Aurora: Rebirth (The Reconstruction of my trusty Desktop)

[aspire]

oh i wasn't joking about your rig with my first question, i really don't know what was considered high-end "back in the day".

i was joking about your rig with my second question though .

Lol, I like how "back in the day" is 2005. That's when this CPU initially came out. You want to talk about real old school, my first rig I build was a 1.8GH P-4, Abit (Who has since gone out of business...) IS7 E-2, 256mb of DDR1, and an Nvidia FX5600 Ultra, And a Super Flower 450W PSU.

 

[Muffin Man]

well i didn't build it, but a while ago i had an old dell xps t500. it had a 500mhz p3, and using some parts a relative of mine had laying around i "upgraded" it to 768mb (or 512mb... idk) of ram, a 40gig hdd and a 6200 a-le. that was pretty old too i guess XD.

anyway...

now that i look at your pics again, i'm wondering, is it safe to just have the rad. just hanging from the rear like that?

 

[aspire]

now that i look at your pics again, i'm wondering, is it safe to just have the rad. just hanging from the rear like that?

Well it's been that way for the last 4 years so I assume so lol.

It's held in place with a gutted fan housing and some nice long bolts.

 

[Abstract Hero]

I right now have a intel .8ghz with 4 80gb hardrives and a nvidia 200fx (i believe it was) sitting in the hall. That thing is a dinosaur.

If 2005 is back in the day my cpu is an oldtimer too lol

 

[aspire]

I right now have a intel .8ghz with 4 80gb hardrives and a nvidia 200fx (i believe it was) sitting in the hall. That thing is a dinosaur.

If 2005 is back in the day my cpu is an oldtimer too lol

Well considering I joined TF in 2005, I'm gonna consider this processor to be more than a little long in tooth, but hey, I do what I can with what I've got.

Still waiting on D-tek at this point to get off his *** and make it possible for me to order the bracket I need to get this thing together, I just hope he doesn't charge me an arm and a leg for it...

 

[C0RR0SIVE]

You could always fabricate one if you have to, just get the stuff ya need, and a good dremel :3

 

[aspire]

Naw, this isn't the kind of thing you quickly cut out of a piece of sheet metal.

http://dtekcustoms.com/instructions/FuZion GFX 2 Install Guide.pdf

See page two for the diagram with all the parts. There's the mounting plate with is sandwiched between the blocks base and top, the bolts, screws, and threaded backplate.

 

[aspire]

Well I still haven't heard back from freaking D-tek, go figure... So I decided to run it air cooled in the interim. And it is now up and running again beautifully.

I'm presently charging my camera batteries but pictures to come shortly, I almost forgot how clean air cooled systems are compared to W/c ones...



It's so empty...



With my awesome WWI recruiting poster reprint.

 

[Muffin Man]

up and running with no hdd?

from that angle it looks pretty clean inside, or maybe it appears that way because of the black interior...

what case?

 

[aspire]

up and running with no hdd?

from that angle it looks pretty clean inside, or maybe it appears that way because of the black interior...

what case?

Hahaha, I have the hard drive in a 5.25 to 3.5" converter heatsink to keep things looking tidy down below.

The case is the Gigabyte Aurora 570, a revision of the original which I also happen to own. As far as I'm aware it's no longer available wonderful case though...