sidrick Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Thanks for the help :-\ The final piece arrived today, the 3.5" to 2x2.5" drive converter brackets Pics as I go along, if you're interested. Current P4 rig that's lasted me 6 years, for comparison:http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/current.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Running onboard VGA Intel graphics: http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/new.jpg Got a few pics, but still tweaking and mega-patching W7 x64. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Case:http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC13258.jpg http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC13259.jpg Power:http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC13260.jpg Mobo, RAM, CPU:http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC13261.jpg All in, test run before a cable tidy:http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC13262.jpg It posts!!http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC13263.jpg Back in place ahead if set-up and tweaking:http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC13264.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 i5 2500k just purchased You do realise that the 2500k is the 95W version dont you? What does that mean, chief? Was just thinking of your 500w power supply, but if youre not running a seperate gfx card i guess it doesnt matter. Have you decided what youre going to do with server v built in storage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 i5 2500k just purchased You do realise that the 2500k is the 95W version dont you? What does that mean, chief? Was just thinking of your 500w power supply, but if youre not running a seperate gfx card i guess it doesnt matter. Have you decided what youre going to do with server v built in storage? Still undecided. I think I'll save the Dell Workstation for when I move in the with missus. In the mean time I'll whack a spare HD into the new PC and continue using a 1TB external drive for my prawn and films. Loading network and usb drivers onto a PC with no network/usb and no optical drive was fun..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 i5 2500k just purchased You do realise that the 2500k is the 95W version dont you? What does that mean, chief? Was just thinking of your 500w power supply, but if youre not running a seperate gfx card i guess it doesnt matter. Have you decided what youre going to do with server v built in storage? Still undecided. I think I'll save the Dell Workstation for when I move in the with missus. In the mean time I'll whack a spare HD into the new PC and continue using a 1TB external drive for my prawn and films. Loading network and usb drivers onto a PC with no network/usb and no optical drive was fun..... Did you get your floppy out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 Logged onto the NES PC, copied the DVD to the C:\ and then took the SATA drive out and connected it to the new PC. Genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Logged onto the NES PC, copied the DVD to the C:\ and then took the SATA drive out and connected it to the new PC. Genius. Ah the NES PC, forgot all about that Having similar facepalm moments at the minute as well. trying to update my very old gigabyte BIOS which you can only do with a floppy drive. i dont even have one any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottg17 Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 That will be running rather nicely with that setup, mate has the 2500k and its a cracking bit of kit. if you decide to OC it (that board will pretty much do it for you). 4ghz is nothing to this CPU, irrc thay have had 5ghz out of these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 Updating the firmware on an OCZ SSD = massive thumbs down. The only proper way to do it after installing Windows is to create a Linux boot disk on a USB drive and launch the updater toolbox through Linux. Quite a lot of hate for that online with a lot of people (including me) saying that if they knew the hoops you have to jump through to update the firmware, they'd have looked at other brands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 Updating the firmware on an OCZ SSD = massive thumbs down. The only proper way to do it after installing Windows is to create a Linux boot disk on a USB drive and launch the updater toolbox through Linux. Quite a lot of hate for that online with a lot of people (including me) saying that if they knew the hoops you have to jump through to update the firmware, they'd have looked at other brands. So i take it youre up and running with windows on the ssd? Have you noticed much difference with boot and data transfer times? The comparisons v. sata 7200rpm HDD's that ive seen online havent been that impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 My SSD based win7 workstation boots in about 12 seconds to login screen and pretty much everything else is instantaneous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted September 30, 2011 Author Share Posted September 30, 2011 About 7 seconds from posting to a fully loaded desktop (this is a clean install, though) and a 2 second shutdown from clicking the button. It's pretty fcuking awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted September 30, 2011 Share Posted September 30, 2011 That is very fast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted October 1, 2011 Author Share Posted October 1, 2011 http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p89/adolftitler/SDC13265.jpg Arrived this morning. I went for the 1TB Spinpoint F3 just to test as it was on Ebuyer's deal of the day for £39.99. If it was any good I'd buy a couple more for this PC and the Dell workstation. The performance is fantastic, being 7200rpm and SATA II, but it's loud, too loud IMO. The case fan pictured was bought because the standard one was too noisey for me, but the Spinpoint gives off a constant low-pitched hummmmmmmmmmm. I'll probably plump for a couple of the WD green lower speed drives for data and dump this in another machine. In other news, the Corsair RAM wasn't being recognised as 1600mhz, just 1333mhz. An overclock in the fantastic BIOS GUI bumped it up easily and changed the Windows Experience score from 7.6 to 7.8. I tried 1866mhz(or whatever the next step was) and it wasn't having any of it; wouldn't even post. I'll need to investigate whether the RAM is just not capable of it, or if I need to tweak the voltage. T3400 with 1tb Spinpoint will be for sale shortly if anyone's interested. I've no idea on price yet, but it'd be a bargain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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