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Old Jan 7, 2013, 05:05 PM   #22851
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A friend very kindly donated me some equipment to bring my rig slightly closer to the modern world, 4 gig of ocz amd black edition, a asus p5k-c and a power supply capable of running crossfire so I'm very happy second 4850 is In the post now.















And my mum got me this for crimbo. Great stuff : p



Just a shame about the dam IDE cable, it's only a backup drive so might get a sata adapter for it.
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Just a shame about the dam IDE cable, it's only a backup drive so might get a sata adapter for it.
Or get a flat cable. You could run it under the mobo. Just plug it in the board, loop it under the board so it's running straight up, then do a 90° fold of the cable at the proper height to match the drive. That should have it flat still, running beneath the board to the front of the case where the drive is.
I ran my 975x system like that before I got my SATA drives and you had to really look to tell there was an IDE drive in it.
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Old Jan 7, 2013, 06:20 PM   #22853
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Wish I'd thought of that before i put it all together think I've got a cable without the sleveing somewhere

Edit: does anyone know what case that is? If it is even a named brand? As my mate who gave it me doesn't know either. Just curious

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That's an Hercules 2605 although the side panel is different: http://www.amazon.com/Hercules-Tower...J2?ref=prid-20

OEM is K-MEX I think.
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Wish I'd thought of that before i put it all together think I've got a cable without the sleveing somewhere

Edit: does anyone know what case that is? If it is even a named brand? As my mate who gave it me doesn't know either. Just curious
A lot of people forget about the space between the mobo and case when routing cables, or they never thought to use it. A fellow TPU'er opened my eyes to it back in my 975x days and I've been using that space in every case since, whether it's routing SATA, fans, USB front panel cables... whatever I can fit without putting strain on the board. That's not to discount the space between the mobo tray and side panel where you're supposed to route cables, but the more areas you have to hide cables, the better, right?
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A friend very kindly donated me some equipment to bring my rig slightly closer to the modern world, 4 gig of ocz amd black edition, a asus p5k-c and a power supply capable of running crossfire so I'm very happy second 4850 is In the post now.

http://img.techpowerup.org/130107/image753.jpg


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http://img.techpowerup.org/130107/image339.jpg


http://img.techpowerup.org/130107/image810.jpg


http://img.techpowerup.org/130107/image923.jpg

And my mum got me this for crimbo. Great stuff : p

http://img.techpowerup.org/130107/image852.jpg

Just a shame about the dam IDE cable, it's only a backup drive so might get a sata adapter for it.
Do like the USB hub :P I have a white one but for some reason it 'apparently' keeps causing power surges on my USB ports D:
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Waiting on water blocks. Hate the EK circle blocks, so guess Koolance again.



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Do like the USB hub :P I have a white one but for some reason it 'apparently' keeps causing power surges on my USB ports D:

Thats odd, mines fine? cable not damaged?
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Thats odd, mines fine? cable not damaged?
Nah, it works fine for a couple of hours and then warning messages show up about power surging occurring on usb port. Even with it just sitting on my desk unplugged, it still looks rather awesome.

EDIT: Since writing this I tried it again with it also plugged into a power outlet (it has an auxiliary DC 5V power port), and it seems to transfer files at a faster speed so here's hoping I have fixed the problem and thus no more power surge.

PS; no power surge yet afer 6 hours
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Ahhh mine doesn't have a separate power socket. Like you said even if it doesn't work it looks cool
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Some snapshots of my buddies i7 rig, I remember a time when these cases were very popular.





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Reminds me of my old gameboy colour. That had a clear, colour tinted, case. Always thought they were quite cool.
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here is my oilrig i do gota replace my waterbottle with a proper resovaire

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Yep. There are two retention mechanisms on the back.
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some day i want to get a hd7970x2
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Won't that mean going lga2011 for the 6-core Xeons? or were there 6-core Xeons in lga1366?
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Won't that mean going lga2011 for the 6-core Xeons? or were there 6-core Xeons in lga1366?
There are six core Xeons for the 1366 platform.
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Lenovo I have been adding on to for awhile i think I've done pretty well for the limitations I have

cable management could be better though, but I'm not gonna spend an more time until my new fans come in.....

one problem.....cant. get. to. back. of. motherboard . oh well, when i do replace my cpu cooler ill figure it out i hope.

Original(before any additions):


Before Cabling:


Now:


original PC:
i5-2320
Lite-On 280w PSU
4GB Lenovo RAM
1TB HDD
CD/DVDRW
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Now:
i5-2320
Corsair CX 430
8GB RAM
2TB Seagate Barracuda
EVGA GTX 660
CD/DVDRW

to be added:
2x 92MM Silenx Fans
1x 80 Silenx Fan
1x Sound card(idk which yet)
8Gb of GSkill RAM (mine is super slow so will upgrade)
64GB OCZ SSD(for game and apps)

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