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Old Nov 17, 2008, 08:38 AM   #1
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built this for my mom
like i did for my sister earlier this year, i put a machine together for my mom.

sorry for the low quality pix, it was taken by my cell phone camera's



specs are:

intel p4 630
2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 533Mhz Kingston
NVIDIA 630i chipset board by MSI
EVGA 7600GT
300W SeaSonic PSU
200GB SATA HDD
Sony DVD-RW
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Old Nov 17, 2008, 11:13 AM   #2
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p4 630? What's that?

It looks like a good entry system, but I never heard of the Seasonic brand and I wouldn't feel safe using an unknown brand for PSU, or a 300W for that.
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Old Nov 17, 2008, 11:46 AM   #3
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Seasonic is a major maker of PSU's
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Old Nov 17, 2008, 11:51 AM   #4
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nice one just make sure the cat doesnt get its tail stuck in a fan...
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Old Nov 17, 2008, 11:54 AM   #5
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Thats a good system for a beginner/someone not into teck.. I think i hve to do something similar for my mom soon, thanks for the idea lol.
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Seasonic is a major maker of PSU's
Yeah they are... An d they makes fine PSU's. The last PSU that I had before the current was Seasonic had it performed well. Anyway nice home/office system for your mom. It don't need to have quad core CPU to do basic internet browsing and other stuff what your mom would do with that.
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Old Nov 17, 2008, 01:22 PM   #7
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i have no idea what brand mine PSU is... i think it's General Power... it came with the case... but it seems to do the job so far, the temps of the components inside the PSU vary from 40 to about 55, 57 degrees, depending on the season... the only problem is that all the capacitors have lower working voltages assigned that the voltage that they are stabilizing... but i guess that is what i get for buying the cheapest case on the market with the PSU attached to the case...

back on topic, it seems to be a a nice rig, i know a couple of friends of mine who haven't updated their rigs (or gotten new ones) for about 3 or 4 years, so i guess they would be pritty jelous at your rig... .
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p4 630? What's that?

It looks like a good entry system, but I never heard of the Seasonic brand and I wouldn't feel safe using an unknown brand for PSU, or a 300W for that.
p4 630 is a 3Ghz p4 based on the s478 p4 Prescott, but it has 64bit support is the real only difference between the 600 series and the 500 series p4 CPUs. the 500 series p4 chips were just a transformation between s478 and s775 with nothing else to add in terms of features.

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Thats a good system for a beginner/someone not into teck.. I think i hve to do something similar for my mom soon, thanks for the idea lol.
this machine and its specs are overkill for my mom. all she's going to be using it for is just email and web browsing . i was originally going to give her a celeron 420, but i came across this CPU for cheap .

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back on topic, it seems to be a a nice rig, i know a couple of friends of mine who haven't updated their rigs (or gotten new ones) for about 3 or 4 years, so i guess they would be pritty jelous at your rig... .
you can add me to that list of yours . i haven't upgraded my machine/built a new one in 4.5 years! hell, my mom's machine is as good as mine is and i didn't even spend 1/4 of what i did for hers as i did for mine!
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Old Nov 17, 2008, 04:21 PM   #9
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wow, your mom's rig has a better GFX card then mine, hahahhahahaha , just check my specs, although it's same series, it still is better, not to mention that it's a GT, not a GS like mine...
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i've recently had a number of those specific cpu heatsinks in (there general design) where they have a habit of catching the most dust and dirt of them all, and they really plug up bad i find, not sure exactly why it is. Would be worthwhile checking every few months specially with a cat there lol
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Nice clean cabling, good job CD's
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Old Nov 17, 2008, 10:53 PM Threadstarter Thread Starter   #13
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thx! it was a biznitch though to get done with my big clammy hands in an mATX case
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thx! it was a biznitch though to get done with my big clammy hands in an mATX case
i think i've worked in that same case, i didn't realise you could take the 3.25" drive bay out until i'd already installed the mobo with great difficulty
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and you can also take out the MoBo tray as well in that case. that's the most awesome feature IMO
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cd that was very cool of you to hook your momz up with that system...
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if i have any left over cash, i'll be buying my mom a new 19in. LCD monitor as well in the near future. something in the $150 range before tax and shipping. preferably something that has a DVI input. but, i know i can't have everything so here are some of the monitors i've been thinking about in that price range.

Newegg.com - Acer V193W b Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 2000:1 - LCD Monitors

Newegg.com - ASUS VW193D Black-Silver 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 850:1 - LCD Monitors

Newegg.com - Acer V193Wbm Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 2000:1 Built in Speakers - LCD Monitors

Newegg.com - ASUS VW193T Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 800:1 (ASCR 1600:1) Built in Speakers - LCD Monitors

i'm really interested in that last asus monitor only because it has the DVI port built into the monitor, but what do you guys think about some of these monitors?
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