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Old Feb 4, 2008, 07:31 PM   #1
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For my 9yr. old sister




yep, just finished building it for her. i just gotta load up winXP on it, a few apps/games and it's done!

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intel e4400
Gigabyte 965 chipset board (965P-DS3)
2GB G.Skill 5-5-5-15 DDR800
NVIDIA (xfx brand) 8600GT 256MB w/DDR3
Allied (mediocre but still better than the POS 350w that came w/the case) 450w PSU
Lite-On DVD/CD-RW combo drive
WD 160GB HDD 16MB 7200RPM drive
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Old Feb 4, 2008, 07:45 PM   #2
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Needs LED's, lots and preferably pink.
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lol, i tried that w/her current machine. it didn't work out because it's just stuffed under the desk and the side w/all the LEDs are facing towards the desk's side frame so it's blocked off. this is much more elegant IMO
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Sure looks like it took alot of effort

Coulda given her a better PSU you schmuck
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the PSU is ok IMO. there was a thermaltake 430w, but the weight test between the allied and the thermaltake just said that the allied is a better quality PSU
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Old Feb 6, 2008, 11:40 AM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #6
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i ran just one test of PCmark05 and 3Dmark06 benchmarks, and her machine has quite a bit better than mine in 3Dmark06 (about 1.1k points better), and a equally better than mine in PCmark05.

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cant really argue with those scores, pretty nice considering what its made of.

i get 13K in 3DMark06
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makes me want to upgrade even more now...
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Nice and clean inside the case, pretty good for a little sister to run on, nice of you to help her out.
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yep, it was definately an upgrade for her. she's really pleased with it compared to her last machine.

AthlonXP 2400+
768MB DDR333
ECS MoBo via 133 chipset
ATI Radeon 8500 128MB
WD 40GB HDD

so yea....it was quite a big upgrade for her.
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why the missing slot cover above the vid card?

last thing you need is mice in the computer (trust me, not pleasant or cheap to clean up)
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lol, because i removed the wrong slot cover before i installed the gfx card . i don't have any extra ones to replace with right now. i'll put one on when i get an extra one.
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lol, because i removed the wrong slot cover before i installed the gfx card . i don't have any extra ones to replace with right now. i'll put one on when i get an extra one.
I've done the same thing on like the last 2 systems i installed a graphics card in, takes some getting used to with the x16 lane on the second cover don't it?
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thing is... alot of motherboards i've come across use either one of 3 slots... somtimes the top one.. sometimes the 2nd one and occasionally the 3rd one...
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thing is... alot of motherboards i've come across use either one of 3 slots... somtimes the top one.. sometimes the 2nd one and occasionally the 3rd one...
i've come across this myself as well several times. and not just on pci-e boards, but also AGP boards. usually though, most of the cases i buy have the detachable pci slot covers that can be screwed back on. this cooler master elite case, you have to remove the pci slot covers by bending them off.
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I need to hook up my old monitor so I can tollerate running 3dmark etc on my system. My TV can't handle the resolutions it wants, so it just sits on a black screen for 12 minutes, and I can't handle that :P
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why the missing slot cover above the vid card?

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ROFL I Agree! I've seen enough mouse "nests" in PC's

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lol, because i removed the wrong slot cover before i installed the gfx card . i don't have any extra ones to replace with right now. i'll put one on when i get an extra one.
Well could always get getto and use some tape
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going ghetto is not an option, lol. i might be doing a case swap somewhat soonish anyways. and i think i might have an extra pci slot cover around somewhere. if not, i'll just go to my old work and they'll hook me up.
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