[BUILD LOG] Grandpa's rig

[Grandpa72]

*NEW* Grandpa's rig

hey all,

**UPDATE**

custom fees paid and everything keep your eyes peeled tomo for pic updates

i been posting across the forums for tips and stuff, my dad went on a wind up saying he had bought me stuff and really hadnt (wat a n0000000b)

**update 2** PIC's

any ways just ordered my stuff off ebuyer and i think i come up wiht a very very good rig well best ive ever built, and for teh first time i have taken everything into account, HSF's quite case fans, cathodes, case the lot

heres what i have coming

**** these have been given to me****

Opteron 170

centon ddr500 2-2-2-5 @ 3.2volts

2x 7800GTX eVGA

***following has been bought***

Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe

i-cute case link here

2 x Seagate 80GB Barracuda SATAII 7200RPM 8MB Cache - OEM <--- raid striped

Zalman Heatpipe CPU cooler with quiet 110mm blue LED fan

Hiper 580W Type-R Modular PSU SLI/CrossFire Certified - Blue

*UK Exclusive* Logitech G7 Laser Wireless Gaming Mouse Special Edition - Carbon Livery with Hard LAN Case

Creative Xtreme Bundle - Inspire T6060 5.1 Speaker System Bundled with Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic - Retail Boxed

Extra Value 4" Red Dual Cold Cathode Kit

Extra Value 12" Blue Dual Cold Cathode Kit

Hiper 120mm Case Fan - Clear HiperFlow Frame & Blades - 3pin with Adaptor/Screws Included

2 x Hiper 80mm UV Case Fan - Blue HiperFlow Blades & Frame

Ebuyer Extra Value IDE cable Rounded UDMA Ultra 133/100 24" Red

LG GSA-H42NBAL 18x DVD±RW/RAM Black - Bare drivethe stuff ive bought came to £496 thats with postage and will arrive tuesday

TBH for the money ive actually spent out i reakon ive got a very very good rig and it will pwn a$$

give me your views people, where i could of done better and what not, ok i cant change but at least i know for the future

i know the cpu does at least 2.8GHZ and with sli aswell TBH i dont think ill need to upgrade anytime soon and the rig will last a fair old amount of time

im looking forward to the build and will try and take pictures at different stages and update accordingly, i cant see myself on these forums alot over the next few days to get pointers and stuff

 

[chudley]

Have to laugh really , the kit you have been given is better than what I have in mine. good luck with the build.

 

[FragTek]

Pix ASAP. Going to be a killer build! :worship:

 

[Grandpa72]

i skimpped on the case as i want to invest money in other areas, i.e seperate sounds card for the first time ever instead of onboard and speakers aswell, the case doesnt look to bad and from teh reviews ont eh website its of a decent quality, and is sturdy to, the psu is going to be used as a paper weight that its bundled with, and the case fans can be used to replace my xbox fans mayb, im going to have red cathodes shing out from behind the motherboard and the blues in the main part of the case,

im going to need help with setting up raid as ive never had raid before in my life!!!

what you guys think of the case?

 

[Toxcity]

Im looking forward to some piccars matey!

 

[Grandpa72]

im looking forward to firing th beast up, the x-fi from what ive heard is brilliant wat u think of the case tox?

 

[Toxcity]

The case is pretty nice..

I like the turbine looking fan at the front!

 

[Grandpa72]

i lost track of HSF's but i got a zalman http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/120876

EDIT a zalman CNPS9700 LED to be precise

 

[Grandpa72]

i must admit ebuyer are good but when it comes to online tracking through the "my accoutn" feature its pretty poo, its been stuck on security check for the past god knows how long and i garentee wont change untill after my stuff arrives tuesday!

 

[Rastalovich]

Raid aint no big deal m8y, there are some excellent threads on it in the drives section of the forum - they`ll explain the type of raid u`ll want to pursue.

As for setting it up, u can get all the help u need, but honestly it aint no biggy.

 

[Grandpa72]

well i read up about raqid and tbh it isnt that hard!!!

also i just relised ther are 2 versions of the G7 and i got the latter one its costing me £50 so i hope its bloody worth it, the reviews i read are brilliant and im looking forward to using it on source, guys i am gunna pwn ya a$$£$ that is after i got used to source again and got up to standards have not played for months!

 

[mrapoc]

Ive got that cooler - its big, heavy but looks sexual when its installed - make sure the fan doesnt catch on the metal when u start it - i had to emrgency power down (pull the plug out) and push the fan forwards

 

[Deshman]

I just built a mate a new PC with one of those cases and it was an absolute horror to build in. The edges aren't curved and are REALLY sharp, the parts are thin and very easy to snap and the overall build quality is slightly shoddy. Oh, not to mention the cheap, plasticy feel of the thing.

This isn't to say that it doesn't look nice when it's built and the fans are actually quite quiet for stock. Just watch out what you're doing with the feet though, they snap rediculously easy as I found out.

 

[Grandpa72]

deshman

well what is done is done im sure i can reinfore the case someway or another

mrapoc

well all i can say is im extremely looking forward to building this rig!

im really looking 4ward to this build

 

[BigD]

wow you were given a outrageously nice system.... no fair lol

yeah pics asap

 

[Grandpa72]

update.... custom fees have been paid £120 for the free pc bits ebyer have shipped my stuff to arrive tomo sooooo all stuff will arrive tomo ( tues)

 

[deathwish]

ye i got one of those cases for a freind the fan at the front is only 80mm but theres anough space to cut a hole for a 120mm

.....

be carefull it may have sharp edges

also who gave you 2 7800s anyway good luck on your build

 

[Grandpa72]

my best mate travis gave me the 7800gtx's

 

[deathwish]

my best mate travis gave me the 7800gtx's

you have a good mate there

 

[Grandpa72]

pictures!!!!!