Another i7 Subscriber ;)

]MadBoy[ · 18 Dec 2008 at 16:48

I dont post on here often, but when I do its normally to do with a pc upgrades to ask for advice from the guru's. I always get good advice etc etc...

After building a quad core setup for a friend not so long ago, I was blown away by the performance and decided I had to have something similar. Now this rig is getting old, but still performs well. My general consensus is to double the performance of the old one before I upgrade. So I have decidied that this is going to be the rig...

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 (Socket 1366) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard

Corsair 6GB DDR3 Dominator PC3-12800C8 1600MHz (3x2GB) Triple Channel DDR3 (TR3X6G1600C8D)

Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail

Corsair HX 1000W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-1000HXUK)

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939)

Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache x2 - OEM (HD103UJ)

TFC Xchanger - Double Radiator 240

XSPC Dual 750 Bay Reservoir & Pump - Clear

EK Supreme i7 Clear Top (Socket A,754,939,AM2,478,LGA775 & LGA1366) CPU Water Block

Asus DRW-20B1ST 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer Rewriter (Black/Silver) -

Feser One UV Reactive Coolant 1 Litre (Blue)

Feser Tube Black 3/8 - 1M Length

Alphacool Tubing Cutter (4-14mm hose)

Akasa SATA-2 60cm Blue UV Data Cable

EK 1/2" Hose fitting

All of this to pop into my antec 900, with an 4870x2 waiting to go. Hopefully this will make my current rig look very old

AmD x2 4400+ SKT939 (toledo core), 2GB Crucial Ballistix, 2xMaxtorDiamondMax 10 32mb 250gb, Asus A8N32-SLI deluxe, Enermax noisetaker 620w, BFG7900GTX OC.

Hopefully all will be here tommoz... watch this space for the case mods

]MadBoy[ · 19 Dec 2008 at 14:45

righto all the kit has arrived, now to sort out the colour scheme! Big thumbs up for OcUk on delivery...

]MadBoy[ · 19 Dec 2008 at 21:52

the rres is obviously clear so the liquid will be seen... the black tubing was the only one i could find at that size.... i sourced some clear

Wont be putting it in for awhile yet, modding the case and a few things first before i get to play

]MadBoy[ · 20 Dec 2008 at 12:56

will have.... Mat or gloss.... Mat or gloss?

]MadBoy[ · 20 Dec 2008 at 13:13

i was thinking the same

t- 3mins for the last time this pc boots in my house

Let the mods commence

]MadBoy[ · 20 Dec 2008 at 18:26

^^ heheh blood and tears spent over this antec so far

I'm holding off with the pics

thats it for now

back off to the shed

]MadBoy[ · 21 Dec 2008 at 10:27

quick question guys.... with the watercooling do we still short out pins 13-14 to test the loop??

]MadBoy[ · 21 Dec 2008 at 11:01

13+14 for sure?? black and green? its a long time since i have done this lol

]MadBoy[ · 21 Dec 2008 at 13:32

ty sir

oopsy... the res holds 1050ml of water... plus pipes.... plus twin rad.... now i only have 1 litre of liquid.... pah

gonna have to wait to get it going... or will that be enough?

]MadBoy[ · 21 Dec 2008 at 19:04

well loop is working well if i hold the case on a 45 degree angle

need more fluid

]MadBoy[ · 30 Dec 2008 at 17:16

3990mhz and stable

Pics to follow soon

]MadBoy[ · 30 Dec 2008 at 19:07

dunno lost count

]MadBoy[ · 30 Dec 2008 at 19:17

Case

MOBO Prior to mods.

Trial Fitment

Problem I encountered... The Rad will only fit if I remove the bottom of the dvd rom

Now its a tad noisy

Piped up ready to fill

Through the res

LCD poster

LED backlight

UV Time

Cpu

Ram

No Uv

UV Time

Little Rog Decal

Front

Side

Need to get a decent camera tbh, the pictures just dont do it any justice.... It looks so good in the flesh

]MadBoy[ · 30 Dec 2008 at 20:23

they are behind where the rear panel is, bolted onto where the drives are suposed to be

Have a temp sensor in their and they are nice and cool so all happy

]MadBoy[ · 30 Dec 2008 at 20:49

man this baby is at 4ghz now!! Mega fast in Farcry2 demo

Happy boy

]MadBoy[ · 22 Mar 2009 at 13:17

lol soz just got back to this, they are all out of the way, behind the rear pannel

They only come into view if I cannot hide them, ie to plug into the Mobo

If you look at the UV Time pic, you can see all the cables are sleeved in white sleeving, and you can just about make out the main power lead plugged into the mobo, apart from that they are all hidden behind the mobo pannel