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Originally posted by Audious I just bought all the parts for my new computer, and I'm psyched. GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L Intel Motherboard SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 3870 512MB CrossFire Supported Video Card mushkin 650W Power Supply Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz (Gonna overclock to 3.2GHz) 4GB of RAM Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200RPM Hard Drive Acer 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor, 700:1 Contrast Ratio Windows Vista 64-Bit What are your builds?

oh no ! 2 more months til the 4870 ! well thena agian, that may be outside your budget.

im not going crossfire with my 3870 because im waiting for that.

also, if you want to keep your GPU cool, go with an "Arctic Cooling Accelero V2" 25 bucks and dropped my temps by 40 degrees, passively cooled.

I love doing computer builds, especially my own cause its tailored to exactly what i want. I built a dead silent system in an Antec P182. inaudible from under a meter when the door is closed. its loudest part is the 150GB Raptor.

oh and as for my build:

Modded Antec P182 (sse below)
ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Motherboard
AMD 6400+ BE Processor (going to 9850 and oc'ing to 3.2 soon
4 GB Corsair Ram (i forget what frequency) but the timings are 5-5-5-18, not the best but i didnt want to spend too much here
CPU cooler is a Zalman 9500 (to be changed to a scythe ninja)
corsair 650W power supply
WD raptor 150
WD 5000ABYS RE2 500GB enterprise drive
Pioneer DVD burner
Zalman fan controller
Ati 3870 with the above mentioned cooler
some old creative sound blaster audio card that i salvaged from my old system
not much elese i can think of.
4 1200 RPM Noctua 120mm fans.

Mods to my case:

cut all the fan grills away with tin snips (better airflow, less turbulence, less noise)
modded the horizontal slats on the front fan doors
nicked these 5.25" mesh bay covers from a friend's Antec 900 and installed an 80mm nexus fan behind to blow directly on the processor
cut away the top blowhole grill, but i think im gonna seal that since it appears to be detrimental to airflow.

And i did a sweet fucking cabling job, prob about 70+ zipties in my system.

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"Even me?" she said.
I thought, "Oh right, if I categorically eliminate all other people, it's just me and her. She'd like that.
"Especially you" I said.
"You are virtually the ring leader, the way I see it."
Then, I blew out the candle.

Last edited by mnemonic. on Apr-18-2008 at 20:25

My computer I bought in October:

c2d 2,677GHz
gigabyte p35 ds3
4GB pc6400 corsair
gforce 8800 gts
300+500 GB hdd


Getting new hardware is naice!


/nerd

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i think the big question here is, how many megaflops does it have?

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ALFI - BOHICA - DJ MIX (Stream+Dropbox)

That looks like something coming out of the Alien movies.

And I'm talking about that "something" that pops out from human hearts.

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Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
EVGA nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
2 x GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB ST3250620AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 XT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Seasonic S12 600W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply


Over a year old now but still easily does the mother fucking business

i built one a couple years ago for my parents. i'd have to look up all the specifics on it but from what i can remember:

opteron 165
western digital 250gb
2gb of g.skill
evga 7900gt
lian-li pc-7b plus II
abit motherboard (i forget the exact model)



i've been pretty happy with my laptop so i don't think i'll be doing another build in the near future.

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Originally posted by lucid pro tip: if you value your life, NEVER do anything that will place you "outside" of the jonze circle of trust.

I used to be into all that shit. But these days just buy nothing over £50 unless it's a monitor.

Fucking boring keeping up with all that stuff.

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i am seriously considering getting something going, i want some decent stuff but nearly anything is better than this pIII 800 hehe. it takes like 5 mins to start up, its bs and only running win2k|

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CPU: AMD 64 X2 4800+
BOARD: MSI K9N4 Ultra F socket AM2
RAM: 2 x 1024 PC6400 DDR2 dual channel 800mhz corsair
HD: Seagate 160gb 7200
GPU: Nvidia Geforce 8600GT

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Originally posted by biznology i am seriously considering getting something going, i want some decent stuff but nearly anything is better than this pIII 800 hehe. it takes like 5 mins to start up, its bs and only running win2k|

don't be knocking win2k,, it is one of the most stable windows os's

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Originally posted by jsibilin don't be knocking win2k,, it is one of the most stable windows os's

im not knocking it, ive been using it since 03 no problem. the fact my computer is from summer 00 and still running reasonably well is pretty amazing imo, its just getting somewhat obnoxious at this point, and i cant even load my mp3 player because i dont have xp!

but win 2k is sweet i would keep using it for awhile if it were at all possible|

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