[Case Gallery] "Sleeper": The budget rig

olidude · Jan 30, 2006

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Specs:
P4 Prescott S478 3.0G - Asus P4P800SE - 2 x 512M Kingston KVR cl3 PC3200 - ATI x850 pro - SB Audigy2 value - 80G WD800BB-00FJA0 + 250G Maxtor 6B250R0 - Samsung CD/RW + LG 16x DVD/RW - Antec Truepower2.0 380W - 2 x 120mm Antec bb case fans - Antec SLK3000B Case - 17" Viewsonic VE710b 12ms

Mods:
Asus StarIce for cpu - Zalman VF700AlCu for gpu - Nikao copper ramsinks - CPU @ 3.6G 1.52v - RAM @ 2.5/3/3/7 (240fsb 1/1) - x850pro 16 pipes, pencil mods @ 560c/580m

This was a gradual transformation from a comp bought at Futureshop and offered to me as a present. I kept the cpu, cd writer and the 80G hd. Not alot of eye candy here... bright lights = 1 year old kid playing with my rig! It's rather a simple build with moderate results but I'm pretty satified. Next upgrade: round cables

Anarion · Jan 30, 2006

i just wonder, if it was NOT budget then what happpen .

infrared · Jan 30, 2006

That is some seriously neat cable management!!! I'd steer clear of the round cables, since you will have a harder time getting them as neat as that... I'm amazed!!

It's a very impressive rig, especially with a tight budget.

Out of interest, what temperatures are you getting with that cooler, and can you remember the original temps? I don't think my Gigabyte cooler's doing a good enough job, I managed 70c last night @ 4.34ghz, 1.51v with 25c ambient temperature... Not good! Although, saying that, @ 4.2ghz, 1.3v it's 37c idle and 51c max load. In a 9c ambient temperature, i have taken it all the way up to 4.4ghz easily.

Overall, great job! Good choice of hardware, amazing cable management, nice no-frills case. I like it a lot!!

CjStaal · Jan 30, 2006

Dude... you are frying your processor 1.52v

Clocked · Jan 30, 2006

Very nice....

Love the neat cables.... too bad you dont have a nice case to show it off!!! lol jokes...

not much of a budget build.... lol

Very clean build, GOOD JOB!

infrared · Jan 30, 2006

bikr692002 said:
Dude... you are frying your processor 1.52v

LOL, i know! it's a very big overvolt! But it's the only way i can stabilize it with these crazy clocks! It's like i've reached a threshold, where it needs a lot of voltage to go any further. The prob is, @ 60c, the temperature's holding it back, so no matter what voltage i put through it, it'l go no further... But...

I just took my pc outside, and managed a 4.7ghz with 1.52v, max temp of 49-52c in a -1c ambient temp

OOTay · Jan 31, 2006

Nice rig, love the cable management and nice x850pro i own one as well. you should think getting a bigger case to get that heatsink working a bit better since you dont have direct flow to it. Overall its a nice rig.

CjStaal · Jan 31, 2006

infrared said:
LOL, i know! it's a very big overvolt! But it's the only way i can stabilize it with these crazy clocks! It's like i've reached a threshold, where it needs a lot of voltage to go any further. The prob is, @ 60c, the temperature's holding it back, so no matter what voltage i put through it, it'l go no further... But...

I just took my pc outside, and managed a 4.7ghz with 1.52v, max temp of 49-52c in a -1c ambient temp

I can only get 4Ghz on my 650 because of my shittyass ram

olidude · Jan 31, 2006

Thanks to all for the compliments. All I can say is that there are ALOT of nice builds in this thread, kudos to everybody. It's not as neat and tidy as I would like it to be, but I decided to invest into hardware before looks. The case might not be too attractive, but it sure has good airflow!

bikr692002 said:
Dude... you are frying your processor 1.52v

Well, actually, The old prescott runs normally around 45°-50°c idle with stock cooling @ 3.0. With the new cooler @ 3.6 it runs around 38°-40°c idle and 49°-51° load (fan @ 1/2 speed:2800rpm)... and that's with a 12h Prime95 torture and right after, 1/2h OCCT torture, one Pcmark05 full run and after that Sandra05 cpu tests and one run of 3Dmark03! The gpu runs around 31°-33° idle and 58°c max at load. It's kind of hot, but ok considering my x850pro isn't a good oc'er and I had to push the voltages high to get those clocks.

Anarion said:
i just wonder, if it was NOT budget then what happpen .

I'm not sure if I fully understand what you mean, but originaly this was a Cicero comp form Future Shop with a crappy mobo, case, psu, ram, crt monitor etc... At the time I was thrilled to have it (who wouldn't, it was free!) and I've been changing parts for over a year now. I only salvaged what I thought was good. And when your 27 with 3 kids, yes you're on a budget!

zekrahminator · Jan 31, 2006

pretty good

sure beats my P3 build

...anyways. I loved the cable management, any PC builder will tell you that hiding all those cables under every nook and cranny in a case is HARD. secondly, you call that a BUDGET build??? what did you do, use an old monitor and find windows off the street?

. lol just fooling with you, it turned out quite nicely. if I were to change anything, I'd put an Arctic Cooling ATI silencer 5 on that X850. I have an Arctic Cooling VGA silencer for my 9800SE (and thanks to techpowerup, its softmodded to a 9800pro), and trust me, it REALLY does the trick. but otherwise, yeah, good job.

OOTay · Jan 31, 2006

man zekrahminator that p3 must bottlenecking the crap of your 9800!

Anarion · Jan 31, 2006

olidude said:
I'm not sure if I fully understand what you mean, but originaly this was a Cicero comp form Future Shop with a crappy mobo, case, psu, ram, crt monitor etc... At the time I was thrilled to have it (who wouldn't, it was free!) and I've been changing parts for over a year now. I only salvaged what I thought was good. And when your 27 with 3 kids, yes you're on a budget!

well , this is totaly normal , it seem everybody have problems with my phrases , no body understanding me too though

, also my best wishs for ur kids btw keep up good work & populate earth more though ;D (just kiddin)

Anarion · Jan 31, 2006

OOTay said:
man zekrahminator that p3 must bottlenecking the crap of your 9800!

it can name-d! , CLASSICAL

zekrahminator · Feb 9, 2006

lol you're pretty perceptive, ootay! Though, I'm working on a new build...its gonna be awesome! I just need to get it to work...
Athlon 3200+ (s939)
ASRock 939Dual-SATA2
Thermaltake Soprano case (black, with window)
1GB PC3200 (PNY and Centon)
Antec 500W SmartPower 2.0
Sapphire Radeon 9800 "pro" with RAMsinks and VGA silencer
Soundblaster Live! 24-bit soundcard
WD 160GB IDE Hard Disk
Lite-On DVD-RW
Samsung 17" LCD Monitor

Processor	P4 Prescott 3.0 @ 3.45
Motherboard	Asus P4P800 SE
Cooling	Asus Star Ice + 2 x 120mm case
Memory	2x512 KVR PC3200 Dual Ch. CL3 @ 2.5-3-3-7
Video Card(s)	x850pro-16pp + volt @ 520/540 + Zalman VF700alcu
Storage	80G WD800BB-00FJA0 / 250G Maxtor 6B250R0
Display(s)	56" Toshiba DLP 720p HDTV
Case	Antec SLK3000B
Audio Device(s)	Audigy2 value
Power Supply	Antec TP2.0 380W
Software	custom XP pro

Processor	amd HAMMER SERIES 62% oc
Motherboard	epox 8NPAJ
Cooling	Active, Noisy , air
Memory	gSKILL 2gb
Video Card(s)	2900 xt 1g
Storage	diamondmax+
Display(s)	215TW HDCP 95%+! color accuracy
Case	aluminium sHOW CASE BP
Audio Device(s)	Behringer dj pro hpx4000
Power Supply	acBel Ai iS
Software	xp pro sp2

System Name	Box of Distraction
Processor	Ryzen 7 1800X
Motherboard	Crosshair VI Hero
Cooling	Custom watercooling
Memory	G.Skill TridentZ 2x8GB @ 3466MHz CL14 1T
Video Card(s)	EVGA 1080Ti FE. WC'd & TDP limit increased to 360W.
Storage	Samsung 960 Evo 500GB & WD Black 2TB storage drive.
Display(s)	Asus ROG Swift PG278QR 27" 1440P 165hz Gsync
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s)	Phillips Fidelio X2 headphones / basic Bose speakers
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 750W G3
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Cherry MX Board 6.0 (mx red switches)
Software	Win 10 & Linux Mint
Benchmark Scores	https://hwbot.org/user/infrared

System Name	Current rig
Processor	i9-9900k
Motherboard	Z390 Aorus Xtreme
Cooling	Corsair h150i Pro
Memory	32GB Ripjaws V 3200
Video Card(s)	Asus 2090 ti Strix
Storage	Samsung 970 Pro 1tb
Display(s)	Alienware aw3418dw
Case	Thermaltake View 91
Power Supply	seasonic 1kw

System Name	Evil Eye POS
Processor	Intell Q6600 G0 @ 3.6Ghz
Motherboard	EVGA 680i
Cooling	DangerDen/SwiftTech water cooling
Memory	4GB OCZ SLI 800mhz @ 1260mhz
Video Card(s)	8800GTX x 2
Storage	WD Raptor74GB in RAID/ 160GB Maxtor/ 80GB WD
Display(s)	Samsung 740n 17"
Case	SunBeam Evil Eye
Audio Device(s)	Onboard POS
Power Supply	PC Power n Cooling 1000W
Software	XP Home/Vista Pro

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Processor	AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V)
Motherboard	Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430
Cooling	Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU
Memory	2GB G.Skill DDR2 800
Video Card(s)	Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600
Storage	WD 160 GB SATA hard drive.
Display(s)	Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900
Case	Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window).
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers).
Power Supply	ThermalTake 430W TR2
Software	XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1.