building my rig

Mal X · 9 May 2012 at 14:55

that thread has had it, right i'll stick to building my rig only from now on and i'm bound to ask stupid questions ok... but you can see from my rig photos that i'm genuine.... i'm not trolling you lot.

GREG :-

1.....tell me more about this 4 pin top corner mobo thing please.... it might be easier to give me it's socket number with reference to the mobo handook, rather than trying to describe it

2....the audio makes a dreadful noise, it's a green pin into the I/O Socket, but we can sort this out later

no i dont have Win 7.... i only have XP, i wont have Win 7 for some time, no money right now... money has to be spent on TV Bulb for RPTV Sony, this coasts 80 quid.

i have loads of work to do to PC, so i'm ok right now, i need to install fan filtering to the front PC panel inserts and this will be tricky and time consuming

Gregster · 9 May 2012 at 14:57

Give me a min and I will take and upload the photo's of mine. Easier for you to see as we have the same board.

Azza · 9 May 2012 at 15:12

You spent £80 on a bulb for your TV?!?? You could have bought a new TV for £80!!!

Mal X · 9 May 2012 at 15:13

ok thanks, i go home soon and wont be back till tomorrow so dont worry if i dont reply... because i will.

as you say there isn't much to the software that i can do from now on, because yesterday it started defaulting to a ``load OS message`` and it got stuck in a continual loop, the PC is getting fed up with me not uploading the operating system, it wont let me fiddle around with the OC menu anymore like i did on the 1st day

Mal X · 9 May 2012 at 15:17

Azza said:
You spent £80 on a bulb for your TV?!?? You could have bought a new TV for £80!!!

yea the RPTV uses a projection bulb for its light source, this wears out every two years.. it's about had it right now, but i wont replace the tv till january.... that bulb is actually quite cheap now, it used to cost 160 quid :eek:

probably because i'm the only guy left in the country that still has a Sony KDS 55A 2000. :cool:

great tv

Admiral Huddy · 9 May 2012 at 15:28

I do not want to see any personal attacks, bullying, trolling or anyone accusing anyone as such in this thread. If I have to remove the thread again, suspension will be handed out.

You've been warned

Gregster · 9 May 2012 at 15:33

Sorry if the pictures are poor but I am no David Bailey. You can generally see what the important connections are and I assume you have everything you need to get up and running except Windows 7?

Also you know I linked you to a trial version of Windows 7 on the other thread, which will allow you to use Windows 7 for 30days without purchase? I would get this and install this for now and in 30 days or less purchase it or purchase it when you have the cash. (I believe it just shuts down every hour untill purchase after the 30 day trial period but not 100% on this)

Gregster · 9 May 2012 at 15:39

Amazing how quick dust builds up. It was only just over a week ago I gave it a real good clean up

[timko] · 9 May 2012 at 15:42

Do you smoke Greg?

Gregster · 9 May 2012 at 16:00

[timko];21874541 said:
Do you smoke Greg?

Yes but never in my house. Only outside. why?

[timko] · 9 May 2012 at 16:10

gregster said:
Yes but never in my house. Only outside. why?

I was just trying to see if it was ash from the cigarettes that was quickly building up in your PC. Seeing as you only smoke outside then I guess that's not it

Gregster · 9 May 2012 at 16:20

ohhh lol. deffo not ash and the wife would kill me

I dont have any mesh covers, so this could be why it builds up so easily and also, I have been leaving it on overnight to stream to my PS3 in the bedroom

Mal X · 9 May 2012 at 16:22

greg

what's that last picture.... the 4 pin square configurate top left... i dont have that :eek:

............

finally, that pc case needs a clean

but dont worry if you aint around cause i can find that at home, thanks for your help

you have gold coloured capacitors mine are silver !!!!!

it looks dead easy to OC, that's why i chose it

horrorwood · 9 May 2012 at 16:23

Mal X said:
greg

what's that last picture.... the 4 pin square configurate top left... i dont have that ............

finally, that pc case needs a clean

Yours may be an 8pin, it is the ATX +12v connector.

Gregster · 9 May 2012 at 16:41

horrorwood said:
Yours may be an 8pin, it is the ATX +12v connector.

Yep. I have a sticker covering the extra 4 pins...I know where yours came from, so do you think it is a genuine ASrock board?

Mal X · 10 May 2012 at 12:25

gregster said:
Yep. I have a sticker covering the extra 4 pins...I know where yours came from, so do you think it is a genuine ASrock board?

my mobo came from here, so i hope it's genuine, if not it seems to work ok :eek:

...... but it deffo has siver caps only, the packaging etc/ manual looks legit

that plug is already connected on mine, sorry i just didn't recognise it that's all, it goes to the OCZ .

now then.... i removed the front panel, removed the grill inserts and added extra filtering to them, i used black Stocking, so it should be ok now

i've rigged up an external DVD/ ribbon so i'm ready to uploads discs, i'm getting the cheapest version of Win 7, because this is only a gaming rig so i dont want anything fancy.

Mal X · 10 May 2012 at 12:37

so what are you going to do about your step up programme Greg... get another 680 or sell it and get two 670s ????? :cool:

but the 690 is interesting and takes up far less space...... i say this because i dont think i can get another 7970 in mine, the card is too deep and too close to the next PCI slot.

the 7970 is ok, but due to driver problems i deffo dont trust them in Crossfire.

finally, my 7970 sags at the far end, it's down by about 8mm, it's probably fine but it's annoying to see, the PC board is warping due to the weight hanging off it.

Gregster · 10 May 2012 at 13:59

Mal X said:
my mobo came from here, so i hope it's genuine, if not it seems to work ok ...... but it deffo has siver caps only, the packaging etc/ manual looks legit

that plug is already connected on mine, sorry i just didn't recognise it that's all, it goes to the OCZ .

now then.... i removed the front panel, removed the grill inserts and added extra filtering to them, i used black Stocking, so it should be ok now

i've rigged up an external DVD/ ribbon so i'm ready to uploads discs, i'm getting the cheapest version of Win 7, because this is only a gaming rig so i dont want anything fancy.

Mal X said:
so what are you going to do about your step up programme Greg... get another 680 or sell it and get two 670s ?????

but the 690 is interesting and takes up far less space...... i say this because i dont think i can get another 7970 in mine, the card is too deep and too close to the next PCI slot.

the 7970 is ok, but due to driver problems i deffo dont trust them in Crossfire.

finally, my 7970 sags at the far end, it's down by about 8mm, it's probably fine but it's annoying to see, the PC board is warping due to the weight hanging off it.

I guessed you did have it connected else the board wouldn't power up

I am sticking with my 680 (EVGA wont allow me to use the step up program for the 690 ) If ever I go 3 screens, I will buy another.

Mal X · 10 May 2012 at 14:04

gregster said:
I guessed you did have it connected else the board wouldn't power up

I am sticking with my 680 (EVGA wont allow me to use the step up program for the 690 ) If ever I go 3 screens, I will buy another.

yea that's a bitch isn't it !!!!!

Gregster · 10 May 2012 at 14:32

As soon as you have windows installed and stable, we can then go through the OC process but don't jump in untill then and we go through it slow, so as not to break anything