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- Dec 4, 2008
I bought this Zalman HTPC case 2 months ago just because of its irresistable beauty......and had a great deal for it. A week ago I had a chance to grab a combo $159 at Fry's E8500 E0 retail box + Bio Star mobo (didn't use mobo) and began building with mixed old and new parts.
This could be a HTPC or a real Desk Top computer...since I overclock it as well.
E8500 E0 Fry's Retail Box
Empty New HTPC Case ... 99% made of Aluminum.
Frontal Area
Installed DVD+/- drive and Multi-Flash Media Reader
Wi-fi draft N – 300Mbps and Creative AUDIGY 2 ZS
My old 7300GT graphic card.....fan removed due to too much noise
Seagate 640GB with 32MB cache ver. 7200.11
My spare Gigabyte P35-DS3R with Cooler Master GeminII S
Ready to rumble with 4GB GSkill PC6400 Black...not bad at 912MHz
To make it nice a quiet, all fans are mod to runs at 5 or 7v
Later replacement of stock Cooler Master's fan with an Artic Cooler for quieter
Milk jug mod for direct intake fresh air into the CPU
A bluetooth keyboard would cures problem with wireless if used as an HTPC
Frontal VFD messages
............
Alright, I had this tested with PC8500 and ran at 4.41GHz......
http://i25.tinypic.com/51ehw6.jpg
..but I thought was a waste. So, replaced with PC6400 and finalized at 4.33GHz
Super PI
1 hour OCCT Mix
Intel Burn-in Test #1 with 10 loops
I though it would be fun and always run this Intelli-Scan against my other machines.......and this one racked up the fastest and quietest rig.
BIOS VCORE = 1.43125v
yes....I got a stuck temp sensor
This could be a HTPC or a real Desk Top computer...since I overclock it as well.
E8500 E0 Fry's Retail Box
Empty New HTPC Case ... 99% made of Aluminum.
Frontal Area
Installed DVD+/- drive and Multi-Flash Media Reader
Wi-fi draft N – 300Mbps and Creative AUDIGY 2 ZS
My old 7300GT graphic card.....fan removed due to too much noise
Seagate 640GB with 32MB cache ver. 7200.11
My spare Gigabyte P35-DS3R with Cooler Master GeminII S
Ready to rumble with 4GB GSkill PC6400 Black...not bad at 912MHz
To make it nice a quiet, all fans are mod to runs at 5 or 7v
Later replacement of stock Cooler Master's fan with an Artic Cooler for quieter
Milk jug mod for direct intake fresh air into the CPU
A bluetooth keyboard would cures problem with wireless if used as an HTPC
Frontal VFD messages
............
Alright, I had this tested with PC8500 and ran at 4.41GHz......
http://i25.tinypic.com/51ehw6.jpg
..but I thought was a waste. So, replaced with PC6400 and finalized at 4.33GHz
Super PI
1 hour OCCT Mix
Intel Burn-in Test #1 with 10 loops
I though it would be fun and always run this Intelli-Scan against my other machines.......and this one racked up the fastest and quietest rig.
BIOS VCORE = 1.43125v
yes....I got a stuck temp sensor
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