My New Computer!

Steve09

Steve09

Steve09

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Hi :)

I was hanging back on buying a new computer for myself as I was waiting on my Uni results. Well I passed everything :D got the results yesterday and I bought my new bits today...

CPU:Intel E8400
M/board:Asus P5Q-E
RAM:Corsair 2GB PC6400 XMS2
HDD:Western Digital 640GB
DVD Drive:Samsung DVD+-RW Sata
Power Supply:Corsair HX520w
Mouse:Logitech MX518
Case:Antec P182

Pictures!

Everything...
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The case...
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The case minus the upper and lower cages...
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The RAM...
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Processor box...
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M/board box...
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Mouse...
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Hard drive...
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Continued...
 
DVD drive...
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Power supply box...
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Mouse close up...
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Contents of motherboard box...
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M/board just taken out...
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M/board installed...
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Processor and PSU in...
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More or less all the cables connected...
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Spaghetti junction!...
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And how it stands now...
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As you can see, I have no graphics card, reason is below.

My next plan of action is to sort out the black wires which are for the front panel USB, audio and firewire as I think they are a bit messy and can be bettered.

Then I'm going to fit the CPU fan with thermal paste and install my current graphics card which is an nVidia 7600GT as I'm in a dilemma of which graphics card to buy! Any suggestions welcome, I game at 1680x1050 and ideally would like it to last for around 2 years and be able to play Battlefield 3 when it comes out!

Sometime soon I'm going to get one of my Dads friends to cut a nice side panel so I can put some perspex in.
 
Nice build M8...;) Will have to put some of your pictures in the Official Antec 182 thread... again nice pictures, good luck with your build :)
 
I'd get the heatsink on the cpu then put the board in and cable tidy nice choice of components there looking good
 
When I get up tomorrow I'm doing the heatsink. I would do it now, but I've more or less been on it all day and I'm shattered!
 
I installed my 7600GT today so I can get it up and running. Thats all done and I'm in the process of installing everything so all I have to do is swap graphics cards and update drivers when I get one.

Anyway, here are some pictures, excuse the graphics card fan controller as that will obviously be gone when I get a new card.

Everything installed...
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RAM, sorry for shake!...
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I tidied up the black wires, they were drooping down to the PSU section, they are much better now...
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Everything again!...
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Installing Windows...
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Another shot of my temporary desk downstairs before I tidy up my room...
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So all there is to do now, is to get a new graphics card!

Hope you like :)
Steve
 
£200 is about the most I want to spend, hopefully going to get myself one of the GTX 260 for £205, unless they drop below that price between now and then, which I hope they do!
 
il be the first to say it shal i..

4870!!! or wait for the 4870x2 :cool:

very nice lookin build, and grats on the results ;)
 
mabye if i say it again you will change your mind..

4870!!:)

i dont really know a lot about this card, but i spose if you really wanted to go nvidia, the GTX 260 would be your best bet in that price range. either way id wait till the prices drop.

but ofcorse there is always the 4870? or mabye even the 4850?. or if you didnt like the look of that, im sure ive seen some 4870's at good prices on OcUK.

:)
 
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