Ivanho614 i7 build

[ivanho614]

I'm in the process of building my new computer, how do you think it looks so far?

specs

Mobo- Asus px58d

CPU- i7 920 D0

Ram- 6gig Patriot Viper 1600mhz @ cas 8 timings

Gpu- Reusing 2x evga 9600gt 512mb (For now)

HDD- 2x 500gb 1 sammy and 1 seagate

PSU- Corsair TX850

Cooling- Reusing my xspc 480 rad and Ek Supreme (new paintjob) with MCP 655

 

[tinytomlogan]

Im just working with that motherboard now. Is that a V2000 or a V2100 btw? Deffo need more pics and a proper spec

 

[Diablo]

Looks really neat, look forward to some more progress reports and pics. I'm guessing a blue theme?

 

[ppuff]

Looks good in there. Is this one going to get a nice grill like your other one?

 

[ivanho614]

Looks good in there. Is this one going to get a nice grill like your other one?

Actually this is the the same Lian Li v2000 I just gutted my old amd internals. I'm trying to stay very budget conscience.

 

[ppuff]

Keep the build pics coming and some of it up n runnin.

 

[ivanho614]

Ok here are a few quick updates.

Here is a better view of the mid-plate I made, I used a piece of lexan which I then sprayed with black vinyl dye. I then cut two holes out, this is where i dropped in 2 bitspower drain plugs (used as a bridge for the barbs). Also in the top corner of the pics you can see the pump screws poke down from the cases divider, to stop vibration of the pump there is 2 silicone hdd vibration grommets, and i also cut up a pen shaft and used it as a spacer.

I used some edge molding here to make it look a little cleaner.

Here is a good view to see how the pump is mounted.

now all tubed up ready for leak testing

 

[a8875624]

the pump is mounted really well into the system - ive seen some people spend ages trying to route tubing into awkward positions, rather than just finding a different place to place the pump.

nice job.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Aye I like the pump aswell, that centre plate is also simple and very tidy fella - kudos

 

[ivanho614]

So the build is finished (I will add the pics in the next few days). So far everything seems great I bought my motherboard used so I was crossing my fingers that it would function ok. I decided to overclock a bit today, it was my first time with an i7 so i'm sure I can trim down and clean it up the voltages a bit for better temps.

So I have 4ghz "stable" @ a core voltage of 1.248 (191x21)

My ambient temp was about 22c, Idle temps are average 34c and the load temps during intelburntest x20 runs 60,58,58,57.

 

[ivanho614]

K I got some more pics to add

here is the little faceplate mod I did to my lamptron FC4 so it matched the rest of the Lian Li bay covers

I got the gelid fans mounted

The painted 1366 mounting bracket

 

[a8875624]

So have you got a quad rad on your CPU then? Or will you be extending the loop later? If not, then that should porvide some impressive temps.

 

[ivanho614]

Yeah so far I am only running the quad on the Cpu mainly because the only thing other then that I would WC would be the gpu, as of now the system is running 2 9600gt and and it isnt worth the investment to buy blocks for these old cards, I think possibly in the future when I get a newer card a gpu block may be in order. But the temps on just the Cpu are pretty good after tuning my Overclock a bit I have an easy 4ghz and my idle temps are on all 4 cores an average of 32 and a max average of 52 after 20 passes of intel burn test.

 

[Chewbacca]

Loving the blue. Looks very sexy.