Custom built computer

[splodger15]

Does anyone have a custom built computer.

Here is mine the specs are not good at the moment but i am planning for a upgrade at the end of january

The pics were taken on my phone so they are not that good

The specs are as follows:

AMD ATHLON XP 2700+
OS:WINDOWS XP
80GB MAXTOR HARD DRIVE
512MB RAM
RADEON X1600 512 MB
MOTHERBOARD: Quasar (MS6786) V1.0 µATX motherboard SOCKET 462/A
JEANTECH - ACHILLES GAMING CASE
x2 12inch neon lights
x4 fans 2 blue and 2 red,green,blue
green cable covers

This is what it will be upgraded to

-------Motherboard----------
Asus P5B Deluxe / WIFI - AP

-----------CPU-----------
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600


---------Graphics Card-------------

512MB Sapphire Radeon x1950 Pro x2 for crossfire mode



---------CPU Cooler-----------
Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro


----------Memory Ram------------
Corsair TwinX XMS2

[dejkirkby]

Wow, I couldn't cope with such a small HDD. Should be sweet after upgrading.

[steve-b]

I know what you mean...I got a 120 gig with my latest machine thinking I'd never fill it. 3 months later...yeah it's full.

[dejkirkby]

I have a 250GB in my Desktop, a 80GB in my laptop and a 300GB LaCie Brick External, and I'll be buying a new Brick soon, hopefully a 500GB. It's amazing how the space fills.
Saying that though, I've still got 199GB left on my Desktop and 35GB left on the laptop. Must be because I transfer loads of shit to the Brick for archiving and back-up.

[splodger15]

I might go for the hitachi deskstar drive

[dejkirkby]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/hitachi-deskstar-400GB-ide-hard-drive_W0QQitemZ180071429046QQihZ008QQcategoryZ1617 8QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180071429046
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-x-Hitachi-Deskstar-T7K250-SATA-250gb-2yrWarranty-N-R_W0QQitemZ170068278383QQihZ007QQcategoryZ16178QQr dZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item170068278383
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hitachi-Deskstar-400GB-SATA150-HDD-in-ICY-BOX_W0QQitemZ180071335531QQihZ008QQcategoryZ16178Q QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180071335531
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hitachi-Deskstar-0A31619-7K500-500GB-3-5-inch-Hard-Disk_W0QQitemZ330072856129QQihZ014QQcategoryZ16178 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item330072856129

[splodger15]

Thanks for the links dejkirkby

[Zion]

that pc looks awesome, really cool lights and case

[quzar]

Asus K8N-DL motherboard
2x Opteron 246's (2.0ghz and with SSE3)
1x 1 gig dual channel kits pc3200 reg ecc ram (2-3-2-5)
BBA x1900 AIW
150GB 10k rpm Raptor
2x 250GB 7.2k rpm HDDs

then the 1tb NAS Coffee Box.

I built them both at the end of this past summer to replace my failing dual athlon system, which I had had for the better part of 5 years and was already in the 2.1 version (i kept track of it's 'version' based on hardware revisions i made. it jumped to 2.0 when i had to replace the motherboard).

[dejkirkby]

Asus K8N-DL motherboard
2x Opteron 246's (2.0ghz and with SSE3)
1x 1 gig dual channel kits pc3200 reg ecc ram (2-3-2-5)
BBA x1900 AIW
150GB 10k rpm Raptor
2x 250GB 7.2k rpm HDDs

then the 1tb NAS Coffee Box.

That's some good shit!

[hockey2112]

Hey guys, I am getting a new mobo because my ECS mobo is crapping out on me. I have an Athlon X2 4600 Dual-core CPU (compat. with socket 939).

Can you give me your opinion on these boards, and give me any other suggestions? I am looking for something in the $80-150 (US) range that has one or two firewire plugs, PCI-Express, DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) support, SATA capable. I will primarily use it for graphics (photoshop, etc) and video processing (capturing, converting, authoring DVD's, etc)... not much gaming.



ASUS
Asus A8R-MVP Socket939/ATI RD480/2PCI-E/SATA2 Motherboard $122.99 North Bridge ATI CrossFire Radeon Xpress 3200 & South Bridge ULi M1575 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131004
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard $132.99 North Bridge NVIDIA nForce4 SLI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131540

GIGABYTE
GIGABYTE GA-K8N Pro-SLI Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard with 1394b $99.99 North Bridge NVIDIA nForce4 SLI http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128301
GIGABYTE GA-M55SLI-S4 Socket AM2/ nForce4 SLI/ DDR2/ SATA2/ ATX Motherboard $92.99 North Bridge NVIDIA nForce4 SLI http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2436198&Tab=2&NoMapp=0
GIGABYTE GA-M55PLUS-S3G ATX Socket AM2 Motherboard for AMD Athlon 64 X2 $119.99 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 (Northbridge) & NVIDIA nForce 430 (Southbridge) http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=BROWSE&N=200137+4294964965+4294964951&Ne=303962&product_code=340656&Pn=ATX_Socket_AM2_Motherboard_for_AMD_Athlon_64_X2
GIGABYTE GA-M51GM-S2G ATX Socket AM2 Motherboard for AMD Athlon 64 64 FX, Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Sempron $114.99 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 (Northbridge) & NVIDIA nForce 430 (Southbridge) http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=BROWSE&N=200137+4294964965+4294964951&Ne=303962&product_code=52191798&Pn=ATX_Socket_AM2_Motherboard_for_AMD_Athlon_64_64 _FX#ts


Here is a post that lists all of my computer's specs, as well as the issues I am currently having: http://dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=324773#post324773

[jman420]

I have a computer I built :p

CPU: AMD Athlon XP +2400 (2ghz)
RAM: 512mb DDR 2100 - 512mb DDR 3200 (total of 1gb)
MB: Shuttle MN31-N
GPU: Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 128mb DDR
HD's: 20gb ATA-100, 20gb ATA-100, 40gb ATA-100
Disc Drives: 16x DVD-ROM, 16x DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive
O/S: Windows XP Home

Monitor: 21" Sony Trinitron

--------------------------------------------

what I am going to upgrade to

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2ghz)
MB: Gigabyte M55SLI-S4
RAM: 2gb Dual Channel PC6400 DDR2
GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 640mb GDDR3
HD: 750gb S-ATA (with external 500gb USB 2.0 HD)
Disc Drives: DVD-RW, DVD-ROM
O/S: Windows Vista Home Premium

Monitor: 21" Sony Trinitron

[acn010]

lol, min is a crappy compaq pentium 3 1.00GHZ with NVIDIA GeForce2 graphic card, which is enough for me to do graphics, 1X 250GB IDE HDD connected to IDE to ATA converter, and 1GB RAM, the OS is: Windows XP Professional Edition :P
I need serious upgrade