"Sunset", my newest project

Zardon · Sep 28, 2002, 09:18 PM

well most of you know my last system, "The Mystic Rig", for those of you who dont follow this link (also in my sig) http://www.zardon.net/system/

My new project "Sunset" came into fruitation due to a new concept which has been increasingly irritating me at night.... "noise". So my main priorities were to select good performing components with the slant on trying to keep the noise down.

My thanks goes to my friend and hardware guru, manager of Computastore in Northern Ireland, John, who is always there for advice and much more

Ok my setup this time revolves around the following components.

Athlon XP 2100+ CPU
MSI KT3 Ultra 2 Raid Motherboard
AKASA Silver Mountain 2
Kingmax DDR333 256 meg boards x 3
Western Digital 120 gig JB SE 8 meg cache HD
Western Digital 80 gig JB SE 8 meg cache HD
ATI Radeon 9700 350 core/340 ram
LITEON 48x CD Writer
LITEON 20x CD Writer (for multiple copies VIA Nero)
LITEON DVD PLAYER
LIAN Aluminium Case with window modification
and some nice red lighting

some piccies

[img]www.zardon.net/sunset/zardon1.jpg[/img]
[img]www.zardon.net/sunset/zardon2.jpg[/img]
[img]www.zardon.net/sunset/zardon3.jpg[/img]

at the minute im not overclocking the CPU much as the AKASA isnt a hard core overclockers tool like my delta but is a much quieter fan, so im running the 2100 at 1.75 core at a steady 1.76 ghz ... someday if I fancy some OClocking I might add my swiftech in with the delta and get her to 1.9+ghz again.

The red lighting looks much more effective without the flash hitting it on my digital camera, but ah well you get the idea.....

but she is running sweet, getting over 13k in 3dmark with pcmark benchies of 5100 CPU, 4200 mem and 1200 HD, and more importantly all my games are running well, and im going to be able to leave files downloading in this room without the need for earmuffs......

Candyman · Sep 28, 2002, 09:42 PM

That rig looks NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Sep 28, 2002, 09:55 PM

dude that looks realy great but the white drives totally ruin it. I would take me inserts if i were you and ghost the front if the drives.

Zardon · Sep 28, 2002, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sourcer_2002
dude that looks realy great but the white drives totally ruin it. I would take me inserts if i were you and ghost the front if the drives.

yes ive ordered some to fit the drives

Zardon · Sep 28, 2002, 10:00 PM

another pic with the flash killed.

[img]www.zardon.net/sunset/zardon4.jpg[/img]

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Sep 28, 2002, 10:07 PM

y order them and pay for it when you can u make them out the inserts that came with the case?

Zardon · Sep 28, 2002, 10:10 PM

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Originally posted by Sourcer_2002
y order them and pay for it when you can u make them out the inserts that came with the case?

cause I dont pay for them?

Doomtrooper · Sep 28, 2002, 11:25 PM

Very nice bud

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Sep 28, 2002, 11:59 PM

well if u get for free then YOU SUCK lol just playing im a little mad i wish i got stuff for free! But after u get them ghosted it'll look good are u using a cold cathode for lighting?

Zarathustra · Sep 29, 2002, 12:02 AM

Very sweet indeed. You could probably float that case on the airflow from your previous army of 120mm fans

JavaFox · Sep 29, 2002, 01:23 AM

Very sweet indeed, Z'. Anything that hits 13K in 3DMark is fine by this fox. But, I'd have to say, I think that system only seems quiet because your previous system was so loud.

JavaFox · Sep 29, 2002, 01:24 AM

Oh and another thing -- good job picking red components. Coordination is a sweet thing. ^_^

Sep 29, 2002, 01:34 AM

ME LIKES !!!

Man the pic with no lights makes the rig look evil...lol

I bet that thing is sooooo clean you can eat your grubb on it.........aluminum rules !!

WyreTheWolf · Sep 29, 2002, 08:37 AM

Very nice Zardon... Most excellent system. Looks very clean!

Zardon · Sep 29, 2002, 09:05 AM

Thanks guys, im proud of it myself

and its so quiet. This motherboard is one of the best ive used.

here is a screenie of the system temps sitting at around 1.8ghz.

[img]www.zardon.net/sunset/temps.jpg[/img]

kinetic · Sep 29, 2002, 09:14 AM

Very nice indeed! Old system surplus to requirements?

By the way you'll never be able to fry an egg with those temps!

Kelsenellenelvian · Sep 29, 2002, 09:26 AM

Sweet looking rig zardon mine ends up looking like a junk yard on a thunderstorm I concentrate mainly on performace and capability...

Kelsenellenelvian · Sep 29, 2002, 09:28 AM

hey zardon whats the name of that temp monitor you have shown us the screen shot of???

kinetic · Sep 29, 2002, 09:51 AM

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Originally posted by Kelsenellenelvian
hey zardon whats the name of that temp monitor you have shown us the screen shot of???

I think it comes with his motherboard, MSI.

Zardon · Sep 29, 2002, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kelsenellenelvian
hey zardon whats the name of that temp monitor you have shown us the screen shot of???

PC alert 4 (you can see it top left of the panel), bundled with the motherboard, along with about 40 others. ill give MSI something, they certainly supply a hell of a lot of utilities with their mobos.. they have a utility called "cooler XP", and it drops temps by about 6 C.......

also of note is the MSI live update (2), which scans their website for bios and application/utility updates and informs you of new versions. There was already an update for the bios (which ive flashed) to allow 2400 and 2600+ XPs which is good cause ive a 2600 ordered

Vaporizer · Sep 29, 2002, 03:35 PM

What is so sweet ? I see nothing out of the ordinary

Zardon · Sep 29, 2002, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vaporizer
What is so sweet ? I see nothing out of the ordinary

well I think its quite pretty looking, if you class an aluminium Lian case with lighting and a sweet mobo and some pretty fast HDs with a 9700 (almost all entirely silent) - as "ordinary" thats your choice

its not intended to be a hardcore modded case just a little pastime project..... from my other http://www.zardon.net/system MUCH louder rig.

something else I meant to say to you before in another thread, for such a nice overclocked system as yours appears to be I really think you might want to look into upgrading your CPU, im sure its holding you way back, if you are on a budget ... get a nice Rev B 2200 or so you should easily hit 2.3 gig....

have you any pictures of your watercooling rig? start a thread with your mods etc, id like to see them and all the members can comment then as well which is cool, (sometimes its better to post your own creativity)

Vaporizer · Sep 29, 2002, 10:09 PM

The black mystic rig, that was a very sweet rig.... it might be cause i favor black but it looked cool.

As for the Lian Li case i just looked for sweet mods and only found a red CC, didnt look at the matching hardware and all that sorry, but if you look at it like that then it is a sweet rig also (the black one is still sweeter

and the lian li more ordinary for me)

Im waiting for the 2400+ to come out in stores in Sweden then im upgrading to that one cause i heard it was a great overclocker. Or i might get a 1600+ but im not sure yet.

I dont have any pics of my own rig but maybe i can borrow a digicam somewhere, but it isnt hardly modded yet. It is a black Cheiftec Dragon Midi tower (had one the same but full tower but it was so big so i bought a midi) with a small hole in the roof where the tanktop sticks out so i can fill it up there. The watercooling system concists of
Black Ice Extreme
DD Maze 3 1/2"
Eheim 1250
1/2" silicone tubing
DD clear reservoir

The radiator have a 120mm silent fan @5V blowing through it and it does the job good.

I'm fixing up the look of the interior when i get a window kit and some cold cathods in the near future.

Zardon · Sep 29, 2002, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vaporizer
The black mystic rig, that was a very sweet rig.... it might be cause i favor black but it looked cool.

As for the Lian Li case i just looked for sweet mods and only found a red CC, didnt look at the matching hardware and all that sorry, but if you look at it like that then it is a sweet rig also (the black one is still sweeter and the lian li more ordinary for me)

Im waiting for the 2400+ to come out in stores in Sweden then im upgrading to that one cause i heard it was a great overclocker. Or i might get a 1600+ but im not sure yet.

I dont have any pics of my own rig but maybe i can borrow a digicam somewhere, but it isnt hardly modded yet. It is a black Cheiftec Dragon Midi tower (had one the same but full tower but it was so big so i bought a midi) with a small hole in the roof where the tanktop sticks out so i can fill it up there. The watercooling system concists of
Black Ice Extreme
DD Maze 3 1/2"
Eheim 1250
1/2" silicone tubing
DD clear reservoir

The radiator have a 120mm silent fan @5V blowing through it and it does the job good.

I'm fixing up the look of the interior when i get a window kit and some cold cathods in the near future.

sounds like you have a sweet system there

I look forward to hearing about it when you get a 2400 or 2600 in it and your o/c etc, ive a 2600XP ordered myself, so im looking forward to playing with it as well, whenever it arrives, lol.

Those chieftech cases are sweet

have a good day man.

Z.

~~jackasster~~ · Oct 7, 2002, 10:29 AM

wow that looks awsome Z heck even looks better then my wife...lol

Sep 28, 2002, 09:18 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	"Sunset", my newest project well most of you know my last system, "The Mystic Rig", for those of you who dont follow this link (also in my sig) http://www.zardon.net/system/ My new project "Sunset" came into fruitation due to a new concept which has been increasingly irritating me at night.... "noise". So my main priorities were to select good performing components with the slant on trying to keep the noise down. My thanks goes to my friend and hardware guru, manager of Computastore in Northern Ireland, John, who is always there for advice and much more Ok my setup this time revolves around the following components. Athlon XP 2100+ CPU MSI KT3 Ultra 2 Raid Motherboard AKASA Silver Mountain 2 Kingmax DDR333 256 meg boards x 3 Western Digital 120 gig JB SE 8 meg cache HD Western Digital 80 gig JB SE 8 meg cache HD ATI Radeon 9700 350 core/340 ram LITEON 48x CD Writer LITEON 20x CD Writer (for multiple copies VIA Nero) LITEON DVD PLAYER LIAN Aluminium Case with window modification and some nice red lighting some piccies [img]www.zardon.net/sunset/zardon1.jpg[/img] [img]www.zardon.net/sunset/zardon2.jpg[/img] [img]www.zardon.net/sunset/zardon3.jpg[/img] at the minute im not overclocking the CPU much as the AKASA isnt a hard core overclockers tool like my delta but is a much quieter fan, so im running the 2100 at 1.75 core at a steady 1.76 ghz ... someday if I fancy some OClocking I might add my swiftech in with the delta and get her to 1.9+ghz again. The red lighting looks much more effective without the flash hitting it on my digital camera, but ah well you get the idea..... but she is running sweet, getting over 13k in 3dmark with pcmark benchies of 5100 CPU, 4200 mem and 1200 HD, and more importantly all my games are running well, and im going to be able to leave files downloading in this room without the need for earmuffs......

Sep 28, 2002, 09:42 PM	#2
Candyman [DH] Lover! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 284 Rep Power: 0	That rig looks NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All I can say is WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ AMD Athlon XP 1700+ @ 2.53GHz Abit NF7-S v.2 Thermalright SP-97 w/ TT Smart Fan 2 2 x 512MB GeIL PC3500 Platinum DDR 2 x 120GB WD HDD - RAID-0 2 x 80GB Barracuda V HDD - RAID-0 ATI Radeon AIW 9800PRO SB Audigy 2 HP L2335 23" LCD (DVI-D) WinXP Pro SP2

Sep 28, 2002, 11:25 PM	#8
Doomtrooper Driverheaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 206 Rep Power: 0	Very nice bud __________________ "It's time to kick A$$ and chew bubble gum....and I'm all out of gum." Duke Nukem November 1996

Sep 29, 2002, 09:26 AM	#17
Kelsenellenelvian Master of my own Destiny Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: EverDawn Kingdom,TruEarth Posts: 1,394 Rep Power: 0	Sweet looking rig zardon mine ends up looking like a junk yard on a thunderstorm I concentrate mainly on performace and capability... __________________ [color=#0000ff] Download Windows Post-Install Wizard v4.3.8 and WPI Lite v1.2 Here [/color][color=red][color=blue][/color][/color]

Sep 29, 2002, 09:28 AM	#18
Kelsenellenelvian Master of my own Destiny Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: EverDawn Kingdom,TruEarth Posts: 1,394 Rep Power: 0	hey zardon whats the name of that temp monitor you have shown us the screen shot of??? __________________ [color=#0000ff] Download Windows Post-Install Wizard v4.3.8 and WPI Lite v1.2 Here [/color][color=red][color=blue][/color][/color]

Sep 28, 2002, 09:55 PM	#3
~~Sourcer_2002~~ BANNED Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indiana , USA Posts: 2,677 Rep Power: 0	dude that looks realy great but the white drives totally ruin it. I would take me inserts if i were you and ghost the front if the drives.

Sep 28, 2002, 10:00 PM	Thread Starter #5
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	another pic with the flash killed. [img]www.zardon.net/sunset/zardon4.jpg[/img]

Sep 28, 2002, 10:07 PM	#6
~~Sourcer_2002~~ BANNED Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indiana , USA Posts: 2,677 Rep Power: 0	y order them and pay for it when you can u make them out the inserts that came with the case?

Sep 28, 2002, 11:59 PM	#9
~~Sourcer_2002~~ BANNED Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indiana , USA Posts: 2,677 Rep Power: 0	well if u get for free then YOU SUCK lol just playing im a little mad i wish i got stuff for free! But after u get them ghosted it'll look good are u using a cold cathode for lighting?

Sep 29, 2002, 12:02 AM	#10
Zarathustra Elite Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Confederacy Posts: 841 Rep Power: 0	Very sweet indeed. You could probably float that case on the airflow from your previous army of 120mm fans

Sep 29, 2002, 01:23 AM	#11
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	Very sweet indeed, Z'. Anything that hits 13K in 3DMark is fine by this fox. But, I'd have to say, I think that system only seems quiet because your previous system was so loud.

Sep 29, 2002, 01:24 AM	#12
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	Oh and another thing -- good job picking red components. Coordination is a sweet thing. ^_^

Sep 29, 2002, 01:34 AM	#13
GREEKRAGE Guest Posts: n/a	ME LIKES !!! Man the pic with no lights makes the rig look evil...lol I bet that thing is sooooo clean you can eat your grubb on it.........aluminum rules !!

Sep 29, 2002, 08:37 AM	#14
WyreTheWolf Wolfish Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cave; Ozark Mountains Posts: 2,110 Rep Power: 0	Very nice Zardon... Most excellent system. Looks very clean!

Sep 29, 2002, 09:05 AM	Thread Starter #15
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Thanks guys, im proud of it myself and its so quiet. This motherboard is one of the best ive used. here is a screenie of the system temps sitting at around 1.8ghz. [img]www.zardon.net/sunset/temps.jpg[/img]

Sep 29, 2002, 09:14 AM	#16
kinetic DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester England Posts: 2,559 Rep Power: 0	Very nice indeed! Old system surplus to requirements? By the way you'll never be able to fry an egg with those temps!

Sep 29, 2002, 03:35 PM	#21
Vaporizer WTF Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 174 Rep Power: 0	What is so sweet ? I see nothing out of the ordinary

Sep 29, 2002, 10:09 PM	#23
Vaporizer WTF Join Date: May 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 174 Rep Power: 0	The black mystic rig, that was a very sweet rig.... it might be cause i favor black but it looked cool. As for the Lian Li case i just looked for sweet mods and only found a red CC, didnt look at the matching hardware and all that sorry, but if you look at it like that then it is a sweet rig also (the black one is still sweeter and the lian li more ordinary for me) Im waiting for the 2400+ to come out in stores in Sweden then im upgrading to that one cause i heard it was a great overclocker. Or i might get a 1600+ but im not sure yet. I dont have any pics of my own rig but maybe i can borrow a digicam somewhere, but it isnt hardly modded yet. It is a black Cheiftec Dragon Midi tower (had one the same but full tower but it was so big so i bought a midi) with a small hole in the roof where the tanktop sticks out so i can fill it up there. The watercooling system concists of Black Ice Extreme DD Maze 3 1/2" Eheim 1250 1/2" silicone tubing DD clear reservoir The radiator have a 120mm silent fan @5V blowing through it and it does the job good. I'm fixing up the look of the interior when i get a window kit and some cold cathods in the near future.

Oct 7, 2002, 10:29 AM	#25
~~jackasster~~ BANNED Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: ottawa,canada Posts: 71 Rep Power: 0	wow that looks awsome Z heck even looks better then my wife...lol