My new PSU and Happy CNY

My In Win 350W death during gaming.
So after that i try to scout for used HX520W/HX620W but there are no one selling on market.
So,i end up getting this:

From thundermatch at quite a nice price which i don't feel that comfortable to disclose on public:)
So far,it is rocking.It is freaking silent man,i really like this psu from everything.Nippon Chemicon cap,2x8 pin PCIE so this is not bad for its price range i would say.
So far so good and i am happy,hopefully it will last me quite a while before it fail.

Wish everyone a happy chinese new year.I will be going back to penang for quite a few days so see ya till then.
Take care.
BTW,my wish list:
Intel E8600(Confirm getting it)
Copper Pot(LN2 and DICE tweaked)
Team Xtreem DDR 2 1066mhz CL4 or Corsair Dorminator 1111 CL4 for benching
Lian Li CD Rom Bezel(Going to spend on this for sure)
DFI LP DK P45 T2RS+ for benching rig
Dell Perci 5 4pots sas raid controller(256MB Cache + Intel Processor on board)
4xOCZ Apex 60GB in Raid 0 on perci 5 cotnroller
Laing D4
Case Modding(Top Cut to fit dual 120mm,masterkleer 1/2" ID tubing,UV dye and sleeved case cable)
Nvidia Geforce GTX260 216SP 55nm Rev 2
That is all my wish list for this year and i only getting 2 or 3 of them:(

Budget Gaming Rig Buyer Guide and a few thing

It had been quite some time since my last post so here is my new post.
And first thing first,Happy New year.
Some update:My E8500 E0 Q822A595 is sold!!Sad thing is,no one had E8600 in stock so am still hunting for it.

OK,crap is done and done.Now,get into business.IT is about time again for rig buyer guide and today,i am doing budget gaming rig guide.As usual,my guide require oc to bring the best out of your parts.
With all the interesting parts,like Core I7 and Pheonem II released over the pass 2months or so,thing had move on.While they are good and nice but they are over budget for this guide.So,we stick to good ole still kicking ass Socket 775.
Today,I set the budget to RM2000 but it is flexible as i will suggest some better parts thus making less compromise but believe me,the price premium is well worth it.As usual,my suggestion is making minimum compromise on component,i am more on oc,overall parts quality rather then squeezing everything into one small box or compromise a lot on one area for something else,like say gc.All of my suggestion require oc of some sort to get the best value.
So,let's cut all the crap short and went into guide:
Intel E5200 RM280
DFI Blood Iron P35 T2RL RM330
2x2GB Kingston DDR 2 800 value ram RM160
Palit Radeon HD4850 512MB RM535
Sunbeamtech CCF RM170
LG SATA DVD-RW RM75
WD 640GB SATA HDD RM240
Silverstone ST40F RM175
Cooler Master Elite 334 RM140
Total:RM2090 before you nbdo some bargain shopping,not bad eh??

Why i recommend these stuff?
Processor:Intel E5200
I choose this processor mainly due to the fact that it is very ocble.I mean,for below RM300 retail,you get a processor base around 45nm wolfdale but cut down to 2MB cache,800FSB and no SSE4.1 instruction.Expect it to hit 333x12.5 on some ok ish chip and more on better chip,worst should be 3.8ghz or so.So all in all,it is good performer and it is cheap but one issue:The FSB is rather low which mean less bandwidth.

Mobo:DFI Blood Iron P35 T2RL
I choose this mobo because it is still in production.Make by DFI,the legendary ocer board maker during s939 era and that is for a good reason,oscar wu work for them which is a good thing.This is actually a lot of board for the money.This board can hit 600FSB with good processor!!And do i mention,this budget board come with advance oc option,like clock skew and gtl ref which come in handy for some advance tweaking.

Ram:2x2GB Kingston DDR 2 800 value ram
We are working with tight budget so there are no budget for some well bin ram.This ram is the bread and butter ram.Current ram should be able to clock ~960mhz CL5 or so,a little more or less,depend on luck.

GC:Palit Radeon HD4850 512MB
Need me to say more??This is the best gc for budget and mid range gaming currently,able to run 1280x1024~1680x1050 with reasonable good setting on most title with one exception,gta iv but it is another story.

Cooler:Sunbeamtech CCF
This is one of the very good cooler on market now.This have one of the best bundle around,like tim,fan controller and a high flow fan.The thing i don't like is the mounting,there are no backplate but well,it just work and work.Alternative would be deepcool killerwhale.

Optical Drive:LG SATA DVD-RW
Simple reason,a drive that just work and work.

Hard Drive:WD Caviar Blue 640GB SATA HDD
This in my opinion is the sweetspot for hdd now.And this model,is not the green power therefore little faster.I think it is ideal scenario for case like that where one HDD is boot drive and also data drive.

PSU:Silverstone ST40F
This is the psu of choice for budget build.This is one of a very good 400W PSU around and it is just right for a rig like that but there are no huge future upgrade and no active pfc.Still,it is good for its price and that really matter.

Case:Cooler Master Elite 334
This is the best case for its price.The airflow is reasonable good and quality is hmmmm normal but the styling is not bad at all.Recommend to get one more fan as intake then you have a mini case that happened to have good airflow.

And,support my friend:
Bryanyeo87 He can supply mobo,ram,casing and gc.
tkh_1001 He can supply cooler,deepcool and sunbeamtech.

E8500 Last Chance And Bench

Hey,it's me again.
First of first,share something i done on Christmas day.

A CPUZ valid banner:
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Link:http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=469756
See:
RAM : 2048 MB DDR2 Dual Channel
RAM Speed : 600 MHz (5:6) @ 4-4-4-4
Slot 1 : 1024MB (PC2-6400)
Slot 1 Manufacturer : Team Group Inc.
Slot 2 : 1024MB (PC2-6400)
Slot 2 Manufacturer : Team Group Inc.
Yeap,600 CL4-4-4-4 valid!!
Some bandwidth test,PL7:

Not bad,eh??
An AQ3 bench@4.7ghz and 1190 CL4-4-4-4:

250180 with 9600GSO,will break 260k soon i presume
Not bad eh??The key is:Rebels Heaven Mod Bios,ICH V to do high memory clock on my board.
And,E8500 is sold!!!Last night with it tonight and this is last bench session,bye bye to my worst chip ever.
So,E8600/SLB9K,here i come!!!Happy now i guess.

Miss the chance to own great E8600 and happy holiday

Sigh.........I miss the chance to own OEM E8600 Q820xxx for RM660!!This processor is fucking fantastic!!!It can do 4ghz IBT,well OCCT with linpack engine@1.21V!!!Geez,imagine plug and play,set 406mhz and voila,4060mhz that pass IBT without any effort!!!!!!How awesome is that.
But the catch is:This is not a sub zero chip as it do good on air but there are a few notable exception out there.If i am not mistaken,Hiwa from OCX have a very very good chip that do 5.1ghz@low vcore and done 6ghz+!!!!That is killer,man.
And worse is:I got buyer for E8500 line up(At least i can promise him,cross finger first)
Now i am hoping for some E8600 OEM pooping out and hope it will do 5.2ghz under liquid but need to solve some efficiency issue,argh
And last of all,wish everyone a happy holiday.
Well,a recap of my holiday so far:
Have a fantastic outing with Coby and Ben as usual,like talking cock and fragging each other on UT3.
Other then that,i am pretty much bored without pot and good E8600,argh.
Man,i am geared up for this,D9GKX ram and D9GMH ram in line!!!Just lack this two for 7's SPI 1M,hopefully my future chip can take:P
And oh yeah,i miss you chassandra.I mean,i seriously miss you.Your fantastic smile,your tone of saying no and your voice.Argh,can't get you out of my mind.
Anyway,here is a wish to you,enjoy your holiday and don't overstress yourself with preparation/revision for next year(Do you revise?).
That it for today.

New Personal Best Pifast

Sorry for no update as i am very very lazy to update but here is my latest benchie:


19.61 pifast
Still on liquid cooling.
Rig spec:
E8500 E0 Q822A595@530x9
Abit IP35 Pro
Liquid Cooled
Team Xtreem DDR 2 1066 CL5 2x1GB D9GKX 1:1 2.325v set 2.3v real 4-4-4-4
Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD4850
Window XP in diagnostic boot mode

Sucky chip doing sucky clock

Here is the max clock that i found just now:

Yeap,2xmhz from the magical 5ghz.One word:This processor is suck and will be for sale soon.

9.204's

My E8500 so far tested,max out@4.94ghz,520x9.5.This is done with 1.3vtt and 1.73vcore set,1.7v real before droop.Not a gem chip but i guess it scale well to vcore increases.
Here is the one and only PI i can do at that speed:


Efficient=45.4k which is not ideal when compare to my usual 45.2k ish-45.3k.
I will try 1.4vtt some time soon.
Anyway,i announce something.If this chip can propel me into 8's SPI 1M,I won't sell it.
All i need is more or less 5070mhz,hopefully i am there with GTL Ref and VTT tweaking.

Singarpoe F1 Race

This year,something big is on F1 scene.
As everyone know,yesterday was Singapore f1 first night race!
I watched it,I can say is,it is not a bad race at all.The whole thing is entertaining to me.
But Nelson Piuqet crash give alanso a chance to score his first victory.
I was kinda sad that ferrari don't get a point and raikkionen is DNS.
Before piuquet accident,iceman is doing well and almost there as he cut down .4's gap on a lap!!!That is very very brilliant drive last day.
Kimi and Ferrari,don't give up and as nike ad,Nothing Is Impossible.
Hope to see Kimi repeat what last year but i am just simply asking for too much.
Go,Kimi,Go!!!You are the fastest out there!You have what it take to win the session,just go for it!!!

Getting nuts now.........

Now,I am lonely,moodless..............
Just browse forum and there are two item i want.
First is:Cellshock DDR 2 1000CL4,D9GKX ram.
The price is dammm cheap!!!But think again,there are nothing wrong with 2 sets of ram that had serve me well right??And bryan is buying 4kits so i guess he can lend me 1 kit.
Second:EVGA Geforce 8800GTS A3
This is the infamous A3 revision 8800GTS.That guy sell at uber cheap price of RM250 but booked.This is still one of the card i never had and want to have one some day.50% oc is easily doable and the look is just good.New Nvidia GC in my opinion have gone downhill in term of look,no offense yeah.

And one more thing,I am so disappointing in you,Cass(Should i feel so?).

Boring Day and Follow up to my chip

Hey all,

Well today I am at home,not going to Low Yat.
I am bored so i post a follow up to my new processor,Q820A595 E0 E8500,1.25v vid.
How good is it??...................Only max up at about 4.9ghz under liquid,nothing more.
No benchie for now but will post up some soon.
BTW,anyone care to offer me?Email to evofans11111@yahoo.com or hit me up on lyn.net,oc4/3.
Yes,this chip is for sale
BB,E8500 E0,we are determine not to be together................