Punisher~SPARTA~ Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Ive finally decided to purchase a brand new big to replace my dieing old P4 system. Been saving for a long time to afford this so i spent as much as I could without breaking the bank. I know its a tad more then my needs but it will need to last me quite a while. I had the 8800GT and power supply since Christmas and had everything else delivered today. This will be my first build so i am hoping all goes well. Ive done what I consider to be pretty good research, so here are the fruits of my labour: Coolermaster CM 690 Mid Tower Black ATX Case 5X5.25 5X3.5INT No PS Front USB Sound Firewire & eSATA EVGA GeForce 8800 GT PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad 750W ATX V2.2 EPS12V 24PIN SLI Active PFC Power Supply Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 3.5IN 500GB SATA2 8.5MS 7200RPM 32MB Cache NCQ Hard Drive LG G-H20NS10 Black DVD+RW 20X8X16 DVD-RW 20X6X16 INT SATA OEM DVD Writer 1 Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Quad Core Processor LGA775 2.66GHZ Yorkfield 1333FSB 12MB OEM G.SKILL F2-8000CL5D-4GBPI Pi PC2-8000 4GB 2X2GB DDR2-1000 CL5-5-5-15 240PIN Dual Channel Memory Kit Gigabyte X48-DS4 ATX LGA775 X48 DDR2 2PCI-E 2PCI SATA2 RAID Sound 2GLAN 1394 CrossFireX Motherboard Kingwin RVT-12025 Direct Touch 3 Heatpipe Heatsink AM2 LGA775 S754 S939 S940 W/ 120MM PWM Fan I havent built it yet. Im planning on doing either Thursday or Saturday, depending on the time. Ive never built my own rig before, so if anyone has any tips or tricks, Id appreciate it. Ill post more pics come building time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sopris_EBDA Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 good choice on processor, im jealous. I would of opted for the 4GB of Gskil ddr2-1066 thru newegg for $135 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krambo Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 sweeeet. Like you dont kick our asses allready! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custard~SPARTA~ Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Have fun putting it together, can't believe you've been pwning me with a P4 rig I'm getting quite scared of how good you will get with the new rig LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 you missed out the operating system ? IF it's Windows XP or Vista 32 bit then you will see only 3GB approx as 32bit OS has max 4GB addresses which inc all video memory, motherboard memory,soundcard memory etc. Infact any memory the system has to see has to be addressed. IF you go for 64bit OS there is no 4 GB limit to memory so your system will show all of it be the appz for 64bit and drivers can be harder to get. Hope your build goes well, there are loads of techies here and some system admins to guide you through getting the most out of the build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inimigo~SPARTA~ Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Sweet !! I can't wait for x-mas over here. then I'll buy my 22" monitor For now, I play everything on LOW (except for my beloved IL2 ) Hope you'll enjoy yr new system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeno~SPARTA~ Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But Seriously good luck with the build and enjoy your new PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adder360~SPARTA~ Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 the build is all ways fun and dandy (unless some this doesnt work and you have to then work out what it is) but waring the hardest and most time consuming part is the bloody oprating system. siting there loading it and stuff is the worst part but is very rewarding afterwords knowing that you put it togeather your self. have fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krambo Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 take pix as you go! we like pix! good luck with the build anyway. Its the best feeling when it boots up first tym Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 (edited) Keep those fingers crossed, My friend Dog face had to send his Asus board back 2 times untill he got A good one. His was a real bictoch to get going. But finely got it up and running. Edited June 4, 2008 by Athlon64~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krambo Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 stay positive, mine worked first time and still going strong and yes i am touching wood whilst writing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xross Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Very nice Punisher.....very nice.....Congrats!! Hope the build goes smoothly for ya (I'm sure it will). Enjoy that beast bud....I know you've waited a long time for it. Just one little thing... Considering your historical prowess on the battle field please short CPU pins F28/G28 to ground prior to playing on our server.... Peace . . . (Just kiddin' about the pin shortin' thing..... :unsure: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher~SPARTA~ Posted June 4, 2008 Author Share Posted June 4, 2008 (edited) good choice on processor, im jealous. I would of opted for the 4GB of Gskil ddr2-1066 thru newegg for $135 That kit was 150+ dollars for me since im up in Canada, but I got this one for something like a 102 because www.NCIX.com allows pricematching of products for Canadians. Plus I got the new PI heatspreaders even though there not going to mean much for me. Have fun putting it together, can't believe you've been pwning me with a P4 rig I'm getting quite scared of how good you will get with the new rig LOL. Thats the master plan. Only thing now is when people say i killed them because of my rig, Ill have no excuses . you missed out the operating system ? IF it's Windows XP or Vista 32 bit then you will see only 3GB approx as 32bit OS has max 4GB addresses which inc all video memory, motherboard memory,soundcard memory etc. Infact any memory the system has to see has to be addressed. IF you go for 64bit OS there is no 4 GB limit to memory so your system will show all of it be the appz for 64bit and drivers can be harder to get. Hope your build goes well, there are loads of techies here and some system admins to guide you through getting the most out of the build. Im just going to run XP Home 32bit thats left over from my other rig for now. Ill be getting a new OS soon, as I can get them really cheap through a friends work, but I havent decided on XP or Vista, 32bit or 64bit yet. And I know Im only going to get around 3 GB of ram, but ddr2 is so cheap the the 4GB kits were only a tiny bit more expensive then the 2GB kits. Keep those fingers crossed, My friend Dog face had to send his Asus board back 2 times untill he got A good one. His was a real bictoch to get going. But finely got it up and running. Well, youve just jinxed me Athlon. If anything goes wrong, I can now solely blame it on you Considering your historical prowess on the battle field please short CPU pins F28/G28 to ground prior to playing on our server.... If you could just post a little diagram showing me which pins are which, Ill be happy to support your anti-Punisher initiative ;) Thanks for the good luck wishes. Hopefully going to get most of it set up tomorrow so I can be ready for either GR.Net scrim. Edited June 4, 2008 by Punisher~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custard~SPARTA~ Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Not sure there is much benifit yet to go for Vista, I just put Service Pack 3 on my XP machine and it runs real good. Some guys here run both may be they could give us an opinion on the games we all play is there a reason to go for Vista? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher~SPARTA~ Posted June 6, 2008 Author Share Posted June 6, 2008 Little update. Went to start the building today and everything went smoothly until I got to the mounting of the heatsink. Apparently in transit, one of the feet of my pushpins was bent a little so it made mounting difficult. This being my first build, I was extremely careful with pins, as I was afraid they would break. Eventually I started using a tad more force, until I was pushing with as much pressure as I could musher on the little buggers. Eventually the suckers went in, but I still dont trust them so ill be buying a backplate kit for heatsink in the near future. I didnt get to finish it today, since the pins took so long, but itll be done tomorrow and I should be ready for the cod scrim on saturday. Pics will come tomorrow as I havent had time to upload them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adder360~SPARTA~ Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 some times with the heat sink the pins usaly have a lil bit u turn on the top to easly pop it out. its very hard to push it in when there in the remove postion. just soming that might of happend, but they do need a slighty firm hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punisher~SPARTA~ Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 I finished building on Saturday and got all of the software loaded up on Sunday. It was a bit of a headache in some parts of the build, just mainly because i wasnt quite sure what to do at times, or just plain not thinking. I had a huge problem with a network card not working on this machine or another one in the house after being taken from my old rig. Had to swap network cards to get everything to work properly Everything is working and good now, so here are some pics. All of the parts for the system pre installation. After installing a bunch of the fans, I realized that I had run out of screws somehow and was wondering how I was going to attach the last fan. I saw someone use zipties once so I thought Id try it. They do a nice job of holding the fan in place, but you can really here the vibrations from the fan without it mounted properly. Ill probably scavange from some screws later as the computer is almost silent without that fan running. Power supply and fans mounted. Motherboard with everything mounted. The Intel pushpins on this thing were absolute hell to install for me. Ill probably end up being a seperate mounting kit next time a buy some hardware just being I dont trust those things. Seperate angle with the RAM front and center. Heres all the bits mounted in the case. Just installing Windows A look at everything put together in the case. Ive cleaned up the case a little since the photo but its really hard to do without a modular power supply. There isnt really a lot of room to store that many cables in the CM 690, but I did my best to hide them at the back. Empty HD racks were removed for better airflow from the front fan. Finished product Default 3dmark is around 12k if i remember right. Ill run it again tomorrow to make sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krambo Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 sweet Job Pub, she's looks beautiful. Congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrester~SPARTA~ Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 what a load of fans..... My PC does with only one 12 centimeter, and a fan on the processor that doesn't even run for games like COD and GRAW.... Processor doesn't get warm enough.... but my benchmarik is about half of Pun's I guess.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 looks very nice mate good job. now everything is installed best get clocking then a? get that cpu pumping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Looks Great, nice one. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custard~SPARTA~ Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Looks great mate, have fun kicking my butt with it LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adder360~SPARTA~ Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 looking good man, hope you have a long and good relantionship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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