MY FIRST BUILD EVER - GAMING PC - 4 MONTHS OF BUILD - STORY!

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MY FIRST BUILD EVER - GAMING PC + PICTURES - 4 MONTHS OF BUILD - STORY!

Well, on November 2008 I desided to build first custum pc!

Spect used to be following:

-Vista Ultimate 32bit
-E8500
-Asus P5Q-E
-SAPPHIRE X1950 pro (from old system)
-480 x-power psu
-2 x 1Gb Ocz Platinum 800mhz RAM
-Seagate Barracuda 32mb 500GB
-Thermaltake Aguila VD1000SWA Aluminum Case
-Sony Dvd-Rw Rom (from old system)
-Card reader

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after I have finished it looked like this:

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nothing special, but worked!

after one week desided to ad 2Gb of Ram so total 4gb!

and desided to change to VISTA ULTIMATE 64bit
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as X1950 pro is outdated for new games...
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I purchased HD4870 512mb O/C edition with Hyper 580W PSU (on Sale) as mine 480W
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was Unbranded and low

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when installed card remved HDD rack to save place and put HDD to internal 3.5" bay

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-was happy but wanted to get better graphic and got GTX260 216 (on advise, on sale)
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which was making mad squealing...so I RMA'd it
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and started to use again Hd4870!
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later did O/C...so because of the temperature issue wanted to get CPU cooler, but before that got GTX280 as it was crazy OCUK SALE: £215, so:

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and after got cooler:

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so, sold mine X1950 pro and HD4870
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... Hiper 580W was not very stable with GTX280 because of cables:

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so, sold HIPER
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and Got PC POWER & COOLING 610W PSU:

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when opened the box was dissapointed as all cables where together and no chances to remove unwanted like on hypper, but once installed is good!

added also:

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and:
-Scythe Kama-Bay System/Hard Drive Cooler - Silver
-Akasa AK-174BKT-B 120mm Auto Thermal Sensor Black Case Fan - 3 Pin
-blue cold cathode ligh

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OMG- cable management was eve worser than on very first picture, but did cable management: put wires behind motherboard, hdd, dvd-r, psu
and finally:


-Vista Ultimate 64bit
-E8500 3.8ghz
-Coolermaster Z600 (cpu cooler)
-Asus P5Q-E
-Zotac GTX 280
-PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610W
-4 x 1Gb Ocz Platinum 800mhz RAM
-Seagate Barracuda 32mb 500GB
-Thermaltake Aguila VD1000SWA Aluminum Case
-Sony Dvd-Rw Rom
-Card reader
-Scythe Kama-Bay System/Hard Drive Cooler - Silver
-Akasa AK-174BKT-B 120mm Auto Thermal Sensor Black Case Fan - 3 Pin
-blue cold cathode ligh

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all upgrades took about 4 months...
will edit a bit later if find something what I've missed!
 
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I'd be interested to find out how was it like building you pc with that case. I bought a Thermaltake Soprano long ago, and thought it the worst case ever. The PCI clippy thingies really annoyed me though.
 
You went from Hiper, a known bad PSU to an equally bad, unbranded one? Suggest you get that out sharpish and go with something like a Corsair...
 
Liquidfox said:
You went from Hiper, a known bad PSU to an equally bad, unbranded one? Suggest you get that out sharpish and go with something like a Corsair...
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PC P&C are very good PSUs.

To OP: Loved the story :) but bloody hell i wish i had that money to change gfx like every month :(

Edit: Can you attach a fan to CM Z600 cooler?
 
Well done for your first build.
The case is not really my taste and I do like it more if the PSU sists on the bottom, I think the cable management can be much improved and if I were you I'd get rid of the IDE devices, removing those big cables really cleans up. Next time, I'd go for a modular psu! ;) Anyway gratz for getting your first build up and running!
 
if you are unable to remove the IDE cables then have a look around for some rounded IDE cables. then again the cost of a SATA alternative these days is minimal.

with cable management i find its best to build the system, plug in everything then move the cables around to have few of them showing. go down to your local hardware store and get a pack or 250 cable ties for £4 :p
 
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