[Project Medusa] Silverdusk's Build

[simple_inhibition]

thats quite all right! we have all done our fair share of goofs before. the first system i built wouldnt post because i put 1 stick of ram in channel a and the other stick in channel b (one in a blue slot, one in a black slot so the ram was right next to each other on my asus motherboard) overall i'd have to say thats a very nice build!

[Parker]

Lol, thats funny stuff man! I'll share one of my goofs....

So I was putting together a computer, everything was going just fine.
I got the mobo all plugged up, the CPU in with it's cooler, the hd, PSU, dvd drive and video card.... "alright, lets fire er' up!!" I said, so I press the power button (thats always the hardest part when building a computer, pressing the power button for the first time....), so I pressed it and nothing happens. I think dang, what did I miss??? So I open the thing up, check out all the connections "yip thats right, that goes here, yip yip yip, everythings cool..... whats wrong then?????" I said.
So I close er' up, and then a thought came to mind "D'oh!!! I forgot to turn the PSU switch on!!!!"
So I reach back under the desk and turn the PSU on. Then I press ye' power button again and....... nothing happened. At this point I'm really starting to get irritated, but I just sit there not saying a word, trying to figure out what I missed.....
So I finally decide to go check all the connections behind the computer (IO connections and sorts), and would you look at that!?!?!?! I had forgotten to plug in the main power cord to the PSU!!!!!!!

I felt so stupid when I figured that one out....... lol

We all have our moments, we PC'ist are no different from each other.....

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Back on subject, ok. Those temps look much much better!
Theres a 4c difference between Core #1 and Core #4, Thats ok, but I really like the cores to be relatively equal like this:
Core 1: 28c | Core 2: 30c | Core 3: 28c | Core 4: 30c

But thats my personal opinion.
On one of the corners of your fuzion you haven't tightened it enough, thats why Core 1 is higher than the rest. You should leave Core Temp open and slowly try to tighten on of the corners on the fuzion and look at what it does to the temps.
Or just try putting pressure on each of the corners to find out which one is Core 1.
Do that until you even out the temps, then you'll know you have a good mount on your CPU.

[Elysium]

LOL, I've done that before too Parker! I always get that sinking feeling when it doesn't power up first try... dang, I have the feeling...

[Parker]

Originally Posted by Yellowhello

LOL, I've done that before too Parker! I always get that sinking feeling when it doesn't power up first try... dang, I have the feeling...

It's those "D'oh!!!!" moments that we all love! It's what makes computers fun!!!

[gvblake22]

Awesome job man, that is definitely a nice setup. When I first clicked on this thread and saw the pics I thought I had clicked RAID's build thread!

What are you going to do about those two Bulgin switches hanging off the side?

[RA1D]

awesome build silverdusk! it looks like everything came together really well!

[Silverdusk]

Thanks Raid, again I know it looks identical to yours right now, but I have a few custom parts on order to give it some difference. And Thanks again for all the help. Gonna do me some more research and try my first overclocking this week.

As far as the Bulgin switches. I hope this will be my solution. I have the part being made at DD.

[gvblake22]

aaahhhh, I think I can see exactly where you're going to put that too; that should look nice. Definitely update with pics when you get 'er done!

[Sumgai]

Originally Posted by Silverdusk

Thanks Raid, again I know it looks identical to yours right now, but I have a few custom parts on order to give it some difference.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. The setup is so sweet, everyone here could have the same thing and I still wouldn't get tired of looking at any of them. They say imitation is the the most sincere form of flattery anyway don't they? Careful though, we all know RAID has a...*feminine* side. He may mistake your admiration for affection.