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Mach II has a larger compressor and has a lot of other things such as lcds and a more flexible hose and it has maybe around 10C better temps than a mach 1. YOu can easily get a mach 1 modded for around $250 and it'll get around -60 to -50C loaded. I was planning to get my mach I modded but i dont know now since i kinda want klipsch ultras or a a64 setup
What does modding it do/accomplish?Quote:
Originally posted by JetForce Gemini X
Mach II has a larger compressor and has a lot of other things such as lcds and a more flexible hose and it has maybe around 10C better temps than a mach 1. YOu can easily get a mach 1 modded for around $250 and it'll get around -60 to -50C loaded. I was planning to get my mach I modded but i dont know now since i kinda want klipsch ultras or a a64 setup
modding it allows you to get much lower temps and less variation between load and idel temperatures. btw you probably can't mod it yourself unelss you have experience in refrigeration since you'll have to vacum the R134A and then charge it with R404a or R507 and i tihnk you need a liscense for that
Hey Folks, you noticed that I removed a few post. Just a reminder to keep thread on topic.
Here we go,
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Heres my very first build. not the greatest but it was cheap only around $300.
Athlon XP 3000 barton
pc2700 512mb ram
geforce4 mx440 8X
60gb 7,200 rpm 2mb cache maxtor HD
Soyo Dragon KT400 MB
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New Money Trap, had a great Christmas :D
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Upgraded my CPU :-P
lmao this thread is still alive
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The 'Last of the V-8 Police Interceptor's' (as I call it) tearing up the "Information Super-Highway" (Best System I have made to date)
MotherBoard, CPU, Ram, Video, Monitor, & PowerSupply:
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* H/T Pentium4 3.2ghz 512kb L2 cache
(Eventually upgrade to P4 "Extreme Edition" w/ 2mb onboard L2 cache)
* 512mb Corsair DDR PC-3200 400mhz RAM speed set Cas/2
(Eventual upgrade to 1gb PC-4200 533mhz capable RAM by GEIL or OCZ)
* ATI Radeon 9800XT AGP 256mb DDR Ram 2d/3d video overclocked 450/425 + modified cooling next line w/latest ATI Catalyst 5.4 drivers...
* Abit IC7-Max3 H/T CPU + SATA/PATA RAID motherboard & latest BIOS
* Silicon Image 3114 onboard striping/mirroring SATA & PATA capable latest BIOS (11/30/2004) RAID firmware onboard controller
* 19" Micron (Trinitron flatscreen) monitor 120hz refresh rate @32-bit "True-Color" 1600x1200
* 530 watt dual fan Antec powersupply (w/ old coffin style Pentium III aluminum heatsink attached @ top being blown over by 3.5" fan).
Disks:
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* 1 WD "RAPTOR" 36gb 10,000rpm 8mb buffered SATA bootdrive cooled by Thermaltake IDE aluminum heatsink encasements + 2 fan intake & front of case temp. gauges + sensors.
* 1 WD "RAPTOR" 74gb 10,000rpm 8mb buffered SATA storagedisk cooled by Thermaltake IDE aluminum heatsink encasements + 2 fan intake & front of case temp. gauges + sensors.
* CENATEK ROCKET DRIVE PCI-SCSI SOLID STATE RAMDISK + 2gb PC-133 SDRAM
* 2 WD PATA-100 120gb JB "Caviars" 7200rpm 8mb buffered EIDE storage drives cooled by ZALMAN heatpipe cooler on top & sides of drive + 3 fan intake on case for lower part of drive.
* HiVal Dual Sided 9gb capable Cd-Writer/DvD Writer Combo 16x10x32x8x CdRw DvD Player EIDE Ultra DMA 33 model
* Iomega ZipDrive 750mb EIDE Internal IDE Mode 4
* SanDisk RamCard USB 1.0 reader for Camera memory card
* SanDisk Ramdrive USB 2.0 "Cruzer" model external storage "keychain" drive.
* Abit "Secure IDE" card (for storage drive 40-bit encryption on PATA disks - my 120gb WD's)
Sound & Multimedia:
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* Onboard IC7-Max3 RealTek AC97 Soundcard
* Altec Lansing ACS-45 Subwoofer & midranges
* Hauppauge WinTV32 USB television tuner
* IBM PC USB Camera
* 2 Belkin 4 port Stackeable USB Hub extenders
* Argus 5.0 MegaPixel Digital Camera (3x optical zoom, 2x digital zoom).
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* Microsoft Intellimouse Pro LaserMouse USB-Ps/2 type (overclocked in packetization for gaming)
* Logitech Wingman Force "Force Feedback" racing wheel & pedals
* Logitech Wingman "Force Feedback" Force3D joystick
* Cirque Ergonomic GlidePoint Touchpad mouse built-in keyboard
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* Optimum Online CableModem (motorola surfboard type) @ 5.2mb/sec. download from SpeedGuide.net (back to TimeWarner now, both equally as fast in 2005 since TW updated)
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* Epson Action Laser 1500 LaserPrinter LPT1
* HP DeskJet 3650 Color Printer (4800x1200 dpi photo-quality)
* HP ScanJet 2200c USB
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Fan arrangement in FULL TOWER CASE:
* Abit IC7-Max3 "inside out OTES" built-onto-mobo cooler system.
* Northbridge/SouthBridge native Abit IC7-Max3 "orb" cooler.
* 1 top 3.5" ceiling fan 'blowhole' type style
* 2 top/side 5"/120mm fans at top sides draws hot air upward in case
* 2 rear 3.5" hot air exhaust fans RAID 0 stripe/array 3 drive bay coolers
* 1 3.5" floor fan blowing in front of add-on cards
* 2 case drilled 3.5" side fans
* 2 SlotMounted 3.5" fans below case hole fans positions
* 1 powersupply fan + Old-Style "Coffin" CPU heatsink on top
* 1 Slot-Mount cooler draws hot air off CENATEK RocketDrive out of case.
* 3 drivebay mount diskcoolers (3 486 style fans each - 9 fans intake cold air over RAID array & main drive)
* 5.25" drivebay front-case mount CPU temp. gauge unit reading in Farenheit.
* Thermaltake 2 aluminum heatsinks & 51.1 cfm/8000rpm fan on vidcard upper RAM chips on stock copper flat unit (mod by APK).
* Intel copper core + Aluminum shrouded heatsink from boxed cpu set w/ Artic Silver III contact medium on P4 3.2ghz H/T CPU.
* Ram Heatsink/Heatspreader (with 486 size ballbearing cooling fans) by ThermalTake on 3 other major chips on mobo adhesed w/ Arctic Silver Thermal adhesive.
Operating System Setup/Arrangement & Tunings:
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Windows Advanced Server 2003 SP #1 Operating System FULLY patched!
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Damn you people with SLi!!! My views towards SLi is changing and I dont want to move to it yet.. Must resist! To much work to move to SLi right now :(
HL2 4x aa 8x anistropic 1280x1024 max detail running at a smooth 200 FPS... does dip to 100 on the real intensive parts, but meh :p
NFSU 2 1280x1024 4x 8x max detail again, looks stellar, I'll get some shots up :p
still need to work on the 05 score though, sitting at 9500 (roughly)