Anyone got the Antec 900 yet ?

Whitey193 · 29 Oct 2006 at 00:14

How do i add photos to this post. Not a hyperlink...

Whitey :eek:

Pulse · 29 Oct 2006 at 00:29

when you have copied the image location "http://....jpg" just add "

" at the end

or just press the button to left of the hyperlink button then paste link and click close current tag to the top right of the panel. should work

Whitey193 · 29 Oct 2006 at 00:31

Flanno said:
What cpu are you running and how are you measuring temps (asus probe ?)...that temp seems very low even for a ninja. My x6800 at 2.93 stock idles at around 39/40 in an Akasa Mirage with 3 x Scythe 1200rpm fans.

So if I put the cpu fan on the right side of the ninja it will be be resting slightly on the 1st dimm and the fan will probably be slightly taller then the heatsink as a result. I wonder will the case close properly then ?

Does the plastic scratch easily...looking at one of your pics of the top tray it looks like there is a scratch there already ?

Thanks for the pics.

This is my spec:

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming case
Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B Heatpipe CPU Cooler
ATI Radeon X1950 XT-X ***Crossfire/Master Edition*** SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR4 (PCI-Express) - Retail
Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music - OEM
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 80GB 800JD SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (motherboard comes with 2 x sata cables - cheers m8. )

Akasa Rounded Floppy Cable (0.45m) - Blue Neon String
Akasa Rounded Ultra ATA133/100/66 IDE Cable (0.45m) - Blue Neon String
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)

I'm using Asus probe for the temps as i'm all new to this.. I've used the Asus AI booster and set the overclock to 30% which is the max it will go to. Running at 3017.07 mhz. Must be loads left in the old girl yet.. If someone tells me how to add pics to these posts i'll doa screen shot for you..

Which programs should i be using...

For temps ??
For overclocking ??

And what other programs should i get/use that would benefit me and why??

ta,

Whitey :eek:

Pulse · 29 Oct 2006 at 00:36

Whitey193 said:
Which programs should i be using...

For temps ??
For overclocking ??

And what other programs should i get/use that would benefit me and why??

for overclocking your bios is your friend

in your system you shall see it go pretty damn far

for temps something like motherboard monitor should work, it shows your temps constantly in the system tray. also has a rapid shutdown when something gets way above what it should be, i found out the hard way lol.

Whitey193 · 29 Oct 2006 at 00:50

The asus Ai booster has clocked it at a switch of a button to 3mhz.... LOL

I've missed having a decent computer.. Stopped playing games about 8 mths ago 'cos my current system chugged.... Then again lasted 3 yrs and i paid 1100 pounds for it... So about the same ofr this one... Ish...

Whitey :eek:

Pulse · 29 Oct 2006 at 00:53

yer i had the same, had a system that lasted me 3 years then it felt so good to upgrade to a system that thrashed it so many times over

.

Whitey193 · 29 Oct 2006 at 00:55

My msn won't load..... Don't understand why?? Internet working fine, but won;t log into messenger. ??

Any ideas ??

Brand new build remember

Whitey :eek:

Pulse · 29 Oct 2006 at 00:57

tried running the troubleshoot then repair thing?

Whitey193 · 29 Oct 2006 at 01:00

Copying about 50 gb of music over to this comp.. 19 mins remaing.. Prob could do with a REBOOT....

heheh....

I'l get there eventually... one thing i've found with bulding your own.. They never quite work perfectly despite what people say...

Peeps on here will be giving it. Nah m8.. My comp works perfectly. No hiccups, no stalls, no crashes... Hogwash... (Shame we can't swear. heh) Never quite right...

Whitey :eek:

Pulse · 29 Oct 2006 at 01:05

im not saying my system is perfect as i have had problems, well all i can think of is the fact that my no.1 sata slot doesnt work :confused:

B-grade mobo never helps

.

when you get the chance add me?

addy is in trust.

Whitey193 · 29 Oct 2006 at 01:09

Pulse said:
im not saying my system is perfect as i have had problems, well all i can think of is the fact that my no.1 sata slot doesnt work

B-grade mobo never helps .

when you get the chance add me? addy is in trust.

Done m8.... How's the scrumpy??

Pulse · 29 Oct 2006 at 01:16

Whitey193 said:
Done m8.... How's the scrumpy??

referring to my middle-somerset location?

Whitey193 · 29 Oct 2006 at 01:39

Flanno said:
What cpu are you running and how are you measuring temps (asus probe ?)...that temp seems very low even for a ninja. My x6800 at 2.93 stock idles at around 39/40 in an Akasa Mirage with 3 x Scythe 1200rpm fans.

So if I put the cpu fan on the right side of the ninja it will be be resting slightly on the 1st dimm and the fan will probably be slightly taller then the heatsink as a result. I wonder will the case close properly then ?

Does the plastic scratch easily...looking at one of your pics of the top tray it looks like there is a scratch there already ?

Thanks for the pics.

Firstly where is this scratch u talk about??

Here is my temps m8

Nice eh ??

Top case..

Whitey :eek:

Flanno · 29 Oct 2006 at 11:18

One of the high res shots of the mp3 player tray thingy...thought there was a vertical scratch on the plastic surrounding the tray.

Nice temps...29 degrees when overclocked on air to 3.1ghz plus is almost impossible to believe I would say. Think about it ? At stock speeds maybe idling at this. But I have yet to see a Conroe on air even at stock that idles any lower then low 30's. I find probe is wildly unreliable as do a lot of people. It tends to read very low. While Abit (at least on AMD mobos) used be the opposite. I think it's the bios that determines how temps are read so using motherboard monitor or speed fan probalby would not matter. But heh..if it's stable it's fine. Maybe flash with latest bios too.

Whitey193 · 29 Oct 2006 at 12:00

No. No scratches. Seems very resilient... The tray is hexagonal ish type shape so you prob saw the bend so to speak.

And there is a rubber mat that sits in the bottom...

29 desgress...Pah.... How about 20 degrees...

Taken after about an hour of comp being on.. Fans running normal speed. In fact the temp seems to go up if i turn them all on highh...

Had a look in the bios and the temps are the same there....

Is there a better way of checking temps??

Whitey :eek:

WJA96 · 29 Oct 2006 at 12:59

Whitey193 said:
29 desgress...Pah.... How about 20 degrees...

Is there a better way of checking temps??

Whitey

20C is fine with a CPU utilzation of 1% - show us it after 24 hours running at 100%. Try installing 2 threads of folding@home and let that run 24/7. If you can get it running that silently 365 days per year, then you've succeeded in your aim of a trur high performance, silent rig.

Rapier · 29 Oct 2006 at 13:25

WJA96 said:
20C is fine with a CPU utilzation of 1% - show us it after 24 hours running at 100%. Try installing 2 threads of folding@home and let that run 24/7. If you can get it running that silently 365 days per year, then you've succeeded in your aim of a trur high performance, silent rig.

i concur, use TAT or coretemp to take your readings. Dunno why people are fascinated by idle temperatures, i'm i missing something or is there some added plus that low idle temps bring that i've missed?

Whitey193 · 29 Oct 2006 at 13:41

Rapier said:
i concur, use TAT or coretemp to take your readings. Dunno why people are fascinated by idle temperatures, i'm i missing something or is there some added plus that low idle temps bring that i've missed?

Sorry lads, i'm new to all this so i'm just feeling my way around at the mo..

TAT or coretemp... Are these programs??

Whitey :eek:

Rapier · 29 Oct 2006 at 13:51

Whitey193 said:
Sorry lads, i'm new to all this so i'm just feeling my way around at the mo..

TAT or coretemp... Are these programs??

Whitey

yes, do a search on the forums and you should find some links. Widely regarded as the most accurate cpu temp readers.

Flanno · 29 Oct 2006 at 13:54

The accuracy of the core temp reading on the mobo depends on how it is configured in the bios. 21 degrees idle is impossible even with 1% cpu utilisation on air, so other apps like TAT or coretemp will be similar I am guessing. You might be better off with some proper thermal probes. Even the base of the heatsink will be hotter then 21 degrees so might give you a more accurate idea of how hot your core is. I have seen this sort of thing time and time again with Asus motherboards. Also with Abit, but usually reading much higher temps.