whee.

i didnt have fun doing this but i finally got it finished and working. although it took me 5 days to do so.

Edit: (parts List)
Case: Zalman Z9 [ http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PI...ME%29.aspx ]
Motherboard: GigaByte 890GP[A]-UD3H [ http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PI...ME%29.aspx ]
Processor: AMD Phenom ][ X6 (six core) 1100T Black edition [ http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PI...ME%29.aspx ]
Power Supply: Corsair CMPSU-600CX V2 600-watt
Ram: Cosair XMS3 4gb DDR3 1333mhz CL9 DIMM (x2)
Video: Onboard ATI Radeon 4290 / eVGA GeForce GTX 460 1gb DDR5
HDD: Seagate 500gb HDD (x2)
Optical: Samsung SH-S243D 24x DVD writer
Extra: Scythe 120mm Case Fan / Scythe - 5.25 Server Fan monitor system

Day 1:
Acquired Parts ($1063)
installed all parts / boot failed




Day 2:
Fixed failed boot, YAY.
OS disk failed.

Day 3:
Realized only got a dual core when was looking into getting a 6-core system, UGH.

Day 4:
Exchanged 2 for 6.
Completed Build
OS still fails to load.

Day 5:
successful OS load
loaded drivers and such


I'm impressed :)



other features include:
Source: YouTube

TV Card! well i didnt have to buy this this was already a part i had in my equipment

thanks to those of you who helped me along this long week journey to construct this monster of a machine.

if i could rep you guys again i would.

(This post was last modified: 08/05/2011 06:30 PM by Syfe.)

Sexy, though did you leave your wires like that? :/

I'm going to say yes... :/

i suck when it comes to organizing cables.

Also I'm looking into a new desktop for it... i dunno where i should start

(This post was last modified: 07/05/2011 11:08 PM by Syfe.)

(07/05/2011 10:47 PM)Syfe Wrote:  Day 5:
successful OS load
loaded drivers and such

i sold my graphics card and i do need some more ram,. if you was to buy a SSD drive to install windows7 on,. you had prob get a 7.1 score,. ;)

i had need more ram to get a 6.7 score with crappy 8800gts graphics card,. ;p

(07/05/2011 11:44 PM)trademark91 Wrote:  nice dude!

5.7 for HDD was for the fact i used "used" drives.

is it weird i get

7.3 on all my scores and 5.9 for my hard drive.

1066ddr2 ram
q9550 2.83ghz quad 12mb cache
gtx280

sure you 6 core system should do way better