"Frankenstein" build

I recently bought a new motherboard for myself and thought I'd use my old one to build a semi-new PC for the wife. since I would be using some old parts from other machines and some new items as well, I am calling this "Frankenstein".
Specs:

New
Rosewill Smart one Mid tower case
Rocketfish 500W modular PSU
Crucial M4 64GB SSD

Old/recycled
AMD PhenomII X4965BE 3.4GHz
Gigabyte GA-770TA-UD3 motherboard
GSkill Ripjaws 2x4GB 1600 7-8-7-24T RAM
Gigabyte ATI HD4670 graphics card
Enzotech CPU cooler
LiteOn DVD burner
Multi card reader with USB port

This is the case with fans powered to test a PSU for another build I will do.

New PSU mounted

A view inside the case

My work space

The motherboard ready to be mounted. I put on the CPU and cooler, RAM, and sometimes cables before mounting in the case.

My tool stash seem to take on a life of its own and grows.

Cables attached to mounted board

The two drives, SSD+data

While doing cabling I discover two mobo screws I forgot to put in. One was fairly easy, but this one was a nightmare to put in. The board was a tight fit and if I removed the cooler to get to the screw I wouldn't be able to re-attach the clips for it because of there not being room for fingers to reach them. Fortunately I had a very long screwdriver to help out which I magnetized the end of to hold the screw and lower to its hole.
There is only about a half inch space between the CPU fan and the case top fan.

The screw can just be seen here

Two views of the finished wiring, fairly neat and tidy for a cheap case. It has no side window to see it though.



Wiring behind the motherboard.

The job done.

Nice job, Gary. It looks like a good build. Congratulations. Makes me want to do another, but then again, that is a constant battle.

Nice job, and great use of new and used components!

Hiyya mate lookin good and I like the RAM speeds I use one of those rare earth magnets on a screwdriver just like you have here near the handle makes life SOOOO much easier

Got mine form prospecting sellers on Ebay - not expensive and worth every cent but be careful with two near each other and your fingies

Great job Gary, impressive! :)

essenbe said:

Nice job, Gary. It looks like a good build. Congratulations. Makes me want to do another, but then again, that is a constant battle.

Yeah I know essenbe I've got four Frankies lined up ready to rock but have just to keep my nerve and rely on willpower.

John

Looking good, Gary. How's it performance-wise?

Thanks everyone!!

here's some benchmarks. This is with 4GB of RAM instead of the 8 I mentioned. The 8GB kit is being RMAd.



Forgot the one everyone likes to see.

Wow, nice scores! That's twice as much as mine actually.

Britton30,
Your wife should be most pleased. I'm working to get a significant other build done but she doesn't appear to even care that much, as to her Dell has to know more than I do about building computers. I agree they know a lot more about building to price points, oh and building in lots of planned obsolescence.