Show Us Your Rig [5]

[ICIT2LOL]

Well, no new pics to share yet, but I wanted to comment on NZXT's Phantom 630 case: just amazing! Great to work with, almost the same as its big brother the 820. It is only missing the more "sophisticated" features like RGB integrated lights and integrated digital fan controller but it is a lot less expensive.
Overall, a great case. Like it a lot.

J

Hmm my supplier has stopped stocking them as I would have a look particularly as they have run out of the HAF XM's. Don't know about the HAF X it is a fair bit more expensive and I really don't like hose big fans in side panels - prefer the 2 x 140's for example.

 

[Britton30]

Here's a hint of what I'll be up too the next couple of days.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Oh, cool! Popping pillows!

 

[kbrady1979]

Is this your build Gary? Also, I like to keep the pillows but man it's fun to bust them! lol

 

[essenbe]

Nice job, Gary. I can't make out anything except the 4670K, but I assume there is a board in there too. Probably a few more goodies too.

 

[paulpicks21]

Here's a hint of what I'll be up too the next couple of days.

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Very nice Gary, have fun

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Is this your build Gary? Also, I like to keep the pillows but man it's fun to bust them! lol

Fun as popping them is, I give them to my private mail service when I pick up packages so they can reuse them.

When I worked in warehousing, we would place bubble wrap under the tires of forklifts and trucks where the operators couldn't see them and watch the reaction when they drove off.

 

[linnemeyerhere]

I'm jealous !

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

Of popping pillows?

 

[linnemeyerhere]

I like the old style smaller popping pillows or "bubble wrap" !

 

[kbrady1979]

Is this your build Gary? Also, I like to keep the pillows but man it's fun to bust them! lol

Fun as popping them is, I give them to my private mail service when I pick up packages so they can reuse them.

When I worked in warehousing, we would place bubble wrap under the tires of forklifts and trucks where the operators couldn't see them and watch the reaction when they drove off.

We used to do that as well.....fun times, fun times. I really try to quell my urges to pop them and reuse them as much as possible. What I can't use, I usually give away as well.

 

[shinigami8671]

Hey guys,im back
Ran into some problems. My previous board malfunctioned when i put in the new processor so was without internet access for an entire 40 hours. Now i know how cavemen lived
Anyways got new processor,rams and motherboard. Now i only need to Put in the Xigmatek cooler which i have absolutely no idea how to do.
Again,cable management isnt good,i know.
Rams:

 

[Dude]

Looking good!

 

[Britton30]

Oh, cool! Popping pillows!

Bags of air, at least Amazon packed this well.

Is this your build Gary? Also, I like to keep the pillows but man it's fun to bust them! lol

Yes, it will be mine.

Nice job, Gary. I can't make out anything except the 4670K, but I assume there is a board in there too. Probably a few more goodies too.

Nah, I wish, just a board Steve. Like to try out some 2666 RAM, but no budget for it. Maybe I can overclock the 2133 to 2400 this time.

 

[Britton30]

Hey guys,im back
Ran into some problems. My previous board malfunctioned when i put in the new processor so was without internet access for an entire 40 hours. Now i know how cavemen lived
Anyways got new processor,rams and motherboard. Now i only need to Put in the Xigmatek cooler which i have absolutely no idea how to do.
Again,cable management isnt good,i know.
Rams:

Lookin' good dude. The cooler should have some directions with it, if not give us the model number and we'll help out.

 

[paulpicks21]

Hey guys,im back
Ran into some problems. My previous board malfunctioned when i put in the new processor so was without internet access for an entire 40 hours. Now i know how cavemen lived
Anyways got new processor,rams and motherboard. Now i only need to Put in the Xigmatek cooler which i have absolutely no idea how to do.
Again,cable management isnt good,i know.
Rams:

Looking good mate, I always found it easier to fit air coolers while the board was out of the case, but I guess it's a bit late for you to do that now lol.

 

[Britton30]

I go with Steve's advice and put on the air cooler, RAM and all the cables I can before putting the board in a case.

 

[shinigami8671]

NOOOO!! It took me 40 mins to put in the board And there are instructions but they are absolutely useless. Cooler is Xigmatek Achilles.

 

[pillainp]

Now i only need to Put in the Xigmatek cooler which i have absolutely no idea how to do.

Seems pretty straightforward.

However, you do need the board out of the case, because you will first have to mount the backplate onto the back of the motherboard.
If you did not get the instruction manual, here it is.

Xigmatech Achilles II SD1284 Support & Downloads

Download and read/print the User Manual, lay out all the items needed acc. to serial number, and you should be good to go.

I am attaching the relevant parts as images so you can print them large, each one on a separate sheet of A4.

Remember the holes on the raised legs of the backplate are for the Intel sockets, so you will have to place the backplate with those legs touching the motherboard at the holes for the CPU cooler mounting pins. In the illustration, if the background is the motherboard, that is how the backplate needs to go.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

It's a little late for me to be saying this, but it's a lot easier to test the basic components while the MOBO is out of the case (the process is known as benching). There are fewer things to go wrong, making troubleshooting much easier, not to mention getting at components is much easier. This video will give you, among other things, detailed instructions on how to bench a new MOBO, should you (or anyone else) be curious. It's also usually easier to install the CPU cooler while the MOBO is outside the case (with some cooler/case combinations, it's the only way).

I'm so glad I bench tested my MOBO before putting it in the case. After I had installed the MOBO, etc. in the case, I ran into a problem. Had I not benched it first, I would not have known if the problem was with the MOBO, the CPU, the RAM, the GPU, or something else. Since benching had already told me the MOBO, CPU, RAM, and GPU played well together, I knew it had to be something else and didn't have to waste time ripping everything out trying to figure out what was wrong (it turned out to be a reversed front panel switch connector, which was weird since those connectors aren't supposed to be polarized; whatever, it worked after I "unreversed" it and I never argue with success).

While I got my little notebook (and its netbook predecessors) strictly for use when I'm traveling, it's handy to have as a backup computer if my desktop is down.