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| Nehalem i7 Build Log (56K Warning) 2009 Nehalem i7 Build Log 16-18th January 2009 During the weekend beginning from the 16th of January , the old Pentium 4 built inside a chieftec matrix case was about to be replaced by a new machine altogether. The specs of the old machine are as follows: • ABIT ice-7 pro Socket 478 Mobo • 2gb DDR Ram • Nvidia 7800GTX AGP Card(i had a ATI 9800gtx before) • Intel Pentium 4 3.2ghz northwood • Seasonic 450w PSU • Chieftect full tower Matrix case The specs of the new pc are: • ASUS P6T deluxe Socket 1336 Mobo • 3GB DDR3 Ram • Nvidia 260GTX card • Intel i7 920 2.6GHZ Nehalem • Seasonic m12 600W PSU • Lian LI full tower PC-A7010 case • Thermalright Ultra Extreme aka TRUE • Enermax 120mm fan. As you can see, this is a major upgrade for me and one i have enjoyed building over last weekend. Enough talk, lets see some pictures !! This case is a monster. Just look at the size comparison between the case inside the box and my 360! More pics of comparing the size of the case alongside the 360. Christmas came late for me ![]() The Brain of my new pc The memory Nice looking mobo! This cooler took AGES to install!! A nightmare if you don’t know how to do it first time! Installed in the mobo tray Look at the size of that card! No hard drives? Old vs new My legendary pc!! It has served me well for the past 5+ years. As you can see i modded it and cut out the side panel myself using a electric jigsaw All up and running hows my cable management lolAll done.. Last edited by j.o.s.h.1408; 26-02-2009 at 09:25 AM.. |
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| Re: Nehalem i7 Build Log (56K Warning) Images aren't showing up for me ![]() Sounds good though! EDIT: Can see them now That case is huge!! Hope you have fun with it. There's Forums. And then there's Hexus forums Last edited by handscombmp; 23-01-2009 at 01:51 PM.. |
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| Re: Nehalem i7 Build Log (56K Warning) Beautiful mate, bit supprised you table doesn't break with that monster on it ![]() So I'm guessing there is a wee bit of a performance leap from the old PC. Cannot believe the size of the 260gt, its a monster HTPC1 - Coolermaster CM330, E2180 + Zalman 9500AT, GA-P31-DS3L, 2x1Gb PC6400 , Antec Earthwatts 430w , Fujitsu 2.5" 40gb HDD, 8600gt, Hannspree 32" LCD TV - Kubuntu 8.04 HTPC2 - Silverstone TJ-08, Asus 690g, Athlon LE1300 + OCZ Vanquisher, 2x512mb PC5300, Dell 350w PSU, Fujisu 2.5" 40gb HDD, 8600gt, Toshiba 33" CRT TV - Ubuntu 8.04 Laptop- Lenovo T41, Pentium M 1.6ghz, 768mb PC2700 RAM, 40gb HDD - Ubuntu 8.10 NAS - Dell Case, Jetway J7F5 Mini-ITX, 1gb PC5300, Enermax Pro 82+ 425w, 1TB Hitachi - FreeNAS 0.69 on 256mb CF |
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| Re: Nehalem i7 Build Log (56K Warning) If you dont mind me asking, how much did you pay for the upgrade? Looking to get one of the Intel Quadcores and i think i could get away with the processor and mobo for my upgrade. Looks like a sweet setup mate. |
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| Re: Nehalem i7 Build Log (56K Warning) Originally Posted by Max Tractor yea they work fine. the molex connectors on it are abit cheaply done though.
the case is huge as you can see and very easy to work in. i wished they had put more mobo tray holes to route my cables better. Also i could not find any case speaker connector on it. are they not used these days anymore? it all cost me around £1100 |
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| Re: Nehalem i7 Build Log (56K Warning) ahh ok cool thanks. there was a connection for it on the mobo itself but could not find it on my lian li case |
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| Re: Nehalem i7 Build Log (56K Warning) I have been looking at that case, hiding cables looked rather tricky, I also noted that the top hard drive cage can be removed and the psu installed there cheers |
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| Re: Nehalem i7 Build Log (56K Warning) Looks like a good setup, you not consider getting SSD's?!? I suppose they are a bit expensive for the amount of storage you get! You got any WD Raptors in there? |
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| Re: Nehalem i7 Build Log (56K Warning) raptors are nt that faster then a few sata drives.i am going 2 buy a 1tb hdd soon.the ssd are very expensive |
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| Re: Nehalem i7 Build Log (56K Warning) I am seeing a price reduction of the ddr3 ram! crucial are selling 6GB 1600MHZ Ram for less then £100!! teh thing is that they dont have any heat spreaders on it and are kind of bare bone ones. are they any good? |
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| Re: Nehalem i7 Build Log (56K Warning) Heat spreaders do sod-all for RAM, except make them look cool. Looking on the crucial site, the only ram I can see in that price-range are DDR1333. Although stilla good price at ~£75 Main PC: Gigabyte EX58-UD5 / i920 @ 4GHz / 12GB DDR3-1600 / Sapphire HD5870 + Asus Dark Knight GTS 250 (PPU) / Areca 1680 / Xonar D2X / Seasonic M12-700 / 2x Dell 3007 / Windows 7 x64 Ultimate Main PC Raid Setup: 2 x 80GB G2 Intel SSD (OS and Apps - RAID0) / 2 x 64GB Samsung SSD (Games - RAID0) / 4 x 1TB Sumsung F1 (Mass Storage - RAID5) Spare PC: ABit IX38 Quad GT / Q6600 @ 3.4GHz / 6GB DDR2-6400 / Sapphire 4870x2 + XFX 8600GTS (PPU) / X-Fi Fatal1ty / Xclio 700W Modular / Dell 2405 / Various SATA drives / Windows 7 x64 Ultimate Spare PC 2 / Server: Asus P5K / Q9550 / 8GB DDR2-8000 / XFX 8800GTX + Aegia Card (PPU) / Areca 1210 / 2 x 320GB Seagate 7200.10 / ESX 4.0 / Windows 7 x64 Ultimate HTPC: ASRock ConRoe945G-DVI / E5300 / 4GB DDR2-6400 / HD4550 / TH50PHD9 / 2 x 1.5TB Samsung F2 / LG GGW-H10N / Win 7 x86 Pro NAS: Thecus N5200 with 5 x WD6400AAKS (Modded to PRO) My latest 3DMark score | RAID Peformance | My DVD Collection Last edited by shaithis; 26-02-2009 at 10:54 AM.. |
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