Well some of you may have read my little web server had a bottleneck with the e8500 and 750ti low profile I put in it.
That problem is now solved (with a cheap 775 build).
Total cost of the new rig = £155.00 (using the recently acquired 750ti from my 8000 with I mostly got back the cost of when I sold the low prof 7750!).
Going to flog the old 8000 elite rig for about 130 so total cost to swap was aprox 25! Had some issue fitting the ram so had to remove the first DIMs heat spreader, I refitted it with an old Thermaltake set I had kicking around just to make it look neater.
Thanks to OCUK for great service and my favorite Harribo (tangfastics FTW) to fuel me up during the build. Really appreciate the offer of accepting back the cooler if it didn't fit.
Spec as follows:
Xeon E5450 (already had this kicking around out of an old server)
Foxconn G41 based M-ATX board (s/h)
400w Aerocool PSU (good enough for this build 22A single 12v rail with rock solid voltages)
Aerocool Qs-102 case
Raijintek Pallas cooler (I absolutely LOVE this cooler)
8GB Ripjaw DDR3 1600 (s/h)
x2 2.5" WD Scorpio black (1x320 for OS 1x500 for media, already had these kicking around)
Early tests show that this rig running 8.1 is actually pretty quick for such old kit! Tomb Raider 2013 runs Ultimate with TresFX @ native 1650x1050 @ 40fps. BF4 runs on Ultra with exception of 2xMSAA and post process high at 50-60fps.
I'm quite chuffed tbh, if I count the GFX card I just took out of the 8000 the total build would have been in the region of 260 from scratch.
TBH it's more than enough for what it's main purpose is (running Dviewcam software and recording 24/7 and Apache / mySQL), but the experience for online gaming with friends / guests should be much better now.
I found myself sat down last night playing on this one instead of the big rig because it's new and I love it! Just goes to show what can be done for little cash and a bit of effort. It's such a light, smart little compact machine.
Overclocking on the G41 as we know is not so easy though, I am looking later on for a gene 775 to replace it, but those are like gold dust so will just have to keep my eyes open for a SH one.
The Xeon runs pretty cool, although I would expect it to being better silicon and having a lower power draw, it sits with the Pallas at aprox 15-16 degrees above ambient, and has peaked a further 10 degrees above ambient at full load burn in tests so pretty impressive.
Overclocking doesn't really see any rise in temp, but then voltage is locked to auto so has it's limit. Knowing the g41 FSB wall is 3.4 time the pcie bus (3.44 to be exact) I upped the PCI bus to a mere 104 netting an achievable 357 FSB @ 9 x multi, so a modest 3219mhz clock.
Any higher seems to get lock ups or blue screen relating to sata devices on this board, so I've backed it down to a comfortable 3150 for now @ 350FSB and slightly lower PCI clock to not cause any strain.
GPU although factory overclocked (KFA2 OC version of the TI) has also seen a nice little bump of 100mhz core and 50 mem, not a lot, but it still runs cool peaking at only 61 degees. Any higher it locked, so I guess increasing power target and bumping it up should net a higher OC as temps are fine (when I get time to play some more)
Anyhow, all in all, a capable and smart little machine, for little cash.
And thanks again to OCUK for helping to make it possible!
Cheers!
That problem is now solved (with a cheap 775 build).
Total cost of the new rig = £155.00 (using the recently acquired 750ti from my 8000 with I mostly got back the cost of when I sold the low prof 7750!).
Going to flog the old 8000 elite rig for about 130 so total cost to swap was aprox 25! Had some issue fitting the ram so had to remove the first DIMs heat spreader, I refitted it with an old Thermaltake set I had kicking around just to make it look neater.
Thanks to OCUK for great service and my favorite Harribo (tangfastics FTW) to fuel me up during the build. Really appreciate the offer of accepting back the cooler if it didn't fit.
Spec as follows:
Xeon E5450 (already had this kicking around out of an old server)
Foxconn G41 based M-ATX board (s/h)
400w Aerocool PSU (good enough for this build 22A single 12v rail with rock solid voltages)
Aerocool Qs-102 case
Raijintek Pallas cooler (I absolutely LOVE this cooler)
8GB Ripjaw DDR3 1600 (s/h)
x2 2.5" WD Scorpio black (1x320 for OS 1x500 for media, already had these kicking around)
Early tests show that this rig running 8.1 is actually pretty quick for such old kit! Tomb Raider 2013 runs Ultimate with TresFX @ native 1650x1050 @ 40fps. BF4 runs on Ultra with exception of 2xMSAA and post process high at 50-60fps.
I'm quite chuffed tbh, if I count the GFX card I just took out of the 8000 the total build would have been in the region of 260 from scratch.
TBH it's more than enough for what it's main purpose is (running Dviewcam software and recording 24/7 and Apache / mySQL), but the experience for online gaming with friends / guests should be much better now.
I found myself sat down last night playing on this one instead of the big rig because it's new and I love it! Just goes to show what can be done for little cash and a bit of effort. It's such a light, smart little compact machine.
Overclocking on the G41 as we know is not so easy though, I am looking later on for a gene 775 to replace it, but those are like gold dust so will just have to keep my eyes open for a SH one.
The Xeon runs pretty cool, although I would expect it to being better silicon and having a lower power draw, it sits with the Pallas at aprox 15-16 degrees above ambient, and has peaked a further 10 degrees above ambient at full load burn in tests so pretty impressive.
Overclocking doesn't really see any rise in temp, but then voltage is locked to auto so has it's limit. Knowing the g41 FSB wall is 3.4 time the pcie bus (3.44 to be exact) I upped the PCI bus to a mere 104 netting an achievable 357 FSB @ 9 x multi, so a modest 3219mhz clock.
Any higher seems to get lock ups or blue screen relating to sata devices on this board, so I've backed it down to a comfortable 3150 for now @ 350FSB and slightly lower PCI clock to not cause any strain.
GPU although factory overclocked (KFA2 OC version of the TI) has also seen a nice little bump of 100mhz core and 50 mem, not a lot, but it still runs cool peaking at only 61 degees. Any higher it locked, so I guess increasing power target and bumping it up should net a higher OC as temps are fine (when I get time to play some more)
Anyhow, all in all, a capable and smart little machine, for little cash.
And thanks again to OCUK for helping to make it possible!
Cheers!
Last edited: