAM Write Speed 8467 KB/sec (48X) Monitor Model FAC 124515 Monitor Resolution 1600 x 1200 pixels Monitor Screen Size 18.7 x 11.7 inches 22.1 inches (diagonal) Monitor Manufacture Date August 2008 Monitor Serial Number 16843009 Network Controller Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller 0016 KC
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Post by vikingken on Jan 11, 2009 11:23:46 GMT
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Post by vikingken on Feb 26, 2009 14:06:09 GMT
This is what your up against when you try to play with the big boys. Its not just a matter of sticking a couple of fans in and everything runs OK. Cooling has to be worked out and a consul becomes a necessity. Some things cant be foreseen and have to addressed afterward. The temperatures shown here are a little bit higher than the normal ones as my room was very warm. The normal un-supercharged temperatures are about 36º C on both. The ambient temperature has more effect on the computer than anything the computer is subjected to. The chassis fan isn't really running at 6000 revs, its the 3 little memory fans running at 2000 revs each. I had to put them back in, as the computer became unstable without them in this new case. I have done away with a couple of fans, although I am going to change 2 x 80 mm case fans for 110 mm ready in case we get a summer this year. Ones a sucker and ones a blower. It all looks pretty tidy and I will take some photos when I have put the bigger fans on. KC
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Post by ted on Feb 26, 2009 16:28:39 GMT
Ken: I'm using a 4 year old computer with 512 Mb of Ram and about 500 programs installed.. "Bet Your Jealous Ain't Ya"... Now I must try and remove some of the Chicken Wings and Ciggie ash from this old keyboard... The last time I opened the box I found a T Shirt I thought I lost...Lol.. Be well my friend...
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Post by vikingken on Feb 26, 2009 19:18:02 GMT
Only 512 RAM Ted, what you running Linux?? I've got more RAM on my tin opener. I like modded cases; then you can see whats inside, before a pipe wrench or lump hammer shorts something out. My keyboard is only a couple of months old and it already needs sandblasting.
KC
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Post by nike on Feb 27, 2009 2:01:53 GMT
"Designed by" Kevs Custom Computers ?? Huh Wassat ?
"Inspired by" more like it....hehehehe
How come the Zalman faces up/down and not front/back KC I would have thought that the cooling would have been better if it was rotated 90º so you got "flow through" ventilation out through the rear fans. I'm sure the Zalman is able to be rotated to achieve this, isn't it ?
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Post by vikingken on Feb 27, 2009 5:18:19 GMT
I did copy your idea of turning the HDD bays round Kev, so its your design. Although I cant with this case. This one blasts between the hard drives and it would block the airflow if I did. Having a removable motherboad mounting plate made it easier to connect up. Even then it was like working on a swiss watch.
I could have rotated the Zalman if it had been an Intel rig, but not with this AM2+. It dont matter as the fan blows up straight into the PSU exhaust fan. The PSU mounts upside down on these iCute cases. The back and top side case fans are both exahusting on 2 sides of the Zalman. The front fan blasts through the 3 hard drives and across the top of the graphics card. The bottom side case fan is blasting the north bridge though a vent. I have still got a slot fan sucking the heat off the top of the GPU, as the 2 fan heatpipe cooling just dont hack it. I think they should have designed the graphics card with the GPU on the top of the card, instead of underneath. There is that massive heat sink and the heat is still rising off the top of the card. I think all the graphics card designers must all be Aussies, they all look upside down to me. Anyway I've got a storm force 10 blowing through the case now, the tiles on my roof rattle when I boot up. Nothing gets above 40º C now, even with the turbo on. 37ºC for the CPU and 36ºC for the mobo seems to be pretty normal.
KC
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Post by nike on Feb 27, 2009 11:47:10 GMT
You know what would be a better designed case KC. The Lian Li's, where the mobo is mounted upside down on the opposite side making the CPU at the bottom of the case, and the Graphics card at the upper top, and the PSU at the lower front. As the heat rises, it has no choice but be cooled on it's way out the top mounted 140mm fan. Check them out online. They are an interesting concept.
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Post by vikingken on Feb 27, 2009 14:10:35 GMT
I must have a look at them Kev, that makes a lot of sense to me, with these big graphics cards. At one time the CPU was the hottest thing in the case, but now its the graphics card. These cards are producing more heat than any CPU ever did. Well the GPUs are bigger than CPUs were not long ago. Motherboard makers would have a big expense to retool, to improve the design. Case makers have got hardly any retooling to do. It would be easy for me to drill 4 holes in the top of mine for the feet and cut vents in the bottom to exhaust the graphics card. The card has got its own fans to move the air. There's no room to put a fan above the graphics inside the case, but there is no law says you cant have a fan on the top on the outside. Its only minutes work to do it, but I will have to strip it down to do the work. The drives would be put back the other way up. You have really got my brain cell on the verge of a hemorrhage now. I might just do that, its cheaper than buy another case and I cant see any reason it wouldn't work. Your a bloody genius mate.
KC
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Post by nike on Feb 28, 2009 2:14:13 GMT
Check out my modded case Ken. It's on my Multiply site as there are too many pics for here.
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Post by vikingken on Mar 1, 2009 1:04:07 GMT
Thats a lovely job you have done there Kev. The way my new one is built I should be able to change it round easily. I looks like it was made be able to alter it if need be. Everything that needs to be moved is screwed not riveted. Only the drive bays have rivets and they dont need to be changed on this one.
KC
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Post by vikingken on Mar 13, 2009 5:14:00 GMT
I have been pretty busy today, and completely rebuilt The Beast to overcome the cooling problem. I haven't had time to take any pictures of mine yet, but here are some Youtubes to show more or less what I have been up to. They are on my Multiply site. The Japanese make it look so easy, but none of their stuff is connected. Only having one arm didn't make it very easy, but it took me hours to assemble the monster. The whole thing is in 4 compartments and it's murder to get the cables from one to another. The cooling is beautiful, but it looks like I will have to fork out some more for a new heat-sink. I thought I could fit my Zalman, as there is one fitted in one of the movies. My Ultra Rose proved to be about ¼ inch too high and the one in the movies is a slightly smaller model. Evolution has gone the full cycle now, from desktop to tower and back again. If you look through my photos, you can see just how The Beast has evolved in the last 7 months. I think it has cost me more to improve it than it did to build it. This Antek Skeleton Chassis, cost me 128 quid and I expect it will cost another 50 odd for a decent heat-sink. The motherboard is now running at a steady 33°/34°C, but with the Asus Foxconn heat-sink the processor is getting up into the high 40s C.. If its doing that now it wont be any good in hot weather. The Skeleton is a bit unusual, but its still quite a neat piece of kit. Although its all open, its much quieter than the gaming case it was last in. The air isn't blasting through a tunnel any more. Only 5 fans; a big drop from the 14 I had before, even if one is 230mm. Some of the colours look a bit odd in the movies, but mine is silver and black. oldviking.multiply.com/KC
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Post by vikingken on Mar 13, 2009 7:21:42 GMT
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Post by vikingken on Mar 15, 2009 11:56:49 GMT
Looks like the final chapter in the evolution of the beast, with everything working within good parameters. The cores are overclocked from 2500 MHz to 2563 MHz without any sign of them even knowing. The AMD heat-sink is gone and replaced by an AC Freezer 64 Pro. Theres the Palit Radeon Sonic Dual HD 4870 that started all my problems The AC heat-sink had to be mounted in place, as there's not enough headroom to slide the tray in and out with it mounted. KC
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Post by nike on Mar 21, 2009 21:53:59 GMT
It's been a little while since you built this one ken, so how is it all going? Good I hope?
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