First Build! :D

luke123 · 26 Aug 2011 at 11:47

So i have received my case

So you can have some pics

The case CIT STORM 710B £25 Inc p&p

fitted 2 fans and the I.o shield i think it is??

You can fit five fans in total to the case.

I have fitted a 7.5 inch fan at the front (190mm) was hoping to get a led one but while i have it, saves me buying another

Underneath

I hope the fan is the correct way round :confused:

Other fan fitted on bottom of the case i hope this is the correct way round they go :confused:

Im close at getting a quad cpu hopefully

What is a good cpu cooler for around £15 - £20 ?? :confused:

luke123 · 26 Aug 2011 at 19:29

This is the cpu cooler i have, but i can't find a parts page or any board mounting parts for it.

http://translate.google.com/transla...AA&prev=/search?q=pc+cooler+3&hl=en&prmd=ivns

I turned the fan around at the front like tokin said.

I was also looking at cpu coolers corsair a50, akasa, arctic cooler freezer 7 pro rev.2

But i know what you lot would say......get the corsair

luke123 · 26 Aug 2011 at 21:24

BringTheRain said:
lol at the case. That is a bargain.

Black internals as well

Loving this thread, just read it the whole way through.

I dont have any parts to donate, but if i have anything that i find. I will let you know

Yeah the case is good, You don't have to donate anything honest

For the money the case is good

But on the money front i should be ok

luke123 · 26 Aug 2011 at 22:51

Subliminal Aura said:
Whole thread is a bargain He's making skinflints look bad !

OP must spent 27 hours a day on auction sites, forums or at car boot sales

27 hours a day no maybe 6hrs

But the good thing is you buy all the parts new and after 3 months until something new comes out. you will put your used items on ebay and then i get a good deal

Everyone must like this thread i have 2455 views on it lol

luke123 · 27 Aug 2011 at 08:48

Very true, and i am enjoying getting the parts and building it

We have a lot of pc fairs usually round where i am, bin once or twice, IT's good for some bargains

Wow Very old tech, 1gb of hard drive space

luke123 · 30 Aug 2011 at 11:16

Will i be able to run vista os with this board?

I could have maybe got a good deal on ocz gold vista 4gb ram?

luke123 · 30 Aug 2011 at 13:43

Yeah here is the spec:

Brand OCZ Technology
MPN OCZ2P8004GK

Key Features
Technology DDR2 RAM
Capacity 4 GB
Modules Quantity 2
Bus Clock 800 MHz
Form Factor DIMM 240-pin
PC Rating PC2-6400
CAS Latency CL5
ECC / Registered Non-ECC Unbuffered

luke123 · 30 Aug 2011 at 14:31

Don't want to jynx it

luke123 · 30 Aug 2011 at 15:02

I can get a black dvd/cd rewriter drive (Liteon) for £5.50 with p&p and it's a black front,.

or i have 2 white dvd rom drives or white 2 dvd/cd r/w drives or some grey dvd drive or grey dvd/cd rom r/w drive

But i am not sure if any of the ones i have work???

luke123 · 30 Aug 2011 at 18:15

they are ide and the one i have found is sata.

Do i need another drive or will the dvd/ cd r/w do both playing films and burning music???

luke123 · 30 Aug 2011 at 18:41

Everyone likes pictures here don't they

I will show some pics with the opticle drives in

(The white ones though)

Oh and i have won a Yate Loon led blue fan for £1 with £3 postage

46cfm air flow

luke123 · 30 Aug 2011 at 19:03

BringTheRain said:
£1 lol, how do you do it. Just lucky? Or do you watch everything.

Pics say a thousand words.

TBH the case you bought, looks better value than an antec 300 at £50

I just now how to find everything

Just got some arctic silver 5 and arctic clean (The kit with the 2 bottles) for £10.60 and free postage is this a good deal???

I heard good reviews for the silver 5 and the cleaner they do so i thought £10.60 in a kit, i will have it!

Yeah i don't think i got a bad deal with the case, i was also looking at these:

inwin-griffin-midi-tower-gaming-case-22cm-fan-no-psu

nzxt-gamma-steel-black-midi-gaming-case-no-psu

terminator-midi-gaming-case-with-card-reader-no-psu

luke123 · 30 Aug 2011 at 19:25

Corrected, I will get some pics up

Also found a tagan 2 force 800w psu never used in box? £20 free postage

akasa viper fan 120mm £3.50 with p&p (new)

coolermaster red led fan 120mm £4 with p&p (new)

liteon dvd cd r/w drive £5.50 with p&p (used)

coolermaster 120mm fan (new) £2 with p&p

freezer 7 pro rev.2 £8 (used) with p&p

luke123 · 30 Aug 2011 at 20:22

will this ram work with my set-up i got outbid on the ocz stuff

Corsair XMS2 2X2Gb DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz 4Gb Kit

luke123 · 30 Aug 2011 at 22:00

It's quite hard to judge which memory etc, so i downloaded the manual.

Says i can have have 800mhz, 1066mhz, 667mhz (i think??)

Which to get???

I am getting confused with this ram business lol :confused:

it also only has 512mb and 1gb on the manual as well??

Also i have looked at the ocz platinum and the corsair xms2 ddr2 ram and they say CL5 on the spec, when on the mobo website it says non ecc unbuffered, so i am a little unsure on what to buy etc.

So if anyone could tell me alittle bit more on ram that would be good

Some pics::

I have 3 panels 1 of the panels has a button so it will go over the opticle drives but it won't fit :confused:

Cheers Luke

luke123 · 30 Aug 2011 at 22:03

Just got some arctic silver 5 and arctic clean (The kit with the 2 bottles) for £10.60 and free postage is this a good deal???

luke123 · 30 Aug 2011 at 22:20

What about a grey one with red tips, it looks white in pics but it's not.

Oh sorry my fault not reading properly.

So what do other people think should i stick with them drives or get black ones??

luke123 · 30 Aug 2011 at 23:01

BringTheRain said:
Can you not get away with just the one.

Ideally you just need a dvd rw and that will do burning and playing of dvds/cd's ?

Grey looks better than blue, but tbh. You haven't got a window. So would really matter.

The blue LED fan you got is it 120MM yeah?

Yeah the fan is 120mm

The top opticle drive is a dvd rom compact disc rewritable drive, why should i just have the one??

luke123 · 30 Aug 2011 at 23:03

Keyser Soze said:
I like the white on black too.

That fan on the bottom looks like its blowing out, as hot air rises it won't be doing much good, it either wants to be an intake, or it wants to be blowing air out the back, as high as possible if you aren't putting another fan in.

also be careful of static when working on the carpet.

I was doing it like this front fan intake, 2 side fans intake, fan at the back exhaust and fan down below exhaust maybe?

Yeah i know about the static but i thought whilst it's just opticle drives, fans nothing else i thought it would be ok??

luke123 · 30 Aug 2011 at 23:07

BringTheRain said:
Well you want to fit that at the front, so it should look cool through the black vented slots. Are we on about the opticle drives??

Take that tiny fan out, as I think it will be a screamer. ok it is a 80mm

Fit a 120mm exhaust and maybe one on the side. what side

I doubt that small fan will do anything

okey dokey