Computer ordered

Hurock · May 12, 2007, 03:24 AM

I've finally ordered my new PC!!

CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7
CPU: Intel C2D E6600
Case: Centurion CAC-534
HDD: Seagate 320GB SATA2
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 ATX
VGA: EVGA e-geforce 8800GTS 320MB
PSU: Corsair HX520W Modular
Memory: OCZ Platinum XTC 2x1GB PC2-6400 CL4-4-4-15
O/S: Vista Home Premium 32bit

I think I'll be very happy with this! I really hope it will last me at least 1 year and a half.

BlueMak · May 12, 2007, 03:43 AM

Congratulations. I hope you enjoy it.

CDsDontBurn · May 12, 2007, 04:41 AM

nice rig!

i'm sure it will easily last you 1.5yrs. my rig just turned 3yrs. old! i've only upgraded my gfx card, RAM, and HDDs since i've had my machine first built

Vampyromaniac · May 12, 2007, 05:28 AM

I hope you really enjoy it, since I'm buying basically the same stuff very soon :)

I've really made my current one last; only bought a single HDD since 2004.

OmegaRED · May 12, 2007, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Hurock

I've finally ordered my new PC!!

CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7
CPU: Intel C2D E6600
Case: Centurion CAC-534
HDD: Seagate 320GB SATA2
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 ATX
VGA: EVGA e-geforce 8800GTS 320MB
PSU: Corsair HX520W Modular
Memory: OCZ Platinum XTC 2x1GB PC2-6400 CL4-4-4-15
O/S: Vista Home Premium 32bit

I think I'll be very happy with this! I really hope it will last me at least 1 year and a half.

Woah, freaky. That's the same PC as your computer stats on the left.

Hurock · May 12, 2007, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by OmegaRED

Woah, freaky. That's the same PC as your computer stats on the left.

Yeah LOL! I couldn't wait before showing it off....

Hurock · May 12, 2007, 04:35 PM

Is a antistatic wristband really necessary?

CDsDontBurn · May 12, 2007, 05:17 PM

technically yes, but i never use one

.

the only ESD protection i do is simply touch the case before i go touch any of my components

cozumel · May 12, 2007, 06:00 PM

I'm the same. A few years ago, when I was working for a computer company, I would have to plug my wristband straight into the electric socket. Now I just earth myself to the case with my hand or arm or something and be done with it. Never had any problems.

RaveneR · May 12, 2007, 06:08 PM

earthing yourself?

try touching one of your leg on a casing which doesnt have any of those plastic leggings...

or simply just stand rooted to the ground with both feets apart...

but i doubt neither of those would work, since after a few years of working with electronics, i havent fried any with static...

Zelig · May 12, 2007, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

technically yes, but i never use one

.

the only ESD protection i do is simply touch the case before i go touch any of my components

Same. Make sure the PSU is plugged in and turned off though, that's what the ground plug is for.

CDsDontBurn · May 12, 2007, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Zelig

Same. Make sure the PSU is plugged in and turned off though, that's what the ground plug is for.

i'll switch off the PSU, and pull out the power line. then i'll touch the case.

i honestly don't feel comfortable touching anything with the power line still in the PSU. if there was an adapter to have it just be the ground line going into the PSU, then yea, i'd do it.

ChaosMinionX · May 12, 2007, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Hurock

I've finally ordered my new PC!!

CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7
CPU: Intel C2D E6600
Case: Centurion CAC-534
HDD: Seagate 320GB SATA2
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 ATX
VGA: EVGA e-geforce 8800GTS 320MB
PSU: Corsair HX520W Modular
Memory: OCZ Platinum XTC 2x1GB PC2-6400 CL4-4-4-15
O/S: Vista Home Premium 32bit

I think I'll be very happy with this! I really hope it will last me at least 1 year and a half.

Nice rig, you may want to upgrade the cooling if your going to get into OCing it

Other than that looks like a solid system.

jp306 · May 12, 2007, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hurock

I've finally ordered my new PC!!

CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7
CPU: Intel C2D E6600
Case: Centurion CAC-534
HDD: Seagate 320GB SATA2
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 ATX
VGA: EVGA e-geforce 8800GTS 320MB
PSU: Corsair HX520W Modular
Memory: OCZ Platinum XTC 2x1GB PC2-6400 CL4-4-4-15
O/S: Vista Home Premium 32bit

I think I'll be very happy with this! I really hope it will last me at least 1 year and a half.

I just got that same case about a month ago and I love it, but the blue power led on the front of the case is the brightest damn led I've ever seen. It lights up my bedroom at night to the point that I needed to put a black CD case in front of it

.

H3X4D3C1M4L · May 15, 2007, 09:04 PM

LED's can be unplugged or yanked off you know

jp306 · May 15, 2007, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by H3X4D3C1M4L

LED's can be unplugged or yanked off you know

Yea.....I don't think I'll be ripping the front panel off my new case to yank any LEDs out. I was just saying it's bright.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jun 3, 2007, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by jp306

Yea.....I don't think I'll be ripping the front panel off my new case to yank any LEDs out. I was just saying it's bright.

And I gave you a way to solve that problem most effectively. A simple thank you would have sufficed

jp306 · Jun 3, 2007, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by H3X4D3C1M4L

And I gave you a way to solve that problem most effectively. A simple thank you would have sufficed

If you would of read my first post, then you would know that I solved the issue. Thanks for nothing

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jun 6, 2007, 04:53 AM

You call that a solution? Bah, you've swept the dirt under the carpet and thrown the junk in the closet!

CDsDontBurn · Jun 6, 2007, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by jp306

I just got that same case about a month ago and I love it, but the blue power led on the front of the case is the brightest damn led I've ever seen. It lights up my bedroom at night to the point that I needed to put a black CD case in front of it

.

i have so many miscellaneous lights from my computer, monitor, mice, speakers, DSL modem, router, scanner, satellite receiver, and sometimes my cell phone, that i would need many black CDs

.

i've gotten used to all the lights in my room....

Zelig · Jun 6, 2007, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

i'll switch off the PSU, and pull out the power line. then i'll touch the case.

Your call, keep in mind that if the PSU isn't plugged in, the case isn't grounded, so touching it isn't going to do much.

CDsDontBurn · Jun 6, 2007, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Zelig

Your call, keep in mind that if the PSU isn't plugged in, the case isn't grounded, so touching it isn't going to do much.

i do touch the case though when the power line is still plugged in. i touch it when i'm unplugging all the cables from the rear

**kris23** · Jun 6, 2007, 08:24 PM

well...... the way a ground works is that the static is discharged into anything that is not charged...... the ground in a wall socket, running water, a big chunk of metal not anywhere near the case.......

when a computer is plugged in and switched off, the ground is still operational so you're safe if you're in a room full of carpet or something..... my room is nearly all wood and paper so i have less to worry about with static build up on my body.

thats why grounds are connected to a big copper tube sunk to the earth or connected to your water mains

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jun 19, 2007, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

i've gotten used to all the lights in my room....

And the voices in your head too by the sounds of it

May 12, 2007, 03:24 AM	#1
Hurock DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: St-Luc, QC, Canada Posts: 37 Rep Power: 0	Computer ordered I've finally ordered my new PC!! CPU Cooler: Arctic Cooler Freezer Pro 7 CPU: Intel C2D E6600 Case: Centurion CAC-534 HDD: Seagate 320GB SATA2 Mobo: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 ATX VGA: EVGA e-geforce 8800GTS 320MB PSU: Corsair HX520W Modular Memory: OCZ Platinum XTC 2x1GB PC2-6400 CL4-4-4-15 O/S: Vista Home Premium 32bit I think I'll be very happy with this! I really hope it will last me at least 1 year and a half. __________________ [COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]Let's go Senators![/COLOR] [/COLOR]

May 12, 2007, 03:43 AM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Congratulations. I hope you enjoy it. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

May 12, 2007, 04:41 AM	#3
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	nice rig! i'm sure it will easily last you 1.5yrs. my rig just turned 3yrs. old! i've only upgraded my gfx card, RAM, and HDDs since i've had my machine first built __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

May 12, 2007, 05:28 AM	#4
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	I hope you really enjoy it, since I'm buying basically the same stuff very soon :) I've really made my current one last; only bought a single HDD since 2004. __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

May 12, 2007, 04:35 PM	Thread Starter #7
Hurock DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: St-Luc, QC, Canada Posts: 37 Rep Power: 0	Is a antistatic wristband really necessary? __________________ [COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]Let's go Senators![/COLOR] [/COLOR]

May 12, 2007, 05:17 PM	#8
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	technically yes, but i never use one . the only ESD protection i do is simply touch the case before i go touch any of my components __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

May 12, 2007, 06:00 PM	#9
cozumel I'm dangerous but cute... Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Under the waves... Posts: 3,577 Rep Power: 60 System Specs	I'm the same. A few years ago, when I was working for a computer company, I would have to plug my wristband straight into the electric socket. Now I just earth myself to the case with my hand or arm or something and be done with it. Never had any problems. __________________ Don't worry about money - Be a beach bum! Scuba Rocks

May 12, 2007, 06:08 PM	#10
RaveneR DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 196 Rep Power: 0	earthing yourself? try touching one of your leg on a casing which doesnt have any of those plastic leggings... or simply just stand rooted to the ground with both feets apart... but i doubt neither of those would work, since after a few years of working with electronics, i havent fried any with static...

May 15, 2007, 09:04 PM	#15
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	LED's can be unplugged or yanked off you know

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H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	You call that a solution? Bah, you've swept the dirt under the carpet and thrown the junk in the closet!

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kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,018 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	well...... the way a ground works is that the static is discharged into anything that is not charged...... the ground in a wall socket, running water, a big chunk of metal not anywhere near the case....... when a computer is plugged in and switched off, the ground is still operational so you're safe if you're in a room full of carpet or something..... my room is nearly all wood and paper so i have less to worry about with static build up on my body. thats why grounds are connected to a big copper tube sunk to the earth or connected to your water mains __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!