New System - Complete Build

[Adam]

Following on from http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=407420

Well here it is, my new system, the real Beast!!!! lol :rasp:

Apologies for any crappy pics as I am not a photographer

Here we go....

Parts arrived...

Unboxed...

Case - Antec 1200 which is just f**king awesome lol...

Massive exhaust fan...

Inside...

First look at the Asus Rampage II Extreme Mobo...

Mobo in case...

Corsair HX 1000W PSU...

This is the best PSU I have ever worked with. If you are after a new PSU then it has to be a Corsair

And here it is the Daddy - Intel Core i7 965 3.20Ghz (Nehalem) Extreme Edition ...

Getting very nervious at this stage lol...

Nightmare over lol...

Noctua NH-U12P SE1366...

Slight issue here as the Heatsink needed a back plate so the Mobo had to come back out, no major issue ...

Memory - Corsair Dominator 6GB (3 X 2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel with a Corsair Triple-Channel Airflow Fan...

Heatsink on...

GPU - 1792MB EVGA GTX 295, PCI-E 2.0, 1998MHz GDDR3, GPU 576MHz, 480 Cores, 2x DL DVI-I/ HDMI w/ Backplate...

What a Beast lol...

Inside shots...

HDD's - 2x were existing SATA II drives but my OS is going on a new Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB 10000RPM SATA-II 16MB...

Optical Drives - Nothing new here. DVD Re-Writer and a BD Re-Writer...

More inside shots, started to tidy up the cables...

First boot...

Vista Ultimate x64 has now been installed and OMG it is fooking rapid lol. Yeah yeah I know the HDD is clean and is all frag free etc but I have built a few systems in my time on clean HDD's and never had one this quick before.

Tomorrow I will be running 3DMark Vantage so I will post up my score. After that I plan to Overclock to around 4Ghz....

Thanks for everyone's help and advice, its 1am and Im off to bed lol...

:clown:

 

[Andy.]

Pure filth! Nothing worse than seeing something like this... just makes you realise that you are in dire need of an upgrade!

Wow..... enjoy it you lucky bar steward.

 

[Munson]

Good work man. Not too keen on that memory cooler though. Get gaming asap :approve:

BTW why are you using those nasty molex to PCI-E leads? Does your PSU not have 6 & 8 pin PCI-E?

 

[guysy]

Looks good, Can you post the spec in here? I cant be bothered to read through the other thread.

 

[seb]

Sexy s**t!!

 

[guysy]

Looks good, Can you post the spec in here? I cant be bothered to read through the other thread.

Sorry, Now i've sobered up i realised youve put the spec in between the photos.

Looks like a good build. Looks like it might be a bit noisy though!

I like my cases quiet. I chose the Antec p190. Lovely and soundproofed.

 

[David]

that look serious. nice built looks tidy and good way for cooling, not sure about the coolers on the memory, can't you just use a fan from the front of the case combined with the cpu fan (as an intake) to cool them, might produce better airflow.

same case me, very nice. that big one on the top really does help, took 5 degrees of my last case alone!

get coretemp up on that badboy and start monitoring, be good to find out what you're idling at etc.

 

[Munson]

BTW why are you using those nasty molex to PCI-E leads? Does your PSU not have 6 & 8 pin PCI-E?

I checked your PSU specs and it does have 6 & 8 pin PCI-E connectors. IMO you should really use these instead of the molex adaptors. If only for the reason that the wiring around the gfx will be far tidier. Not meaning to pick at your build, but it's definitely an obvious wiring error IMO.

 

[Adam]

Thanks for all the comments

I will be doing further tesing tonight i.e will be getting Prime95 on the go, 3DMark Vantage etc and I will post up some figures

 

[Adam]

I checked your PSU specs and it does have 6 & 8 pin PCI-E connectors. IMO you should really use these instead of the molex adaptors. If only for the reason that the wiring around the gfx will be far tidier. Not meaning to pick at your build, but it's definitely an obvious wiring error IMO.

Roy your completely right. Massive overlook by me on the PCI-E front :dapprove:.

First thing I will be doing tonight is getting that changed over, still cant beleieve I didnt even click when I was installing the GPU .

Thanks again for your keen eye.

 

[Adam]

I will also see what my temps are and have a play around with benching with and without the Memory Cooler attached.

It may be an idea to pop a 120mm fan on the side pannel as this would be right on top of the memory anyway.

I will see how things go.

 

[mugglesquop]

FLOL @ all the fans... heat pipes FTW.

my PC has ONE fan (on the processor). its a AMD Phenom Black edition quad core, so dont really need to overclock it. PSU has one huge slow fan, so that is silent too.

i love how quiet it is tho, u press the power button and there is no noise... having two 500GB SATAII drives raided helps as well - never get any noise from them either

 

[Gareth]

sweet, I'd love to blow a load of cash on a new build again also, but I just don't feel the games are there for it.

 

[Nigel]

Very nice Adam! It's scary that so much money only comes in a few small boxes.

Everytime I read the other thread I fire up ebuyer and overclockers. Must resist!

 

[DKoo2009]

watercool that b!tch

 

[Munson]

I was a bit depressed by my poverty spec rig, when I looked over this thread. However, I've just tried Crysis out for the first time since the upgrade. Very High - 1920x1200 - 2xAA. Between 50 & 60 fps (vsync) in the opening level - so I feel a little bit better now (TheBeast3 choked with any AA and that was at 1680x1050, and even without AA, the fps was still lower)

The GTX295 is a f**king weapons grade graphics card. FACT. I have a feeling that mine is sometimes left waiting for data. That's not going to be happening with your CPU

 

[Munson]

Very nice Adam! It's scary that so much money only comes in a few small boxes.

Everytime I read the other thread I fire up ebuyer and overclockers. Must resist!

Do it. Do it. Do it.

I know what you mean though. This cnut is making me want to go i7 extreme. I could build TheBeast4 right now for only an additional £1200. Probably worth at least 5fps in Crysis

 

[Damo_Sport]

lol, you got the exaact same case as me when i did my pc build lol. tip on the case.

Put the fans to low speed cause high speed so toooo noisy But exactly case.. they collect alot of dust on the front fans

 

[Damo_Sport]

only thing is mine is getting watercooled in a few weeks hmmm gota love water cooling

 

[Adam]

FLOL @ all the fans... heat pipes FTW.

my PC has ONE fan (on the processor). its a AMD Phenom Black edition quad core, so dont really need to overclock it. PSU has one huge slow fan, so that is silent too.

i love how quiet it is tho, u press the power button and there is no noise... having two 500GB SATAII drives raided helps as well - never get any noise from them either

You will be supprised how quite the case runs on the low setting . TBH having a "silent" system doesnt bother ne. At least with some noise you know its working lol.

 

[iain187]

That. Is. Immense.

good work!!

 

[Adam]

Very nice Adam! It's scary that so much money only comes in a few small boxes.

Everytime I read the other thread I fire up ebuyer and overclockers. Must resist!

Haha just do it . Scant FTW though, I saved over £70 on the same parts compaired to Overclockers.

 

[Adam]

lol, you got the exaact same case as me when i did my pc build lol. tip on the case.

Put the fans to low speed cause high speed so toooo noisy But exactly case.. they collect alot of dust on the front fans

only thing is mine is getting watercooled in a few weeks hmmm gota love water cooling

watercool that b!tch

Fans are on low at present and I am happy with the noise level, going to monitor temps etc. The dust is better on the fan filters than inside the system. When I sell my old system I may look into Watercooling as I want to push the CPU/Mobo to around 4.1Ghz

 

[Munson]

BTW. After an hour of hard gaming, the case will be the least of your concerns. The GTX295 is a quiet gfx card at idle, but once under extreme load, it does pick up a bit

It's a biblical card. I just piled 8xAA into FarCry 2, and it didn't drop a single frame

Must resist i7...must resist

 

[Adam]

I was a bit depressed by my poverty spec rig, when I looked over this thread. However, I've just tried Crysis out for the first time since the upgrade. Very High - 1920x1200 - 2xAA. Between 50 & 60 fps (vsync) in the opening level - so I feel a little bit better now (TheBeast3 choked with any AA and that was at 1680x1050, and even without AA, the fps was still lower)

The GTX295 is a f**king weapons grade graphics card. FACT. I have a feeling that mine is sometimes left waiting for data. That's not going to be happening with your CPU

Yours is hardly "poverty spec" lol. That is some nice FPS, I cant wait to get Crysis installed

 

[Adam]

BTW. After an hour of hard gaming, the case will be the least of your concerns. The GTX295 is a quiet gfx card at idle, but once under extreme load, it does pick up a bit

It's a biblical card. I just piled 8xAA into FarCry 2, and it didn't drop a single frame

Must resist i7...must resist

Well I have yet to push the GPU yet as you know and esp making such a school boy error on the cable front that is the first thing I will be sorting out when I get back in.

You know you cant resist.......:rasp:

 

[Adam]

That. Is. Immense.

good work!!

Cheers mate

 

[DKoo2009]

i remember my first rig i built, nothing compeared to whats out on the market today...

 

[Snubbs]

That is one nice dam rig!

Wish I had a bit more income, an i7 rig is top of my shopping list atm...

Once I get on my placement year (this year once I secure a placement!) I'll be shelling out on new kit..... look forward to it

JEALOUS!

P.S. I broke my HD4870 earlier this year

 

[Munson]

Adam, what is the callsign of this machine?

 

[Adam]

Adam, what is the callsign of this machine?

Good question. I'm not too sure. Any ideas??

 

[Adam]

How about "The Biffinator!"

 

[Adam]

GPU has now been sorted and did a bit more cable tidying ...

Just about to run 3DMark and then do some OC'ng

Few Pics...

 

[Gareth]

cor 2.5k in there somewhere, lol.

 

[seb]

let us know the stats.

 

[Adam]

cor 2.5k in there somewhere, lol.

lol indeed

 

[Adam]

let us know the stats.

Not done it yet but will do.

 

[Griff]

Nice...

Obviously not jealous at all...



Much.

Edit - All I'll say is the CPU choice seems a little OTT. The I7 920 can easily reach the same overclock tolerance as the massively more expensive I7 965. IIRC they both reach circa 4.4ghz.

 

[Munson]

The extreme chips do tend to be more likely to OC higher TBH. However, what sets them apart is the unlocked multi, meaning you have a bit more flexibilty with OCing and can go for straight away for big speeds without having to OC the board too much. Otherwise yeah I tend to agree a 920 is probably a better choice on a budget. More is always better though

 

[Griff]

The extreme chips do tend to be more likely to OC higher TBH. However, what sets them apart is the unlocked multi, meaning you have a bit more flexibilty with OCing and can go for straight away for big speeds without having to OC the board too much. Otherwise yeah I tend to agree a 920 is probably a better choice on a budget. More is always better though

True but £840 verses £220 (average retail price of the Extreme compared with the 920) for the same end result* once clocked (given the board and other components in the aforementioned system) I know which I'd go with.

* - Merely based on what I've read/witnessed which shows the 920 and 965 are both capable of 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 ghz using the right board/memory which the OP is.

Like I said I jealous anyway. I just can't see the justification of a £600 outlay where it's not necessary or advantageous.