My 10+ Year Old LGA775 Build

[kmo_9000]

In Linus's last video he said their next project would be "building a 10 year old PC" and seeing how it holds up today. This build is the result of me collecting parts from that era and finally buying an overclocking motherboard.

 

Here are the specs:

• Motherboard: GA-EP45-UD3L (rev. 1.0) (70 CAD including shipping, came with a E7500 C2D, Intel stock cooler, and 4gb kit of OCZ PC8500 DDR2 ram)
• Ram: 8gb 4x2gb of Crucial 800mhz sticks (was maybe 15 to 20 dollars per stick)
• CPU: Q9300 currently at approximately 3.4ghz (was around 12 dollars on ebay)
• Cooler: Thermaltake Ultra Extreme with a Scythe  Slip Stream 120mm fan (already owned)
• SSD: 128gb Goldenfir SSD I got from Aliexpress (less than 20 CAD)
• GPU: Asus 7870 Ghz Edition (already owned)
• PSU: Kratos M1-600W that was cheap on sale(20 to 30 dollars)
• Case: no case yet

 

I also have a 500gb HDD and a DVD drive that I salvaged from an old thinkcenter (free) and a Lexar 240gb SSD that I picked up on sale from Canada Computers a while back.

Additionally, I also have a Q6600 that I bought for 10 dollars off ebay, I ordered an E8400 C2D for 9.99 CAD, and a Q9500 that was 20 USD. So I can swap out the CPU's to overclock and see how they perform.
 

I will post overclocking screenshots in a subsequent post.

 

[RogerCanuck]

Nice start -- interested to see how high you can crank it.

[kmo_9000]

Here is the current overclock of the Q9300

Multiplier: 7.5

Buss Speed: 450

Core Speed: 7.5 x 450 = 3375 MHz

I had to boost up the voltage a lot to get stable for this. But it seems stable at 1.36875v. Temps stayed around 50C to 55C.

The problem with the Q9300 is the low multiplier and high starting FSB of 1333. I think the Q6600 would overclock better, but might be a bit hotter.

I received my Q9500 in the mail today though so I will overclock that once I get the CPU's changed.

[Warin]

Look at that IDE port! 

[thrasher_565]

1 hour ago, Warin said:

Look at that IDE port! 

whats an IDE port?   jk

[Warin]

The first PC that I built for myself was a Pentium 75.  I thought it was so amazing to have multi channel IDE on the motherboard, instead of needing a hard drive controller card like my old 286 system used.