Aspies For Freedom

drivers...I installed Vista Ultimate before I installed W7, and it seems to have carried the drivers over. Windows Update offered me a Beta ATi driver, but it didn't like my system.

you should be ok, as Windows 7 is built on top of Vista.

if not, then I know for a fact that AVG works. and the antivirus companies all have W7 versions either out, or in the works.

*shrugs*

Now with tidy cables!

I might add, tidied up and neat just in time for the PSU to start making HURKDEAD noises.

the heatsink was on offer for £30, back up to £40 now, the RAM cooler was ~£13, the GPU cooler was £12, the two 120mms came with the case which was about £30.

the CPU heatsink looks f'king nice, but there are colder, quieter, cheaper ones out there - for example, the Sunbeam Core Contact is £29, and holds, or at least held, the number one slot for cooling AND noise on frostytech - mine held #11 for cooling, but Zalman put the noisiest fan evar on the damn thing - the design of the fins means it's not quiet either.

the Sunbeam is so efficient because the heatpipes are directly on the CPU block - if my 9700 was like that, who knows?

actually...

£59.99 x 1 - Gigabyte GA-X38-DS5 Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 (MB-088-MS)
£35.99 x 1 - Zalman CNPS9700-LED CPU Cooler (Socket 754939940AM2LGA775)
£15.99 x 1 - Corsair Memory Cooler (Dominator Fan)
£12.99 x 1 - Akasa AK-VC03-BLUV Vortexx NEO VGA Cooler
£6.99 x 1 - Zalman ZM-RHS1 Silent VGA RAM Heatsink Kit
£6.99 x 1 - Zalman ZM-STG1 Super Thermal Grease, 3.5 g bottle
£3.99 x 1 - Akasa AK-TK-01 Cable Tidy Kit

one invoice :p

that invoice above is from  02 January 2009

27 December 2008
£34.99 x 1 - Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB)

10 September 2008
£2.49 x 1 - Akasa Fan Filter - 92mm
£76.99 x 1 - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000340AS)
£2.99 x 2 - Acousti Ultra-Soft Arrowhead Fan Mounts - 8 Pack
£3.99 x 1 - Akasa SATA-2 45cm Silver Data Cable
£2.99 x 1 - Akasa Fan Filter - 120mm

I LIKE OCUK

Review of my sink
Review of the Sunbeam

the Sunbeam is now ranked #2.

as an aside, if one does the maths for that EZcool PSU, it's NOT 650w - it's a shade over 200.

whiiiich would explain why the 550 I had blew...and why that thing buzzes when I load it.

replaced with a fully modular 750 - waiting for it to arrive.

Computer on the right is my main.
CPU: Q6600 @ 3GHz (currently..burning in new PSU),
RAM: 6GB DDR2 6400 @802MHz  ( I think) 5-5-5-18,
GPU: ATi 3870 512 @ 861MHz 1161MHz Memory,
PSU: 700W Modular PSU with THE single loudest 120mm fan I have EVER heard,
HDD:1TB 7200.11g HDD,
HDD:150GB Raptor (Primary) HDD,
Mobo: GA-X38-DS5

Incorrectly routed the main ATX 20+4 cable, but I'll go back and put that right at the same time I put down the insulating strips for the PSU proper.




Computer on the left is built out of my spares.

CPU: P4 Dual Core @ 3.0GHz,
RAM: 3GB DDR2 6400 @800MHz, 5-5-5-18
GPU: 8800GTS 320 @ 570MHz,
Mobo: DP965LT Motherboard (yeah, I know),
PSU: "650"W PSU,
crappy cabling.




gee, can you guess which one got all the care and attention?

I still need to go back and finish up the main one, but...I'm happy with it. need to replace the DAMNED fan in the PSU though.


and yes, that is a towel.

I'm a hoopy frood, shuddup.

As an aside, I hate my sisters camera, and I can't wait to get mine repaired.

Why did you get a 32bit OS?

goddamnit, I hate backing up.

(funny story; Windows 7 can do stuff to a harddrive that renders Vista unable to read it - I've had to buy another 1tb drive, I'm currently copying everything over, then I'll reformat the original as a Simple Volume again. Fun stuff.)

SNAP!

This, but with 120GB HDD.

Also, you missed out builtin wireless and bluetooth.

OHSHI-

CPU: Q6600 @ 3GHz,
RAM: 6GB DDR2 6400 @802MHz  ( I think) 5-5-5-18,
GPU: ATi 3870 512 @ 861MHz 1161MHz Memory,
PSU: 700W Modular PSU with THE single loudest 120mm fan I have EVER heard Replacement fan in the form of a Noctua P12,
HDD:1TB 7200.11g HDD,
HDD:150GB Raptor (Primary)
HDD: Samsung F1 Spinpoint 1TB
Mobo: GA-X38-DS5

Replaced that fan this morning.
Twice now I've walked in the room and had to double check it was on.

Actually, that was a Christmas present - a stocking filler.

Best damned stocking filler evar.

I've bought from Maplins before, but I tend to stick to OCUK and Novatech, depending on what I'm ordering and what's cheaper.