Project Hardon

[233]

my daughter has been nagging me for a new rig for a while now

current rig is a very early amd quad of pc world origin (was a cheap and cheerful £300 system 6 years ago and its really starting to show its age



so I was given some requirements


able to play sims 3
be cool
be small




so far i'm still at the acquiring all the necessary parts stage

heres what I have so far


EVGA Hadron Air case
Gigabyte Z87N Wifi mobo
Pentium K
8gig of Teamgroup 1600mhz ram
Thermalright AXP cooler


I have a 4870 that will get her up and running but still on the to acquire/steal/borrow list

a decent GPU
SSD and storage drive
some led lighting

lists getting shorter woot


seriously tempted to pull the spare 2tb out my own rig and borrow my 280x to get this up and running for now, i'm desperate to have a crack at overclocking the K and see what it can do


once I start building (which is going to be a challenge the Hardon is tiny. so I don't think it will be anything too fancy but should hopefully be a nice neat build.


in case your wondering the project name came from my wife who questioned why I had been googling erections on her laptop

 

[Uncle Petey]

Why were you googling erections on her laptop?

 

[scotsdragon]

Project Hardon Classic lol

 

[tbyeah]

I'd like to put in a recommendation for a Rajintek Adios cooler - it's one of the biggest air coolers you'll get in the air, it's good, quiet, and costs £15.

Also - CABLE TIES. You will need millions. I used a near entire pack of 100 for my hadron build and while I'm proud of the cable management and it's pretty good, it could still be better.

 

[davido_labido]

oh lord, giving your daughter a hardon is never good.

but i do like the name lol

 

[tbyeah]

oh lord, giving your daughter a hardon is never good.

but i do like the name lol

You'll love what I've got in mind for mine (if I ever scrape some money together to do the build)...

OP, if you can try and tie the cables wherever you can. It's worth repeating.

 

[Sliver]

I came here expecting pics of his hardon, I leave disappoint.

 

[Uncle Petey]

I came here expecting pics of his hardon, I leave disappoint.

Was expecting to be like this tbh:

 

[233]

ooooh getting there, another couple of bits and bobs ordered


8 gig of ram and a Thermalright AXP 100 with a gentle typhoon fan

go well with the black silent that are already in the case

 

[233]

might actually start the build today as i'm sure a ssd and gpu can easily be fitted post build


in fact I've got a spare 4870 all I need is a storage drive, sure I can scavenge one from somewhere

 

[DannyDrama]

Was expecting to be like this tbh:

 

[GiraffePencils]

something something hardon joke

 

[UKDTweak]

once I start building (which is going to be a challenge the Hardon is tiny. so I don't think it will be anything too fancy but should hopefully be a nice neat build.

OP, seriously needs to amend the post... hilarious as it reads, it's just wrong lol

 

[colinmcr]

OP, seriously needs to amend the post... hilarious as it reads, it's just wrong lol

Yes "Project Hardon" and not far below it in the logs "A long time coming"

 

[233]

might even post some pics up of me slipping the hardon out the brown box later


ooeer

 

[Josh]

Came in here expecting picture of Hardon, leaving disaapointed.

*edit meant project pictures not the other form of hardon...

 

[233]

Came in here expecting picture of Hardon,

might start building today after the postman's been

 

[233]

looks like I have enough bits to be getting on with

 

[Pgreenwo]

Lol at the little Hadron vs the CPU box!

 

[233]

build started





its TINY



easy part done

back plate fitted





cpu fitted

stock HSF on just for now




4pin connector next to the cpu slot err my psu doesn't have one is that necessary?



then it all went to pot

what a nasty horrible case this is, the cables are all far too short there is ZERO room for cable management and its just far too tight to work in.


this is going to be a challenge