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Dingatron · 28-09-2008 9:28pm

Thought I may as well throw mine up.

Its been a while since I've done a build as my previous machine was an XP3800 @ 2.6 GHz, 2GB Geil value ram, DFI nF4 SLI-D, 7950 GX2,Hiper Type R580w load of fans etc. It was a noisy machine but served me well.

Anyway on to the new.

Emphasis for this build is quietness for general use but also the power for when I need it for playing games, encoding etc.

Specs
Antec P182
4096MB-Kit OCZ PC2-6400 ReaperX HPC Enhanced Bandwidth, CL4
ASUS P5Q Deluxe
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
Club3D HD4870 1024MB
Corsair 620W
Samsung F1 1TB 32MB SATA II
Thermalright IFX-14
and a few Scythe S-Flex fans.

That IFX-14 is a monster. Too big in fact as I had awful trouble fitting it. I had to put the Scyte fan through the centre in the end as it was interfering with the memory slots and also had to modify (bend

) the back-side dual heatpipe heatsink at the top to fit it in the case properly. Anyway its a great cooler despite all that. The 4 cores are low 30's at stock.

Build complete. Pictures don't do the wiring justice. The P182 case allows for most of the cables to be routed around the back of the main board. The ATX12V 8-4 pin from the Cosair 620 barely fit around the back but tbh the placing of it on the P5Q is in crazy position imo.

Anyway that's it and it is whisper quite in normal use. Even after a few bench marks using 3dmark 06 (14400's) and an hour of COD4 the 4870 fan was only reaching a fan speed of 1200 rpm. I hope to clock the cpu up to around 3.4 Ghz depending on temps etc.

MooseJam · 28-09-2008 9:33pm

how much did that set you back

Dingatron · 28-09-2008 9:41pm

€1200 all in from Hardwareversand

AlmightyCushion · 28-09-2008 9:43pm

Nice. Did you get a monitor in it for that price? Also love that ram, looks fooking evil so it does.

Dingatron · 28-09-2008 10:17pm

Thanks. The monitor is a 22' V7 which I have had for a while. Was a bargin at the time and although its not a well know brand it does the job and have had no issues with it. Ram is nice. Runs stock at 4-4-3-15 timings at 2.1 V. The heat sinks mean you can't have 2 modules side by side though but 4 Gb should be plenty for me for a while. Should be good for when I clock the CPU.

glynf · 07-10-2008 8:15pm

Here's my set up, work in progress. Forgive the crappy pics, flash is knackered on camera

EVGA Nforce 680i m.board
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400
Coolermaster PSU 1 KW
2 x EVGA 8800 GTS 640MB
2 Gb PC6400 RAM
WD 160GB 10K HDD
Samsung 250GB 7.2K HDD
NEC 18x dual layer dvd±r/w
LG 20x dual layer dvd±r/w
22” Dell E228WFP

40" Samsung M87 LCD

Sony STR-KS 1100 5.1 Receiver

PS3

Kold · 17-10-2008 3:31pm

[Mod Edit] Resize your images please[/Mod Edit]
4096MB-Kit GEIL Black Dragon PC2-6400 DDR2-800 CL4
ATX-Netzteil Corsair VX550W 550 Watt
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Tray, 8192Kb, LGA775, 64bit, Kentsfield
MSI P45 Platinum, Intel P45, ATX
2 x 500gb Samsung HD502IJ
Sapphire HD4870 512M GDDR5 PCI-E
Samsung SyncMaster T220

Thanks to AC and everyone who helped me with my build and to Tazzle for making it work

cian1500ww · 26-10-2008 10:27am

Graphics card and complete motherboard to be watercooled in the coming weeks.

Silenceisbliss · 31-10-2008 10:29am

OMG, glynf is a lefty! GET HIM!!!

and KOLD is a pedobear lovin, picture resizing incable, weird food eating.....person...

glynf · 01-11-2008 2:05am

Silenceisbliss wrote: »

OMG, glynf is a lefty! GET HIM!!!

and KOLD is a pedobear lovin, picture resizing incable, weird food eating.....person...

Yes, I was created by the Devil. But lefties are more intelligent & creative than right handed types(but die younger;)).

Anti · 03-11-2008 11:06am

updated the stupid "no chat rule" so you can talk away about each others builds, and ask questions.

jonathan13 · 09-11-2008 3:30am

my build w/ cheap case

pc box: icute jet turbine = did a soft mod on front panel and added akasa matting for sound absorption
proc: Core 2 Q9550
mobo: P45 Platinum/Zilent
mem: Adata 4gb
video card: 4870 x2
cpu cooler: v8 cooler master
PSU: Storm 700watts

hello im new here, need your suggestion whats a good fan speed controller il be using it on the front 140 cm fan, cheers:pac:

Gummy Panda · 09-11-2008 5:53pm

Kold what the hell are you eating in that last picture?

Kold · 09-11-2008 5:57pm

A noodle soup with some Chinese barbeque pork.

kaimera · 27-11-2008 1:33pm

Antec 900 case
corsair 620w psu
intel i7-920 @ 3ghz
gainward 4870 512mb
4 gigs crucial ddr3 1066
500gig WD sata
250gig WD ide
sony dvd-r
g15
mx518
22" samsung.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kaimera/PCBuild

^^ will update this evening with pics of build.

techguy · 27-11-2008 4:55pm

kaimera wrote: »

Antec 900 case
corsair 620w psu
intel i7-920 @ 3ghz
gainward 4870 512mb
4 gigs crucial ddr3 1066
500gig WD sata
250gig WD ide
sony dvd-r
g15
mx518
22" samsung.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kaimera/PCBuild

^^ will update this evening with pics of build.

Nice, looking forward to seeing this build as it is the first with the new Core i7 and the Antec 900 is a nice case that I was thinking hard about getting for my build..ended up getting a Thermaltake Armor Jr.

Keep us updated..;)

kaimera · 27-11-2008 4:58pm

techguy wrote: »

Nice, looking forward to seeing this build as it is the first with the new Core i7 and the Antec 900 is a nice case that I was thinking hard about getting for my build..ended up getting a Thermaltake Armor Jr.

Keep us updated..;)

ty

Actually think the case is a big small. the i7 is that fricking big inside.

cabling was a bit of a problem; I dont have the hdd case fans powered on as a result.

techguy · 27-11-2008 5:05pm

Ah, now I remember..people said it was a tad bit small and that things were tight..

Are you using the stock cooler on that?

kaimera · 27-11-2008 5:07pm

yeah, stock cooler.

it's running @ 145*20 which is up from the 130 stock fsb and temps are solid so far.

i think I'm going to have to p95 it again when I get home..error checking I dont think was enabled when I started it last night :embarressed:

ooPabsoo · 21-12-2008 8:07pm

cian1500 that case is a BEasht

papu · 21-12-2008 8:20pm

Sweeet!

chat chat chat chat chat chat chat chat chat chat chat chat

everyone with computers are cool

anti

kaimera · 14-01-2009 8:30pm

kaimera wrote: »

Antec 900 case
corsair 620w psu
intel i7-920 @ 3ghz
gainward 4870 512mb
4 gigs crucial ddr3 1066
500gig WD sata
250gig WD ide
sony dvd-r
g15
mx518
22" samsung.

Added another 2 gigs of ram + a 750 wd sata drive today.

Also connected one of the front bay fans in the hdd chassis.

Grim. · 16-01-2009 9:34pm

stuck with 20" monitor atm should have my 30" back soon with any luck
Coolermaster stacker 831
VelociRaptor
Intel Core i7 920
Corsair TX 750W
Noctua NH-U12P
x2 EVGA GeForce GTX 280 1024MB SC Edition in SLI
Gigabyte EX58-UD4P Intel X58
G.Skill 6GB DDR3 NQ PC3-12800C9 1600MHz

techguy · 16-01-2009 10:18pm

Grim. wrote: »

Coolermaster stacker 831
VelociRaptor
Intel Core i7 920
Corsair TX 750W
Noctua NH-U12P
x2 EVGA GeForce GTX 280 1024MB SC Edition in SLI
Gigabyte EX58-UD4P Intel X58 d
G.Skill 6GB DDR3 NQ PC3-12800C9 1600MHz

WOW, GTX280 x2 - I just got a 260 and its super...2 280s must be insane! What resolution, screen size you play with??

techguy · 16-01-2009 10:47pm

My Rig:

Thermaltake Armor Jr.
Intel Q6600 @2.4Ghz
OCZ 4096MB PC6400
Abit IP35 Pro
Corsair TX650W 650 Watt
Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 - Graphics
Nvidia GeForce 8600GTS - PhysX
Samsung Spinpoint 500GB
Samsung DVD/RW
LG Flatron 22"
Fujitsu 17"

Bit dated now compared to some of the new builds here!
Too lazy to take pics at the moment..:pac:

kaimera · 17-01-2009 3:03pm

Grim. wrote: »

stuck with 20" monitor atm should have my 30" back soon with any luck
Coolermaster stacker 831
VelociRaptor
Intel Core i7 920
Corsair TX 750W
Noctua NH-U12P
x2 EVGA GeForce GTX 280 1024MB SC Edition in SLI
Gigabyte EX58-UD4P Intel X58
G.Skill 6GB DDR3 NQ PC3-12800C9 1600MHz

sweet build.

whats the 920 running at?

ffs, the size of the cooler!

Grim. · 17-01-2009 4:38pm

kaimera wrote: »

sweet build.

whats the 920 running at?

cheers

920 is at 3ghz atm will go higher after a while but it'll do for now

darealtulip · 17-01-2009 7:58pm

Ok thanks you lot!!! this is gonna cost me lots of dosh!!!:D

I have only a simple comp:

gigabyte S series ga-m57sli-s4 mobo
AMD 8650 triple core 2.3 Ghz
6 gb 6400 ddr2 ram
gainward 9500gt 1gb
X power 700 watt psu
2x LG dvd rw sata
1 terabyte samsung HD
500 gb seagate HD
Icute case
22" acer lcd
40" 40v4000 sony

allen175 · 19-01-2009 2:07am

Here is my new Beast.

Coolermaster HAF 932
Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.3GHz (Stock cooler, waiting for 1366 brackets to arrive for V8)
Gigabyte EX58-UD5 Intel X58
Corsair Dominator 3GB DDR3 1600MHz
Coolermaster M850W
Leadtek GTX 260
22" Viewsonic Monitor
Logitech G15 Keyboard
Microsoft Sidewinder

techguy · 19-01-2009 3:39am

That is a super pc..I really like the Coolermaster HAF, My next PSU will be modular also...! Hate the extra wires!

What do you guys do on ye're computers other than gaming..any of ye programmers or anythin like that? I'm doing computer science, i n 2nd year at the moment..

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