jedihobbit
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As opposed to creating another worklog for version 2.0 of Yoda’s Size Matters Not (YsSMN) and as that has even been supplanted by v3.0 I’ve just continue here………
January 2009
It amazes me how I can never have a “finished” computer! Because of having DreamCatcher's PSU fry, a new foxconn mobo stop working and get rma’ed, and being stupid, all of my computers (with the exception of Kermit) have had all of their components swapped around.
Initially YsSMN was to get have the Sapphire HD3870 w/ akasa dual slot cooler but it wouldn’t fit so ended up with the 9600GSO that was in BHrDx. However that was replaced with another of my eBay oopses - a MSI NX8800GT OC. But as things would have it more than that happened! So the v2.0’s specs are as follows with the newer stuff in bold/italics.
CASE: Ultra MX6
PSU: Enermax Liberty ELT500AWT 500W
MOBO: abit NF-M2 nView
CPU: Opty 1210 CCB6F 0750EPMW
HSF: Zalman CNPS8700
GPU: MSI NX8800GT OC
MEMORY: G. Skill F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ PC2-6400
HDD: WD Raptor X, 150 Gigs
Optical Drive 1: LG GDR-8164BK CD/DVD-ROM
Optical Drive 2: LG GH22NP20, 22X DVD+R Burner
If some of this stuff looks familiar, it should……..it is mostly DC v2.0!
One of the things that required a wee bit of modding involved the GPU. The Evga 8800GT that is going into DreamCatcher is now getting a full coverage water block (part of the justification to go with the Silverstone SOG1). Therefore it didn’t need the passive memory and VR cooling blocks. Hummmmm….. the MSI cooler doesn’t touch any of those, I wonder if……. Yes and no. The VRs weren’t an issue as well as ¾ of the memory chips, just the heat pipes’ location!
So here are my two 8800GTs waiting for something to happen
When I took off the MSI’s cooler I was a little shocked at how rough the base is
 
I needed to remove several of the “fins” so it was dremel time! Here I’ve have it on the vice and everything between the marks must go. Then it is done with the cutting wheel and followed up with a file.
   
Now all back together, with the second pic showing why the “modding” was required.
    
Not sure why, maybe things being just enough different, but I seemed to have less stuff to position and worry about when I put it back together.
   
Then I happen to have a spare 3 light green laser unit in the parts boxes so threw that in for “Yoda Green”. The front fan may eventually get swapped out from blue to green, but it is six of one and half a dozen of the other as I can’t replace the 120mm blue smart fan or the Zelman’s blue one.
It still runs a little warmer inside than I would like when doing a standard and gpu f@h clients as the gpu cooler doesn’t exhaust as well as the GSO cooler does. Then again I am running the 8800GT oc’ed a bit and at 100% the fan keeps it at 62C.
02/27/09
Okay there have been some minor revisions to this build due to parts not doing what they are supposed to do. The Liberty 500W PSU suddenly decided to die. Because I didn’t want loose the customized modular cables or have to re-route/re-mount new ones I stole the Infiniti 625W psu that is/was slated for the DreamCatcher v3.0 build. With a little bit of snipping and cutting of the cable connectors was able to make it work. A bit of overkill, but “oh well”.
Also the F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ g. skill that started in this build was swapped for the 1066s bought for DC. It seems the F2-8500CL5D-2GBPK didn’t want to play with the M3A78-CM / Kuma 7750BE that was bought for that build. So far it has been advantage YsSMN as my overclock has been kicked up a notch or two!
March 2009
But as life would have it this combo didn’t stay around very long…..so it is on to v3.0 the last variant.
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As of 02/01/11
DreamCatcher AM3 >> (Down Again) >> SG01 Evo, MSI 785GM-E65, PII X4 955(AQ H2O Cooled), XFX GTX285(EK H2O Cooled), Seagate 7200.10 ST380815AS 80GB, 2 x G.S. F3-12800CL7D-2GBPI, MODU82+ EMD525AWT, XP Home SP2
KestrelFlight >> (Under Construction) >> Zalman Z7+, MSI NF980-G65, PII X4 1055T, 2 x Galaxy 580GTXs, Zalman 32GB SSD, WD V'Raptor 300GB, 2 x WD 1 TB Blacks, G.S. F3-16000CL9D-4GBTD, Zalman ZM1000-HP Plus , Win7
Oz1a v2.0 >> XFX MDA72P7509 750a, PI X2 8870BE, 2 x XFX GTS250, WD 250GB, F2-8500CL5D-2GBPK, Tt TR2 600W, XP Pro SP3 |
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