New Computer - With Pictures

[Steve09]

The main use of the computer is for gaming and having had my old set up for just over 3 years, I was due an upgrade.
With Battlefield 3 coming out and only being able to play it on low settings with no aa, it was time to buy.
Safe to say, I can now play BF3 how I want to!

Old ---> New:

CPU: E8400 3.0ghz ---> i5 2500k 3.3ghz
M/board: Asus P5Q-E ---> Asus P8P67 Pro
RAM: 4gb Corsair XMS2 800mhz ---> 8gb Corsair Vengeance 1600mhz
Graphics: XFX 8800GTX ---> Gigabyte GTX570 Windforce

Everything:

CPU, Graphics card, Thermal paste and Batman Arkham City:

Motherboard and Memory:

Motherboard:

Memory:

Graphics card:

Graphics card side on:

About to start building:

Everything put together:

The only thing I have changed is the CPU cooler to a Freezer 7 Pro as the stock Intel one was emitting an annoying high pitched sound, but apart from that,
everything is great.

Thanks for looking.

 

[bledd]

Looking good Steve old chap

What res is that screen?

 

[shootersam]

Looks good, can't wait till I have the money for mine.

 

[RJC]

Nice build

 

[GTO656]

Very nice dude, 3 fans on the GPU shud be really cool.

 

[Witcher1979]

I reckon he has a 22inch screen behind that tower, can just make it out in one of the pics.

 

[linktoinsanity]

Looks good.

With Battlefield 3 coming out and only being able to play it on low settings with no aa, it was time to buy.
Safe to say, I can now play BF3 how I want to!

Now you can put it up to medium like how you run L4D2!

 

[Steve09]

The screen on the left is my old 20" 1680x1050 and my main monitor is behind the case, 24" 1920x1200.

 

[Witcher1979]

Nice setup m8

 

[vorticalspace]

Hi Steve09

Nice build!!

I've just put together a similar build re-using my Antec P182SE case.

I notice you have removed the standard lower chamber fan between PSU & HDD's.

I did this for the recent rebuild & it makes cabling so much easier without any noticeable difference in overall temps.

Only thing I wish this case had was dedicated 2.5" SSD bays but managed to cobble some thing together using the OCUK SSD caddy.

The screw spacings on the black plastic ring holder on the case drive caddies exactly match the spacing on the SSD caddy so just screwed through and supported the new internal 2.5" caddy using the small plastic screw box attached to the other side of the case caddy!!

A bit Heath Robinson but works & looks fine.

Enjoy

 

[trickynickyuk]

Nice build mate

 

[fowler002]

got a pic of the arctic freezer installed? does the fan overhan the ram slot?

 

[Antar Bolaeisk]

Nice build man, shame it won't make you play any better

It all looks very neat and tidy as well.

 

[ZcolloquialZ]

Nice Build. Can I ask what HDD/SSD you will be using?

 

[kmetek]

ANTEC P180/182?

How to remove that fan near PSU? It annoys me too, it's for no purpose almost.

 

[Schizo]

ANTEC P180/182?

How to remove that fan near PSU? It annoys me too, it's for no purpose almost.

the fan is screwed to a plastic bracket that clip's onto the metal divider.

just slide the bracket and it will come off.

 

[iadde]

very similar to my new build, good stuff

 

[Nickyyy]

Love these sorta threads, is it just me or does everyone love new shiny boxes? haha

all the best with it!

 

[idiocious]

Quite the upgrade! Will bring you plenty of enjoyment, I'm sure.

 

[Steve09]

@fowler002
I haven't got a picture, but the Freezer 7 Pro does block the first ram slot making it un-usable.

@ZcolloquialZ
I'm using the hard drive I had from before. The next thing I'll be getting is an ssd, but not until next year some time.

@kmetek
It's an Antec p182 mate and as schizo said, just take the fan off the bracket and then slide the bracket off the metal divider.

Cheers for the replies to everyone else too