old ver: v1 | old PC fan buzzing noise
mobo: ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard - $85 at late 2012 and the R2 has the same price on 12/29/2013 (newegg.com price $75, 10/17/2012)
support:
RAM - DDR3 2100(OC) / 1866(OC) / 1800(OC) / 1600(OC) / 1333 / 1066 / 800
CPU:
AMD Athlon II X4 640 Propus 3.0GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor ADX640WFGMBOX - $80, 12/2012 - Note: not Phenom II X4
And "Athlon II X4 640 does not have a L3 Cache." (src) An feedback: "ASRock K10N78D motherboard: selected auto core calibration and it unlocked the L3 very nice; also did safe oc to 10% and runs at 3.3ghz "
RAM:
Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model BLT2KIT2G3D1869DT1TX0 - CL=9 ( 9-9-9-24 ) , 1.5V - newegg.com price $20 No ECC, Unbuffered.
Note:
(1) Had to manually set speed (1866) and voltage (1.5V)
in BIOS.
(2) have to enabled the AutoOC for some MB.
(3) According to
crucial.com, it is compatible with above ASRock 970 EXTREME3 AM3+ AMD MB.
(4) A review:
I absolutely cannot get these to run at 1866MHz on my Gigabyte AM3+ 990FX UltraDurable motherboard. This is with a new Visheron octo-core FX8320 CPU.
I tried relaxing the timings from the rated 9-9-9-24 up to 11-11-11-27, still will not POST.
I then tried over-volting in increments all the way up to 1.75V (that's 17% higher) and, even with the relaxed timings, still no POST.
At 1600MHz, they run fine-and-dandy, I can even time them down to
8-8-8-24 and they sail along smooth and cool.
The SPD in BIOS displays timings of 9-9-9-24 (as does the Newegg product page,) but the label on the sticks themselves shows 9-9-9-27, so there's a discrepancy in there somewhere.
PS:
COOLMAX ZX Series ZX-700 700W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - newegg.com ($39.99 after $10.00 rebate )
Case:
Antec 300 Illusion was bought.
older version is : Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case (newegg.com: $59.99) (Amazon.com: $54.99 + Tax = $60) manual
Review: YouTube-1 YouTube-2 Newegg TV: Antec Lanboy Air Test Build with 15 Fans
Existing components which are reusable for the new PC:
Case: GIGABYTE 3D AURORA GZ-FSCA1-ANB Silver Aluminum
ATX Full Tower Computer Case
- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811233001
- review: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/gig-3d-aurora_12.html - 10/01/2005
PS: ENERMAX Noisetaker II EG495P-VE ATX12V 485W Power Supply 115/230 V - Retail
- http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817194009
- http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/other/display/psu-roundup.html - 02/28/2006
Video card: Radeon HD 5450
AMD Catalyst™ Display Driver : http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista32.aspx#1
USB + 1394 bracket: possible
OS: Win7 32bit
- ISO: “G:\Data\download\windows 7 32bit with
everything\7600.16385.090713-1255_x86fre_client_en-us_Retail_Ultimate-GRMCULFRER_EN_DVD.iso”
- Boot from the DVD and install Windows 7 Ultimate.
- During installation, no need to input any product key.
- Activation: use “G:\Data\download\windows 7 32bit
with everything\loader\Windows_Loader_v2.1.9”, run Windows Loader.exe (as
administrator) from
Daz. More info:
The Official Windows 7 Repository
Old components from others or my inventory:
1. Real Power 230P ATX Computer Power Supply 20 Pin (230W) -
info-1
According to here, I only need 350W (forget to add 6 USB devices) 365W PSU is good enough for 95W CPU :
WiFi adapter - Edimax EW-7811Un 150 Mbps Wireless 11n Nano Size USB Adapter with EZmax Setup Wizard
USB Mouse, wired / wireless (optional)
Better keyboard (optional) - Rosewill RIKB-11002 Slim Keyboard with Low Profile Chiclet Keycap Design / Kyma's (12/31/2012)
SATA cable with metal latch 18"
SATA DVD burner - Asus 24xDVD-RW Serial ATA Internal OEM Drive DRW-24B1ST (Black)