Not sure what you mean by that.
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Not sure what you mean by that.
Yeah I am in contact with the makers of the new Black and PotentialXp both are quality OS's and easy to get ;) 5hit even piratebay has a good number of seeds ATMQuote:
Originally Posted by peat moss
I'm ordering all the stuff tonight, and I just realized that the case is on sale for $59.99; an $80 savings! :D
That leaves me with a question: would you guys recommend the Q9550 over the Q9400? It's only $50 more, so I'll still basically save $30 from the case being on sale. Thanks!
Without a doubt, get the 9550.
^ Thanks!
EDIT: New question, should I wait until Black Friday (2 more days) to order all the parts? Will Newegg have more deals, or will the prices today be comparable?
No way of knowing.
I'm waiting on my current build but I doubt it'll be worth it.
^ Ok, I'll just buy everything now. I have one last question too. Do I have to buy SATA and power cables for the DVD drive and hard drive?
Your motherboard will come with cables.
Typically, these will be freakishly long cables- suitable for attaching your peripherals on the other side of the room.
But they'll get you hooked up and then you can see what real cables you need.
I know it's off topic but there is a Vista Eternity X64 edition I just installed and it's great, check it out fo shoQuote:
Originally Posted by peat moss
All the parts I decided on buying came today. I went with everything Detale recommended, except for these:
Q9550 instead of Q9400.
1TB Seagate Barracuda instead of WD Caviar.
8GB of OCZ Reaper RAM instead of 4GB G.Skill.
Final price was $887.89 ($947.89 before rebates). Thanks alot for all the help everyone! :D
Looks good.Did you pay for the OS also? Good luck and keep us updated.
^ Nope, I went ahead and downloaded a Pro-Corporate version of XP x64. I'm considering doing a dual boot with Vista Ultimate x64 and XP x64, but I'll decide that a little later. :)
Good man I'm proud of you ;)
Update!:
I put everything together today, and installed Windows XP Pro Corporate x64 without a hitch. All 8GB of RAM detected (around 7.75GB usable), all four cores of the CPU detected, running stock @2.83GHz. I still have to install another (maybe 2) DVD Burner, and one more hard drive, but I'm assuming that those will be seamless. Here's a pic of the mess of wires inside.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2vnnvcl.jpg
Anyone got any ideas on how to tidy that up? :lol:
Congratulations.
Cleaning up the wiring is simply a question of how radical you're willing to get.
The case fans look like they have molex passthroughs instead of 3-pin fan headers.
You could cut them, splice on regular fan connectors and plug them to the motherboard.
The 8-pin motherboard line looks like it could go behind the board and reemerge at the top.
Looks like you used the SATA cables that came with the motherboard. Now that everything is in place, measure what you actually need and get shorter cables.
The connectors on the Corsair are configured as if the unit was mounted at the top with the lines dropping down. You can flip these connectors (pay attention to the wire layout) so the connectors face the right way. You can also change the distance between connectors so they align with your devices, getting rid of looped excess.
The stuff that's really hard to change- the 24 pin ATX connector, for instance- just require some creative stuffing/hiding.
You can do a serviceable, pro looking job without going crazy but really expert wiring is a big job.
Ha got to love it when the o/s reads the memory as true 8 gb . Only reason to install 64 bit . tho as you'll never use most of it .
Thanks for the suggestions Clocker. I have one more question now. I just took the mobo outta the case so I could put some Arctic Silver 5 on the CPU for some added (though minor) cooling. After putting the heatsink back on, I noticed that the mobo is sort of bent, or flexing. Here's some pics:
http://i35.tinypic.com/1zl9owp.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/293airs.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/fp88l2.jpg
Is this something I should be worried about, or is it normal? Thanks!
Although it's fairly normal, I still hate it.
I hate the Intel "pushpins" retention system in general.
Many good aftermarket sinks come with a backplate that alleviates this problem and Intel has specced a backplate as stock with their new socket for the i7's.
^ Yeah, I didn't like the way it was looking either. I took it off and spun it around, and it isn't flexing nearly as bad now. I also redid the cables. I just used some zip ties to group a few cables at a time, and then put them on the bottom of the case, and tucked some of them under the bottom hard drive. It's not nearly as good looking as some peoples' around the net, but it's good enough for me. :)
http://i35.tinypic.com/othppe.jpg
http://i36.tinypic.com/5vcbat.jpg
Thanks for the help everyone! If I have anymore questions I'll post in here, but I think I'll be good from here on out. :w00t:
Well, it is better...slightly.
Unfortunately, when you buy a windowed case you are basically inviting people to look at the guts and you're obligated to make them pretty- otherwise, what's the point?
I wish I could turn my ex-coworker Eric loose on that- he was an absolute genius at wiring with stock components and even his "standard" builds were works of art. Over the years he had developed several techniques to deal with the overly long/unused cables that are part and parcel of an unmodified build and he prided himself on using a minimum of zip ties. A real Zen master of PC assembly.
I think it's weird that casemakers have jumped on the window fad but make no effort to dress up the interior. Nothing like looking into the case and seeing a bunch of plain, grey finish steel, is there? Kind of like popping the hood on a Ferrari and seeing a Ford four-banger engine.
Somewhat ironically, I've now spent almost three days rewiring Sprocket's new home and it doesn't have a window...I'm the only one who'll know.
Someone should start a company where you can ship them the psu and tell them all the wires measurements you want and they will redo them all, also offer any size sata cables would be nice, I needed some short ones for my server since the raid card was only about 3" from the hdd's, found some HP 10" ones but even shorter would be nice.
Call his ass up and get him to write a tutorial then or even some tips and tricks man.Quote:
Originally Posted by clocker
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Originally Posted by ryan20021982
Performance PC's does something similar they will sleeve anything mostly for free with many choices of color. It neatens things up quite a bit
Nice looking build. A little messy with the wiring :snooty: but it looks nice. It reminds me of my Antec build last year :cry: it makes me all nostalgic and stuff