Computer thread!!!

[lambo]

Can't fit many air cpu coolers in the air 240 I seriously wish I could have done a noctua dh14 or 15. Mobo was the cheapest Z97 mATX one I found. Didn't want to cheap out on the power supply, this one seemed quality. These prices include sales tax also. I didn't go into this all willy nilly. There's a reason behind every part I chose.

[Wschnitz]

Can't fit many air cpu coolers in the air 240 I seriously wish I could have done a noctua dh14 or 15. Mobo was the cheapest Z97 mATX one I found. Didn't want to cheap out on the power supply, this one seemed quality. These prices include sales tax also. I didn't go into this all willy nilly. There's a reason behind every part I chose.

You should have gotten a NH-D9L, sucks that the 240 has that low of height for cpu cooler, I have a NH-U12S and its near silent and keeps my temps pretty much the same as an H100i.

You should have PM'd me id have given you my H100i, a ton of fans, a brand new asus mobo, and some brand new ram for like $100-150.

If anyone wants this stuff for a build let me know:

Corsair Vengeance 1866mhz 8gb Ram (BNIB)
Asus Z87-PRO (Devils canyon ready with a bios update)
Corsair H100i
Ton of corsair high flow fans, free if you want the other stuff.
G930 that needs to be RMA'd
etc

$100 or some RC parts, the MOBO was $190 alone when i bought it less then a year ago.

[lambo]

Get to sort out my no post issue tomorrow. Getting too late tonight.

[SoopaGhetto]

[Wschnitz]

Get to sort out my no post issue tomorrow. Getting too late tonight.

You have the right wires hooked up right? :P hope you tried it outside of case first. Also make sure you try switching the display cable between your gpu and the onboard, sometimes its just not "posting" because you don't have the video coming from the right port.

[lambo]

Yep. Outside the case. No GPU hooked up. One stick of ram in the correct slot. CPU installed with stock cooler. Wanted to make sure everything was working before starting with the gpu. Computer turns on, fans spin, no display, computer turns off. This repeats endlessly. The clicking noise made by the psu when it turns off leads me to believe there is a short in the motherboard or something. CPU and pins look fine to my untrained eye. No bent pins at least.

[Wschnitz]

You have the cpu power in right? The two four pins I've seen mashed in wrong before.

Make sure you have it on cardboard or something non conductive too.

If you can maybe find a friend that has extra parts to borrow and try different psu, etc

Does screen you have for sure work? Like splash comes up?

[lambo]

Motherboard was doa. Probably shorting somewhere. Picked up an Asus. Started up first try.

[Wschnitz]

Lol you can have mine if you want it, I'm serious just get it out of my house.

Oh wait you have matx don't you.

[lambo]

Yeah mATX

[lambo]

Got it up and running. I know it's been said a thousand times but... SSD's are amazing.

[Wschnitz]

Got it up and running. I know it's been said a thousand times but... SSD's are amazing.

Im with you there, my desktop boots in like, idk 6-10s? Not counting the splash screens i always forget to disable.

[lambo]

Im with you there, my desktop boots in like, idk 6-10s? Not counting the splash screens i always forget to disable.

When I first restarted my computer for installs, I looked away for a few second and it was back on. I didn't believe it. Had to restart again.

[lambo]

[Schnitzer318is]

^Nice looking build. I am a huge fan of white cases/builds. Always liked that case. Like many of the fractals and bitfenix offerings as well. I second the SSD comment. I'm running 7 machines here... and they ALL have OS's on SSD.

I just did a white/blue build made of leftover parts and an old shit box case I painted white. LOL spent way too much time getting a nice paint job (like 3 weeks) on a $15 case. Also custom length'd and sleeved the power supply (also a $15ish jobbie) wires with white paracord. Also installed custom white power, reset, and HDD indicators. Came out way better than anticipated but still have to sleeve an extension due to a recent hardware change. Not a horrible computer either:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300
Tower CPU cooler (don't remember brand)
Intel GD45id Mobo (it's blue)
8GB misc ram
80GB OCV Vertex SSD
PNY 560ti GPU

I'll post some pics after sleeving the extension.