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11-04-2006, 02:17 AM
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My New Build (spec)
Hi This is my new build (and my brother will be here on the 11th as he has built PCs for himself and to sell) so he can keep an eye on things as i start putting the PC together one week today
Case - Specialty All Black Mesh Case with 2x120mm blue LED fans front,1x120mm blue LED fan rear (Mod 2x 30cm Blue Cold Cathodes – switched/sound active) PSU - OCZ GAMEXSTREAM OCZ700GXSSLI 700W Motherboard - Abit AW9D-MAX Intel 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 CPU - Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) CPU Cooler - Tuniq Tower -120mm 9 blade centre fan with controller RAM - Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 PRO TwinX (2x1GB) Graphics Card - Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 XT-X ice-Q3 SILENT Heatpipe 512MB GDDR4 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) HDDs - 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB ST3320620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM FDD - Mitsumi FA 404M 7in1 USB 2.0 Floppy & Media Drive (Black) DVD RW - ASUS DRW-1608P3S 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer Rewriter (Black) DVD ROM - ASUS DVD 16x DVD-E616A Black DVD-E616A/5A Sound Card – Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music Speakers Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Cables - ACRyan Roundcable 2 (Q/R) - Daylight color Silver, C/C – Electric Blue Monitor - Sony 19" x-black technology LCD SDM-HS95 P/R - DVI Keyboard - Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard Mouse - Logitech MX Revolution Wireless Laser Mouse Wacom Intuos 3 A4 Graphics Tablet OS – Windows XP H SP2 I am looking forward to putting this together as i have waited for some time to be able to afford it, Fizz 
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11-04-2006, 08:06 AM
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did you already order the stuff?
i have those speakers they are nice |
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11-04-2006, 09:24 AM
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that looks nice.
But wondering if you get the free vista upgrade if you buy XP on its own. Anyway wouldn't it make more sense to have 2* dvd burners instead? |
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11-04-2006, 11:02 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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Why not just put it together already? Assembling a computer is fairly easy...the hard part is choosing all the right parts that will work together well.
Here are some tutorials to use as guides... PC Mech: Build Your Own PC Guide to building your first PC from parts Cricket
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11-04-2006, 11:27 AM
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Hi
jer888, yes all has been ordered last order was placed 1st nov i have had the MoBo, CPU, Ram, Case, Graphics Card, and Cables a few weeks now because i could not afford everything at once. 786ARS, I have two PCs now with XP SP2 (full Windows XP Disks) so my present second PC i will format the HDD and load Windows 2000 OS as i am giving the PC to my boyfriend, so i wont be buying another Windows XP OS, hope im not sounding thick here but why two DVD RWs ? as i can copy/burn from a Rom Drive and make CDs/DVDs with Nero, as yet i have not needed to copy from DVD to DVD, Fizz
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11-04-2006, 06:57 PM
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wait so do you have everything now?
have you built before? or is your brother going to walk you through your first build? |
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11-05-2006, 05:13 AM
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One thing to watch out for - do not connect the USB cables to the media reader till AFTER Windows is installed. Otherwise the media reader will grab the drive C designation. You should also do this before mounting the motherboard in the case to make sure the core components are okay:
http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=132409 |
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11-05-2006, 01:54 PM
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Hi jer888, no i hope to be receiving the last of the components this week, i have not built a PC all in one go but i have Modded my present one, Cut and fitted window, Blow hole, installed 2nd HDD, installed DVD RW, installed Graphics Card, installed P4 3.30GHz CPU, installed 470W PSU, Modded all cables, installed sound card, installed UVs and C/C lights, i have learnt a lot from my Brother but he will be here when i start to build, my present PC Here and Here
Hi glc, thank you for the info and the link, Fizz Note sound card fitted after these photos Last edited by fizz; 11-05-2006 at 01:56 PM. |
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11-05-2006, 02:14 PM
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Cricket
Thank you for the links, i have not started the build yet as some parts are not here yet also i wanted to build over the weekend as i have a weeks Holiday from the 13th plenty of time to test the new build, Fizz
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11-11-2006, 07:46 AM
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Hi
We (me and my older brother) have the new build all together now, we have been at it since 8am now 1.45pm UK time, just hope it runs ! power-up after lunch, my room looks like a PC repair shop  Fizz.
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11-11-2006, 04:07 PM
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New build is up and running, quiet and fast no probs that i can find, im happy
and thank you to members here for your help and advice, Fizz
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11-11-2006, 04:17 PM
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Always good to hear of a success story, congrats!
FK
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11-11-2006, 05:01 PM
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Thanks Freakitchen
glc was spot on about the USB cables from start to loading some of my programs it took over 13 hours but worth it its very fast, Fizz
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11-11-2006, 05:46 PM
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Nice build, and good job
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11-11-2006, 06:17 PM
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Hi Fizz --
Congrats on your new build! As I read through your specs more closely, it's actually very similar to what I'm looking to build. Now that you've made into the realm of success, any advice for a newbie about to embark on the same path? What issues or concerns did you have along the way that I should consider? Thanks...have fun with your new system! hawkeye |
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11-11-2006, 07:18 PM
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One more thing...what size is your case? From dimensions alone, it looks like it will work in a mid-tower but I just want to be sure.
Thanks! |
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11-11-2006, 10:33 PM
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Shiro Usagi
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