WOOT! AT LAST! It's all coming together! (My Conroe air build)

Just awaiting most of my parts now. But at last! - My Conroe has arrived, along with my heatsink! (well ok, 2 of them!)

Case: Antec P180 (delivered)
Cooling (air): 4x Sanyo Denki 120x38mm 102.5cfm (delivered) and 1x 120mm and 2x 80mm fans
Fan controller: Black Sunbeam Rheobus (delivered)
Monitor: NEC MultiSync LCD20WGX2 20.1" Widescreen
PSU: OCZ GameXtream 700w (ordered)
CPU: Intel Conroe E6600 (delivered)
Heatsink: Tuniq Tower 120 (delivered)
GPU: NVidia 7950GX2 (either ASUS, BFG or MSI - best OC'ers for unmodded air)
Mobo: DFI NForce 590 for Intel (not released yet)
Memory: (3GB) 2x 512MB (from XS COMP!) & 2x 1Gb G.Skill DDR2 PC2-6400 HZ Series 4-4-4-12 Dual Channel kits (link here)
HDD: 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache(link here)
Mouse Razer Diamondback (already using on current machine)
Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse RED (link here) (ordered)
Floppy / CD / DVD: 7in1 Media floppy (delivered) / still looking for CD & DVD

http://www.marcrigby.co.uk/Rig4/Pic001.jpg

Looks like a good rig except I'm not sure that Rheobus will be able to handle 3x Sanyo Denki. How many watts do they each use?? Other than that, it looks like a good rig.

Nice. Where did you get those Tower 120s??

why'd u get 2 tt's?

very nice though.

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Nice. Where did you get those Tower 120s??

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Ya .. where you get ONE ... let alone 2 Tuniq Tower 120s !! :eek:

i'll buy one off of you ;)

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Looks like a good rig except I'm not sure that Rheobus will be able to handle 3x Sanyo Denki. How many watts do they each use?? Other than that, it looks like a good rig.

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• Power : 20 watt per channel
• Input voltage : DC 12V
• Output voltage: 0 ~ 12 V
• Output current: up to 1.67 A
• Dim: 148.5x 105x 42 mm
• Weight( Net) : 184g

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why'd u get 2 tt's? very nice though.

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Might as well have why I had another on the way, chuck another in to get most of P&P.

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Nice. Where did you get those Tower 120s??

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Ya .. where you get ONE ... let alone 2 Tuniq Tower 120s !! :eek:

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Shipped from my friend in Japan.

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i'll buy one off of you ;)

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I've had loads of enquiries. I'll ship to anywhere, as long as peeps are prepared to pay P&P for it. Open to offers m8.

That's a nice friend you got there in Japan lol. Woulda offered you something for one of them, but I just ordered a Scythe Mine the other day to go with my E6400.

Yeah, I've had a plenty of offers and a few solid ones.

I'm just wanting to get my rig all sorted. I'm kinda wondering on the MOBO. I want one that's gonna allow a really high FSB. I know there's some out there running 450+.

Gr8 Rig there man.
grats:toast:

Just thought I'd post an update as I've now deecided on a few different things and added a few things. If anyone knows where to get Pink cathodes from.. TELL ME!

Case: Antec P180 (delivered)
Cooling (air): 3x Sanyo Denki 120x38mm 102.5cfm, 1x Antec Tricool 120mm and 2x 80mm TBC fans
Fan controller: Black Sunbeam Rheobus (delivered)
Monitor: NEC MultiSync LCD20WGX2 20.1" Widescreen
PSU: OCZ GameXtream 700w
CPU: Intel Conroe E6600 (delivered)
Heatsink: Tuniq Tower 120 (delivered)
Chipset cooling: Thermaltake Extreme Spirit II
GPU: NVidia 7950GX2 (either ASUS, BFG or MSI - best OCers) or X1950XTX
Mobo: ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP
Memory: (3GB) 2x 512MB (from XS COMP!) & 2x 1Gb G.Skill DDR2 PC2-6400 HZ Series 4-4-4-12 Dual Channel kits
HDD: 1x WD Raptor 10,000RPM 74GB 16MB Cache and 1x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
Mouse Razer Diamondback (already using on current machine)
Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse RED
Floppy: 7in1 Media floppy (delivered)
DVD/CD: 1x Samsung SH-S162L/BEBN Lightscribe 16x DVD+/-R 48x CD-R
Mods: 2x 30cm blue and 2x 30cm pink (UV or red that looks pink) cold cathodes
Fan mod: 2x 5.25" bay mod, accomodating an 80mm fan for air intake

I'm having trouble finding red cathodes that don't look orange or pink.

Sanborn. Show me the pink ones! I want.

how much for the entire set up?

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how much for the entire set up?

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Well I'm not sure yet. I'm still buying stuff for it and looking out for places that are cheaper than others (trying to save cash on P&P by buying from one place too!)

I set 3 budgets

1. £2000 - Ultimate budget (I don't want to go near this!)
2. £1800 - Target budget
3. £1700 - This is where I use the extra £100 saved on getting hammered and celebrating!)

But I think it's be there and there abouts of £1800.

Remember, the UK is pricey! well more expensive than the US!

why didn't u ship in parts from the US?
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^^ Because the shipping/import fees would probably be a beast wouldn't they? Hell I don't know how that stuff works.....is there an import fee?

We can get charged tax here and there. But the way to send between US and UK is to tick everything off as a gift. But imagine asking Newegg that.

Oh I mate, I'm from England. You reckon you could... lol.

As Sanborn also said, shipping fees are crazy. Bloody governments. Don't they realise our countries are related lol. I mean come on. Lower shipping prices! IT'S FAMILY! he he.

Im still waiting for the bullet train between England, Australia, and America to be built. Then they can just rename us all to Amerengaus haha. Maybe after flying cars.....just maybe.

Oooooooohhhhhhhhhhh yesss! My Sanyo-Denki's came today! Courtesy of mr J-Mag on this forum! linky here to FFS (fans for sale! not the other one!).

I've updated the first post with what has been changed as I ordered my PSU today as well :D

I've only tested these on my old rig through my Sunbeam Rheobus. OMFG! These bays shift air. They were pushing themselves back on my table!

They are noisy at full whack. Nothing at all like how loud I hought they would be though. I turned them down about 15% and they were more than fine on the ears, and this was outside of the case! So they've pukka inside the case

http://www.marcrigby.co.uk/Rig4/SDfans.jpg

Some beauties....

Also got my Saitek "Eclipse" Keyboard, 4GB of GeIL PC6400 DDR2's and Delta 80cfm @ 59.5dBA fan for when I get the 5.25" bay mod.

http://www.marcrigby.co.uk/Rig4/PC007.jpg

Here's a pic with Sanyo-D's fitted and the GXS 700w :D

http://www.marcrigby.co.uk/Rig4/PC008.jpg

Looks like that's going to be a great rig!

Its coming together nicely!!
Good choice of keyboard,i have the blue version myself and loving it :woot:

Thanks guys.

I was thinking of plugging the keyboard in now to "get used to it".

If I hadn't of brought my dads stuff in advance for him I would have got my mobo by now and started setting stuff up. I'd have still be waiting on GPU, Monitor and DVD drive though!!! - along with some other minor bits.

Here's an updated spec list. Looking back it's amazing at how many changes have been made. I mean the first spec list (that I wrote down before I joined here) was nothing like now. But hey, you learn a lot here ;)

*AND STILL!!!... if anyone knows where to get Pink cathodes from.. TELL ME! - I'm a bit of an 80's nut! :D*


Case: Antec P180 (rev.1) (delivered)
Cooling (air):

• 3x Sanyo Denki 120x38mm 102.5cfm (delivered)
• 1x Antec Tricool 120mm [NOT YET DECIDED ON THIS]
• 1x Delta 80mm fan (5700RPM, 80CFM, 52dBA // 4900RPM, 68CFM, 48dBA) (delivered)
• 1x Sharkoon SilentEagle 2000 80mm fan

Fan controller: Black Sunbeam Rheobus (delivered)
Monitor: NEC MultiSync LCD20WGX2 20.1" Widescreen
PSU: OCZ GameXtream 700w (delivered)
CPU: Intel Conroe E6600 (delivered)
Heatsink: Tuniq Tower 120 (delivered)
Chipset cooling: Thermaltake Extreme Spirit II [NOT YET DECIDED ON THIS]
GPU: NVidia 7950GX2 (either ASUS, BFG or MSI - best OCers) or X1950XTX
Mobo: ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP
Memory: 4GB (2x 2*1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit 4-4-4-12 (delivered)
HDD: 1x WD Raptor 10,000RPM 74GB 16MB Cache and 1x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache
Mouse Razer Diamondback (already using on current machine)
Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse RED (delivered)
Floppy: 7in1 Media floppy (delivered)
DVD/CD: 1x Samsung SH-S162L/BEBN Lightscribe 16x DVD+/-R 48x CD-R
Mods: 2x 30cm blue and 2x 30cm pink (or red that looks pink) cold cathodes
Fan mod: 2x 5.25" bay mod, accomodating Delta 80mm fan (for air intake)

PHEW!

3 things left! (unless I do get the NB cooler and extra 120mm fan).

Just ordered:

ASUS P5B Deluxe/WiFi-AP - £128.53 (incl. VAT)
320Gb Seagate ST3320620AS Barracuda 7200.10 16MB Cache - £66.87 (incl. VAT)
80mm Sharkoon SilentEagle 2000 17.8 dBA / 22.7 CFM Fan - £4.57 (incl. VAT)
Samsung SH-S162L/BEBN Lightscribe 16x16 ±R/RAM DLayer DVDRW Writer w/ Nero - £22.47 (incl. VAT)
74 Gb Western Digital Raptor, SATA, 10000 rpm, 16MB Cache - £110.44 (incl. VAT)
Sharkoon 12" *Red* CCFL 2in1 Kit (x2 CCFL Tubes + dual Inverter + adhesive Velcro) - £4.65 (incl. VAT)

I also decided to get one of these (to see if it does anything underneath the GPU):

Akasa PCI Slot System Blower *Red* (Exhausts Hot Air from System) - £2.93 (incl. VAT)

http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/3734/spa0012ro2.jpg

Posted this in the conroe air cooling thread and also thought that your TT's looked lonely. Up for a 4 way ? :D

A-HA!!! nice :D

Do me a favour will you. Attatch the TT120 to the P5B and post some pics please? mainly looking for an overhead shot. I need to see how much the TT120 hangs / under hangs on the board. I'm desperate mate. PLEASE!

and a few pics in profile form. PLEASE! I'm worried I'll need to replace my 28mm fans!

BTW, What's with the 2x Asus mobos? You building 2 rigs? and what memory are those 4 sticks??

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A-HA!!! nice :D

Do me a favour will you. Attatch the TT120 to the P5B and post some pics please? mainly looking for an overhead shot. I need to see how much the TT120 hangs / under hangs on the board. I'm desperate mate. PLEASE!

and a few pics in profile form. PLEASE! I'm worried I'll need to replace my 28mm fans!

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Ok il get that done when i get back from work tonight.

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BTW, What's with the 2x Asus mobos? You building 2 rigs? and what memory are those 4 sticks??

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O yes, pretyyy much identical rigs for myself and my little bro. So twice the fun in overclocking :D THe memory is the teamGROUP xtreem PC2-5300 2gig sets. They have quite a following in the bandwidth forum.

Laters :woot:

That tuniq tower is HUGE man. It'll cool that C2D nicely. Good luck with the build! ;)

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Ok il get that done when i get back from work tonight.

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Excellent m8. I'm 50 / 50 on it actually fitting in! - So you'd really help me here m8!

right gonna take some pics now then whack it in my new lian-li to see the clearance.

Il try and source a digi cam but might have to stick with my E900 phone, which will probably be sufficient.

In a bit :D

Excellent m8. I'm not sure if this will help many others, but it will me! 2x 38mm fans in a P180 with a Tuniq Tower... it's gonna be fun if it works!

I've got the TT120 and the MOBO en route, but really hope I ain't gotta get a 25mm fan!

Just so you know where I'm on about, I need pics of where the H/S is. From profile "side on" angles as well (top of board and from the front of the boad (opposite to the I/O side) in profile.

Cheers m8.

Sorry for the crap quality but my phone doesnt do macro. Also what other angles you want mate....... side shots of the HS with the mobo on the desk ?

I wasn't sure by what else you wanted.

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/7...022copybi1.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4...023copyfc3.jpg

Hmmmmmmmm. I'm confused....

Thanks for doing it, and that way I know it wouldn't do what I want...

But seriously... why is yours in that way?

Coolaler did his one this way:

http://www.iamxtreme.net/coolaler/ASUSP5BDluxe/3.JPG

- To me that is the only logical way. The exhaust fan at the back of the case will push more cfm than the 120mm fan in the bottom of my PSU so will keep my cpu cooler.
- Also, with coolalers way, the tower will be taking heat straight from the back of the gfx which is less than ideal. Im going to put a 92mm panaflo in the sidepanel directly infront of the tower so the RAM + tower will get fresh cool air supply.

I could try and mount it tomorrow morning in the other direction, but i think it's gonna be a tight fit. O btw is your fan at the back of the case acting as in intake fan compared to mine as an exhaust?

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- To me that is the only logical way. The exhaust fan at the back of the case will push more cfm than the 120mm fan in the bottom of my PSU so will keep my cpu cooler.
- Also, with coolalers way, the tower will be taking heat straight from the back of the gfx which is less than ideal. Im going to put a 92mm panaflo in the sidepanel directly infront of the tower so the RAM + tower will get fresh cool air supply.

I could try and mount it tomorrow morning in the other direction, but i think it's gonna be a tight fit. O btw is your fan at the back of the case acting as in intake fan compared to mine as an exhaust?

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If you could mount it the other way please that would be ace :D - I'm getting too anxious for mine to come and get built!

See, the thing is, I have 2x 38mm thick fans, so there's gonna be a squeeze in there somewhere along the line. I might just get a 120mm fan back just in case.

Regarding the fans I have, the rear and top-rear are exhausting with an 80mm Delta sucking air in in the upper 5.25" bay and a 120x38mm sucking air in (you can see that one on it's own in the pic link below) in the middle of the case.

So you can see that there will be fresh air coming in from two angles. I've also purchased this: LINK HERE - SPECS HERE to see what that is like at getting rid of hot air from below the 7950GX2 (which can get very hot apparantly). But if it's useless or adds too much noise, I'll get rid of it!

Anyway, here's the pic so you can see what I was on about with my fans: LINK TO MY RIG IN IT's CURRENT STATE HERE!

Thanks again m8.

your rig is going to sound like a vacuum.... I swear no one in these forums cares about quietness :-)

lol. Well I can adjust the 4 noisy gits (3 Sanyo-D's and the Delta). The Sharkoon 80mm is meant to be quiet full stop and as I said I will take out that system blower if I feel it's doing nothing useful. It was only £3 so I thought "funk it" - it's worth a try as the 7950GX2's can let off a fair bit of heat.

The optional Antec that I may put in between the PSU and HDDs are quiet anyway imo. But just to help, I may set that to low or medium. But as I said, I dunno if I'm gonna put that in anyway. Chances are my Tuniq Tower won't fit in so it'll hvae to replace one of the 38mm thick fans.

Jesus. All this talk about fans is sending me giddy. Ach. It'll all pan out.... I hope!

Just to update.... THE TUNIQ TOWER FITS WITH 2x 38mm thick fans at the back! YAY! :woot:

Now only a few more things (2 mods and a monitor!) and it's all sorted and the benching begins!.. Oh and to try my best and tidy up the cables. Although the OCZ GXS ain't the best for Cable length! - So it's not gonna look the best!

2 pics here:

http://www.marcrigby.co.uk/Rig4/PCBUILD8.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/649/img3757ea0.jpg

Man it is sure messy in that case >.<

I love the gear. Hopefully you can get that mess sorted out :D.

lol.

It would be nice too. It looks like I'mm gonna have to run the cables down the sides of the 5.25" bay and onto the floppy bay too. That way the air still goes through the middle and it won't make a difference when the cover is on as it'll "effectively" have the cables running as though they were attached to the side panels.

I don't recommend the OCZ GXS for the P180 now that I have it tho :(

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That is quite a bit of alcohol mate :)

lol. It is indeed! But I'm not a lager drinker. More of a spirit man, so it wouldn't get as much "liquid". he he

This baby come today BTW:

(*Lovely shot of old being eclipsed by new!*)

http://www.marcrigby.co.uk/Crockett/015.jpg

Nice one mate.

I see the tuniq fit in nicely when hung vertically :woot:

Time for me to start a project build thread too :D

Yup it did fit well m8. Really well! loads of clearance.

I have a steady hand so it wasn't for me, did it easily... but it could be a bugger to someone else to screw in the upper left mobo screw.

The rheostat that comes with the TT120 doesn't fit properly in the slot. Well, it fits but it's a fight to get it through. I dunno why I put it on, it'll be constantly on HIGH setting.

The airflow is awesome. I have a Delta at the front, blowing through the TT120, which blows through the rear 120mm fan. If you look at the picture up the page, you can see what I'm on about.

The 120mm at the top of the cage don't actually help that much. It may when the case is all sealed up, but it actually slows the TT120 fan don't by around 50 - 90RPM. - Yes I'm that sad I studied it on Asus Probe. :lol: - but it's not that bad as it will take more heat from the most upper heatpipe / top of the TT120.

Either way the CPU idles at 33, and when that Delta is switched on, it drops to 31. - Case temp is 30, when Delta is on it drops to 27/28!

Well I think it's time I showed some sort of results!

After some OC'ing, temp shown is from within the CPU. Under the IHS:

Only put 1.4v to the CPU and 2v to memory:

3D Mark 06 comparison (with old 2.7ghz and new 3.33ghz): LINK HERE.

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1935/3djl4.png

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/8607/latestocce8.png

I have one question about your rig Moomraker.

Is their a proformace difference that the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 has over the 7,200 rpm WD HDD's?

I'm asking because I have only used Wester Digital and I am seeing more and more reviewers and enthusiasts using this HDD. My searches has come up empty.


By the way your pc makes me what to... :bows: at you knees.

Thanks for the comment on my rig! - I'm loving it and the E6600 is just AWESOME!

I defintely find the Raptor quicker than the Barracuda. I've read reviews when it says that it's a few seconds here and there, but for me, I notice it. For definite.

I'd only recommend Raptor's if you have the money. Cos they are STUPIDLY priced for what they are. It's over £1.20 per megabyte here in the UK which is extortionate, but I guess it is aimed at a specific market (Servers, and now gamers).

I only got one because I didn't neet 640GB HDD space at all, and I didn't want to do RAID.

Also, my WD runs 5°c cooler than the Seagate, but having said that I guess that depends on where your fans are placed!

Here are some comparisons I just run with HD Tune for you:

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/860...tor74gbdm2.png http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7...10320gbgn9.png

[WD Raptor 74GB] [Seagate Barracuda 7100.10 320GB]

Thank you for the insight. Thoes images were exactly what I was interested in seeing. :)

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Thank you for the insight. Thoes images were exactly what I was interested in seeing. :)

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No probs m8. Happy to help.


Now for me... this is my latest OC :D

Beat the 3.4ghz that I always wanted to get to!

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/9551/latestocpb7.png

Looking good mate. Here's a sneak peak of mine:

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/1...63forumou5.jpg

Im going to trading standards with this one company seriously ******* me around after over 4 weeks. Ordered the same bits from scan and aria today, and they have already despatched.

Ive gone for the new corsair Hx 520W psu over the probably not quite as stable tagan. Im about to set up my new rig thread with pics etc :D

Looks awfully clean in there. Agreed no PCI-E in the GPU yet, but still.

Don't you just find it stupid where they put the audio cable for the optical drives?!?!?

Ye a little too clean atm, but il try to hide every cable possible.

O b.t.w, spread the word to people to NEVER EVER USE www.westavon-systems.co.uk. Absolute pain in the :banana: :banana: :banana:. they have ignored my last 3 e-mails since i started getting annoyed and demanding to know what teh hell is going on with my order. Il be speaking to trading standards later on this week if i get no more replies to more emails that i will be sending.

Here's the last of the pics! - Until I upgrade again (maybe GPU card in the near future!)

MODDED OCZ 700w PSU:

The PSU opened up with new RED LED fan
http://www.marcrigby.co.uk/Rig4/IMG_3793.JPG

In action with mod
http://www.marcrigby.co.uk/Rig4/IMG_3800.JPG

In case w/ keyboard in front view too
http://www.marcrigby.co.uk/Rig4/IMG_3803.JPG


FAN BAY MOD:

Packaging
http://www.marcrigby.co.uk/Rig4/IMG_3784.JPG

With stock 80mm fan (which was a Yate Loon, but push barely any CFM)
http://www.marcrigby.co.uk/Rig4/IMG_3788.JPG

With 80cfm Delta 80mm fan
http://www.marcrigby.co.uk/Rig4/IMG_3794.JPG

Front of P180 with fan bay mod
http://www.marcrigby.co.uk/Rig4/IMG_3796.JPG

Poor shot, but this is the finito look w/ modded Rhebous, PSU, keyboard and mouse.
http://www.marcrigby.co.uk/Rig4/IMG_3807.JPG

nice rig ya got there... congrats :woot: :banana:

Looking good:cool:

niiice ;)

Hey guys,
I'm new to this forum, and to building computers, so please bear with me. I just built my first rig, and it's got the e6600 processor and the Asus P5B deluxe mboard. I mistakenly tried to plug 3 IDE hard drives in at once, and it fried one of them. It had a lot of really important stuff on it, and I don't want the same thing to happen to the one that still works. Right now I have 1 80 gig hard drive plugged in, with 2 partitions. I recently bought 2 SATA hard drives. I don't think I need RAID, and one HD is half the size of the other anyway. Here is my question: How do I install the SATA hard drives without losing information on my IDE hard drive? Can they even work simultaneously? Thanks very, very much for your time guys.

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Hey guys,
I'm new to this forum, and to building computers, so please bear with me. I just built my first rig, and it's got the e6600 processor and the Asus P5B deluxe mboard. I mistakenly tried to plug 3 IDE hard drives in at once, and it fried one of them. It had a lot of really important stuff on it, and I don't want the same thing to happen to the one that still works. Right now I have 1 80 gig hard drive plugged in, with 2 partitions. I recently bought 2 SATA hard drives. I don't think I need RAID, and one HD is half the size of the other anyway. Here is my question: How do I install the SATA hard drives without losing information on my IDE hard drive? Can they even work simultaneously? Thanks very, very much for your time guys.

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you sould make your own topic in XtremeSystems Forums > Hardware > General Hardware > storage :stick:

will do thanks :)