My first build [with pics]

RIZZEE · 11 Apr 2009 at 20:20

So i received a parcel this morning, found out it was my pc

Was kinda my first build, a friend helped and glad he did! turns out im not very good with screws..
Specs are as follows!

i7 920
Asus P6t
6GB DDR3 Dominator ram (1600)
Sapphire 4870X2
Noctua 1366 cpu cooler
500GB HDD western digital

pics!
sorry there isnt many

good sight to see in the morning

My friend decided to do this..but the noctua sticker was metal, so that was cool

Not the best cable management

OK thats all i have atm

but i have a few questions..

This is like my first proper pc, i owned a mac before this and have NO idea about most things, but im gonna learn

do these temps look good to you? i noticed that the gpu temp was pretty high, though it was around its 80's earlier on

last question is the noctua heat sink is really cold, doesnt feel as if it's conducting heat or anything, could this be because of too uch thermal paste? temps looks fine on cpu-z, so im not sure..

everything look like its running at the speed its supposed to?

OH and i cant seem to get into the bios, im thinking its because im using windows 7? im stil waiting for vista/money

Thanks!

RIZZEE · 11 Apr 2009 at 20:48

thanks man!
the cable manaement is a bit hard suprisingly, pushing down the side panel can be a pain

I checked on Real temp nd it says the thermal status is ok, which im guessing is a good thing

RIZZEE · 11 Apr 2009 at 23:02

thanks everyone!

im working on the cables, still in awe atm
i was thinking about painting the fans, still not too sure bout it, might just replace the LEDs with red ones

if thats possible

anyone know about the bios not working in windows 7? or is that just me?

been saving up for this for about a year now, was originally gonna get a Q6600

RIZZEE · 11 Apr 2009 at 23:40

it is a very good cooler, little tricky to get the fans on, but other than that, cant fault it yet, really quiet as well

everytime i press DEL it goes to a screen where it says the keyboard is unplugged or a screen saying run windows normally/safe mode or networking :confused:

RIZZEE · 11 Apr 2009 at 23:56

explicit4u said:
i have the antec 1200 and the corsair 850w non-modular PSU, i find the quickest way to get my side panel on is to put most of the PSU cables against the side side of the Hard Drive cages while lying my case down on its side.

Your build looks similar to mine although yours is better, (see sig) it was my first build also

Also, you might want to get the 8 pin extension cable because i had that annoying wire going down the middle of my case until i got the extension and routed it through the back

well, got bios to work, had to hit DEL a couple of times

didnt realise bios would be that confusing

yeah, ill probably do that sometime, seems like the only reasonable place to put it..

do ocuk do the 8 pin extension cable?

RIZZEE · 12 Apr 2009 at 11:45

thanks for all the responses!

should be getting the cable extender soon, soon as that comes ill start on some cable management

I had a mac G4 before this, supidly old, ill post some pics of it later and compare the size of it with the 1200

RIZZEE · 12 Apr 2009 at 14:40

thanks for that rawkus & psd9

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CM-003-AK&groupid=701&catid=209&subcat=1293

anyone know how many mounting bases come in that?
would a diy store sell them?

RIZZEE · 12 Apr 2009 at 17:08

MORE PICS!
decided to do a little more cable management, and compare size with the old mac

at the back

front

working on this bit..

top..

size comparison, 1200 is freging massive

the inside of the mac

yup, just 3 slots for ram, 256x 3 = 768mb altogether and god knows what ATI graphics card

not sure if i actually made a difference, but oh well

RIZZEE · 12 Apr 2009 at 18:58

temps, not too sure if its all normal

RIZZEE · 12 Apr 2009 at 20:37

im reading into overclocking, have NO idea what to do, but i cant wait to try and overclock my i7

any guides for the i7 and asus p6t?

RIZZEE · 12 Apr 2009 at 23:06

Mikeey44 said:
Heres a guide thats specific to both dude

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx..._id=1&model=P6T+Deluxe&SLanguage=en-us&page=1

Enjoy!

Also RIZZA, out of curiosity, if you put all the 1200's fans on high, and take a realtemp screeny after 5min of the CPU, what are the temps? ive always wondered!

thanks for that mikeey44!
il ltry that out for you tomorrow mate! watching frindge

RIZZEE · 13 Apr 2009 at 12:32

hah cant spell

temps for you

all fans set on low

all fans set on high

RIZZEE · 13 Apr 2009 at 13:06

thing is i cant get ati ccc to work in windows 7, or ive done something wrong..
right click and click on ati ccc, then nothing happens
cant find it in the start menu search thingi either..sorry new to windows

RIZZEE · 13 Apr 2009 at 13:17

just downloaded that now, when i try to run it, comes up with
'Access violation at address 00000000. Read of address 00000000'

RIZZEE · 13 Apr 2009 at 13:35

i think my directX is up to date, anyway to find out? if not where to download the latest dirext X?
thnks!

RIZZEE · 13 Apr 2009 at 14:26

well, the G4 wanst bad, really old but hardly ever crashed and seemed to do most things i needed it to

all fans set to high?! noise must annoy you a little bit?

RIZZEE · 13 Apr 2009 at 15:24

haha fair enough CK61938

yeah, they were taken at idle

RIZZEE · 13 Apr 2009 at 16:24

wow, i havent even tried overclocking yet
what exactly does ht do? :confused:

RIZZEE · 13 Apr 2009 at 20:36

nope

reading up on it, looks bloody confusing

RIZZEE · 13 Apr 2009 at 20:39

first time for everything i guess