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I am stations in Camp Lejeune and its called something do with Fleet Marine Corps of readiness. Sneak off base? We are allowed to go off base any time after working hours. Lol saying that Blaze making it sound it was decades lol. Of course i brought it with me and i theres no way to secure it. I am not worried about it because its to big to sneak off and most people here dont "understand' what that PC is. I did buy a desk and put it together has a place where i can hide it but not secure unless i build a latch with a lock. Our barracks we live in is just like leaving in cell block with much worse conditions. I dont really have intense field days because no matter how much you clean it will still look like crap. Oh BTW im getting my NCO corporal promotion on tuesday! :)

Blaze i just came back from leave! LOL if did this job in the barracks wouldve never finished it and probably mess something up. I took alot of time building it and i need the space and at home feeling enviroment where i dont have to worry about people! I took 14 days and drove my jacked up truck across 4 states about 22 hours on the road from Texas to NC!

Yes zip ties are really good. They included about 4 or 5 of them with the chassis when i got it and used them all. heres the temp readings Cpu- 31 C MB- 43 C NB- 43 C SB- 64 C I do have a question about ram slots. Okay i have two blue ram slots sided by each other and two white ones. Well i intalled one stick of ram on first blue slot and the second stick on the first white slot, is this correct or do i need to have them both running at same color slots side by side? Both of the sticks dual channels.

SVK Fox, I did not realize that my Matrioska was there but i think it goes awsome with the pc anyway! Thanks for the compliments guys. I always wanted a dream machine and i finally got to it. If i had money i would buy every single person in this community a dream machine... and im DEAD serious!

I did my best at that :lol: is it still that messy....i failed i was hoping nobody noticed:D

:lol: TucksonSonny, i was just using instructions and some time and dont get me wrong i did have my moments of anger and frustration. But thanks for the compliments:D:D:D Asus included the Fusion Block for water cooling but did not include the manual with rest of the manuals i got with the motherboard. I had to buy my own tubes for the block and as you can see in one of the tube dint turn out alright so i have to use extra clips and tube attachments.

It took me about 4 and halfs days to build this. I still going to have to update my bios because its a brand out of the factury motherboard. I dont have benchmark or LOMAC installed yet until i get my bios updated and some new drivers installed. It should not be that long for me to get it going. As soon as i get it all done ill will run bench marks and take pictures from lomac and post it here. Heres the specs( Then picuters below this) 3d Mercury Case with water cooling IP35 Chipset Asus Blitz Extreme MOBO E6850 3.0GHZ 150G SATA Raptor HD 10k RPM XFX 8800 Ultra 768mb 612mhz core SLI capable 1200W Thermaltake PSU 2 gigs of Corsair DDR3 1066 Dual Channel RAM Supreme FX II that came with the motherboard sound card

WOW guys yall are awsome thanks for the help. I will get a new hardrive in the future but not now! Oh pictures are coming soon!

I have not a clue what is RAID and i did look at the manual and still dont understand! My question to you all is do i need to set up RAID for my hardrive? I only got one SATA 150G 16mb 10k rpm HD. Do i need to do anything with it besides load my windows and games? Please let me know cuz im a noob!

Since i cannot post all detail specs all at one ill just give you guys links of the stuff i ordered and ready to build. Processor-------> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3241546 Ram--------> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3163026&CatId=3361 Motherboard----------> http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=534&l4=0&model=1689&modelmenu=1 PSU ------------> http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/product/Power/ToughPower/w0156/w0156.asp Graphics Card---------> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3094314&sku=P450-8800 Last but not least the CASE--------> http://www.coolerguys.com/gzfw1ca.html @TucksonSonny BTW what is the portable radiator? Anyways thanks for the comment!

I was going to post more info but i cant get it to line up!

Yeah i cant stand flying on planes that i cant even see spec of clouds. I like looking out in the sky and the ground!

So i wont have to spend more money on PSU ever:D

Ill do that once i build it and install LOFC 1.12b! Ill be home around the 21st of september. Right now im stuck on base with no car :( :( Oh BTW i forgot the important thing the PSU.... i got the 1200w Thermaltake ATX.

Im very excited to go home now where my stuff is shipped to and start building and start testing. Heres everything i bought and ready to build!! Processor- E6850 MotherBoard- Asus Blitz Extreme Graphics Card-XFX 8800 Ultra 768mb SLI RAM- Corsair XMS2 DDR3 2GB Case- Gigabye Mercury Pro Pre-Installed Water Cooled Chassis GZ-FW1CA HDD- WD 150GB 10k 16mb All rest like monitor, keyboard, and so on is just not necessary to mention! Hey Blaze if you reading this I was wrong we flew out of Iraq in C-17 GlobeMaster3. This was unexpected. Right now im in US chillin ready to take leave to go home to get my stuff!! Hey guys just feel free to tell me what ever you want about my RIG:D:D:D Thank you all for the support :thumbup:

Nicly done Troffmeister. I hope everything works out for you especially its going to be second time. I had some issues and i see why it these problems came up because the other day i made a different more better decision that if it went fine at first!

Very nicely put together!! I got mine already order ill post new thread to let everyone see the specs but no pictures :(

Thank you guys for all the support and am very pleased to recieve all this help.

Okay i already bought the Striker Extreme MOBO, e6850, and the XFX 8800 Ultra 768mb. Now i am looking for the best case to fit everything including cooling systems. There are so many but from what i bought i am asking anybodies advice in which one is the best to go with. Okay another thing the new DDR3 ram can that go with my motherboard? From what i see no but i want to see what yall got to say about it since this board just came out. Now lastly what do you guys think about this PSU i found on newegg website?>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153053 Any help i get will be greatly appreciated! Raised_Dead out.

Wow im sorry man, thats why you should build it youre self:D:D:D Anyways you get good experience and you would know whats what inside your rig!:) Hey good luck on what ever your plans are for the computer;)

Its C-130 out of Iraq to Kuwait. C-130 ride out of Iraq is fine but coming here was a blast because we did a combat land and you could feel every single g that was pulled and every sharp turn which gave me a huge chills! Once we get to Kuwait we will fly out of Civilian Airline except its just going to be Marines on board and the Attendants which are civilians!

Oooorahhh Blaze. Good info thank you:D:D:D. i need to check Toms page more often. I agree Striker is way to go with ASUS. One thing that did catch my eye was the sound card that i want to buy when i build the PC. The MSI board that has 16gig ability of ram and money saver one that i want is the Xtreme fatality SB card which is built into the motherboard. Now since i am running out of time ill be ordering main hardware in couple days. Hey Blaze we actually have two days left of just training our replacements. Im am really happy right now because they are actually here and we fly out soon. So looks like ill be going with the striker MOBO. Ill be reading more about it and other articles from the link that you gave me.;)

We agree because we are all geeks thats including me! Great one Mcnab!

Hey guys check this MOBO out and tell me what yall think about it! http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3127546&CatId=1533 To me it looks great. Its made by MSI are they good company to go with?

Wow nice pictures. Brings back memories ;)