My fan-tastic rig, with 3dmark05/06 scores!

[Col Frost]

Just built my second ever self-built rig.

-Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 OC'd to 2.89 GHz
-CPU cooler: Zalman CNPS9700-LED Aero Flower
-Asus P5N32- SLI Premium Wifi-AP edition.
-Antec 900 Ultimate gaming case
-CPU temp: 25 C
-GPU temp: 59 C (idle)
-Motherboard temp: 28 C
-Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-6400C4 Twin X (2x1GB)
-Evga GeForce 8800 GTX OC'd to 633MHz core and 1974MHz DDR3
-Western Digital Raptor X 150GB 10,000rpm SATA
-OCZ GameXStream 700w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 PSU

3dmark05: 16936
3dmark06: 11065

[aG3Nt0R4NG3]

Niceness... Very nice rig, loving everything about it... with the exception of the subwoofer placement. Needs to be on the ground. Other than that, 9/10!

[Col Frost]

Thanks for the tip, sounds like i will need to find a space on the floor somewhere.

[AruisDante]

very nice, but your bench scores are horribly CPU limited at the moment. Squeeze a little more juice outta that chip!

[aG3Nt0R4NG3]

Originally Posted by Col Frost

Thanks for the tip, sounds like i will need to find a space on the floor somewhere.

No problem, the bass is going to reverberate off of your desk and onto all of your peripherals instead of off of the solid floor and into your ears... it will sound a lot better

Also if you stick the woofer in the corner of the room, you will get a more boomier bass sound. Some people don't like that, but if you can, you should give that a try.

[Col Frost]

I've tried increasing the voltage to the cpu and the northbridge/southbridge, but with only limited success.

From what i can determine, from the comments of others on the web, the fsb on the mobo i'm using can't be pushed beyond the 330 mark, and there is no control over the cpu multiplier.

I am going to attempt to update the bios(daunting prospect) once my floppy drive arrives in the mail in the hope thaty this might improve matters.

I just wish i'd bought the P5b asus motherboard instead, which by all accounts is a great overclocking board.

I hadn't heard the rumours either of the imminent release of the 680 chipset from nvidia when i purchased my mobo.

Oh well, i guess that whatever system you put together it will always be outdated almost as soon as it's built, and perhaps the more important factor is how long it will keep doing what you want it to do, and play the latest games without compromising gameplay.

Lately I've been playing medieval 2 total war with all settings maxed out...awsome....

Don't get me started though on BF2142, amazing game, but a nightmare to get connected to one of the online servers...