This is my new 3-week old, self-built mATX system. £800 (Mobo, RAM + CPU, Case + PSU)

Silverstone TJ08 case, SIlverstone 450W PSU and:

Mainboard : Gigabyte 965GM-S2
Chipset : Intel P965
Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 @ 2666 MHz
Physical Memory : 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM ) - 1000 speed
Video Card : Nvidia Corp Quadro FX 3400/4400 [BR02GL]
Hard Disk : IBM-DTLA (77 GB)
Hard Disk : ST316002 (160 GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : PLEXTOR DVDR PX-716A
Monitor Type : IBM IBM L191p - 19 inchs
Network Card : Marvell Semiconductor (Was: Galileo Technology Ltd) Marvell Semiconductor (Was: Galileo Technology Ltd)
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 2
DirectX : Version 9.0c (November 2006)

Runs like a charm

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Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike Social outcasts are often of the opinion that they must have a drink before being able to loosen up with their inhibitions, thus being able to have a good time. There's a word that sums up this sort of behaviour, and that word is 'reject.'

AMD XP 3000+
1 Gig Ram
9600XT Radeon
160 Gig Hard Drive
Audigy Sound Card
17" Monitor
HP Printer
Kodak Digital Camera
Wacom Tablet

Keeps me happy, a bit slow but not bad really. I don't really play games I just use it for image editing and tinkering about with music.

AMD XP 3000+
1 Gig Ram
9600XT Radeon
160 Gig Hard Drive
Audigy Sound Card
17" Monitor
HP Printer
Kodak Digital Camera
Wacom Tablet

Keeps me happy, a bit slow but not bad really. I don't really play games I just use it for image editing and tinkering about with music.

Just upgraded my production PC to a:

Pentium D (Presler) 3.4Ghz
2GB Ram
200GB HD
7600GT
2496 Audiophile

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Desktop:

Kinda been constantly upgrading this computer over the past few years.

Abit motherboard
P4 2.6GHz
1.5GB RAM
Diamond X1650 Pro ATI-based video card
Dual DVI Monitors - Viewsonic 23" and LG 20"
Diamond 7.1 video card
3 hard drives totalling 600GB
Logitech Dinovo bluetooth keyoboard and mouse
Overpriced Altec Lansing FX 6021 Speakers

Laptop:

Sony Vaio SZ370

Intel core 2 duo 2.00GHz
2GB RAM
Nvidia video card
120GB SATA HD

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"Fight the battle against dysphoria!"

ASUS P4C800 Deluxe Mothership
P4 3.2 Northwood (Zalman Fan)
I GB RAM
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Zalman Fan)
160 GB SATA HD
19" iiyama vision master CRT
Windows XP
8 Mb Broadband
400W Q Technology PSU
EMU 1820m Soundcard

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When I first got my computer, it sounded like an aeroplane. I got it without the zalman fans and with a supposed 350W cheapo PSU...

When I first used the DVD drive I found a CD called 'cracking wee tunes' in the tray! I thought it was odd and considered the possibilities that a) the builder was listening to tunes while building or b) it was a used drive. Hold that thought for now...

About 2 weeks later I was using my PC when I heard a loud bang, my PC failed and wouldn't switch back on. I took the PC back to the store where they said it had been fitted with a 300W PSU instead of the 350W I paid for. Three days later it was 'fixed'. At this time I wasn't able to build PCs so I wasn't confident enough to open it up and check.

A few months later I had some PC building experience under my belt from college so I decided to have a go at installing quiet fans/PSU. When I opened my PC I realised that I had been given another fucking 300W PSU! Then when I changed the CPU fan I found I had a 3.2 Northwood instead of the £30 dearer Prescott I paid for. I found out the Northwood outperforms the Prescott at this speed but that wasn't the point! So I phoned the store and told them about it, asking for a refund. I had a years warranty and was 9 months into it but they said that was too late. I was fuming but couldn't see what I could do about it.

This was World Of Computers in Glasgow, Scotland. So now I've told shitloads of people about my experience and I reckon they've lost way over the £30 I was rightly due because I'll reccommend other shops to people.

Eh, yeah.

Currently in the process of being built:
(Hardware with asterisks are bought)

* Asus P5W DH Motherboard (Crossfire Ready)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Corsair XMS2 2GB RAM 240-Pin DDR2 800Mhz
* Silverstone SST-ST56F 560W Power Supply
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB Hard Drive
ASUS Radeon EAX1600PRO 512MB Video Card (Crossfire Ready)
* Thermalright SI-128 Heatsinker
* (2x) Delta Triple Blade High Speed 120x38mm (1 case, 1 CPU)
* Sunbeam Fan Controller (4 Fans)
* Samsung DVD Burner
* NZXT Apollo Case w/ 2 Stock 120mm Fans
* Logitech X530 5.1 Speaker System

- I havent decided on a monitor, but it'll be atleast 19"
- Computer will also be hooked up to a 32" LCD for movies.

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Originally posted by Coup Vlad wins. Flawless victory.

Heres my machine

Antec 900 Gaming Case



Mainboard : DFI Lanparty UT UV Exp
Processor : AMD Opteron 185 Denmark 2.6GHz Socket 939 Dual Core (Great for Overclocking)
Heatsink: VIGOR GAMING CLT-M2A 92mm Thermal Electric CPU Cooler

Physical Memory : 4094 CORSAIR XMS 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 422(PC3200) 4X's
Video Card : BFG GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 OC HDCP

Hard Disk : View Pic Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s (2X's)
Hard Disk : ST3400632A (400 GB SATA)

DVD-Rom Drive : Samsung SuperWriteMaster 18x Internal Double-Layer DVD±RW/CD-RW Drive SATA
Monitor Type :
Samsung SyncMaster 22" Widescreen Flat-Panel TFT-LCD Monitor 225BW

Network Card : Generic Marvell Yukon Chipset based Ethernet Controller
Operating System : Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit
DirectX : Version X

Sound Card: View Pic Creative SOUND BLASTER X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Sound Card
Computer Speakers: Logitech® Z-5450 Digital 5.1 Speaker System
Mouse and Keybroad: Logitech MX Revolution Wireless Laser Mouse and Ideazon - MERC Gaming Keyboard ZXP-1000 (Wanted the Logiech G15 but way too many problems with Windows Vista)

Last edited by AddictedTo1982 on Mar-02-2007 at 14:04