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Posted 17 December 2008 - 01:28 PM

View PostChristopholofigus, on Dec 17 2008, 02:29 AM, said:

Did I see a Vista Ultimate disc? LOL.

Do it Scara...

DO IT!

:P


I know I know peeps lol! Its bad when you cant get a decent OS for your new hardware, I'm gonna have to grin and bear it for a while I guess :cc_surrender:

Anywayz.....more shitty pics :cc_surrender:

Board:

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Board goodies:

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Add-on X-Fi card ;)

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Back lit I/O panel with Clear CMOS button (very handy)

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Mmmmmm!!

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Board & CPU/Block in place:

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Hard at work lol!

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Getting there:

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Still waiting on replacement barbs for GPU block and RAD.......all for now :)

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Posted 17 December 2008 - 02:57 PM

hey scara, did you have to lap the CPU?

What is that little red start button for?

Looks like its coming together well :P

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Posted 17 December 2008 - 10:17 PM

View PostNvyseal, on Dec 17 2008, 02:57 PM, said:

hey scara, did you have to lap the CPU?

What is that little red start button for?

Looks like its coming together well :)


Hi Dave

No lapping this time buddy, couldn't be assed for one, and didn't have the time for another, this build has taken me ages compared to others, and has been plagued with the usual nightmares then some. Had to redo GPU block 4 times as it was very tricky to go on this card, still not happy with it. PSU will no longer fit at bottom of case due to larger RAD, thus making cable routing far more difficult and more time consuming than it should have been.

This board has 3 x PCIe slots, but I only require one, the top slot is what you use for single GPU and when used, blocks the only PCIe x1 slot that takes the add-on X-Fi card :voodoog: , dammed irritating and dammed stupid if you ask me....so no sound whatsoever until I buy another sound board to fill the only available PCI slot on board.

The little start button is for powering up system when working on clocking, the joystick in middle is for CPU Level up, so I can choose to run the 920 @ 965 CPU if I so require :) it inputs all settings automatically for ya ;)

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Stock GPU cooler off and cleaned:

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Block fitted at last:

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All done:

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Triple RAD:

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I've leak tested watercooling this afternoon for 4 hours and all OK, my god that PSU is quiet!! :) purrs like a cat it does.


Time to switch ON!


Wish me luck lol :rofl_mini:

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Posted 17 December 2008 - 10:44 PM

Holy shit, that looks like something from the borg

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Posted 17 December 2008 - 11:20 PM

It's running :rofl_mini:

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LCD readout is cool, sits on top of PC :voodoog:

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Posted 17 December 2008 - 11:30 PM

Too Sweet dude! Congrats! :rofl_mini: :voodoog:

OS on it? How does Vista run on it?

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Posted 17 December 2008 - 11:53 PM

View PostNvyseal, on Dec 18 2008, 12:30 AM, said:

Too Sweet dude! Congrats! :rofl_mini: :voodoog:

OS on it? How does Vista run on it?
Ow please don't tell me you run it Vista?

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Posted 18 December 2008 - 12:24 AM

View PostSphere, on Dec 17 2008, 11:53 PM, said:

Ow please don't tell me you run it Vista?

I know sphere, but what do I do?? XP32 ain't gonna cut it no more on this system lol, its killin me too :rofl_mini:

Oh..and 'score that' about the X-Fi card Dave, I've made an ass of myself :) :voodoog:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showth...d=1#post3508016

RTFM!!! LOL

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Posted 18 December 2008 - 12:32 AM

:rofl_mini: WOO HOO ,congrats Rik keep us posted on how it runs :voodoog:

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Posted 18 December 2008 - 01:11 AM

That's pretty freakin sweet man!!! Looks very nice, great job! :rofl_mini:

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Posted 18 December 2008 - 11:50 AM

Wow, that is one "cool" beast! :rofl_mini:

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Posted 18 December 2008 - 03:16 PM

View Postscaramonga, on Dec 18 2008, 01:24 AM, said:

I know sphere, but what do I do?? XP32 ain't gonna cut it no more on this system lol, its killin me too :voodoog:

Oh..and 'score that' about the X-Fi card Dave, I've made an ass of myself :) :)

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showth...d=1#post3508016

RTFM!!! LOL

:) ;)
How about Linux?
Or give 7 a try?

Or, if you're really out of options, go for Win2000, still the best :rofl_mini:

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Posted 22 December 2008 - 03:00 AM

Is this thing still running? :rofl_mini:

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Posted 22 December 2008 - 03:25 AM

View PostNvyseal, on Dec 21 2008, 07:00 PM, said:

Is this thing still running? :rofl_mini:

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Posted 22 December 2008 - 03:34 AM

View PostNvyseal, on Dec 22 2008, 03:00 AM, said:

Is this thing still running? :)


Shoved Vista on it and blew the trans warp lithium reactor, the time continuum is way out of control and creating many black holes as we speak, the bypass circuit is holding, but it wont be long before we are all doomed........ :rofl_mini:


Not had the time Dave, Xmas, and the other half wants my company 24/7, slipped home tonight and away again tomorrow for a week or so, help!


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