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Current Rig
 Updated: 02.15.09

AUX1  

 [Rev. 16]
Component Product  Comments
Case  Lian LI PC-A08  Nice Drive cage.  Mods:  PAX.mate acoustic mat installed on the case floor.  Blue LED 120mm fans.
Power Supply  Coolermaster Real Power Pro 850w  6 12v rails.  Runs the SLI GTX 280's with an efficiency rating >80
Motherboard  eVGA X58 SLI  Great for OC'ing.  PWM runs a bit hot.
Processor  Intel Core i7 920 [2.66GHz]  Currently running at 3.8 GHz.  Will do 4 GHz but the temperatures skyrocket from the needed voltage.
Heatsink / Fan  Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme  IMHO, one of the few air coolers worth the high price tag.
Memory  6 GB Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600  Triple Channel certified with good timings (CL 8) @ 1600MHz
Video Card  eVGA 1GB GTX 280 SSC in SLI  Picked up a second GTX 280 SSC from Mwave.com.  Great place to do business.
Sound Card  Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty  Still hold its own against the more recent PCI-E variants of the X-Fi
OS Hard Drive  Western Digital Raptor X 150GB  Running in RAID 0
Data Hard Drive  Western Digital 750GB  
Optical Drive  LG 22x DVD+/-RW SATA  Quiet spindle
Etc.  Lian Li BS-01  Blower for GPU exhaust

 

The Evolution of AuxOne - Past Modern Builds (DX 9 and Later)
 Updated 06.02.09
 

AUX1  

 [Rev. 15]
Component Product  Comments
Case  Lian LI PC-A08  
Power Supply  Coolermaster Real Power Pro 850w  
Motherboard  eVGA 790i  
Processor  Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 [2.66GHz]  Ran stable at 3.66GHz.  Got too hot in the summer to run any higher.
Heatsink / Fan  Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme  120mm Arctic Cooling fan
Memory  4 GB Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600  Decent timings (CL 9) at 1600MHz.  Ran very cool even to the touch.
Video Card  eVGA 1GB GTX 280 SSC  Factory overclocked.  Coming from 2 8800GTX's, this runs better than expected.
Sound Card  Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty  

        


 

AUX1  

 [Rev. 14]
Component Product  Comments
Case  Lian LI PC-A08  
Power Supply  Silverstone ST60F 600watt Modular  Upgraded to a Coolermaster Real Power Pro 850w to support SLI
Motherboard  eVGA 780i  
Processor  Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 [2.66GHz]  Ran stable at 3.2GHz on this board.  Seemed to be a board limitation as the CPU needed very little extra voltage.
Heatsink / Fan  Scythe MINE w/ 100mm fan  Upgraded to a Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme in an attempt to rule out heat as my OC bottleneck
Memory  4 GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-1066  Ran fairly cool even with the high voltage requirements (2.2v)
Video Card  eVGA 768MB 8800GTX  Upgraded to 2 x 8800GTX in SLI for measurable improvements in Crysis.
Sound Card  Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty  

     


 

AUX1  

 [Rev. 13]
Component Product  Comments
Case  Lian LI PC-7B Plus  
Power Supply  Silverstone ST60F 600watt Modular  Still chugging along
Motherboard  eVGA 680i  Ranks # 3 on my all time favorite motherboard list
Processor  Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 [2.4GHz]  Ran consistently at 3.4GHz.  Ran at 3.3 GHz in the summer.
Heatsink / Fan  Scythe MINE w/ 100mm fan  Extremely quiet fan
Memory  2 GB OCZ DDR2-1000  Memory would not run stable.  Replaced with 4GB OCZ Reaper DDR2-1066.  This would only run at DDR2-800
 speeds.  Replaced again with 4 GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-1066.  This motherboard was picky with memory.
Video Card  eVGA 768MB 8800GTX  Performed well above expectations coming from SLI 7900GTX's
Sound Card  Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty  

        


 

AUX1  

 [Rev. 12]
Component Product  Comments
Case  Lian LI PC-7B Plus  
Power Supply  Silverstone ST60F 600watt Modular  One of the modular cables was faulty; Silverstone replaced the cable at no cost
Motherboard  Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe  The first (and only at the time) motherboard to support a Core 2 Duo CPU AND Nvidia SLI
Processor  Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 [2.4GHz]  Ran at 2.9GHz.  The Asus board was know to be a very poor overclocker.
Heatsink / Fan  Scythe MINE w/ 100mm fan  Extremely quiet fan
Memory  2 GB OCZ DDR2-1000  Memory ran at approx. 900MHz; close to its rated speed.  This was a board limitation.
Video Card  eVGA 512MB 7900GTX in SLI  
Sound Card  Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty  

  


 

AUX1  

 [Rev. 11]
Component Product  Comments
Case  Lian LI PC-7B Plus  
Power Supply  Silverstone ST60F 600watt Modular  The 2nd modular PSU I owned.  Was very stable and powerful.  Efficiency was decent.
Motherboard  Asus A8N32-SLI  The first SLI motherboard I owned.  Every board I have purchased since has supported SLI.
Processor  AMD Athlon 4400+ X2 [2.2GHz]  Ran at 2.65GHz stable.  Not too bad for a socket 939 CPU of the time.
Heatsink / Fan  Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro  Near silent fan.  Great MX1 thermal paste.
Memory  2 GB Corsair XMS DDR-500  Very stable and great latency.  Ran perfect at rated speed and voltage.
Video Card  BFG 256MB 7800GTX  Went through 4 RMA's of this card.  BFG support was hilarious.  Upgraded to eVGA 7900GTX's in SLI on release.
Sound Card  Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty  Wonderful card with fantastic sound... when the drivers worked.

        


 

AUX1  

 [Rev. 10]
Component Product  Comments
Case  Coolermaster ATC-220C  
Power Supply  Ultra X-Connect 500watt Modular  Modular and fairly efficient.  Worked much better than I expected.
Motherboard  Abit AA8XE  Great implementation of the 925XE
Processor  Intel Pentium 540J [3.2GHz]  This presscott ran stable at 4.0GHz.  Was very nice with HT technology.
Heatsink / Fan  Arctic Cooling Freezer 7  Near silent fan.  Great MX1 thermal paste.
Memory  1 GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-667  Ran flawless at rated speed an voltage
Video Card  ATI 256MB Radeon X800 PE  Upgraded to an 256MB X850 XT once released.
Sound Card  Creative Audigy 4 Pro  Nice sound card with external breakout box

        


 

AUX1  

 [Rev. 9]
Component Product  Comments
Case  Coolermaster ATC-220C  Other than the door on the front, this Aluminum case was excellent
Power Supply  Sparkle 400watt  
Motherboard  Abit IC7-G MAX3  The best implementation of the i875P chipset
Processor  Intel Pentium 4 2.4C [2.4GHz]  Nice Northwood CPU.  OC'ed to around 2.8 with a small bump in voltage and would do 2.95GHz with a lot of juice
Heatsink / Fan  Thermalright SLK900U  All Copper heatsink with 80mm fan support
Memory  1 GB Corsair XMS DDR-433  Ran great at CL 2
Video Card  ATI 128MB Radeon 9700 AIW  All-In-Wonder card with TV in / out support
Sound Card  Hercules Game Theater XP  Great sound card with poor driver support.  Upgraded to an Audigy 2 ZS

     



Past Older Builds (DX 8 and Earlier)  *IN PROGRESS*
 Updated 06.02.09

 

AUX1  

 [Rev. 8]
Component Product  Comments
Motherboard  Abit IT7 MAX2  
Processor  Intel Pentium 4 2.4B [2.4GHz]  
Heatsink / Fan  Alpha PAL8045  
Memory  1 GB GeIL DDR-433  
Video Card  Leadtec 128MB Geforce 4 Ti4400  

 

AUX1  

 [Rev. 7]
Component Product  Comments
Motherboard  Abit TH7II-RAID  By far, the best motherboard I have ever owned
Processor  Intel Pentium 4 2.0A [2.0GHz]  OC'ed to 2.8 stable.
Heatsink / Fan  Alpha PAL8045  
Memory  1 GB Samsung RD-1066  This memory cost almost as much as the entire system
Video Card  Leadtec 64MB Geforce 3 Ti200  

 

AUX1  

 [Rev. 6]
Component Product  Comments
Motherboard  Epox 8KHA+  
Processor  AMD Athlon XP 1900+ [1.6GHz]  
Heatsink / Fan  Thermaltake Volcano 6  
Memory  512 MB Crucial DDR-266  
Video Card  MSI 64MB Geforce 2 Pro  

 

AUX1  

 [Rev. 5]
Component Product  Comments
Motherboard  MSI K7 Master  
Processor  AMD Thunderbird 1333  
Heatsink / Fan  Thermaltake Volcano 5  
Memory  512 MB Mushkin DDR-266  
Video Card  MSI 64MB Geforce 2 Pro  

 

AUX1  

 [Rev. 4]
Component Product  Comments
Motherboard  Abit VP6  
Processor  Dual Intel Pentium III 800EB  
Heatsink / Fan  Generic CoolerMaster  
Memory  256 MB Mushkin PC-150  
Video Card  Asus 32MB Geforce 2 GTS  

 

AUX1  

 [Rev. 3]
Component Product  Comments
Motherboard  Asus CUSL2  
Processor  Intel Pentium III 800EB  
Heatsink / Fan  Integrated  
Memory  256 MB Generic PC-133  
Video Card  Asus 32MB Geforce 2 GTS  

 

AUX1  

 [Rev. 2]
Component Product  Comments
Motherboard  Asus P3V4X  
Processor  Intel Pentium III 667  
Heatsink / Fan  Integrated  
Memory  256 MB Generic PC-133  
Video Card  32MB Diamond Viper V770 Ultra  Using the Nvidia TNT 2 Ultra chip, this chip was FAST; especially in AGP 4x mode

 

AUX1  

 [Rev. 1]
Component Product  Comments
Motherboard  Asus P2B  
Processor  Intel Pentium II 350MHz  Upgraded to a Pentium 3 550 Katmai
Heatsink / Fan  Integrated  
Memory  128MB Generic Micron PC-100  
Video Card  Creative 12MB Voodoo II  Upgraded to a Diamond Viper V770 Ultra


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