B-Day Build [pics]

aries2580 · 19 Apr 2011 at 19:10

So After a long run with my stubborn Q6600 I have been putting aside wages and money from my birthday to fund my new build

Dismantling the computer and cleaning the case was a nightmare. I had neglected my poor PC for too long and it was quite dusty. Nothing a little compressed air couldn't fix

Glued on

Won't be getting that off in a hurry...

Sweet! The big brown box.

Some of the goodies (but no thermal paste!

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So after cleaning my case I decided to at least get my PSU installed and all the cables I would need wired in. Still surprised at how small it is.
On the right you can see the SSD and raid0 installed in the HDD cage.

After everything was up and running I decided to get this. :cool:

I haven't had much good exp with ATI in the past but I decided to bite the bullet and see how it goes.

Everything installed and looking lovely

More to follow!

RJC · 19 Apr 2011 at 19:11

Nice

your gpu looks a bit wonky! :eek:

Stretched · 19 Apr 2011 at 19:17

that GPU angle looks abit aggresive, maybe make a support frame for it so you know its perfectly safe?

Very nice looking system tho!

powelly · 19 Apr 2011 at 19:20

that thing must be heavy :eek:

Danny091 · 19 Apr 2011 at 19:32

Please help that poor GPU it looks in agony!

stulid · 19 Apr 2011 at 19:33

Black like Darth Vader!!!!

Phenomenologica · 19 Apr 2011 at 19:34

I'd definitely be leaving that horizontal until I could find a way to support that card, that's a dodgy angle. But nice looking build!

Predicament · 19 Apr 2011 at 19:44

RJC said:
Nice your gpu looks a bit wonky!

I was just about to say

Those coolers must weigh a significant amount.

spleenharvester · 19 Apr 2011 at 19:47

Sweet jesus mate, that poor card! If you've got any cable ties you could try tieing a few from something on the card or its heatsink (I used a small unused hole at the top of my 4870) to the 24 pin like I did, but it looks like it's passed that

aries2580 · 19 Apr 2011 at 19:53

Yeah... I was worried about the angle/weight too...
It's that guy there
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-251-AS
3 slots of death.

What I'm finding is actual PCB board would need supported at the end.
any ideas?

aries2580 · 19 Apr 2011 at 19:54

Had to remove the top HDD cage to get it to fit

Predicament · 19 Apr 2011 at 19:55

what a monster!
You could do some ghetto modding and fix some plastic/metal to hold up the card.

Stretched · 19 Apr 2011 at 20:00

if you feel confidant with your sheet metal work, and the card has a metalic cover over the back to protect the soldior, then use some metal and create a support fram for the card, and then attach it to that part of metal where the front pannel wires are heading under

would be pretty simple and give more support then cable ties

aries2580 · 19 Apr 2011 at 20:05

From what I can see it needs to be the mid section that gets the support - there is 'no contact' at the rear as trying to support it there just makes the cooler make a 'v' shape

Operation · 19 Apr 2011 at 20:07

It looks sweat though. Black is the new black.

Emlyn_Dewar · 19 Apr 2011 at 20:07

Awesome looking build, like the all black.
Agree with the GPU thing though... :eek:

stulid · 19 Apr 2011 at 20:07

This is what you need.

http://www.powercolor.com/Global/products_Accessories_features.asp?id=1

Stretched · 19 Apr 2011 at 20:09

aries2580 said:
From what I can see it needs to be the mid section that gets the support - there is 'no contact' at the rear as trying to support it there just makes the cooler make a 'v' shape

its the lose weight at the end that causeing the angle, just add something that adds life to the rear and theirs no lose weight. So angle will drop

supporting in the centre aint to bad but it will be harder then holding the lose weight and unsupported weight at the end of the card.

Edit : Good find stulid

aries2580 · 19 Apr 2011 at 20:18

"The PowerJack will be available on July 15."

Stretched · 19 Apr 2011 at 20:22

its nothing more then a litle joy jack with a sticky pad on it, you could probly do that with a cut down pencile and blue tack