Chuck's New Rig

Post by **Jonathan** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:19 pm

I bought a P35. I haven't actually booted it yet, though.

Peijen · Post by **Peijen** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:51 pm

VLSmooth · Post by **VLSmooth** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:33 pm

Motherboard
Re-looked at the X38 chipset, probably not worth it over the P35. However, I'd rather go with the ~$90 GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L (newegg) over the abit.

Video Card
New Contenders

~$270 after $30 MIR BFG Tech BFGE88512GTSE GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB (newegg)
~$250 EVGA 512-P3-N802-AR GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB (newegg)

Need to run, I'll update the wishlist in a bit. I still prefer the GTS

VLSmooth · Post by **VLSmooth** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:55 am

Techbargains: Buy.com: Antec P182 ATX PC Case $84.99, after $35 mail-in-rebate (MIR), free shipping, expires 2008-01-31, tax in CA, MA, MD, TN.

Chuck should probably jump on this. It's better than newegg's current $50 MIR, which still results in a net $89.99 payment.

VLSmooth · Post by **VLSmooth** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:35 am

Decided not to get the case from techbargains due to the longer delivery time
Updated the wishlist motherboard to the Gigabyte P35
Updated the wishlist video card to the BFG GTS

VLSmooth · Post by **VLSmooth** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:32 am

Also bought Arctic Silver 5 from heatsinkfactory since I forgot to add it to the newegg wishlist ~_~

VLSmooth · Post by **VLSmooth** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 6:33 am

From heatsinkfactory, buy these:

4x Scythe Slip Stream 120mm Fan - 1200 RPM (heatsinkfactory)
2x Nexus 92mm Real Silent Case Fan - DF1209SL-3 (heatsinkfactory, silentpcreview)
1x Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler (heatsinkfactory)
1x Thermalright HR-03 GT (heatsinkfactory)
5x Nexus Case Fan Vibration Absorbers - Set of 4 (heatsinkfactory)
1x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - 3.5 grams (heatsinkfactory)

Should add up to $201.16 before shipping & handling.

Edit: Updated the OP to reflect this update.

VLSmooth · Post by **VLSmooth** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:23 am

First batch of equipment with phone picture!

Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L
Power Supply - Corsair CMUPSU-520HX
Processor - Intel C2D E8400 3G 775 45N R
Memory - 2x 2gb OCZ DDR2 OCZ2RPR800C44GK
Hard Drive - 500gb WD5000AACS (Green Power FTW!)
Optical Drive - ASUS DRW-2014L1T LS SATA
Video Card - BFG BFG88512GTSE 8800GTS 512mb

Vyrosama · Post by **Vyrosama** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:31 am

how come you're not in the picture...no wait...how come it's at your house?! thief!!!

just missing the fans.....time to call the press!

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:42 am

wtb picture of vinny to make a life-sized cutout to high-five.

VLSmooth · Post by **VLSmooth** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:31 am

The rest of it came today

Unfortunately, I'm not sure I'll have time to fully set it up until this weekend...

VLSmooth · Post by **VLSmooth** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:58 pm

AnandTech: Thermalright HR-03 GT: Heavyweight GPU Cooling
http://www.anandtech.com/casecoolingpsu ... spx?i=3249

AnandTech recently reviewed the VGA Heatsink that's in this rig.

Matt Campbell wrote:Several of these results are quite surprising. First, a result of 38C under full load is fantastic, and surpasses even Thermalright's claims on their webpage (45C under load). A spot check of the RAM sinks on the card had them maxing at about 43-44C. The other startling results are the fanless temperature readings. Under full load, the HR-03 GT fanless is 15C cooler than the stock NVIDIA cooler!

Results compared to the Sparkle fanless solution are also impressive. The Thermalright uses a much larger heatsink than the Sparkle, but it obviously pays off. The fanless HR-03 is a whooping 36C cooler at idle than the Sparkle and 40C cooler than the Sparkle under load. This makes the Thermalright a potentially useful fanless solution.

Again, please note our test system had excellent ventilation and represents a best-case scenario, but even so this is quite impressive. Without a fan mounted on the HR-03 GT, RAM sink temperatures climbed to about 57C maximum.