The White Elephant is Alive

To replace the bung large laptop I’ve gone and build a big white desktop.

Here’s most of the boxes as they sat on the table Friday night:

Brains go in here:

And here’s the brains:

Here’s what keeps the brains cool:

Some RAMs:

No idea, just a pretty bit of the motherboard:

Believe it or not, this actually works:

See, it boots (using the TV as a monitor for the moment – gotta get round to ordering one…):

Having installed stuff and satisfied myself that most of the things must be connected the right way I did a bit of a cable mangement tidy up exercise and a few random angle photos::

And a couple of shots of it closed up:

Thanks to the folks at the Whirlpool Forums for advice on components and set up.

And in case you’re wondering, here’s the geek out on the specs:

CPU: Intel Core i7 2600
HSF: Zalman CNPS10X Performa
Mobo: ASUS P8P67 PRO Motherboard
RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws XL F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL (2x4GB) DDR3
GPU: Inno3D GeForce GTX 570 1280MB
SSD: OCZ Vertex 2 80GB SSD
HDD: 3x Western Digital Green 2TB WD20EARS
ODD: Lite-On IHAS524 24x DVDRW Super AllWrite
Case: CoolerMaster CM 690 II Advanced White
PSU: Silverstone Strider Plus 750W
WL: TP-Link TL-WN951N Wireless N PCI Adapter