New PC Build

[afinewaytodie]

I just built a new system out of this case. Its a little small for my tastes, but it fits a 5770 fine, and thats more than enough for what I need it for. Front panel connectors are a bitch tho, lol. Its pretty friggin loud too. But, it performs well enough so far. I could be happier with cooling tho. My Phenom II X4 955 idles at around 25c-26c with a thermaltake V1, so we'll see what it does under load.

[darkgoth678]

@turbotonic27 I dont consider it very noicy but friends have told me that it is. I have a GTX260 in it now and it becomes pretty noicy if I turn the fan up to 100%

I personally do not have a problem with noise though.

[darkgoth678]

@turbotonic27 yeah im working on it now, give me a couple of mins

[umbra234]

well i got 3 230mm fans

[TheMegaOuch]

Any good?

AMD PHENOM II X4 945 3.0 GHz AM3

XIGMATEK SCORPION HDT-S1283 COOLER

4GB Corsair Memory DDR3 1600 (2 x 2gb)

250GB SATA Hard Drive

AM3 MSI 770-C45 - DDR3 1600x4 770-C45 chipset

ATI HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5 

[afinewaytodie]

@TheMegaOuch that sounds pretty good. Very similar to my new build, except i have 4GB DDR3 1333, a 500GB HDD, and a Phenom II X4 955. It works well in this case.

[Red97Avenger]

someone as smart as you shouldnt have said save money since the economy is shit right now . if people had money to spend then it wouldnt be a recession .... meaning spend every penny

[bloudlk]

Im gonna build my own computer and I was thinking about getting the NZXT Nemesis Elite. Hig is it and is it quiet with its default fans?

[lylix123]

fix the cables xP

[acer0169]

for real

[AJsfree2toke]

Hey nice setup.. Im thinking of building, msi p55, intel core i5 750 2.66 GHZ, 2x ddr3 2g,, 5770 vapor x....and for coolers and towers

a hyper 212 coolmaster, and tower: cm690 6 fan coolmaster.

What do u think of that setup? Will be pritty good?

[darkgoth678]

@AJsfree2toke Definitely actually I was planning something like that sometime in the future. Except mine was a little more expensive with an 800D, EVGA P55.

Oh and I might hold of on that though to wait for nVidia's GTX400's and see what those are going to be like.

Other than that sounds good to me =]

[Navy707]

@darkgoth678 Hello, i have a question. Will the Cooler Master V8 fit on the NZXT Elite case?

[hbolle00]

@AJsfree2toke

i'd get the HAF 922 instead.. looks better.. IMO

[wildgeko123]

how much this cost you?

my freind is estimating £4000+ for me and he's a real computer genious

[darkgoth678]

@wildgeko123 at the time, this was about $1100, but now im sure you can get something even better for about $750-$800

[mrzonkedman]

got the same case wondering if you could help me with the front panel audio

[darkgoth678]

I think your on your on there man, i can;t get mine to work either. I'f I need to plug in headphones i have to plug them into the back =/.

The best advice I can give you is to look for your motherboards manual or go to forums and look up your motherboard and figure out which plugs fit in which pins. its a pain but w/e, just have to live with it till we get new cases i suppose.

[OoGoZuoO]

this look like refrigerator

[downawang23]

ROFL you got 8 usb's in the "BOCK!!"

[downawang23]

upgrade to a gts 250! there only $120 on newegg for the 512mb one. and the 1gb one is $142

[oliverw92]

please do some cable management. you are screwing your airflow at the moment.

bfg psu's are awful. get a better one that is modular.

those zalmans aren't great value for money. the cooling is average to poor. get a Big Typhoon or a TRUE or a Xigmatek Dark Knight.

Braid the cables. Looks much nicer

Taking 3 hours to build a computer is way too short. Software side should be about the same. If you do proper cable management, it should take at least a day.

[zzzchaosxxx]

dam how much u paid 4 this

[eurtie]

stoned

[gabeherb345]

lolol he sure sounds stoned

[darkgoth678]

lol I dont do drugs =P

[discostusaysyo]

hi, umm, i would like to know umm, how long, umm it took to build umm, your system, because umm, i have a social life and umm, im afraid it might take up too much of my umm, time. umm yeah, umm, thats it a think, umm.

[darkgoth678]

well the acrtual building to get the thing to run takes at the most, if your taking your sweet old time and taking it slow, at the most 3 hours if not less.

working on the software side takes the longest

[mentanx]

Well i'm buying a 19 Wide monitor :)

[brandonsexywhitaker]

nice build

if you do some cable managment

you would have better airflow

5/5 =]

[madutdman]

4:3 monitor? c'mon man.....

[darkgoth678]

lol yeah I know... I've been looking for deals lately on Widescreens but i have to gear the little cash I have towards things like headsets and mouse because i need to get ready for Quakecon =P

[madutdman]

I was gonna do video of my comp but I decided not to, cos someone might kill me for it :) I got 6gb of video in sli and 3x32inch hd. tv's. So playing c.o.d. is as real as it gets. I use 12gb ram, 3.2 extreme nehlem cpu, and i run this on Ga-EX58-UD5 mb. And cosmos case.

[mentanx]

I Love 4:3 monitors!

They don't let things fatter than 16:9

[kilouno1963]

man what hell clean those cables

[ProjectEvil]

good thing dx10 does jack

[xtrodinairy]

Ur very tired?

[gremlinkiller]

no just has no life

[discostusaysyo]

but how do you kill that, that has no life?

[darkgoth678]

you don't =P

[brandonsexywhitaker]

lmao at ur comment

[sickbras]

hey nice vid, check out my review on a thermaltake VH8000bws armor + oh and dont forget to sub XD

[zomfgwtfpwnt]

wow nice case, but vista = suckish for games

[lizardmannnn]

dx 10?

[FOOSAG]

not really.. vista is good now.

[zomfgwtfpwnt]

how is vista better? xp now also supports dx10.

[FOOSAG]

XP DOESN'T support dx10 and WILL NEVER support dx10. Wherever you heard that info from is clearly false. As an owner of Vista since May of this year, I've encountered little trouble with my old software I had on my older XP machine. Vista doesn't suck at games either. Early adapters of Vista in early 2007 did face issues but now it runs as well as my old XP machine, if not better.

[gschreiber94]

i have xp sp3 and mine doesnt do dx10 so your a dumbass

[brandonsexywhitaker]

xp only supports direct x8

[Nibblesguy]

it supports 9.1

[kingclown56]

nice build but if u really want it to look nice do some wire managment. it will lower your case temperature to.

[main3ventx92]

i dont know about yours but it dosent look like my time and date resets!!

[darkgoth678]

Yeah mine does too, the only thing I use that display for really is to check in-case temp.

[DaNo156]

Nice build man i am thinking of building a pc is your cases full metal?

[darkgoth678]

the inside and basically the fundamentals are Aluminum but things like the Front and the top LC display are plastic.

[Kevdak]

Just a heads up.. 74GB and 32GB hard drives can't run in raid 0. They have to be the same size. So get two 74GB drives.

[darkgoth678]

wow thanks you saved me alot of money an time but now i think im jsut going to RAID with 7200 rpm drives since its less expensive, idk. but anyways thank you.

[2dvh]

coul this case fit an hd4870?

[darkgoth678]

I would assume yes, it would be a tight squezze not for the card itself but for your dual 6-pin power connectors. but it should fit in there nicely. If its the same length as the 4850 then yes.

[main3ventx92]

it should i have the same case

[matthockeyplayer28]

very nice build!

[AMDFX55]

Nice....

[bremstone]

hey could this tower handle a 9800 gx2 which is 10 1/2 inches long

[darkgoth678]

Yes, you might be a little cramped between the HDD tray and the card but since the 9800 GX2's 6-pin and 8-pin power connectors are on the side of the card instead of the back then you shouldn't have a problem with it. That's the only little mishap i had with the HD4850

[CRAKIZGOOD]

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