Due to me already building a NAS I have no need for large drives in my new rig so i’ve gone for two 80 gig SATA II Samsung Spinpoints which i’m going to put into RAID 1.
MB & Memory has arrived
Damn having all this stuff around is making me impatient ha!
Case is here!
Woo Hoo my case arrived today which was bloody quick considering I only ordered it on Friday.
And in the flesh it’s absoloutly lovely. 🙂 You can see the spaces at the front for where my Sharkoon fans are going to go.
Project: Black Necta 3
Brought my motherbord yesterday and managed to save £25 which is good. These are all the bits I can afford at the moment so the project will be on-hold until more funds are available.
Project: Black Necta 2
Just ordered the case an Antec 300 hence the project name the case is black and the word necta is made using the letters in antec.
Project: Black Necta
OK so i’ve decided on a name for the project which probably makes no sence to anyone but all will be revealed soon enough 😛
After nearly two weeks I think I finally have the spec sorted out. It’s taken some intense googling and forum posting/searching but I think I have it. Out of everything what do you think was the hardest choice? nope it was in fact the case! which took me 3 days to decide on. I initially went just for asthetics but after consulting the gurus I realised that if I want to OC I should consider cooling first and looks second so that’s what i’ve done and I think i’ve found the right one for my limited budget.
Ordered two case intake fans today Sharkoon 1000 120mm Blue LED. At £10 a pop they’re not cheap but are one of the best you can get.
Project?
Picked up the first part for my build today an Arctic Cooler 7 Pro Heatsink and Fan looks the nuts.
I’m trying to decide on a name for but new pc build project but as yet nothings jumping out at me ha.
Computer Update
Managed to fix the bits on my PC including getting a new 478 motherboard bracket and 4 new fans. I tried the P4 2.66 chip that I got but for some reason the board wouldn’t even POST so going to have to look into that however I did managed to OC my 2.0 to 2.4 so not all lost.
Looks like i’m going to have to buy my upgrade motherboard new as they are few and far between on fleebay.
Upgrade Begins – CPU Purchase
Yes i’ve decided to go with the upgrade side of things and i’ve picked up a 4 month old Intel CORE 2 DUO E6600 2.4GHZ CPU. I’m hoping I can get the motherboard i’m after.
Oh dear PC
Oh dear PC
Decided to give my PC a service today as well as fix the broken CMOS battery holder. Unfortunately she’s not very well, two clips for the heatsink are broken on the MB meaning it’s not sitting flush and hence not cooling enough. One of the case fans has died. One of the fans in the PSU has died.
Decisions decisions
So do I take this as an oppotunity to do a full upgrade or do I just get a replacement MB?. If I was to replace I could use all my existing parts graphics card/ram etc which would be lower cost but the trouble is i’m finding it hard to find an ABIT Socket 478 board. Now if I upgrade I will have a decent system but at greater cost. Rah what a nightmare.