Red Nineteen Project Log 24 - 5th July 2006 Finally I had some spare time to try out all the new hardware, most of which has been sitting here for a few weeks... [img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/24/DSC02164.JPG[/img] ^ I purchased some paint for the project, as it was from Halfords, I couldn't find a Ferrari red as I don't think Ferrari owners would take their car anywhere near. So I ended up with some Nissan Red 526, some clear lacquer, grey primer and gloss black. [img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/24/DSC02166.JPG[/img] ^ Here's the Athlon 64 X2 4000 in situe, on the Foxconn nForce 590 SLi board. The stepping is CCBXF - anyone know if it's good or not? I suppose the only way to really know, is try it myself... [img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/24/DSC02169.jpg[/img] ^ With the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 mounted. I've added on some pretty blue arrows, as I'm not sure if it should look like that. The base of the cooler is smaller than the CPU and it overlaps on one side more than the other. I tried re-seating it 5 times, but it ended up like this each go. Any Arctic Cooler owners have the same problem? Will it matter? [img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/24/DSC02176.JPG[/img] ^ Once I had connected everything up, I turned it all on expecting it to POST. Everything powered up, but the monitor wouldn't get a signal. Thinking the 7800gt wasn't working, I tried a VGA cable instead of the DVI. Still nothing. After 10 minutes of trouble-shooting, I realised that the motherboard lights weren't coming on. Then I spotted the extra ATX power connector! Plugged it in and I got a picture and it POSTed. [img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/24/DSC02177.JPG[/img] ^ A shot of the board from above. The LED display to the right shows any error codes and seems to spaz out when first turned on - which is kinda cool. I didn't realise how huge the CPU HSF would be... [img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/24/DSC02178.JPG[/img] ^ A shot of the first run. It recognised both sticks as Dual Channel straight off, though the timings are set at 5-5-5-18, 800 MHz when first used. Enabling SLi memory in the BIOS put these to the 4-4-4-12 800MHz as packaged. [img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/24/DSC02182.JPG[/img] ^ The temperatures were pretty decent. Bear in mind that it was baking indoors yesterday, probably around 24'c - so the CPU @ 26'c is very good. The board temperature was a bit high, but I think this is partly due to being passively cooled. The case fans should lower it quite a bit once installed. [img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/24/DSC02185.JPG[/img] ^ All laid out on the dining room table. [img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/24/DSC02187.JPG[/img] ^ Bit-tech said that the memory slots were close to the CPU socket, but there's just enough clearence for the fan! [img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/24/DSC02188.jpg[/img] ^ Another pretty-arrow-diagram. Can anyone who has used an Arctic Cooler Freezer 64 say if the angle of the brackets is healthy? If you look closely, the left-side bracket is at an angle, whereas the right one is vertical. It all seems stable though and the temps are very good. It may just be me panicking. [img]http://dump.slickhouse.com/lazlow/pc/blue/24/DSC02189.JPG[/img] ^ Finally, a shot of the GPU - Leadtek 7800gt. The stock cooler is stupidly loud, so I'm glad I've got an Accelero X1 waiting to be fitted to it. This rig WILL be quiet and everything is pretty much silent, apart from the 7800gt. This weekend I'll be painting the whole case and finishing off about 6 areas of the mod. Expect another log or two over the weekend!