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Can you all check before I order
SomeOldBloke
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in Hardware
Can you check for glaring inconsistencies or other things I may have missed.
CPU: E8500
Mobo: ASUS P5Q Pro
Video Card: DIAMOND HD 4870 (OC)
RAM: 8gb OCZ Reaper HPC
PSU: PC Power & Cooling 750W
HD: WD Caviar 640GB
Fan: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7
DVD: SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R
OS: Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit
I haven't decided on a case yet, either a Antec 900 or a Xaser6, I'm going to poke and stroke a couple at the weekend to see which I like. Also, I went with the 750W PSU in case I crossfire my HD4870 later.
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no floppy drive? Just kidding, I only didn't look too closely, but everything looks good to me.
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I just bought one of those motherboards with an e8400. Awesome board , you'll be happy with it.
you'll also be happy you purchased an aftermarket cooling solution. the stock cooler sucks balls. not so much the cooler, but the installation. Theres no real way to know for sure the damn thing is secure or not. you end up putting so much pressure on it to push the pins in youd swear you were gonna break the motherboard.
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a robot foot stomping on a human face -- forever."
If u read the instruction theirs an easy way to tell if the stock Heat Sink is in place.
Unless your going to do Cross Fire dont really need a motherboard that supports cross fire. But eveything looks good.
Remember that the 4870 and 4850 cards run hot unless u do a fanfix.
http://nwgat.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/ati-radeon-hd-4870-4850-fanfix/
If u read the instruction theirs an easy way to tell if the stock Heat Sink is in place.
Unless your going to do Cross Fire dont really need a motherboard that supports cross fire. But eveything looks good.
Remember that the 4870 and 4850 cards run hot unless u do a fanfix.
http://nwgat.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/ati-radeon-hd-4870-4850-fanfix/
I understand this. However even after this the heatsink doesnt feel secure regardless of whether or not you can see or hear the pins pop through. Its a poor design compared to heatsinks that actually screw into a motherboard or physically clip down onto it.
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a robot foot stomping on a human face -- forever."
OK, bought and built... only one change, the RAM was out of stock so I went with Corsair Dominator instead. The only issue I had in building was the BIOS wouldn't initially recognise the HD, I changed the SATA cables and unplugged/replugged into both the HD and Mobo and it started working. Not sure exactly what it was just a few gremlins maybe. CPU running at 43-45C and HD4870 at 55C with fanfix.
I'm going to do some benchmarks tomorrow and load up CoH4 to see how it plays.