Ordered my new PC parts

[spikey_richie]

GIGABYTE GA-M59SLI-S5 590SLI AM2 - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128011)

VGA XFX GF7950GT PVT71JYHE9 R - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150189)

PSU COOLMAX|CUG-700B 700W RT - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817159058)

CPU AMD|A64 X2 6000 3.0G AM2 2x1M R - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103773)

MEM 1Gx2|G.SKILL F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231065)

HD 400G|WD 7K 16M SATA2 WD4000AAKS - OEM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822136076)

COMBO LITE-ON|LH-52C1P-185 BK % - OEM (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106059)

PCI ADPT D-LINK|DWL-G510 54M R - Retail (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16833127145)

$1129 - should be crunching by Tuesday :icon_lol:

The favorable US > UK exchange rate has saved me ~£300 ($600)

[PcManiac]

That is awesome dude!
I plan on upgrading soon too!

Same CPU, probably the same Video Card.

Here is the motherboard I plan on using: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813127003
:icon_mrgreen:

[drezha]

Nice.

I got my shuttle today and it didn't work :(
Trying to resurect it, otherwise I'm off to the PC store on Saturday to grab replacement parts.

Though I'm on a 754 socket motherboard this time :icon_eek: I seem to be going back in time!
Mainly because I've got the CPU that came with the Shuttle (I think still works) and I'd bought some DDR RAM, IDE HD etc and all the AM2 boards seem to be DDR2 and SATA :(

[Opteron]

Nice !!! Don't forget to come bye D20L and see how many WU's it can turn out in 24-HRs... :-)

[spikey_richie]

PCManiac - I like the idea of the Debug LED

Drezha - That sucks dude, is it Asus?

Opteron - Will do, although its first job will be to break the 1million mark for me on WCG (35k to go)

[Lagu]

Yes, D20L is a good project for testing. If you can finich 200 or more WU`s I can only congrats you.:icon_wink:

[spikey_richie]

Yes, D20L is a good project for testing. If you can finich 200 or more WU`s I can only congrats you.:icon_wink:

Ok it's on - I like a challenge. I've not crunched D2OL before - is it BOINC or no?

[Bender10]

No Boniky...


But you can run 2 instances of D2OL, 1 for each core. Just install it in 2 different directories:

program files/D2OL

program files/D2OL2


you get my drift....

[spikey_richie]

No Boniky...


But you can run 2 instances of D2OL, 1 for each core. Just install it in 2 different directories:

program files/D2OL

program files/D2OL2


you get my drift....

I sure do Big B :icon_mrgreen: watch this space...

Should I go w/ VM or w/out VM?

[Big Whiskey]

I should hope it does better 200+ units a day
I got two AM2 4200+ doing 450+ units a day
each one running two D2OL instances and Folding on the GPU

[drezha]

[QUOTE=spikey_richie;46138]
Drezha - That sucks dude, is it Asus?
[QUOTE]

The shuttle was a shuttle system :( Which looks great. But I do have some plans for the case ;)

I see no point in chucking away brand new and perfectly working pieces of hardware, so I'm sticking the parts into a Socket 754 Mobo. Which will be either an Asus (http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=7458&category_id=103&manufacturer_id=0) or MSI (http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=13016&category_id=103&manufacturer_id=0) one.
Not sure which one yet.:icon_lol:
Think probably the cheaper of the two.

[Frederic Brillouet]

[quote=spikey_richie;46138]
Drezha - That sucks dude, is it Asus?
[quote]

The shuttle was a shuttle system :( Which looks great. But I do have some plans for the case ;)

I see no point in chucking away brand new and perfectly working pieces of hardware, so I'm sticking the parts into a Socket 754 Mobo. Which will be either an Asus (http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=7458&category_id=103&manufacturer_id=0) or MSI (http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=13016&category_id=103&manufacturer_id=0) one.
Not sure which one yet.:icon_lol:
Think probably the cheaper of the two.
get the nVidia 250, nVidia 250 Gb or the Via K8T800 Pro chipsets (unless you're going integrated graphics or pci-express). Otherwise there's no AGP-lock and that sucks. It keeps my Athlon64 from going beyond 2.2 GHz. I'm too lazy to buy another mobo, mind you.

[drezha]

get the nVidia 250, nVidia 250 Gb or the Via K8T800 Pro chipsets (unless you're going integrated graphics or pci-express). Otherwise there's no AGP-lock and that sucks. It keeps my Athlon64 from going beyond 2.2 GHz. I'm too lazy to buy another mobo, mind you.

Went for the MSI one.

Considering I'm not overclocking, I didn't need AGP lock.:icon_wink:

Besides the Asus one was PCI-e and that would have meant buying a new PCI-e card rather than stick with my current aging nVidia 5200FX. Besides, it's a Skt754..you don't have much choice:icon_wink:

[spikey_richie]

My 754 board is an nVidia 250 GB DFI LanParty

[Opteron]

I should hope it does better 200+ units a day
I got two AM2 4200+ doing 450+ units a day
each one running two D2OL instances and Folding on the GPU

Dang Big Whiskey, if I had a GPU worth its weight in dung I'd get you to teach me that one... Cool!!!:icon_thumright:

[Jeff]

When do the quad cores come out?

[Steve Lux]

Got the e-mail that my replacement RMA'd mobo for my 5200+ is finally on its way back from NewEgg. Perhaps by the weekend I'll have another cruncher going.

[spikey_richie]

It all arrived today :D

Progress pics to come... along with some kick ass points ;)

[spikey_richie]

When do the quad cores come out?

Q3 I think, but don't quote me on that.

[LeBo]

What kind of CPU cooler did you get for the 6000+?

[Opteron]

When do the quad cores come out?

AMD's quad-core Opteron processor, which goes by the code name Barcelona, is not due out until the middle of 2007. The first Barcelona processors to roll out of the factory will be for two- to eight-socket servers and workstations...

[mitchellds]

cant wait to see the price

[Beerknurd]

I'm sure it will be a pretty penny...

[spikey_richie]

What kind of CPU cooler did you get for the 6000+?

The HSF that comes stock is pretty meaty, so i'm going to see how I get on with that for a while.

I have a water cooling system for my 754 3400+, so I might put that back to air cooled and find an AM2 CPU block which works with my water cooling system.


I got everything plumbed last night, and Windows installed. I can't however get online yet as my MAC address isn't in the router (i shot myself in the foot there - the other 2 PC's in the list are my now dismantled 3400+ and my friends laptop)

Pics to follow probably tonight :)