had bought a 9600xt. wasnt really impressed for 200$. returned it and went looking for a vanilla 9800. couldnt find any locally so bit the bullet and went for a 9800pro.
what a ride that was. the box was re-shrunkwrapped with an old bfg ti4200 in it.
BadBuy honored the return, acknowledging...
at the time my friend had the ati mach 64 2mb vram
i was stuck with the cirrus logic 2mb dram
we both had p90's oc'd to 100mhz
i was so envious. it was so much smoother in X.
then when he upgraded his system he gave me that
card so i put it in a dec multia, where it's still in use...
nice.. i work for IBM too. server room for the 300mm chip fab.
it funds my purchases. ;)
i guess it would be proper if i had a 6800 based video card.. but alas.. they didnt
give me one..so i bought an ati x800.
:p
very sweet. i had to host v6power.net from a cardboard box off my home cable when we were "in-between" hosts for a couple weeks.
so i used a Juniors cheesecake box. mmmmmmmmmmm.
it was true ghetto..the juniors box was even from brooklyn,ny...flatbush ave.
:D
system has been rock solid at 2.6ghz for the past month..figured i'd mess with it some more today.
got it running prime stable so far(30 mins) at 2.7ghz 1.8v 200x13.5
36c idle 47c load
my ram wont do anything stable above 200mhz. 210 and windows runs fine..but i get random application...
Digital Equipment 64bit 21066a 233mhz Multia
got it in the summer of '96 when DEC discontinued them, tons of them showed up on the auctions at onsale.com. friend and i bought a lot of 10 and sold them on campus. they sold quickly for $900 each.
it serves me well. sits on my desk next to...
vendeko... i just did mine..here's step by step pics if u decide to get it done locally.
total time 15 minutes.
cost 18 for the heater core at napa(was surprised they had 1 in stock)
1.50 for both brass connectors.
stock looking
removed copper tubing
screwed in hose connectors...
here's a basic rundown...
300mm is the diameter of the wafer that the tools etch the microprocessors onto, hence the name.(300mm has more yield per wafer than 200mm wafers=cheaper production costs)
Processors for the Apple G5, Nvidia 6800 gpu's, Sony ps 3, Xbox 2, and the upcoming Cell...
call these people...they might have some.
http://stores.ebay.com/IBM-C-Tech-Super-Store
mid tower darth vader. 50 bucks.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11215&item=5739496392&rd=1
there has to be a million of those cases around..i have 2 44P workstations right...
^^^nail->head
i'm on iteration #3. i know ive spent more than a prefab.. ive got tons of spare parts now.. and 1 million ideas to try before i cut up my li li and "settle" on one specifi design.
the DIY crowd tends to be older and already has tools at their disposal. if you dont already...
what about the 12v bilge pumps? 11 bucks for 550gph 5' head.. some are 1100gph for 30$
ive been tempted to get one and play around with it.. any local boating shop will have them.
something to look into.
here's my homemade water block(minus the final sealing).
it worked well. kept my oc'd temps to 35ish on a quiet low rpm 120mm fan.
as u can see the input sealed directly on top of the fins which restricted the flow to give it some jet impingement characteristics.. what i really needed to do...
hehe, cool idea. :D
Ive been working on a setup with 1/2inch copper pipe..
dtek whitewater
maxi jet 1200
mustang heater core
bluewhite flow meter
most of it is soldered together already..just need to finalize a few more things.
(drain/fill.. maybe a res..final rad location,..etc)...
a solid 1c at idle and 3c at prime 95 load.
i'm down to 49C on prime95..which makes me very happy. the system is rock solid at this temp.
IMO a big benefit of the shroud is the reduced whirring sound of the fan.
system basics:
mobile [email protected] 1.775vcore, 200x13, nf7s v2.0, ati x800...