Got My New Computer

[gamer007]

Hey everyone, got my new computer working after 2 reformats. :mad: 1st install of WinXP MCE went fine, but the USB drivers somehow were missing. So after a 2nd install, it's now fine. :)

Specs:

ASUS P5WD2 Premium mobo
Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz (I apologize for having an Intel processor here. :P )
1GB DDR2 RAM
ATI Radeon X700 Pro 256mb
Integrated Realtek ALC882 HD-Audio

Now that I have a faster computer (old one was AMD Athlon XP 1700+ 1.4GHz), I'm ready to hopefully gain some extra ranks in projects. Especially in the last few projects in this year's BOINC contest. :twisted:

This damn Prescott core runs way to hot to my liking. 60-70 degrees Celsius. And there's 4 fans in this case. The PSU, back fan, front fan, side fan, and CPU fan. :mad: This summer's heat isn't helping either...

[vaughan]

It will be an excellent performer on Math projects like Seventeen or Bust, Riesele Sieve LLR or Prime Sierpinski Project PSP.

What do you think of Windows MCE?

[PcManiac]

congrats on the new compy ! I love that feeling that you have when you build a new machine, and get it up and running .... ahhh ... I want to build another one now! my next will be dual core, or FX.

[gamer007]

MCE is good so far. It's too bad I don't have a coaxical outlet in my room, I can't use the TV feature. :-(

Only reason I got MCE is because my dad bought it OEM w/ his computer before he gave it to me. But one good thing about it is I don't think I'll be needing a 3rd party DVD player.

[Empty_5oul]

have you done any sort of benchmarking.
what score does it get on 3DMark (i think 2003 is in the downloads section here)

[gamer007]

I'll do it right now. I'll be going to sleep in a few minutes soon.

And boy the Prescott core is a heat furnace! 70 degrees celsius! This CPU better not meltdown soon.

[gamer007]

Sigh.. here's my results:

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/3300/3dmark0no.png

So how is this?

[Evil-Dragon]

Pretty good for 3D Mark. Getting a high score in 3D Mark is very hard, i don't think i got much more than that, i'm sure mine was in the 4800 range.

[spikey_richie]

You should be using 3DMark 06 from www.madonion.com

[Empty_5oul]

from personal experience 06 pushed my machine too far and not much would run :( whereas in 03 i runs every test (even though the harder tests e.g. the wildlife and water one test 5 i think.)

i think its better to use the slighty older version but have it complete all tests and give actual numbers/frames per second etc. rather than "failed to run" messages.

[spikey_richie]

True :cool:

[spikey_richie]

So here's my 3D mark 03 score:

http://spikey-richie.co.uk/temp/3dmark03.jpg

[AMD-USR_JL]

I got 5831 with the same video card as gamer

[gamer007]

What's your CPU?

[spikey_richie]

My mark is with a 3400+ 754, running at stock with 1gb of PC3200 running stock and a 6800LE running at stock on a DFI LanParty 3 250gb

[gamer007]

Interesting, after switching the RAM to dual channel (2x512MB), I got 3212 marks. :?

I lost over 1000 points. :-(

[spikey_richie]

Interesting, after switching the RAM to dual channel (2x512MB), I got 3212 marks. :?

I lost over 1000 points. :-(

Weird. Do you have any dividers setup? Have you run something like Everest@Home to check everything out?

[gamer007]

Dividers? What's that. :?

What I did was move the 2nd 512MB stick to slot 0 in the other channel. It was side-by-side and single channel.

[spikey_richie]

http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?t=327

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You did ask ;) O:)

[gamer007]

Hehe, I'm not overclocking anything. Everything in the BIOs is set to default.

I don't see why I should lose points w/ dual channel. Perhaps I should switch back to single?