New PC I build

germanjulian · Dec 30, 2005, 09:22 PM

yeah build another PC today, my brothers and my little extra box. Makes it 4 machines now..

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ - 329 euro
Kingston ValueRAM DIMM 2 GB Kit (DDR400) - 184 euro
Fortron FSP-60THNP 400 Watt (150 Watt Combined) - 59 euro
Seagate ST3160827AS (160 gb) - 89 euro
Thermaltake Mambo Gehaeuse - 49 euro
HIS Excalibur Radeon X800GTO IceQ2 Turbo - 249 euro

X850XT for 30 Euro more
Asus A8N-E - 94 euro
Thermaltake Big Typhoon CPU-Leufter - 36 euro

Took 2 hours to assemble. All running fine as usual with my build

that dual athlon is kinda fast .... now that I felt the power I want one too... but I will be hard and wait till next year for my AM2... AM2 please come quick

Judas · Dec 30, 2005, 09:42 PM

enjoy it!

Asus A8N-E (rev2.0) is a damn good board....

Although enless you absalutely need it, i'd suggest not hooking up all the EXTRA USB ports, just makes the case collect more dust and more wires....

have fun with the x2

riles9262 · Dec 30, 2005, 09:47 PM

Very nice computer...clean case, and man, that cput hs/f is huge!

The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 30, 2005, 09:53 PM

Took 2 hours to assemble?? really?

Judas · Dec 31, 2005, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Neon_Cowboy

Took 2 hours to assemble?? really?

if i worked fast enough.... yeah, could probably do it in about an hour... or less...depends really.

Also, Installing windows on an X2 is my guad, fast....

Necrosis · Dec 31, 2005, 08:01 AM

It took me about that long to do my case swap. However, I have a lot of crap in my case. Of course it's not quite the same, I think doing case swaps is the worst.

Judas · Dec 31, 2005, 09:11 AM

case swaps are terrible.

For my main server, it'll take me about 5 hours i figure.... because i will take the time to thoroughly clean everything, and i sit and think about things quite often to make sure of the way i'm going to put everythingin.....

Necrosis · Dec 31, 2005, 09:28 AM

Indeed they are.

It takes up twice or three times your normal work space. I keep my stuff pretty clean so that isn't much of a problem. However, I do too some times sit & put some real effort in to thinking things out. It's really amazing all the little problems you can run in to.

Judas · Dec 31, 2005, 06:31 PM

actually it can be bloody irritating when it comes to some problem you can run into..

For example, i've a really terrible tiny case, a prebuilt pretty much, i've got one of the largest socket A motherboards anyone could buy (Abit AT7-MAX2) which more then feels the entire mountings of the entire case, and actually has to be slid under where the hardrive/Optical drives mount, Frigen tight no less, and then i have to manage to get cables in there and the works.

I hate daewoo.

In any case, i try and keep things as clean as possible, but it's difficult due to the fact that there are 2 cats in this house.... and this house is a dust magnet...

CDsDontBurn · Dec 31, 2005, 06:46 PM

nice build there julian! nice specs too

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as for building a system, yea, it can be messy, and even moreso if it's a case swap that's happening. when i did the case swap for my sister, it took me roughly 3hrs. to do everything, but then again, she doesn't have a whole lot of stuff in her machine.

Judas · Jan 1, 2006, 07:34 AM

swaping out a basic machine... 1 video card, 1 motherboard, 1-2 sticks of ram, 1 hardrive, 1 optical drive, 1 floppy, 1 PSU, and that's pretty much it.

Leaving the cpu plugged into the motherboard.

This doesn't take to long..

But the second you start adding more, such as another sound card, anther HD or 2 maybe 3.... etc, it starts getting much more complicated in swaping... although fun

**dj_stick** · Jan 1, 2006, 09:14 AM

oh god case swapping is fun… (not)

i've done it a few times myself

swimtech · Jan 1, 2006, 09:07 PM

Nice pictures germanjulian - and a nice machine - bet that honkin' CPU cooler is nice and quiet...

Interesting case swap - Apple G4 tower (factory case with the flip down door - was the Gigabit Enet model with Airport antenna in the case) to a black, square, rack mount case. Did two of them a few years back - the second one took only an hour and a half, but the first took a whole morning. That was fun!

Necrosis · Jan 1, 2006, 09:46 PM

Was it one of the thin rack mount cases?

swimtech · Jan 9, 2006, 03:55 AM

No, it was a basic black 3 or 4U rack mount case - made it look nothing like an Apple... I'll see if I can get a picture soon.

ReDGuiTaR · Jan 9, 2006, 04:19 AM

Building a machine doesnt take long ... but if you want it uber clean the wiring can take up to 2-3 hours .

btw, nice puter and dont worry for the GTO card most of them can reach X850XT speed .

Dec 30, 2005, 09:22 PM	#1
germanjulian Back in London Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: London Posts: 1,797 Rep Power: 0	New PC I build yeah build another PC today, my brothers and my little extra box. Makes it 4 machines now.. AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ - 329 euro Kingston ValueRAM DIMM 2 GB Kit (DDR400) - 184 euro Fortron FSP-60THNP 400 Watt (150 Watt Combined) - 59 euro Seagate ST3160827AS (160 gb) - 89 euro Thermaltake Mambo Gehaeuse - 49 euro HIS Excalibur Radeon X800GTO IceQ2 Turbo - 249 euro X850XT for 30 Euro more Asus A8N-E - 94 euro Thermaltake Big Typhoon CPU-Leufter - 36 euro Took 2 hours to assemble. All running fine as usual with my build that dual athlon is kinda fast .... now that I felt the power I want one too... but I will be hard and wait till next year for my AM2... AM2 please come quick __________________ /\|\ Asus P5W DH Deluxe, Intel C2D E6600, 2GB Corsair XMS2-6400C4 DDR2, E-VGA GeForce 7800 GT, Creative X-Fi Extreme Music, 500GB Seagate 7200.10 SATA, Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case Black, etc. http://germanjulian.com /\|\

Dec 30, 2005, 09:47 PM	#3
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	Very nice computer...clean case, and man, that cput hs/f is huge! __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Dec 30, 2005, 09:53 PM	#4
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	Took 2 hours to assemble?? really? __________________

Dec 31, 2005, 06:46 PM	#10
CDsDontBurn Lurking DriverHeaven Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 22,779 Rep Power: 235 System Specs	nice build there julian! nice specs too . as for building a system, yea, it can be messy, and even moreso if it's a case swap that's happening. when i did the case swap for my sister, it took me roughly 3hrs. to do everything, but then again, she doesn't have a whole lot of stuff in her machine. __________________ Her First Day \| A year later

Jan 1, 2006, 09:07 PM	#13
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Nice pictures germanjulian - and a nice machine - bet that honkin' CPU cooler is nice and quiet... Interesting case swap - Apple G4 tower (factory case with the flip down door - was the Gigabit Enet model with Airport antenna in the case) to a black, square, rack mount case. Did two of them a few years back - the second one took only an hour and a half, but the first took a whole morning. That was fun! __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Dec 31, 2005, 08:01 AM	#6
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	It took me about that long to do my case swap. However, I have a lot of crap in my case. Of course it's not quite the same, I think doing case swaps is the worst.

Dec 31, 2005, 09:28 AM	#8
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Indeed they are. It takes up twice or three times your normal work space. I keep my stuff pretty clean so that isn't much of a problem. However, I do too some times sit & put some real effort in to thinking things out. It's really amazing all the little problems you can run in to.

Jan 1, 2006, 09:46 PM	#14
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Was it one of the thin rack mount cases?

Jan 9, 2006, 03:55 AM	#15
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	No, it was a basic black 3 or 4U rack mount case - made it look nothing like an Apple... I'll see if I can get a picture soon. __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Jan 9, 2006, 04:19 AM	#16
ReDGuiTaR DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Quebec , Canada Posts: 746 Rep Power: 0	Building a machine doesnt take long ... but if you want it uber clean the wiring can take up to 2-3 hours . btw, nice puter and dont worry for the GTO card most of them can reach X850XT speed . __________________ Zing a ling... zing a ling a ling ... A8N-E - A64x2 4600, 2048 Mb Kingston ram 400mhz cas 2.5 ( 2 x 1024 DualChannel ), Seagate 320 Gig 7200 16Mb cache S-ata 2, GeForce 7900GT 512MB, Enermax 460watt power supply, WindowsXP SP2.