Matt18
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| Processor | C2D E6600 @ 3.1ghz stock voltage |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | Asus P5B |
| Cooling | Thermaltake Big Typhoon, Artic Silver 5, 1 92mm out 2 80mm in. |
| Memory | G.Skill 6GB (2x1gb, 2x2gb) DDR2 800 |
| Video Card(s) | ATI Radeon HD 4770 |
| Storage | WD Caviar 320gb + Barracuda 250gb +WD 640GB Black |
| Display(s) | Samsung Syncmaster 940BW LCD 19" |
| Case | Rosewill TU-155 |
| Audio Device(s) | On Board 7.1 |
| Power Supply | Antec 500w Dual 12v rail(17a + 19a) 2 fans |
| Software | Vista Ultimate x64; Win 7 Pro 64bit |
Got the first build done w/ almost no problems. The only issue I had was the hard drive new egg sent was smashed. I went and bought a Western digital 320gb on sale for 106.99 at best buy.
Powered up on first try. Bios recognized hard drive, ram and CPU correctly w/out any updates(I updated it in windows afterwards). Windows only saw 130gb of hard drive during install but I was expecting that.
This computer is rediculously fast. It istalled windows in about 12 minutes. I had the whole system updated in about an hour. I LOVE IT!!!
I have zero complaints about this setup other than mobo has no firewire but I have pci card to use for that. The air duct on the side of the case doesn't match up perfectly w/ the CPU fan but it is close enough.
Also, I cannot find any temp monitoring programs that work w/ this mobo. I have tried systool and mobo monitor. I picked a mobo that closely matched on mobo monitor and it is returning a value of 45c for the cpu(highest it has gone is 51c) and nothing for the case.
If anyone knows of some tools I can use to monitor temps and possibly run some memory tests I would greatly appreciate it.
Here is what I ended up w/
Rosewill TU-155 Black Steel ATX Black 0.8mm SGCC Steel Mid Tower Computer Case 400W(20+4 pin) Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147001
Mobo: ASUS p5b LGA775 w/ Intel P965 Express
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131030
Processor: Intel C2D E6600 2.4ghz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115003
Nvidia GeForce 6200 OC PCI 265mb DDR (out of old machine)
Samsung Super-WriteMaster DL dvd burner(out of old machine)
EDIT: G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231098
Powered up on first try. Bios recognized hard drive, ram and CPU correctly w/out any updates(I updated it in windows afterwards). Windows only saw 130gb of hard drive during install but I was expecting that.
This computer is rediculously fast. It istalled windows in about 12 minutes. I had the whole system updated in about an hour. I LOVE IT!!!
I have zero complaints about this setup other than mobo has no firewire but I have pci card to use for that. The air duct on the side of the case doesn't match up perfectly w/ the CPU fan but it is close enough.
Also, I cannot find any temp monitoring programs that work w/ this mobo. I have tried systool and mobo monitor. I picked a mobo that closely matched on mobo monitor and it is returning a value of 45c for the cpu(highest it has gone is 51c) and nothing for the case.
If anyone knows of some tools I can use to monitor temps and possibly run some memory tests I would greatly appreciate it.
Here is what I ended up w/
Rosewill TU-155 Black Steel ATX Black 0.8mm SGCC Steel Mid Tower Computer Case 400W(20+4 pin) Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147001
Mobo: ASUS p5b LGA775 w/ Intel P965 Express
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131030
Processor: Intel C2D E6600 2.4ghz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819115003
Nvidia GeForce 6200 OC PCI 265mb DDR (out of old machine)
Samsung Super-WriteMaster DL dvd burner(out of old machine)
EDIT: G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231098
