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PICTURES - My EXTREME OSx86 Build


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STATUS

 

Audio and Ethernet are fully working right after vanilla installation of Kalyway's Leopard!

Sleep/Wake/Shutdown is mostly working- but a little buggy.

Haven't tested time machine.

I've updated 4 things with Apple's built in updater without a problem.

 

SPECIFICATIONS

Processor: Intel Q6600 Quad (L737B Batch)

Motherboard: ASUS P5K Premium Wifi

Hard Drives: TWO Raptor-X 150GB Drives, 400GB WD4000YR Storage

Memory: 4GB (2 x 2GB) Patriot DDR2-800

Graphics: Geforce 7950 GT KO

Power Supply: OCZ PowerStream 600W SLI

Optical: Samsung 20x DVD+-RW SATA

 

PHOTOS: Taken with iPhone.

 

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Processor Arrives

After fighting with Fedex for a week, the processor finally arrives.

The rest of the parts I ordered via UPS, USPS and DHL had arrived last week.

This is a special 737B batch processor (often results in 3.8-4.0Ghz) which I will be overclocking tomorrow.

 

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Thermal Grease

Time to give it a nice thin coat of high quality thermal grease.

I end up using a little less and spreading it thinner.

 

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New Tubing

I drain my old water cooling loop and compare the stained tubing with fresh new tygon.

 

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Loctite 242

This time around I use Loctite 242 threadlocker for peace of mind.

I also switch my barbs to D-Tek.

 

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Leak Testing

I run my system like this for 24 hours to check for leaks.

It passes without spilling a drop.

 

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Wiring: Close Up

I drill some small holes to run ugly wires from the back.

Zip ties are great when they can be mounted flush with the metal.

 

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Wiring: Overview

Here is a look at the wiring at the back of the case.

 

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Inside: Close Up

A close up of the motherboard COMPLETELY INSTALLED & wire managed!

 

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Finished Product

Here it is, ready for action!

(You can see my reflection in the shiny black plastic at the upper right.)

 

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OSX Leopard

Two widescreen LCDs displaying OSX.

One is horizontal. One is vertical.

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Extreme? HARDLY. =]

 

 

No, I'm joking, it's nice. How high have you gotten your Q6600?

 

Can you give us a CPU-Z screenshot with a 3hr Prime95 test in the background to conferm the 4GHz please

 

He didn't overclock it to 4 ghz, the steppings on that certain batch gives it the ability to go up to 4 ghz is what he's saying. Unless I'm misreading it.

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