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???
 
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 :)


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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


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heres the card, lookin' gurd ;)


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


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looks niceee can wait to get it built!


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okay, now lets open the big box ;)

here we go!


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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:


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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


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


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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!?!?!?


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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
 
hehee i paid £100 for the E8400 and the mobo and 4GB ddr2 :P on the bay as a bundle, great value! think i got a real bargain :D

lol maybe one day a might actually do a toaster build ;)
 
lol the seller sent the items in the toaster box because he didnt have any accessorys :D but one day maybe ill do a toaster build lol maybe when ive got 6 weeks off from school :D
 
sory about only just replying now, had a busy day :O

ill link someone elses toaster project later and ill tell you, its bloody TIGHT! i was supprised the fans even had room to spin when i saw it, maybe it will be a ION or fusion build as its really tight, i might do some draw ups lager if i get some time :P but watercooling might be an optio considerin ill loose allthose heatsinks....

also, zaccc, why would i lie lol? what would i gain from it :D also i didnt have to send it out of the countey as CM have a base at manchester :P
 
lol heres the link to the other guys taoster PC,

http://www.toasterpc.com/project_page_1.htm

ridiculous at how tight everything is!

and worryingly, ive been toaster shopping! :D argos isnt a competitior site is it? if so im sorry and ill remove the links :D found theese ;)

THIS is the cheapest, but not too sure on size,

option 2 the buttons on the from would make loverly power, reset, dvd buttons etc!

option 3 most expensive, but also the nicest looking, doesnt look much like a 'traditional' toaster though :P
 
lol sorry, got it built but was sooooo busy -.- but its done :P and it all works and nothings blown up (yet!)

i got bored while i was waiting for the IO Shield to come so i put some MX4 on my 4670 As it's going in another machine,


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Yummie!!! :)


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got a nice shot of the back,


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all clean!


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wasnt sure on how much to use, but i didnt want to put too little on lol


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heres the case with the old stuff (the athlon 4400+ etc) which will go in another case and have the 4670 inside it,


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as i pulls it out, all over my hand... only been running a few months!?!?!? Me Tinkz i be having wordz with my mumzie ;)


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cleaned it and put it back, the inside:


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the beautiful:


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everything out, a nice case, good airflow, amazing price...


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mobo cpu & ram in, all was going okay so far :P


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maybe it would help if i put the IO Shield in first? ;)


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yet again, not too sure on how much to use :D heard a BB size was fine?


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mmmmm pretty much the extent of my photography skill in taking beauty shots :)


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everything in and wired up, one thing that stumped me was the USB headers on the MOBO, i have 4 front pannel USB's and a Card reader, meaning 3 USB headers needed, I only found 2? lol so i only got 2 working USB's on the front pannel and my memory card ready, nothing to cry about, most of the time i dont even use 3 USB's its just a nice thing to have :P


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wrahhh! cable managment :)


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one thing that anoyyed me is when zalman made the case they made it with the pop out brackeds, annoying lol now look -.- had to take then out the old case, Do OCUK sell them?


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well, it started up fine!


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love the fact the LCD Poster is blue :)


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inside:


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Pannel shots:


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time for build 2! :P

first job was to fix the broken power switch -.- likkle it of swoldering :)


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openend the GX650, mmmm that new smell :P


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quickly put everything in:


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and couldnt be bothered with cable managment ;) she's a pretty old thing ;)


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last thing was to unlock and overclock the 6950 :P all went okay:


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Sorted! :)
 
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andy_mk3 said:
Wow, looking good :) Haha, the number of times I've forgotten the IO plate :D The fan filters certainly do a good job :o What do you have your lower fan in the side panel plugged into? I plugged mine into a 12v feed and it made a horrible noise because of the mesh, I had to move it to the bottom of the case. Just wondering if you had it on a fan controller and if it made the noise any better?
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thanks :D very happy with it :P the lower fan is a 3pin connection and when i looked through the mobo's manual it said each 3pin fan port ran at 100%/12v so i plugged that one amd another one into the fan headers on the mobo, i dont get any noise from it, and never have uad any noise from any fans, im going to be buying another 3 fans soon to bring it to 7 fans in the case (maximum) and ill let you know if they are okay :P
 
if its making a lot of noise when its put on the mesh maybe you could try putting some rubber washers on? or maybe the screws arent tight enough? lol :P
 
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