New gaming rig prospective

[oldman_gamer]

Originally Posted by polobunny

Have you been able to test the monitor O_G?

naaa...im going to hook it up tomorrow.Everything is such a PITA to hook up on my putr here,the way the desk is.You have to move shi$,move the desk,crawl on the floor....grrrr Im going to re situate everything so that the case is on top the desk to my right.I need to do some repair work on the desk first though.All will be easily accessable then.

[oldman_gamer]

This is the final picture for my sons build.Looks good to me and should run any game rather well. Thanks to everyone involved in the process .

Newegg.com - Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Newegg.com - DFI LANPARTY DK P35-T2RS LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

2x Newegg.com - LG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 10X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache ATAPI / E-IDE Super Multi DVD Burner - OEM

Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Ultimate for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM

Newegg.com - Acer AL2016WCbd Black 20" 2ms(GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 800:1 - Retail

Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N802-AR GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

Newegg.com - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - OEM

Newegg.com - OCZ StealthXStream OCZ600SXS ATX12V / EPS12V 600W Power Supply 100 - 240 V CB, CE, CSA, UL, FCC - Retail

Newegg.com - ASUS Triton 77 92mm Vapo Bearing CPU Cooler - Retail

Newegg.com - Crucial Ballistix Tracer 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

Now I have to upgrade my card to the one he has.....

[oldman_gamer]

UPDATE: always something to stop production...there arent enough plugs for the disc drives.I'm short by 1 power cable because of the 4 fans.Maybe I could unhook the big fan for now?

[polobunny]

Originally Posted by oldman_gamer

UPDATE: always something to stop production...there arent enough plugs for the disc drives.I'm short by 1 power cable because of the 4 fans.Maybe I could unhook the big fan for now?

You're short of power by 1?
Hard drive is on SATA power (3 of those, you don't need to plug the 4pin molex if you have the SATA power it could even damage the drive), then you have 2 burners on 4pin molex (6 of those), that's it? If you have 4 case fans, that's 6 molex took.
You can daisy chain 2 x 120mm fans without problem if you need something else.

[screwballl]

they don't have pass-through connectors on the fans???
Like this:

[Parker]

You should get some power cable splitters, get two 4 -pin molex splitters, and a 4-pin molex to Sata power cable splitter.

Edit:
dang, I'm slow.....

[oldman_gamer]

I piggy backed the 2 front fans...big help there.The power lead from the PSU that has 2 black molex and on the end a plug with P9 on it...dont remember where that goes...anyone remember off the top of the head?

Houston....we are ready for count down.....fire up commencing in 10 -.
Now all we need is a good astronaut to help us with the BIOS and we will be ready for lift off.9- and counting.

Originally Posted by screwballl

they don't have pass-through connectors on the fans???
Like this:

nope....but I could piggy back them so it worked out ok.

I hit the power button and nothing happened.The board lights work though.

[Elysium]

Originally Posted by oldman_gamer

I hit the power button and nothing happened.The board lights work though.

No offense or anything, but are you sure you have the power button hooked up right (as in the right pins)? I've hooked it up wrong a few times myself... it's dark in that case!

[oldman_gamer]

Is that one of them tiny dongles?

[Elysium]

Originally Posted by oldman_gamer

Is that one of them tiny dongles?

Huh?