Time to add to this thread.
Twaz the night b4 Christmas and all through the house errr... Let's try that again
First things first! THANK YOU Somanyroads!!!
Why, you may ask? Because about 3 weeks ago he sent me a PM asking me if I was interested in some hardware. Well, long story short, the end result of our communiques resulted in Dark Matter.... Which is the name I gave the system.
The hardware
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (Kentsfield)
MB: Gigabyte P43T-ES3G w/(x1) PCIe 16x slot
RAM: (x2) G.SKILL Value 4GB DDR3-1333
GPU: ZOTAC ZT-40605-10L GeForce GT 430 (PCI)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12P 120mm
My On-Hand stuff
Case: Antec SX-1040BII SOHO ATX Tower
PSU: (2nd try) Bitspower(?) 430W
(1st try) Tuniq 550W - Refused to power up. Now scrapped for parts
HDD: (3rd try) WD Caviar Blue 500GB (Pulled from my desktop. Desktop is not very happy atm.)
(2nd try) Seagate 40GB IDE - Started losing sectors - 1,300+/3 hrs
(1st try) WD 40GB IDE - died in 2 hours
Fans: (x4) 80mm, (x1) 120mm
Btw, I wasn't sure the Noctua would fit but it does! About 0.25" between the cooler and 80mm fans. And about the same between the top of the cooler and the case side panel.
note: Pic taken b4 first test.
I also wish to acknowledge the following for their help over the last 12 months
Thank you zombie67 for the (x2) HD 5870
Al McAdams for the Accelero Twin Turbo VGA Cooler and for the HD 5830 (Which will once repaired, make it to Mump's house)
Thank you BOK for the hardware to upgrade Blackie
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 940
MB: Asus M3N72-D
RAM: Kingston DDR2-800 4x2GB
Thank you EmSti for the great deal on the HD 6970
And a Special Thank You goes out to Cruncher Pete, Mike029, Al McAdams, trigggl, Mumps, DrPop, zombie67, BOK, Crazybob's Son, Mad Matt, Beerdrinker, Mr. Hankey, Bryan and coronicus for your friendship and support.
Last but certainly not least, a Big Thank You to everyone for all your contributions, no matter the form, to Team SETI.USA
Peace,
F$
PS. If I have missed anyone (getting old sucks!) then I offer my apologizes. Retribution may be administered in the form of kicking an elk in the nuts.... (but be prepared to run, really really fast!)