Hi bilbat:
I hope you had a great day.
Everything has arrived and assembled. I hope I didn't make a mess.
Here are updates of the items for the build:
1) ZALMAN CNPS9900LED 120mm 2 Ball CPU Cooler
2) OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ600MXSP 600W ATX12V V2.2 / EPS12V SLI 80 PLUS Modular Active Power Supply
3) Sunbeam RHK-BA Rheobus 5.25" Bay 4 Channel 20W Fan Controller Panel (Black)
4) SAPPHIRE 100259L Radeon HD 4870 512MB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Video Card
5) GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard
6) mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
7) Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 Yorkfield 2.83GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor
8) ZALMAN ZM - F3 120mm Case Fan: Quantity 5, (2 intakes, 2 exhaust, 1 internal 5.25 bay cooler)
10) Arctic Cooling ACF12PWM Arctic Fan 12 120mm Case Fan (Rear Exhaust connected via SYS_FAN2, with a (top-rear exhaust mounted)Zalman ZM-FS wired through the Artic's piggy back connector) The 3 pin plug to send fan RPM signal to motherboard is left unplugged due to no more open sockets on the motherboard.
10) Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 7,200RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
11) Zalman GS1000 Full Tower ATX Case Black
12) Super-WriteMaster Dual/Double Layer 22x DVD±RW Burner OEM SATA
MODIFICATIONS:
1. Scythe Bay Rafter 3.5" to 5.25" Drive Bay Adapter
2. Scythe Kaze Jyu Slim 100mm 1,000RPM Case Fan (Modded to fit as Intake at bottom of front 3.5 bays under Hard Drives) connected to UD3P's PWR_FAN,
3. 50mm 12v pentium III CPU cooler fan on NB chipset heat sink. Attached with DAP Household Sealant 100% silicone. Connected to SYS_FAN1.
After a few weeks I will get two more sticks of mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) and a sata 1TB Sata HD.
The WD 320GB sata is (hot swap) connected to the UD3P's SATA2_1 via the ZM-HS100's PCB SATA2_1 port. The ZM-HS100 Hot Swap PCB board is powered by two 4-pin 12v molex power connectors and the UD3P's SATA2_1, SATA2_2 are linked to the PCB's SATA2_1 and SATA2_2 accordingly. When the other sata 1TB Sata HD is installed, it will be (hot swap) connected to the UD3P's SATA2_2 via the ZM-HS100's PCB SATA2_2 port. The ZM-HS100's PCB SATA2_3 port is left unoccupied for space for the Scythe Kaze Jyu Slim 100mm 1,000RPM Case Fan to cool the bottom drives. Any additional sata HDs will be direct linked to the UD3P's SATA2_4 and SATA2_5 ports. SATA2_3 is reserved for an additional Optical SATA when it is added on.
Super-WriteMaster Dual/Double Layer 22x DVD±RW Burner OEM SATA directly connected to UD3P's SATA2_0
The Sunbeam RHK-BA Rheobus 5.25" Bay 4 Channel 20W Fan Controller, has four Zalman ZM-F3 120mm fans connected: (1) Top-front exhaust. (2) Bottom-rear intake. (3) Bottom-front intake. (4) Scythe Bay Rafter 3.5" to 5.25" Drive Bay Adapter.
1 x Dual eSATA PCI Expansion Bracket are connected to UD3P's (GSATA2_0, GSATA2_1) and powered by a 4-pin molex connection from PSU.
Zalman GS1000 Full Tower ATX Case (Front I/O port):
USB x 2 (connected to UD3P's F_USB_1 header)
IEEE 1394a firewire (connected to UD3P's IEEE F1_1394 header)
AUDIO AZAZLIA(HD) (connected to UD3P's F_AUDIO header)
(Power Button) POWER_LED 3-pin (connected to UD3P's PWR_LED header)
(Power Button) POWER_SW (connected to UD3P's PW [power switch] F_PANEL header)
The cables are left loosely tied with temporary tie wraps and paint tape until a stable set up is maintained and they can be secured with cable ties for a more long term placement.
Here are the pics:
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I was hoping to OC the processor to about 3.2GHZ or a speed that will be easiest to adjust with the mushkin ram.
I don't think over-clocking is needed for the Sapphire video card.
Thank you for your time and help.
I would appreciate your expertise in this matter.
GOS