Mattesca

[bigdawgfoxx]

Hey guys, This is pretty 56k Friendly.

As you know, Mattesca and I have decided we wanted to build him a really nice system. We wanted it to overclock very well and to get some great results.

Specs:
AMD Mobile 2400XP 35watt CPU
Abit NF7-S Rev.2
OCZ 2X256Mb PC3200 2-2-2-5
120GB WD HDD
Thermalright SP-97
800watt Speaker System
Soundblaster Live 5.1
17' NEC LCD
Nvidia GeForce FX5600 256MB
52X32X52 CD-RW
Antec 400watt PSU
Chieftec black w/ silver bezel Matrix Series
5 Blue LED 80mm fans.

Parts in red are the new parts we bought, the other parts we got from his old PC.

At first we went with the Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe, but that board just wouldnt work well with the Mobile CPU, so we sent it back and got the Abit, which works amazingly.

Pics
http://home.earthlink.net/~bigdawgfox2007/Matts%20Computer/Matt%20Setup.JPG
Heres his Setup

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Case in Dark

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Board and Wire Layout

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Exhaust Fans

http://home.earthlink.net/~bigdawgfox2007/Matts%20Computer/Matt%20Bottom%20Front%20Fan.JPG
Front Bottom Fan

http://home.earthlink.net/~bigdawgfox2007/Matts%20Computer/Matt%20Front%20Closed.JPG
Front Closed

http://home.earthlink.net/~bigdawgfox2007/Matts%20Computer/Matt%20Black%20Cover.JPG
Not many wires up there, but it makes it look real nice.

Sisoft Benchmarks

Top left, is his old 2.4Ghz P4 system, Top right, is the stock 2400XP, Bottom left, is the 2400XP Overclocked to 2500Mhz.

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CPU Arithmetic Benchmark

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CPU Multi-Media Benchmark

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Memory Bandwidth Benchmark

As you can see there is a pretty big increase! I hope yall like it

[mattesca]

Yeah i like it alot, the only thing i need is a nice video card and it be great

[bigdawgfoxx]

Here are some pictures of his Sound System too. We plan on making a video so yall can hear/see it in action lol

http://home.earthlink.net/~bigdawgfox2007/Matts%20Computer/Matt%20Reciever.JPG
Reciever

http://home.earthlink.net/~bigdawgfox2007/Matts%20Computer/Matt%20Towers.JPG
Sony Towers

http://home.earthlink.net/~bigdawgfox2007/Matts%20Computer/Matt%20Bose%20Left.JPG
Bose Left

http://home.earthlink.net/~bigdawgfox2007/Matts%20Computer/Matt%20Bose%20Right.JPG
Bose Right

http://home.earthlink.net/~bigdawgfox2007/Matts%20Computer/Matt%20SUB.JPG
The Magical 12" Subwoofer

Its really nice, hope yall like it. We will post a video sometime

[mattesca]

yeah thats my kick ass system, retail about 2,500$$

oh and this is hooked up to my pc

[MicroScreen2]

Originally posted by mattesca@31 July 2004 - 23:48
Yeah i like it alot, the only thing i need is a nice video card and it be great
how about this 6800 >>> http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20040721/index.html

not quite the fastest but this cooling system would look great through the window :D

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[img]http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20040721/images/installation.jpg

B)

[mattesca]

ill probley get the 9800 pro and over clock the fuck out of it, but i want to spend 200$

[MicroScreen2]

i just want a clear case with water cooling cos it looks ace. :lol: :D

looks like i have to settle for a job at burger king <_<

[lynx]

Without wanting to seem a little picky, can you explain why the "after" tests were run on Dec 31, 2003?

[MicroScreen2]

Originally posted by lynx@1 August 2004 - 00:09
Without wanting to seem a little picky, can you explain why the "after" tests were run on Dec 31, 2003?
new mobo? :huh:

[clocker]

Looks like a very clean installation guys...well done.

What is the beauty panel made of?

[angel_of_death57]

The wire management is so nice and clean i am very impressed very nice layout inside whats cooling like.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Thanks.

@Clocker, what do you mean beauty panel? The black pannel is made of black posterboard

@Lynx, im sure we didnt have the date set right haha

@Angel, cooling is very good. Heatsink gets a little hot on the heatpipes, but speedfan reports 47C under full load

Thanks for the compliments,

Eric and Matt

[silent h3ro]

Your computer looks so kickass&#33;&#33; ;) I wan&#39;t it NOW&#33;&#33; :D HOLY FUCK nice speaker system.

[angel_of_death57]

Well done with it 47 is good for fan cooling. On full load my stays at 55&#39;C with my heatsink fan not going over 2500RPM it can go up to 3600RPM it only did that before i got my exhaust and intake fans. I am working on a side fan as well do they make much of a difference.

[mattesca]

well I dont use the side fan, i think it would block the cool air coming from the bottom fan to much

[bigdawgfoxx]

Originally posted by mattesca@1 August 2004 - 06:44
well I dont use the side fan, i think it would block the cool air coming from the bottom fan to much
The side fan on his case blows at the GPU more then the CPU...We will prob try it sometime to see if it makes much difference, but he decided that 2.5 is fine for him and so have I...the sucker flies lol.