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My first PC build!!

Discussion in 'General' started by firstcherokeeki, Jan 3, 2010.

  1. firstcherokeeki

    firstcherokeeki Rides like a girl!

    Just wanted to say thanks to all of you pc guru's for all your help. Here are a few pics of my very first build and the specs. Let me know what you guys think.

    AMD Phenom II X4 3.0 GHz
    4 GB RAM
    ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO
    Windows 7 x64

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  2. triplestrong

    triplestrong Well-Known Member

    Looks very tidy:up: I'm no computer-builder-guy, but if saw that for sale it would spark abit of interest:beer:
     
  3. 97BladeRider

    97BladeRider Too old for this sh!t

    It's still ONLY a PC.

    (nicely done though)
     
  4. Suburbanrancher

    Suburbanrancher Chillzilla

    Very cool :up:

    I'm working on something myself right now. Who'd you use for suppliers, and how were they?
     
  5. firstcherokeeki

    firstcherokeeki Rides like a girl!

    I used a local shop in town. They were ok..but had a couple issues. Other than that it would be Newegg.com.

    Thanks for all the compliments guys!!
     
  6. caferace

    caferace No.

    Not sure who she used, but I will give 10 :up:'s for www.newegg.com ... Great selection, excellent prices and awesome returns policy. Rebates from them (if they're offered) always go through unlike, say.. TigerDirect...

    I've built multiple boxes, both personal and work-related from Newegg components and always been happy with the results.

    I may be prejudiced, though. I shopped at the brick and mortar Egghead Software back when they actually had real stores. And they were great then as well.

    -jim
     
  7. Country_boy_88

    Country_boy_88 Well-Known Member

    what kind of $ we talking to build something like that?
    id love to make a nice desktop for the house to run CAD and proE on
     
  8. r1owner

    r1owner All cars suck!

    Nice job! I've built several myself... I always cross my fingers when I push the button and hope stuff works (otherwise I'm screwed!).


    2nd Newegg! I've ordered stuff from them at like 3-4 CST and had it at my door the next day.
     
  9. SirCrashAlot

    SirCrashAlot Well-Known Member

    Looks great. Here's one I built for myself.
     

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  10. caferace

    caferace No.

    Damn... Northbridge and Southbridge LC'ed? What kinda clocks are you running? :wow:

    -jim
     
  11. SirCrashAlot

    SirCrashAlot Well-Known Member

    Not much of an oc'er. Currently running 3.4ghz (stock). I've had it up to 4.0 using AMD overdrive.
     
  12. firstcherokeeki

    firstcherokeeki Rides like a girl!

    I spent roughly 600 for everything you see.

    DAYUM!!! Now you must explain!!:wow: Cause I am not sure what I am looking at here...lol. I feel newbish all of a sudden...hahaha.
     
  13. SirCrashAlot

    SirCrashAlot Well-Known Member


    What do you want explained? I'll try my best.
     
  14. firstcherokeeki

    firstcherokeeki Rides like a girl!

    Have not seen this before? Thanks for the info!
     

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  15. SirCrashAlot

    SirCrashAlot Well-Known Member

    Oh ok. My computer is cooled with proplyene glycol. That is tubing that is ran to waterblocks on the cpu, northbridge chip, southbridge chip, voltage regulator, and graphics card. They are connected to a pump and radiator. It's a bit of cooling overkill but I have the benefit of peace of mind. That is unless I get a leak.:eek:
     
  16. firstcherokeeki

    firstcherokeeki Rides like a girl!

    That was what I thought...but was not sure. I thought about something like that as well but the thought of a leak scared me away! Looks awesome!
    What are the specs?
     
  17. SirCrashAlot

    SirCrashAlot Well-Known Member

    Thanks for the kind words.

    Not sure what kind of detail you're looking for but here goes.

    Gigabyte MA790FXT-UD5P Motherboard
    AMD Phenom II 965 Black Edition CPU
    BFG GeForce GTX 285 Graphics Card
    BFG 1000 EX PSU
    Corsair Dominator RAM 4gb
    2- Western Digital Raptor HDs. Configured in a raid array.
    Running Windows 7 pro x64
    That's all I can think of at the moment.
     
  18. firstcherokeeki

    firstcherokeeki Rides like a girl!

    That was it. Thanks for all the info.
     
  19. caferace

    caferace No.

    I thought only water wetter was legal? :D

    -jim
     
  20. brand-o

    brand-o Well-Known Member

    You mean we can't use Engine Ice?!
     

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