My New Rig

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2005 · #181 Post by **2005** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:35 pm

WTF???

You insert the power supply into the case

you install the CPU, ram, and CPU HSF and then install that into the case

Install HDD and NEC ND 2510A

Install floppy drive

Install GPU

From there I will install my zip tie mounts and first connect all 4 mobo connectors

the 24 pin connector
the 4 pin connector
the 4 pin molex
the 4 pin floppy connector (fan I think)

Then I will route wires and hide un needed ones. I may have to remove the thick 120MM case fan thats in the bottom next to the PSU.

Wire up the front panel LEDS and USB ports and other ports and such.

All hardware installs will be done in under 2 hours... easily.

The only foreseeable issues are that the PSU cable lengths wont be long enough due to this psu being at hte bottom of the case and not the top. And having problems with the DFI board.

I7Iz490N · #182 Post by **I7Iz490N** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:51 pm

#183 Post by **palmboy5** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:58 pm

i found the P180 to be quite a complication to this process. its just different from my other cases.. youll see.
it took a couple minutes just to get the power supply cables through the hole, and its a bitch to mount the heatsink.
things will get in the way, you cant just drop the mobo in that easily.
removing the PSU cage, squeezing the PSU into it because it seems to be a tiny bit smaller than PSUs, and screwing it back in is obviously longer than a normal case with 4 screws from the outside.
getting the right screws out of the little bag; i didnt want to dump them out and it was annoying trying to get the right ones.. should be harder for you as you probably have larger fingers. unless you dump it, thatll take a while.
also notice on your board the IDE and 24 pin connectors are all 'vertical' with each other, now the IDE cables and the 24pin are all fat cables, not to mention having a 4pin to deal with, then you have to find a way to wind the floppy cable to the drive as itll be going through the same space as the IDE & 24pin. with all these cables going through the same place, may i remind you that your video card isnt exactly short, i mean it looks a centimeter longer than mine and i already had my own troubles. the card will extend to this same area. to make all of it fit isnt exactly a walk in the park and will take time of its own.
pictures pictures pictures.. i dunno about you but im pretty anal about blur and take like 8 shots trying to get it right for each picture, that takes more time for me..

EDIT:
good luck with your 2 hour thing..

I7Iz490N · #184 Post by **I7Iz490N** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:18 am

#185 Post by **palmboy5** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:20 am

yeah when doing anal i wont want as large of a penis as i would normally want

I7Iz490N · #186 Post by **I7Iz490N** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:22 am

2005 · #187 Post by **2005** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:17 am

Well my mobo isn't the same as yours... remember. I dont know how long it will take me, but I find it hard to believe it will take longer then 2 hours.

2005 · #188 Post by **2005** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:24 am

SHITS HERE BITCHES FTWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

Arrived at 10:00 A.M. WOOT

The rest of the day is going to last for fucken ever, I know im going to end up atleast takeing everything out of the big box it all shipped it an look at it.

Already dug out the Opty 165 and its a CBBWE but the year is 06 something.

#189 Post by **palmboy5** » Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:14 pm

lol you know what sucks after youve seen the chips on sound cards?

your board has the same Realtek ALC850 chip for audio and guess how big it is..
http://www.mylilsite.net/images/a8n32slideluxe.jpg
its the chip above the first (right) PCI slot

find it on yours, lol its pathetically small

#190 Post by **palmboy5** » Sat Apr 15, 2006 6:42 pm

are you done yet dude? XD what happened to 2 hours?

2005 · #191 Post by **2005** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:39 pm

Im done setting it up and OMG is it WAY 1337er then I thought It would ever be. And I COULD have been done in less then 2 hours if not for this Antec P-180. Its way more complicated then it needs to be, and the documentation is HORRIBLE. This rig needs pictures and WAY more then the little amount of pages they have. I STILL dont know how to mount the optical drives, I dont think the HDD is in right and the PSU need work with the wire routing. I need to install the thick case fan from the PSU chamber into one of the front panels to pull air into the case.

Its not running hot at all... 28C idle with the heat pipe cooler and MX-1. 31-32C with one core in sp04 doing the small FTT test and 37-38C with both cores at 100% for like 20 min. Chipset never went above 44C. When I put the rear and top 120MM case fans on high, the cores (being 100% stressed in SP04) droped from 37-38C to 36-37C.

Ill get pics up in a little bit.

But the optical drive moutning is retarded and I NEED help. I dont think the hdd is mounted correclty. It took an hour to format the 320GB into NSTC and like 10 min to install windows lmao. THIS FUGGER IS FASTTT and its still only at 1.8G per core.

2005 · #192 Post by **2005** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:58 pm

2005 · #193 Post by **2005** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:07 pm

I7Iz490N · #194 Post by **I7Iz490N** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:23 pm

Q12321 · #195 Post by **Q12321** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:25 pm

It's all yellow. Cool though.