SB-E cruncher build: recommendations?

[zombie67]

The Body has arrived! The Guts arrive tomorrow.

[DrPop]

The Body has arrived! The Guts arrive tomorrow.

AWESOME! Man that thing is going to be one sweeeeeeeeet addition to your stable, Z!

[zombie67]

Allright...it's done.

http://boinc.thesonntags.com/collatz...?hostid=101129

- This is my third haf-x, so no surprises of any kind. What a great box. So much room!
- I ordered 12" 8-pin extension, since the PSU is at the bottom, and I wanted to route it under the mobo, and back out the top. I forgot that the haf-x includes it. Stupid me.
- The 12" 24 pin extension came in handy to route it behind the mobo.
- I am seriously concerned about the ASRock Fatal1ty X79 mobo. The box was not shrink wrapped. And the mobo was not in an anti-static bag. I ordered a new board, not a referb or open-box. But I chose to be positive, and just believe it will all be fine. And so far it is. Fingers crossed.
- It's using a pathetic 8800 GT. Still waiting for a real nvidia card, or a dual 7970.
- dropbox with all the regular stuff really helped having to search for and download all the files needed for crunching (cc_config, opt apps, VNC, etc). Just install DB, and all the rest is already right there. Ding!

[DrPop]

Looks like a beauty! Odd about the mobo though - every one I've got from Newegg (even the ASRock ones) always come in the bag, etc...

Looking forward to seeing this baby added to your stable!

[zombie67]

FWIW:

- It ran full bore for almost a day with no problems at all.

- About 2 hours ago, I increased the clock from 3.3ghz to 4.2 ghz (same as my other SB-E). No other changes to things like voltages or whatever. No problems at all so far.

[Fire$torm]

FWIW:

- It ran full bore for almost a day with no problems at all.

- About 2 hours ago, I increased the clock from 3.3ghz to 4.2 ghz (same as my other SB-E). No other changes to things like voltages or whatever. No problems at all so far.

Yahooo! Upwards and onwards!

[DrPop]

...increased the clock from 3.3ghz to 4.2 ghz (same as my other SB-E). No other changes to things like voltages or whatever. No problems at all so far.

Now, that is a beautiful thing! How much temp increase did you get going from 3.3 to 4.2 without changing the voltage?

[zombie67]

Now, that is a beautiful thing! How much temp increase did you get going from 3.3 to 4.2 without changing the voltage?

Hmm. I don't think I looked while still stock. When I upped it to 3.8ghz, the temp was ~68c. At 4.2gbz, it is ~72c.