First build is a disaster
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Indeed, everyone makes mistakes. When I was doing my first build, I fitted my PSU upsidedown. Half way through the build, I looked at it, and thought I remembered one side of it having a rather large fan.
Glad I noticed it, thats for sure
Glad I noticed it, thats for sure
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This isn't looking good.
hahaha
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Am I the only one who can smell burning capacitors?
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i wonder if his psu was a hiper.....
if it was the boom i herd before was probably him
if it was the boom i herd before was probably him
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You can't call yourself a pc builder til you've heard that little 'pop' sound, closely followed by a nasty smell..
"I love the smell of capacitors in the morning.. it smells of... defeat!"
Yeah, actually, you can't call yourself a *crap* pc builder til you've had that happen
"I love the smell of capacitors in the morning.. it smells of... defeat!"
Yeah, actually, you can't call yourself a *crap* pc builder til you've had that happen
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You can't call yourself a pc builder til you've heard that little 'pop' sound, closely followed by a nasty smell..
"I love the smell of capacitors in the morning.. it smells of... defeat!"
Yeah, actually, you can't call yourself a *crap* pc builder til you've had that happen
Ohh that lovely shocking pop sound, along with a flash of electricity and the smell of burning plastics.
Ironically enough when it happened to me it was a Hiper 580 a couple years back, nearly crapped myself.
Hehe, sorry to disappoint you all, but I'm alive.
Had a little trouble getting the PC to recognise the wireless network card, so I had no internet until this afternoon, and then I spent ages getting stuff copied from the old PC to the new one. I'm loving this PC - soooooo much quiter than the old one. In fact, after installing Windows when it rebooted, I almost had a heart attack when the hard drive suddenly went silent - I thought it had died on me!
Anyways, all is good. Temps are lovely and low (other than the T-junction at 85 degrees, whatever that even is...), the PC is nice and quiet, it looks awesome (picks up fingerprints like mad...) and I'm loving this thing. I'm still in a state of terminal shock that it powered on first time, actually - I'm waiting for it to die in spectacular fashion when I'm least expecting it.
Piccies! Not very exciting, and I had to use the flash, so they're a bit wierd looking, but what the hell.
Obligatory 'OcUk on screen' shot there.
I've spent more time so far installing and copying than really testing, so the next steps are to get some games on and crank up the detail. Coming from a 9600 Pro, I imagine I'll see quite a difference.
Anyways, thanks a lot for the help and patience, guys. Without you, I'd still be sitting with a screwdriver trying to work out how the hell the motherboard is meant to fit in. Funny in hindsight, perhaps, but blimmin' annoying.
Had a little trouble getting the PC to recognise the wireless network card, so I had no internet until this afternoon, and then I spent ages getting stuff copied from the old PC to the new one. I'm loving this PC - soooooo much quiter than the old one. In fact, after installing Windows when it rebooted, I almost had a heart attack when the hard drive suddenly went silent - I thought it had died on me!
Anyways, all is good. Temps are lovely and low (other than the T-junction at 85 degrees, whatever that even is...), the PC is nice and quiet, it looks awesome (picks up fingerprints like mad...) and I'm loving this thing. I'm still in a state of terminal shock that it powered on first time, actually - I'm waiting for it to die in spectacular fashion when I'm least expecting it.
Piccies! Not very exciting, and I had to use the flash, so they're a bit wierd looking, but what the hell.
Obligatory 'OcUk on screen' shot there.
I've spent more time so far installing and copying than really testing, so the next steps are to get some games on and crank up the detail. Coming from a 9600 Pro, I imagine I'll see quite a difference.
Anyways, thanks a lot for the help and patience, guys. Without you, I'd still be sitting with a screwdriver trying to work out how the hell the motherboard is meant to fit in. Funny in hindsight, perhaps, but blimmin' annoying.
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Good to see you're still alive and congrats on your first build.
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well done. hopefully all goes smooth. and the system will destroy games, the difference will be superb
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Glad to read you got the system up and running! Nice work!
Heh, the other hifi speaker is away on the other side of the desk. That 'bag of balls speaker' is just to provide a convenient location to plug my headphones into, and for the odd occasion that I actually can't use my headphones (i.e. if I'm listening out for the phone or something).
I tried opening a set in Ableton Live (recording program) that my previous PC took literally over 5 minutes (I timed it) to load, and then played at about a quarter speed - this new PC loads it in circa 30 seconds, and plays it at full speed. I've yet to test any crazy synth patches or modulation effects (one in particular crashed my old PC every single time I touched the mod wheel), though I have noticed that the piano and drums plugins load up mega-fast too.
I've only tried throwing HL2 at it so far (plot refresher before I buy the Orange Box), but temps didn't go above 36 degrees in either HL2 or the few quick blasts of Prime 95 I gave it, and they dropped like stones back down to their idle temps in the mid/upper twenties. Lots of lovely overclocking headroom, methinks. Though after the trouble I had getting this thing together, maybe I'd best keep it at stock before I try any overclocking hijinks.
well done.Heh, the other hifi speaker is away on the other side of the desk. That 'bag of balls speaker' is just to provide a convenient location to plug my headphones into, and for the odd occasion that I actually can't use my headphones (i.e. if I'm listening out for the phone or something).
I tried opening a set in Ableton Live (recording program) that my previous PC took literally over 5 minutes (I timed it) to load, and then played at about a quarter speed - this new PC loads it in circa 30 seconds, and plays it at full speed. I've yet to test any crazy synth patches or modulation effects (one in particular crashed my old PC every single time I touched the mod wheel), though I have noticed that the piano and drums plugins load up mega-fast too.
I've only tried throwing HL2 at it so far (plot refresher before I buy the Orange Box), but temps didn't go above 36 degrees in either HL2 or the few quick blasts of Prime 95 I gave it, and they dropped like stones back down to their idle temps in the mid/upper twenties. Lots of lovely overclocking headroom, methinks. Though after the trouble I had getting this thing together, maybe I'd best keep it at stock before I try any overclocking hijinks.
now, overclock that thing like madness!