Budget 2500K First Time Build

Man those lights look so good for cheap, will indeed purchase.

How do they sit on the desk? They don't look like they have a bottom for the light to stand, looks more like they snap onto the end of a desk/table.
 
Thanks.

They clamp like this:

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They're plastic so not the most secure of clamps, but they work well enough.
 
Replaced the dodgy Antec 120mm fan with a Gelid fan. With just the fans plugged in but not installed, the Gelid was silent but now that it's in, I can here a faint hum that I didn't hear before. I don't know if it's so much quieter that I'm hearing something else, or if the Gelid fan is causing the hum when installed. Need to investigate.
 
Ok, so the hum wasn't from the new Gelid fan, but it's from the Nexus fan I put in a few weeks ago. For some reason it's started to have a faint buzz. It only does it when it is mounted. Annoying. To fix it, I have a little square piece of cloth that I've stuck in front of the fan on the fan filter. The cloth is probably 100mm across and quite thin. Much quieter now, and idle temperature seems to be exactly the same. Hopefully it will be quiet in the Fractal R3.
 
R3 should be coming tomorrow. Nice little project for over the weekend. I also bought Assassin's Creed 1 and 2 and Saints Row the Third. :D
 
phill9800 said:
Sounds like your enjoying yourself :D I look forward to seeing the build!!
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Thanks yeah. :D




So I got the R3 all done up, and the Antec 300 is sold. Took photos, but want to redo them as I made a few changes. Also got an active subwoofer to go with my Fostex monitors as they were definitely lacking for games and films. I need to tidy up my whole study and take new workspace photos. Also need to re-arrange the study a little as the sub is rattling the hell out of my old metal filing cabinet from 5ft away.
 
I was having really annoying computer noises coming from one of my speakers - horrible noises when moving the mouse, using mouse scroll wheel and moving windows around. I had to turn the volume on the back of each speaker right down so that I couldn't hear it. But then when I wanted to listen to music loudly, I had to turn the volume on the speakers up. Very irritating with a single knob on the back of each speaker. I tried all sorts to get rid of it, but nothing helped. It actually got worse when I got the R3 case.

So picked up a little cheap DAC that had an optical spdif input to RCA output. I'm running digital optical audio out of the PC now, and the buzzing/PC noises is completely gone. I have the volume on the speakers up to around 60% (which is plenty loud) and can now fully control the volume through windows using my keyboard. Very happy.
 
SMed said:
Here's my messy desk when I'm working.

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I know that feel bro.

Where's that desk from? I remember when I was looking for a big ass desk. In the end I got this one from ikea for like £120 that was a notch over 6ft long. Those two lamps are sick, where are they from? I have a feeling you've answered these questions but the thread is tank and I'm balls deep in pelvic floor anatomy atm.

Tempted to steal your desk layout :P only it'll be slightly different as my ikea desk isn't as deep.
 
RollerBall said:
I know that feel bro.

Where's that desk from? I remember when I was looking for a big ass desk. In the end I got this one from ikea for like £120 that was a notch over 6ft long. Those two lamps are sick, where are they from? I have a feeling you've answered these questions but the thread is tank and I'm balls deep in pelvic floor anatomy atm.

Tempted to steal your desk layout :P only it'll be slightly different as my ikea desk isn't as deep.
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Still waiting for BSc results. :(

I got it free from a commercial office. It was listed as a 180cm long for £5, but it turned out to be only 160cm so he just gave it for free and through in an identical 100cm version. I think it's either 80cm or 100cm deep? Lamps are from Ikea. They're like £8 each and clamp to the desk.

Keep an eye on ebay in the office supply/commercial office furniture section.
 
SMed said:
Still waiting for BSc results. :(

I got it free from a commercial office. It was listed as a 180cm long for £5, but it turned out to be only 160cm so he just gave it for free and through in an identical 100cm version. I think it's either 80cm or 100cm deep? Lamps are from Ikea. They're like £8 each and clamp to the desk.

Keep an eye on ebay in the office supply/commercial office furniture section.
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When do you get results? I get results for my end of years tomorrow, was looking at anatomy because I am 100% convinced I've failed the spotter.

Holy **** man, that's one hell of a steal @ the desk. I think mines 200cm wide but it's not very deep, only 60cm. I couldn't fit a deep one in my room though, even with this one I almost hit the bed with my chair.
 
Oh, got results. Got a 2.1 which I'm very happy with!

Also just bought a Sapphire 7850 and will be upgrading my PSU too. And Virgin have now bumped my 10Mb broadband to 30Mb. Happy days.
 
Borsch said:
COngratz, a mercedes isn't too far off now! :D
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Haha thanks, but that's not for my medical degree, only an intercalated BSc my uni makes us do. Still 2 years off my medical degree, and I can assure you, I won't be able to afford a Mercedes for a long, long while. :D
 
Afterburner 720p went from 81fps with the 6850 OC'd at 950MHz to 106fps with the 7850 OC'd to 1150MHz. And it's cooler and quieter than the 6850 which I didn't think was possible. Haven't tried pushing a higher clock on my PSU. Very happy.

Now to get a 600W modular PSU to replace my little 430W one. :D
 
Hey, I was joking about mercedes - I'm sure that learning and practising medicine is rewarding on a much deeper level than that ;)

Back to the topic - 7850 is a brilliant card if it OCs like yours does. NOw get BF3 to flex its graphics powers -and your reflexes ;)
 
Finally got a halfway decent chair. Also finally got an under-desk chest of drawers as I had pretty much no storage space. Also got a big bookcase to get my stacks of expensive books off the floor. My study/workspace is really coming together.
 
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