Brian Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 Yes. I finished it this week. I got a new computer and my mom is going to take my other one. Anyway, i bought all the parts of Newegg and assembled it myself. If you are curious it is a:AMD 64 3500+ WinchesterASUS "A8V Deluxe" Motherboard2GB PC3200 RAM200GB Western Digital hard drive 8MB buffer 7200rpm (Already had in old computer)120GB Barracuda Seagate SATA II hardrive 8MB buffer 7200rpmATI X800 Pro video cardPioneer DVR-108 DVD burnerSound Blaster Audigy 2 (Salvaged out of my old computer too)Thermaltake case with 420 watt psx and the computer has 9 cooling fans in all.I love it. So far i am so incredibly happy with it. The whole system cost me $1400 i think(the 400 dollar graphics card was so worth it). It is so xtreme. I get 60fps on Doom 3 1600*1200 resolution at Ultra Quality. I may give some pictures when i add some more lights to the case. If i had gotten the same system off Alienware it would have cost me i belive $2500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argalius Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 2gb of ram (we really need a smilie which mouth falls open) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tutankhamun Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 Yea, his computer is really good. You can play HL2 on higest and it looks so amazing compared to what I play it on. And it has these two knobs in hte front that control the fans and the front name lights up too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centurion_13 Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 You wouldnt want to give me your new computer would you?*begins hypnotism*"you want to give me your computer" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnas Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 320GB total?!?!!?Yikes! That's almost 10 times the amount of space I have in my computers.Is building a computer hard? Or expensive? (Not an insane one like you have, a normal one)Because I would love to finally get a computer that doesn't have it's entire hard drive filled up with a Windows partition an doesn't have a crappy graphics card.I'm sick of the extremely cheap computers we buy where most of the money is for an OS I don't need anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 Is building a computer hard? Or expensive? (Not an insane one like you have, a normal one)Because I would love to finally get a computer that doesn't have it's entire hard drive filled up with a Windows partition an doesn't have a crappy graphics card.I'm sick of the extremely cheap computers we buy where most of the money is for an OS I don't need anyway.←No, it's not hard. It's actually quite simple, in my opinion. Here is an excellent guide aimed at someone who has never built a PC before. It breaks it down step-by-step and explains everything thoroughly. In fact, I think that choosing which parts to buy is harder than assembling the components themselves - seriously! What's great about building your own PC is that you can customize it exactly the way you want, and you often save a good amount of money over retail stores. I've never bought a PC at a retail store or online retail store - my current PC was a barebones system I got at a local shop and upgraded through the years. Not quite as good as building one myself, but still way better than buying it retail. If and when I get a completely new PC, I'll build it completely from scratch.Nice rig, Brian! That should last you for quite a few years to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenratiophi Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 Building a computer is actually quite easy. Except sometimes troubleshooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorian Posted December 3, 2004 Report Share Posted December 3, 2004 2gb of ram (we really need a smilie which mouth falls open)←Sweet merciful crap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeros Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 My current computer cost meo nly $550. If I had another $400 to drop on an X800 my computer would be only 5-10% slower than brians I'm so economical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkT Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 I suppose you should get some of the programmers to reply in here...But we'd only make you jealous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilHurdle Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 my friend got an overclocked 4ghz alienware last week... =( but it costed 2.5k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 I got new speakers today! I got logitech z5300 speakers. 5.1 surround sound and 220 watt plus 500 watt peak power. I just put them in and they are absolutely amazing. They came with a control that controls the subwoofer volume, master volume, fade volume, and center speaker all seperately.@Dnas: Assembling a computer is a snap. Took me like 4 hours to completely assemble it from scratch and install the OS. The only problem is that i had to get a new graphics card, so that delayed me. I was going to use my 9700 Pro AIW but that wasn't compatable with my motherboard so i got an X800 Pro. After 4 hours of driving all over town, from Ventura to Los Angeles, I finally found one store that had an X800 Pro in stock. I bought it immediately and didn't let go of it. Then i yelled, "It's mine!" Then i went home and plugged it into my computer. Expensive, yes. It was completely worth it IMO and there is no game that has been able to stump it yet on absolute highest settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeros Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 Hah nice, I told you your other speakers were crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_08 Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Awesome comp!I really need a new one but I don't have $1,400 to spend on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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