Operation Core 2 Extreme revivial for just 40USD (building 80% done)

[dragoon20005]

Also Scythe Cooler Master Race B)

Do you know what cooler i got? I need to find the correct mountings for lga socket.

[dragoon20005]

New update

 

the system is fully rebuilt and now installing Win 7 Pro 64bit OS as we speak

 

although I keep getting pretty high reading for the CPU at 58 degrees also my HDD LED stays solid so i guess i got it the wrong way

 

now just leave it as it is to complete the OS install and installing the mobo drivers and should be good to go.

[ThesaurusLive]

Do you know what cooler i got? I need to find the correct mountings for lga socket.

Could you take some pictures of the cooler with a different angle,it would be easier to identify.   

[dragoon20005]

Could you take some pictures of the cooler with a different angle,it would be easier to identify.   

 

like this?

 

that is just for show

 

not mounted with the cooler

 

used the stock cooler

[dragoon20005]

ok here is the updated build with the P45 board and QX6800 onboard

 

and powered up with CPUZID of the CPU

 

and now i understand also why my board is failing

 

either the board has corrosion or it got serious wrapping going on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dragoon20005]

@harrynowl

 

does the G0 stepping run that hot even at idle?

 

i getting like average 50+ degrees

 

but note that my room ambient temps is around 28-29 degrees

[harrynowl]

@harrynowl

 

does the G0 stepping run that hot even at idle?

 

i getting like average 50+ degrees

 

but note that my room ambient temps is around 28-29 degrees

Well CPUs weren't as efficient back then and c states below 1v wasn't really a thing, so with high ambients 50c idle would be possible.

 

And G0 is the cooler of the two steppings

 

 

And that old board looks like it had salt water on it or something.

[MadManMarsBar]

Well CPUs weren't as efficient back then and c states below 1v wasn't really a thing, so with high ambients 50c idle would be possible.

 

And G0 is the cooler of the two steppings

 

 

And that old board looks like it had salt water on it or something.

Yea G0 is deffo cooler 

 

i recently hepled the misses put a q6600 in her PC so she can game and stuff . she had a e5700 before

the q6600 with G0 stepping idles about 35-40c on an arctic freezer pro 7 

 

she has a gtx660 and a new EVGA psu coming sometime in the next week

 

also i love older builds like this , i wasnt into PC's when LGA775 was a thing so its nice to see how things used to be

 

EDIT : im also going to be doing my own Q6600 build , i am probably gonna get a NH D-14/15 to put on it , see how far i can push that puppy

[Sousuke]

I do like the old 775 builds, 775 was the fastest moving socket that I've ever seen.

 

I remember getting my first Core Duo system and it blowing my socks off (2006 MacBook Pro) However I was using a 2003 PowerBook 1GHz G4 at the time so anything could have kicked that systems arise.

 

I am using a 775 CPU in my Server Build! Which the system is running really well

[dragoon20005]

Well CPUs weren't as efficient back then and c states below 1v wasn't really a thing, so with high ambients 50c idle would be possible.

 

And G0 is the cooler of the two steppings

 

 

And that old board looks like it had salt water on it or something.

I tried to rub the white 'things' off

 

but they wont come off and they dont feel anything like raised or rough

 

if you look it has some sort of wave patterns

 

the board has flexed quite badly

 

The board has Intel Speed Stepping in the BIOS so I may enable that feature to save power if i am not gaming

 

I will monitors the temps and see if i need to swap the cooler

 

Unless you want to have the old board shipped to you, I will to junk this board.

 

my mum hates clutter in the house

 

 

Part 3 of the build log will be next week

[dragoon20005]

Could you take some pictures of the cooler with a different angle,it would be easier to identify.   

Ok i think i found the model

 

Scythe Zipang

 

now i need help finding the LGA775 mountings

 

but i dont know where to find

[Jumper118]

Ok i think i found the model

 

Scythe Zipang

 

now i need help finding the LGA775 mountings

 

but i dont know where to find

email scythe. they might send over the mounting hardware for free or the cost of shipping

[dragoon20005]

email scythe. they might send over the mounting hardware for free or the cost of shipping

Scythe is still alive?

 

even if they are alive i doubt they will have the stocks for their cooler

[Jumper118]

Scythe is still alive?

 

even if they are alive i doubt they will have the stocks for their cooler

i think so, you can still buy there coolers new everywhere 

[ApolloX75]

The best thing about LGA 775 is it's so ubiquitous. Even the newest Cooler Master and Noctua coolers will fit it. And don't worry about your 50C+ temps, my QX9650 was running at 55C with my Hyper 212 Evo and oc'd to 3.85. They'll live comfortably up to about 70C and then they get a little hot under the collar.

 

Your motherboard and it's north bridge will be your choke point really. Make sure you keep it cool to achieve good a healthy overclock. I had to strap a new fan to the NB cooler on my 790i just to keep the NB & MCP below 60C, not to mention the VRMs. If your motherboard has the feature; and if it's a Gigabyte P45 it should, you can run your RAM unlinked from your FSB, that way you can keep your CPU overclock independent.

 

Awesome build, keep at it! Core 2 units are probably one of my three favorite chip types I've ever worked/played with.

[dragoon20005]

The best thing about LGA 775 is it's so ubiquitous. Even the newest Cooler Master and Noctua coolers will fit it. And don't worry about your 50C+ temps, my QX9650 was running at 55C with my Hyper 212 Evo and oc'd to 3.85. They'll live comfortably up to about 70C and then they get a little hot under the collar.

 

Your motherboard and it's north bridge will be your choke point really. Make sure you keep it cool to achieve good a healthy overclock. I had to strap a new fan to the NB cooler on my 790i just to keep the NB & MCP below 60C, not to mention the VRMs. If your motherboard has the feature; and if it's a Gigabyte P45 it should, you can run your RAM unlinked from your FSB, that way you can keep your CPU overclock independent.

 

Awesome build, keep at it! Core 2 units are probably one of my three favorite chip types I've ever worked/played with.

Interesting

 

are you still running the QX9650?

 

if you are not using it, can I unload that CPU from you?

 

my intention was to use the CoolerMaster V8 GTS cooler but I will need to swap the casing too as the cooler is huge.

 

the Extremes do feel like FX8350s with their high power draw even at stock.

 

I may need to refer to the manual for more info

 

right now it running the F9 BIOS and it down clocking itself when idling as shown in the last picture I took of CPU-Z ID

[ApolloX75]

Interesting

are you still running the QX9650?

if you are not using it, can I unload that CPU from you?

my intention was to use the CoolerMaster V8 GTS cooler but I will need to swap the casing too as the cooler is huge.

the Extremes do feel like FX8350s with their high power draw even at stock.

I may need to refer to the manual for more info

right now it running the F9 BIOS and it down clocking itself when idling as shown in the last picture I took of CPU-Z ID

Haha if I feel like getting rid of it I'll keep you posted. My friend and I are cooking up ideas for it and a classic tri-sli water cooled setup in the near future.

Your board looks like it got cooked pretty bad. If it still works that's pretty amazing.

I've got a spare ECS P45T AD3 Black or two.

[dragoon20005]

Haha if I feel like getting rid of it I'll keep you posted. My friend and I are cooking up ideas for it and a classic tri-sli water cooled setup in the near future.

Your board looks like it got cooked pretty bad. If it still works that's pretty amazing.

I've got a spare ECS P45T AD3 Black or two.

which board you were refering to?

 

if you mean the MSI board, yea it does look bad

 

I got a shock when i flipped the back to see those white patterns after taking it out

 

but before i took it out

 

it was able to boot to BIOS and i still could OC the E7200 by up to 3.12GHz

 

it seems the GA-EP45-UD3 looks like a high end board in its heydays

 

i mean the heatsink for the chipset and VRMs are linked by a long heatpipe and look at the size of the heatsink for the chipset

 

I was reading the manual for the Gigabyte board, but all the fancy naming features or OC settings is more confusing than my MSI :unsure:

 

kinda lost touch with OCing older chips even that I am following @harrynowl LGA775 OC guide

[MadManMarsBar]

which board you were refering to?

 

if you mean the MSI board, yea it does look bad

 

I got a shock when i flipped the back to see those white patterns after taking it out

 

but before i took it out

 

it was able to boot to BIOS and i still could OC the E7200 by up to 3.12GHz

 

it seems the GA-EP45-UD3 looks like a high end board in its heydays

 

i mean the heatsink for the chipset and VRMs are linked by a long heatpipe and look at the size of the heatsink for the chipset

 

I was reading the manual for the Gigabyte board, but all the fancy naming features or OC settings is more confusing than my MSI :unsure:

 

kinda lost touch with OCing older chips even that I am following @harrynowl LGA775 OC guide

i was recently given an old lga775 PC

i had a 1.8ghz pentium e2160 in it , i OC'd it to 2.8ghz on a stock intel cooler ( big type copper center ) with a max temp of 62c

AND i was able to seperate the ram from the CPU , ram was OC'd to 1400mhz (DDR2)

 

all this was done on a Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H

[dragoon20005]

Phase 3:

 

Completing the build(Updating the driver duh...)

 

Yesterday was mostly doing some testing and updating the drivers for the system

 

Installed 3DMark, CPU-Z ID, GPU-Z ID, HWMonitor, Steam and my usual programs and Windows Update

 

system is def stable now and running good

 

Temps are hovering at 45+ degrees at idle when it clocking at 1.6GHz and will bounce to 2.93GHz at loads like Installing programs

 

max temps i see in HWMonitor is around 65+ degrees which seems to be impressive for a 130W CPU on the stock Intel Cooler with the copper center.

 

 

the only sad face mode was the Geforce 8600GT 512MB DDR2 is only a DX9/10 GPU and does not support 3DMark DX11 testings

 

it only could do Cloud Gate and the Ice Storm test but just barely, the Cloud Gate is just a 10fps slide show

 

With Unigine Heaven at 720P Med quality, it only could manage 10fps at most and drops to 4fps in high render areas.

 

 

also tried to power up the P31 board with the HD3470 512MB low profile GPU but the board refuse to let me boot to BIOS.

 

will try again next Sun

 

and will upload the pictures next week too

 

I will say this build log is considered done and dusted

 

 

 

Onwards to the next build.

 

Cheers and Regards

Dragoon20005

[MEC-777]

 

Onwards to the next build.

 

 

Ain't that the way it is? Project Acebox is just about complete and I'm already thinking about other builds/upgrade ideas... It never ends, does it.

 

Good job getting this old hardware up and running again. If it still has a function and can be used, thats less electronic waste out in the land-fills and more fun for us.

[dragoon20005]

Ain't that the way it is? Project Acebox is just about complete and I'm already thinking about other builds/upgrade ideas... It never ends, does it.

 

Good job getting this old hardware up and running again. If it still has a function and can be used, thats less electronic waste out in the land-fills and more fun for us.

the onward to the next build is a teaser for a HTPC build with the Q6600 which i got from the P45 board initially

 

picking up the G41 and reuse the 2GB DDR2 800 OCZ RAM and getting a HTPC with SFX PSU with the casing and hopefully the HD3470 is working so that i can use for HDMI instead of VGA

[MEC-777]

the onward to the next build is a teaser for a HTPC build with the Q6600 which i got from the P45 board initially

 

picking up the G41 and reuse the 2GB DDR2 800 OCZ RAM and getting a HTPC with SFX PSU with the casing and hopefully the HD3470 is working so that i can use for HDMI instead of VGA

 

Awesome. If you make a new build log for that project, tag me in.

[Cwazywazy]

Cool.

 

The only things in terms of desktop LGA 775 systems I have is my low profile HP with its 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo which runs so cool it doesn't need a heatsink at idle or light load. Then I have my laptop and ultrabook with their T9900 and T9400s.