First ever build "gulp"

mb1980y · 14 Oct 2010 at 12:40

Hi all

My first build will start soon, probably make a start tonight if I feel upto it.

Some of the parts you may disagree on etc but oh well

Should be interesting at least, if I get stuck I hope I can get some help here

Full spec -

Intel Core i7 950
Asus P6X58D-E Intel
Corsair XMS3 (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel
1GB MSI GTX 460 HAWK Graphics Card x 2
Lancool Dragon-Lord PC-K62 Mid Tower - Red Dragon Windowed Edition
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
Sony Optiarc DRU-870S 24x
Corsair Professional Series™ Gold AX850
NZXT Sentry 2, Touch Screen Fan Controller, 5.25"
Prolimatech Megahalems Black Anodised Mega Shadow
120mm Akasa Apache Black Ultra Silent Fan
Creative GigaWorks T20 Series II Speakers Black
OZONE GAMING GEAR Trace Extra Large Advanced Layered Gaming Mousepad
Samsung B2430H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor
Microsoft SideWinder X6 Gaming Keyboard
Lian Li Waterproof 53cm LED Band

Thanks
M

mb1980y · 14 Oct 2010 at 13:04

I did like someones comment on here a while back, something like "you have more fun building than actually using"

Will see if that comes true

mb1980y · 14 Oct 2010 at 15:01

first noob question, the 24 pin cable has a 10 pin coming from it, what is that exactly ?

mb1980y · 14 Oct 2010 at 15:36

here

that 10 pin thing

and there was me thinking I had the PSU connections figured out.

mb1980y · 14 Oct 2010 at 15:49

got that wrong, 24 pin to the mobo fine, the other end is 18 pin + a 10 pin, I assume both these are connected to the PSU ?

mb1980y · 14 Oct 2010 at 17:14

Dan will do pics, will be slowish build due to first time and having a family to take care of

a 2 year old is hard work.

will put the 10 pin in the the slot above the 18 pin then.

Cost was around £1500.

mb1980y · 14 Oct 2010 at 23:20

So far so good, the cpu wasn't fun. Felt like I was gonna crush the damn thing.

Was a bitch getting the 2 x 4pin into the 8pin on the mobo, access isn't the best but I got there in the end.

Never applied thermal paste before so I just did the blob in the middle and just hope that works out ok. Is it ok that I moved the cooler a bit as I had a bit of hassle with the main bracket, It never left the surface of the cpu.

Back to it tomorrow night.

mb1980y · 15 Oct 2010 at 23:47

another few hours tonight, I fired her up tonight also with just the basics and I assume that been able to view the bios and it prompting me for media is a good sign, temps within bios showed 28 / 29.

Save the worst till last me thinks, no idea if thats what most people do but if not then ops

Last shot before I called it a night.

mb1980y · 16 Oct 2010 at 00:04

Yeah the mega shadow.

I hovered my finger over the on button for ages before saying sod it, I think it posted how it should.

mb1980y · 16 Oct 2010 at 00:15

2nd 460 will go in soon, wanted to test with one first

the red will tone down a bit once the outta casing is back on

mb1980y · 16 Oct 2010 at 18:40

I would build it quicker if I could, won't start tonight till probably 9pm or around that. But it does give me something else to look foward to after everyone in the house has gone to sleep

And I still probably won't complete it tonight.

mb1980y · 17 Oct 2010 at 09:55

meh didnt get much done last night, the rear fan seems to make an anoying hum, its currently connected to the y splitter. Might add it to the fan controller and see if it reduces the hum.

Unless anyone else knows why it would hum ?

One other thing I noticed was the 2 x 460's look so tight together, like the metal from the fan could easy touch the back of the board on the other.

mb1980y · 17 Oct 2010 at 23:30

Posting this from new pc,

so far so good. Fingers crossed it's stable

lastest shot, will have a final shot early this week.

I have to say I have enjoyed this a lot, now I just wanna build more.

Not bad for my first attempt at building one.

mb1980y · 18 Oct 2010 at 00:12

can anyone comment on these details as in are the temps ok etc ?, taken screenshot just now and the pc has been running for probably 2 hours now. I haven't touched anything regarding overclocking yet.

mb1980y · 19 Oct 2010 at 00:10

I have no idea but is 58/62c at 3.2ghz bad ? running prime for 30 minutes.

mb1980y · 19 Oct 2010 at 13:22

Volts are hovering around 1.14 / 1.17 at 3.2ghz temps 58 / 62 Nothing changed in bios yet.

The paste I used was the PK1 and I just basically put a blob in the middle, bigger than a grain of rice but smaller than a pea.

mb1980y · 19 Oct 2010 at 22:48

Final shots of my first ever build, anyone else out there that is thinking of building one for there first time it's damn good fun

unless nothing goes wrong of course.

just a case of installing some games to see if it works ok now

mb1980y · 19 Oct 2010 at 23:03

lol the only ugly part about the keyboard is those things, volume and the light control on the keyboard which is red

the top 140mm fans are just normal black ones, I'm gonna replace the top 2 plus front for noctua's.

the red light at the botton is Lian Li 53cm LED Band.

mb1980y · 19 Oct 2010 at 23:04

the volume control on the keyboard controls the sound within windows

mb1980y · 19 Oct 2010 at 23:05

lol stulid stop typin to fast