Wish me luck, im off to do alot of eating

I have already installed windows 2k, clean install on my 30GB hdd at 7200 rpm, lets see how much this raises my score. additionally, I will insert my tbird and pally and try to get the top score for a tbird and pally. so far I think no one broke 10k on a 1GHz tbird with ti4200, maybe ill be teh first :cool: also I shall install the slk-800 afterwards for my tbred but thatll take hours and once I do, itll be permaent too. I will also be updating my sig


edit, my mistake, one guy has 10930 but 200fsb and a radeon 9700 pro....

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6768273


ok 9344 is the world record on a ti4200.......

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=5600042


11378 is the record for a tbird(1325MHz) and ti4200


ah enough talking, I have lots of work to do :)

Work it, T'bird!:p :D Post your benchies when you're done!;) :)

It's about damn time you're putting your SLK-800 on! Now hit 10K!!!!

A few hours to install a heatsink?

Are you sure computers is your cup of tea in life?

I can build about 5 computers in 2 hours from scratch...

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A few hours to install a heatsink?

Are you sure computers is your cup of tea in life?

I can build about 5 computers in 2 hours from scratch...

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Just wish the guy good luck, there is no need to pick apart everything he says.

'bout time with the cooler.

it should take no more than an hour even if you have to take the MB out to install.

don't listen to the peanut gallery, take yer time and do it right, it is your first time with a cooler like this, so do it right.

uh, i said that already.

baldy:D

thank you everyone but get this, I think my hard drive just died!!!!!!!! anyone have a clue when I was installing powerstrip all of a sudden windows 2000 got a bsod! yes a blue screen and said something about a physical memory dump then the comp froze, when I rebooted it, it would not detect my hard disk drive! Could my drive have died at such time? I even tried insalling my working drive(the one im using now, this is backup) as master and the bad drive as slave and it only reconized the master. Ive had that drive for like 3 years why must it die just now? I am going to have to buy a new hard drive, maybe even two, I think best buy has them 40GB maxtor drives for $40 after rebates. This would be my 2nd drive not working, first one I got used off ebay for a buck plus shipping. Probably he sold me a dieing drive, no wonder so cheap. the 2nd one is the maxtor one that worked fine till now. The broken maxtor drive spins but wont get reconized while the broken IBM drive is reconized but cant complete formation, there was an error.

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do you do this stuff because you like the pain?????

the world is a fishbowl of choices, everyone wants a good deal, but common sense would/should flag the remaining brain cells that maybe, just maybe, a deal like this has some bad vibs coming yer way.

you got what you paid for, at least it worked for while.

if the maxtor is less than three years old, you can do the exchange thing, the ones they sold back then had a longer warranty, they could care less who owns it now.

the IBM drive may still be under warranty (doubtful, but.....), just go to IBM/Hitachi's website and punch in the serial number, it will tell you whatis.

you seem to be on a bummer run right now.

karma, you need to develope some of the good stuff right away.

baldy

:cool:

I bought another item from him too so shipping was combined. for a buck it was worth the gamble on the ibm drive but the maxtor drive I had for a while so that baffles me it would just die right now

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ok 9344 is the world record on a ti4200.......

11378 is the record for a tbird(1325MHz) and ti4200

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well they can't both be records!

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A few hours to install a heatsink?

Are you sure computers is your cup of tea in life?

I can build about 5 computers in 2 hours from scratch...

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Dam, last one i built must have taken me 4-5 hours. Of course I've only built a few and I go super slow and take my time. I saw a guy who builds these for a living, he put one together in about 5 mins lol. I couldn't believe it! :eek:

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A few hours to install a heatsink?

Are you sure computers is your cup of tea in life?

I can build about 5 computers in 2 hours from scratch...

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5 computers in 2 hours eh? That's 1 computer every 24 minutes. You're telling me, that you can take a brand-new, empty case, put everything into it (with nice, neat cable paths too), and install an OS? I dunno, but that seems to be awful fast, considering WinXP takes about 15-20 minutes to install (and that's a conservative amount of time).

I'm not saying it can't be done - because I saw a race on TechTV where they had a competition to see who could assemble a computer the fastest (the case had the power supply installed already, and they didn't have to install an OS). I think the fastest team (2 people on a team) got it done in about 8-9 minutes - But it was sloppy as hell, and not something you would ever just leave "as-is".

I'm just saying, that to build a single, nice computer, would take about 2 hours minimum - that's including the OS install. I've been building computers for almost 10 years now, and I've never spent just 24 minutes on one...
Let's put it this way...I wouldn't buy a computer from a place that only spent 24 minutes to put it together.

Granted, I don't think it should take 2 hours to put on a heatsink (unless you want to lap it) - but hey, he wants to make sure it's right the first time.

-Ryan

It all depends on how well you can assemble the system.. I dont always use ties but my cables are neat...

I dont like TechTV (well screen savers since they are nothing but a bunch of idiots!!!!)

But 2 hours to build 5 systems is nothing... No you cannot install the complete OS in that time frame.. I am talking about having it ready for an install of the OS... You know where you dont need to fiddle with the hardware again and you can button up the case...

I have been in the computer business for over 10 years now.. (give or take) I started out with building computers.. I dont even crack open the manual :D :D

"Granted, I don't think it should take 2 hours to put on a heatsink (unless you want to lap it) - but hey, he wants to make sure it's right the first time."

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if you have a full box and have to remove the mb to attach the heatsink, it is going to take some time, especially if you want to make sure of stuffs. mr tbirdy was refering to the heastsink attachment, bolt through on the board, not a ziff clip attachment. big difference.

time yourself for fun some afternoon, shut down yer system, and start working on it, remove the motherboard, mount the board bolts, attach said heatsink, reinstall carefully and make sure everything is hooked right.

a righteous job can take some time, certainly more than 24 minutes.

if he is eating while doing the deed, then it might take more than two hours, hehe.

and, not everyone here builds computers for a living or a side job, so moving through the inards of their prized machines usually takes much longer, the unkown and the unfamiliar make for much slower times.

baldy
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Ahh...I didn't realize it was a heatsink like that...
Yeah, that would take some time. Of course, I'd probably try to keep everything plugged into the mainboard while I dismounted it... ;)

-Ryan

Psssshhhhhh...... you guys... it's not hard to put a machine together in 20mins... lol. What's so hard to believe? I do it everyday at work :p. No OS of course.


But If I were to built 5 of them WITH an OS (your choice), I can build them all In about 2 hours... 2.5hours max. ;).


::grabs his Ghost CD :cool: ::



If all the machines are identical, you really need to install the OS on one of them ;) :).

How strong is the correlation between how long it takes to build a computer and how well it'll perform in 3dmark2kX?

tbird, do your thing man, break the record.
As for the HD for a buck... hey, it's not a bad priced paper weight :D ;)

Replacing a board is very fast, and easy. Shoot, the cables are ALREADY plugged in :). Therefore, they will plug back in the way they were. And it's only like 15 screws max (depending on how many IO cards you posess).


But I would agree, it's a pain at times... but it's hardly a "two hour project" :).

gogogo

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I have been in the computer business for over 10 years now.. (give or take) I started out with building computers.. I dont even crack open the manual :D :D

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My god, give the man a prize. He doesn't even crack open the manual.


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w00t my new hdd works and for the first time I got it to 190fsb, setting a new record. dont hold your breath guys, once I install the slk-800 and once my new ti4200 arrives, ill be well on my way to 14500+ :)

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6857207

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6857213


bottom link is with me at 186fsb. I gained 189 marks with 4fsb and 40MHz faster cpu :) oh I also gained ~700 marks ocing just my ti4200 from 250/513 to 280/560 which is insane! imagine when the next ti4200 I get(soon) that does say 300/620 for example, I should gain anywhere from 700 to 1000 more marks, putting me at 14300 to 14600! and if you add my cpu to the equation, say I get 190x12.5 for 2.38GHz, that alone is 290MHz cpu gain and should get me around 15k marks. If by sheer luck I get my ti4200 even higher than my estimate of 300/620 I could be looking at 15.5k or so :eek: of course this is all speculation but boy I am mighty excited :)

A good use of a dead hard-drive is to open the casing (and reveal the disk) and then nail it to the wall, my friend has his one up on his wall and it never fails to draw people's attention, most of them haven't seen what a hard-drive actually looks like!

John

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=5507858


I have the 2nd fastest 1GHz cpu and ti4200 combo, only Mr. Ice eats me and he has 200fsb, dual channel, a super fast ti4200 and the nf2. he is at about 10.2k I think I can beat him with my new ti4200 ;)
Im also gonna try my tbird in and see later.


I shall edit this post, time to go for 190x5=950MHz now. keep in mind ill try this on both my tbred and tbird so I can set records both ways, hehehe. ill edit this post with updates. you guys said I can not break 10k on 1GHz, well I did it. Ill also break 12k on a tbird and ti4200, or at least try :eek:


9246 is the current record for 950MHz and under while doing a search.

8609 is a 900MHz duron record(ill break 9k anyway, wish I had a duron however)


7567 for 850MHz duron(no athlons got that)

7183 for 807MHz athlon tbird


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http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6857564

******11.5k on 1.33GHz********


http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6857572

**********10.2k on 1045MHz*********


http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6857576


**********9.4k on 950MHz*********


Baldy..........I am waiting to recieve my video cards, I should recieve more than one later today, plus I want to stick in my old tbird and pally and break a whole bunch of 3dmark records, after that the slk-800u goes in and I wont be swapping cpus again. also I spent hours loading windows and the essentals to the new hdd I have now. In the meantime, I did a quick run, see my sig.......13631 so far not bad for 2.09GHz and a crappy 280/560 ti4200 :)

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WtheF, you STILL don't have that SLK on there yet????

baldy :(