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    Posted: 09 Sep 2009 at 4:56pm
Got my pc today finally, been waitng a month now for its return. This thing is a beast , handles my games very well.ill have to post some pics when i get a chance.
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What are the specs? Post pics!

Also this should be in the Customer Reviews section.
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Config ID: Configuration Name:

Q:
DSO-140682 Digital Storm Desktop 140682 1
Chassis Model: Special Deal Hot Seller - Antec Nine Hundred Two
Exterior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Interior Finish: - Standard Factory Finish
Trim Accents: - No Thanks
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz (Quad Core)
Motherboard: EVGA or XFX (NVIDIA 790i Ultra Chipset) (Supports SLI)
System Memory: 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Digital Storm Certified by mushkin enhanced (Highly Recommended) (Hand Tested)
Power Supply: 750W Digital Storm Certified (Dual SLI Compatible) (Silent Edition)
Card Reader: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 1: Operating System: 1x (500GB Western Digital (16MB Cache) (7200 RPM) (SATA)
Set 1 Raid Options: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 2: Multimedia\Data: - No Thanks
Hard Drive Set 3: Backup\Misc.: - No Thanks
Optical Drive 1: DVD±R/RW/CD-R/RW (DVD Writer 20x / CD-Writer 48x)
Optical Drive 2: - No Thanks
Internet Access: High Speed Network Port (Supports High-Speed Cable / DSL / Network Connections)
Video Card(s): 1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 896MB (Includes PhysX Technology)
Add-on Card: - No Thanks
Sound Card: 7.1 24-bit / 192kHz Decoding High Definition Integrated Audio
Extreme Cooling: Standard Digital Storm Certified Factory Heat-sink and Fan
Liquid Color: - Not Applicable, I do not have a H20: Stage 3 Cooling System Selected
Chassis Airflow: Standard Factory Chassis Fans
Internal Lighting: - No Thanks
Enhancements: - No Thanks
Chassis Mods: - No Thanks
CPU Boost: - No Thanks
Graphics Boost: - No Thanks
Memory Boost: - No Thanks
Windows Boost: - No Thanks
Windows OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium (64-Bit Edition) With Windows 7 Upgrade Coupon
Restore Kit: Digital Storm Specialized Recovery System (DVD Image Based)
Virus Protection: - No Thanks
Office: - No Thanks
Benchmarking: - No Thanks
Pre-Install Game: - No Thanks
LCD Display: - No Thanks
Surge Shield: - No Thanks
Speakers: - No Thanks
Keyboard: - No Thanks
Mouse: - No Thanks
External Storage: - No Thanks
Exclusive T-Shirt: - No Thanks
Priority Build: Ship Within 72-Hours After Order Is Successfully Processed
Warranty: 3 Year Platinum Care Extended Parts & Labor Warranty
MISC Stage 3 CPU cooling By: Eric 8/3/2009 1
MISC Rebuild Fee Plus stage 1 OC By: Eric 8/3/2009 1
MISC upgraded to gtx275 from the gtx260 By: Eric 8/18/2009 1
 i tryed to post thier but it woulden't let me.ill have to take some pictures i havent had time to yet.
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3750.2 was my final oc
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thats pretty good congrats now where are the pics

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my pictures are too big any way to make  them smaller?

Edited by hemi392 - 10 Sep 2009 at 6:11pm
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just upload them to photo bucket and then post the thumbnails

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Nice rig man. I am sure you are loving it. I like the look of your system blue and black. Enjoy!!
i7 [email protected](3.67ghz turbo)
6G Mushkin DDR3 Ram
2x Nvidia 275 in SLI
750 PC Power and Cooling PSU
MSI X58M
Asestek Liquid Cooling
Haf 922 Case
22' ASUS 1920x1080

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yea its got some blue lights in side of it too looks cool at night.
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Looking good

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Originally posted by hemi392



Thats some awesome stuff there!

Have you fired it up with some games? I bet it is awesome!
-Clocks
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arma2  is about the only game iv been playing so far
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Very nice and i like that case style. Enjoy your rig man.
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i got a 120mm fan for the side yesterday has a blue LED  on it, kinda of a tight fit thou .got it so its blowing air in toward my gpu. looks pretty cool now in the dark with all the blue lights glowing.
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looks like u got some messy cables back there buy a cord organizer other than that looks great
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yea thier from my old pc i got it sitting on top of my desk now so its all nice and neat now
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does overclocking it more than what ds did to it void the warranty any one know?
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Originally posted by harleyman

Only if you burn the chip up......

And that's never good as we all know...
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ok 70c on a load is like the max temp for a q9650 right? anything above that will burn up the chip.or is volts more a killer than temp?
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whats the max core volts and fsb volts for a q9650 anyone know?
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85*C core temp is good, with 90*C being my personal max.

You can go as high as you want on voltage provided you can keep it cool under full load with Prime95 or LinX.

I don't think the great debate on volts vs. temp kills the chip quicker has ever had a definite conclusion.


Even if the chip dies, it is still covered under warranty provided you originally ordered overclocking.


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well i got it up to 4ghz and the temps are holding pretty good ill post some results. i tryed to go more but i cant get it to stable out and the temps were kinda hot.im still messing with it not pushing it to the extreme thou .i dont want to burn it up.
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before a load on it

Capture2.JPG
with a load using OCCT

Capture1.JPG
cpu-z pic
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Wow that is a good chip to have a vcore that low for 4GHz.  Temps are very good...

Go higher!  You should be able to hit 4.2, maybe 4.4GHz

By the way ignore that System temperature, it has never reported right in HWMonitor.
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ok. i tryed but it keeps crashing or lock's up. what would i have to increase to stable it out better?
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and the temps are on the hotter side around 70C+
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70*C is cold for me.  Most likely you will need an increase in CPU Vcore, maybe an increase in FSB Voltage. 

Are you slowly increasing the FSB?  Try 1800 FSB without changing anything else first.  Make sure your RAM is still at the rated speed or lower if you are linking the FSB and RAM

Post your current BIOS settings for CPU Vcore, FSB Voltage, MCP Voltage, SPP Voltage.


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CPU Vcore{auto}1.35v
CPU FSB{1.325v}
mem{auto}1.50v
Nforce spp{auto}1.42
Nforce mcp{auto}1.50v
cpu pll{auto}1.5v
gtlvref all on auto
lane0 -50
lane1-50
lane2+0
lane3+0
cpu freq 4000mhz
cpu mult 9x
fsb mhz 1778
mem mhz 1333
p1 auto
p2 auto
mem timing expert9-9-9-24-2t
fsb-mem clock mode{unlinked}
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ill give that a try a sec and let u know what it does
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Set the CPU Vcore to 1.4v, run a test and see if that gives you any issues.  If not, go higher.  If so, then set it back to 1.35v and increase the FSB Voltage to 1.35v.  If that works go higher, if not increase the CPU Vcore to 1.375-1.4 and try testing again.
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ok will give it a try thanks
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what test program should i use when doing this, stay with occt or somthing differnt
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temps where good but the occt failed in core1 error after a few mins. that was just by moving up the fsb to 1800.i try the others now
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I use LinX.

http://www.youwatched.com/datajay/linx(0.63).7z
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