Project Complete and Total Overkill

phill9800 · 11 Jan 2012 at 14:15

ToxicTBag said:
Thoroughly enjoyed reading through that, a truly awesome build log i would be proud to have a setup like that very well done

Thank you very much for your kind words

r2d2 said:
Awesome setup wow.

Thank you again for the kind comment

Conor Royston said:
holy jebus ... May I dare ask you how much you actually spent on that?

On a side comic note - It's a good computer ... but can it play pacman?

Erm I really havent even totalled it up to be honest, but I know that with just the three screens was close to £3500, second thoughts, I'll just make a specification list and we can what its cost!!
I think it might be able to play Pacman, but it struggles with Crysis!! :eek:

King Damager said:
That's impressive....

7970's I feel are due with a 3960X xD

kd

I'm going to wait for the Nvidia counterparts at the very earliest before I even start looking at another card for the 762 setup, I do know I will need a bigger PSU because of the 10 hard drives I'll be putting in it and aside from all of that, 3 graphics cards as well, an overclocked 920 D0 as well..
I was considering an octo core CPU upgrade, I don't want to buy anything less for my next rig

I think it might need some slightly better cooling though..

Andy__C · 11 Jan 2012 at 14:27

Love a bit of absolute overkill. The man in you is strong.

phill9800 · 11 Jan 2012 at 14:36

Well I do believe in doing a job well or right, being slightly over the top helps a million

phill9800 · 13 Jan 2012 at 16:11

Well guys since I have been trying to get the 762 build finished, I have run out of barbs for the water cooling and the build has had to have been stopped for a bit until I get the new barbs through!

I'm going to be added temperature probes to both systems so I can see the temperature of the water in both res's so I can see just how warm it gets.

I've also got a few more plans of trying to upgrade one of the PC's PSU's as I dont think I'll have enough for 3 GPU's and the 10 hard drives I'm going to try and connect!!

I'll put up some more pictures soon of the 762 build.

I have had some bad news in that two of my Dell screens have had issues...

One of them on the VGA input and the other had completely died... I did have a look on the Dell's site and I gave them a call regarding if the monitors would be covered under warranty..

Thank fully, both where. One was only one year old and I dont know what had happened but it was showing a green tint to the screen just on that input..
The other was a bit more serious... My girl friends son was using one of my old AMD rigs and a screen and all of a sudden it just went blank. There was no power going to the screen nor did changing cables (both power and DVI/VGA) make any difference.. This screen was the oldest out of the 3 and was thankfully just covered with warranty.

I have been sent two brand new 3011's as replacements and from what I have used them with the screens are great for gaming on. No lag or issues that I did read about which was one of the reasons I went for the 3008's in the first place..

Anyways, I'll try and get some pics up of the new screens and the 762 setup as it is and post online as soon as I can. Gonna be away for a two weeks visiting the girl friend as I'm off from work for 18 days but when I get back, I'll be able to get it hopefully up and running over the first couple of weeks in Feburary!!

phill9800 · 5 Feb 2012 at 21:41

Well here's another small update

I had bought the girl friend a new TV for Christmas and I took her old one home and I managed to finally get around to sorting out a place for it to live.. So here's what I managed to do for it... Firstly, I needed some sort of legs.....

Now given that this is Project Complete and Total Overkill, I thought a big bit of wood would need a bit of a big saw....

Now we need some legs:

Now we need a top...

Now for a little bit of a support...

Now altogether....

Now I needed to add something so I could put some shelves up.. So I did this....

First shelf in:

Second shelf in:

Third shelf in:

A computer and a few retro consoles installed!!

I seem to have found a few more....

And some more!!??!!

More still to come!!

The_Baron · 5 Feb 2012 at 21:56

Bloomin eck

Sgt Tackleberry · 6 Feb 2012 at 10:35

Love it

R088ieS86 · 6 Feb 2012 at 10:57

Overkill Indeed. Well done sir, well done!!

Scryus · 6 Feb 2012 at 18:23

I don't want to live anymore, how can I compare to this?

But, can it run Doom 3?

phill9800 · 6 Feb 2012 at 19:46

The_Baron said:
Bloomin eck

Sgt Tackleberry said:
Love it

R088ieS86 said:
Overkill Indeed. Well done sir, well done!!

Scryus said:
I don't want to live anymore, how can I compare to this?

But, can it run Doom 3?

Thanks for the compliments guys, very much appreciated

There's a few more for you coming very soon

Here's a few older builds for you... I have no idea if it will run Doom 3!! What's to compare??

Here's a few pictures of my builds

I'm just sorting out my latest build so I hope to put up some of those pics soon

cammy5477 · 6 Feb 2012 at 20:21

you defiantly need to change your title to overkillphil

phill9800 · 6 Feb 2012 at 20:21

And finally.......

Right guys, here's a few more shots that I hope that you will like....

Now stripped naked....

Spec list so far:

EVGA Classified 762 with EK full water block
Intel i7 920 D0 with EK Supreme CPU block
G Skill Perfect Skill 6Gb 2133Mhz
Asus D2X sound card
Adaptec 5805
WD Velcoraptor 150Gb SATA drive
Samsung F3 1.5Tb SATA drive
8 x Seagate Cheetah 15k.5 drives
Pioneer DVD-RW
Sunbeamtech fan controller
2 x Quad Thermochill Rads with 4 Scythe Kraze 3000 fans on each rad
1 x EK Triple Rad with 3 Yate Loon fans
3 x Swiftec MCP355 pumps with XSPC res

I will be testing the rig so I'll probably just be puttin gin the 8800GT for the moment but I will be putting all 3 580's in there to properly test putting the 3 screens together.. I hope I will see an improvement over the two cards I have in the 759 system

I'm kinda hoping for a faster clock speed than what I have got from the 759 system, but we'll see

I just hope I can get it to post!! :lol: I can't remember the last time the board was used, but I think it was a long time ago......

I'll try and grab a few more pictures shortly. I'm still learning how to use the camera still!! :lol: I hope these will do for a while

phill9800 · 6 Feb 2012 at 20:23

cammy5477 said:
you defiantly need to change your title to overkillphil

Let me know what you think of the pictures below then

You posted just a touch early :rolleyes:

Thank you for the kind commment

I do have another rig to sort out. Its another 939 system that I'm giving away

I'm keeping the two Socket A rigs

SouthEastBlue · 6 Feb 2012 at 21:19

Wow that is pretty epic.

phill9800 · 6 Feb 2012 at 21:35

Thanks for the comment

I'm just about to start filling the CPU loop.. Sp far, no leaks on the motherboard loop so I think we are safe!!

redfist · 7 Feb 2012 at 07:39

Never seen the case before so was pleasently surprised when the brwon was taken off, Nice build!

Sgt Tackleberry · 7 Feb 2012 at 09:40

OMG

, Overkill for sure! but still love it.

phill9800 · 7 Feb 2012 at 20:01

Thanks for the comments guys

I'm having problems with the 762 board getting it to boot. I've no idea whats wrong

I've tried different ram, CPU, graphics card. I've tried the CMOS reset, taking the battery out, reseating the CPU, taking plugs out and nothing is getting it posting... It's coming up with an error code of FF which I thought meant working, but for some reason, its not!!

I've just got back running my 759 build as I was using parts from that (oh what fun that wasn't!!) but I think it's helped somethings!! Cabling for definite!!

Anyways, if anyone can suggest anything, I'd love to hear

phill9800 · 7 Feb 2012 at 22:01

Well after much swearing and cursing the PC for being pants, its finally working

I'm just about to install Windows 7 on it before bed and hopefully test out my 8 drive Raid 0 array

I hope to report back soon!!

phill9800 · 9 Feb 2012 at 22:45

Right after a few issues of how to get the damn board to post (thanks to the guys, they know who they are!!) I've got the board working and just for the moment, running at stock... :eek:

I'll post up some pics of the rig very soon, but here's a few screen shots for the hard drives I've been using.. I'm unsure if the performance will change much when I do overclock the CPU (as its still at stock speeds at the moment) but at the moment, I'm pleased with what I'm getting

Anyways, here's a few screenies

Crystal Disk Mark 100Mb size, 16501 bios for 5805 Card:

Crystal Disk Mark 100Mb size, 18xxx bios for 5805 Card:

Crystal Disk Mark 1000Mb size, 16501 bios for 5805 Card:

Crystal Disk Mark 1000Mb size, 18xxx bios for 5805 Card:

Crystal Disk Mark File Bench (ATTO type thing), 16501 bios for 5805 Card:

HD Tune Benchmark (HD Tach), 18xxx bios for 5805 Card:

Crystal Disk Mark (ATTO type thing, 256Mb), 18xxx bios for 5805 Card:

4 Drives, 18xxx bios for 5805 Card:

I think the numbers aren't to bad considering how 'old' the drives are. I'm very pleased and I can't wait to get the drives put back into the case!! I have to buy another cable since the SAS drives require a different fitting at the back of the drives

Gonna have a hunt around for that tomorrow before working tomorrow evening

I look forward to putting the rig pics up shortly

Hopefully, it wont take me too long!!

I hope that you guys will approve!!