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post #181 of 291
11/13/05 at 11:43am
Still can't understand how he manipulates the plastic tubing for the liquid cooling with those pesky hooves...but nice work nonetheless...even for a goat

-ARRRGG YE RELISH HAVIN' THE DIGITS TO WORK IN SLIPPERY PLACES
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post #182 of 291
11/13/05 at 5:26pm
Sweet, like all the photos!

Have fun with a beast like that!
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post #183 of 291
11/19/05 at 5:31pm
Looks great. Awesome wiring job.
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post #184 of 291
12/13/05 at 3:41am
Thread Starter 
Well time to upgrade... again...

My motherboard appears to have gone tits up last night so I am currently running on an old Dell laptop. The mobo is still under warranty, but I am sure it will take a good 3 weeks for an RMA to go through. So I ended up buying an A8N-SLI premium AND an EvGA 7800gt.

I will be selling off the Motherboard after it comes back from RMA and both video cards, so the upgrade should only cost me around 75 dollars. I am also considering selling off my watercooling stuff and using the funds for that to buy a second 7800. I already have a big ass Zalman heatsink which will run nice and quiet and I typically do not overclock (no need) so the watercooling although "cool" is a bit of an overkill.

And to think if my 5700 laptop would have shipped on time (now 9 days overdue) I could use that inseted of this old Dell.

As always, I'll post pictures when the parts come in.
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post #185 of 291
12/13/05 at 6:17am
sorry to hear about ur board wolffie, what was you doing when the titties went up ?
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post #186 of 291
12/16/05 at 8:07am
Thread Starter 
Well i'm back up and running. Kinda...

Turns out it was not the motherboard, but the PSU. It threw me for a loop, because I could hot jump the PSU and it would power up fine. But if I ran it through the motherboard I got nothing which is why I suspected the motherboard.

So I get the premium, gut my system and get the same thing. So now I am running the premium, one 6600gt and the two raptors on the 460w PSU that came in the Alienware. It's a 20 pin PSU so I am only running the essentials. No CD-ROM, Extra hard drives, etc. My Alien Eyes don't even glow because they are plugged into the dead PSU

The Alienware PSU is sitting next to the system so it looks pretty frankensienish. I have yet to decide exactly what I am going to keep and what I will sell / return. But I am leaning towards keeping the Premium as it is a hassle tearing out the watercooling everytime I want to make a change or something goes wrong. I'll put up pics once I get everything up and running.
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post #187 of 291
12/16/05 at 2:30pm
was it a enermax 600watt noisetaker psu that went bad ? cuz thats what mine was and it kicked meh balls...

looks like me and you doing a lot of pissing about with pcs this weekend

I have to format this thing, format my other thing i was using in the time my aw was away, and then setup my network again.

Cant wait, this gonna be fun
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post #188 of 291
12/16/05 at 3:08pm
Thread Starter 
ThermalTake PurePower 680w
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post #189 of 291
12/16/05 at 9:46pm
From a Dell owner, I am very jelous. Love the AW. Great system and great pics of the updates.
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post #190 of 291
12/17/05 at 11:10pm
Thread Starter 
3dMark 05 w/ SLI 6600gt OC'd - 7141

3dmark 05 w/ single 7800gt not OC'd - 7452
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post #191 of 291
12/18/05 at 3:51am
Amazing system, ewolff! Wish I could afford all that.
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post #192 of 291
12/18/05 at 8:25pm
Thread Starter 
Well, I've decided to keep the premium which means the watercooling has to go. I am going to be putting quite a bit of stuff on Ebay this week, if anybody is interested in the items PM me for a link to my Ebay Page. Here's a list of what is being sold:

Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
XFX 6600gt
XFX 6600gt
Koolance Exos with Blue LED Fans
Koolance CPU-300-H06 CPU cooler
Koolance CPU-300-H06 CPU cooler
Koolance GPU-300-L06 GPU / Chipset cooler
Koolance GPU-300-L06 GPU / Chipset cooler
Koolance GPU-300-L06 GPU cooler (Does not come with chipset accessories)
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post #193 of 291
12/23/05 at 6:00am
Thread Starter 
Wow, I'm pulling double duty tonight. I just updated my laptop thread.

I got my replacement PSU in which means I am back up and running. I did an advanced RMA replacement where I give them a CC# and they ship out a new PSU to me. As long as they get the dead PSU back within 30 days I get billed nothing. I requested the RMA on monday and got the PSU today. Pretty fast service.

Below are pics of the premium board and my SATA adapters on the CD-ROM drives. The only real difference between the deluxe and the premium is the heatpipe cooler on the chipest and the lack of a SLI selecter card.




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post #194 of 291
12/27/05 at 3:55am
Very clean cables. Where did you get your SATA adapters for th CDROM drivess? I would like to pick up a couple to clean up my case.
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post #195 of 291
12/27/05 at 4:55am
Thread Starter 
monoprice.com. They have great prices on cables.
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post #196 of 291
12/27/05 at 5:12pm
nice machine, clean and pretty!
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post #197 of 291
1/5/06 at 9:51pm
I love this comp
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post #198 of 291
1/12/06 at 8:08pm
Thread Starter 
Man, I just can't help myself. Big changes are coming...


Again...
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post #199 of 291
1/14/06 at 6:10pm
Thread Starter 
Here's what the system looks like currently. But because I am never satisfied, This look is only temporary.







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post #200 of 291
1/14/06 at 7:31pm
holy heatsink batman !
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