Just built my first pc :) w/pics

[Liteninja]

Alright, while i've been inactive on onrpg over the past few days. I have pretty much been hyping for the packages to arrive from amazon, and checking the tracking number every other hour, for an update of status :P. I decided to purchase my parts from amazon rather than newegg just for no-tax and free amazon prime.

The Build:
Cooler Master Centurion 5 Midtower (Hand-me-down)
EVGA x58 SLI LE Motherboard
Intel Core i7 920 d0 Stepping (Bought from Microcenter for $200)
Xigmatek Dark Knight
6GB DDR3 1600 OCZ Platinum
EVGA 9800GTX+ (Yeah i know its bottleneck, but also was hand-me-down, isn't that bad for only 1280x1024)
750w PC Power and Cooling Silencer Quad
640GB Western Digital Caviar Black
Sony DVD Burner -oem (But expensive as f*** from microcenter)

I paid ~$700 (Including microcenter tax) for everything except the Video card, case, and power supply.

Here are some pics:

http://img43.imageshack.us/i/build3.jpg/

I love my cable management job lol...

http://img43.imageshack.us/i/build6.jpg/

I was just wondering if anyone experienced might have some useful guide or the such on how to overclock i7 processors, since its pretty new to me. And i was just wondering how i should gain internet access upstairs, if i was to place the computer there. My family's router is downstairs in an office room, and i've heard bad things about Wireless PCI Cards and gaming. Any suggestions?

[Espada1]

OMG THAT IS LIKE SO TOTALLY AWESOME...

O My god man you are like so pro.

I never build a computer in my life before.. So lucky you

[SnOwBunZz]

Looks very well done.

And i was just wondering how i should gain internet access upstairs, if i was to place the computer there. My family's router is downstairs in an office room, and i've heard bad things about Wireless PCI Cards and gaming. Any suggestions?

Pull a wire. Wireless can get so many issues you wouldn't have with wires.

No OCing links for you as I'm not in that stuff. =/

[Espada1]

Alright, while i've been inactive on onrpg over the past few days. I have pretty much been hyping for the packages to arrive from amazon, and checking the tracking number every other hour, for an update of status :P. I decided to purchase my parts from amazon rather than newegg just for no-tax and free amazon prime.

The Build:
Cooler Master Centurion 5 Midtower (Hand-me-down)
EVGA x58 SLI LE Motherboard
Intel Core i7 920 d0 Stepping (Bought from Microcenter for $200)
Xigmatek Dark Knight
6GB DDR3 1600 OCZ Platinum
EVGA 9800GTX+ (Yeah i know its bottleneck, but also was hand-me-down, isn't that bad for only 1280x1024)
750w PC Power and Cooling Silencer Quad
640GB Western Digital Caviar Black
Sony DVD Burner -oem (But expensive as f*** from microcenter)

I paid ~$700 (Including microcenter tax) for everything except the Video card, case, and power supply.

Here are some pics:

http://img43.imageshack.us/i/build3.jpg/

I love my cable management job lol...

http://img43.imageshack.us/i/build6.jpg/

I was just wondering if anyone experienced might have some useful guide or the such on how to overclock i7 processors, since its pretty new to me. And i was just wondering how i should gain internet access upstairs, if i was to place the computer there. My family's router is downstairs in an office room, and i've heard bad things about Wireless PCI Cards and gaming. Any suggestions?

I also wonder how much electricity that beast will use.

[Sakumo]

Congratz! Too bad your 9800GTX+ is a bottleneck. I have a GTX 260 with a 1280x1024 monitor. But then again, I was going to upgrade to a widescreen monitor around Christmas...And I saw some i7 overclock guides, let me dig them up.

[Liteninja]

Sakumo mind sharing which wireless card you use?

The Electricity bill shouldn't be too much, i hope

[SnOwBunZz]

Also, what's wrong with wireless gaming? My brother and I both game on the same server. He uses wired, I use wireless, my ping is within 10 of his.

I never said it was bad. Dx

My friends always managed to get into trouble with wireless internet somehow. -.-"

[Sakumo]

D-Link WDA1320. Only one with Vista 64 bit support...

[GooLooGooLoo]

dam 700 bucks for an I7 build. Very nice

[Liteninja]

Just finished reading up on that overclocking guide, Sakumo, for i7.
It was actually plenty helpful, not all i have to do is hope that i don't screw over my components, trying to find the sweet spot :3

EDIT: Easily hit 3.4 ghz by bumping up the settings a bit. Its prime 95 stable too (all cores <70 celcius while the cpu's tempis around 54). Ima try and push it a bit more.

[Sakumo]

Just finished reading up on that overclocking guide, Sakumo, for i7.
It was actually plenty helpful, not all i have to do is hope that i don't screw over my components, trying to find the sweet spot :3

EDIT: Easily hit 3.4 ghz by bumping up the settings a bit. Its prime 95 stable too (all cores <70 celcius while the cpu's tempis around 54). Ima try and push it a bit more.

Did you do a vcore bump? I heard that the i7s can run ~3.6 on stock vcore.

[SnOwBunZz]

EDIT: Easily hit 3.4 ghz by bumping up the settings a bit. Its prime 95 stable too (all cores <70 celcius while the cpu's tempis around 54). Ima try and push it a bit more.

I've heard intelburntest is a more reliable source of knowing your cpu is running stable, you'll need to run 10 tests or something like that.

[Liteninja]

Yeah i made it to 3.8ghz (somehow, lol)
I couldn't quite make it to 4.0, but i blame my crappy case and semi-mediocre mounting job for the cpu cooler.

Eitherway, im happy for the results, and hope its stable enough.

Ill look up intelburntest