@Edward Peterson70/">@@Edward Peterson70 You just have to pull the entire faceplate out and hold it steady with those little plastic clips—I can't even remember the technical term for them, honestly —and there aren't any actual screws involved, though you will eventually have to unscrew that silver trim piece running along the front, along with the USB ports and the headphone and mic jacks. As for the FireWire situation, I suppose you could just find a way to screw or glue it onto the front somewhere. Just grab a mounting bracket, take it apart, and screw it right on the front panel. It’s really just a matter of having a bit of willpower and putting in some elbow grease 😉
I mean, I highly doubt the electrical tape is just going to peel right off after you've been using it for a while. As far as that sliding issue goes, just grab some double-sided tape and stick the mouse to your palm 😬
Joseph Carter9 said:Honestly, we might as well just glue some ping-pong balls all over the chassis at this point... you know, just to go full "total chaos" mode.
At least throw a disco ball on there. 😵Maybe then it'll actually look intentional.
The whole case is painted in this deep metallic black, both inside and out. I actually had my heart set on going with a red theme, but my motherboard decided to kick the bucket right when I was planning it (it was an ASUS red one😍), and since I had to swap it out for a blue Gigabyte instead, the colors just wouldn't have vibed together. As for the Sonica, there's no way I'm selling it like this; honestly, it’s actually better now because the airflow is way improved.😁
It’s been a minute since anyone’s posted anything worthwhile on here, so I figured I’d drop by and show off my little mini-mod project. The original case Prep work phase one Prep work phase two Finally done at least for the first stage🙂 First things first, I tore the whole case down and hit it with four coats of metallic black, then gave the widowmaker component two layers of paint. I hand-fitted some plexiglass onto the side panel, but I actually ran out of space on my PC because of the Sonic game installation😠 and honestly, I'm not crazy enough to go around cutting down heatpipes myself.😂 This is how it looked paired up with the old motherboard; now I just have to put in some actual work on the cable management, so we'll see how it all pans out.
I have a feeling regarding $433 that it actually was. So, I can't push past 3.6GHz (with that 520FSB), but honestly, I just keep it sitting steady at 2.8GHz (400FSB) anyway.
So here’s 520MHz FSB😁 I could probably push it even higher if I actually felt like messing around, but honestly, I'm feeling lazy today. I bumped the motherboard voltage up by 0.2V, got the CPU sitting at 1.4V, and the RAM is running at 2.1V (clocked at 1040MHz with 5-5-5-18 timings for those KingMax sticks from $47 😁)
Way to go🙏 I figured you could pull it off, you young whippersnapper🧐 You definitely earned yourself a gold medal though this one’s actually for competitive pig racing, and I haven't got a spare on me😁😁😁
I feel like I’ve hit a wall at 510MHz, and honestly, that’s with the CPU sitting at 1.4V, the RAM—which is just standard Kingston😬 gear, by the way—running at 2.2V, and pushing the chipset about 0.2V north of stock settings. You might actually be able to squeeze a bit more overclocking out of this thing, but I don't know... I'm almost too attached to it to risk breaking anything.😁
It’s a total wash; I’ve tried bumping up the voltage and cranking the cooling, but once I hit that 510MHz FSB wall, everything just falls apart. No amount of tinkering seems to help. wiredmarlin5, how’s your overclocking journey going with that P35 chipset?
Unfortunately, I can't push past 510MHz 🙂, either Windows just crashes within two minutes or the whole thing refuses to even boot, but as far as the motherboard goes, I’ve gotta say I'm pretty stoked with it. 👍
I think I’ll just stick with where I am for now, because honestly, pushing it any further just makes the whole thing more unstable, and there isn't really much point in chasing those extra numbers if I can't actually use them. By the way, temps are sitting at about 35–38°C at idle and hitting around 45–50°C under load.
I figured I had to see for myself what would happen if I pushed things up to a 500MHz FBI 😁 The KingMaxi is giving me a bit of a headache, honestly, but hey, this is just an experiment.