Quick Spec Check Please

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Quick Spec Check Please [HELP]

Right, the Athlon XP2400 system is really showing its age now and after several years I think an upgrade is in order :)

I already have a case (LL PC70), Hard Drives, CD Drive, Mouse, Keyboard and screen. So, I'm buying the below. As I have been out of the upgrade scene for so can someone please check that above will firstly all be compatible and secondly have a I made any major errors. I want to easily run Vista 64 and use Photoshop/Dreamweaver without it slowing everything down:

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2N1066SR2GK)
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
Tagan TG500-BZ 500w Modular BZ Series PSU
Gainward BLISS GeForce 8600 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail (4718462008859) (Won't have time to game)
Maxtor Diamondmax 22 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (STM3500320AS)

EDIT: for the price thought i may aswell get an SATA2 drive.

Cheers
 
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Well I could buy that at a later date. Just want something that going to be a decent upgrade from an XP2400 system tbh.

Will all this fit in a LLL PC65, as the CPU cooler looks quite tall....
 
Can anyone help me out here as this is getting frustrating :(


I have put together the above system and it won't boot. The error code says 87 or 8.7 which apparently relate to something to do with the PSU or Video card. I get no display and three beeps.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

EDIT%, just found out that code 8.7 means 8.7.Check CPU core voltagePower on -> Stop at 8.7.12V 4 pin plug disconnected or power supply damageCheck 4 pin power plug or replace power supply

This is no connected as I have connected the 20 pin cord. Do i need to connect both????
 
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Right! It now bootas fine and I can enter the BIOS :) Connecting the 8pin 12v connector worked. THere's no plug to connecte the PCIE power connector to the gtx card as its passively cooled.

However I have another problem. I have set the SATA DVDRW to be the first boot drive asneed to install windows. However, after the "Boot from CD:" message is displayed, there is a pause and then some error mentioning an exception - where it pauses.

I'm thinking this has something to do with the fact that this is the first time i have used an SATA DVDRW and may have missed something. I connected it up to a SATA cable and an SATA power cable. Is there anything else?

EDIT: this what I'm getting along with a few lines of gibberish:

TRAP 00000006=================EXCEPTION======"
 
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Success. Have now got to the boot screen withoput any errors. :cool:

Looked like it was a dodgey disk I haven't used for an age. Popped by XP Home disk in that has been in packaging for almost 5 years now and it booted up first time to the setup screen.

Looks like I'm urfortunately going to have to buy either Vista or XP Pro again :(

Still, at least its the problem solved i guess :)
 
No probs now, all is working.

Used my very old XP Home disk I bought an age ago.

Just out of interest here, but I have slightly overclocked a bit to 2.7 GHz. Using Coretemp the 4 cores have a temperatures between 37-42 degrees - are these normal temperatures? I'm using the supplied cooler from Intel (although I'll use the tuniq 120 at some point - got annoyed whilst trying to install it so gave up).

EDIT #2: cpuz says my memory is PC25300 (333 MHz) - shoudn't this be 1066 MHz as I bought PC28500 1066 Mhz memory. if so, how do i change this?

EDIT #3: Also gave up on the tuniq 120 as It was annoyingly a pain to install. However, have been reading reviews and it seems to be one of the best coolers around. Now, exactly which way up is this supposed be installed, as iirc it would fix horizontally ansd vertically.

Cheers.
 
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No more rpleis sob :( :(

Also have another question.

Have the intel cooler fitted at the mo and have idle temps of 38-45 degs so wanna fit the tuniq tower 120 thing. Exactly which way around do i moutn this beast?

Thanks
 
Thanks for reply. The only reason why its a total pain in the ass to fit is becasue of my case - a LL PC-65. Its easy to install when i have the taken the removal mobo tray out and have room to work. Howver, this doesn't work as the tuniq is too tall to fit back in :(

So I'm having to install this when its in the case.
 
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