The Build :)

02goswej · 8 Oct 2010 at 17:15

Parts finally arrived so spent my night building my new machine ^_^

Full Inside View

Heat sink

Full view

This is my first computer I have build using a case with Cable Management. Behind the panel it's a bit messy (And by a "Bit" I mean its a "LOT"^^)

Spec:
Argon Extreme Intel Core i3 2.93GHz @ 4.20GHz Overclocked Bundle
MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply
2x Akasa AK-191-BL Blue Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3 Pin
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ)
Samsung SH-B083L/RSBP 8x BluRay ROM / 16x DVD±RW Drive - Black (Retail)

Booted up first time, no problems ^_^

/Johnathan

/Johnathan

BigBruiserAl · 8 Oct 2010 at 17:20

cooler is the wrong way :confused:

ZXSpectrum · 8 Oct 2010 at 17:20

Looks to me like your cooler is orientated the wrong way round...

ZXSpectrum · 8 Oct 2010 at 17:20

Pah Beaten to it!

Unbreakable · 8 Oct 2010 at 17:22

Nice Build

Is the fan on the cpu cooler sucking air through the heat sink? I would personally move it around so it was blowing air through the heatsink and out the exhaust. Should give better temps.

EDIT: Beaten to it lol

02goswej · 8 Oct 2010 at 17:23

I decided to put the PSU in that way. It doesn't show to logo BUT, the 4Ping CPU cable is short and if I put it in the other way it wouldn't fit around the back (It barely does that way). That and other fixed power cables (As you can see) are pretty short :|

Unbreakable said:
Nice Build

Is the fan on the cpu cooler sucking air through the heat sink? I would personally move it around so it was blowing air through the heatsink and out the exhaust. Should give better temps.

And yes, I was thinking of turning the heat sink around the other way. Will do it later ^^

/Johnathan

BigBruiserAl · 8 Oct 2010 at 17:25

02goswej said:
I decided to put the PSU in that way. It doesn't show to logo BUT, the 4Ping CPU cable is short and if I put it in the other way it wouldn't fit around the back (It barely does that way). That and other fixed power cables (As you can see) are pretty short :|

/Johnathan

Not the PSU the CPU cooler is the wrong way

02goswej · 8 Oct 2010 at 17:29

BigBruiserAl said:
Not the PSU the CPU cooler is the wrong way

xDDD Read it wrong, my bad

anyway, yea as I said in previous, will change it later

Temps at the minute:

/Johnathan

Cythx · 8 Oct 2010 at 17:30

Hope you enjoy it, that GPU is very good btw.

Idles at 40% which I find quite high, considering it doesn't go beyond 40% when playing some games due to my modified fan settings. (temps are pretty cool too)

Even running furmark/ffxiv/kombuster it won't go beyond 53% (80C max)

RJC · 8 Oct 2010 at 17:37

Nice build

Temps look fairly good.

Brummies · 8 Oct 2010 at 17:42

Nice build, how do you find that case? does it have a see through window?

02goswej · 8 Oct 2010 at 18:08

Brummies said:
Nice build, how do you find that case? does it have a see through window?

No. I decided against a window for this build. I didn't want it.

But the case is SOLID, best case I've ever used!

/Johnathan

Brummies · 8 Oct 2010 at 18:11

02goswej said:
No. I decided against a window for this build. I didn't want it.

But the case is SOLID, best case I've ever used!

/Johnathan

cool thanks

02goswej · 8 Oct 2010 at 18:22

Brummies said:
cool thanks

That and the fact it's got space for what? 8 - 10 fans? O_O /drool

/Johnathan

gazzamcg · 8 Oct 2010 at 18:30

Good tidy job there.

How quiet/loud are you finding the operating noise level with the samsung blu-ray drive ?

02goswej · 8 Oct 2010 at 18:41

gazzamcg said:
Good tidy job there.

How quiet/loud are you finding the operating noise level with the samsung blu-ray drive ?

I don't know. It is pretty much the same as any other disk drive I've owned. HOWEVER, there is a REALLY high pitched squeeking or buzzing noise which only I can seem to hear coming from it when it's max speed. Must be really high pitch if only I can pick it up, but it makes my teeth hurt

Lucky I don't use my disk drive much

/Johnathan

gazzamcg · 8 Oct 2010 at 18:46

Thanks for the info.

Enjoy your new rig.

Addicted · 8 Oct 2010 at 18:50

nice build, the fan issue already mentioned tho =[

PapaLazaru · 8 Oct 2010 at 18:54

I can +1 that case as well as I have one.

Like you say, OP, it will no doubt be a massive mess of wires and cables behind that motherboard tray, but that is what it is there for.