New computer build

ChaosWarlord26 · Post by **ChaosWarlord26** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:56 am

Alright guys I know it has been a few weeks since I have been on here. Work has been completely slammed and I have been doing a lot of computer side work as well. But in the midst of everything I have managed to acquire some new computer components to build me a new system. I know that Stipud is also very computer savvy and though he would enjoy this small thread.

The new desktop I am building is in a custom case and the specs are as follows:

Intel Core 2 Quad 8600 2.66ghz
Asus P5N-d Nvidia 750i Motherboard
Thermaltake Purepower 600 watt PSU
Thermaltake V1 AX CPU cooler
Western Digital 1TB HD
BFG Nvidia GTX260 GPU

For case cooling I will have 4 - 80 mm fans in the front pulling in air, 2 fans in the rear exhausting air, 1 fan in the top exhausting air, and 1 fan on the side exhausting air as well.

Here are the links for the products I am receiving.

http://www.cdwg.com/shop/products/defau ... DC=1831670
http://www.cdwg.com/shop/products/defau ... DC=1755685
http://www.cdwg.com/shop/products/defau ... DC=1680578
http://www.cdwg.com/shop/products/defau ... DC=1448316
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

The best part about all of this is that I only had to pay for the video card and 4 case fans. I will do my best to have pics up later this evening.

Post by **Eric D** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:05 pm

If all you had to buy was the card and some fans, that is a pretty good deal indeed.

With that many fans though, it might sound like a leaf blower.

I use water cooling in my main PC, but it still has one fan left in the power supply. Even with this one fan you cannot hear the system running.

Misfire · Post by **Misfire** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:56 pm

I am running an EVGA gtx 260, though mine is roughly what would be considered a 270 due to the factory mods it came with, I must state it is a Kickass card! Great choice. I also use an ASUS motherboard and have had no problems what so ever.

ChaosWarlord26 · Post by **ChaosWarlord26** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:27 am

I have to apologize for not getting oics up like I said, but I have an unforeseen issue arise. I am now down in my back an can barely even move this morning to get to work. I was actually moving this computer last night and my back gave a loud crack and that was all she wrote. I would say my PC would weigh in somewhere around 50lbs. and it was just an awkward twist when I was setting it down.

Post by **Eric D** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:21 am

Good luck with that.

A similar situation happened to me, other than it was a snowmobile not a computer. Five years and one back surgery later, I can get around, but lost half the feeling in my right foot so I don't walk well, and at least one day a week I can't get out of bed without a significant amount of effort and time.

I took my back for granted. Don't be like me. If you get it working again, make a conscious effort to take it easy on it the rest of your life and you probably won't have any more issues.

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:50 am

Nice deal on only having to pay for a fraction of the total cost!

joyride · Post by **joyride** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:14 am

Sounds like you will have a good build going there. Money has prohibited me from starting on my build. I was thinking of going with a q6600, but I think Im just going to save some more and get an i5.

I used to game quite a bit, but now my computer will mostly be for rendering with v-ray or NXT. Now I just use the PS3 for gaming.

Post by **stipud** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 11:14 am

Piecing together PCs always seems cheap until you add it all up at the end. Glad you lucked out and only had to pay for a few items. I found out the hard way that my custom built PC using cheap old used parts was just as expensive as a better new one in the end

gridracer · Post by **gridracer** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 11:43 am

Here is the computer specs from the one I built Oct. 2008
Thermaltake armour mx+ case
Asus rampage formula x48 motherboard
Intel Q9550 processor 2.83 ghz @ 3.5ghz
OCZ PLATINUM XTC PC2 6400 4GB 2X2 ddr2 dual channel ram
OCZ PLATINUM XTC PC2 6400 4GB 2X2 ddr2 dual channel ram
EVGA 9800GTX+
Seagate barracuda 640GB sata2 HDD X2
Thermaltake toughpower 750 watt psu

This one should last me forever or until something breaks I can't see me needing anything better.Here is a couple pics of it I take pics of everything.

dwnrodeo · Post by **dwnrodeo** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 12:55 pm

This one should last me forever or until something breaks I can't see me needing anything better.

I say the same thing about stereo equipment...

Post by **stipud** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:09 pm

dwnrodeo wrote:
This one should last me forever or until something breaks I can't see me needing anything better.
I say the same thing about stereo equipment...

10 year old stereo equipment is as good as today's stuff... 10 year old computers definitely aren't.

gridracer · Post by **gridracer** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 1:33 pm

What I am saying is unless something frys I shouldn't need anything faster, more memory or a better video card. I know computers get outdated but this one is pretty good still for todays standards and its over a year old already

Post by **stipud** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 2:44 pm

gridracer wrote:What I am saying is unless something frys I shouldn't need anything faster, more memory or a better video card. I know computers get outdated but this one is pretty good still for todays standards and its over a year old already

Yeah man, my 486 runs Windows 3.1 great. I can get on the internets with Trumpet WinSock and Netscape 2.0 in 256 glorious colors

Post by **fuzzysnuggleduck** » Fri Feb 05, 2010 3:55 pm

Hey, I just recently pulled out my old Abit BP-6 with dual Celeron 400MHz CPUs. That thing still rocks the shizzle

ChaosWarlord26 · Post by **ChaosWarlord26** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:51 pm

You all crack me up..still no pics due to the broken down back but I promise as soon as it is better I will get some. Right now I have the 2.66 overclocked to 3.07 and it doesn't even bother to get warm even when playing overlord. I know that game is not real demanding compared to what is out there but I do not have one that will fully push it.

I am glad to see I have started a good discussion though.

waynehead · Post by **waynehead** » Thu Mar 25, 2010 11:35 am

Yeah I got a wild hair in me and started building a new one. I went the cheap route with AMD but with the new AM3 platform I am hoping I am slightly future proofing.
Gigabyte ma785gt mobo
AMD phenom II x4 955 OCed at 3.8
OCZ platnium ddr3 2x2Gb OCed at 1600mhz 7-7-7-24
Cooler Master silent pro 600watt PS
Liteon DVD-RAM

I picked up a xion axp600 case and am very pleased with it. Plenty of room and air flow. It has 4 hot-swappable SATA bays in the front a bumped out back for cable management and enough room to fit the beast that is the hd5870 GPU that I am waiting to buy. Right now I have alittle less than 600 doll hairs in it

so after the Gpu ill be looking at about a grand. As of right now it is dual booted with a cracked version of xp and ubuntu 64 bit until I can justify spending dough on win 7. I can play battlefield 2 (not BC 2) and Oblivion maxed out on the integrated graphics. I believe it is an ati hd4200 chipset. I have it clocked at 900 mhz and 512 of ram biased to it. I was pretty impressed. I still need a blue-ray drive, GPU, and a better CPU cooler but "rome wasnt built in a day"

edit: i guess my ram timings werent what I said they were. just booted up the beast and it was 11-11-11-37 or some shit like that. i will have to play with this for sure. anyway i wanted to get that out before someone cant boot to bios because they tried to run their ram at 1600mhz with those timings. ive got mine at 7-7-7-27 right now at 1066 mhz. It truly runs the same and was very close with benchmark tests.