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Everything is ready to go74 viewsGot the heatsink mounted okay and the fan plugged in. Now let's see what it can do!
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Laptop motherboard53 viewsThe laptop's motherboard. The CPU is the green thing off to the left, the chipset (945PM) is to the right of that, the thin brown thing to the right of that is the proprietary PCI Express x16 slot Dell uses for their video cards, and to the right of that is the southbridge.
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Crap on floor 121 viewsP3 933 and Athlon on floor with assorted boxes and cleaning supplies
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The nForce4 Ultra before modification58 viewsI figured that since I was replacing the heatsink, I might as well modify the chipset to support SLi. You just cut through the epoxy on the right side bridge and connect the bridges using conductive paint or graphite.
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The 780047 viewseVGA 7800 GTX with the stock heatsink, but not for long :D.
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Airflow is good11 viewsI decided that since I was putting in a new video card, I might as well clean up my cabling mess in my old case. I spent around 2-3 hours redoing everything. The results are worth it though. Now the airflow through the bottom "wind tunnel" is better :P.
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Silencer ready for installation30 viewsCleaned off the thermal pad that comes on the Silencer so I could use my Ceramique on it.
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Chipset13 viewsThe chipset, with the SCSI controller to the left. It doesn't require a heatsink yet it's bare-die. I suppose I could try putting a small video RAM heatsink on it...
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At home36 viewsGetting ready to install the Windows 7 beta on the i7, all of my other machines have it installed for dual/triple boot.Feb 15, 2009
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Dual fans40 viewsI put a second Noctua on the CPU heatsink to aid in overclocking. I used four zip ties to hold the back fan onto the front, it seems to be working quite well so far. I also put two CD spindle plastic washers between the heatsink block and the bracket to clamp down harder on the CPU.Feb 15, 2009
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3.7 stable43 viewsIt took me a few days but I finally got to 3.7 GHz stable with the RAM running as close to DDR3-1600 speeds as I could. I might try for 3.8 sometime later.Feb 15, 2009
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Getting started31 viewsGetting the CPU heatsink (Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme) installed, which was a huge pain in the ass.Feb 15, 2009
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Putting the motherboard in35 viewsA big case makes putting a motherboard in much easier :).Feb 15, 2009
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Wiring it up30 viewsLots of wires and crap to hook up. The 8-pin EPS power cable wasn't long enough to go on the right side of the motherboard, so I had to route it around the back of the expansion slots and tie it off to the chipset/MOSFET heatpipe.Feb 15, 2009
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Radeon 4870 without heatsink33 viewsApplying Ceramique paste before putting on the Zalman VF-1000.Feb 15, 2009
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Radeon with new heatsink29 viewsIt keeps the card at around 70-72 C overclocked.Feb 15, 2009
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