Computer Build and Introduction

"Black Ice"

Antec mini P180
Core 2 Duo E0E8500 @ 3.8ghz
ASUS P5E-VM HDMI
EVGA GTX 260 192
4gig G.Skill DDR2 800
Western Digital 640gig AALS
Antec TruePower New 550watt
Viewsonic 20" VX2025WM
Win7 Home prem 64bit

[hyper9e]

Originally Posted by rawfuls

Have you looked at the Lian Li's?

I know a few people who are quite happy with their Lian Li's and swear by them.

Besides that, that computer should blow everything out of the water.
I, personally, would've went with the i7-920, but hey, it is a pretty penny.

Since everybody else is contributing, I'll toss in my BUDGET computer..

RandomCheapFry'sCase
Biostar A770E3
AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.66GHz
Corsair DDR3 1333mHz 4GB (2x2GB)
BFG Tech nVidia GTS 250
(2) Seagate Barracuda, 500GB + 1.5TB
External 500GB (backups)
Cooler Master 600W PSU
Samsung SyncMaster 2232GW

Good luck with the build, get some documented pics, I'm definitely interested in your setup!

I just personally like the lynfields (sp?) better. I know they bashed around on the computer forums but I think that if your not going to be doing serious overclocking, the lynfields are better.

BTW: tracking says that my case and display will show up today, but everything else saturday or monday.

[bdebde]

I have Lian Li, all aluminum... black brushed finish. Even have the matching brushed aluminum flash memory reader.

[Metallover]

My computer was $993 with a monitor after shipping from Newegg.

6gb DDR3 G.Skill ram
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Ed. 3.4GHz
XFX Radeon HD 5770
GIGABYTE GA-880GA-UD3H Motherboard
Antec Earthwatts 500w PSU
Antec 300 case w/ 2 extra 120mm fans
Samsung 1tb hard drive
Samsung SyncMaster P2250 22" monitor

I can play Bad Company 2 on max settings, full AA, Vsync, using DX11 getting 35-40fps according to FRAPS.

I am dual booting Linux Ubuntu and Windows 7. I use windows for gaming and everything else is done with Ubuntu. I love ubuntu. The Rhythmbox music player on linux is amazing, especially with the keyboard shortcuts where I can change/pause a song at any time, with anything open. If you want me to rant about how much better rhythmbox is over iTunes, let me know.

Linux REALLY loves the quad core processor. When I was testing fooling around I saw that each core had equal load on it. My only gripes with linux is that the flash player driver sucks and I can't sync playlists to my iPod. Both will probably be fixed in the future, when google hopefully replaces the crap adobe flash POS and developers perfect using the iPhone with Linux.






I am looking at a chipset heatsink, more fans, a new CPU cooler, and a few other things. I don't need 6gb ram (I've only seen it above 4gb once when I was trying to bog down the computer) so I think I might built a HTPC and use a stick for that.

Edit: And my processor is more efficient than all of those intel processors.

[rawfuls]

Lynnfields, are great.
Though, I got the AMD and Biostar combo for around $60 or so.
It was on clearance @ Fry's, so I said why not!

Sure, it's not going to be overclocking or anything, but it's much much cheaper.
It works great for my use, some heavy gaming here and there, casual gaming, and then rendering, decoding, and encoding videos.
Only gets to about 55°C when I'm really trying to bog it down.

The proc. separately is $100 (first quad for $100!), and the mobo is roughly 80 or so.

The computer before this one was the E8500 w/ ECS mobo, that sucker was fast!
Intel Core 2 Duo @ 3.16GHz (Not even OC'd)..
I've seen people OC'ing 8500s to over 4.0, and well, that thing would've ripped.

[hyper9e]

Grrrrrrrr...I HATE waiting for shipping :(((

[rawfuls]

Originally Posted by hyper9e

Grrrrrrrr...I HATE waiting for shipping :(((

Welcome to the club.
I'm assuming it's coming tomorrow?
I hate that the most.
Waiting over the weekend.
Bored out of your mind..

[hyper9e]

Yep, should be here tomorrow

[hyper9e]

Wakes up at 5:30 in the morning to check tracking

out for delivery...

[rawfuls]

Originally Posted by hyper9e

Wakes up at 5:30 in the morning to check tracking

out for delivery...

Hehe, whenever I'm waiting for a package (UPS/USPS... Not Linc's nor Harolds), I usually check the tracking at least 5 times a day, even if it's Sunday..

Originally Posted by rawfuls

Hehe, whenever I'm waiting for a package (UPS/USPS... Not Linc's nor Harolds), I usually check the tracking at least 5 times a day, even if it's Sunday..

God Im glad im not the only one, especially when its coming from Newegg, its like Christmas all year around for me.

[rawfuls]

Originally Posted by hyper9e

Wakes up at 5:30 in the morning to check tracking

out for delivery...

Sooo!?
I'm interested!

[What's_nitro?]

If there is anything I'm OCD about, it would be checking delivery status on my packages.

[bigboi146]

+1^^^

[What's_nitro?]

He's still building it...