Project: I'm Really Tight :)

wentalong

wentalong

wentalong

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Hey all, finally got some of the parts for my new build, should be holding on to this rig till Ivy Bridge :P Parts i Ordered:

Asus Striker 2 Formula
Core 2 Duo E8400
4GB Ballistix DDR2
For £100! :D
And a WD Caviar Blue 500GB

Also i have a TX650 and a GX650 lying around, and a 6950/70 for the build :O

so far i have all the parts appart from the HDD (waiting for it to be delivered from OCUK) so all i managed to do so far is get some box shots and clean the board a little :P

first off, the Uhh, Box?

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I smell.... pre-owned goodies! :D :D :D lol :P

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all together now......................!

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and the best show known to man!
 
lol good? idea? ;) im sure someone mad would be able to make one :P maybe whack a fusion in there :P

My imageshack doesnt seem to load up? anyone else able to actually get on their site???
 
interested in this, once you get it up and running, do you plan to overclock? I have a striker II formula and cant seem to push my Q6600 past 3.0Ghz :( so would be interesting to see how you get on :)

Oh and you may want to add a fan blowing over the northbridge, gets VERY toasty (when i boot into bios it tends to be hovering around 80C :eek: but has been running at that for ~3 years, oh and thats with a 40 mm fan blowing over it...
 
yeahh ill most probs overclock, but it'll be a first time so dont wanna push it too far :P

and 80C?!?!?!? owch :O have i didnt get any accessorys with it but if mine runs that hot ill end up making an air tunnel with a 80mm fan on the other end! :P
 
hehee yeahh :P fan controller's never worked though -.- should be buying one soon if im gunna be putting 8 fans into it :P

as soon as i can get my image shack to work ill upload more pictures, ive got tons already and i havent even started building :D
 
okay, so i decided ill try this flickr i saw in Mathod's sig :P got some more pictures :P also, ive been up at 6 this morning trying to sort everything out for it lol !DEDICATION! ;)

erm and flickr knows this:

This photo was taken on May 19, 2011 using a Samsung Electronics SGH-L810.

wierd lol but cool?

best show known to man :)


Pic0207 by wentalong, on Flickr

got some more box shots,

My asus xonar DG(OEM) and WD Caviar 500GB (OEM) some akasa yummy smelling cleaning stuff ;) and some MX4 and Sata cabes :P


Pic0226 by wentalong, on Flickr


Pic0227 by wentalong, on Flickr

heres the card, lookin' gurd ;)


Pic0228 by wentalong, on Flickr

and the hard drive :P you guys really dont wanna know how much bubblewrap i have from all this stuff!!! :O


Pic0220 by wentalong, on Flickr


Pic0221 by wentalong, on Flickr

looks niceee can wait to get it built!


Pic0222 by wentalong, on Flickr
 
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okay, now lets open the big box ;)

here we go!


Pic0208 by wentalong, on Flickr

EPIC FAIL.


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most likely damaged as it was put in the box a wierd way :P not a problem, 5 mins of carefully bending got this:


Pic0211 by wentalong, on Flickr

now that bit of excitement is sorted....

yukk...


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this there was too much tim?

cleaned it with that akasa stuff... smells like heaven!!! :P


Pic0229 by wentalong, on Flickr

was chuffed with that! sorry bout the blur here, using my phone (as flickr kindly noted...)


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Pic0218 by wentalong, on Flickr

shame its only SLI, but maybe when this becomes my second rig ill get a few 8800's? all to be powered by my TX 650,

but im such a good citizen, someone sent me this!?!?!?


Pic0232 by wentalong, on Flickr

hehee gues how much i paid? (its brand new still in the wrapping with 5 years warrenty)
 
hehe yeahh im realllyyyyy carefull with my money when it comes to pc parts lol gotta earn all my money from chores etc :P takes a lot of looking on the bay and sometimes they have great deals like that :P

ohh and forgot to say how much i paid :D i paid about £5 for it from a bootsale and £5 to get it RMA'd as when i turned it on it popped and had NOTHING to do with me wanting a brand new on with a box ;)

also dont think ill be able to put any picturss up till monday as im not at home wih my pc/parts :P
 
amazing whats there though! £10-£15 for a psu lol ive already got a TX650 but now i can have 2 systems, or ican sell the GX650 for £40-£50 profit :D
 
xxela1337 said:
For some reason, I love builds with cheaper components such as this, has a kind of charm haha, moar pics plz!
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Me too :) For me I think it's because builds like this I can read and look at and use ideas myself as it's a much lower budget. Looking at a watercooled 3x gtx480 i7 build I wont be able to have for a very long time :p
 
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