Look at my new computer!

[biggestmexi]

YAY me.

Im so excited i get it in this week!

Just for reference my pc(this one) that it is replacing is OLD!

850MHZ OLD!

http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/11-133-074-S01?$S180W$ (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133074)
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/22-136-073-02.jpg500gb (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073)
http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/14-102-803-TS?$S180W$SAPPHIRE 100265L Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102803)
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/17-341-010-09.jpg600w (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341010)
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/20-231-226-03.jpg4gb (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231226)
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/35-186-134-05.jpg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134)

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor (can be nicely OC'ed upto 3ghz+) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017)

http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/13-128-359-S01?$S180W$Which will support up to 16gb of ram! and ddr2 1366! (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128359)
Memory that is overclocked. highest DDR2 yet. other than the freak sticks.

Arctic silver 5

[Foster]

YAY me.

Im so excited i get it in this week!

Just for reference my pc(this one) that it is replacing is OLD!

850MHZ OLD!

http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/11-133-074-S01?$S180W$ (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133074)
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/22-136-073-02.jpg500gb (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073)
http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/14-102-803-TS?$S180W$SAPPHIRE 100265L Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102803)
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/17-341-010-09.jpg600w (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341010)
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/20-231-226-03.jpg4gb (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231226)
http://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/ProductImageCompressAll200/35-186-134-05.jpg (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134)

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor (can be nicely OC'ed upto 3ghz+) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115017)

http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/13-128-359-S01?$S180W$Which will support up to 16gb of ram! and ddr2 1366! (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128359)
Memory that is overclocked. highest DDR2 yet. other than the freak sticks.

Arctic silver 5

so...you have to assemble it yourself?

[SatCam]

are you leasing it?

[PapaBear]

I have that cooling fan. I love it! It's unbelievable that you can get 4GB of RAM for $45. Building comps off on Newegg is fun!

[Nothing Sound]

It's unbelievable that you can get 4GB of RAM for $45.

I just hope he's running a 64 Bit O/S or it will never see it.

[PapaBear]

I just hope he's running a 64 Bit O/S or it will never see it.
You can get a little over 3, though.

[Nothing Sound]

You can get a little over 3, though.

That's still not 4

[PapaBear]

That's still not 4
No, but his mobo only has two slots. His next best option is 2GBs. And that's not a little more than 3.

[Nothing Sound]

No, but his mobo only has two slots. His next best option is 2GBs. And that's not a little more than 3.

But yet he makes a point to say how it supports 16GB of RAM.
Won't do ya no good if ya don't have the right O/S to utilize it.

[celery]

Nice build - damn, 500 gigs for $75. I'm thinking about doing one, but might wait until 7 is out. I think you were very wise to invest in a good PSU, since that's the downfall of many a good system.

What's the grand total and what kind of display are you going to use?

[Death Metal Moe]

Would have gone with a larger power source with the size video card you got personally.

How are the ATI cards? I'm a Nvidia guy, never bother with ATI stuff.

Oh sorry, didn't see it was a Sapphire card, never heard of them. Have heard of Radeon before, how are they?

[instrument]

I thought windows couldn't address 4gb of ram anyway, maybe thall change with 7

[PapaBear]

I thought windows couldn't address 4gb of ram anyway, maybe thall change with 7
64 bit can, but it can have problems with a lot of your current software.

[Fez4PrezN2008]

Would have gone with a larger power source with the size video card you got personally.

How are the ATI cards? I'm a Nvidia guy, never bother with ATI stuff.

Oh sorry, didn't see it was a Sapphire card, never heard of them. Have heard of Radeon before, how are they?
Biggest, let me know how you like the GPU and what kind of frame rates you can get on games. I am waffling on getting a nvidia 9800GT or ati sapphire. I have always had good luck w/ nvidia though. What kind of OS are you going to run?

[Death Metal Moe]

Biggest, let me know how you like the GPU and what kind of frame rates you can get on games. I am waffling on getting a nvidia 9800GT or ati sapphire. I have always had good luck w/ nvidia though. What kind of OS are you going to run?

Well I'm running the 9800 GT and I can tell you it's a really nice, powerful card. Came bundled with COD:Modern Warfare and wow it looks beautiful.

Stick with Nvidia.

[drjoek]

http://techpuddle.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/pocket-protector.jpg

[Fez4PrezN2008]

Don't you have some brackes to tighten?

[drjoek]

Look at my new one
http://blog.pcnews.ro/wp-content/photo/2007/11/74581.jpg

[biggestmexi]

so...you have to assemble it yourself?

YES!

are you leasing it?

430 per month. I can only d/l 5gigs a month

I just hope he's running a 64 Bit O/S or it will never see it.

I will be running both Xp and vista 64 bit. So i can make use of them both properly

No, but his mobo only has two slots. His next best option is 2GBs. And that's not a little more than 3.

LOL mobo with two slots for ram! HAHAHHA
Memory
Number of Memory Slots--------4×240pin
Memory Standard----------------DDR2 1366+/1066
Maximum Memory Supported---16GB
Channel Supported---------------Dual Channel

Nice build - damn, 500 gigs for $75. I'm thinking about doing one, but might wait until 7 is out. I think you were very wise to invest in a good PSU, since that's the downfall of many a good system.

What's the grand total and what kind of display are you going to use?

771.08 shipped only! plus the 45 dollar in rebates that will be up to a year to get back bet hey, money in my pocket.

Would have gone with a larger power source with the size video card you got personally.

How are the ATI cards? I'm a Nvidia guy, never bother with ATI stuff.

Oh sorry, didn't see it was a Sapphire card, never heard of them. Have heard of Radeon before, how are they?

And the PS should be fine as long as im not going crossfire or SLI. and that PS is over 80% efficient too!
(My old system which is still old:
Celeron d 850mHz, 1.5g of ram, MSi video card, ethernet card, dvd drive, two HDD......200w.)

i actually asked about that on anandtech.com. more reply's for ati than nvidia now.

there is really only two people that make the GPUS itself ATI or nvidia.

Biggest, let me know how you like the GPU and what kind of frame rates you can get on games. I am waffling on getting a nvidia 9800GT or ati sapphire. I have always had good luck w/ nvidia though. What kind of OS are you going to run?

Tight now im using an old crt monitor. i might hook this up to the 42 every once in a while but i will let you know.

again both OS's will be on this machine. XP w/ SP3 and when i get VISTA it will be 64 bit.

[silks]

http://potatoeskillme.com/comphistory/imgs/1944_harvard_markI_large.jpg

[biggestmexi]

http://potatoeskillme.com/comphistory/imgs/1944_harvard_markI_large.jpg

It is hard to believe that computer went from that.

to something as small and as powerful as that in the palm of your hand.

[biggestmexi]

64 bit can, but it can have problems with a lot of your current software.

Here is a rundown on physical memory support.
Windows XP Home & Pro -- 4GB
Windows XP Pro x64 Editions -- 16GB
Windows Server 2003 Web & SBS -- 2GB
Windows Server 2003 Standard -- 4GB
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise -- 8GB
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise on X86 -- 64GB
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise on x64 -- 128GB
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise on Itanium -- 1024GB

[ToiletCrusher]

I use xp 64 bit on my mac! It's nice.

congrats on the new computer!!

[biggestmexi]

OH YEAH.

Its sitting in pieces at home right now.

I will get pics maybe later.

[biggestmexi]

YAY. RMA! RMA! RMA! the processor.

I was not getting even a "POST" out of the MOBO. Although everything was working on it.
Phase leds, Video Card light was on.

No video out at all was working. I hate this. Now it will be a week before i get the CPU back.

The CPU would not even send a signal for the CPU cooler fan to start.
:furious::annoyed::furious::annoyed:

On a side note i did take some pictures. WOW this stuff looks hella better in person. And bigger, especially the fans on the tower.

The noise is not what you would expect from this either. For 2 - 9"+ fans and two 180mm fans and the PS fan.

[biggestmexi]

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l200/biggestmexi/DSC03128.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l200/biggestmexi/DSC03129.jpg
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http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l200/biggestmexi/DSC03134.jpg
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l200/biggestmexi/DSC03135.jpg

[Hottub]

I'm getting a wireless laptop for only $19.95 a week.

[ToiletCrusher]

I'm getting a wireless laptop for only $19.95 a week.

Lucky duck! I'm paying 29.95 a week.

[biggestmexi]

I'm getting a wireless laptop for only $19.95 a week.

$20 a week?

did you call the people on the XM advert?


Whats in it may i ask?

[hexy68]

I'm getting a wireless laptop for only $19.95 a week.

you must have friends in high places my friend!

[biggestmexi]

you must have friends in high places my friend!

Or a Crappy Lappy. El-oh-El

[Death Metal Moe]

YAY. RMA! RMA! RMA! the processor.

I was not getting even a "POST" out of the MOBO. Although everything was working on it.
Phase leds, Video Card light was on.

No video out at all was working. I hate this. Now it will be a week before i get the CPU back.

The CPU would not even send a signal for the CPU cooler fan to start.
:furious::annoyed::furious::annoyed:

On a side note i did take some pictures. WOW this stuff looks hella better in person. And bigger, especially the fans on the tower.

The noise is not what you would expect from this either. For 2 - 9"+ fans and two 180mm fans and the PS fan.

Ugh, RMA's on new stuff always pisses me off. I just had a motherboard that wouldn't take Vista and a video card that would throw these crazy rainbow colors on screen suddenly then just lock up for a minute and never recover until I restarted. Both are currently in RMA's with the manufacturers because Newegg only does 30 day and this was after 30 days.

But system looks nice though. Power supply on the bottom is new to me, I am used to and like it above because I always get ones with a big fan on the bottom to act as more air movement over the mobo, but that system looks like it has plenty of air flow.

Good luck with it man, hope your RMA gets solved quickly but we all know it won't get taken care of nearly as fast as you want it to be.

[biggestmexi]

But system looks nice though. Power supply on the bottom is new to me, I am used to and like it above because I always get ones with a big fan on the bottom to act as more air movement over the mobo, but that system looks like it has plenty of air flow.


Yeah the case is pretty well aired out with all the fans. Which is nice. No only weird thing on the case though is the front fan has red LEDS. the power button at the TOP FRONT has a blue LED. WTF. i might change it.

Also, all the reviews for the case that say they broke the "tool-less" design tabs and what not are fucking retards. I had NO problem. at all. and one i was afraid of breaking because I was pressing on it so hard. But nope its all ok.

There are a couple slight "not-so-much-of-a" problems with the PS being at the bottom.

1.) Make sure your main connector is from the PS is long enough. This one is a bit of a stretch being that I cant run the wire THROUGH the video card.(Cause the main connector on the MOBO is at the top front(by the bay areas)). If you had a MOBO with onboard video support(which then there is really no reason to buy this case) you should be fine because you can run the wire straight to the main connector. i had to run mine in a backwards L shape fashion.

2.) The fan for the PS is pointing down. So the air is coming from the floor right? YES. The problem here is the feet on the case only lift it a half inch if that. So I am going to get some things to fit under the feet. Just to lift it up a bit more. You know.

[KingGeno]

You try clearing the CMOS/RTClock?
Try booting up with one or no memory sticks in?
Try without other devices plugged in?
Are you sure the connections for the power wires and such are plugged in properly?
Is the power supply turning on by itself without being plugged into the MOBO?

[biggestmexi]

hello all again.

It will boot and everything now. Just only with one stick of ram. But i am working on that.

Now check out this vista screen saver with my TV.

I love my tv and this screen saver.

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[biggestmexi]

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l200/biggestmexi/387ghz.jpg


3.87ghz!

[Bob Impact]

Alienware Aurora, first off the shelf I've been happy with.
http://image.alienware.com/images/product_images/desktops/aurora/creative/aurora-cc-3-crossfire.jpg

[biggestmexi]

any real life pics?

[underdog]

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l200/biggestmexi/387ghz.jpg


3.87ghz!

You're running Vista?

[Gvac]

SWEET!

I bet that thing's gonna be a blast to fix every week when it freezes up!

[ToiletCrusher]

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Zing bitches!

[biggestmexi]

You're running Vista?

Ultimate. and XP SP3

SWEET!

I bet that thing's gonna be a blast to fix every week when it freezes up!

I have had it for over a week now. No break down. thanks though

[Bob Impact]

SWEET!

I bet that thing's gonna be a blast to fix every week when it freezes up!

I've had Vista on 3 machines now with absolutely 0 problems.

[Death Metal Moe]

SWEET!

I bet that thing's gonna be a blast to fix every week when it freezes up!

Computer rigs have become a lot more stable the past few years and easy to put together on your own. He'll probalby be fine.

[hydee]

http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/11-133-074-S01?$S180W$ (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133074)
I have that exact same case

[biggestmexi]

http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/11-133-074-S01?$S180W$ (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133074)
I have that exact same case

sweet case for the money

[Charlie_Don't_Surf]

You haven't started gaming till you have one of these :lol:

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/7652/imageft4.jpg


Unfortunately I don't have a setup like that either but I'm getting one of the gtx 260s or 280s, it's gonna be BADASS.

[SP1!]

SWEET!

I bet that thing's gonna be a blast to fix every week when it freezes up!
Yeah vista doesnt freeze up at all anymore, as long as you have the ram and PS to keep it going, that is where people run into mistakes. Windows 7 will be the best OS in a long while if everything that has been in the beta comes out in the market version and there its going around that there will be very few changes to it.

[Death Metal Moe]

You haven't started gaming till you have one of these :lol:

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/7652/imageft4.jpg




I would never stop having a hard on if I had a triple video card set up. Get one of those quad core chips, 6 to 8 gigs of RAM, fast ethernet card to ping quick, TB of hard drve space or more.

Yea, boner worthy indeed. I would totally pwn noobs.

[biggestmexi]

I would never stop having a hard on if I had a triple video card set up. Get one of those quad core chips, 6 to 8 gigs of RAM, fast ethernet card to ping quick, TB of hard drve space or more.

Yea, boner worthy indeed. I would totally pwn noobs.

i have quad core with 4gb of ram will get more.

not as much as this MOBO supports though.(16gb)

I do not game online though. I might have got a better vc. but its runs fear2, farcry2, spore all perfectly fine.

NOt to mention i also have the 1.25TB

FYI: dual cores(oc'ed still out perform QC for now.)