DrNip's Going Back To The Case

[DrNip]

Ok guys, here is what I have been up to lately. I got sick and tired of my benching hardware being tied up in my everyday web cruiser. So I set out on a mission to build another PC about a month ago. What turned into just needing a few parts here and there turned into the usual over the top overclockaholic build. It has been close to 2 years since I built a PC in a case. I have a little one on the way in about 8 weeks and an open case PC just didn't settle too well with me and a little one running around the house prolly within a year. I just kept seeing little fingers poking here and there and getting hurt. Now that my benhing hardware is free I plan on getting back in the groove of things. Enough chit-chat and here is what is packed within this.

Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112239
RAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227501
SSD (Main Drive) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148349
HDD (Backup) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136544
Mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131614
PSU - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153105
Burner - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106335
Fans - http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=36_69&products_id=25751
Heatsink - http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=46_450_789&products_id=26512

As well as the whole setup on individually sleeved power cables.

Parts already on hand:
Core i7 960
GTX 295
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

Plans are in the making of either going with the next gen Fermi or 5890.

Sorry about the crappy photos as it is late here and lighting isn't right. I will try to snap some more professional pics soon.

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[MaadDaawg]

Looks pretty sweet :)

[thebanik]

And this is supposed to be ur web browsing rig? :P

[Witchdoctor]

Nice work Dr. ......... :thumbsup:

[Kal-EL]

Clean lines, tidy wires, horsepower to boot, nice build travis. Who's the nekkid rig in the background?

[DrNip]

That's my old Lian Li case I was originally going to use but just couldn't stand things about it. The main gripe I had about it was the silver color inside. Got this Lancool by Lian Li yesterday for 2 1/2 times cheaper and it is about 2 1/2 times better than the Lian Li! That's why the week long delay of getting this thread posted, waiting on the new case to show up.

This weekend I am setting up my bench station and pot will be hooked up to it 24/7. Finally going to bench all these 8 series cards I have laying around. Who knows maybe I will finally get to some of those 7 ghz + chips benched too I have! ROFL. Pics of this to come soon.

[Chuchnit]

Sweet looking build nip. Just clean as a whistle. Plenty of HP to boot too :thumbsup:

[DrNip]

Still need to get some new RAM for it too but I can still a stick here and there when needed for now. Damn RAM went up in price for some reason. Set of Cas 8 DDR3 1600 non Elipda Corsair is the same price I paid for these Mushkins!

[Chuchnit]

I think dram prices have shot up in the open market.

[ReverendMaynard]

tight rig Nippy, really clean with killer components.

[Splave]

holy SSD powah :)

[DrNip]

Snagged a set of RAM. Wasn't too big on the idea of opening and reopening the case to steal the RAM for benching. Not to mention my Mushkins aren't meant to be ran at 1600 MHz day in and day out. They were meant to fly.

Here is what I snagged.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227501

Now it is complete. New pics when RAM comes in next week.

[FACE]

Glad to see you up on it man....

How long before the next sub0 run?

:thumbsup:

[DrNip]

Within a week. Shooting for next Saturday. RAM will be here prolly Tuesday maybe Wednesday. While waiting for that I'm going to get the new station setup.

[Witchdoctor]

Glad to see you back at it bro

That 320 is 100+ boints all by itself ................ :thumbsup:

In for the results ..... :keeporder:

[DrNip]

Yeah I still have that, my 8800 gtx and 8800 gt to pick up on. Won't be able to get as high of clocks now due to weather being hotter but still have some rap-age to get. Quit messing around and get this Asus P5B Deluxe modded and I will be shooting for 8 ghz in 2d land.

[Witchdoctor]

that could be some AM and 01 sickness as well

[DrNip]

Finally fixed my SSD problems. There was two separate settings in the BIOS that I needed to aset to ACHI. I only had one set. Total noob.

Before
2125

After
2126

Makes hella difference.

[DrNip]

Did a little upgrading. Bought the new MSI X58A-GD65 X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mobo
Military class w/ onboard USB 3.0 & SATA 6Gb/s (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130294) but just wasn't satisfied with it. It's on its way back. Should have stuck with my 1st choice, the EVGA FTW 3 but after my experience with EVGA on the micro Mobo side I was kinda scared too. What can ya do. I will have the FTW 3 in the end. My current mobo only has 4 sata 2 ports which is a drag. Kinda sick of the Sata 3 hype and going to go with 4 Muskin Callisto's for my rig as I am really impressed with them. Prolly throw this Crucial C300 in the HTPC and take the two Muskin's out of it and pick up two more and I should be cooking by then.

Picked up a EVGA 460 GTX and will pick up another one in a week of two.

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Also going to be downgrading to a 750 w PSU. One of those new Corsair Gold editions when they drop. 850 watts is too much for my rig.

Stay tuned for the next episode....

[Buckeye]

Nice setup :thumbsup:

Which reminds me I need to get my stuff off of the Dimas bench and back in the TJ07. Man I have been wanting to do that for so long now LOL

Thats a good system and great for anything you want to do. I end up throw so much suff on my rig and it becomes a catch all of games, programs etc that it gets to be a mess.

[DOM]

the P6X58D mb has 6x sata3 2x sata6

but nice rig :good:

[DrNip]

Nice setup :thumbsup:

Which reminds me I need to get my stuff off of the Dimas bench and back in the TJ07. Man I have been wanting to do that for so long now LOL

Thats a good system and great for anything you want to do. I end up throw so much suff on my rig and it becomes a catch all of games, programs etc that it gets to be a mess.

Yeah I'm starting to dig the whole case thing in all again. I've built two other micro PC's with i3's in them in the last month and am getting hooked. All bench equals no fun sometimes because I miss building computers. I'm thinking my Sandybridge build will be with a micro ATX crammed into a micro case with some boss hog GPU's and SSD's! Little, compact and packin a punch. Need to get my games installed on this PC and get to rippin.

the P6X58D mb has 6x sata3 2x sata6

but nice rig :good:

Sure bleeping does. Squirrely bastards threw two Sata 2 ports in at the bottom of the mobo away from the others I over looked this whole time! Thanks DOM. Saved me money bro. I owe ya man.

[DOM]

NP bro thats the mb i got ;) only thing that sucks i heard it doesnt do RAID on the sata6

[kikicoco1334]

beautiful setup dr!

[DrNip]

NP bro thats the mb i got ;) only thing that sucks i heard it doesnt do RAID on the sata6

Heard that too but looking to do RAID on Sata 3 Gp/s. I have given up on Sata 6 Gp/s.