New Computer - Muchos Shiny

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nothing more satisfying than building a computer and piushing the on button and it fires up!


i think id feel how you feel if i reshelled the hdi!


seems a bit stange having the psu at the bottom

Scary TBH, I feel this is a much as an accomplishment as building an engine (OK it was a little easier)

IMO PSU is at the bottom for a lower center of gravity for better handling.

Well done

Strange having the motherboard there, I'm used to seeing them on the side.

Kinda makes sense though, makes it a great design to use but the case is huge with all the 3.5" bays removed. Ive still got 5 x 2.5" bays to use so theres just no need for all the space. Ive seen these water cooled and that dosent even use all the space.

Zalman CPU Coolers

You only like them cos theyer more ginger than you are.

But yes muchos shiny, was a little bit sad when i had to bend a few fins to make it clear my ram

Now we just have to wait for the "I am scraping my computer" thread.

Well done though mate.

Scrapping the old one lol. Its just full of dust and ridiculously slow

Thats quite different to how the ones i build are set up XD cudos to you though for doing it yourself though

Cheers mate.

I must admit the layout confused me as well when I first opened it. I was pretty surprised Chris managed to put it all together okay

It's pretty quick though, just needs a proper controller for the fans and some more storage (mechanical hdd will be fine!).

And the fact it didn't work when you plugged it in and i knew what you'd done wrong i think shocked us both. Think I scared you with my lack of knowledge when I said id got the "black edition" processor cos its an AMD and that's pretty close to AMG who make their fastest Mercedes the "Black Edition"

Defo need a fan controller but I'm running out of USB slots already, I'm tempted to cut an extra 5.25 slot for a disc drive and a few more USB sockets.

I was pretty surprised Chris managed to put it all together okay

Bless him!

Im as shocked as anyone else TBH










Spec for anyone who cares.
Bitfenix Prodigy Mini ITX Case in fire red (included 2x 120mm fans)
500w PSU
ASRock FM2A75M-ITX motherboard
AMD Athlon x4 Quad core 3.4GHz processor
Zalman CPNS9500A heat sink/cooler
8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM in "Racing Red"
Samaung 840 series 120mb SSD
Wireless mini keyboard and mouse.

Total for the build was about £450


Planned upgrades
230mm front fan
140mm rear fan
Fan controller
2TB Hard Drive
Water cooling (just to annoy Scott cos it's massive overkill)
Playing with the overclocking facilities of this set up.


So far the CPU hasn't seen over 38*C and the Graphics card hasn't been over 29*C