HOW DO I BUILD MY PC NOW IVE BOUGHT ALL THE BITS?

StevenRaith · 5 May 2009 at 10:59

It's called 'in place Large FFTs (max heat gen, power con sumption, some RAM used)" - makes most heat, best test as far as I know.

Use four threads where it asks.

satriani1412 · 5 May 2009 at 11:01

benenhausen said:
and how do i know which is the maximum test that you talk of?

pretty much open prime95 (google to get it), then just press start and watch your temps rise and rise and rise and...... yeah

Or try the above stated max heat test on CoreTemp. I cant because i dont have anything better than a PentiumD -__________________-

benenhausen · 5 May 2009 at 11:02

t minus ..... 3 seconds

Plec · 5 May 2009 at 11:03

benenhausen said:
ok - im currently downloading windows 7 -

Mine keeps hanging on the java app install - i've given up for today.

benenhausen · 5 May 2009 at 11:03

up to 38' already......

benenhausen · 5 May 2009 at 11:05

42.....

naknakkus · 5 May 2009 at 11:05

benenhausen said:
here it is face off in all its messy virgin glory

Ouch!

Cabling tip: you can probably stuff some of the unused cables from your PSU into the drive bays at the front of your case. You have room.

satriani1412 · 5 May 2009 at 11:06

benenhausen said:
up to 38' already......

mine goes up to about 58 degrees on the stock cooler with the fan on full when im running prime95.

although i did manage to get it up to 92 when i physically stopped the fan from moving and it kept on plodding

boredom strikes when running pentiumD

benenhausen · 5 May 2009 at 11:07

44, 42, 37 & 42

satriani1412 · 5 May 2009 at 11:08

on full load those are good temps. must be that big iron brick youve got sitting on your processor

Plec · 5 May 2009 at 11:12

naknakkus said:
Ouch!

Cabling tip: you can probably stuff some of the unused cables from your PSU into the drive bays at the front of your case. You have room.

I hate cable tidying after a build - it's a bit like the washing up after a really good meal. I've never perfected the art or the patience to do it effectively (that's where the washing up analogy ends btw). I just get a few cable ties and bundle congregated wires together and attach them to bits of casing. It generally looks awful.

I need an OCD computer friend...

Plec · 5 May 2009 at 11:13

benenhausen said:
44, 42, 37 & 42

Great temps - be happy.

Run the tests for longer for stability purposes - but you're half way there.

benenhausen · 5 May 2009 at 11:13

no change in temps - its running test 6 - when does it stop?

44, 43, 38, 42

Plec · 5 May 2009 at 11:17

Depends what you have it set to do. If your running prime 95 you can just let it run and run.

You can escape out of it anytime - but if you're running a timed test it's best to let it run its course and get the stats (from above it sounds like you are)

benenhausen · 5 May 2009 at 11:21

self test 1024k passed apparently - now onto an 896k test?

benenhausen · 5 May 2009 at 11:22

and no change in temps - as per last reading give or take 1 unit on 1 core

benenhausen · 5 May 2009 at 11:23

had to start d/loading aquamark 3 again so thats to come - do u want printout of prime 95 - if so how do i get it?

Plec · 5 May 2009 at 11:24

Not really - unless anyone else is interested?

Just the basic outputs are fine - just do print screen and paste it to a paint prog and then upload it to here.

naknakkus · 5 May 2009 at 11:27

Plec said:
I hate cable tidying after a build - it's a bit like the washing up after a really good meal. I've never perfected the art or the patience to do it effectively (that's where the washing up analogy ends btw). I just get a few cable ties and bundle congregated wires together and attach them to bits of casing. It generally looks awful.

I need an OCD computer friend...

I should take a pic of my P-182 system. Most of the cables run under the motherboard. The only mess is probably around the graphics card, what with the headers and all. Makes future changes much easier...

That said, I think I'm going to go for a modular PSU on my next build.

benenhausen doesn't need to worry about cable management yet, I guess. The increased airflow that a tidy PC gets might make his temps even better, though.

StevenRaith · 5 May 2009 at 11:32

benenhausen said:
no change in temps - its running test 6 - when does it stop?

44, 43, 38, 42

If that's your temps after ten minutes or so, then that's great - you clearly did an A1 job with the heatsink install.

My stock Q6600 idles at about those temperatures - goes to 55 under load with the fans on full, 67 with the fans on the lowest setting :eek:

Next step would be overclocking