i7 y0

Sir Hiss · 31 May 2009 at 19:16

So last Thursday i finally took the plunge and splashed out on a nice little upgrade! Coming from an AMD 64 4000+ single core cpu, 2gb ddr ram and a Geforce 8800 GT this was a huge step up in performance and i couldn't be happier!

Spec is as follows:

Intel Core i7 920 D0
Asus P6T Deluxe V2
Corsair Dominator 6GB DDR3
Asus GeForce GTX 285 1024MB
Creative X-Fi Titanium
Edimax EW-7728IN Wireless PCI Adapter
2x 80GB Seagate in Raid0
3x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1
Corsair 650W TX Series PSU
Silverstone Fortress FT01B-W
Thermalright True Black 120
2x Sharkoon 1000 120mm fans
Samsung SM2433BW 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor

I really enjoyed building it, it was not my first but its always fun! Had no problems apart from the Netgear WG311 wireless card i took from my old rig was not compatible with Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit :mad:

so i was without the internet for 2 days while waiting for delivery of the Edimax EW-7728IN which works perfectly. :cool:

As for overclocking, i don't really know how lol. I have a basic idea of what to do and maybe i'll give it a go sometime but i'm more than impressed with the stock speeds anyway. Blasphamy i know

lol

I didn't take any pics of the cable management at the back because i'm ashamed haha! I did try to tame the beast, but the beast fought back :rolleyes:

and with 5 hard drives it was cramped down there! I might mod and sleeve the cables to fit perfect in future.

Anyway, the porn!

ste-sim2x9 · 31 May 2009 at 19:24

Nice setup hiss.

Swiftlegend · 31 May 2009 at 19:25

that looks great man , congrats

jlss · 31 May 2009 at 19:33

Looks good nice pics btw

EdGey · 31 May 2009 at 19:40

nice build man, looking good

reflux · 31 May 2009 at 19:42

Very nice, you should be proud of that

Sayso · 31 May 2009 at 19:54

wow looks great

RJC · 31 May 2009 at 20:10

Nice build, very neat

TheRedZealot · 31 May 2009 at 21:07

Sir Hiss said:
Had no problems apart from the Netgear WG311 wireless card i took from my old rig was not compatible with Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit

Mine worked with Ultimate 64 bit :confused:

Sir Hiss · 31 May 2009 at 23:01

Thanks for the comments guys

TheRedZealot said:
Mine worked with Ultimate 64 bit

Really? :/ I tried everything! Netgear don't support Vista 64bit and the other drivers i tried didn't work either. (mine was the v2)

Never mind, it's in the bin now lol. This Edimax card gives a much stronger connection too so it's all good.

LukeTW · 31 May 2009 at 23:11

Now that is one build to be proud of!

Very nice work & cable management my friend

mrk · 31 May 2009 at 23:17

If only an i7 switch wouldn't cost me £500 min I could update my 775 system but ah well! you have a nice setup there

DeadMan · 1 Jun 2009 at 08:09

very nice, the white fans really set it off

Sayso · 1 Jun 2009 at 11:13

got to say i love that case, if only they would update the T07 with the black internals and better drive bays!!

Ducky Spud · 1 Jun 2009 at 11:26

Looks smart man!! And no need to worried about the cables that are messy at the back, just keep the front of the case clutter free and it looks great and gets good airflow

liquidex · 1 Jun 2009 at 11:34

Looks great. Everything is so tidy.Some nice cable management there.

Happy · 1 Jun 2009 at 11:45

That looks excellent, great job. I bet the performance improvement is shocking!

magicroundabout · 1 Jun 2009 at 15:15

Sir Hiss said:
Anyway, the porn!

this is just ace when you lay everything out ready to build. quite exciting.

build looks ace though and welcome the the fortress club.

RIZZEE · 1 Jun 2009 at 15:19

looking good!
this makes me want to build another pc

Mr.Bon · 1 Jun 2009 at 15:51

Nice one!
How come you replaced the exhaust fan?