sheroo's SB Build

[sheroo]

I just happened to meet Sherooo today

It was nice to meet you dude, I'll be putting those stickers on my rig and I'll post some piccies later today...

 

[sheroo]

did you have issues with those nzxt vga extensions??? they keep sending me ones that dont fit

No, they fitted fine. But I only needed 2 * 6 pin ones for the 6950.

 

[sheroo]

Second, just a quick question about the case, will it support the EVGA SR2?? Jus looks like a Eatx layout its massive!

According to the NZXT site it does support E-ATX.

 

[dipzy]

First of all Congratulations its an awsome rig very well done =)

Second, just a quick question about the case, will it support the EVGA SR2?? Jus looks like a Eatx layout its massive!

EVGA SR-2 has a XL-ATX form factor, which is larger than the E-ATX form factor

 

[sg12004]

nice rig m8

 

[sheroo]

OK so I bought the Asus Deluxe motherboard and have been very happy with it. I'm a kind of fit and forget sort of person, just want to get it right first time and then leave it. Take your time and do it once...

Then I heard that these, like all SB m/b's had a generic fault in the chipset. So I knew the day was coming when I would have to bite the bullet and re-build the system with a new B3 m/b. That day had come and here it is...



I bought an advance replacement, to make this process as painless as possible, so I wouldn't have to remove cables etc.

Also thought that I would add some more ram while I was at it. When I bought the original ridgeback it was £100, now 3 months later its only £60. Oh well never mind.

So I hope that I wont have to reinstall my os from scratch, as that would make me cry. I will have to re-build the raid 0 array, but have an image of my system on my home server, so I hope this will be relatively painless....

I may be gone some time.....

 

[sheroo]

So this is pretty much the last update.

I swapped in the m/b without any real problems, didn't even have to re-build the raid array, it all just came back as if by magic - which was a huge relief. I did end up buying a desk extension to make it up to 220cm so that I could have the case on the desk. I'm still running with 4GB of memory, as I couldn't get it to boot with 8GB, but I'll sort that out as some point. So here's the money shot...



I think the next upgrade will be some new speakers. I find that wire across the desk a bit annoying...

All in all I'm happy with how the build went. I liked the Phantom as a case to build with, but don't think that its the best for airflow and noise. My GPU is running a little hot, and so the fan is running faster than it needs to.

I have one eye on re-building the system in a Fractal R3....

 

[stevebarnes15]

<3ing that wall paper stretched across screens

 

[AshleyColes]

EVGA SR-2 has a XL-ATX form factor, which is larger than the E-ATX form factor

Isnt the SR-2 HPTX rather than XL-ATX

 

[SieB]

Yes, that is a nice wallpaper you have there Sheroo

+1 for getting an R3 it would look much better than the Phantom on your desk plus it has better cooling.

 

[sheroo]

Yes, that is a nice wallpaper you have there Sheroo

+1 for getting an R3 it would look much better than the Phantom on your desk plus it has better cooling.

I've just had a look at Tom's review of the CM Storm Enforcer Case looks nice for £65. I'm a sucker for a big side window, the R3 looks a little bit too much like my old Antec P180...

 

[SieB]

The CM Storm Enforcer is a pretty good alternative, good case as well and cheap. Should look nice on your desk anyway.

 

[dipzy]

Isnt the SR-2 HPTX rather than XL-ATX

oops my mistake, yeah it is HPTX