Project Log : Mother's 3rd DIY Rig - VRForums - SITEX 2009

Jerrold · 10:47 AM

So my mom got me to fix up a com for her to do her emails etc. No gaming/ocing . So i swapped her DFI for my MSI P45 NEO2-FR . Since the DFI can oc better and the MSI P45 had a fsb hole around 440fsb-455fsb .

So , Hardware involved .
DFI P45 DK T2RS Plus
Intel E5200
MSI P45 Neo2-FR
2x2GB KVR DDR2-800
Palit 8400GS
WD Caviar Green 500GB 16mb cache
Seasonic M12-2 430W Modular PSU
Lian Li G-7 Casing

So let the pics do the talking . In the next post.
WARNING MANY PICS BELOW!

Jerrold · 10:54 AM

Sorry for the crappy quality.

Everybody fall in !

Board

KVR Rams . Suddenly so short. Scare me , i thought its laptop ram. There again the paper said SODIMM/DIMM

Palit 8400GS

Caviar Green

MX2 !

MSI P45 NEO2-FR

4gigs of rams!

DFI P45 DK T2RS-PLUS

Goodness Of Seasonic.

Cheapo $30 Altec Lansing Speakers

Such a compact hsf for 45nm E5200 .

Jerrold · Mar 29th, 09, 10:54 AM

more to come . hold on

Jerrold · 11:15 AM

Proc in.

Finally got the pushpin hsf in . Basket , push in 2 on the left side the other 2 on the right side come out . KNN . Nvm , push in on the right , the 2 pins on the left came out....fed up i use force push in the hsf down then finally managed to get it in after like 20mins?(maybe shorter

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Preparing to install xp.

Open bench setup .(Installing XP)

Jerrold · 12:48 PM

do share your ideas with me

Finished product

Kozato · Mar 29th, 09, 11:35 AM

Get an aftermarket heatsink for your mother, especially those that uses a backplate and screws to mount instead of pushpins. I have seen horrors of pushpin heatsinks loosening themselves after a while.

Jerrold · Mar 29th, 09, 11:51 AM

hmm okay. will try to find one when im free.I didnt know it can loosen

Nashaz · 12:01 PM

nah.. pushpins require excessive force to make sure the pins are properly engaged. If it is, your motherboard will bend quite abit (visible extent)... Also if it does come off, it doesn matter... Cpus have thermal throttling, They will shutdown automatically if it overheats. And it will not be damaged...

But for course, if you do have the cash to spare, a nice hsf would compliment that setup... Nice work so far...

Jerrold · Mar 29th, 09, 12:43 PM

thanks. first time doing a log.Mom's laptop bsod-ing more often . i guess the rams going to kee-chia soon.

strike · Mar 29th, 09, 01:31 PM

nice work. bro....

Jerrold · Mar 29th, 09, 01:50 PM

thanks. now playing with the dfi board on my rig . Didnt take photos when i was doing up my rig because the camera's batt went dead. sorry

area-51 · Mar 29th, 09, 06:56 PM

nicely done hahas post some benchin on the board hahas i had great experiences with THAT board with 5200 7200 and 8400 xD

Jerrold · Mar 29th, 09, 07:29 PM

hit 4.0ghz with just 3 tries.

stable summore

pgross · Mar 30th, 09, 06:02 AM

nice..but do get a after market hsf uf u want..ur mom sure like it

Raffles · Mar 30th, 09, 10:16 AM

hey ts..can see u enthusiasm in this..but i gonna be critical..>.<

similar to area51..ur pictures quality is realli bad..shld realli try to improve on that..

and presentation of log isnt nice other..try to put up some nice formats..theres some v gd logs i see here..i am sure u seen them before..plz dun take this personally..

after all..we are just trying to improve and improve to perfect our logging skills..;P

but we have so much logs that are that kind of standard..people juz type a few bunch of words..post some pictures..and they called it a project log..

worst of all is that pics are unclear..cant understand their english either..

take one look at their intro of their logs seeing how they mention they are using their OWN money to buy this rig..and u noe they are realli kids..coz without saying, everyone of us is gonna fork out our own hard cash..not as if its gonna drop from the sky..

juz my suggestions for improvement..peace