Squidge4 Build log

stulid · 19 Jan 2011 at 23:56

So squidge4 came onto these forums looking to spend £1200 on a complete pc system. He was initially going to buy a pre-built system, but I convinced him to buy separate parts and i would build it for him as he lived local.

Original thread here - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18230455

After much umming and arrrring, this spec was decided on.

OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £234.98
(£195.82) £234.98
(£195.82)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Lost Planet 2 PC Game - Retail £191.99
(£159.99) £191.99
(£159.99)
Samsung P2450H 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
Foxconn P67A-S Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) £99.98
(£83.32) £99.98
(£83.32)
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £95.99
(£79.99) £95.99
(£79.99)
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £83.99
(£69.99) £83.99
(£69.99)
Antec TruePower New Modular 650W Power Supply £74.99
(£62.49) £74.99
(£62.49)
Coolermaster CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case - Black £61.26
(£51.05) £61.26
(£51.05)
Logitech Wireless Desktop Wave (920-000280) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £40.99
(£34.16) £40.99
(£34.16)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £35.74
(£29.78) £35.74
(£29.78)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
(£10.82) £12.98
(£10.82)
OcUK Value 10m RJ45 Network Cable (URT-610) £5.99
(£4.99) £5.99
(£4.99)
Sub Total : £994.04
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £201.56
Total : £1,209.35

The only thing needed was a 2.1 speaker system, but this could be bought later.

So today the parts arrived at his house and I went around to piece it all together.

The box shot.

The case.

The motherboard/cpu/heatsink and ram assembly.

The psu goes in and stand-offs.

Optical drive.

The motherboard goes into its home.

Some wires get added and the SSD and 1TB harddrive.

ATI 6950.

In it goes.

24" goodness.

Its home, later moved onto the desk to stop the PSU fan sucking up stuff.

I will let Squidge4 sort the wires out on the other side of the case.

Its alive.

So after installing Win7 64bit and then all the drivers and windows updates, I left him with wolfenstein to play.

DJ_Hughesy · 19 Jan 2011 at 23:59

nice log, looks like a nice piece of kit :jelouse:

never could spell that word... lmao ^^

shAn88 · 19 Jan 2011 at 23:59

sweet, great job!

Thekwango · 20 Jan 2011 at 00:07

Very nice, sweet job Stulid. Hope you were well rewarded for your endeavours

Oh and I really like

stulid said:
The box shot.

No double entendre meant

Buchanan0204 · 20 Jan 2011 at 00:08

Very nice, I like the how the cpu cooler fan matches the colour scheme of the board, was that planned?

stulid · 20 Jan 2011 at 00:09

Buchanan0204 said:
Very nice, I like the how the cpu cooler fan matches the colour scheme of the board, was that planned?

No, but its a bonus

Gazza123 · 20 Jan 2011 at 01:08

Looks great

Expect the "I broke it" phone call soon

Bet he's a happy bunny

redfist · 20 Jan 2011 at 07:44

Nice build, also it was good to see that even stulid uses the manuals!!! (see 6th pic down)

pcAnywhere · 20 Jan 2011 at 07:50

redfist said:
Nice build, also it was good to see that even stulid uses the manuals!!! (see 6th pic down)

Kinda surprised me too. I thought Stulid simply looked at a pile of boxes and they put themselves together.. :eek:

FNGsam · 20 Jan 2011 at 08:22

Kudos to you Stulid, always the ever helpful OCUK'er!!

Nice build to!

NathWraith · 20 Jan 2011 at 08:22

Nice choice of components man. The Foxconn board and venom cooler look like they were made to be together! I do like the Coolermaster case aswell, one of the best cases I have built in

shadow_boxer · 20 Jan 2011 at 10:17

Great build there. Couldn't agree more about the Foxconn and Venon cooler looking perfect together. Great case too, got the original CM690 Dominator here and it's a cracking case. Perfect spec to I'd have to say. Good job.

King Damager · 20 Jan 2011 at 10:48

Nice build there, and very kind of you to help him put the build together!

kd

tuftyfella · 20 Jan 2011 at 10:54

very nice build, i have the same monitor only without the H, its awesome.

Orcvader · 20 Jan 2011 at 12:34

The RAM matches too

Damn, now that's a nice build! Did you get your promised pint Stulid

?

Also did you overclock the system or left it at stock?

stulid · 20 Jan 2011 at 12:45

I was well looked after for my time, and its all stock speeds.

Cookeh · 20 Jan 2011 at 12:58

Nice!

<3 shiny new hardware, and nice cable management.

Tried flashing the HD6950?

stulid · 20 Jan 2011 at 17:01

Cookeh said:
Tried flashing the HD6950?

not yet.

redfist said:
also it was good to see that even stulid uses the manuals!!! (see 6th pic down)

Had too!!! The instructions are as bad as a Titan Fenrir fitting guide to understand.

stulid · 20 Jan 2011 at 17:06

NathWraith said:
Nice choice of components man. The Foxconn board and venom cooler look like they were made to be together! I do like the Coolermaster case aswell, one of the best cases I have built in

Cheers,

Also you work for OCUK, where is the Lost planet 2 voucher? couldn't find it anywhere?

RJC · 20 Jan 2011 at 20:32

Looking good, the cooler just misses the ram