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R3C · Post by **R3C** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 3:42 pm

This is what I want...

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... =232355-OP

Hah cha cha cha cha.... Delicious.

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 8:21 pm

Well if this works, i wont need a new power supply. But i want it anyway, cause its kewl.

Post by **enderzero** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 10:28 pm

While the Samsung may be nice. This is the top of the pops for LCD ackshun.

mistasparkle* · Post by mistasparkle* » Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:37 pm

that monitor goemon got is pretty frickin fantasticular if you ask me...

slick low-profile design and ultra-crisp.

Goemon · Post by **Goemon** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:26 am

The only complaint I gots is that there's not enough gaming going on the monitor yet. That'll change in a few weeks though...

But the design is so nice and slim. I could even hang it on the wall. It's the "anti-iiyama".

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 9:20 am

I'm still a fan of the Samsung. The color quality is amazing. I haven't seen the Dell in person yet though. I actually don't like spending money on displays, so I may or may not actually get one. Displays are like power supplies. They're one of the more boring parts of the system. Granted, a good one is a very nice thing to have, it's just not that exciting. Video cards are exciting, CPUs and fast memory are exciting. If I get one though, I'm probably getting the Samsung.

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 12:07 pm

get 3 samsungs and put em on this: http://www.touchscreens.com/vesa-ds103.html

Ok... im off to FedEx to get my power supply.

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:02 pm

Nice on the power supply! I just went to my parents' house and picked up my CPU. It's a m0 2.8C (SL6Z5) with 30 caps under it. Which I'm told means that it was an Extreme Edition that failed its yield tests. This means it's extremely overclockable with air cooling. People are getting these up to 3.7 GHz with stock voltage and air cooling. (Think I'll run mine a bit lower though.) I'm thinking more like 3.2-3.4. WWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think I may have got tha flows!!!

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:02 pm

Too bad there isn't a way to re-enable the EE's large cache.

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 4:13 pm

Its almost a sl2w8! Let us know how that bad boy runs.

So gots the new supply in... aw she sure is perdy. Got easy grasp purple power connecters, and a sleeved atx power harness.

Its a tad louder than the old one, but it is also considerably heavier!

So here is my new all time 3d mark reccord: 5491

Thats with nothing overclocked. Just ram timings adjusted to 2.5-2-2-6, wich is actually more stable than 3-4-4-8 which is what the ram is spec'd at.

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 4:22 pm

Very nice! I'll let you know as soon as I get home and pop it in. Yes, it's exactly like the SL2WXes.

I just listed an ad for my Alesis ION keyboard a few hours ago, and already the stupid Nigerians are on me for check scams. Fuckers. I've been telling them to fuck off, one by one. I also have an email address written down for the secret service counterfitting and fraud department somewhere. (Gonna forward these on to them.)

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 8:28 pm

Well I had my CPU running at 3.4, but I backed it down to 3.2. I have a feeling it would run a lot higher if I had better RAM. A 3.2 for $180 is good enough for me though. When I get new RAM, it will be a nice upgrade.

mistasparkle* · Post by mistasparkle* » Tue Jul 20, 2004 11:43 pm

I just came across this PSU... and what a good design. I can definitely see modular power cables becoming a standard for non-oem parts. Reduces case clutter and looks cleaner...

Link, Review Link

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:22 am

That is an excellent idea. I can't believe that they haven't done that in the past. Nice!

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:27 am

I couldn't be happier with my PC now. WWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! It's so freckin' fast. 3.2 seems to be the happy spot with my current RAM. I am going to try to bump up the voltages a little from stock tonight, and take the variable speed thing off my CPU cooler (it's an inline Zalman knob thingy.) I may put a cool air fan in the front of my case, and run it at half speed (using +5 instead of +12.) Everything seems to be running cool, but I want to try and get everything running 100% happily at over 3.4.

Post by **enderzero** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:20 am

That is a fantastic idea for a power supply.

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 12:44 pm

Hmm... Perhaps it's about time to build a custom case. I'm thinking one made out of extremely thick clear plexi/lexan, that's been sanded (for a frosted effect,) would be cool. That way the whole case would have a nice diffused glow from any lights that might be inside. Could even have some unsanded parts where direct light could shine through, or where you could see the fancy modular power supply. A cube would be nice, though I really don't have a place for something that wide. Still, a frosted plastic cube with rounded corners would look pretty cool. Especially glowing dark blue. Could get standard blue lighting, and cover it with theatre-lighting gels to darken it further. Too many blue-lit cases have too bright a blue tone. Has anyone seen the PSOne LCD mods? People are taking the PSOne 5" LCDs out of their housing, embedding them in their PC cases, and using a second monitor output from their video cards to put a display on it. (I've seen people offload Winamp to the little screen.) Hmmmmmm.... Or I could just strip my case down to the load-baring members, and paint it black.

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:27 pm

Ahh charlene, the ultimate case mod.

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:46 pm

Ahh, I didn't realize it had a name

HEE HEE HEE

Splendid.

I would have picked a name that's say, a little less "outskirts of Vegas" but you know...

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 2:51 pm

I've got some crazy overclocker ideas for this evening. I'm going to push things, and up voltages, and adjust timings and all kinds of fun stuff. I need to find a definitive acceptable range for CPU temperatures. I need to unlock my X800 pipelines as well. Need Seth to help though, as I don't have as nice a soldering device as he does. Instead of using Mr. Conductive Pen, we're going to solder a small piece of wire to the cut bridge. Hmmm, maybe I'll just try taping a piece of wire on there to see if it even works, then solder if it does. Think I'm going to try that too when i get home. WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been having fun with all this system tweaking. Have had that much OC fun since my unlocked P2-233.

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:16 pm

I need DX9.0C and the one site that I saw that made it available sans-SP2 has a broken link now. I want a new build if possible. I'm looking around here, but not seeing anything.

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 4:24 pm

http://www.pegasoft.cz/soft_down_free/D ... ft.cz].exe

http://www.softpedia.com/public/scripts ... /13-9-167/

Have not tested, but the links are good.

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 6:06 pm

I ran this stupid thing, and when I run DXDiag, it still says DX9B.

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 11:11 pm

What version is it, mine is:

DirectX version: 9.0C 4.09.0000.0904

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 11:34 pm

That's what it said it was on the site. Run DxDiag and see what it tells you...

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 11:48 pm

What a piece of crap. It's a mish-mash, jumble of wiki wiki trash. The D3D9 file is current, and most of the other files are old. Nothing matches. Yuck. Now I've got icky yucky on my system. I'll probably manually replace them all with correct files...

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 9:05 am

So, I ripped off the cooler on my X800. The test points that I need to bridge are way smaller than I thought. Microscopic almost. I scraped the insulation off of them, and have two shiny test points. I then realized that I have nothing small enough to bridge them. And someone forgot to give me the trace pen last night. So I had to put it back together without unlocking the pipes. It's all set for when I have the pen though. I think the part number on my chip is one of the ones that may not work for this mod. There's one part number that works, one that doesn't, and a couple that people aren't sure about yet. Mine's one of the unsure ones. We'll see what happens though.

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:55 am

My version is the same in dx diag.

What if you try to reinstall B?

R3C · Post by **R3C** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:56 am

It still says DX9b though right?

McNevin · Post by **McNevin** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:57 am

No it says C...

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