Wilhelm-Tell wrote:Nice build.

How fast does it do SuperPi (1m) ?

Using Super PI program 47 seconds for 1M - this is probably not very fast - although only one core seems to get nailed to around 80% doing it.

I don't think these Athlon CPU's were known for being power house peices?

Temps now stablised at 25(CPU) - 35(MB) and 748 rpm fan...


I'd say that was my idle temps - the other set was just having installed Sissoft and played a little...

OK, Just used Sisoft Sandra 2009 Lite system burn in for 30 minutes (ish). CPU tests selected = Arithmetic, Multimedia and Multicore efficiency. 95% CPU utalisation. Ad hoc checks showed both cores running full wack at 2GHz. ASUS PC Probe 2 to record tempretures. Run time from 22:50 - 23:22 - around...

Dave - The first expansion slot is completely covered by the fins - there is about 2/3 mm to the edge of the next PCI connector dhanson865 - Struggling to get speedfan to work - my bios read cpu at 29 while northbridge at 32 on a reboot. Speedfan at idle reads temps of 25c, 34c, 25c, 40c, 18c - I'm...

yamahaSHO / dhanson865 Guys - what did you use to stress test? I've used CPU burn in the past but I guess a better tool would be something that worked the CPU and GPU? ATITool doesn't appear to work. Is it worth trying one of the windows utilities? I've have the HL2 CS stress test but that probably ...

oh: CallmeRoth - yep - that first stick is tucked right up under there - but you can get it out - but it is even more of a fiddle in the case... Another small thing I've noted is that the PSU cables come out on the side panel side rather than near the motherboard tray - as I would normally expect th...

All, sorry I have been a bit quiet - notification isn't working for me right now - just assumed the system was kinda normal SPCR fare so didn't raise much interest... :roll: that Linux guy - thanks mate - yeah theres not a lot in it - I haven't put back in my TV card yet - but thats probably all I'l...

This seems like a nice way to pop my real post cherry – some details of my latest quiet rig? Specs: Antec Solo case Seasonic S12-430 PSU Noctua NF-S12-1200 rear fan Asus M2A-VM HDMI AMD Athlon 3600 X2 + Scythe Ninja 2 heatsink OCZ platinum XTC PC2-6400 (I'm a silver rather tha gold kinda guy!!!) P...

Nice rig - I'll post so I can stick up my little solo rig too