w00t, 1st build (pics)

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XxDaRkReAp3rxXdOtCoM

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Finished my 1st build. Took 6 hours total doing everything. Wiring SUCKS ASS I KNOW but its the best I could do.

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congrats on ur first build. wiring needs work. i try to stuff them in the drive bays. other than that, what are the specs on it... looks big lol
 
Thumbs up for the good PSU brand. Most people think the PSU that came with their case is OK for their first build or two.
 
once you see the wire management thread and others you will be hooked.
 
What the hell? It looks like an octopus got strangled by a fan and been left there to die.

-J.
 
GeForceX said:
What the hell? It looks like an octopus got strangled by a fan and been left there to die.

-J.
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Sig-worthy.

Anyway, yeah, work on the wiring job. Other than that, how did it take 6 hours? Run into any problems?
 
yeah, wiring needs a little work.
6 hrs? first build i guess its not that bad of a time but with all the wires hanging out like that i don't understand how it took you so long. being very cautious maybe?
anyway. you can hide tons and tons of wires behind the drivebays in that case. i had a tsunami that is similar. here is a pic. i didnt spend an enormous amount of time on wire management on this one but tried to keep it somewhat clean. the case is kinda small so there is only soo much you can do because it will look cramped with the wires.

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cuz it was my 1st build so I was being super careful and windows took an hour 2 set up. Meaning format and install.
 
XxDaRkReAp3rxXdOtCoM said:
cuz it was my 1st build so I was being super careful and windows took an hour 2 set up. Meaning format and install.
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Formatting and installing the OS usually takes far longer for me than the physical building a system.
 
Spectre said:
Formatting and installing the OS usually takes far longer for me than the physical building a system.
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Are you 15? Was that your first build? Were you being extremely careful??.... Exatly my point. O ya, BTW, you probably know a lot more about computeters than I do so thats why.
 
XxDaRkReAp3rxXdOtCoM said:
Are you 15? Was that your first build? Were you being extremely careful??.... Exatly my point. O ya, BTW, you probably know a lot more about computeters than I do so thats why.
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I wasn't dogging you.
 
XxDaRkReAp3rxXdOtCoM said:
I was proving just proving a point.
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Maybe I should put it this way. Don't worry you will get to the point where formatting/installing an OS is the longest part of a build.
 
Install took about 4.5 hours from an Antec Sonata to this thing. Sheesh---wasn't easy but well worth it. I have since removed the drive trays from the center HDD rack to allow better airflow.

The wiring job was going great up until I added my SATA drives. Then the "wheels came off" so to speak and now it just turned into a mediocre wiring job.

Here are my specs:

Asus P5WD2 Premium
Pentium 4 840 3.2 Extreme Edition
2GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 PC5400
BFG 7800GTX OC
2 x Plextor PX-716a DVD Burner
1 x 300GB Maxtor DM10 16MB cache SATA
1 x 300GB Seagate
2 x Hitachi 400GB
SB X-Fi XtremeMusic
Onboard 10/100/1000 NIC

Enjoy--

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6 hrs for a first build aint bad. I can put together a system and have it formatted and windows installed in 22 minutes as my record.

practice is all ya need.
 
Spectre said:
Maybe I should put it this way. Don't worry you will get to the point where formatting/installing an OS is the longest part of a build.
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Well since I have 8 years experience in the field id have to say it is a kind of long time. My system builds are usually within minutes lol. Around 15-20 minutes, its really not that hard. With a good system, windows shouldnt take longer than 30 minutes to fully install ( not counting the possible time it takes to fine tune windows to your liking ). Although the parts look very nice in that case, nice job! :D
 
^ Ditto. I took the time to wire my case neatly, both for looks and optimal air flow. It just seems to give you a better feeling of achievement when every wire is organized! :D

Noob1e Tip #83: Zip ties are a builders best friend ;)
 
XxDaRkReAp3rxXdOtCoM said:
Are you 15? Was that your first build? Were you being extremely careful??.... Exatly my point. O ya, BTW, you probably know a lot more about computeters than I do so thats why.
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heh...Im 15, first build took about 45 minutes (not including windows install), that was when I was about 13 however.

yea wiring needs some work :eek:

Welcome to the club :D
 
J-M-E said:
heh...Im 15, first build took about 45 minutes (not including windows install), that was when I was about 13 however.

yea wiring needs some work :eek:

Welcome to the club :D
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I was 13 too when I built my first rig.

Took about 10 minutes to set it up, because I built is out of case because I couldn't afford a case.

New computer I built last week, and I'm now 16.. took about an hour, I have awesome wiring, but it could be better... but I'm not going to waste time with a dremel.

O/S on this beast... already installed on my old HDD... upgraded from nForce 3 platform, so I just booted safe mode and installed nForce 4 drivers and it worked fine...
 
Borgschulze said:
I was 13 too when I built my first rig.

Took about 10 minutes to set it up, because I built is out of case because I couldn't afford a case.

New computer I built last week, and I'm now 16.. took about an hour, I have awesome wiring, but it could be better... but I'm not going to waste time with a dremel.

O/S on this beast... already installed on my old HDD... upgraded from nForce 3 platform, so I just booted safe mode and installed nForce 4 drivers and it worked fine...
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Nice man :)

Yea, my wire is very neat, but it could be a bit better if i was willing to cut an mod some stuff.
 
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