Project: I'm Really Tight :)

pingwing · 28 May 2011 at 01:28

So wait your pc is not in a toaster?

wentalong · 28 May 2011 at 10:55

hehee i paid £100 for the E8400 and the mobo and 4GB ddr2

on the bay as a bundle, great value! think i got a real bargain

lol maybe one day a might actually do a toaster build

d_brennen · 28 May 2011 at 11:02

Do the toaster, I am disappoint!

wentalong · 28 May 2011 at 18:28

lol the seller sent the items in the toaster box because he didnt have any accessorys

but one day maybe ill do a toaster build lol maybe when ive got 6 weeks off from school

ZZZAC · 28 May 2011 at 18:51

wentalong said:
ohh and forgot to say how much i paid 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

Sure...

Kurisu Makise · 29 May 2011 at 03:30

d_brennen said:
Do the toaster, I am disappoint!

but what if he decided to overclock?!
no one likes burnt toast.

hmm.. could lead to watercooled toaster?

wentalong · 29 May 2011 at 18:37

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

but watercooling might be an optio considerin ill loose allthose heatsinks....

also, zaccc, why would i lie lol? what would i gain from it

also i didnt have to send it out of the countey as CM have a base at manchester

wentalong · 29 May 2011 at 22:58

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!

argos isnt a competitior site is it? if so im sorry and ill remove the links

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

wilko49 · 29 May 2011 at 23:01

Any chance you could stick a 480 in one of those toasters? It might still be able to make toast!

andy_mk3 · 29 May 2011 at 23:04

wilko49 said:
Any chance you could stick a 480 in one of those toasters? It might still be able to make toast!

Nobody likes cremated toast

wentalong · 29 May 2011 at 23:20

hahaa the thing is i was actually thinking if i could make it so it still makes toast

wentalong · 1 Jun 2011 at 12:52

just got the IO shield so i can start building, going out now so will most likely start tommorrow

IdiotCoder · 2 Jun 2011 at 20:14

I was hoping it would be something like this...

Toaster PC

Still, keep up the good work!
Nice job with those bent pins by the way!

SubScape · 3 Jun 2011 at 00:49

So much for starting today

wentalong · 3 Jun 2011 at 08:41

lol sorry, got it built but was sooooo busy -.- but its done

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

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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

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

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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!

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

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openend the GX650, mmmm that new smell

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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

all went okay:

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Sorted!

andy_mk3 · 3 Jun 2011 at 20:34

Wow, looking good

Haha, the number of times I've forgotten the IO plate

The fan filters certainly do a good job

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?

wentalong · 3 Jun 2011 at 22:34

andy_mk3 said:
Wow, looking good Haha, the number of times I've forgotten the IO plate The fan filters certainly do a good job 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?

thanks

very happy with it

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

andy_mk3 · 3 Jun 2011 at 23:32

Oh right ok! I thought the fan was buggered so I unscrewed it and it was dead silent, as soon as I put it up against the mesh it makes loads of noise!

But it's better in the bottom anyway, it has a dust filter

wentalong · 4 Jun 2011 at 12:50

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

V F · 4 Jun 2011 at 13:02

wentalong said:
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

Correct. There's nowhere for the drone to be absorbed.