F6 UTE - Track Bound EVO III - Member 3,367 Member For: 20y 4m 7d Gender: Male Location: Strapped in and holding on Posted 20/12/05 11:17 PM Author Share Posted 20/12/05 11:17 PM $498 for the core, $165 for the mobo, $359 for the ram.The rest you can get cheaper, but with the router ( $174 ) and LCD, around $2200 for what I got.I could have gone PCI-e, but I wanted a 7800GTX. With a decent SLI mobo, it would have topped out well over $3k. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/22069-new-pc/page/3/#findComment-326671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chooka THE Member Donating Members 1,210 Member For: 19y 9m 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 20/12/05 11:25 PM Share Posted 20/12/05 11:25 PM F6 UTE said: $498 for the core, $165 for the mobo, $359 for the ram.The rest you can get cheaper, but with the router ( $174 ) and LCD, around $2200 for what I got.I could have gone PCI-e, but I wanted a 7800GTX. With a decent SLI mobo, it would have topped out well over $3k.Great work mate, not bad for that setup Chooka Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/22069-new-pc/page/3/#findComment-326677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nang3 12" member Donating Members 2,107 Member For: 19y 9m 30d Location: Perth WA Posted 21/12/05 01:08 AM Share Posted 21/12/05 01:08 AM Typhoon said: Oh and how much did you pay for a SATA HDD im thinking a power load of cash.What???? SATA is usually only a couple of bucks more over PATA but definitely gives more performanceAnd F6 UTE - I too have jsut been upgraded to the 24mb connection, you will have to PM me some details of all the WAIX sites and FTP sites you use since ive been off broadband for a loooooooong time !!! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/22069-new-pc/page/3/#findComment-326726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1axr TEAM BLUEPRINT Member 913 Member For: 22y 2m 18d Location: Perth W.A. Posted 21/12/05 01:40 AM Share Posted 21/12/05 01:40 AM I run a duel core amd with 2 gig of ram.got a 200gig sata hd which was cheap as chips.the whole lot runs really well and is about 100 times faster than the computers that I use at work. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/22069-new-pc/page/3/#findComment-326734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 UTE - Track Bound EVO III - Member 3,367 Member For: 20y 4m 7d Gender: Male Location: Strapped in and holding on Posted 21/12/05 05:10 AM Author Share Posted 21/12/05 05:10 AM Well I'm currently pullih down a couple of things @ 400k/s. Not too shabby.. General downloads ( drivers etc ) are finished b4 the speed kicks in. Usually gets to 800k/s and by that time the dload has finished..Unrar'd 400Mb ( 15Mb files ) this morning. It took 4 seconds!!!!!!I'll unrar a dvd in the arvo, see how that goes.. Might have to upgrade to the 40/40 plan ;^) iinet has no 'free' net traffic, even on the WAIX, pretty poor. Westnet lets you though.. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/22069-new-pc/page/3/#findComment-326801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nang3 12" member Donating Members 2,107 Member For: 19y 9m 30d Location: Perth WA Posted 22/12/05 03:41 AM Share Posted 22/12/05 03:41 AM F6 UTE said: Well I'm currently pullih down a couple of things @ 400k/s. Not too shabby.. General downloads ( drivers etc ) are finished b4 the speed kicks in. Usually gets to 800k/s and by that time the dload has finished..Unrar'd 400Mb ( 15Mb files ) this morning. It took 4 seconds!!!!!!I'll unrar a dvd in the arvo, see how that goes.. Might have to upgrade to the 40/40 plan ;^) iinet has no 'free' net traffic, even on the WAIX, pretty poor. Westnet lets you though..no free WAIX traffic on IINet?? I didnt know that, that's pisspoor form !!I might have to upgrade as well.. im on the 10/10 at the moment because I thought I wouldnt use it all seeing as ive been off broadband for that long, but of course I had 1gb left after about the first 4 days hehe Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/22069-new-pc/page/3/#findComment-327042 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6 UTE - Track Bound EVO III - Member 3,367 Member For: 20y 4m 7d Gender: Male Location: Strapped in and holding on Posted 22/12/05 12:33 PM Author Share Posted 22/12/05 12:33 PM I just did some 5 min tweaking...I upped the boost a bit which caused it to lean out a bit and ping a touch.. I added some more fuel to her and she really started to drive nicely.I am still running the stock 'cooler so I have a very concervative overclock atmo. Maybe a bigger 'cooler and some practice b4 I dabble some more.Anyhoo. I managed to squeeze a stable 12,872 3D Mark '03 points from her. I haven't touched the memory or gone mad with any of the timings/voltages. 3D mark '05 is over the 5000 points..These cores wil go to 2.4Mhz easily, mines sitting at a lowly 2.14Mhz. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/22069-new-pc/page/3/#findComment-327180 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinT Donating Members 372 Member For: 20y 2m 21d Posted 22/12/05 08:22 PM Share Posted 22/12/05 08:22 PM My april 05 build, Pentium 3.4 LGA775, 1GB ram, 6600GT video with heat sink only. twin pioneer 109 burners.that's the orignal specs, installed a 2nd exhaust fan due to the video running hot, duel exhausts. Because the heat sink on the fan let all the heat rise to the CPU area.Had to take it back to the dealer 3 times to get the same fault fixed, sounds like a ford dealer. On the 3rd try they found a faulty ingnition wire from the HD to the MB. Running well since.The engine cooling system became noisy, a constant background humm. Installed a Scythe Samuria Z cooler on the engine. This has the main cooler and an intercooler at the top. I haven't tested it under load yet, but it is quiet. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/22069-new-pc/page/3/#findComment-327207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbearz Member 63 Member For: 21y 10m 14d Location: tassie Posted 25/12/05 09:07 AM Share Posted 25/12/05 09:07 AM nang3 said: hehe sounds nice mate, amazing how cheap PCs are nowadays!!I build a moderate one the other week for a mate, it was like $1000 or something for 1024mb DDR400, p4 3GHz, 17" LCD, 120GB SATA with quality mobo, vid card and case.. way better than the $2k ones I was buildin last year, gotta love Moores Law !!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>yeah moores law has been discontinued about 5-7 months ago some nerdo computer hugger u are Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/22069-new-pc/page/3/#findComment-327759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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