My nForce4 rig is up and running! Pics

SkyBum · Dec 15, 2004, 07:08 AM

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Thanks all for putting up with all of my noobish questions. This is my first build ever, and only my 3rd PC. 1st was an HP pavillion (stinking piece of #$%& that it was....) 2nd I spec'd myself but had it assembled, this time I finally made it all the way. It booted on the first try so I have to admit that I'm feeling quite proud of myself, looks better than I expected as well. I'm sure I'll be asking plenty more questions though, as now the overclocking saga begins.....you'll just have to bear with me some more on that point

Hats off to all of you who have helped me along the way to get this far!!!

dipstick · Dec 15, 2004, 03:32 PM

Wow, that's an extremely nice rig man. And it's your first build? ...amazing!
Have fun OC'ing, you are definitely ready to go

Lowfat · Dec 15, 2004, 03:44 PM

looks awesome. what kind of watercooling stuff you using? i see that its european.

drakesteakn · Dec 15, 2004, 03:57 PM

looks nice, did u forget to plug in the power connectors? i see 2 not plugged into the mobo.

Drakon · Dec 15, 2004, 04:12 PM

very nice looking, rig. Got a few questions for ya. r those the stock fans for the Tsunami? r they loud? if u replaced them, what did u get instead? also where did u buy those cathodes?

Dom · Dec 15, 2004, 04:15 PM

I'm envious.

pr0digal jenius · Dec 15, 2004, 04:21 PM

those are the stock fans, and they aren't too bad.

that's a koolance Exos kit, i believe, Tulc.

'n00b' questions are why I'm here skybum...keep em coming (makes me feel useful

)

nice rig tho...hot damn I'm itchign to upgrade now

Drakon · Dec 15, 2004, 05:11 PM

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'n00b' questions are why I'm here skybum...keep em coming (makes me feel useful

)

Haha, don't kid urself, PJ...

Iridium · Dec 15, 2004, 05:17 PM

Did you trim up the length on those X-Connect cables?

SkyBum · Dec 15, 2004, 08:51 PM

Tulcakelume: yeah as pr0digal said, its an Exos kit. Very easy to setup though a bit on the expensive side. Not sure what you meant by European though....

Drakesteakn: When I took those pics I had just finished re-arranging some cables so the 24 pin cable is unplugged. There is a jumper between pin 4 and 6 on the power cable, thats why the fans and lights are powered. The power connection over the GPU is only needed when running a 2nd GPU so I will not be needing that one.

Drakon: Yeah, they are stock 120 mm fans, the rear one (LED) is very quiet with only a soft whir of air movement, the front one (non LED) is a bit annoying with a slight whine. I am hoping to find a more quiet replacement for it. The hard drive cage is removable so that one will be very easy to replace. The blue cathodes came from Xoxide, the red one (I broke the 2nd red one trying to put it somewhere it didn't belong....) is from Fry's.

Iridium: no they are all stock length cables, I wish there were an option to buy shorter ones though.

Thanks for the props guys.....

Drakon · Dec 15, 2004, 09:08 PM

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Drakon: Yeah, they are stock 120 mm fans, the rear one (LED) is very quiet with only a soft whir of air movement, the front one (non LED) is a bit annoying with a slight whine. I am hoping to find a more quiet replacement for it. The hard drive cage is removable so that one will be very easy to replace. The blue cathodes came from Xoxide, the red one (I broke the 2nd red one trying to put it somewhere it didn't belong....) is from Fry's.

Ahh cool. how much did u pay for the cathode's? what about the fan on the side, is that one noisy? i'm just curious about the Tsunami case, cuz i plan on getting one when i'm ready to build my rig.

SkyBum · Dec 15, 2004, 09:15 PM

The blue one's came with the case (as a freebie from Xoxide) the red one was $14 at Fry's. I have not figured out a clean way to power the side fan yet so I have not even powered that one up yet. I'm probably going to have to figure out how to build a plug and do a bit of customising there.

If you use that case with cathodes like I did, make sure to install the 2 in the top from the right side of the case before you put anything else in, otherwise they will never make it in.

I'll give that fan a listen though and post later.

Sandok · Dec 15, 2004, 09:43 PM

Damn that a SWEET tsunami case... Very clean unlike mine

My damn power cables on my thermaltake purepower thingy are just TOO LONG... 5 meters length in total... All crammed in my case! And for first timer, I think you own many people here who've made more than one PC (you own me at least

)

riles9262 · Dec 15, 2004, 10:29 PM

very awesome machine you have there! I like I like

SkyBum · Dec 16, 2004, 09:18 AM

HOLD THE PHONE!

My new rig is having SERIOUS problems. From windows wierdness to electrical failure and now the optical drives that were in it dont work when I put them back in their old rig. I'll start a new thread in this forum for this problem.

Its all detailed here:
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...129#post514129

The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 16, 2004, 07:18 PM

Nice setup.....

Ouch #1 nforce4 was slower then Nforce3 ultra in tests....
Ouch #2 nforce4's nvidia card optumizations hamper the perfomance of ATI cards
Ouch #3 "PEG" link mode now works for nvidia cards (i think only)

Other then that nforce4 is feature rich but really people with or that want to use ATI are maybe better off waiting for a fairer soultion... like VIA kt890 bet even then the kt890 is slower then the kt800....

What i Don't get why and were not seeing sigle PCIe slot boards insted of just this SLI crap.

SkyBum · Dec 17, 2004, 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

Nice setup.....

Ouch #1 nforce4 was slower then Nforce3 ultra in tests....
Ouch #2 nforce4's nvidia card optumizations hamper the perfomance of ATI cards
Ouch #3 "PEG" link mode now works for nvidia cards (i think only)

Other then that nforce4 is feature rich but really people with or that want to use ATI are maybe better off waiting for a fairer soultion... like VIA kt890 bet even then the kt890 is slower then the kt800....

What i Don't get why and were not seeing sigle PCIe slot boards insted of just this SLI crap.

Agreed, I would have been better served by waiting a bit or perhaps even by going with nforce3. Just got sick of waiting and it looked as if ATI boards were still quite aways out so I jumped.

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Dec 15, 2004, 08:51 PM	Thread Starter #10
SkyBum HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Look up! Posts: 234 Rep Power: 0	Tulcakelume: yeah as pr0digal said, its an Exos kit. Very easy to setup though a bit on the expensive side. Not sure what you meant by European though.... Drakesteakn: When I took those pics I had just finished re-arranging some cables so the 24 pin cable is unplugged. There is a jumper between pin 4 and 6 on the power cable, thats why the fans and lights are powered. The power connection over the GPU is only needed when running a 2nd GPU so I will not be needing that one. Drakon: Yeah, they are stock 120 mm fans, the rear one (LED) is very quiet with only a soft whir of air movement, the front one (non LED) is a bit annoying with a slight whine. I am hoping to find a more quiet replacement for it. The hard drive cage is removable so that one will be very easy to replace. The blue cathodes came from Xoxide, the red one (I broke the 2nd red one trying to put it somewhere it didn't belong....) is from Fry's. Iridium: no they are all stock length cables, I wish there were an option to buy shorter ones though. Thanks for the props guys..... __________________

Dec 15, 2004, 09:15 PM	Thread Starter #12
SkyBum HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Look up! Posts: 234 Rep Power: 0	The blue one's came with the case (as a freebie from Xoxide) the red one was $14 at Fry's. I have not figured out a clean way to power the side fan yet so I have not even powered that one up yet. I'm probably going to have to figure out how to build a plug and do a bit of customising there. If you use that case with cathodes like I did, make sure to install the 2 in the top from the right side of the case before you put anything else in, otherwise they will never make it in. I'll give that fan a listen though and post later. __________________

Dec 15, 2004, 10:29 PM	#14
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	very awesome machine you have there! I like I like __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Dec 15, 2004, 07:08 AM	#1
SkyBum HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Look up! Posts: 234 Rep Power: 0	My ASUS nForce4 rig is up and running! Pics http://www.imagehosting.us.com/image...=5839&h=290389 http://www.imagehosting.us.com/image...=5840&h=305712 http://www.imagehosting.us.com/image...=5843&h=960869 [color=#dddddd] http://www.imagehosting.us.com/image...=5845&h=616525[/color] http://www.imagehosting.us.com/image...=5841&h=468444 http://www.imagehosting.us.com/image...=5842&h=645016 Thanks all for putting up with all of my noobish questions. This is my first build ever, and only my 3rd PC. 1st was an HP pavillion (stinking piece of #$%& that it was....) 2nd I spec'd myself but had it assembled, this time I finally made it all the way. It booted on the first try so I have to admit that I'm feeling quite proud of myself, looks better than I expected as well. I'm sure I'll be asking plenty more questions though, as now the overclocking saga begins.....you'll just have to bear with me some more on that point Hats off to all of you who have helped me along the way to get this far!!! __________________ Last edited by SkyBum; Dec 15, 2004 at 07:44 AM.

Dec 15, 2004, 03:32 PM	#2
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Wow, that's an extremely nice rig man. And it's your first build? ...amazing! Have fun OC'ing, you are definitely ready to go

Dec 15, 2004, 03:44 PM	#3
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,254 Rep Power: 101	looks awesome. what kind of watercooling stuff you using? i see that its european. __________________

Dec 15, 2004, 04:12 PM	#5
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 0	very nice looking, rig. Got a few questions for ya. r those the stock fans for the Tsunami? r they loud? if u replaced them, what did u get instead? also where did u buy those cathodes?

Dec 15, 2004, 04:15 PM	#6
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	I'm envious.

Dec 15, 2004, 04:21 PM	#7
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	those are the stock fans, and they aren't too bad. that's a koolance Exos kit, i believe, Tulc. 'n00b' questions are why I'm here skybum...keep em coming (makes me feel useful ) nice rig tho...hot damn I'm itchign to upgrade now

Dec 15, 2004, 09:43 PM	#13
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	Damn that a SWEET tsunami case... Very clean unlike mine My damn power cables on my thermaltake purepower thingy are just TOO LONG... 5 meters length in total... All crammed in my case! And for first timer, I think you own many people here who've made more than one PC (you own me at least )

Dec 16, 2004, 09:18 AM	Thread Starter #15
SkyBum HardwareHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Look up! Posts: 234 Rep Power: 0	HOLD THE PHONE! My new rig is having SERIOUS problems. From windows wierdness to electrical failure and now the optical drives that were in it dont work when I put them back in their old rig. I'll start a new thread in this forum for this problem. Its all detailed here: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...129#post514129 __________________

Dec 16, 2004, 07:18 PM	#16
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Nice setup..... Ouch #1 nforce4 was slower then Nforce3 ultra in tests.... Ouch #2 nforce4's nvidia card optumizations hamper the perfomance of ATI cards Ouch #3 "PEG" link mode now works for nvidia cards (i think only) Other then that nforce4 is feature rich but really people with or that want to use ATI are maybe better off waiting for a fairer soultion... like VIA kt890 bet even then the kt890 is slower then the kt800.... What i Don't get why and were not seeing sigle PCIe slot boards insted of just this SLI crap. __________________