New Rig

[webwizard]

Just finished building my new rig and booted up the first time. Guess I was just lucky on this build.

Asus P5N-E SLI nVidia nForce 650i Intel 775, Intel Core 2 Duo processor E8500 3.16 GHz, Antec Earthwatts 500 PSU, 4GB Ram. Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Fan, Antec Sonata III 500 case, Western Digital 500 GB HD, 2 XFX 9600GT XXX Alpha Dog Video cards, 2 Antec TriCool 92mm DBB Case Fans and Antec Super Cyclone Blower.

[choppy]

very nice rig my friend, get some benchies up!
btw hows the fp7 keeping the e8500? and is 500watts enough to power all that? maybe pushing it a bit...

[Cold Storm]

If, Webwizard, you feel there is, there is to ways to look at it. Get the stock volts of all your products, then add it up. Or, go to a PSU Calculator (http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp) and it will help you there..
It does look like a awesome system, just waiting to see some benches man!

[Paulieg]

very nice rig my friend, get some benchies up!
btw hows the fp7 keeping the e8500? and is 500watts enough to power all that? maybe pushing it a bit...

At first glance, that Antec psu should be fine, since those 9600GT are not all that power hungry. Of course, more power is always better if you plan to add more HDD's, but it should be fine for now.

[webwizard]

I ran the numbers and it said a 400 watt is what's needed. To be on the safe side I am going to bump it up to a Antec 650 which the egg has on sale right now for $99.99. Once I get the new PSU I'll post the new marks. Nice feature is if I go for a bigger video card needing a 6 and 8 pin this unit has it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371011

The ACP7 keeps the temp 43C.

[Cold Storm]

well, the 500 is good for ya. It has the head room that is need so you don't have to buy in the next 6 months or anything.
But, the Antec 650 will be good for you also. Pretty nice price on it. Just know that now things are getting to the fact where products are using less power from the PSU, just making sure the rails are what is needed.

[webwizard]

I thought I was happy with my new rig until I played on a friends machine today. So now to get this thing where I want it I am saving up to buy 2 GeForce 9800 GTX cards, a QX9650 45 nm 12MB L2 3.00 GHz 1333 MHz and a new Antec NeoPower 650 ATX12V / EPS12V 650W Power Supply. Once I get this to where I want it and OCed I'll be posting the benchies.

[webwizard]

Added 2 more Antec 120mm TriCool case fans and the difference is unbelievable. Slowly the tweaking and upgrades are coming together.


Voltage CPU : 1.18 V
+3.3V Voltage : 2.99 V
+5V Voltage : 5.02 V
+12V Voltage : 13.21 V
DIMM : 0.10 V
NB : 0.05 V
VTT : 2.99 V
VBAT : 3.01 V
Processor Fan : 1159 rpm
Chassis Fan : 1002 rpm
Power/Aux Fan : 787 rpm
Processor Temperature : 32 °C
Processor Temperature (Core 1) : 38 °C
Processor Temperature (Core 2) : 39 °C
Mainboard Temperature : 30 °C
ACPI Thermal Zone : 40 °C

Video Monitoring : nVidia Driver
GPU Temperature : 31 °C
GPU Fan : 35%

Hard Disk Monitoring : S.M.A.R.T
Hard Disk Temperature ST3160815AS : 28 °C

[kyle2020]

very nice system my friend, might have to consider switching to an intel based system soon and consider the new 9 series. Very nice!