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Scara's Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 Build

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#1 Guest_scaramonga_*

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Posted 23 August 2007 - 05:46 PM

Well it's money spending time again :cheers:

Goods arriving tommorrow:

1 x Asus P5K Premium Wi-Fi Intel P35 'Black Pearl Edition'

1 x OCZ 2GB PC2-8500 Reaper HPC

1 x Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition"

:cheers:

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Posted 23 August 2007 - 10:45 PM

Lucky, i am seething with envy.

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Posted 24 August 2007 - 02:07 AM

View Postscaramonga, on Aug 23 2007, 10:46 AM, said:

Well it's money spending time again :rofl_mini:

Goods arriving tommorrow:

1 x Asus P5K Premium Wi-Fi Intel P35 'Black Pearl Edition'

1 x OCZ 2GB PC2-8500 Reaper HPC

1 x Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition"

:cheers:

Great choice on the Premium! It's supposed to be the best Quad clocker to date. :cheers:

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Posted 24 August 2007 - 02:12 AM

View Postscaramonga, on Aug 23 2007, 10:46 AM, said:

Well it's money spending time again :cheers:

Goods arriving tommorrow:

1 x Asus P5K Premium Wi-Fi Intel P35 'Black Pearl Edition'

1 x OCZ 2GB PC2-8500 Reaper HPC

1 x Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient 95W Edition"

:cheers:
You gonna add water to it?

Also add pics of the build please :rofl_mini:

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Posted 24 August 2007 - 10:18 AM

All arrived early this morning :cheers:

Board in all its glory......
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The goods.......
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RAM......
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SLACR 'G0' (lower TDP)......
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Will post pics as I build when I get home from my girlfriends this weekend :rofl_mini: :cheers:

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You gonna add water to it?

It's a MUST with this board buddy :D


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Posted 24 August 2007 - 05:01 PM

View Postscaramonga, on Aug 24 2007, 03:18 AM, said:

All arrived early this morning :cheers:



Will post pics as I build when I get home from my girlfriends this weekend :D :cheers:
It's a MUST with this board buddy :D
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You'll need more parts unless it's going into the existing system. :rofl_mini:

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Posted 03 September 2007 - 11:47 AM

Lapping the Quad............

Lapping kit I'm going to use
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CPU marked out for easy guide and sides taped to further protect the back
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Starting with 400 Grit paper
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Slowly move CPU up & down/left & right rotating every 30 secs using plenty of water
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After 20 mins we can see the copper coming through
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1 hour of lapping and we can see how uneven the IHS really is
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2 hours and lots of water later
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On to 600 Grit paper and it's beginning to look good but were not done yet
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Much better after and hour of 1500 Grit rubbing
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Finish off with 2000 & 2500 Grit and all done
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Mirror finish achieved
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.....and another Warranty down the pan :)

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Posted 03 September 2007 - 12:17 PM

but a good cooling contact created :)

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Posted 03 September 2007 - 02:01 PM

Looking good Scara,

Would you mind if i moved this build into its own thread?

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Posted 04 September 2007 - 11:12 PM

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Would you mind if i moved this build into its own thread?

Not at all buddy :)

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Posted 05 September 2007 - 01:35 AM

Nice work Scara. Are you going to lap your hsink too?

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Posted 09 September 2007 - 03:10 AM

OK......been really busy lately and not had much time to take pics or post any sh1t :) but here are a couple of pics before build was completed after lapping CPU.


Yes.....I'll have to give up PC building as age is taking it's toll or beer or both (guess the mistake here LOL)
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All fitted but it's gonna have to come out again :chriso:
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Did you spot it?.......yup....board all fitted WITHOUT the waterblock bolts ;)......so out it comes :roadrunner:


Leak testing 1
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Leak testing 2
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Leak testing 3
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Now, everything is running well and I ain't had the major problems most have had with the RAID/AHCI as I'm using Seagate drives :)

Temps on each core are as follows:

Core 0 - 38
Core 1 - 36
Core 2 - 32
Core 3 - 36

Pretty good :) and that's with a 25% clock @ stock voltages ;)

Problems:

PSU voltages are reported wrong in Windows but is OK in BIOS. (all software)

BUS speed & multiplier are reported wrong in Windows but is OK in BIOS. (all software)

All in all, a stable and very fast board so far. More to come!

Edited by scaramonga, 09 September 2007 - 03:12 AM.

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Posted 09 September 2007 - 03:37 AM

I think your little mistake is all due to excitement Scara, we all do that :)

Otherwise its all looking real good

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Posted 09 September 2007 - 05:55 AM

View Postscaramonga, on Sep 8 2007, 08:10 PM, said:

...(guess the mistake here LOL)

it's intel?















:)

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Posted 09 September 2007 - 06:02 AM

View Postm.oreilly, on Sep 9 2007, 06:55 AM, said:

it's intel?
:)


Howz Vista doing MO?





:roadrunner: :chriso: ;) :)



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