Custom PC's Thread

[Hy8us]

Dunno if there was a thread like this or not so I made one.

Just wanted to post some pics and stats of my new pc I built. And possibly some of future projects...

This is my latest, total came to around $400-550(shocked) all parts came from TigerDirect.com they ROCK!(boobs) (humpleg)

Case: Ultra Grid
Power Supply: Ultra 500w modular w/ UV reactive wires, clear case 2 80mm led fans
Motherboard: Biostar micro ATX socket 775, AGP P4m800 pro M7
CPU: Intel Pentium D (dual core) 915 2.8ghz DT 800FSB
CPU cooler: Thermalake Golden orb 2
Sound: onboard
Graphics: crap 256 pny, soon to be 512 ATI-Radeon x1650 pro ddr
Memory: Kingston 1 gig 1.8v DDr2
Hard drive: WD 80g serial
Bay devices: Lite-on dvd/cd burner 32x, Cooler Master hard drive cooler
Other: 2 4inch cold cathode blue tubes, 5feet blue glow wire, pci led fans blue

pics

Ill try to get some pics up of my current project, i'm putting a 3.2ghz 775 chip in a microfly atx case with some goodies of its own. hard working on these shoe box pcs though...

 

[Hy8us]

i know my wire maintinace (sp) is crap so dont (flame2) me! lol j/k

 

[clicknext]

Nice lookin rig there! But that's a pretty small hard drive for a powerful rig like that, ain't it?

I've been trying to find ways to make a cool but quiet rig for not too much money. Right now I'm running 4 case fans in mine + 2 in the PSU all at low speeds to try to keep the noise down. But I need the airflow because my CPU's overclocked from 2.6 to 3.2, and vid card from 400 to 500.

 

[Hy8us]

Nice lookin rig there! But that's a pretty small hard drive for a powerful rig like that, ain't it?

I've been trying to find ways to make a cool but quiet rig for not too much money. Right now I'm running 4 case fans in mine + 2 in the PSU all at low speeds to try to keep the noise down. But I need the airflow because my CPU's overclocked from 2.6 to 3.2, and vid card from 400 to 500.

the 2 120s in my case are loud as hell, but they cool it like a champ. if you can see the interior temp gauge inside the case there thats the idle temp in Celcius, and thats running a dual core.

 

[altspace]

Heh...I had the same mouse pad. Then one day it just stopped working. Yes, we've had threads on PC builds before.

 

[Doodsmack]

Case: AMS
Power Supply: Antec SmartPower 500W
Motherboard: ASUS A8N-E Ultra ATX nForce4
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Sound: onboard
Speakers: Klipsch ProMedia 2.1
Graphics: ATI x1600PRO 512MB GDDR2
Memory: Corsair 2GB PC3200
Hard drive: WD 160GB SATA
Bay devices: Lite-on DVD-ROM, Lite-on CD-RW
Other: Rainbow Six Vegas, Command and Conquer 3, Guild Wars, Battlefield 2, Starcraft

 

[Doodsmack]

and here's my old crappy dell:

 

[clicknext]

Heh...I had the same mouse pad. Then one day it just stopped working. Yes, we've had threads on PC builds before.

LOL I'm guessing it still worked as a mouse pad, though.

 

[altspace]

Hehe...Guess I should have mentioned the "LEDS" stopped lighting up. It has a hard plastic surface, so it was no different than my desk.

 

[Hy8us]

i just installed my new ati 1650 512ddr2 this thing is awesome!

btw doodsmack, how well does your rig run BF2??i was thinking of upgrading to 2gs of ram

 

[altspace]

I have 2GB of ram. My PC runs perfect.

 

[Doodsmack]

runs BF2 very smooth....although since upgrading to vista i have noticed a little bit of slowdown here and there. i am one of the ones that can devastate with the choppers' laser-guided missiles, cause my computer can actually keep up with the missile .

 

[k-lea]

s00b.

 

[gimpo2]

Right now i have almost the same system as Doodsmack its pretty funny
Case: ??? its black '
Power Supply: Antec SmartPower 500W
Motherboard: ASUS K8N-E Ultra ATX nForce3
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3400+ OCed to 2.52 GHz
Sound: Sound Blast X-fi xtreme gamer no xram(its gave me like 5-10 FPS when i installed it)
Speakers: Hooked up to my home theatre 5.1
Graphics: NVidia 7600GS OC 512mb AGP
Memory: Kingston 1.5GB PC3200
Hard drive: Hitachi 160GB SATA
Bay devices: Sony? DVD-ROM, Plextor CD-RW
Other: WOW, Halflife 2, Farcry
I just got back into PC gamin. Mostly WOW Mmmmm crack

This will be my future system. Cost ~$1300 on newegg. I will be reusing many parts from my current system and things lying around.

Case: prolly same black one
Power Supply: same Antec SmartPower 500W (might need to upgrade for SLI)
Motherboard: ASUS P5N-E nForce650i SLI
CPU: INTeL Core2Duo E6600 2.4gh, 4mb L2 cache
Sound: same soundblaster x-fi
Speakers: same home theatre
Graphics: 2 x BFG Nvidia 8800GTS 320MB OC SLI (still undecided)
Memory: Corsair 2GB DDR2-800
Hard drive: 2 x Hitachi 320gb SATA 3gb/s RAID 0
Bay devices: same ole drives, might buy a dvd burner
Other:ummm i dunno WOW, Halflife2 upcoming episodes, Most likely Crysis *drool*


hahahah i even went and applied lastnight at the local CVS that my roomate works at for a night job so i can buy this sooner!

 

[2k3 PrO RiDa]

Case: Raidmax Smilodon
Power Supply: Ultra 500w
Motherboard: ECS KN-8T8(works fine to me for $45)
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3700+
Sound: 7.1 Creative Audigy 2
Speakers: 5.1 Creative T5400
Graphics: BFG 7600 GT OC
Memory: Corsair 1GB(512x2) PC3200
Hard drive: WD 120GB IDE, WD 250GB SATA
Bay devices: Pioneer DVD Burner/CD-RW
Other: COD 2, Company of Heroes, NFS Carbon, NFS Most Wanted, 3DSmax

 

[altspace]

runs BF2 very smooth....although since upgrading to vista i have noticed a little bit of slowdown here and there. i am one of the ones that can devastate with the choppers' laser-guided missiles, cause my computer can actually keep up with the missile .

Man I love BF2 and flying the whirly birds.

 

[altspace]

If only my 50" Sony could handle the resolution, that would be bad ass.

 

[k-lea]

Ugh, rub it in.

 

[HeavyH20]

Ugh, rub it in.

Just get a 30 inch LCD. Nice 2560x1600 resolution. I like it better than even a 40 inch with 1080P (1920x1080)

 

[k-lea]

Riiight. For all the components I have right now WITHOUT the monitor, I'm looking at a $1200 build. A 30" will put me at $239843284.