Captain Tibbz's project of fail.

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So I can be bothered to write something now!

This will be my first build, hoorah, so expect death and destruction and general crapness... Also thanks to everyone who has helped me through buying/choosing parts and advice, aswell as selling me them :p Main mentions would be 5UB, RJC, Cleeecooo and stulid for all the help!
...Anyway the build will be starting shortly after Xmas when I can order the final parts from OcUK - So about 29th/30th I hope.

Here are the intended specs and shizzle like that (aka the stuff i'm going to wreck):

Things that have arrived:

CPU: i5-2500K - thanks to Its_me for this.
RAM: Kingston Grey 8GB - Grabbed while on offer.
HDD: Seagate 7200.12 500GB - thanks to masonkian for this.
PSU: BeQuiet EP 600W 80+ Gold - £50 was a steal.
OS: Windows 7 - Once again cheers Its_me.
Case: Zalaman Z9+ - Beastly.
Monitor: Some Asus 22" LED thing.
And a cheap Dell mouse and keyboard set from Wakinglimb! (Until I can be arsed to buy some proper shizz)


Things that are staying away from me due to their knowledge of how bad this build will be:

Mobo: Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 - Ordered for delivery on 28th!
CPU Cooler: BeQuiet Dark Advanced or whatever - On its way from Jordan97! (Who just got suspended I see :rolleyes:)
Network Card of some sort - 28th!
DVD Drive: Delivery on 28th!
GPU: HIS HD6950 IceQ X Turbo 2GB - Delivery on 28th!
SSD: Corsair Force 3 60GB - Delivery on 28th!


Well, I will be posting some pics of the stuff when it has all arrived. Will probably get a few snaps of the case when im home though for you, no idea why though, all you need to do is check the OcUK page!

Side note of the day: tomorrow guys, tomorrow!

Also if anyone would liek to donate some games to me to 'test out' my new rig feel free ;)

A massive thanks to SuperTronNarwhal who gifted me Splinter Cell Conviction! :D:D:D


Notes on the parts so far:

Zalaman Z9+ is a very very nice looking case, comes with sticky plastic to keep it all shiny. Four fans included, 3 LED ones which is a real treat, they all look great I must say! The build quality is very good and is very sturdy! Steal for the price!

Kingston Grey looks very nice, shiny and all round good looker. Nice low heat spreaders too, very impressed.

BeQuiet EP 600W looks nice, finished in the very good looking black that BeQuiet products have.


TIME FOR SOME PICS AND UPDATES BRAH:


UPDATE: 23/12/11

The lovely Zalaman Z9+ which looks amazing!

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And the Kingston: (Sorry I just thought I would cross out the numbers as they looked rather, meh, crossable!)

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UPDATE: 24/12/11

Managed to get home for some snaps of everything so far :)

The i5:

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Windows 7 like a boss:

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The Power Supply:

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500GB of Seagate lovelyness:

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Cheap Dell Mouse + Keyboard until they die:

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Everything on my extremely cluttered desk:

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UPDATE: 25/12/11

The Asus VE228H 22" LED BEAST OF A MONITOR!!! Lovely!

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Nope mate, first build :p

And also, what do you guys think about this:


YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3-BK) £128.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99
1 x LG GH24NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - Retail £19.99
1 x IC Diamond 24-Carat Thermal Compound (4.8g) £14.99
Total : £500.95 (includes shipping : £10.00).



(May need to downsize the SSD if I don't have enough cash though)
 
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looks good, i'd substitute the IC diamond for cheaper MX4

Yeah true, seems rather pointless.

Good luck with this. :D I'd done tonnes of builds in the past, but it was years ago so the one I just did felt like it may as well have been my first! :p Stupid considering I've done so much tinkering and upgrading for myself and friends, yet a new build felt completely alien!

Look forward to seeing it all put together mate!

Haha thanks mate! :)

I will try and get some pics up of the Case and RAM if you want tonight/tomorrow morning... The other parts I won't have access to until the 27th :(

Edit: Also how does this suit you Cleeecooo? ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS ATI Radeon HD 6950 IceQ X Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD55-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £124.99
1 x Corsair Force Series 3 60GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F60GB3A-BK) £79.99
1 x LG GH24NS70 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - Retail £19.99
1 x Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g) £8.99
Total : £445.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 
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Cheers mate!

Anyway some good and bad news here :p

Good news: Ordered the rest of the PC!
Got the same components as above, but with an Asus mobo instead :)

Bad News: I won't be home until the New Year - So I cannot build or start up my PC until the 2nd at least :(
 
whys that bad, sure your doing something intresting.......

Well it just means I can't build my PC until im back :(

Also I really wanted to get a few days in with it before I went back to school! (Which will be more like a few hours now :()

Anyway, going to update OP with some pics of the case and RAM
 
Update: The GPU/DVD/Mobo etc should arrive here with me on 28th. The CPU cooler from the MM also is on its way for sometime after Xmas but is being delivered HOME so I need to find a way of working around some plans to get home on 28th/29th.

If all goes well with that I could hopefully start the build then too :)

Also I forgot the network adapter in my order! Which I have now ordered :p

Updated OP with some notes too.
 
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Oh lordy!

Was asleep this morning thinking I could get another hour in before getting up (8am atm), enjoying my lovely dream of gods, when
...BBBBBBBBBBBUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!
The bell for the front gate woke me.... It was only 8.05.... However I was never so pleased to have been woke up in my life.

I launched myself out my bed and managed to slip into my clothes on the way to the window. I turned on my light and swooshed open my curtains, to make sure Mr. DPD saw me. "You're not getting away this time!"

Luckily he didn't and I was able to collect my main parcel of the day rather early! High five for DPD then!

Anyway next to come should be the network adapter via Royal mail at about 9.30, then off home to await the CPU cooler!

I'm happy :D

Edit: Now I am not happy, because Rubbish Mail decided to not deliver my network card :mad:
 
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Some pics for however is bothering to watch my fail unravel! :D

First for the SSD:

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Motherboard:

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Ah, the 6950 :3

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The BeQuiet PSU looks surprisingly sexy...

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MX-4 lookin goooood:

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And the DVD Drive!

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Edit: Cooler arrived - TIME TO BUILD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Tbh I don't really care about it anymore...

That cooler is impossible to mount without a lot of swearing so there is no way on earth im removing it! :p

Plus my CPU temps are fine - 25-28C :)
 
Here is the build anyway, prepare for fail!!!


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Case with PSU and DVD installed:

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LOL Cables...

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Mounted this after about 30 mins of hell and a severed mobo :(

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LOL even more cables :(

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Kitchen = Bomb site!

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Finished almost, but LOL cable management... no chance.

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Not a very good disguise....

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IT LIVES!

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Amazing setup amirite?

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Nom BIOS

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WINDOWS LIVES!

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And that's it :)

After many hours of cooler catastrophe and cable management.... well.... lack of cable management the PC OF FAIL lived up to it's name.

What a load of ********, and a massive waste of your time. So sorry if you were expecting anything more than a bag of crap.

Cheer-y-oh! Time to fix the broken power button, invisible HDD and CPU fan error.
 
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