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Thread: A new era for my TestBench
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03-03-2014 02:32 AM #1
A new era for my TestBench
Hello mates!
It's been a while since I have started a thread... but now I'm getting back into the business...
As the title suggests, this time will be a little bit different... the main goal is to go sub-zero with cooling, but I also got back to the LGA775 platform - finally! Since I have started to bench I had this idea to go through most of the platforms - and I pretty much did... for those who did not see it yet, check this thread (warning: it is long!): http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread...f-My-TestBench
So, now it's time for LGA775!
I have got the Asus Commando a while ago to start with and I have collected a bunch of LGA775 CPUs (nothing fancy, just from old machines). Last weekend I have tried to fire it up, but no luck... lights are on, fans are spinning - but nothing on the monitor... Since the board was rescued literarily from the trash, I have assumed that it had a reason to be there...
Then I have started to read about LGA775 boards, and I started to really like the Asus Rampage Extreme... but that one is bloody expensive! I was at the point to give up my LGA775 dreams when an opportunity came... One of the REX boards on the ebay was actually listed from here where I live... Contacted the seller and setup a meeting for yesterday - and voila:
We have made a mutually better deal...
The board seems new (still had those plastic tapes/sealings on the heatsinks), has most of it's original accessories (except and english manual) - but it did not have the original box... well, I can live with that...
The goal is to go sub-zero cooling (I already have my SS unit - will present it later on), but I wanted to see this beauty working and see how it's BIOS looks like... So, for the start it got the Noctua NH-D14 for the CPU and it's NB water block changed to the regular air-heatsink:
And the sexiest thing about this LGA775 board is that it has DDR3 memories! Yes, those are one of my Pi kits used on the newest platform before:
And then I have fired it up! And nothing happened... In the morning I saw the board working at the seller's place and in the afternoon is not working anymore?! Double-checked everything what came in mind and nothing, lights on, fans are spinning - but nothing on the monitor... the same as with the Commando before...
I have started to suspect the graphics card, so I have started to swap them around... I have couple older cards left which all were tested before on other platform, but none of them gave me a signal... Finally, the light came in my mind! Started to check the other end of the power cables... - and the PCIe power connector wasn't connected to the PSU... yeah, that's how it is when you're getting old... or senile... or something...
But now my LGA775 system is working!
Here are some benchmarks I have tried wile I was pushing this system:
I think, not too bad... certainly this platform has more in it! The BIOS is definitely different, but not too hard to get used with it... The only flaw I observed until now is the temperature... I have compared the temps in BIOS with those shown in HWMonitor - but they're like showing two different systems... HWMonitor also was showing temps below ambient for the cores... Then I got rid of the HWMonitor and got RealTemp - that at least shows more acceptable core temps... but no other temps... well, the point is to pass benchmarks, not to anxiously watch temps - right?
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03-03-2014 02:48 AM #2
Myk SilentShadow PC Specs Motherboard ASUS Rampage IV Formula Processor Intel i7 3930K Memory (part number) 8GB Corsair XMS3 1600 Graphics Card #1 ASUS Radeon 7970 3GD5 Sound Card ROG Xonar Phoebus Monitor Samsung SyncMaster SA300 Storage #1 Corsair Neutron 128GB Storage #2 Seagate 2TB CPU Cooler Corsair A50 Pro Air Cooler Case BitFenix Merc Alpha Power Supply Thermaltake Litepower 700W Keyboard Alienware TactX Keyboard Mouse Tesoro Gandiva H1L OS Win7 Ultimate x64
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Nice one Z!!! oh and the reason the REX is still expensive, is because the hardware is still popular. i've been trying to look for a cheap 990X, or even a 980X and they are still 800 - 1000 AUD.
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03-03-2014 03:20 AM #3
meankeys PC Specs Motherboard Rampage VI Apex / Maximus IX APEX / Rampage V EX V10 Processor 7920X / 5960X / 6950X / 7700K Memory (part number) G.Skill Trident Z - 16GB Graphics Card #1 Zotac 1080 Ti Graphics Card #2 Zotac 1080 Ti Graphics Card #3 ASUS STRIX GTX 1080 OC Monitor 3 X ASUS V248Q Storage #1 Samsung 950 Pro CPU Cooler Cool Express SS Power Supply Thermaltake Tough Power Grand 1200W Keyboard Cyberus Headset Tittan OS Win 7 64bit Network Router ASUS
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03-03-2014 04:28 AM #4
Thanks, guys! I think, I'm going to have fun...
To use the SS I have to finish my TestBench first... on this one won't fit with the mounting of the SS head...
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03-03-2014 05:29 AM #5
looks fun
Current: MSI Xpower Gaming Titanium | 7700K | G Skill Ripjaws V 3000 16Gb | 960 EVO 500Gb | Intel 730 480Gb | Seasonic 1000 Platinum |
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03-03-2014 11:02 AM #6
Arne Saknussemm PC Specs Laptop (Model) Laptop?...No way! (Model?...Jun Amaki...yes way!) Motherboard ROG ZENITH II EXTREME Processor THREADRIPPER 3960X Memory (part number) TXBD48G4000HC18FBK Graphics Card #1 GTX Titan X Graphics Card #2 SLI is dead to me Graphics Card #3 Tri SLI is even dead to Nvidia Graphics Card #4 Quad SLI is dead to everybody especially my credit card Sound Card Xonar Essence STX Monitor ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q Storage #1 Samsung 970/960/950 PRO Storage #2 2x OCZ VERTEX 3/2x WD Caviar Black 500GB / 2x WD RED 2TB/Samsung 1TBSSDs CPU Cooler Custom Loop: Dual D5s, Dual Alphacool Monsta 480s, XSPC Raystorm Neo TR4, EK TitanX WaterBlock Case Nope!...Dimastech Easy XL...let it all hang out man! Power Supply Seasonic 1000 Platinum Keyboard Corsair Strafe MK2 ROG Claymore... or Fender Rhodes Electric Piano (MKI 73) Mouse Corsair M65Pro or Speedy Gonzalez...not Mickey...don't do Disney! Headset ...firmly on neck Mouse Pad Mouse don't got his own pad man...lives with me Headset/Speakers Edifier Spinnaker...or you mean the speakers in my head...man too many voices to name them all OS Win XP, 7, 8, 8.1 and Windows 10 Spyware Edition Network Router 56k modem Accessory #1 Umm...nice tie? Accessory #2 Err...belt? Accessory #3 3 accessories?! I'm not a girl!!
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Oooo time travelling test bench! Complete with cryogenic clouds (but no sparks I hope)!!
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03-03-2014 12:30 PM #7
He-he, it is time traveling, indeed...
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03-03-2014 01:09 PM #8RockfordGuest
775 is a great platform, and fun to OC
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03-03-2014 01:34 PM #9
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03-03-2014 01:54 PM #10RockfordGuest
run with the smallest amount of ram possible, so you can max out the boards IMC