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02-10-2010, 03:27 PM
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My first home built PC
Yeah yeah yeah... I am a bit behind on this. But I made up for it by building one NASTY PC! All SATA rig. Say no to IDE!
Specs: AMD Phenom II x4 955 Black Edition 3.2GHz ASUS M4A78T-e mobo Corsair XMS3 6GB DDR3 triple channel 1600MHz RAM PNY 9800 GTX XLR8 Black Edition 1GB DDR3 BFG GT220 1GB DDR5 (dedicated PhysX card) > not pictured Seagate 750GB 7200.12RPM HDD WD 500GB "Green" HDD WD 320GB "Backup" HDD > not pictured Windows 7 Ultimate 64 OCZ 700w dual PCIe Stealthpower PSU > not pictured Aspire X-sniperG type X mid tower LG DVD-RW DL (sata) LG Multi card reader Rockfish PCI USB port x6 Antec 120MM LED intake fan Antec 120MM extraction fan Antec 88MM LED intake fan Next up Corsair H50 water cooler & 2GB more RAM. And maybe 2 HD5770's in SLI. Pics:     All not pictured items just added. Snapped a quick pic of the new bits installed: 
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02-10-2010, 08:22 PM
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Re: My first home built PC
I just can't wrap my brain around water going through my PC, so I built mine without going that route.
I have the 940 Black, and it cooks. But like all monsters, you gotta keep it chilled. If the fans go south, it'll start to let the smoke out of the wires right now. Have fun
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The Worm  _______________ June '91 Claret LSL #1733, Enkei RS-5's x 16", Original Paint, accompanied by Beautifully speckeled Front Bumper, Sony Audio Components, Small Car Shift Kit, "How to" Hood Lifts {Perfect}, "15 Minute Suspension Mod" Motorsport Floor Mats. Perma-Cool External T. Filter, New Front Axels {1/2008}. "Classic Radiators" unit "$36 coil alternative" and Tranny rebuild at 287k 8/2012 '05 Infinity G35 Coupe. No Mods, 33K Miles
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02-10-2010, 09:51 PM
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Re: My first home built PC
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Lots of input, and it still holds up to it though. Superbike, and others can be a lot more fun now that I don't have to deal with the hiccups. It does eat up the SETI packets. Lots of mathyness.
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The Worm _______________ June '91 Claret LSL #1733, Enkei RS-5's x 16", Original Paint, accompanied by Beautifully speckeled Front Bumper, Sony Audio Components, Small Car Shift Kit, "How to" Hood Lifts {Perfect}, "15 Minute Suspension Mod" Motorsport Floor Mats. Perma-Cool External T. Filter, New Front Axels {1/2008}. "Classic Radiators" unit "$36 coil alternative" and Tranny rebuild at 287k 8/2012 '05 Infinity G35 Coupe. No Mods, 33K Miles Last edited by ShiuludeSVX; 02-10-2010 at 09:53 PM.
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02-10-2010, 11:03 PM
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Re: My first home built PC
Looks good!
My old gaming rig is somewhat antiquated now, and since it's being used by the family while I'm away at school it's pretty much loaded down with useless junk. When it was new it could run Oblivion or Flight Sim X flat out without any problem. The liquid cooling system was pretty sweet. I didn't like the recommended locations for the radiator though. It was suggested to mount it to the back of the computer where the exhaust fan normally goes. My problem with this is that the lines had to be run through an expansion slot, which could cause chafing. Also, being on the back it was drawing already warm air out of the case to "cool" the rad. My solution was to remove the lower hard drive bays, mount the rad inside the case at the intake location, and then run a duct to a large hole cut in the floor of the case.  
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Chris 92 Ebony Mica LS-L "A Rolling Restoration": 223,250 KM - Sleeping 2007 STi 6MT, Stance GR+ coilovers, PWR Rad, JDM hood badge, svxfiles 6000K HIDs, JDM Clear Corners, $15/15 min mod, $20/20 min mod, Energy Swaybar Bushings, Hella Supertones horns, Gold STi BBS rims, Group A lightweight crank pulley, A/C system removed, Custom header-back exhaust, Hybrid carbon/metal rear sway bar, restored headlights with CCFL halos 2008 Subaru Legacy Spec B - Diamond Grey Metallic - Sold 2020 Ram 1500 Longhorn - Red Pearl Last edited by Crazy_pilot; 02-10-2010 at 11:09 PM.
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02-10-2010, 11:08 PM
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Re: My first home built PC
Who've seen home PCs getting cooled with water and.... Rads!?
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Danny 1994 Silver SVX in hybernation, awaiting for the monsterous awakening (Lebanon)  1967 Mercedes-Benz 250SL Euro Specs, Hard/Softtop, White/Red. Under Complete Restoration 2013 Mercedes-Benz SL350 Euro Specs, White/Red. Mint... Another step into SL Collection. 
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02-11-2010, 09:52 PM
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Re: My first home built PC
The still current incarnation of my beast:
 Rest of the album: http://picasaweb.  .com/icingdeath88/ComputerStuff#It's more than 6 years old, but here's the specs: AMD Athlon FX 55 overclocked to 2.9GHz, 1MB L2 - Single core, but one of the fastest single-core processors ever made. Overvolted from 1.30V to 1.55V (a lot). 34 C at idle, 45ish under load. 2 Gigs of ram 8800 GTS 320 graphics - annihilates Folding@home work units 4 random hard drives totaling about 600 gigs Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, previously Windows Server 08 x64 hacked to be a workstation. Logitech g15 2nd gen keyboard, MX 518 mouse Logitech z5500 speakers Customized Xigmatek heatpipe tower w/ 120mm fan. The intake, CPU, and exhaust fans are perfectly lined up. The northbridge also has a little heatpipe tower of its own that blows extra air into the graphics card above it. Northbridge is 30C under load. Basically room-temp, despite being overclocked. Basically a perfectly air-cooled system. Hooked up to both a 21.6" Samsung monitor and the 32" HDTV in the living room, so I can use it from either place. Also have extra mouse/keyboard in the living room. Primary function is playing Team Fortress 2 from my couch in HD. All that said, Nice rigs guys. I like the choices of the black editions, unlocked multipliers make for very flexible and easy overclocking. That's why I got my FX.
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