New rig

[mat64]

Spent the weekend putting my rig together. Took quite a few pictures so I thought it might be of interest to some of you :).

I'll start with the specs and I'll add a little caption with each image.

CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=CPUBX80562Q6600SLACR)
HSF - Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 PRO (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=FAN-AC-FREEZER-7)
PSU - OCZ 700W GameXStream SLI Ready PSU (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=POW-OCZ-700GXSSL)
Motherboard - Asus P5Q PRO iP45 (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=MB7-ASU-P5QPRO)
HDD - 500GB Maxtor - 32MB - SATA2 - 7200RPM (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=HDA-500-STM3500320AS)
ODD - Samsung 22x SH-S223F DVD-RW SATA (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=OPT-IS-SH-S223F)
GPU - Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=GCX-SPH-HD4870)
RAM - OCZ 4GB (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=MEM-OCZ2P10004GK)
Case - Cooler Master CM-690 Dominator (https://www.aria.co.uk/Products?search=CSE-MID-CM-690)

Sorry for the quality of the pictures, they were taken on the phone and I'm generally crap at taking pictures.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd196/mattj640/Build%20Nov%2008/IMAGE_032.jpg
PSU mounted, the build starts.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd196/mattj640/Build%20Nov%2008/IMAGE_033.jpg
PSU mounted, the build starts 2.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd196/mattj640/Build%20Nov%2008/IMAGE_034.jpg
PSU mounted, the build starts 3.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd196/mattj640/Build%20Nov%2008/IMAGE_035.jpg
The rest of the parts, waiting to go onto the motherboard.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd196/mattj640/Build%20Nov%2008/IMAGE_036.jpg
Motherboard mounted.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd196/mattj640/Build%20Nov%2008/IMAGE_038.jpg
GPU, CPU, HSF and RAM inserted.

Some shots of GPU and HSF.
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd196/mattj640/Build%20Nov%2008/IMAGE_039.jpg
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd196/mattj640/Build%20Nov%2008/IMAGE_040.jpg
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd196/mattj640/Build%20Nov%2008/IMAGE_041.jpg

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd196/mattj640/Build%20Nov%2008/IMAGE_043.jpg
Everything connected up, now for abit of cable management and to remount some fans.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd196/mattj640/Build%20Nov%2008/IMAGE_044.jpg
A cable management dilemma, now I see the advantage of buying a modular PSU.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd196/mattj640/Build%20Nov%2008/IMAGE_046.jpg
Finished rear view.

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd196/mattj640/Build%20Nov%2008/IMAGE_045.jpg
Project complete.

It booted and POST fine, installed Vista Ultimate x64 no problems at all. I've been at work tonight so I've had no time to tinker. But tomorrow night I'm gonna have alot of fun :D!

[scottish]

Q6600 should OC a bit ew at radeon card though :P

[mat64]

There's so much prejudice against ATI, we shall see how it performs ;)

[Stephen!]

ATI make kick ass cards now. 4870 512MB is equivelant to the old GTX260 but a hell of a lot cheaper.

Sweet rig man, although your case top panel doesn't seem to be secured properly. It might be that you need to give the top of the front peice a solid tap to knock it in to place (I have the same case, happens quite alot)

[N!ck]

Nice rig. Good choice of parts. I may be building something very similar in a few weeks time for a friend. Out of interest, how much was it altogether, i cba adding it up :P.

@Scot, the card he chose is way better value for money than a nVidia equivalent.

[Technologic]

nice rig :]

the 4870 is a damn good card for the price

[Johno]

Awesome, pretty sweet :) I don't see why people give so much hate to the ATi cards, I like them lol.

[Hitman]

Looks good, nice specs... how much did it cost altogether?

[Hitman]

EDIT: Double post... forum is lagging a bit, seeing loads of double posts...

[Judge Judy]

Very nice rig :)

[scottish]

Total: 701.31 is what i get when add it up

[Hitman]

Total: 701.31 is what i get when add it up

I'm too lazy to work it all out. :P

[Andys]

nice rig :D
same case as me

[Joe!]

Sainsburys cutter? ;p
Nice rig though, been thinking about updating mine :]

[mat64]

Sainsburys cutter? ;p
Nice rig though, been thinking about updating mine :]Haha, yes it is ;). Cheers for the comments guys :)!