IC7-G On Its Way!

[Player0]

Not mine, although I'll probably make it my workstation here at work. Had a $1000 budget for a new PC here at work, so I went with the IC7-G, a 2.4C, 512m XMS 3200LL, and a Ti4200 (for NView). Plus a Western Digital Raptor SATA drive. Could only afford one though, I can do RAID later I guess. I had to get a case, kb, mouse, cd, psu, and a cooling fan, so that $1000 budget went fast :)

[Drake]

Ohh, new work computer :D. Any overclocking?

[Player0]

Yeah, at least some Im sure. Depends on how cool the CPU runs. Since I only got a 2.4 though, I want to clock it at least some :)

[lechumbl]

Hi Tom,

I smell a new folding machine?

Take care.........

[bigg]

Nice sounding rig. Especially for $1G. :D

[lechumbl]

Originally posted by bigg
Nice sounding rig. Especially for $1G. :D

Hi bigg,

1 million?
Damn, I hope it IS a nice sounding rig.

Take care.......

[Player0]

Million?

[Nick2k3]

Originally posted by lechumbl
Hi bigg,

1 million?
Damn, I hope it IS a nice sounding rig.

Take care.......

Lol, he meant $1G meaning $1 grand (UK term, not sure if US people know it) basically grand = 1000.

So he meant $1000.

Lol, if I were paying 1 million for a PC I'd want it to wipe my backside as well as give me breakfast in bed :mosh:

[Player0]

Got the IC7 installed today. No OS for it yet thuogh. The P4 2.4C temps are high, about 47c with the Zalman cooler in BIOS. Maybe I did something wrong. Anyway, it took me a while to get the CD-ROM working. Turns out that the SATA controller will override the PATA ports automatically, so you have to fiddle with some BIOS settings to get a mix of SATA/PATA to work.

First impressions of the board? I hate the ATX power connector where it is, it gets in the way of all the drive cables. The CD Audio connector is also ill-paced, right at PCI 1. I tried putting both the CD-Rom cable AND the USB/FireWire port there, since that PCI slot is wasted anyway. They don't fit well together there. Minor complaint. The big Zalman fit on the board easy enough, barely missing a few capacitors. Those P4's are small arent they!!

What else...the northbridge cooler looks good. The board itself looks real nice. Its crammed pack full of goodies. No other real complaints. It sure is fast. It blows my 2.4A away.

[Player0]

1000mhz overclock. Haven't touched a voltage. Running 285mhz quad-pumped, for 3,420mhz. Runnnig Prime, 3dmark and folding, 63c temps reported by MBM at full load. Rock solid, all default voltages, and with a Zalman cooler designed for quiet. All out of a $1000 work machine with nothing special.

W.O.W.

Have I mentioned that I haven't capped the default voltage yet? Everytime i raise up the FSB, it keeps taking it. I can still go higher!

More to come.