FINALLY!!!

[Stang]

WOOHOO!!!

After playing Tribes for 2 years I finally have caught up with everyone! IM LIKE YOU NOW!!! :)

:redbounce :redbounce Im not on a P3 450 :redbounce :redbounce

Ive upgraded to a AMD XP 2100+ 1.73GHz Processor, Asus Motherboard, 512MB, and a Cooling fan :D.

Now to do more damage!!! :rocket: MUAHHHHAAWWWWAAAA!!

OMG I cant believe what a difference, everything loads way too fast for me now :D.

[Ghryphen]

And a GeForce4 4200 :p

[Aluscia]

Hmm.... I think the G4 is enough for me. Good for you Stang :D Now you're gonna waste everyone.

[Stang]

My husband is awesome!!!

:hug :couple:

[Spinning Hat]

Damn Gryph... You musta screwed up big time... :lol

[Ghryphen]

:lol

[Jode]

thats cool Stang! have fun! ;)

[Stang]

No hes just suckin up for something big I know it :).

[Aluscia]

I read that sentence wrong, and I was like "Too bad Gryph isn't gay", and then I was like "Wait a min, she said he's sucking up big"..... nm....... it was an extremely bad misread. I don't even know why my brain came to that conclusion.

[Ghryphen]

:o :eek:

[Stang]

:lol

[Variable]

I think Gryph is about to lay the "How about a colocated server array" on her. Or maybe children. You know, they're both equally important to a relationship....

[Spinning Hat]

But the colocated server array is MUCH more functional.... Besides, think of how cool that would be to have in your house... Run a Tribes2 and Battlefield server, with enough storage for a massive ftp.... :lol

Besides, kids are full of contradictions.. For the first 5 years you work and work to get them to stand and speak, but you spend the next 15 telling them to sit down and shut up. :lol

[Walks on Clouds]

Enjoy it, Stang. I know I enjoyed mine, and it has nearly the same specs as yours do. Except that I got 256 MB RAM. :(

[Stang]

Shush dont give him any ideas :)

[Ghryphen]

Hmm colocated server array....

[Stang]

:nono

[Ghryphen]

:cry

[Stang]

Crying wont help you :p

[Spinning Hat]

Gryph, this weekend, give her some serious lovin', and you'll probably get you colocated server array... :devil:

[Ghryphen]

:lol

[Stang]

:lol

He has other projects before he gets his colocated server array :p .

[Walks on Clouds]

Yeah? Like cleaning up the house? Ironing his own goddamn shirts, perhaps? :D

[Stang]

*wonders* can he iron? :D *wonders*

[Variable]

I bet he'd iron like a mofo for a t3 line running directly from his house.

*Gryph, if she pitches this deal you better agree to it. I'd iron the WORLD for a T3 line.

[Stang]

Stop it, STOP IT, stop it!!!

You must stop giving him ideas. You dont have to listen to the nagging. :rolleyes:

[Aluscia]

I support you, Stang.... You must be strong. Men are easy to break :D

[KitZune]

kind of like the skulls of innocent children.

[Xenocidez66]

I guess I am not the only one to have updated the old box

I am now running a P4 2.66 w/ 512 meg, a 120gig drive and a GeForce4 4200/128.

I noticed the diffrence as well over the old one

[Stang]

Fun huh Xeno :D.

Thanks Laurelin need all the back up I can get, I mean this is Gryphon we are talking about :lol.

[Ghryphen]

:rolleyes:

[Variable]

I may not have the fastest processor here (I'm itchin to get the new Barton when it comes out...) but I've got more ram than anyone! 1 gig of 333 mhz ddr ram! MWUAHAHAHAH!

Everyone needs a hobby. Mine is spending exorbinant amounts of money on a tiny box in my office.

[Walks on Clouds]

It's important stuff, you know, the spending of exorbitant etc. Makes you feel good.

[Aluscia]

I've just about got you matched, variable... 1 GB of 266.

[Spinning Hat]

I need 512M more RAM... I mmiss having 1GB of RAM... But mine was of PC 133.

[itiman]

Coolness:D

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

I think I've got Vari beat...

and all you others....


Watercooled system. :p

[Variable]

I have...5 80mm fans. And heatsinks and thermal paste on my ram. And a thermaltake Dragon orb 3. heatsinks on the graphics memory...

Its not too noisy either. I do okay ;)

*after edit*

Though upon reflection whats your take on water cooling? How are your temps overall? and how difficult is it to set up? And do you need to replace the water ever?

i'm gonna pick your brain for a while on this. Anything I can do to improve this thing is welcome indeed.

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

:lol

Well... When I first got my brand new Athlon 1.4, I got BSOD's anytime I'd try to install windows. First I tried 98, then I bought Win2k from a friend at MS, and it worked sometimes. I knew it was heat, so I built a duct out of cardboard and tape. It worked, kind of...
I originally got the watercooled system because my case did not have good enough airflow to/from my processor. So I'd get a BSOD.


So, I did some research and figured that my best bet would be a case from Koolance. (www.koolance.com)
I have the mid-tower one with a CPU cooler, harddrive cooler, and video card cooler.

It did an awesome job of reducing my temps. From 49 C to 25 C (both idle temps). At max usage, the temps went from 65 C to 30 C. It's cooler if I can dump the heat from the water quickly by using cool air on the intakes. (By opening a window.)

The only problem that I've had with it is twofold:
First, I set the case down too hard at my parent's house on their hardwood floors. This cracked the reservior, causing leaks. I didn't find the cause of the loss of water for about four months. In the process, my case caused water damage on my dad's desk. But I got it replaced no problem from one of Koolance's outlets. For free.
The second part was that during the replacement, I broke one of the inlets on the harddrive cooler (an aluminum tube epoxied to a chunk of aluminum with holes in it). This break caused water to leak onto one of my harddisks. The IDE bus on the harddisk failed, but the data is still there (supposedly/maybe). That was sort of okay at first because I had two disks in a RAID array. So I fixed the break by regluing the parts with different epoxy (an epoxy/steel blend from jb-weld). BUT, the second harddisk in the array decided to fail right then and there. It's dead.



So, the pluses are:
+easier to cool everything.
+quieter
+more efficient
+you can get better temps
+the geek-factor is pretty high (even my engineering buddies made some fun of me for it)
+good RMA policy from koolance
+excellent technical help from koolance
+other goodies to increase the geekfactor (windows, cold-cathode tubes, dye, etc.)
+i believe that if the case fails to cool your components and they die, then koolance will replace them
+the thing shuts down if the water level gets too low, or the processor gets too hot
+3 different settings for the intake fan speeds
+room for one additional fan to expel air from the case
+has front access ports for USB (2), and 4mm jacks (headphone/mic cables)
+case is sturdy, well-built

The minuses:
-can be messy
-have to use distilled water, no exceptions
-pisses you off if water gets on a harddrive
-needs tools, and mechanical know-how (you have to have held a screwdriver and pliers in your hands at least once in your life before attempting to assemble it)
-expensive (all together I've spent about 250.00 on mine)
-a bit time-consuming to change the water
-and if there is a small leak, the water likes to hide in the bottom of the case where you can't see it
-power supply is sold separately
-in the newer models, water contains ethylene glycol (primary component of anti-freeze)... this means no kiddies/pets playing with the water
-my sb LIVE doesn't exactly fit perfectly like it did in my other case.

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

Oh and koolance recommends that the water be replaced every six months or so. It's not a bad timeframe.

[Aluscia]

Koori the Ice Queen (My lovely comp :D) does extremely well. I have temps at about 27-29 C at idle, and 32-35 C after playing Q3. I have a few fans, Kitz thinks it sounds like a turbine, but I don't even notice it anymore.

[Walks on Clouds]

So this turned into a geekfest, where everyone is shoving their comps stats in eachother's faces. How nice. :) Gives me a taste of inferiority complex, but I can live with that.

[Stang]

Hey I had to brag, Ive been on a 450 forever! :slow:

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

[little kid voice on]
my comp can kick your comp's ass!
[/little kid voice off]

;)

[Gambit]

Iceman has a bumpersticker on his truck that says
"My computer is faster than yours!"

:)

[XRogue]

That is because his truck is not faster than anything but an armadillo....:D

[Walks on Clouds]

:lol

[Stang]

:lol