Build Your Own - Step by Step ( i7 2600k)

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Quote from Sam Morgan:
Hey Boli, piling the pressure on, huh :p . That's a good thing; I need that push.

The only other things that I need to order are: casing, HDD and optical drive.

I have never done a self build before, so am a little lost when it came to the casing. All and any help will be taken with both hands.

Btw, does anyone notice if I'm missing anything?

VIVA CORONA!!! :D
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Have you looked at the case LeapUP ordered (I think) very nice, air filters, and options for six fans but only comes with one. One issue (maybe) is the Power Supply is mounted on the bottom. Fans are cheap, a 4 pack of 120mm (pretty quiet) fans are 10 bucks on Newegg.

"..... notice if I'm missing anything? How about Thermal Compound?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146061
 
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Have you looked at the case LEAPup ordered (I think) very nice, air filters, and options for six fans but only comes with one. One issue (maybe) is the Power Supply is mounted on the bottom. Fans are cheap, a 4 pack of 120mm (pretty quiet) fans are 10 bucks on Newegg.

"..... notice if I'm missing anything? How about Thermal Compound?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146061
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WF, looks like I've come down to these 2:

http://www.amazon.com/Apollo-CS-NT-...TF8&coliid=I1TUC46KNMWTL8&colid=31HFCR62BKFJF

http://www.amazon.com/Ultra-ULT4006...TF8&coliid=I29UAHVXM47897&colid=31HFCR62BKFJF

The 2nd one is $99 (from $199 - 50% off!) and has a good width. However, I'm really not sure what I'm looking for in a case. I saw what LEAPup got. Great price. However, how do you think these 2 compare?
 
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You better be careful there Sam, I know Boli likes to travel and if he can pick up $150.00 installing a couple cards for LeapUP he might just show up on your doorstep!
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Went Fishing, I don't think that's a bad idea. On the contrary, I think you should come down too and we can all drive down to Miami (sin city), so we can talk "trading" and "go fishing" (since you're a fan :p ). Nice fresh fish in Miami (like the one in the Corona ad) :D
 
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However, how do you think these 2 compare?
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I like the silver one. So stylish... and blue LEDs. When you are not trading you can look at the blue LEDs... and be mesmerized... :D
 
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However, I'm really not sure what I'm looking for in a case.
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I think of a case as a container to hold all the parts, that's about it. Here's a guide:
http://www.newegg.com/product/categoryintelligencearticle.aspx?articleid=192

Unless your after something special, super quiet, air filters, see through panels or flashing LEDs you can save a lot of money on a case. Some guys build boxes as small as they possibly can, others leave plenty of room for expansion.

An example could be, you have 4 PciE slots on your MICRO Mboard. You really don't NEED a case with 7 (or eleven!!) expansion slots.

I think this is cool:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112279

It comes in red:
http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/produc...516&cl_index=1&sc_index=25&ss_index=64&g=spec
 
Quote from Bolimomo:

Really? Wow!

1) Did the box "shut down" - meaning that it went through a regular sequence of a Windows shut down? Or it just crashed, died, blue-screened?

2) Was the Windows operating system installed by ibuypower.com? You know that the default Windows operating system configuration, they have a power-safe setting. That after 15 minutes or so of inactivity, the OS will go into hybernate mode. The monitors turn black, hard drive quiet, etc.. when in hybernate. I always have to change the power setting to never go to hybernate for my desktop. By any chance this was what happened but not a shut down?

3) If you sent the box back to ibuypower, definitely pull out your 4 NVS 295's before shipping (after you power off, of course). They didn't sell you the cards. You need to pull out anything that don't belong to them.

4) If this is a real hardware problem... most of the time it's CPU over-heating. Did you double-check all the fans inside: the ones for the chassis, then one(s) for the CPU heat sink... the fan (if any) for the video cards. Are they all running when you have the computer powered up? If any fan is not connected or not running, it could cause overheating problems.
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5-6 minutes, click, done.:(

The tower is going back Monday. It's apparently the CPU from what "mr. computer" says.

Ticks me off:mad: but what else can I do?
 
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I think of a case as a container to hold all the parts, that's about it.
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Exactly, the case stops the bits falling out on the floor. My computers are in Coolermaster or Thermaltake inexpensive cases that come with 430W power supply. They are all completely stable and I have no reason to believe that anything at all would be gained by paying four times or more the price for expensive case and power supply. I usually add a front case fan to help HDD cooling but that's it.

I'm typing this on a machine with Q9550 CPU, 8 Gb memory, 3 x HDDs, two NVS285 video cards and four screens with 430W power supply and it has run flawlessly for maybe 3 years just about 24x7.

Just about the only reason for big power supplies is high end graphics cards which are surplus to trading requirements. If somebody wants high end graphics cards for gaming that's fine, but they provide just about zero benefit for trading. In fact they are probably a minus because the higher case temperatures may lead to lower system reliability.
 
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5-6 minutes, click, done.:(

The tower is going back Monday. It's apparently the CPU from what "mr. computer" says.

Ticks me off:mad: but what else can I do?
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LEAPup, sorry to hear about your trouble. I am really surprised a new CPU is bad. They must have tested the unit before shipping. Do they have local support ? A center you can bring it in to that will take a look before you go through the trouble of sending it back ?
I don't know a thing about the site you purchased from maybe Scat can offer advice here.

Again sorry to hear about this poor experience.
 
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