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Frosty: The Ideal Blackbird Upgrade

‎06-14-2010 03:27 PM

Original thread: http://h20435.www2.hp.com/t5/Desktops/The-Ideal-Blackbird-Upgrade/td-p/56883

 

What's the ideal upgrade for the Blackbird today? Looking for suggestions for:

 

  • CPU
  • Graphics card
  • Memory
  • Hard Drives
  • Cooling

Thanks!

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‎06-15-2010 12:16 PM

 

 

Extreme: When only the best will do

 

 

ASUS Rampage III Extreme

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131642&Tpk=ASUS%20Rampage%20III%20Extreme

2XG.SKILL Trident 6GB (3 x 2GB)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231254&cm_re=gskill_trident-_-20-231-254-_-...

Intel Core i7-980X Extreme Edition Gulftown

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115223&cm_re=Core_i7-980X-_-19-115-223-_-Pr...

Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2M160G2XXXhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167017&cm_re=intel_ssd-_-20-167-017-_-Produ...

2XASUS ENGTX480/2DI/1536MD5 GeForce GTX 480 SLi

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121373&cm_re=fermi-_-14-121-373-_-Product

 

 

Good: Cost effective-Im doing this upgrade right now.

 

 

ASUS Maximus III Formula LGA 1156

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131482&cm_re=maximus_iii_formula-_-13-131-4...

Intel Core i7-860

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115214&cm_re=i7_860-_-19-115-214-_-Product

G.SKILL Trident 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231332&cm_re=gskill_trident-_-20-231-332-_-...

Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2MH080G2R5

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167023&cm_re=intel_ssd-_-20-167-023-_-Produ...

2XASUS ENGTX470/2DI/1280MD5 GeForce GTX 470 Sli

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121372&cm_re=fermi-_-14-121-372-_-Product

 

 

I can advise on water cooling. I have done 2 custom water setups.

Some pics here:

http://h20435.www2.hp.com/t5/Desktops/BlackBird-Which-Radiator-can-replace-oem/td-p/56581

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‎06-25-2010 01:53 PM

I got a special build that will be coming up.  I decided that it will be my maiden voyage into this new forum.  I hope it will beat the price/performance charts.  Well see soon so stay tuned.

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Re: Frosty: The Ideal Blackbird Upgrade

‎06-25-2010 03:16 PM

I'm thinking of moving one of my X-58 platforms into a spare BB002 case, and build a "green" (well less power hungry) build in the green BB002 case I have.

 

I was even thinking of vac-forming a styrene tub to smooth out (hide) the inside and hang my VoodooPC Idol in there!!!

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‎06-27-2010 08:14 PM

That sounds like a cool idea.  Just make sure you keep using the term green in quotes when talking about X58.  Chip-set takes almost 30 watts on its own, thats worse than the NF200's.  I'll be looking forward to your builds.  Mine will be done tomorrow night but I'll probably post pics on Tuesday. 

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Re: Frosty: The Ideal Blackbird Upgrade

‎06-29-2010 03:28 PM

I thought the mobo BB02 size was the extended ATX rather than the shorter ATX ?
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‎06-29-2010 07:33 PM

Fits both.  Classified and R3E will fit.  Server size Extended ATX will not.

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‎06-29-2010 10:27 PM

Actually, an EATX mobo will fit in, here is a pic of mrbean_philip's BB002 build with one: (originally posted on TheNextBench.com)

 

Blackbird 002 – Core i7-920 ~ eVGA X58 SLI ~ 6GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 ~ OCZ Vertex 60 GB SSD ~ WD Black 1TB ~ 3 x SLI BFG gtx260s max core 55 ~ Custon LC (cpu)
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Re: Frosty: The Ideal Blackbird Upgrade

‎06-30-2010 04:26 AM

From the mrbean pic

it looks like he could not use the plastic air baffles ?

 

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Re: Frosty: The Ideal Blackbird Upgrade

‎06-30-2010 08:40 AM

The divider between the "GPU" area and the "CPU" area, ...you are correct.  The cooling lines hinder that.  

 

Or are there other baffles I'm forgetting?

 

However, if I remember correctly, he didn't have most of the plastic parts when he was working on this build.  Notice he fabricated a bracket to hold his radiator too.

Blackbird 002 – Core i7-920 ~ eVGA X58 SLI ~ 6GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 ~ OCZ Vertex 60 GB SSD ~ WD Black 1TB ~ 3 x SLI BFG gtx260s max core 55 ~ Custon LC (cpu)
Blackbird 002 – Core i7-920 ~ eVGA X58 SLI ~ 12GB Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 ~ 2 x WD Velociraptor 300GB (Raid 0) ~ WD Velociraptor 300GB ~ WD Velociraptor 150GB ~ eVGA e-GeForce 9800 GT AKIMBO ~ Asetek LCLC (cpu)
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