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Checkout these pics of my new computer! I've never built one before, but it sure looks neat. | |
| CJStryker
Offer Upgrade  User ID: 38331431  United States06/20/2013 06:20 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Was on GLP so much one day, about 2 weeks ago, my computer of 6 years was no longer operable. What I deemed a dead CPU, but could potentially any number of things. I decided that I was going to buy a new one! I also wanted to save money. I have setup servers in technical classes, but I've never built a whole system from scratch. I found this video, after doing a bit of my own research on builds out there. This was exactly what I was looking for! My old PC may have crapped out, but I still had 2 hard drives, and a graphics card! I took it as an opportunity to save money. The case was on sale for forty bucks, and it's a very nice big case. For the PSU instead of the CX430 I went with the CX600. Simply because I needed the extra PEG connector(2 for the graphics card), and since the case has so many HDD slots the extra SATA power connectors are great! I also grabbed 2 x 4 gbs of RAM instead of the suggested 2 x 2 in the video. I left out a few bits like the optical drive, and a wifi adapter. So all I got was just the APU, MOBO, RAM, PSU, and the white NZXT Source 210 case! When It got here I had already watched enough videos to not have to hesitate or look anything up. I was done very swiftly. Got it in the case, and it looked beautiful!  I'm not all that wealthy, and I don't have any friends. It's safe to say I've actually never seen a computer that was this high end. It's not the latest, but nothing stays the latest for long anyhow. I bought at what I saw as an opportune time, I filled my needs perfectly, and saved money! What do you all think?!  The white case is really my favorite part. Who wants a boring old black computer anyway?  Nostradamus Century 1: Quatrain 50 From the water trinity will be born, One who will make Thursday as his holiday. His renown, praise, rule, and power increase, By land and sea to the East by storm. |
| CJStryker
(OP) User ID: 38331431 United States06/20/2013 06:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Oh yeah and the games look great on very high settings.  I've been playing SWTOR!!  Last Edited by CJStryker on 06/20/2013 06:22 AM Nostradamus Century 1: Quatrain 50 From the water trinity will be born, One who will make Thursday as his holiday. His renown, praise, rule, and power increase, By land and sea to the East by storm. |
| Hitndahedfred
User ID: 826012 United States06/20/2013 06:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Which motherboard and model did you get? I am curious that you have an Nvidia card in what looks like an AMD chipset board. If the mobo and board are both AMD you can use SDK to have the GPU and CPU process in "tandem" and achieve some gains. The case is pretty nice. I have 3 high end boxes at home and they all are generic tan cases. hehheh Nice job  Each time a person stands for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he or she sends forth a tiny ripple of hope. And crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. Few are willing to embrace the disapproval of their fellows, the censure of their colleagues, the wrath of their society. Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery in battle or great intelligence. Yet it is the one essential vital quality for those who seek to change a world that yields most painfully to change. [Robert F. Kennedy] [link to www.stricklychopped.com] [link to www.ghi-engrs.com] |
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| CJStryker
(OP) User ID: 38331431 United States06/20/2013 06:31 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Which motherboard and model did you get? Quoting: Hitndahedfred I am curious that you have an Nvidia card in what looks like an AMD chipset board. If the mobo and board are both AMD you can use SDK to have the GPU and CPU process in "tandem" and achieve some gains. The case is pretty nice. I have 3 high end boxes at home and they all are generic tan cases. hehheh Nice job AMD A10-5800K APU MSI FM2-A75MA-E35 Motherboard Also for anyone interested in what OS I installed. It's windows 8  Nostradamus Century 1: Quatrain 50 From the water trinity will be born, One who will make Thursday as his holiday. His renown, praise, rule, and power increase, By land and sea to the East by storm. |
| Face Palmer
User ID: 41972022  Germany06/20/2013 06:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Of course this is an issue about money as well. But I stopped upgrading my PCs. Its better to buy an all new one, mainly because if you upgrade your CPU or something you have useless components lying around. If you buy a new machine you can use the old one as a media center, dedicated emulation machine or something. "The world will soon wake up to the reality that everyone is broke and can collect nothing from the bankrupt, who are owed unlimited amounts by the insolvent, who are attempting to make late payments on a bank holiday in the wrong country, with an unacceptable currency, against defaulted collateral, of which nobody is sure who holds title." Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. The woman who is not pursued sets up the doctrine that pursuit is offensive to her sex, and wants to make it a felony. No genuinely attractive woman has any such desire. - H.L. Mencken, In Defense Of Women |
| CJStryker
(OP) User ID: 38331431 United States06/20/2013 06:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Of course this is an issue about money as well. But I stopped upgrading my PCs. Its better to buy an all new one, mainly because if you upgrade your CPU or something you have useless components lying around. If you buy a new machine you can use the old one as a media center, dedicated emulation machine or something. Quoting: Face Palmer It's all new parts! Very modest prices I would like to add. Nostradamus Century 1: Quatrain 50 From the water trinity will be born, One who will make Thursday as his holiday. His renown, praise, rule, and power increase, By land and sea to the East by storm. |
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| Face Palmer
User ID: 41972022 Germany06/20/2013 06:43 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Of course this is an issue about money as well. But I stopped upgrading my PCs. Its better to buy an all new one, mainly because if you upgrade your CPU or something you have useless components lying around. If you buy a new machine you can use the old one as a media center, dedicated emulation machine or something. Quoting: Face Palmer It's all new parts! Very modest prices I would like to add. oh okay, then i got the OP wrong. I build myself a media PC to hang up on the beamer, got an APU as well but I went for a celeron g550. I have to say i'm quite impressed on what the new APUs achieve. "The world will soon wake up to the reality that everyone is broke and can collect nothing from the bankrupt, who are owed unlimited amounts by the insolvent, who are attempting to make late payments on a bank holiday in the wrong country, with an unacceptable currency, against defaulted collateral, of which nobody is sure who holds title." Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. The woman who is not pursued sets up the doctrine that pursuit is offensive to her sex, and wants to make it a felony. No genuinely attractive woman has any such desire. - H.L. Mencken, In Defense Of Women |
| Evil_Twin
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| CJStryker
(OP) User ID: 38331431 United States06/20/2013 06:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It's the card that I was using on my old computer. Nostradamus Century 1: Quatrain 50 From the water trinity will be born, One who will make Thursday as his holiday. His renown, praise, rule, and power increase, By land and sea to the East by storm. |
| CJStryker
(OP) User ID: 38331431 United States06/20/2013 06:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You should look up some cable management videos on youtube. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 14006371 Like this one (but there are lots more) If you notice in the one picture. The case has some holes cut out where the wire can go through out and back in. See the PSU on the bottom? All the wires disappear into that little cut out. Nostradamus Century 1: Quatrain 50 From the water trinity will be born, One who will make Thursday as his holiday. His renown, praise, rule, and power increase, By land and sea to the East by storm. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 42008524 United States06/20/2013 06:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Nice work! I've been fooling with these lately: There are some new ones out that have quad-core ARMs which cost less than $100. Great for just playing vids and surfing the web. I run XBMC on one hooked to my TV. |
| Evil_Twin
User ID: 23761243 United States06/20/2013 06:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | But you don't need it at all with the processor and mobo you bought. Last Edited by Evil_Twin on 06/20/2013 06:59 AM |
| Watching the world
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| beeches
User ID: 28167778 United States06/20/2013 07:11 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | way out of my league. but anything like this is great, as well as a big raspberry for the stores. I get a similar feeling sewing and remaking things. Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face – Thomas Sowell |
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| C User ID: 1469884 United States06/20/2013 07:45 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | my gtx 570 on a msi 890fxa-gd70 with a phenomII X6 1090t with 16G ram struggles with a 750 watt powersupply. SO be aware as you add hard drives and 3d the shit outta that card yer gonna see possible issues with that powersupply. anyway not too shabby-wel done. |
| go here op watch yer 6 User ID: 1469884 United States06/20/2013 07:50 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| indiandave
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 30742855 United States06/20/2013 07:55 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Next time, get an Asus mobo, mofo  Ahhh, reminiscing back through the years... 16 of them since I put my first PC (a P-II 300 MHz) together. Even though it's also one of my main priorities at work, heh - it's still fun :) |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 32573739 United States06/20/2013 08:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bad Choice. I've run Windows 7 and 8 using the SAME hardware. Windows 7 is faster. Windows 8, IMHO sucks. Its for tablets and touch-screen computers. Not for business or gaming systems. When you're serious, go back to Win - 7 professional. |
| SteamrolledGobias
User ID: 15716609 United States06/20/2013 08:14 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Bad Choice. I've run Windows 7 and 8 using the SAME hardware. Windows 7 is faster. Windows 8, IMHO sucks. Its for tablets and touch-screen computers. Not for business or gaming systems. When you're serious, go back to Win - 7 professional. agreed Win7 is better I'd rather be using XP to be honest but Win7 does have some nice features |
| Sirrx7
User ID: 41941989 United States06/20/2013 08:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | what you wrote there is more important than any of our opinions. It filled YOUR needs perfectly. Enjoy your new system. Last Edited by Sirrx7 on 06/20/2013 08:29 AM |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 2230505 United States06/20/2013 08:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 32573739 United States06/20/2013 08:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'd rather be using XP to be honest but Win7 does have some nice features Quoting: SteamrolledGobias I'd have recommended XP as well except that its just getting old and not supported. My first machine I built from scratch? A taiwanese mobo with a (ahem) 65 watt power supply, Intel Pentium, 640 KILObytes of memory configured as 4 banks of old-school ram chips. (2 banks of 256K chips, and 2 banks of 64K chips). 10 MEGAbyte HDD, 1.44 5 1/4 inch floppy drive. Running MS-DOS, amber monitor (Color video cards were extra!) |
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| CJStryker
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