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goobee
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 Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 4:16 pm Post subject: Latest box |
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I've spent the past few days cobbling together the latest addition to the Goobee family. I'd like to introduce my first ever Iwill MPX2 Duallie box powered by 2 x MP2800's. I had all kinds of set backs with it but it's finally up and running 100%.
If you've never seen a MPX2 mobo, it's big, almost a square foot (12" x 11.5"). My biggest problem was finding a case to put it into. The biggest case I had was an Antec SX1040 and it wouldn't accomodate it. I went to Fry's and other computer stores and couldn't find a case deep enough for it. (There's a funky tall capacitor located right at the corner that hits drive cages).
So I settled on using one of my old generic cheapo cases:
After a few modifications and a new paint job, in went all the parts.
The floppy drive needed a cornered removed as it was hitting a ram stick.
Two 92mm fans were added which blows air directly over each cpu and a 120mm blowhole was added on the top:
 
And there you have it. It's chugging away at a respectable overclock of 16 x 150fsb (2.4ghz @ 1.70vc) I ran two instances of Prime95 for half an hour and it did OK. It's been crunching two instances of F@H for almost 12 hours ever since. 
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Iwill MPX2
2 x MP2800
2 x Thermalright ALX-800 w/ Mechatronics 53cfm fans
2 x 512mbs PC3200
ATI AIW 9700Pro
AOpen 16x Dual DVD Burner
1 x 60gbs Maxtor HD
1 x 250gbs Maxtor HD
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lonewolfz28
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| Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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Glad it finally came together for you bro. It looks a lot better with the new paint. 
That's a decent O/C on those MP2800's. I've seen people saying they've hit 2600 with their's, but somehow I doubt they're stable enough for F@H at 2600MHz.
I guess I can kiss passing you in F@H goodbye.  
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goobee
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| Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, this is the first time I tried case painting. Came out pretty good for the first try. My next one should be even better.
I'm taking all my boxes apart for refurbishing and cleaning. 2 are currently down so you should be able to pass me, no problem. I'll toast you on the way by. 
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lonewolfz28
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| Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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And I'll toast you back when you blow back by me when I swap back over to TSC after we hit the Top 250.
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Freewolf
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| Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Looks great Dan but why did you even bother with a FD ? |
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goobee
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| Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 12:53 am Post subject: |
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| Freewolf wrote: | | Looks great Dan but why did you even bother with a FD ? |
Hey Jim, long time no see. How yah doing? I'm old school, I still use a floppy disk every now and then to load drivers.
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Freewolf
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I keep one laying around for that Plug it in when I need it and unplug it when I'm done with it ( Usually to install sata drivers when install windows)
I drop by and look around just don't usully have much to say. |
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Taz
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Looks good Goobee. I still remember when all I had were duallies.
Gave most of them to Pijo. Now it's just simple crunchers. No case,
no floppies, no nuttin but a mobo, ps, mem, hd and ram.
Someday, when they have the dual cores out, then I may go back.
4-1 ratio sounds cool ;) |
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lonewolfz28
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| Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Taz wrote: | Looks good Goobee. I still remember when all I had were duallies.
Gave most of them to Pijo. Now it's just simple crunchers. No case,
no floppies, no nuttin but a mobo, ps, mem, hd and ram.
Someday, when they have the dual cores out, then I may go back.
4-1 ratio sounds cool ;) |
I'm primed for them. Two dual Opty's x 2 cores each = 8 cores. If I add one of the newer dual Opty's this spring like I had planned, that'd be 12 cores crunching while only paying the power bill on 3 machines and two monitors like I am right now for 6 cores. 
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Freewolf
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| Nice herd there. My best machines is only a 3.0e p4. My home herd is mostly xp's and Bartons. No dualies. |
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goobee
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| Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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I've got 6 duallies, of which only 4 are running at this time. I've got another 2 that are dead. Even if I could get all of them to run, I'd be broke from the electric bill. 
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lonewolfz28
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| Freewolf wrote: | | Nice herd there. My best machines is only a 3.0e p4. My home herd is mostly xp's and Bartons. No dualies. |
That's what the herd will be if I can afford the dual cores when they finally come out. Right now, the herd is two Opteron dual 246's (one Iwill DK8X and one DK8N), an Iwill MPX2 with dual MP2400's and a XP2500 laptop.
I've got a single XP2500 (Epox 8RDA+) that quit running and I haven't bothered to find out why.  I've lost the building/troubleshooting/overclocking itch. 
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Freewolf
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| I have 14 running at home right now. The slowest is a 1.4 thunderbird the fastest is the p4 and I know what you mean about light bills.. January and we are running the ac downhere. |
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goobee
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Freewolf wrote: | | I have 14 running at home right now. The slowest is a 1.4 thunderbird the fastest is the p4 and I know what you mean about light bills.. January and we are running the ac downhere. |
Doesn't help that you're in Florida. Nice balmy warm weather all year long. We're drying out from some nasty rains these past few weeks.
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Freewolf
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| Does get a little windy sometimes as well as rainy. |
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