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My New Awesomesauce Computer [UPDATED] - Didzo - 12-25-2009
A replacement for my old laptop.
COOLER MASTER HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Two CORSAIR DOMINATOR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 140W Quad-Core Processor
ASUS M4A79XTD EVO AM3 AMD 790X ATX AMD Motherboard
Thermaltake Toughpower XT W0229RU 750W ATX12V V2.3 80PLUS BRONZE ATI CrossFireX Certified AMD GAME READY FanDelayCool Modular Power Supply
Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Two SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 22X DVD±R DVD Burner - OEM
SAPPHIRE 100282SR Radeon HD 5850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card w/ATI Eyefinity
Four LOGISYS Computer MDLED1RD RED LAZER LED
No more playing TF2 on minimum settings for me.
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - zaneyard - 12-25-2009
ugh 1 TB drive
go for the 750 if you haven't ordered yet. less platter=better lifetime
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - HeK - 12-26-2009
(12-25-2009, 11:47 PM)zaneyard link Wrote: ugh 1 TB drive
go for the 750 if you haven't ordered yet. less platter=better everything
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - Neonie - 12-26-2009
Is a 1TB really that bad? ???
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - CaffeinePowered - 12-26-2009
Swap the ATI for a Nvidia :
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - zaneyard - 12-26-2009
(12-26-2009, 02:03 AM)Caffeine link Wrote: Swap the ATI for a Nvidia :why
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - CaffeinePowered - 12-26-2009
(12-26-2009, 02:03 AM)zaneyard link Wrote: [quote author=Caffeine link=topic=4037.msg129009#msg129009 date=1261810988]why
Swap the ATI for a Nvidia :
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Because I'm an Asus and Nvidia fanboy, and ATI has has really horrid driver support in the past where as Nvidia is usually on top of things, just my experience though. If he wants to go with ATI that wouldn't be a bad build at all.
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - Spore - 12-26-2009
(12-26-2009, 02:17 AM)Caffeine link Wrote: [quote author=zaneyard link=topic=4037.msg129011#msg129011 date=1261811016]why
[quote author=Caffeine link=topic=4037.msg129009#msg129009 date=1261810988]
Swap the ATI for a Nvidia :
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Because I'm an Asus and Nvidia fanboy, and ATI has has really horrid driver support in the past where as Nvidia is usually on top of things, just my experience though. If he wants to go with ATI that wouldn't be a bad build at all.
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ATI are king of the high end rigs and price/performance until Nvidia get off their asses and finally shove the 300 series out the door. I totally would have gone Nvidia instead of the 5870 if they had something remotely comparable.
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - Didzo - 12-26-2009
(12-25-2009, 11:47 PM)zaneyard link Wrote: ugh 1 TB drive
go for the 750 if you haven't ordered yet. less platter=better lifetime
Everything but the memory has arrived already.
I have external hard drives around to back stuff up, just in case the internal hard drive dies prematurely.
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - zaneyard - 12-26-2009
(12-26-2009, 02:35 AM)Didzo link Wrote: [quote author=zaneyard link=topic=4037.msg128963#msg128963 date=1261802822]
ugh 1 TB drive
go for the 750 if you haven't ordered yet. less platter=better lifetime
Everything but the memory has arrived already.
I have external hard drives around to back stuff up, just in case the internal hard drive dies prematurely.
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make sure you back up
as far as ATI goes, i've never ever had driver problems
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - Versus - 12-26-2009
i've had terrible driver issues with ATI, but the price:performance ratio is nice.
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - Surf314 - 12-26-2009
We have similar computers except for some key differences (I went GeForce).
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - WaR1761 - 12-28-2009
This helped me with my build... duno how experienced you are. Clickz here!
Take your time and do cable management!
When you get it done we need pics
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - Didzo - 12-29-2009
(12-28-2009, 01:42 PM)WaR1761 link Wrote: This helped me with my build... duno how experienced you are. Clickz here!
Take your time and do cable management!
When you get it done we need pics
I am a total newb with no prior experience concerning building or even upgrading a computer.
That said, I actually pretty much built the entire thing today.... I have every part installed except for the RAM, which hasn't arrived yet. Since I don't have the RAM, I'll have to boot up the beast from the case with everything plugged in already.
As far as cable management goes, I think I did a good job. Everything looks nice and neat, and the side panels fit without too much trouble.
I'll be sure to take and post pictures as soon as the RAM arrives.
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - Neonie - 12-29-2009
(12-29-2009, 04:25 AM)Didzo link Wrote: [quote author=WaR1761 link=topic=4037.msg129419#msg129419 date=1262025736]
This helped me with my build... duno how experienced you are. Clickz here!
Take your time and do cable management!
When you get it done we need pics
I am a total newb with no prior experience concerning building or even upgrading a computer.
That said, I actually pretty much built the entire thing today.... I have every part installed except for the RAM, which hasn't arrived yet. Since I don't have the RAM, I'll have to boot up the beast from the case with everything plugged in already.
As far as cable management goes, I think I did a good job. Everything looks nice and neat, and the side panels fit without too much trouble.
I'll be sure to take and post pictures as soon as the RAM arrives.
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Ya I put mine together, and am looking forward to putting the new one I'm getting together. I've figured out it's something i really enjoy doing. How do you feel about it?
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - Didzo - 12-29-2009
(12-29-2009, 04:59 AM)Neonie on a Boat link Wrote: [quote author=Didzo link=topic=4037.msg129511#msg129511 date=1262078719]
[quote author=WaR1761 link=topic=4037.msg129419#msg129419 date=1262025736]
This helped me with my build... duno how experienced you are. Clickz here!
Take your time and do cable management!
When you get it done we need pics
I am a total newb with no prior experience concerning building or even upgrading a computer.
That said, I actually pretty much built the entire thing today.... I have every part installed except for the RAM, which hasn't arrived yet. Since I don't have the RAM, I'll have to boot up the beast from the case with everything plugged in already.
As far as cable management goes, I think I did a good job. Everything looks nice and neat, and the side panels fit without too much trouble.
I'll be sure to take and post pictures as soon as the RAM arrives.
[/quote]
Ya I put mine together, and am looking forward to putting the new one I'm getting together. I've figured out it's something i really enjoy doing. How do you feel about it?
[/quote]
I can definitely say that constructing a computer is a fun and challenging experience. Hopefully everything will work one I plug in the RAM and start the thing up...
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - Neonie - 12-29-2009
(12-29-2009, 05:28 AM)Didzo link Wrote: [quote author=Neonie on a Boat link=topic=4037.msg129516#msg129516 date=1262080792]
[quote author=Didzo link=topic=4037.msg129511#msg129511 date=1262078719]
[quote author=WaR1761 link=topic=4037.msg129419#msg129419 date=1262025736]
This helped me with my build... duno how experienced you are. Clickz here!
Take your time and do cable management!
When you get it done we need pics
I am a total newb with no prior experience concerning building or even upgrading a computer.
That said, I actually pretty much built the entire thing today.... I have every part installed except for the RAM, which hasn't arrived yet. Since I don't have the RAM, I'll have to boot up the beast from the case with everything plugged in already.
As far as cable management goes, I think I did a good job. Everything looks nice and neat, and the side panels fit without too much trouble.
I'll be sure to take and post pictures as soon as the RAM arrives.
[/quote]
Ya I put mine together, and am looking forward to putting the new one I'm getting together. I've figured out it's something i really enjoy doing. How do you feel about it?
[/quote]
I can definitely say that constructing a computer is a fun and challenging experience. Hopefully everything will work one I plug in the RAM and start the thing up...
[/quote]
Remember "I" means on.... I blew up my first power supply because I didn't know that.
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - Didzo - 12-29-2009
How exactly did you manage to blow it up?
???
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - Neonie - 12-29-2009
(12-29-2009, 06:09 AM)Didzo link Wrote: How exactly did you manage to blow it up?
???
I flicked the power switch to many times because I wasn't sure if it was on (it wouldn't turn on). My problem however wasn't the power supply, it was the "power on" cord fore the tower not being plugged into the mother board. So when I actually plugged that into the mother board, and it powered on, the PSU set fire, also partially frying my mother board but in a usable state (with some of the start up commands not functioning).
Re: My New Awesomesauce Computer - Didzo - 12-30-2009
The beast is finally up and running.
I have dubbed it HAL 9000.
I will take pictures (eventually).