Keep bangin on that XP install...I wanna see a SPI 32M out of your rig. :good:

Nice, By the time the new boards come out it will be getting warmer, hitting it now = WIN

I can see the smile from ear to ear in every post bro ..... :thumbsup:

Working it out FTW

This chip is beggin for Dice or atleast water man. I say go for it........

Somebody made the comment yesterday for me to try my XP install on my Sata 6 Gp/s ports and I owe them a big thank you. I initially had the HDD I was trying to install XP on in the 1st Sata 3 Gp/s port because it was a Sata II and had my Sata III SDD and HDD plugged into the two Sata 6Gp/s ports. Plugged my HDD into one of those this time and got XP to install and reboot without the error message. PS/2 and USB mouse still doesn't work no matter what but I had my Bluetooth mouse plugged in still by accident and found out that it worked! ROFL

So I loaded everything on the install, went to the garage were it was 5 degrees and ran all my 2D benches just for them to be worse than my Windows 7 runs. I couldn't figure it out, it was cold so I went back in as I wasn't trying to stay out there too long.

I then proceeded to load TaiServer and mission was accomplished. Started up CPUz and noticed my CPU was at 3.4ghz instead of the 4.5ghz I had it at in BIOS. I then realized at that moment that I didn't have Throttlestop running on my XP install during my benches so my CPU was downclocking therefor making my benches suck! WTF! Total noob I tell ya. After my TaiServer run in a minute I will be putting XP back on and going back out in the cold to rerun my benches.

:argh:

This is a little better. :D

Need better RAM or RAM that can clock higher. I have this 2133MHz RAM but isn't compatible with my mobo. This micro has treated me well but I need an ATX.

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Please dont push those crazy volts on air/water. This is the only good chip remaining in OCA, :D. And it has to live to see many more WRs. And yeah agreed, this chip needs an ATX.

Temps are 5 degrees or so out in the garage. Temps are well within reason.

Guess I never posted the pics of the completed build. Not much more to look at except the MSi N560 GTX-Ti GPU. Also threw a 160GB 3 GB/s laptop HDD above the SDD with my XP install on it for various 3D benching as well as some 2D benching when needed. Also added the black thumbscrews and pci slot covers to clean up the backside.

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Wishing I had a better CPU for everyday use. Hella overclocking when it comes to high multi. Had to settle for 4.5ghz at 1.32v. Would have liked 4.75ghz at this voltage. Maybe one day I can snag another one and retire this CPU to strictly benching. Time to do some gaming now. Dead Space just ordered. Snagged it for $26.50 on EBay! Hope ya'll enjoyed another DrNip adventure. :D

that's some spooky shit :ohcrap:

Turned out nice man, clean work