"The One" System - one of the fastest computers ever built

Zardon · Feb 18, 2004, 10:45 PM

Kyle Felstein from AAC Computers recently built one of the fastest computers out there for the Vegas CyberXGames event. This computer was built to the highest specification possible and really it is just quite drool drippingly sexy. Everything is overclocked to the max with the kind of hardware we all have wet dreams about.

Kyle himself (board name "snuffy") has written an article telling us all how this beast of a PC came into existance. Check this out for yourself over here

jonis · Feb 18, 2004, 11:13 PM

OMG, I wanna see some benchmarks on that one.

Ev!L-aLphA · Feb 18, 2004, 11:18 PM

1 word WOW!@!!@@

toddsmack2k · Feb 18, 2004, 11:21 PM

Awesome! ; )

*snuffy* · Feb 18, 2004, 11:27 PM

Here are the benchmarks

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm=1696302

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7409405

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=1838954

The machine is quite the beast.

cymanator · Feb 18, 2004, 11:30 PM

That's one tripped out box!

Can I have it? I promise I'll give it back.

***craig5320*** · Feb 18, 2004, 11:52 PM

That is really amazing, I think I'd have just cried if when it got returned the cooling was all knackered. Haha.

Excellent job, that case is really cool.

*snuffy* · Feb 18, 2004, 11:57 PM

We sent 4 watercooled systems to Vegas. All of them froze solid on the return trip due to the cold temps outside. The amazing thing was that all of them thawed and worked!

Chaos · Feb 19, 2004, 01:04 AM

ya gotta like that, all 4 recovering from the deep freeze

Maybe you can keep one frozen and somewhere later in time have it brought back, wouldn't that be cool.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Feb 19, 2004, 03:16 AM

i'll take 2 lol

Judas · Feb 19, 2004, 03:53 AM

...Snuffy.. have you taken a good look at any of the kyrotech coolers? compressed liquid nitrogen.... The system which comes in a special sealed case is $3000 US last time i checked which was about 6 years ago....

dipstick · Feb 19, 2004, 04:55 AM

Definitely sweet

germanjulian · Feb 19, 2004, 11:47 AM

how much $$$?

Saint_K · Feb 19, 2004, 12:18 PM

Holy F****!!! Thats one hell of a system!

Zardon · Feb 19, 2004, 02:02 PM

id like to see my custom adobe photoshop script running on that rig......

Al_Vampyre · Feb 19, 2004, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zardon
id like to see my custom adobe photoshop script running on that rig......

- Is there any indication of the approximate amount of cashola would take to recreate this rig?

Logla · Feb 19, 2004, 03:37 PM

Me wants, me wants.

Zardon · Feb 19, 2004, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Al_Vampyre
- Is there any indication of the approximate amount of cashola would take to recreate this rig?

well the CPU alone here is over £500.... thats more than enough already !!!

*snuffy* · Feb 19, 2004, 04:14 PM

Zardon I have the system on the bench. (Getting it ready to ship to the guy now that it is warm here.)

What version of photoshop? I have Ver 7.0. Send me Your custom script and intructions of how to run it/bench it.

As for price an approximate cost is: $6000.00 USD

A value is hard due to the custom parts like the RAM and the etching on the case. Also I based the price off the standard fulltower that C3 makes which is not what we used but a custom one. The standard one has only one 120mm fan hole up front. This case has dual 120mm holes spaced for the radiator.

Finally I modded the MB and video card for voltage and sealing. I personally have over 60 hours in the system. I don't know if you can tell from the pictures but both the PSU and the DVD-R are polished. All the bolts are button hex head stainless steel and all are polished.

Their are dual relays to power the pump and pelts when the system is turned on. But they are wireed so that they go to one power plug in the back of the system. Also the pump can be turned on seperate from the pelts to allow line purging and such.

Finally the 9800XT was a special one from ATI. It ran 510MHZ VPU stock but had real bad pixel distortion but would run forever. Supercooling and volt mod got it to 575 clean. With more cooling it could go higher.

Zardon · Feb 19, 2004, 04:15 PM

ok cool. Kyle this is the information you will need to download it, install and run, im dying to hear the times for this baby.

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...threadid=35072

*snuffy* · Feb 19, 2004, 04:45 PM

Zardon....it ran the benchmark in 55.5s for a 40MB file.

Zardon · Feb 19, 2004, 04:47 PM

amazing !

BiGBrOwNPimpsta · Feb 19, 2004, 09:10 PM

i feel like throwing up

thats just too much, this even tops wildchilds wild computer. that guy who won it must be pissing his pants right now. i wonder how halo runs on that!

*snuffy* · Feb 19, 2004, 09:25 PM

Halo..runs real good.

Zardon · Feb 19, 2004, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by snuffy
Halo..runs real good.

actually on that system it might ......... just

*snuffy* · Feb 19, 2004, 09:32 PM

HEHE yea it gets 30FPS @ 1024 by 768

Just kidding...

I am replaying that game on my system which is an FX 51 @ 2.4 ghz and a OCed 9800XT and @ 1024 it still stutters in big firefights. dumb@ass game.....system spec are insane

Zardon · Feb 19, 2004, 09:34 PM

the game was never coded right, there are more guides for optimising it, than for windows XP. speaks volumes !

*snuffy* · Feb 19, 2004, 09:36 PM

The game that this system should rock for is Half Life 2.....

Hope Valve gets it as right as the first Half Life.

Zardon · Feb 19, 2004, 09:43 PM

so who is the lucky guy who wins it? what part of the states is he from?

*CATALYST maker* · Feb 19, 2004, 09:52 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by snuffy
Zardon I have the system on the bench. (Getting it ready to ship to the guy now that it is warm here.)

What version of photoshop? I have Ver 7.0. Send me Your custom script and intructions of how to run it/bench it.

As for price an approximate cost is: $6000.00 USD

A value is hard due to the custom parts like the RAM and the etching on the case. Also I based the price off the standard fulltower that C3 makes which is not what we used but a custom one. The standard one has only one 120mm fan hole up front. This case has dual 120mm holes spaced for the radiator.

Finally I modded the MB and video card for voltage and sealing. I personally have over 60 hours in the system. I don't know if you can tell from the pictures but both the PSU and the DVD-R are polished. All the bolts are button hex head stainless steel and all are polished.

Their are dual relays to power the pump and pelts when the system is turned on. But they are wireed so that they go to one power plug in the back of the system. Also the pump can be turned on seperate from the pelts to allow line purging and such.

Finally the 9800XT was a special one from ATI. It ran 510MHZ VPU stock but had real bad pixel distortion but would run forever. Supercooling and volt mod got it to 575 clean. With more cooling it could go higher.

We spent two days hand building a batch of boards from the fastest chips we have. We tested all those boards extensively and picked the most overclockeable of the lot. That is the card that is now sitting in "The ONE"

Feb 18, 2004, 10:45 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	DH EXCLUSIVE: "The One" - one of the fastest computers ever built Kyle Felstein from AAC Computers recently built one of the fastest computers out there for the Vegas CyberXGames event. This computer was built to the highest specification possible and really it is just quite drool drippingly sexy. Everything is overclocked to the max with the kind of hardware we all have wet dreams about. Kyle himself (board name "snuffy") has written an article telling us all how this beast of a PC came into existance. Check this out for yourself over here

Feb 18, 2004, 11:13 PM	#2
jonis Alien mindbender Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Valhalla Posts: 539 Rep Power: 0	OMG, I wanna see some benchmarks on that one. __________________ [color=yellow]P4 2.533GHz 533MHz \| 2 x Samsung 512MB PC2700 (1GB) \| Hercules 3D Prophet 9700 Pro \| ASUS P4S8X (fw v1.005) \| SB Audigy Platinum WDC 120GB SE (8MB buffer) x 2 \| M$ intellimouse Explorer 3.0 \| WinXP SP-1 \| DX 9.0c & CATs 5.10 \| Viewsonic VP191b (19" TFT)[/color]

Feb 18, 2004, 11:18 PM	#3
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Feb 18, 2004, 11:21 PM	#4
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Feb 18, 2004, 11:52 PM	#7
*craig5320* HH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 8,286 Rep Power: 428 System Specs	That is really amazing, I think I'd have just cried if when it got returned the cooling was all knackered. Haha. Excellent job, that case is really cool. __________________

Feb 18, 2004, 11:27 PM	#5
snuffy Just one of the many. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	Here are the benchmarks http://service.futuremark.com/compare?pcm=1696302 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7409405 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=1838954 The machine is quite the beast.

Feb 18, 2004, 11:30 PM	#6
cymanator DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 44 Rep Power: 0	That's one tripped out box! Can I have it? I promise I'll give it back.

Feb 18, 2004, 11:57 PM	#8
snuffy Just one of the many. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	We sent 4 watercooled systems to Vegas. All of them froze solid on the return trip due to the cold temps outside. The amazing thing was that all of them thawed and worked!

Feb 19, 2004, 01:04 AM	#9
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,269 Rep Power: 165 System Specs	ya gotta like that, all 4 recovering from the deep freeze Maybe you can keep one frozen and somewhere later in time have it brought back, wouldn't that be cool. __________________

Feb 19, 2004, 03:16 AM	#10
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	i'll take 2 lol __________________

Feb 19, 2004, 04:55 AM	#12
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 70 System Specs	Definitely sweet

Feb 19, 2004, 11:47 AM	#13
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	how much $$$? __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\

Feb 19, 2004, 12:18 PM	#14
Saint_K InSaNe Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Den haag, netherlands Posts: 836 Rep Power: 0	Holy F****!!! Thats one hell of a system!

Feb 19, 2004, 02:02 PM	Thread Starter #15
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	id like to see my custom adobe photoshop script running on that rig......

Feb 19, 2004, 03:37 PM	#17
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 62	Me wants, me wants.

Feb 19, 2004, 04:14 PM	#19
snuffy Just one of the many. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	Zardon I have the system on the bench. (Getting it ready to ship to the guy now that it is warm here.) What version of photoshop? I have Ver 7.0. Send me Your custom script and intructions of how to run it/bench it. As for price an approximate cost is: $6000.00 USD A value is hard due to the custom parts like the RAM and the etching on the case. Also I based the price off the standard fulltower that C3 makes which is not what we used but a custom one. The standard one has only one 120mm fan hole up front. This case has dual 120mm holes spaced for the radiator. Finally I modded the MB and video card for voltage and sealing. I personally have over 60 hours in the system. I don't know if you can tell from the pictures but both the PSU and the DVD-R are polished. All the bolts are button hex head stainless steel and all are polished. Their are dual relays to power the pump and pelts when the system is turned on. But they are wireed so that they go to one power plug in the back of the system. Also the pump can be turned on seperate from the pelts to allow line purging and such. Finally the 9800XT was a special one from ATI. It ran 510MHZ VPU stock but had real bad pixel distortion but would run forever. Supercooling and volt mod got it to 575 clean. With more cooling it could go higher.

Feb 19, 2004, 04:15 PM	Thread Starter #20
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	yep V7 is good ok cool. Kyle this is the information you will need to download it, install and run, im dying to hear the times for this baby. http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...threadid=35072

Feb 19, 2004, 04:45 PM	#21
snuffy Just one of the many. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	Zardon....it ran the benchmark in 55.5s for a 40MB file.

Feb 19, 2004, 04:47 PM	Thread Starter #22
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	amazing !

Feb 19, 2004, 09:10 PM	#23
BiGBrOwNPimpsta HH's #1 Hustla and Pimp Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: The Dirty Dot Posts: 7,706 Rep Power: 105 System Specs	i feel like throwing up thats just too much, this even tops wildchilds wild computer. that guy who won it must be pissing his pants right now. i wonder how halo runs on that! __________________ Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music \| Logitech Z-5500 THX 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers \| 2 Lite-On 20x S-ATA Burners \| Logitech G700 Mouse \| Logitech MX5500 Bluetooth Keyboard

Feb 19, 2004, 09:25 PM	#24
snuffy Just one of the many. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	Halo..runs real good.

Feb 19, 2004, 09:32 PM	#26
snuffy Just one of the many. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	HEHE yea it gets 30FPS @ 1024 by 768 Just kidding... I am replaying that game on my system which is an FX 51 @ 2.4 ghz and a OCed 9800XT and @ 1024 it still stutters in big firefights. dumb@ass game.....system spec are insane

Feb 19, 2004, 09:34 PM	Thread Starter #27
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	the game was never coded right, there are more guides for optimising it, than for windows XP. speaks volumes !

Feb 19, 2004, 09:36 PM	#28
snuffy Just one of the many. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 101 Rep Power: 0	The game that this system should rock for is Half Life 2..... Hope Valve gets it as right as the first Half Life.

Feb 19, 2004, 09:43 PM	Thread Starter #29
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 177	so who is the lucky guy who wins it? what part of the states is he from?