Ordering new Athlon x2 upgrade soon!!

[jacksc02]

my cpu sits at 25 degrees now thats cooool

[DaForce]

25c very nice.
I assume you used Artic Silver?
How noisy is your fan tho?

[jacksc02]

no arctic silver. I just used the gunk that came with the heat sink.

fan is noisy. yes.

[jow]

dooh! sorry guys its late hear,just been to gigabytes website and got update..
thats one kicking heatsink!!! I need one!!!
i'll have a look for one tomorrow....

[DaForce]

jacksc02:
ahhh hmm with artic silver it would be even cooler..but ahh well too late..actually the stuff that came with it isnt toooo bad.
You should have your fan speed being controlled by your motherboard, does it have one of those 3 pin leads?
Cause mine is running at a very low speed and still keeping great temps. I imagine if it were going full tilt my temps wouldbe alot lower, but the fan would be alot louder.
Then again you should just get the same fan as me

jow:
hehehe its early here
Just be careful with the updates make sure you read how to do it. Usualy you need to put it onto a bootable floppy disk and start the computer off it and flash it that way.
Yeah its a wicked heatsink...and big as well.
pics
http://www.apex.net.au/~daforce/vray/DSC02503-800.jpg
http://www.apex.net.au/~daforce/vray/DSC02505-800.jpg
http://www.apex.net.au/~daforce/vray/DSC02506-800.jpg

[jow]

just read that the back plate would need changing on my mobo to take a xp-90c ,never mind....

[DaForce]

Where did you read that?

Nevermind found it...mmm that is a pain in the ass hey.

[jow]

on the link you put up, -Motherboard compatibility information
gigabyte k8..

[Buck]

Video card came today! The case and mobo should be here tomorrow or friday, then I get to start putting it together! I think my CPU should ship this friday, so that means next week I'll have it... assuming it ships

[DaForce]

cool

What case did you end up getting?

[Buck]

What case did you end up getting?

I didn't get any fancy case with windows or anything, just a basic black case. I did make sure that it had some sort of port to let fresh air in on the side though. I got the "Ultra Wizard BLack ATX Mid-Tower".

I didn't until to day realize that it's a "mid tower", will I have problems fitting my motherboard in there? I'm not sure exactly what "mid sized" means. If it doesn't fit, then I guess I'll send it back and get another case. My mobo is a DFI LP UT NF4 Ultra-D, I believe I saw "ATX" somewhere in there when I ordered my mobo, but I can't be for sure.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...Tab=1&NoMapp=0

[Syclone1]

Sweet card, Im curious to hear how it performs for you...

BTW, mind if I ask how much that one was?

-dave

[Buck]

Sweet card, Im curious to hear how it performs for you...

BTW, mind if I ask how much that one was?

Me to! We have the same card in some of the boxes at work. I believe it was $740

[DaForce]

hmmm that case looks ok i guess.
I major problem tho. You are going to have ZERO air flow, as it doesnt come with any fans at all !!!
No airflow equals bad news. You need to buy some good 80mm fans to go at the back and side i assume
Ideally you would have wanted to get a case withaa better airflow system setup.
Also I think with the length of your video card (it looks long) you may have a tightish fit.

With the amount of money you are putting in to the system i would have opted for a better case, everything else is topnotch the case should also be pretty good. Other wise you could very well get heat problems. Infact you definitly will unless you atleast get some fans in that suckah

[jacksc02]

word to that.

well 3 days into my new x2 beast and everything is sweet.
Slightly slow than my dual xeon 3.4, but at 1/3 of the price i'm not complaining

Buck- are you getting win xp 64bit?