Thundycat's Custom Ultima Vanquish

rjk · 23 Jan 2010 at 13:57

One of our Forums' Dons, Thundycat recently got in touch asking for a custom system.

the system is an Ultima Vanquish with three 1TB hard Drives [2TB in RAID], a Radeon HD 5870 and an Antec 1200 Case.

here is the pics from my build

the generic "here is a collection of boxes that i am going to build a system with" photo

the case sitting on the entrance to my work area

the board

the hard drives...
3TB of Samsungs

preparing the cables

the build internals...

Yewen · 23 Jan 2010 at 14:00

Good work Rich, need a picture of it with the side panel on, looks even more impressive then.

rjk · 23 Jan 2010 at 14:03

you are never happy! :mad:

ThundyCat · 23 Jan 2010 at 14:07

That looks wicked Rich thanks for taking the time to build it for me.

And thankyou Yewen for your time and advice on what components to use.

TC.

Yewen · 23 Jan 2010 at 14:08

It has windows installed and the drivers are currently going on.

So far 30 minutes load stable on a preliminary test we run before installing Windows, the main testing will occur in Windows once all the drivers are installed.

Can't let you have the rig just yet mate.

macca672 · 23 Jan 2010 at 14:08

whats that ssd sticker on the case box say? do they come with an ssd tray now? getting mine on tuesday so would be handy if they do

build looks good, nice and clean cable management

rjk · 23 Jan 2010 at 14:13

Thundycat said:
That looks wicked Rich thanks for taking the time to build it for me.
TC.

no problem, i hope it is enjoyed

macca672 said:
whats that ssd sticker on the case box say? do they come with an ssd tray now? getting mine on tuesday so would be handy if they do

build looks good, nice and clean cable management

they have a slot cut in the bottom of the case now on all antec 901/1200's where you slot the ssd in place using these rubber grommet thingys

its not ideal as it is not the stealthiest way of doing it, but its functional and it works

macca672 · 23 Jan 2010 at 14:15

rjkoneill said:
they have a slot cut in the bottom of the case now on all antec 901/1200's where you slot the ssd in place using these rubber grommet thingys

its not ideal as it is not the stealthiest way of doing it, but its functional and it works

cool thanks, ill still buy a 3.5 to 2.5 adaptor tray and see which suits best then

thank you

Yewen · 23 Jan 2010 at 14:16

macca672 said:
cool thanks, ill still buy a 3.5 to 2.5 adaptor tray and see which suits best then thank you

Go with this one: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-059-AK

Look the part on the Antec cases and have some arriving next week.

RJC · 23 Jan 2010 at 14:25

That does look very nice, Nice choice of parts

See Gigabyte have changed the colour of the last PCI-E slot.

macca672 · 23 Jan 2010 at 14:25

Yewen said:
Go with this one: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-059-AK

Look the part on the Antec cases and have some arriving next week.

if you have them in on tuesday I will, if not its an ocuk value one for now

sorry for derailing the thread

rjk · 23 Jan 2010 at 14:26

RJC said:
See Gigabyte have changed the colour of the last PCI-E slot.

its a newer revision

i think it looks a little more uniform too

RJC · 23 Jan 2010 at 14:30

rjkoneill said:
its a newer revision

i think it looks a little more uniform too

Your right there, the one thing I diss-like about mine is the almost burnt orange slot

Edit: actually you can't see it very well now with 2 gpu's in the ESATA bracket

DeadMan · 23 Jan 2010 at 15:09

Looks great

(apart from those noctua fans.)

Yewen · 23 Jan 2010 at 15:25

DeadMan said:
Looks great (apart from those noctua fans.)

Great performance mind, only reason Noctua have done it is that they self advertise as they are so distinctive.

DavyBoy · 24 Jan 2010 at 14:31

Enjoy your new rig Thundy

That thing will be a beast of a system mate!

@Rich, have you noticed any differences between these new UD5's over the previous ones?

When my Dad got his bundle from you guys it had one of the new boards, but I can't say I noticed any difference at all between his board and mine, I remember when the Rev 13 X58 chipsets first starting appearing a lot of people on XS said they were better for overclocking, but I personally didn't think there was any difference at all.

ThundyCat · 24 Jan 2010 at 18:57

DavyBoy said:
Enjoy your new rig Thundy

That thing will be a beast of a system mate!

@Rich, have you noticed any differences between these new UD5's over the previous ones?

When my Dad got his bundle from you guys it had one of the new boards, but I can't say I noticed any difference at all between his board and mine, I remember when the Rev 13 X58 chipsets first starting appearing a lot of people on XS said they were better for overclocking, but I personally didn't think there was any difference at all.

Aye cannot wait mate.

I wonder what performance jump I will get going from an old P4 rig

Just dusted my copy of Crysis of the shelf looking forward to finally playing it

Roll on Tuesday as that is the expected delivery date

TC.