built my first system

ajrobs

finished building my 1st system tnite using the following plus a sony optiarc sats dvd r-w

Item: OCZ Stealth XStream 600W PSU - SLI Ready ATX2.2 12cm Fan
Qty: 1Cost: 46.02

Item: Arctic Cooling (AC-FRZ-64P) Freezer64 Pro Socket 754 939 940 CPU Cooler with Heat pipe cooling Pro Ver

Item: Samsung HD502HI 500GB Hard Drive SATAII - OEM Green Drive

Item: Antec 300 Three Hundred Black Case - No PSU

Item: Nexos Blue LED Laser Beam - 3x LEDs - Molex Connection

Item: Extra Value 120mm Internal Case Fan In Black - 4 pin connector

Item: Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P 790X Socket AM3 DDR3 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard

Item: AMD Phenom II X3 720 2.8GHz Socket AM3 6MB L3 Cache Retail Boxed Processor

Item: OCZ 4GB Kit (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10666 Gold Dual Channel CL 9-9-9-26

i was feeling a bit nervous about my 1st build but it was pretty straight forward to put together, ive even got my 720 o\c'd to 3.2ghzg and stable running games, which i have to say seem to run smoother now my 8800gt is paired with the x3 720 , but that may just be me getting excited with the new system, just gonna order me a new gfx card probaly gtx 275 but may look at the 4890

MrTOOSHORT

congrats on the nice looking system.

ajrobs · 07-31-2009, 23:35 | posts: 224 | Location: hull | User is Offline

cheers mrtoo

deltatux · 08-01-2009, 09:32 | posts: 7,231 | Location: Toronto, Canada | User is Offline

nice, looks great.

deltatux

ajrobs · 08-01-2009, 11:26 | posts: 224 | Location: hull | User is Offline

cheers delta and thanks for the help and opinions you gave me the last few months,

Apoc_ · 08-01-2009, 19:07 | posts: 468 | Location: Australia | User is Offline

If I remember correctly the Antec 300 is a small case and the GTX275 and ATI 4890 are fairly large cards.. you may have issues fitting them into that case, just be careful.

bp9801 · 08-01-2009, 19:34 | posts: 1,591 | Location: New Mexico | User is Offline

It should still fit fine, just he may need to watch where he installs the hard drive. It should work out fine though, grats on the new build. What kind of temps and performance are you getting with it? My friend will be doing almost that exact same setup, just with a 4850 and the Gigabyte 770 board.

DSK · 08-01-2009, 19:36 | posts: 16,635 | Location: Scotland | User is Online

HD4890 is like an inch smaller than the GTX275 but they will both fit.

deltatux · 08-01-2009, 21:40 | posts: 7,231 | Location: Toronto, Canada | User is Offline

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Originally Posted by ajrobs

cheers delta and thanks for the help and opinions you gave me the last few months,

np anytime.

deltatux

ajrobs · 08-02-2009, 03:03 | posts: 224 | Location: hull | User is Offline

temps look fine in the mid 30's on cpu @idle, im not using it yet so havent got everything installed, just a quick 2hrs of testing, might finish of today after a spot of decorating (bloody wife changes living room colors more than her knickers LOL), or wait till i get my new card
i think any card will fit, ive tried a 8800gt which fit easy and ive made sure my hd isnt in the way

ajrobs · 08-02-2009, 08:36 | posts: 224 | Location: hull | User is Offline

got everything installed except games and have ordered this
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161605
im thinking this will do until the next series of cards come out and then ill upgrade to a 23" lcd and new gfx

ajrobs · 08-02-2009, 09:31 | posts: 224 | Location: hull | User is Offline

Quote:

Originally Posted by bp9801

It should still fit fine, just he may need to watch where he installs the hard drive. It should work out fine though, grats on the new build. What kind of temps and performance are you getting with it? My friend will be doing almost that exact same setup, just with a 4850 and the Gigabyte 770 board.

at the moment using cpuid hwmonitor temps are 23c\25c on all 3 cores oc'd @3.2g

bp9801 · 08-02-2009, 12:47 | posts: 1,591 | Location: New Mexico | User is Offline

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Originally Posted by ajrobs

at the moment using cpuid hwmonitor temps are 23c\25c on all 3 cores oc'd @3.2g

Thats really nice, those Artic Cooling units do a really good job for the money. The GTX260 should be a welcome upgrade over the 8800GT, until you decide which of the new cards to get when they launch.

ajrobs · 08-02-2009, 14:42 | posts: 224 | Location: hull | User is Offline

cant belive the temps from a £17 cooler, such good value and highly recomended

ajrobs · 08-03-2009, 10:49 | posts: 224 | Location: hull | User is Offline

im ready do do some benching and testing to make sure everything stands up to intense gaming sessions but ive installed 3d mark 05 and when i run it it just stops after the 1st test, where can i get free benching progs from to carry on

Mega_Death · 08-03-2009, 16:29 | posts: 867 | Location: Michigan | User is Online

3dmark06 is a good standard and is free
http://www.futuremark.com/benchmarks/3dmark06/download/

ajrobs · 08-04-2009, 10:26 | posts: 224 | Location: hull | User is Offline

cheers for that mega, i just got a coupon for 3dmark vantage advanced edition so ill download it later.
just popped in my gtx260 golly what a huge one it is (oh er vicar) so ill be stressing the system asap

ajrobs · 08-05-2009, 13:44 | posts: 224 | Location: hull | User is Offline

what bios settings should i enable to see if i can unlock the 4th core on this 720

bp9801 · 08-05-2009, 17:15 | posts: 1,591 | Location: New Mexico | User is Offline

If your motherboard has it, look for ACC, Advanced Clock Calibration I believe it is called. That should be what you want to look for. Remember, there is no guarantee that your processor can do it and if it does, it may not be stable with the fourth core.

jmpnop · 08-07-2009, 10:14 | posts: 1,048 | User is Offline

But most get the fourth core unlocked safely. Sometimes it is defective which causes carshes...So, give it a try.

ajrobs · 08-12-2009, 10:45 | posts: 224 | Location: hull | User is Offline

updated bios to f5, set acc and hybrid, rebooted got into windows,message popped up saying installed amd cpu driver, checked cpuid and i had 4 cores but windows was a bit odd, did restart and aaargh only blue screen,bugger ive got an unstable tricorequad

keenan · **Memory**: 4GB Ripjaw 2000 @9-9-9-27

Try upping both the cpu voltage and the cpu NB Vid to +0.100 and see what it does.