i7 Build

[captain zed]

http://www.tipsfor.us/2009/03/18/avira-antivir-updates-to-version-9-make-it-more-usable/

Thats a nice little site there V_R.....i''l have to bookmark it cos i'm looking for an excuse to use the bookmark thingy on Firefox...i miss the old favourites from IE....anyway that little site will keep me busy for a bit
Zzzzz

 

[captain zed]

Linux with my mate Roy?
That ain't never gonna happen, he still gets confused with Win XP

Some people, when it comes to computers, honestly haven't a clue, but me friend is getting better. Slowly

Funny enough i always use the excuse Me mate this and me mate that whenever i dont want to admit its really me

 

[floppybootstomp]

capt zed: Nope, this is really another human being, not I

Delivered the machine to him today, have yet to hear how he's getting on with it, I doubt if he'll try it til tommorow morning actually cos the pub was beckoning him when I delivered it

The machine is fast, it's working very well with XP but the real proof would have been some gaming and multi-tasking which I didn't get to try.

V_R mentioned elsewhere there is a Mk 2 version of the Antec 900 case but the case OCUK shipped me was V1.1. Not a biggie but it would have been nice to have got the latest model. I expect OCUK are heavily stocked on Mk1.1 versions of the case, it is very popular after all.

Ok, final pix:

The motherboard taken out of the box:

Closeup of heatsink arrangement:

Rear sockets:

The parts that came with the board, no fewer than six SATA cables, an sli link cable amongst other stuff:

The CPU and the memory go in:

The rear case panel that came with the board is actually padded with foam, I've never seen this before, nice touch:

A bigger area pic showing RAM & CPU in place:

This is the bottom of the stock cooler, for once I was quite impressed:

Cooler in place:

Couple of shots of the finished build, not very good pix I'm afraid, it was quite late and I was somewhat inebriated

So there you go, that's the first i7 build I've ever done and I don't really know how it performs.

Hopefully it's given you an insight if you're considering a build.

 

[Abarbarian]

Nice job mate. That cooler looks pretty capable.

Capt'n Z get XMARKS for FF.

 

[captain zed]

Capt'n Z get XMARKS for FF.

You're gonna have to tell me what FF means cos i get the feeling it aint good LOL
Zzzzz

 

[Abarbarian]

You're gonna have to tell me what FF means cos i get the feeling it aint good LOL
Zzzzz

Fire Fox

 

[Madxgraphics]

The rear case panel that came with the board is actually padded with foam, I've never seen this before, nice touch:

That foam you are tlking about looks sort of like heat shield, although I can't see why it would be needed there...Nice looking rig though, nice and spacious..That cooler looks huge...Would be nicce to see how she runs when all is installed....