NEW BOX SPECS

Ken Cox · April 9, 2011

LOTS TO SORT OUT BUT BASIC SPECS - VERY LITTLE SOFTWARE INSTALLED so far

WE DECIDED TO NOT INSTALL A GRAPHICS/SOUND CARD AS WE ARE RUNNING A PRETTY HEFTY SYSTEM AS IT STANDS -

we ran tests with lins video test program and peters space exe with no problems

setup includes hdmi feed to ws tv

the box can be seen at tiger direct

C283-2096

RC-932-KKA3-GP

Cooler Master RC-932-KKA3-GP HAF 932 Full Tower Case and Pre-installed eXtreme 700W Power Supply

programs only go on c drive

solid state c drive

O261-6371

OCZSSD2-2VTX160G

OCZ Technology OCZSSD2-2VTX160G Vertex 2 Solid State Drive - 160GB, 2.5", SATA II, 3Gbps, 3.5" Adapter Bracket Included

ken

Computer Profile Summary Computer Name: KEN-3 (in WORKGROUP) — KEN-3 Profile Date: Saturday, April 09, 2011 9:17:10 AM Advisor Version: 8.1p Windows Logon: Ken Plan for your next computer refresh... click for Belarc's System Management products Operating System System Model Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601) Install Language: English (United States) System Locale: English (United States) No details available Processor a Main Circuit Board b 3.20 gigahertz AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 768 kilobyte primary memory cache 3072 kilobyte secondary memory cache 6144 kilobyte tertiary memory cache 64-bit ready Multi-core (6 total) Not hyper-threaded Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 Rev X.0x Serial Number: MF70B1G07900568 Bus Clock: 200 megahertz BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 1702 12/22/2010 Drives Memory Modules c,d 2160.34 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 2106.37 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space ATAPI iHAS224 B ATA Device [Optical drive] ATAPI iHAS224 B ATA Device [Optical drive] Generic USB CF Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4 Generic USB MS Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 6 Generic USB SD Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3 Generic USB SM Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 5 OCZ-VERTEX2 [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0, s/n OCZ-LSCMN107V4I47W20, rev 1.28, SMART Status: Healthy Verbatim STORE N GO USB Device [Hard drive] (8.00 GB) -- drive 7, s/n WDC WD1002FAEX-007BA0 [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 2, s/n WD-WMAY00484007, rev 05.01D05, SMART Status: Healthy WDC WD1002FAEX-007BA0 [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 1, s/n WD-WMAUR0555428, rev 05.01D05, SMART Status: Healthy 16128 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory Slot 'DIMM0' has 4096 MB Slot 'DIMM1' has 4096 MB Slot 'DIMM2' has 4096 MB Slot 'DIMM3' has 4096 MB Local Drive Volumes c: (NTFS on drive 0) 159.93 GB 110.50 GB free d: (NTFS on drive 1) 1000.20 GB 995.81 GB free e: (NTFS on drive 2) 1000.20 GB 1000.07 GB free Network Drives None discovered Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers local user accounts last logon Ken 4/9/2011 6:15:15 AM (admin) local system accounts Administrator 7/14/2009 1:08:59 AM (admin) Guest never Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account hp LaserJet 1300 PCL 5 on 192.168.0.4_1 Microsoft Shared Fax Driver on SHRFAX: Microsoft XPS Document Writer on XPSPort: Controllers Display ATA Channel 0 [Controller] (2x) ATA Channel 1 [Controller] (2x) Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (2x) ATI Radeon HD 4250 [Display adapter] Panasonic-TV [Monitor] (s/n 16843009) Samsung SyncMaster [Monitor] (21.7"vis, s/n HVGS503696, May 2009) Bus Adapters Multimedia Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Root Hub Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller (3x) Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (4x) AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio Virus Protection [back to Top] new Group Policies AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011 None discovered Communications Other Devices Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.0.103 / 24 Gateway: 192.168.0.1 Dhcp Server: 192.168.0.1 Physical Address: BC:AE:C5:BF:1F:C6 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Networking Dns Server: 192.168.0.1 HID-compliant consumer control device HID-compliant device USB Input Device (2x) HID Keyboard Device Standard PS/2 Keyboard HID-compliant mouse Generic USB Hub USB Composite Device USB Mass Storage Device (3x) USB Root Hub (7x) Generic volume shadow copy See your entire network map... click for Belarc's System Management products

Lin Evans · April 9, 2011

Cool system!! TIger changes their stripes so fast, this is "no longer available" per their search engine - LOL.

That's a really neat system and should keep you busy tinkering with software installation and such for a few Heineken's worth of pleasure!

Looking forward to hearing how it fares with video and such as time goes on.

Best regards,

Lin

nobeefstu · April 9, 2011

Ken,

The case and all its air control should pretty much handle all the heat generated by all the new high performace hardware and products out there. Im a true believer in keeping things cool ... heat is the primary element that can greatly reduce the lifespan of equipment. Now its only controlling the dust intake these open-air cases can collect ... its not really a problem if one keeps good maintenance habits

New Note:

Since I see you are running some Western Digital HD

(WDC WD1002FAEX-007BA0 [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 2, s/n WD-WMAY00484007, rev 05.01D05, SMART Status: Healthy WDC WD1002FAEX-007BA0 [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB)

Western Digital has its own free Acronis Backup version software available at its site. I gave up using my Ghost because of SATA drive recognition issues. The WD Acronis version works flawlessly ... as I ran it thru all drive restore scenarios I could think of. Its not as fully featured as the Acronis Full Version one buys.

See:

Acronis True Image WD Edition Software

http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119&wdc_lang=en

*It will work with other HD brands ... but you need at least one WD Drive (internal or external) for the software to install.

xahu34 · April 9, 2011

...
the box can be seen at tiger direct
C283-2096
RC-932-KKA3-GP
Cooler Master RC-932-KKA3-GP HAF 932 Full Tower Case and Pre-installed eXtreme 700W Power Supply
programs only go on c drive
solid state c drive
O261-6371
OCZSSD2-2VTX160G
OCZ Technology OCZSSD2-2VTX160G Vertex 2 Solid State Drive - 160GB, 2.5", SATA II, 3Gbps, 3.5" Adapter Bracket Included
ken

???

Regards,

Xaver

Computer Profile Summary Computer Name: KEN-3 (in WORKGROUP) — KEN-3 Profile Date: Saturday, April 09, 2011 9:17:10 AM Advisor Version: 8.1p Windows Logon: Ken Plan for your next computer refresh... click for Belarc's System Management products Operating System System Model Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601) Install Language: English (United States) System Locale: English (United States) No details available Processor a Main Circuit Board b 3.20 gigahertz AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 768 kilobyte primary memory cache 3072 kilobyte secondary memory cache 6144 kilobyte tertiary memory cache 64-bit ready Multi-core (6 total) Not hyper-threaded Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 Rev X.0x Serial Number: MF70B1G07900568 Bus Clock: 200 megahertz BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 1702 12/22/2010 Drives Memory Modules c,d 2160.34 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 2106.37 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space ATAPI iHAS224 B ATA Device [Optical drive] ATAPI iHAS224 B ATA Device [Optical drive] Generic USB CF Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4 Generic USB MS Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 6 Generic USB SD Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3 Generic USB SM Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 5 OCZ-VERTEX2 [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0, s/n OCZ-LSCMN107V4I47W20, rev 1.28, SMART Status: Healthy Verbatim STORE N GO USB Device [Hard drive] (8.00 GB) -- drive 7, s/n WDC WD1002FAEX-007BA0 [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 2, s/n WD-WMAY00484007, rev 05.01D05, SMART Status: Healthy WDC WD1002FAEX-007BA0 [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 1, s/n WD-WMAUR0555428, rev 05.01D05, SMART Status: Healthy 16128 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory Slot 'DIMM0' has 4096 MB Slot 'DIMM1' has 4096 MB Slot 'DIMM2' has 4096 MB Slot 'DIMM3' has 4096 MB Local Drive Volumes c: (NTFS on drive 0) 159.93 GB 110.50 GB free d: (NTFS on drive 1) 1000.20 GB 995.81 GB free e: (NTFS on drive 2) 1000.20 GB 1000.07 GB free Network Drives None discovered Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers local user accounts last logon Ken 4/9/2011 6:15:15 AM (admin) local system accounts Administrator 7/14/2009 1:08:59 AM (admin) Guest never Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account hp LaserJet 1300 PCL 5 on 192.168.0.4_1 Microsoft Shared Fax Driver on SHRFAX: Microsoft XPS Document Writer on XPSPort: Controllers Display ATA Channel 0 [Controller] (2x) ATA Channel 1 [Controller] (2x) Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (2x) ATI Radeon HD 4250 [Display adapter] Panasonic-TV [Monitor] (s/n 16843009) Samsung SyncMaster [Monitor] (21.7"vis, s/n HVGS503696, May 2009) Bus Adapters Multimedia Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Root Hub Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller (3x) Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (4x) AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio Virus Protection [back to Top] new Group Policies AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011 None discovered Communications Other Devices Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.0.103 / 24 Gateway: 192.168.0.1 Dhcp Server: 192.168.0.1 Physical Address: BC:AE:C5:BF:1F:C6 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Networking Dns Server: 192.168.0.1 HID-compliant consumer control device HID-compliant device USB Input Device (2x) HID Keyboard Device Standard PS/2 Keyboard HID-compliant mouse Generic USB Hub USB Composite Device USB Mass Storage Device (3x) USB Root Hub (7x) Generic volume shadow copy See your entire network map... click for Belarc's System Management products

Ken Cox · April 10, 2011

somehow your browser scrambled the entry -- nobody else seems t have a problem

ken

davegee · April 10, 2011

Mine too.

DG

Ken Cox · April 10, 2011

PICTURE ZIP IS TOO BIG FOR FORUM

BUT BASICALLY THIS IT

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Computer Profile Summary

Computer Name: KEN-3 (in WORKGROUP) — KEN-3

Profile Date: Saturday, April 09, 2011 9:17:10 AM

Advisor Version: 8.1p

Windows Logon: Ken

Plan for your next computer refresh...

click for Belarc's System Management products

Operating System System Model

Windows 7 Home Premium (x64) Service Pack 1 (build 7601)

Install Language: English (United States)

System Locale: English (United States) No details available

Processor a Main Circuit Board b

3.20 gigahertz AMD Phenom II X6 1090T

768 kilobyte primary memory cache

3072 kilobyte secondary memory cache

6144 kilobyte tertiary memory cache

64-bit ready

Multi-core (6 total)

Not hyper-threaded Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3 Rev X.0x

Serial Number: MF70B1G07900568

Bus Clock: 200 megahertz

BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 1702 12/22/2010

Drives Memory Modules c,d

2160.34 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity

2106.37 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

ATAPI iHAS224 B ATA Device [Optical drive]

Generic USB CF Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 4

Generic USB MS Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 6

Generic USB SD Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 3

Generic USB SM Reader USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 5

OCZ-VERTEX2 [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0, s/n OCZ-LSCMN107V4I47W20, rev 1.28, SMART Status: Healthy

Verbatim STORE N GO USB Device [Hard drive] (8.00 GB) -- drive 7, s/n

WDC WD1002FAEX-007BA0 [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 2, s/n WD-WMAY00484007, rev 05.01D05, SMART Status: Healthy

WDC WD1002FAEX-007BA0 [Hard drive] (1000.20 GB) -- drive 1, s/n WD-WMAUR0555428, rev 05.01D05, SMART Status: Healthy 16128 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 4096 MB

Slot 'DIMM1' has 4096 MB

Slot 'DIMM2' has 4096 MB

Slot 'DIMM3' has 4096 MB

Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 159.93 GB 110.50 GB free

d: (NTFS on drive 1) 1000.20 GB 995.81 GB free

e: (NTFS on drive 2) 1000.20 GB 1000.07 GB free

Network Drives

None discovered

Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers

local user accounts last logon

Ken 4/9/2011 6:15:15 AM (admin)

local system accounts

Administrator 7/14/2009 1:08:59 AM (admin)

Guest never

Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account hp LaserJet 1300 PCL 5 on 192.168.0.4_1

Microsoft Shared Fax Driver on SHRFAX:

Microsoft XPS Document Writer on XPSPort:

Controllers Display

ATA Channel 0 [Controller] (2x)

ATA Channel 1 [Controller] (2x)

Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (2x) ATI Radeon HD 4250 [Display adapter]

Panasonic-TV [Monitor] (s/n 16843009)

Samsung SyncMaster [Monitor] (21.7"vis, s/n HVGS503696, May 2009)

Bus Adapters Multimedia

Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller

Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Root Hub

Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller (3x)

Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (4x) AMD High Definition Audio Device

Realtek High Definition Audio

Virus Protection [back to Top] new Group Policies

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 2011

None discovered

Communications Other Devices

Microsoft ISATAP Adapter

Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller

primary Auto IP Address: 192.168.0.103 / 24

Gateway: 192.168.0.1

Dhcp Server: 192.168.0.1

Physical Address: BC:AE:C5:BF:1F:C6

Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Networking Dns Server: 192.168.0.1

HID-compliant consumer control device

HID-compliant device

USB Input Device (2x)

HID Keyboard Device

Standard PS/2 Keyboard

HID-compliant mouse

Generic USB Hub

USB Composite Device

USB Mass Storage Device (3x)

USB Root Hub (7x)

Generic volume shadow copy

See your entire network map...

click for Belarc's System Management products

new Network Map (mouse over IP address for physical address) [back to Top]

IP Device Type Device Details Device Roles

192.168.0.1 Router home DHCP Server, Gateway, Domain Name Server, Web Server

192.168.0.2 Windows XP Workstation Ken-1 (in WORKGROUP), Asustek Browse Master

192.168.0.4 Network Device D-Link Web Server

192.168.0.101 Windows 7 Workstation A350-05n-pc (in WORKGROUP) Samba Server

192.168.0.103 Windows 7 Workstation Ken-3 (in WORKGROUP),

ken-3.gateway.2wire.net Samba Server

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TECHIE JUST LEFT AT 20:40

MIND BOGGLING

THIS BRUTE BOOTS SO FAST IT IS AMAZING

WE HAVE A LOT TO DO BUT RAN TESTS WITH LINS 100 MB VIDEO TEST - SMOOTH -- PETERS SPACE SHOW GREAT

BURNED A DVD WITH THE FREEBIE ASHAMPOO BURN PROGRAM OK

WAS SETTING UP NETWORK SHARING BURNING AND PLAYING SHOWS - STILL HAD 12 GB RAM FREE

RAN HDMI TO THE 37 " PANASONIC UNREAL PTE SHOWS

HAVE TO SORT SOUND OUT WMP DONT WANT TO OUTPUT VIA HDMI

GOING TO INSTALL ANOTHER PLAYER TO SORT THINGS

GOT PRINTER TO GO

FILE SHARE TO MAIN DRIVES ON #1 DONE

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http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6701033

GIVES YOU A GENERAL IDEA -

WE INSTALLED OFFICE AND WINMAIL 2011

DID WIN UPDATE

WITH MY #1 SYSTEM RUNNNING THE SOUND LEVEL 63.1 DB

WIN BOTH RUNNING - 65.2

THINK IT HAS 3 VARIABLE SPEED 6" FANS + THE POWERSUPPLY FANS

HAVE TO PUT A 12 PACK ON IT TO HOLD IT DOWN:))

THE FAN ON THE FRONT WHEN RUNNING LOOKS LIKE A ELECTRIC STOVE ELEMENT --RED HOT --red led rope light

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did some decibel checks

standard room noise nothing on but a small fan back behind a tv

62.8 db

new box 62.8 - 62.9

#1 sys 63.4 db

new box boot time 51 secs

we have plugged in 1 760 gb usb drive approx 3/4 full and an empty 1 tb usb drive

will have to reboot with them discoed to see if they affect the boot

ran Peter's kalidescope show from years ago no problem -- i used to have problems off and on when he first published it when i tried to run it with #1 system

ken

fh1805 · April 10, 2011

Mine too.

And mine - Firefox 3.6.16 under Vista Home Premium

Peter

Ken Cox · April 10, 2011

READ ALL OF THE THREAD - I JUST AMMENDED IT

ALSO PETER CHECK YOU EMAIL FOR PICTS AND DATA

KEN

Ken Cox · April 10, 2011

ENTRY # 7 IS IN TEXT MODE

REMIND ME NOT TO ENTER HTM OR WHATEVER IT IS

KEN

fh1805 · April 10, 2011

...ALSO PETER CHECK YOU EMAIL FOR PICTS AND DATA...

Ken,

Received. Impressive!

regards,

Peter

Ken Cox · April 18, 2011

exe vs a divx movie

I DECIDED TO RUN SOME TESTS ON THE MY NEW SYSTEM TO SEE HOW CPU USE ETC. RUNNING AN EXE VS A FULL LENGTH DIVX MOVIE

I don't have the tools to run a proper test so used what I had

Lin made an exe using early 5.7 beta +- 100 Mb -- I have it installed on my XP sp3 - ati 256 allinwonder card and a soundblaster card

on the new system I used the on board graphics and sound

there was some concern as to having enough to run p2e shows with this setup

I had to find out how to get to desktop ASAP to read win 7 CPU use gadget

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Keyboard-shortcut

windows key+d - gives the desktop also on xp

once things were leveled out I took reading on the gadget - normal reading is 01%/13%

started lins show and let system stabilize

rdgs were as follows

10/15

9/18

10/17

these rdgs were repeatable

Lin's show was steady till his last section where he really brings things in and out - there were some very slight jerks

then I started the full length divx movie

rdgs were

5%/13% all the way thru

I then started Lin's exe show on the xp system

I used taskmon to get

page file use 1.97 gb

cpu 20%

the same jerks appeared at the same place

I am satisfied with the results

but does anybody have suggestions before i post this in my thread re new system for general info to the members of the forum

http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index.php?/topic/13064-new-box-specs/

FROM STU

Ken,

There is a small free tool (no install required) which can tell you your graphical card - GPU Load and Video Load and several other sensors if your graphics card supports the features. Its a handy tool for the graphic card and it performance specs.

The tool should be able to show you a % (min,max,current) on how hard your video card is working for your exe test and video test.

I used it to monitor my new graphic card install for voltage and temps to make sure the card was working correctly. The newer the graphic card and its features available will display in the tool. The tool does not sensor/compare cpu usuage.

TechPowerUp GPU-Z v0.5.3

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/1978/TechPowerUp_GPU-Z_v0.5.3.html

You might find it a handy tool to have ... especially when building new pcs.

Stu

ken

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