The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

The reason it isn't showing, is because it feels it doesn't need to engage. Since it's set for auto setinngs, it only engages under stressful situations. This was not one of them. If I were to run Prime 95 or orthos, rest assured, the CPU fan will engage, and make itself known in everest LOL!

 

Oman7,
Up on the top left of the Everest screen, click preferences and then Sensor icons. Check the CPU. Dollars to dognuts it's not checked. I just looked your Tuniq 120 up and it's not PWM, so it has to be set to voltage or auto in the Mode settings. Do that and use EasyTune. It really works great! I'm going to move the Video card back to the top slot again and see how the temps are then.

Stay Tuned,
Russ

 

CPU clock was not checked, however CPU fan was checked. Everest seems to adapt when the CPU fan increases. I may be running an old version. I'll look into it in the morning, when I've increased my Caffeine concentration LOL!

Besides, I think the sensor icons are merely for the system tray

 

Oman7,
I'm using Version 4.60.1597 Beta for Everest at the moment!

Russ

 

Any card from any previous generation in the same price point would stomp it. Seriously when it's getting outpaced by a GeForce 6800 that's just sad. I watched a 6800GT 256MB slaughter it in several tests.

 

Russ your not running the lastest version 5.30?not no trail either. i was having trouble 4.60 was'nt showing my DIMM volts maybe cause i'm on win7 32 bit OS

 

Alright I've decided on these components for my next build:
GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R
i7 920/930
Mushkin Enhanced Blackline 6GB
MX-2 (finally going to have to figure out how to apply TIM lol)
Noctua D14

Hadn't fully decided on the RAM but if I want mushkin I have to buy it by tomorrow to get the rebate :\ So any thoughts or comments? I haven't heard much about mushkin but it is the best ram for the money I've seen (and with the rebate it stays within my budget).

 

What about this i5??

Mushkin is my favorite but that's a FANBOY statement. But it's the BEST....

add: Yeh .. I know you'd have to get a different mobo but I think you could get almost the same performance for about $200-$300 less than the i7 setup. JM2¢

 

I certainly like my 8Gb of Mushkin 1066 DDR2 Ram Gskill is good too though

Russ, I think Everest is wrong in my situation as well. I believe my motherboard and CPU temps are reversed! You stated yours was reversed in the following post:
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/423/683586#5040125
I believe I'm running the newest everest too. So it's unfortunate.
5.30.1900 Even with this version, it doesn't recognize the board.

 

Thanks for input gm. I did an i5 build to compare to the i7 one and the difference is only 48$, at which point I'd rather have a 1366 MB as future proofing. If I cut the SATA II ports from the MB the i5 would probably be substantially cheaper....going to think about that later. The ram stays the same for either build though, so I'm not afraid to buy it before deciding

 

I like my 4gb of G.Skill memory in The UD3P 1066 DDR2 running cool to the touch...These are pretty good set
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231225

Here mine temps at 3.9ghz with everest at idle

but with like...I said b4 with 4.60 my DIMM volts was'nt recognize either. I only have 2 things pluged directly into the board rear fan and cpu fan the rest is fan controller direct connected omegais your Motherboard ID showing up at all with the New version of everest?



as you can see the born on Date of my Board 5/20/09..lol

question when did intel make a i7 930? I heard of a The pentium D 930

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/intel930d/

 

No. It has no idea what board I have. Truly unfortunate. I think I have the latest Everest build too...

 

Hopefully it will be released at the end of this month http://www.techpowerup.com/110474/Gulftown_Product_Name_and_Tentative_Price_Surfaces.html

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Question about "normal" computers, does it really matter what kind of case they go in? I'm looking for something to potentially put my parents new computers into and everything I can think of is overkill and to expensive. It doesn't help there was already a very small selection of good looking cases out there lol.

 

I like both of these...

CM Elite 335
I actually have the OLD version of this case and it's a beauty!!! Easy to deal with and fits many needs!!

Apex TX-381

 

lol I was actually checking out that CM case earlier. Only draw back is I'd have to find a way to remove the lighting...is it possible or would I need to replace the fans?

 

Mine didn't come with LED fans that I remember. lol. Been a few years me thinks. Anyway.. YEP it's possible to remove the fans provided and replace if need be... I would see how "bright" they are before you replace them if you decide to go with the case.

 

Well, here we are in the final stretch! LOL!! Temps at idle.



Max temps running Orthos.



All I did was change the version of Everest. Now the NorthBridge no longer get's hot to the touch and the temps themselves are lower??? The temperatures are in the right locations too. The CPU is now correct, and the same thing goes for the motherboard. I have no idea why just changing HW monitoring software should do that, but here's the proof it did! It doesn't get much cooler than that!


Russ

 

Red_Maw,
This is the case I use, a Cooler Master RC-534. If you don't want the lights, just don't plug them in. They aren't on the fans like the RC-335.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119106

What I did with mine was moved the rear fan to the front as an intake, right in front to the HDD bays, and replaced the rear with one of these!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999346

Mine has the blue lights, but it's the same fan. 53 cfm@1200 rpm. Very quiet, and it's the best cooling case I ever owned by a wide margin. Right/Left HDD bays right behind where you moved the rear fan to the front. Run 7-10C cooloer than Front/Rear bays. I just posted my temps at idle and under load earlier today on this thread, and it runs very cool! Amazingly cool!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

That one is also on my list, and was going to ask you about the lights if I really did finally convince my parents to get rid of their P3/P4. Thanks for answering before I asked lol.

To be honest I'm not really a fan of left/right hdd bays as it's difficult to route cables to them without making it a pain to put the side of the case down. It probably won't be a big deal for the system that's planned to go into that case since it will only have 1 or 2 two hdd's but for 5+ hdd's it doesn't work that well imo.

My next case will have front/back bays but I hope the temps don't go up since the seagate hdd already runs warm for some reason (40C idle), all others are are 7C+ lower though.

 

Red_Maw,
40C is a long way from the danger point of 65C. Is it your boot drive? Mine runs a about 2-3C warmer than my other drives. I used 18" Sata cables with one right angle plug and they were very easy to tuck out of the way!

Best Regards,
Russ