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      12-10-2008, 03:35 PM   #1
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Just built my 1337 Rig!

Hey guys, so I got my brother's parts in yesterday for his new comp, and basically built it for him. Pretty kickass system!

here are the specs(not super detailed, but i'll update it later)

Asus P6T-deluxe motherboard
Intel Core i7 920 2.66ghz processor
DDR3 tri-channel memory
2gbRAM X 3
Nvidia GTX280 Video Card (1gb of video ram)
2x1TB Hard drives in raid 0
Samsung DVD-RW DL drive
Antec 900 case
Audigy X-Fi Sound card
G15 Keyboard

All that for about $2k!

I'll get pics up once I get home

Quick question though, I'm trying to install XP 64-bit and i'm having problems setting it up in Raid 0

I keep getting this Blue screen of death during the installation

I updated the BIOS too...any ideas?

it's like 0x0000007B or something...I know it has to do w/ the raid 0 because it worked fine when I tried to install it on normal IDE connection....

Thanks guys!


Edit: got the Raid drivers, Asus Mobos don't support USB floppies so had to install an internal one temporarily...got that figured out.


I SO need to clean up all the wires now....bah, usually happens when making a new comp...wires scrambled everywhere...
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      12-10-2008, 05:19 PM   #2
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Congrats on your new system.

I've had a few issues with blue screens prior to installing windows before. Is your computer POSTing alright? And when in the installation process of Windows is it failing?

My trouble mostly delt with RAM voltage settings. I would recommend you look up the recommended voltage to run your ram at and make sure your BIOS is set up to comply.
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      12-10-2008, 05:30 PM   #3
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      12-10-2008, 05:35 PM   #4
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figured it out

Stated on the Asus website that you need a freakin' Internal Floppy drive to install the sata/raid drivers!!



Luckily I have a few lying around...well one from the broken machine and one from my dad's old PC, so using that...will update you once I get everything up and running!
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      12-10-2008, 06:12 PM   #6
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installing WXP 64bit as we speak....
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You stole my Logitech steering wheel lol jk. Nice setup man, that blue screen of death brings back some really bad memories lol. So what games you ganna be installing?
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      12-10-2008, 08:17 PM   #8
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Alright! I got all my parts in, time for some SERIOUS gaming!
I got Farcry 2 already installed...yet to play it

well...after I get my paper done :P
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Man, Farcry 2 is a awesome game. Free to do whatever you want. Only if the vehicles went a bit faster lol.
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Just curious, what type of RAID 0 are you using?

EDIT: Never mind, it looks like the motherboard has some sort of built in RAID controller from your post.

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Nice Rig. That's gonna post some sweet Benchmarks once you get it fired up and running.

If you want to get some ideas for cable management and custom case mods, check out this thread devoted to the Antec 900. There are some killer looking installations!

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...126395&page=54
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dp you homo

Double meaning say what?
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woah. a stick shift computer!

haha that g25 looks fun if i had any fun racing games on my mac id get one.
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I dig the picture. System looks nice. Seeing the GTX280 installed in a 900 case really tells you how huge these new cards are.

Is your CPU heatsink a zalman? How do you like it?
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Heatsink is stock i7

I'll get a Zalman once I OC it.

it is running rock solid right now....

Here is a screenshot from Test Drive unlimited (from 2006)

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/2...1042255nu8.jpg

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lol...i didnt know bmw owners are into computers as well! lol, nice i7, my q6600 is crap compared to the 920, but at 3.0, the q6600 is enough for the time being...hopefully ill upgrade to nehalem next year.

first i find out you guys watch top gear (as do I), and now you guys are into computer hardware?! lol...this is great.
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Any reason why you didnt go with 64 bit vista?
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Any reason why you didnt go with 64 bit vista?
Dual booting w/ Vista 64bit, will be installing that today.

I need to really wait for Windows 7, which is basically a SUPER PATCHED Vista...

I will have to because half the applications are now only catering to Vista...
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http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/3736...1.1.0___Keygen - run some benchmarks, i'm curious
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I will today, I ran the 3dmark 01 and 03, lol, super owned it....the 06 gave me some trouble at 1920x1200 resolution with 8x2samples of AA and 16X anistrophic filtering

will run full benchmark today
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