Revival of Evil Dead
🔗 Original Evil Dead Blog ⏱️ 𝐄𝐬𝐭. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: 5 mins
👨💻🛠️ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲:
Embarking on the revival of my "Evil Dead" computer has been a journey of custom fabrication, technical challenges, and DIY resilience. With the Chief Architect Summit approaching, I aimed to harness the leftover parts from the original Evil Dead - a colossal machine with immense power - into a new, compact form.
💡 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞:
Initial attempts to boot with a 7900 XTX GPU were unsuccessful. Swapping in an older 2695-v3 14-core Xeon was necessary to boot and flash the BIOS, enabling support for the 6900K. Confronted with cooling fan issues due to the rare socket type, I created a custom bracket from electrical plate scraps, tackling the problem head-on. The necessity to modify the case for the Corsair SF850L SFX PSU for better cooling led me to plan cutting out a section of the case. Adapting to PSU sizing and cable length issues, I pulled an extension cable from my old AMD and reconfigured it for the new setup. The limitation of only two RAM slots meant selecting sticks with the best timings from my previous 80GB setup.
🚀 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:
Despite using a CPU over a decade old, the resurrected Evil Dead impressively powers through Chief Architect. Preparing for overclocking tests, thanks to the open bench setup keeping the machine cool and fans rarely kicking in.
🎒 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:
The next step is to make this powerful yet compact machine travel-ready for the upcoming Chief Architect Summit. Attendees will get a firsthand look at the capabilities of this custom-built "Evil Dead" machine.
This project has been a deep dive into the world of custom PC building, proving that with the right hardware and a bit of ingenuity, even older CPUs can deliver remarkable performance.
Stay tuned for updates and visuals of this unique tech journey!
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