I need anger management classes!

nokinidea said:
It would have indeed been satisfying finding the root cause of the problem.
Output voltages from the PSU were stable
Stress testing memory for 24hrs > not one error (overclocked, underclocked and at "auto" settings.)
Error checking both HDD's individually and in RAID format showed nothing
Stress testing HDD's over night both in RAID and indivdually showed nothing.
Stress testing the CPU overnight showed nothing (clocked or not)
Temps of everything were normal
Basically if it did fall over I couldn't identify one component at fault, even after putting various bits of it in another machine.

Having it crash on trying a repair OS install was the first WTF
All that had originally happened is that an audio driver disappeared.
Then I did have problems getting it to see the HDD's as a boot device mentioned above, sorted that fine afer sticking the HDD's in another machine and usuing WD diag tune.
Then when in widows update after getting the OS back online it decided it didn't want to download any updates (failed because of a problem on your computer) < Really helpful error message lol
Another from scratch reinstall then, that saw the one of the processors now working at 50% yet the pc was at idle (no AV or spyware) this was literally an install straight from the OS cd, none of my own software on there..
Deleted everything I could from the task manager, still there.
Ok sod it, I'll do another install from scratch (not like I was losing anything)
Installed fine, Loaded on the windows updates and kept an eye on what it was downloading.
This time i noticed when I selected the update for the monitor (dell 2407) this made the updates fail from that moment on and also the Processor was back at 50%.
- FORMAT again and another install and this time I was going to stay away from those drivers (there was nothing to remove previously as the driver failed to install)
Everything was going smoothly during the automated from O/S XP disc windows install when it blue screened and I red screened!
No biggy to be honest, the Case was tired anyway, the front's been broken for a while and the buttons had fallen out a while ago anyway. Having to take off the front cover to start the thing was getting tedious anyway.
Could have down without wrecking the 1950's but meh.
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Oh well. I'd gladly take one of those 1950's off your hands. I could do with a backup card. Obviously the one that has survived :D
 
If I can actually manage to get most of you to agree, I think this will be it's replacement.

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Solid state hard drive, good plan, much less likely to get damaged in a fit of pique. Watercooling not so good for that type of thing.

As far as I'm aware everything there is compatible although the X48 might be slightly overkill unless you know you need the features.
 
i think green and black would look a lot better. so id opt for green uv coolant. and some uv cathodes would be quite nice if you have a window for the akasa.
 
Could do but it sits on the floor with the window against the wall :(
If I stuck it the other side of the desk then the wires would be more on show.
Only reason I chose the Blue Feser is that one of the reviewers said the black stuff looked like Ribena lol
(feser being touted as a better coolant than that supplied with the kit.)
It's not much of show pc, it just cowers in the corner gathering dust. :D
 
semi-pro waster said:
Solid state hard drive, good plan, much less likely to get damaged in a fit of pique. Watercooling not so good for that type of thing.

As far as I'm aware everything there is compatible although the X48 might be slightly overkill unless you know you need the features.
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I actually can't see the difference between an X38 and an X48, just took it as read they'd improved it somehow. :D
 
nokinidea said:
I actually can't see the difference between an X38 and an X48, just took it as read they'd improved it somehow. :D
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I think the main difference is that the X48 natively supports 1600mhz FSBs and DDR3 plus quite a few have dual gigabit lan. However there are several X38 motherboards which support the same so the difference may be largely academic for most uses.
 
Less heat produced by the looks of it.. X38's require clocking to enable 1600mhz where as the X48 it's native
 
I have 9 others dotted around the house in other machines, probably about 2Tb worth, so probably not. ( I'll thieve a SATA WD Caviar if I have too)
 
The deed is done.
Citylink will be here in the morning. :D

Place your bets on how quick I can fry something with being a total watercooling noob
 
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Nice. What colour does the coolant glow?
(intelligent, relevant question, cutting right to the crux of the matter there)

BTW, has there been a final tally of the dead vs the survivors of the "userquake"?
 
LianLi PC60, defo dead duck :D
Badaxe dead (maybe resolderable) (pci-e slot torn off (slightly))
Everything else sat on the sofa waiting for new build to arrive so it can be "investigated further"
 
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