Hardware Used in Tutorial:
CPU:
Intel Q9450 @ 2.66Ghz
Intel Pentium 4 HT 640 @ 3.2Ghz
Motherboard:
Asus P5E3 Premium X48
RAM:
OCZ Platinum edition DDR3 @ 1333Mhz @ 1.6v
GFX:
ATI HD4870 512MB
2x HD3870 256MB Crossfired
HDD:
2x Wester Digital Caviar Green 500GB RAID0 (Total 1TB) (Vista Ultimate 64bit 4 month old install)
2x Seagate 250GB RAID0 (Total 500GB) (Fress Windows Vista Ultimate X64 install)
Cooling:
Zalman CNPS9700Led + Sharp A/C Unit capable of 4ºC exhaust temp + Aluminium Tube Air Ducs.
GFX with Original Cooler and Fan at 6000RPM
4x Schyte 1900RPM, 110CFM 120mm fans
Enzotech RAM coolers placed on Mobo MOSFETS
Zalman Thermal Grease
Misc.
Multimeter with Temp function
Laser temp gauge
Razer Lachesis (Razer FTW!!)
Asus 22' LCD
150€ worth of electricity used in the process (ouch)
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(a X1950 there, not the HD4870)
Multimeter
The best POST screen i got with P4 640 HT
Seagates
HD3870s
HD4870
THis is actualy a P5E3 DELUXE (the premium has blue anodized NB heatsink)
Schytes still on my coolermaster stack
All the cards (the Asus X1950 aint mine, i got a Sapphire one)
(back when i had 2x LG 17' screens, and a friend asked to test his machine (P5E3 Deluxe + Q6600 + X1950)
LC Power Arkangel 850Watt Modular PS
More recent phone shot
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Ok so what are photos worth if I can't show some results:
(all the Clocks and settings are on the page)
PCMark 05:
Q9450 World Record @ http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=790353
P4 640 HT 4th Place World Ranking @ http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=790353
3dMark06:
17073 Marks with Q9450 and HD4870 @ http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=756042
20095 Marks with Q9450 and 2x HD3870 @ http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=756300
12149 Marks with Q9450 and 1x HD3870 @ http://www.hwbot.org/listResults.do?use ... ationId=12
6542 Marks with Ldragon (friend) Asus X1950 13th place world@ http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=790439
wPrime 32M:
Q9450 = 9.880 secs @ http://www.hwbot.org/result.do?resultId=756108
14 place world (pretty good considering i was doing air cooling)
CPU-Z (max clock)
P4 HT 640 achieved 4639Mhz (windows boot) validation: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=411027
Q9450: 4060Mhz validation 14th place onyl with air cooling: http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=433619
So from these links and ss you can pretty much have a sense of what speeds you should be able to achieve.
As a note i will tell you that currently, my Quad9450 is running @ 3600Mhz @ 1.39v. RAM is at 1500Mhz 4GB total(i have 1600 ones, but havent OC'd them yet) and mt GFX is at 790/1100 Mhz (core/ram) I have 2x 500GB WD RAID0 with system and stuff and a backup Samsung 1TB drive on a external HDD HUb with eSata
I am using this setup 24/7 and it has been like this for about 1 year. Hardware doesnt seem to complain, and anyways Intel has release Nehalem and X58 chipset
BTW how do I rank in the Hot Or Not Computer thread
Its hot, so hot - its on fire!
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