PurpleSnow
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thank you very much. I was thinking for next maybe build a wall mount but im still deciding on that, either this one or the HTPC
Post A Pic Of Your Pc Here :)
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thank you very much. I was thinking for next maybe build a wall mount but im still deciding on that, either this one or the HTPC
ghost
Active Member
Not a great photo i know,Mobile phone camera.
Nice and tidy!
ninjabubbles3
Active Member
Nearly done, just waiting for h110i gt which could be a month or so due to delays. Also quality isnt the greatest, camera isnt the best.
Looks really nice and tidy shane. curious as to why you have the cooler sideways though, distance between GPU maybe?
Why you gotta show us up
Wouldn't you if you had a machine like that?
I remember when I started here I was downright embarassed to post pictures of my machine due to a cheap case and my atrocious cable management skills. This was after I think 3 attempts at management.
1001185p by [email protected], on Flickr Now we're here with several upgrades in between.
DSCN0898 by [email protected], on FlickrDespite performance not being directly affected, if you're passionate about the hobby beyond just having a computer that can play games, a quality case is a very good investment. Even this case is under 100 dollars now I think. The Challenger in the first picture was 40-50. Still a solid case though, just not the best for aesthetics.
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tylerjrb
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Really nice darren! Loving that white case really clean. I used to have a white 500r before but went for the 750D. I still really like white cases i think they look more crisp and cleaner and seperate things better over black ones.
I was quite bad at cable management on my first case and it didnt really have that much room. I actually bent the door trying to force it on lol. Have learnt since then and tried to remove as much clutter as possible.
I also agree it becomes more than just something to play games on, regardless of price or components it becomes a passion and you take care of it
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I was quite bad at cable management on my first case and it didnt really have that much room. I actually bent the door trying to force it on lol. Have learnt since then and tried to remove as much clutter as possible.
I also agree it becomes more than just something to play games on, regardless of price or components it becomes a passion and you take care of it
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Thanks! Apart from the red RAM my computer is actually color coded. Unintentionally even since that case came a year after I started off with the board that is blue and black and the blue RAM wasn't selected at all for the color. It just kind of all fell into place. 
I agree about the white, makes a nice contrast with your components and has an almost "sterile" look to it. Also makes dust much less visible since it's the same color. I do wish I had a watercooler for aesthetic reasons mainly as the big ol' 212 in the middle is a bit off putting in my opinion. I probably could go back in there and clean up a couple things but I lack motivation.
You've got a Red and Black case and I seem to be the opposite with Blue and White.
I agree about the white, makes a nice contrast with your components and has an almost "sterile" look to it. Also makes dust much less visible since it's the same color. I do wish I had a watercooler for aesthetic reasons mainly as the big ol' 212 in the middle is a bit off putting in my opinion. I probably could go back in there and clean up a couple things but I lack motivation.
You've got a Red and Black case and I seem to be the opposite with Blue and White.
ninjabubbles3
Active Member
Maybe a couple red LED fans would help reinforce my red/black theme. Motherboard is mostly black, with red heatsinks, unfortunately, the heatsinks are really small and I only have 1 stick of RAM, so it doesn't match. Also, my GPU is black and silver, and my wifi card is the ugliest shade of green imaginable. Plus you got my big ol' CM Hyper 212.
SIGH...
SIGH...
Once you're able to get a job I'd expect your computer will shape up nicely. I started with a pretty basic 500 dollar machine back in the day before I had a job and once I got employed my money kept making its way into my computer.
I've had some sort of upgrade every year for the past 3-4.
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The VCR King
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An imgur album of my gaming PC (in signature). Kinda dusty but i'll clean it soon.
http://imgur.com/a/CXZms
http://imgur.com/a/CXZms
That's disgustingly dusty. You should be ashamed.
And you need cable management.
And you need cable management.
tremmor
Well-Known Member
Not as dirty as these computers. http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/565-dusty-pc-clogged-fan-dirty-power-supply.html
Looking pretty slick sir
No wonder you're afraid of going into that thing lol.
The VCR King
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Looking pretty slick sir
No wonder you're afraid of going into that thing lol.
Honestly early that is actually part of the reason. I'm afraid I might mess up a cable or something.
Honestly early that is actually part of the reason. I'm afraid I might mess up a cable or something.
At that point you're better off re-doing everything and cleaning each piece as you go.
The VCR King
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I used compressed air and got rid of most of it. I'll need to remove the CPU heatsink to clean it but I'm afraid to damage the processor when removing the fan.
This is an old computer build I did in 2012. This was my first and only computer build that I completed. And this was a very low budget build and by low-budget, I mean really low budget (lol). My tech skills was non-existant prior to this build and some of the experts here might find this boring but after reading about other people’s builds it inspired me to give it a try as well. I’m glad I did because I learned a lot from building my own computer. I only use my computer for average use, no gaming or overclocking.
First I’ll start by describing an old computer that I had and it was really old. I had an old Dell Dimension 3000 desktop (2004), mATX form factor, Pentium 4 Hyper-thread (single core), 256 mb RAM (upgraded to 2 GB RAM years later). When I bought this setup from Dell in 2004 I paid $550, at the time the price structure to upgrade to 1 GB RAM was an additional $150, which I had declined and glad I declined because years later the price of
RAM came way down so that is when I upgraded later to 2 GB RAM, the prices back then was outrageous. Watching a 5 minute you tube video on this old computer would take 45 minutes with all the buffering and reloads. And the CPU on that old computer would over heat when watching videos and the fan sounded like an airplane about to take off. And that old computer would always freeze which required hard shut downs and reboots. With all those problems I decided to take the leap and build my own computer which was in 2012.
I digress and back to the topic at hand. For my build these are my components that I installed in that old Dell mATX form factor case (yes to save money I decided to reuse the old case, but later decided to buy a new case which I’ll describe later);
1) Intel mATX socket 1155 MOBO, BOXHD61SA (supports Celeron, Pentium, Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7), $58 from Newegg
2) CPU-Intel Sandy Bridge Celeron dual-core processor, $51 from Newegg (I went with this economical CPU in the event I would not be able to get my system to boot and possibly scrap my project. Now that I know it works I’ll later upgrade to Core i5 quad-core. Update on this is that I got a Core i5 2500 K.
3) Kingston 4 GB RAM HyperX Blue, $20 from Frys (now that I know it works I’m planning to max out at 8 GB later). Update on this is I now have 8 GB RAM.
4) No video card, I’m just using the integrated graphics installed on the MOBO.
Initially, my plan was to use all of the remaining old parts. For instance, I’m using the old power supply unit (PSU), however, the old PSU had a 20 pin connector and the new MOBO has a 24 pin header so I had to get an appropriate adapter for that. The problem came when I intended to use the old IDE hard drive & old IDE CD ROM drive (using IDE to SATA converters, $10 each from Geeks.com, sadly this company no longer is available). Whenever I booted up I would get this message;
“Intel (R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.65 IBA GE Slot 00C8v1365 PXE 2.1 Build 089 Copyright © 1997-2010. Intel Corporation.
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-MOF: Exiting Intel Boot Agent.
Reboot and select proper Boot device or insert Boot Media in selected boot device and press a key.”
I was baffled upon getting this error message. I tried everything and every which way. I switched the jumpers on my IDE hard drive trying all different combinations (ie., master, slave, cable select, etc). I went into my bios and thought I assigned boot device priority giving my optical drive primary status over my hard drive. In my system setup this was the order;
1) Optical Drives
2) Removable Drives
3) Hard Disk Drives
4) Networks
This is where I got hung up until I decided to try getting a SATA hard drive (WD 80 GB, $24 refurbished) & a SATA DVD/CD rewrite ($15 new from NewEgg). This was the fix and apparently my MOBO didn’t recognize the old IDE devices because after installing the new SATA devices my BIOS now displayed these options;
Please select Boot Device:
IBA GE Slot 00c8 v 1365 PXE 2.1
P1: WDC WD 800JD-75LSA0
P0: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH 22NS90
So I simply chose to boot up from my DVD drive and Eureka it worked. I’m running Ubuntu/Linux for now. Windows 7 is on my wish list for later. Update on this is that I eventually installed Windows 7, and later upgraded to Windows 8.
I also decided to go with a new case. It’s a Raidmax Super Hurricane ATX mid tower for $43.
First I’ll start by describing an old computer that I had and it was really old. I had an old Dell Dimension 3000 desktop (2004), mATX form factor, Pentium 4 Hyper-thread (single core), 256 mb RAM (upgraded to 2 GB RAM years later). When I bought this setup from Dell in 2004 I paid $550, at the time the price structure to upgrade to 1 GB RAM was an additional $150, which I had declined and glad I declined because years later the price of
RAM came way down so that is when I upgraded later to 2 GB RAM, the prices back then was outrageous. Watching a 5 minute you tube video on this old computer would take 45 minutes with all the buffering and reloads. And the CPU on that old computer would over heat when watching videos and the fan sounded like an airplane about to take off. And that old computer would always freeze which required hard shut downs and reboots. With all those problems I decided to take the leap and build my own computer which was in 2012.
I digress and back to the topic at hand. For my build these are my components that I installed in that old Dell mATX form factor case (yes to save money I decided to reuse the old case, but later decided to buy a new case which I’ll describe later);
1) Intel mATX socket 1155 MOBO, BOXHD61SA (supports Celeron, Pentium, Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7), $58 from Newegg
2) CPU-Intel Sandy Bridge Celeron dual-core processor, $51 from Newegg (I went with this economical CPU in the event I would not be able to get my system to boot and possibly scrap my project. Now that I know it works I’ll later upgrade to Core i5 quad-core. Update on this is that I got a Core i5 2500 K.
3) Kingston 4 GB RAM HyperX Blue, $20 from Frys (now that I know it works I’m planning to max out at 8 GB later). Update on this is I now have 8 GB RAM.
4) No video card, I’m just using the integrated graphics installed on the MOBO.
Initially, my plan was to use all of the remaining old parts. For instance, I’m using the old power supply unit (PSU), however, the old PSU had a 20 pin connector and the new MOBO has a 24 pin header so I had to get an appropriate adapter for that. The problem came when I intended to use the old IDE hard drive & old IDE CD ROM drive (using IDE to SATA converters, $10 each from Geeks.com, sadly this company no longer is available). Whenever I booted up I would get this message;
“Intel (R) Boot Agent GE v1.3.65 IBA GE Slot 00C8v1365 PXE 2.1 Build 089 Copyright © 1997-2010. Intel Corporation.
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-MOF: Exiting Intel Boot Agent.
Reboot and select proper Boot device or insert Boot Media in selected boot device and press a key.”
I was baffled upon getting this error message. I tried everything and every which way. I switched the jumpers on my IDE hard drive trying all different combinations (ie., master, slave, cable select, etc). I went into my bios and thought I assigned boot device priority giving my optical drive primary status over my hard drive. In my system setup this was the order;
1) Optical Drives
2) Removable Drives
3) Hard Disk Drives
4) Networks
This is where I got hung up until I decided to try getting a SATA hard drive (WD 80 GB, $24 refurbished) & a SATA DVD/CD rewrite ($15 new from NewEgg). This was the fix and apparently my MOBO didn’t recognize the old IDE devices because after installing the new SATA devices my BIOS now displayed these options;
Please select Boot Device:
IBA GE Slot 00c8 v 1365 PXE 2.1
P1: WDC WD 800JD-75LSA0
P0: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH 22NS90
So I simply chose to boot up from my DVD drive and Eureka it worked. I’m running Ubuntu/Linux for now. Windows 7 is on my wish list for later. Update on this is that I eventually installed Windows 7, and later upgraded to Windows 8.
I also decided to go with a new case. It’s a Raidmax Super Hurricane ATX mid tower for $43.
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