CyberPowerPC - Unleash The Power

Well, noticed on Friday on the Order Status section that it had been collected by the courier, and was scheduled to be delivered today.

Checked the courier tracking on Saturday, and it was showing as being at my local branch ( got there at like 3am )

I phoned them up - to ask whether I would be able to come and collect it - as I was going to be in work on Monday, they said sure - no problem.

Drove up to the couriers, signed for the rig - had help carrying it to the car. Doh.... forgot... HAF932.... my car's too small. Yes guys, never buy a Subaru - the boot is actually crap, and you have a hard job sometimes squeezing grandma into the back seats :D

Carried rig back into couriers.

Drove 10 miles home.

Switched into the Celica...

Returned to couriers.... ( can you tell, I really wanted my PC !! LOL )

Finally managed to get it into the car, and bring it home.

Just a note to peeps that maybe having their rig delivered at present - when I picked mine up - it was in a warehouse - and it was absolutely freezing - when I got it home, and unboxed you could actually see condensation on the PSU etc - so I decided to leave it in my office for about 2 - 3 hrs for it to get to a normal room temperature before turning on - didnt want the PSU to go bang :D

Sorry for the bad pics - cant find my camera - so had to use the iPhone ( quality is rubbish )

I didnt take any photos of the wiring that I checked ( which I have to say, is a very nice job - i wouldnt have the patience to do something like that myself well worth £11 !! )

Thanks to Alan - and Luke, and anyone else at the CyberPower team - many thanks. One happy customer, who will definately be returning. Awesome service.











Edited by coxyuk - 21/Dec/2009 at 10:33

Noticed the temps were starting to creep up just before the weekend, thought I would give it a good clean with a can of compressed air - wow - only had this for around 4 months now - and the amount of dust is unreal !

Looking mint inside again, and running a good 2 - 3 degree's cooler. Guess thats my alert for when I need to get the air out again.

Still running solid as hell - and loving everything I am playing on it at the moment :D

Still running like a dream ( keeping it dust free :P )

Got fed up of the NXZT fan controller though - 9 batteries in 12 months !! :D

Decided to swap it out - and got a Scythe controller instead, and as this freed up an additional drive bay, got the Antec Veris Elite - Internal IR receiver. Dont use the remote control function that much, as its not really needed, I just liked the display more than anything :D

Swapped out the DVD RW for a Blu-Ray reader / DVD RW combo - and also swapped out the HD5850 for a GTX570



Edited by coxyuk - 07/Feb/2011 at 16:36

Originally posted by sunny Wow your setup looks EXACTALLY the same as mine.

You have good taste

Hahah yeah I bought really decent batteries on the last lot too - not sure why they died so quickly. Its probably cos the PC is only on for a few hours each evening, so the battery is being chewed trying to remember the date / time etc while its off.

Edited by coxyuk - 07/Feb/2011 at 17:21

So finally got around to flushing the system and have now also swapped out for some new piping. There was some serious residue in the system - havent really touched it apart from topping it up over the last 3 years.

Look at the colour of the old tubing, compared to the new ( bearing in mind this is a smoke free house !! the tubing looks yellow )



I've put some UV reactive anti-kink coiling on the tubing too, and it gives a really nice overall look I think







I've switched out all the fans, noise is pretty much the same as before, even though the fans are higher rated, and more RPM.

Can see about an 8 degree difference while its sat idle at the moment, just going to let it run for an hour or two before I put the graphics and sound cards etc back in - just to make sure theres no leaks. really pleased with the new look :D

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Edited by coxyuk - 14/Oct/2011 at 22:00

Wow the tubing gets a bit yellow, but bare in mind t is 3 years old

The new tubing looks ace! :D Very colourful