[kikicoco1334]

School just started, and i no longer need my old giant machine anymore...
Just all the extra things that was in there that i never use and don't really care for.
On top of that it's taking up WAY too much space >:( so i decided to downsize the machine

(just sent off my cam for repair i'll post pix in a little)

CPU - Core 2 Quad Q9300 M1 - L805A907 didn't really need all that extra horsepower from a i7 six core chip
Mobo - Asus P5K-2 Wifi this is the only 775 board i have that's got 6 SATA ports that's letting me hook up enough HDD to a motherboard... don't judge me! i have issues
RAM - CMG4GX2M2A1066C5 DDR2 i just sent off my RAM for RMA so what ever OCZ is gonna give me next is going in here
VIDEO - FPD1810 Gateway 18in LCD screen + 40in. Sony TV the 18in screen is my normal bench screen as well that's the only screen in the house that allows me to run 3DMark06+ with the right res :(
VGA - EVGA 8800GT with MSI cooler for now soon i'll be switching it to GTX260 after i find it and done LN2ing it
Sound - Audigy 2 ZS as sound card, didn't have a space in the case for the the front panel
Speaker System - Logitech Z-5300 5.1 + BOSE 321 hooked up in 7.2 surround
Case - Antec Sonata Proto not much to this, got it as a gift and it really fits the space i was hopping to put in. the only prob is it can only hold up to 3 5.25in + 4 3.5in and that's a problem i have 6 HDD, and i keep one in the removable trey, and 2 in the Antec HDD cooler and they are both 5.25in bay and now i don't have a single space for my BD-RW
HDD Config - NO RAID
---1--- ST31000528AS - 1TB 7200.12RPM drive used in OS and all other Softwares
---2--- ST31500341AS - 1.5TB 7200.11RPM - inside of Antec HD COOLER - Discontinued
---3--- ST31500341AS - 1.5TB 7200.11RPM - inside of Antec HD COOLER - Discontinued
---4--- ST31500341AS - 1.5TB 7200.11RPM - inside of a removable tray
---5--- ST31500341AS - 1.5TB 7200.11RPM
---6--- ST2000DL003-9VT166 - 2TB 5900RPM for recording TV shows and everything
Heatsink - Venomous X special thanks to OC Maximus and one of the fan is from Valkyries's brother P1ForU (i kinda just highjacked during the last overclocking event i had)


Extra info. on my hardwares
ST2000DL003-9VT166
http://www.techwarelabs.com/st2000dl003-9vt166/

Antec Sonata Proto Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148681

[kikicoco1334]

dose anyone know why i can't keep my cpu below 40C to save my own life?

[DrNip]

Originally Posted by kikicoco1334

dose anyone know why i can't keep my cpu below 40C to save my own life?

WTF happened to this? Your pix tell a different story than what you said and show you at mid to upper 50's and even 60's. Something is wrong.

[Neuromancer]

a) It is summer time
b) you are using a case crammed full of parts (mid tower and steel)
c) Software monitoring issues? the 45nm core2 series had lots of issues with software temp monitoring since Intel did not release the actual TJMax of the chips IIRC. Think it was solved, but might have gotten broken again in newer applications

[kikicoco1334]

yep just fixed most the cooling issue...
comes to over heating the heatsink only got 1 120mm fan on it also the back case 120mm fan was on LOW! and when i turned it to high the temp dropped about 3~5C no core went over 60C with few hrs of Cod black ops and some other game open and a 1080p movie going on the other screen
room temp is 73F/23C

did some overclock it dose 460 just fine needing to tweak it tho

[kikicoco1334]

hmm good point bro!

what is the best way to know the temp other than stick my hand in the case and feel the heatsink?

[MaadDaawg]

True temp
IR thermometer

[Neuromancer]

Probe or IR.

I would just stick my hand on the heatsink. It is much cheaper

[kikicoco1334]

i have been doing that for too long lol
maybe that is the best way to go rofl
but yeah it really ain't much hotter than my hand most the time gonna go home redo the thermal with something nice and see if that gives any diff

oh btw the heatsink on that system is Venomous X special thanks to OCM and fan is from Valkyries's brother P1ForU

[DrNip]

Why are you dwelling over 40 degrees on a quad core 45nm chip? I mean there is a chance that it could slightly be better but then it could always be worse. You're just fine where you are at. Realtemp will prolly be more accurate than the software you are using. I believe the TJ Max was 95. Also what do you need 9 TB's for let alone in non RAID configuration? Maybe I'm missing something here, lol.