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The Fall Of Hyper TX3 ** Xigmatek Achilles Risen

2010-03-09T17:00:00.000-08:00

Got some best offer for Xigmatek Achilles at Lowyat.net Forum. Just 5 minutes the thread opened,the cooler sold to me. This cooler perform well with me,the idle temps juz the same like when im using TX3 but who cares bout the idle temps? Load temps is the most important things when comparing the performance of CPU Cooler. This will show how powerful the CPU Cooler can handle load temps. The lower the load temps,the greater the performance of the CPU Cooler. Below are some screenshots:

My beloved TX3 oledi sold T~T

Xigmatek Achilles,!!!!

Click READ MORE BELOW

The size of the Heatsink,4 pcs 8mm Heatpipe conduct heats throgh aluminium fins

Pretty nice cosmetic design,nice shape

Lapped the base using Autosol+Paper Lama

HDT : Heatpipe Direct Touch

Upper View

Giant size of it need a lot of spaces...oledi muat2 ngam2

120mm PWM fan 1500RPM...like shit slow man

As you can see there,very tight spaces between the cooler and RAM slot

See how tight the spaces between the cooler and ram slots...like 0.5cm

THE END~THNX FOR WATCHING

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Cuci² PC At Weekend ~ Boring.....

2010-03-02T05:19:00.000-08:00

Just 2 weeks from when i installed my hardware in my new house(case)...The " Dust Army " have taken their toll...its getting thicker day by day...shit them....today is my Lepak day,so gotta spend it for my pc cleaning....below are my progress along...~Click READ MORE below

ASSEMBLE OUT PROCESS

SEE ALL THE DUST ARMY !!

Look how thick they are...no wonder my system getting heaty T~T

Thats my GC....how sad they were attacked by dust

WHAT THE EFFF ??? shit!

My storage...temps are at 45C starting this week...shit dust...

CLEANING PROCESS

after take out my cpu cooler...see wht happen...thermal paste oledi sold out...

no wonder my temps go crazy !

ZZZZ.....no comment...haha

My radeon baby HSF....thermal paste kering dah...

zzzzzzzzzzzzz~~!!!

TX3 fan...sedih gile...

hahahahaha....i wonder if i weigh all the dust in my case,that would be 1KG

now it will go through cleaning process...

all this mess....hahaha...

after cleaning...shiny like new...$$$

all have been cleaned...

shiny again after cleaning

Result after washed out all the dust..looks oke

Tuniq TX-2 will be choice for thermal paste...

Re-applied TX-2 on my GPU processor...juz one dip drop in it...

the mass of the HSF will spread the thermal grease all over the surfaces

also on my processor...a bit long for more surfaces to be cover

Alrite...all done...nice and clean...

Thats All~

Thx For Watching...Dun Forget to drop some comments...~

Weekend OC ~ :P

2010-02-05T23:14:00.000-08:00

** ~ OC Test ~ **

Woke up in the morning...sense sumthin booooring about today 6th February...Then plan to test my pc...Torture him...hahaha...My first plan is to push the clock to 3.2Ghz but failed...then test 3.0Ghz oni enuf for me..Below are some screenshots...Click at READ MORE BELOW for more info !

Stress Test on my cpu at:

3.06Ghz ( x12 Multiplier - 255 Reference )

( 1040Mhz HT - 1.408Vcore )

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46 minutes 25 sec - 55°C Average Temps

End Stress Test on my cpu at:
3.06Ghz ( x12 Multiplier - 255 Reference )
( 1040Mhz HT - 1.375Vcore )
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35°C Idle Temps

From my test results above,you can see my cpu draining more power when i put stress test on it..At the first picture,CPU-z shows my cpu is at 1.408Vcore but actually i set only 1.375Vcore (as like in second picture) in BIOS...this means that the cpu needs more power to fully utilize its core under 3.06Ghz clock..

The End~~Thnx For Watching~~

More Pic !! ~ Thermaltake V3

2010-02-04T22:41:00.000-08:00

Recently from my last post..the picture quality isnt that good..some request to put more photo's..this is it..~ Click READ MORE below to see all content....

The Front Panel,below the I/O panel,got holes for 120mm fan intake

The Back Panel, got 2 holes for watercooling tube..120mm fan for exhaust..nice design

Hot air from the bottom will rise to the upper level,then the fan exhaust it out from the case.

Side Panel, 1 room for 120mm fan..i take that as my intake fan...window panel for show off..!!

Love it!

Show Off ~ Cooler Master TX3

Bottom placed PSU design..Provide more room for ur system to breathe..

Easy to do cable managment behind the HDD rack..my psu still colour2 one..no sleeving yet

Different angle,Interior

2 room for 120mm fan at the top..i just one of it as the other one were blocked by my RAM clip

Its nice edi as it exhaust the hot air directly from my CPU cooler there..temps are oke

Sumone know wht to do with that 4+4pin cable? the ports for that cable located

far away from my psu...hard to reach..so the cable arrangement looks bad

2.5" HDD Bays...2 HDD of mine take their seat...Seagate SATA and WD IDE

5.25" Bays...Tool Free

still thinking wht to do with the I/O oanel cable..looks irritating..shit

next upgrade will buy one 120mm fan for that hole..

The location for 4+4pin mobo connector...shit so far,at the bucu of the mobo...bad la

Proudly Present,Biostar T-Series User..~~hahaha

Athlon X2 OC'ers Also!! :P

The End ~ Thnx For Watching

Dont Forget To Drop Ur Comment Bout My Review~

My - Thermaltake V3 ~ Some Review Bout My Toys

2010-02-03T00:53:00.000-08:00

Ive done some upgrade to my toys this week..the list of things that have been upgraded as below :

- Thermaltake V3 Black Edition
- Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 550W
- 2 Units Thermaltake 120mm Turbo Fan

Total MYR : RM330

Its consider cheap though for a mid end gaming case with just RM145. That PSU i bought from my forumer friends for RM1xx oni. Those 2 fans were bundled with the casing with RM20 each units. Yesterday night, Linglo0ng come to my house to hand me those casing and fans. I spend my whole night till subuh to re-assemble all my hardware into the casing. And the result is just nice,See below for picture.

Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 550W

Thermaltake V3 + Tt 120mm Turbo Fans

Click Read More For more Pictures and Reviews

When Out From The Box ~

View at the back of the casing..Got pre-installed 120mm blue led fans

Thermaltake logo at front mesh panel ~

Front mesh panel ~

View of the side panel..got small transparent window for cpu cooler show off!

120mm fans located below the window for suck in fresh air directly to my Graphic card

For show off!! Hehe

Cpu Cooler..ive disable the 2nd fans coz i think that 120mm able to exhaust hot air

from my cpu cooler...

Still sticking with my Kingston HyperX DDR2 800 memory..no upgrade

Tied up all the cables..sorok all at the back panel...looks oke...managed

The Interior from different angle..how is it?

That I/O panel cables make the interior looks bad...if its black in colour,is good aredi..but warna warni?

later will send my psu for sleeving works

Some shots from diff angle

Clean matte black interior...very nice wor.!!

Top mesh panel...my exhaust to pull hot air out from the casing

Last photo...~

This casing is very suitable for a budget user who wants to find faming case with nice airflow and good looking...the price is very affordable...the airflow in the casing considered nice also...got approximately 6 ports for 120mm fan slot..Also got a lot of spaces for cable management,beside the 2.5" dock..Bottom placed PSU design provide better and easier installation,provide more spaces for ur Gigantic cpu cooler like Megahalems!!..Sure as hell can win user heart juz by looking at the interior...those 120mm Turbo fans also nice,runs with 1400r.p.m. cool down my GC to 40C idle load...but still,my cable management is suck! later will send the psu to some fellow experts for sleeving all the cables...

If ppl ask me bout Thermaltake V3 casing, i will reply..." its worth buyin case.no regret grabbin at all "

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Finally...Found My Stable OC Setting!

2010-01-04T05:24:00.000-08:00

I finally found the problem that resist me from getting over 3.0Ghz...! Its the RAM problem..ive forgot to lower down the clock for ram...From the results above...Ive managed to push my clock to 3.0Ghz stable Orthos Stress Test for CPU !!! the RAM ive clock it down to DDR2 667...so the cpu can managed to be pushed above 3.0Ghz....see My OC Info's Below for more information...

@My OverCloCK InFo'S !
X2 5200+ 3.00Ghz
- (x12 Multiplier @ 250Mhz Bus Speed - 1.375 vCore - 4x250Mhz HT Link 16bit )
Kingston HyperX 2GB DualChannel
- (2.00Volt DDR2 667 - 5-5-5-15 CL5 Timing)
Biostar TA770 A2+
- (RebelsHeaven Mod Advanced A78XA718.XXX OC Bios)
Radeon HD4650
- (OC @ 710Mhz Core ~ 810Mhz Memory)

Nice ~Windows 7~

2010-01-02T22:23:00.000-08:00

At tahun baru,seems bosan then decided to clean up all the mess in my HDD..then one of the partition is empty...think wanna try install Windows 7 in it...and below are the results...it is less power consuming than Windows Vista...as from wht ive heard,Windows 7 actually was Windows XP system replacement...? dunnow..

My Desktop Scene Of Windows 7~ Looks Pretty neat

Windows 7 such a nice system,not like Vista (power hunger)

OC gone wild..! damn!

2009-12-31T18:05:00.000-08:00

This My latest OC info...all going crazee wif these setting

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@My OverCloCK InFo'S !

X2 5200+ 3.02Ghz (x13.5 Multiplier @ 224Mhz Bus Speed Stock Vcore)

Kingston HyperX 2GB DualChannel (2.20Volt DDR 800 Stock Timing)

Biostar TA770 A2+ (RebelsHeaven Mod Advanced A78XA718.XXX OC Bios)

Radeon HD4650 (OC @ 710Mhz Core ~ 810Mhz Memory)

at first,my system running smoothly..then after i run Call Of Duty 4 and L4D 2 for 20 min...then it hangs and BSOD....shit...after some analyze and some discussion with my sifu...then it appears to be my proc cant get stable with HT link over 1000Mhz...then i try lower down the HT to 800Mhz/16Bit i also up a bit the Vcore about 0.12V...there u go,stable....i also lower down cpu clock a bit...for safety....this da screenshot from CPU-z

Bosan2 Week OC! Setup

2009-12-29T18:49:00.001-08:00

@My OverCloCK InFo'S !

X2 5200+ 3.02Ghz (x13.5 Multiplier @ 224Mhz Bus Speed Stock Vcore)

Kingston HyperX 2GB DualChannel (2.20Volt DDR 800 Stock Timing)

Biostar TA770 A2+ (RebelsHeaven Mod Advanced A78XA718.XXX OC Bios)

Radeon HD4650 (OC @ 710Mhz Core ~ 810Mhz Memory)

~~!!ScreenShots~!! [CPU-Z]

~~!!ScreenShots~!! [GPU-Z]

My latest OC setting...just woke up in the morning and realize,got nothin to do...then cuba2 OC...last time my BIOS failed to OCed at 3.0GHz dunnow why...then i tried download some other BIOS from RebelsHeaven said that its for X2 proc..and it succeed at 3.02Ghz..next time wanna push to 3.4Ghz...my radeon's baby there pushed to 710Mhz for Gpu core 810Mhz memory core...increased 110Mhz more than default...increase 10Fps in Call Of Duty 4...cant take screenshot coz forgot to...haha...thnx for watching

ATI Radeon HD5970 2GB: The World's Fastest Graphics Card

2009-12-12T19:49:00.000-08:00

The most powerful and fastest graphics card yet on earth. Once this product out into the market, it beats Nvidia GTX295 in total as Nvidia last time declared its GTX295 was the fastest graphics card available last time. I never test this card actually but very shocked about the performance in real gaming experience. Maybe 2 to 3 years later i can afford to buy this card. Below are some pictures and review links~~^^

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HD5970 Specification Sheet

Big guns: GTX295, HD5970, HD4870 X2

It goes 5970, 5870, and 5850

Tom'sHardware ATi Radeon HD5970 Review

NeoSeeker ATi Radeon HD5970 Review

Cuti2 Modding Plan~!!

2009-12-08T23:41:00.000-08:00

Last night,i saw my old Compaq Deskpro cpu lyin around the corner...The systems oledi broken edi,then decided to assemble out all the hardware..After reassemble out all the hardware...stare a bit at it,suddenly got an idea to mod it...hehehe...this da pic...

Some sticker on it...haha...its full Alluminium case...almost 6Kg i think...

The Interior from the back...

The Interior of this case....looks very solid...those 2 bay for 5.25' can be lifted...love the lifting mechanism...

After the front cover removed...actually this casing got no much room for air intake..

HDD Dock mechanism looks pretty neat...

See that 5.25' Bay can be lifted to 90 degrees...first pic shows the HDD dock..

After strip down the chasis from its white body...naked!

Looks from different angle....full allu casing...man,huge!

The only holes to exhaust/blow out hot air..very small...not good lah Compaq...haha

Test fitting with normal m-ATX psu...wont fit...shit...serius modding coming soon...hehe

Put it all back together...not too tight coz im decided to mod this case soon..so just longgar2 pasang only..

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Im planning to either mod this casing and use it or just mod any acc from this case and DIY it to my case...hehe...but still no idea on how to do it..hope anyone can help me bout this..some suggestion might help..no idea...huhu...haha

Old Look Of My Rig~

2009-12-08T16:18:00.002-08:00

Click The Pic For Bigger Look ^

As you can see there a Cooler Master Hyper TX3 standing on my old Abit NF-M2S. The lowest temp i ever reach with that cooler was 25°C !! Crazy isn't it? With sunbeam RED CCFL super bright SOLD oledi. My Sapphire HD4650 there serve me well till now. But next week maybe,its go on sale. Thats all. Thnx 4 Watching~

My Dream Rig !!

2009-12-05T23:46:00.001-08:00

This is my dream rig..maybe getting this next year...or just my dream...T~T

My Dream Spec's

AMD Phenom II X4 9650 2.3Ghz [Info]

Cooler Master Hyper N520 [Info]

Asus M4A785D-M Pro [Info]

ASUS HD4770 512MB DDR5 Formula [Info]

Corsair XMS2 2x2GB DDR2 1066 Gaming Memory [Info]

Seagate 500GBx2 SATA II

Xigmatek NRP 500W 80% [Info]

Xigmatek Asgard Full Black Casing [Info]

Click those Info for more details...

~ Selamat Hari Raya Eidul Adha ~

2009-11-26T17:55:00.001-08:00

~ Selamat Hari Raya Idul Adha To All Muslimin Wa Muslimat ~

~ Semoga Di Hari Yang Mulia Ini Kita Dirahmati Allah ~

~Our LeGeNDaRy~

2009-11-25T01:48:00.000-08:00

~ Hope Our Descendant Will Be The Great Among The Great ~

Credit To All Ikhwanul 15' Ancestor's

Blog Update Suspended For 1 Month [SPM]

2009-11-14T16:59:00.000-08:00

As im facing my gigantic SPM starting THIS WEEK !!! This blog content update suspended for 1 month roughly. To all SPM candidates,do the best as we will be graduated with among the best.

So help me god~ Aminn~ Good Luck~ May Allah Bless Our Life

HeLL ~ [OC~V2] Rough Plan!!

2009-11-04T03:54:00.000-08:00

@ OC~V2 pLaN SeTuP@

X2 5200+ 3.2Mhz (Expecting @ 230Mhz Bus Speed & Higher Vcore)

Kingston HyperX 2GB DualChannel (2.1V DDR 1066 at CL 5-5-5-18)

Biostar TA770 A2+ (Rebels Heaven OC Mod Bios " A78XA814 ")

Sapphire Radeon HD4650 (OC @ 720Mhz Core ~ 820Mhz Memory)

Those are my OC~V2 plan on my system. Jump the bus speed to 230Mhz and higher memory timing CL 5-5-5-18,hope my Biostar can do that. Last year ive already tested to push my cpu to 3.0Mhz with no problem using juz my old Abit NF-M2s. I think my Biostar baby here can do greater than that as i heard before a T-series Biostar is an upgraded version for more stability on overclocking. As you can see, i also plan to push my Sapphire HD4650 there over 120Mhz higher than its stock speed for Core and Memory, scary la as im not a pro. So,i hope an expert OC'ers out there can get here help me out with my plan here, like my idol br0 " asamkipas " in LYN forum. So, everyone feel free to comment anythin,suggestion or an idea for my plan here....Thnx Liao!!

Call Of Duty 4 - Epilogue [Boring Trailer]

2009-11-01T01:31:00.000-07:00

Just found my old screen recording software last night,then try to use it when playing COD 4. Haha,im not an expert in this game. When this software start recording i get average framrate about 30fps. Nice though ~

Beepa Fraps v2.9.8 - 30fps

Watch this video in HQ-mode at Youtube.com will be nice. Thnx for watching ~

How to Boost PC Performance

2009-10-31T03:41:00.001-07:00

PC Running slow? Not satisfied with your system load time?

Here some tips and trick for ya~

1) Defragment your harddisk at least 1 times in 3 weeks. Defragmenting your system will relocate files and folders at it actual position thus decreasing the time for Windows to cache and search your files or system setting. Easily use windows Defragmenter by :

Start --> Program --> Accessories --> System Tools --> Disk Defragmenter

After the program start,choose a partition of your choice that needs to be defragmented. Usually your system partition at " C: " that need to be defragmented ocassionally.You can use a 3rd party software as some people put more trust on 3rd party software. Like TuneUp Utilities/JKDefrag/Auslogic and others, you can search them here.

2) Do Disk Cleanup on your system.This option will delete any unwanted files/folders that will slow down or interrupt your system operation.Simply go to:

Start --> Program --> Accessories --> System Tools --> Disk Cleanup

Choose a partition and thick all setting in " Files to delete " then start.

3) Disable any unwanted operation at your startup. Because there are some program that have been set to run on startup when windows start,the program that you dont need one. Simply run MSconfig by :

Start --> Run --> Type " msconfig " --> Startup

There will show you every program that will start as windows starts. Detect any unwanted program that you dont need and unthick them, then press Apply --> Exit Without Restart.

4) Get a 3rd party Maintanance software for your PC. Sometimes a 3rd party software can perform better than any built in function in windows. Get it here http://anakmalaysia.geekaddict.net

FPS Count In COD 4 & COD 5

2009-10-30T22:10:00.001-07:00

FPS Count In Call Of Duty 4

As u can see,the framrate in the picture around 66 Fps running on my V1 Oc Setting. Average framrate count is at 55 Fps. Using only FPS setting built in COD4 only.Highest is

at 90 Fps.

FPS Count In Call Of Duty 5

Framerate count in my COD 5 shows a bit similar result like in COD 4 previously. Results at 64 Fps and average around 53 Fps. Highest is at 90 Fps but not continuous result.Running on my OC V1 setting. WIll do next FPS count later on OC V2 setting

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FPS count result on Call Of Duty gameplay shows a similar count to each other maybe because COD 4 and 5 using the same engine as used in COD 4. Those results is running on my OC V1 setting,im still not impressed as i believed that HD 4650 can perform better than that. Planning on OC V2 later. Thnx for watching

DamN ~AMD X2 5200+ Setup [OC~V1]

2009-10-30T17:39:00.000-07:00

@Po0r mAn SeTup@

CPU - AMD X2 5200+ 2.8GhZ - OC

Motherboard - Biostar TA770 A2+

Memory - Kingston HyperX DDR2 800

GPU - Sapphire HD4650 512MB DDR3

Storage - Seagate Barracuda ST250GB

Odd - Optical Samsung x18 DVD-RW

CPU Cooler - Cooler Master Hyper-TX3 Dual Fan

PSU - ICute 450W True Power PSU

O/S - Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 Tweaked

@My OverCloCK InFo'S !

X2 5200+ 2.8Mhz (x13.5 Multiplier @ 208Mhz Bus Speed Stock Vcore)

Kingston HyperX 2GB DualChannel (2.20Volt DDR 800 Stock Timing)

Biostar TA770 A2+ (Rebels Heaven Mod Advanced OC Bios)

Radeon HD4650 (OC @ 650Mhz Core ~ 760Mhz Memory)

My first OC setup on AMD X2 5200+. Not a performance setup though but its enough for a beginner like me. Still dont have 3DMarkVantage to do benchmark test yet as im busy on my study rite now. Previously my mobo was Abit NF-M2s - run like shit ass BIOS even cant jump the memory voltage to 2.20V. Then decided to grab a new mobo and those Biostar TA770 was my right choice for basic overclocking. After received that mobo posted from SABAH wow! Ive update the BIOS with the Latest MODed BIOS from Rebels Heaven(credit for them). This mobo provide a wide setting for Overclocking and yet i can Jump my memory voltage.

Enough of that shit ass opening, Ive successfully set the Bus Speed at 208MHz at stock Vcore and multiplier. I know its not a big change but its my first setup, stupid what? Run stable on 2.8Ghz at 30-35°C and planning to push it to 3.2Ghz later la i think. That HD4650 also running stable on 650Mhz Core ~ 760Mhz Memory and the temp also impressive juz around 40-42°C. Single slot card though. Below are some screenshot for my setting.

ScrEEnShot$