Project: Epiphany 100% Complete (bad update)

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 30 Jan 2006, 13:10

Yeah, please start your own threads guys, seriously!

muffinman · Post by **muffinman** » 30 Jan 2006, 13:12

When do we see pics???

can't wait to see your end product!

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 30 Jan 2006, 13:39

Well i'm not doing anything ATM because i'm waiting for all my hardware to arrive. The two video cards should arrive tomorrow or wednesday, the CPU and hard disks are arriving tonight. I'm waiting for carly to find out the Mushkin RAM. Sorry muffinman.

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 30 Jan 2006, 20:37

Okay, my CPU just arrived. Thanks Futs!!!!

Man, this thing's HSF is insane, it sports heatpipes and all.

Carly was meant to bring my HDDs tonight be he just never pitched. *AHEM*

Just waiting for the Video cards, i payed for them today, i'll have them on wednesday or thursday.

Futs · Post by **Futs** » 30 Jan 2006, 20:58

hehe see you couldn't wait

MrBean · Post by **MrBean** » 30 Jan 2006, 21:08

Nice chip

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 30 Jan 2006, 21:19

thanks beanie. Did you get my PM about the HDD cage?

naughty · Post by **naughty** » 30 Jan 2006, 21:20

just remember to keep a record of the stepping ie all the info written on the heatspreader since it could play a role in helping you about overclocking questions

your setup seems to be also shaping up quite nicely here dae - hope you get to enjoy it as much as i am enjoying mine

that cpu with your pair of 7800gt's in sli should be giving you an awesome setup for much less than what i have spent and all with similiar performance that i get

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 30 Jan 2006, 21:35

@naughty.

Really? Will my machine perform similarly to yours? How do i know what means what on the heatspreader? I've seen i guid to that somewhere but i can't remember where.

naughty · Post by **naughty** » 30 Jan 2006, 21:56

will try and find a guide thats relevant to the newer cpu's and will post later

and yes the cpus will perform similiarly since in 3dmark05 you only get around 80 points extra per 100mhz which isnt much at all - and if you overclock to 2.6ghz then you will get identical performance to my cpu overclocked to 2.6 since theres no diff in the architecture

there will be a small difference in gpu performance - but that wont be really as large as yo would think since most games would play far higher than 60 frames per second and you wont notice any diff after that - only doom3 is capped at 60fps and FEAR will bring both our systems down to their knees - but most other games should play very similiarly ie it wont be a noticeable diff to your eyes

only thing about having the higher spec system is the bragging rights thus im sure you will have a totally awesome experience on our setup - and even though it wont be identical it will be "seem" similiar - cos just by looking at the graphics and playing games you wont notice the difference

forgot to add that the only timethat the better cards like mine will flex some muscle is when you play with ultra high detail ie high levels of AA and AF enabled - then it starts to make a bit of a diff - but still not so noticeable to the naked eye in terms of speed

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 30 Jan 2006, 22:03

Cool. That's good to know. Great. Please give me that link as soon as you find it.

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 31 Jan 2006, 20:20

Okay, i just set up the machine, but only as far as i could go. Man, it looks haggard. Pink cables all over the place. I can't imagine having a clear case like this without modding it.

Here's a shot:

It's haggard huh?

Hellfury · Post by **Hellfury** » 31 Jan 2006, 21:24

That case of yours is pretty awsome!

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 31 Jan 2006, 21:32

Awesome? I think it looks Disgusting. But i think it'll look pretty good once i'm done modding it.

Post by **ryanrich** » 31 Jan 2006, 21:48

Yeah I also don't like just a clear case without it being modded like the direction you're heading... To me just a clear case looks very untidy and the word, unfinished, seems appropriate yeah?

But from what I've seen in this thread so far with regards to the level of detail and effort of work you put in, the finished product is gonna be awesome!

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 31 Jan 2006, 22:21

Thanks Ryan, i'm planning on putting as much effort as i can in this mod. Attention to detail is often something that is left out of a mod, which is what i want, i want people to say, "Wow, you modded THAT even though not many people will see it!"

I'm planning on working as hard as possible, but i honestly can't see this mod being finished before Q3.

As i've said, keep your eyes open on this thread, the REAL modding is gonna start soon.

Samaya · Post by **Samaya** » 01 Feb 2006, 08:35

DAE_JA_VOO wrote: I'm planning on working as hard as possible, but i honestly can't see this mod being finished before Q3.

I can see the News paper headlines already:" Young man worked to death, Strangled by pink cable shroud..."

You'll probably finish your mod before I do, I don't get time to work on mine.

BTW Congrats on 1000 posts

RuadRauFlessa · Post by **RuadRauFlessa** » 01 Feb 2006, 08:39

Samaya: and you'll propably finish your mod before I do mine

But that does not bother me cuz it is waaaaay unique and no one can take that away.

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 01 Feb 2006, 09:10

Oh wow!! 1000 Posts!! cool!! Man, i feel almost like a spammer, i've only been part of the forums for about 2 months!!

Okay, just got a call from the courier, my video cards will be here before 10am, YAY!!! I'll post pics as soon as i have everything up and running.

One question, is i safe to jump straight into benchmarks? Or do i need to "burn-in" the CPU?

Futs · Post by **Futs** » 01 Feb 2006, 10:02

It's aint gonne matter either way, thing is just to see what temperatures the cpu is gonne reach it would be better to do a burn in first.

If you decide on benching just monitor it constantly, aint no point in benching when cpu don't perform at peak.

EDIT: Can't wait to see those cards

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 01 Feb 2006, 11:37

Well, all i can say is...YAY!!!!

My cards arrived at 9:50am.

I ran to my work room and ripped the packag ing open. Now, i knew that the cards each came with a copy of Need For Speed: Most Wanted, But i DIDN'T know that the NFS:MW was the Black Edition too!!

Here's a shot of the cards still in their boxes next to the two copies of NFS:MW:

And a shot of the box from behind:

Here's a pic of both of the cards. These are very nice looking cards, with black and green HSF and DVI designs, much better than the XFX 78GTX:

Here's a sgot of the cards and both of their bundles:

The bundles were very nice, each card came with a copy of Far Cry (DVD), X2: The Threat and MotoGP 2. They each also came with 2 DVI adapters, a molex splitter, a VIVO cable adapter and a couple of S-Video cables.

Here's a shot of my copies of NFS, i had one already:

So, here i've installed the cards:

Sorry about the mess and the haggard pink cables, but i'm too lazy to tidy a case that's only going to be together for about 2 or 3 days.

Something i found very strange, was that i took the Hard Disk out of the machine i was using, put it into this machine, and i could boot straight into Windows XP, even though it wasn't installed using this hardware. However, i opted to format and install anyway, as it only take a little while.

Here's a shot of all the hardware going into my case, unfortunately the RAM and HDDs are not in the pic, i'll have the disks tonight and i'm not sure when i'll have the RAM:

I'm busy running benchmark or two. So far all i've done is 1 superpi, 1mb, i got 43s, is that a good score? I've never benched with superpi before, sorry!!

What do you guys think so far?

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 01 Feb 2006, 12:09

I'm busy running the 32mb one right now, man it's taking long. I think another reason why i have a 43 sec in 1mb is because i'm using generic RAM, and it's mixed, 1 512mb stick is DDR400 and the other is DDR333!!! LOL!!! But i'm getting 2x 1GB sticks of mushkin soon, that'll help. Also, the Windows i'm running now IS a fresh install.

My temps are lloking way too high, my CPU idle temp is around 44' and under load it goes up to 47', well, that's what i've seen so far, only used superpi. My MB temp goes up to 45', haven't established the idle temp though.

And guys, i wanna get rid of all this bundle. I just want 1 copy of far cry and a NFS black edition. You guys are welcome to buy the rest off me.

qace · Post by **qace** » 01 Feb 2006, 12:30

You have pm

Ihsahn · Post by **Ihsahn** » 01 Feb 2006, 12:30

I think that we just a bit jelous of your new beast. But looking god man looking good. I rescently did a mod myself but its so good you dont deserve to see it

ElDiablo · Post by **ElDiablo** » 01 Feb 2006, 12:43

1 word dude:

<b>BEAUTIFULL!</b>