More Pictures Of My New Pc :o

Beast · June 2005

<div class="IPBDescription">It is ALMOST COMPLETE! (56k beware-pics)</div> All parts have no been bought. There has been a little change of plans with a few things, but its more or less the same:
Final spec:

*AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 90nm Venice Core
*2x512MB Corsair XMS 3200 DDR Ram
*Asus A8N SLi Deluxe mobo
*Danger Den RBX Waterblock
*Dangerden DDC12v Pump
*9.5' of Tygon 1/2" ID Tubing
*Thermaltake VA8000 Armour Case
*Thermochill HS120.3 Radiator
*Turtlebeach Catalina Soundcard
*Leadtek PX6800 GT
*NEC DVD/CDRW/DVDRW Double Layer Drive
*Hitachi SATA II Deskstar 250GB
*Vantec Vortex Harddrive cooler
*Customised Crystalfontz LCD
*Windows XP Pro

I'm currently waiting on the RAM, LCD and Graphics card to arive. That said, PICTURES <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

<img src='http://www.farclip.com/armonkyi/inside.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://www.farclip.com/armonkyi/frontalmostdone.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://www.farclip.com/armonkyi/frontclose.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

Those LCD thingys there are two cheap temperature probs I bought which I thought would be useful. No idea what to have them measure the temperature of xD. There has been quite a lot of custom work to make this case work. Worthwhile noting: TIE WRAPS ARE GODS. WORSHIP THEM. >.>

Any comments/crits/ideas are welcome :o Just no brandbashing please xD

Fog_cartoons · June 2005

How and where did you learn to put this monster together?

Cereal_KillR · June 2005

I got to admit, I like your case. It's not so out-of-this world it's freaky, and it stays within the limits of classiness despite of its window.

For your temperature monitor, I would suggest one on the case or on the PSU (normally, you put it on the CPU fan itself, but seeing as how it's watercooled, I'd say put it on say the parallel port, or put it on the PSU)
The second one can be put on the CPU (I suppose you can put it on the waterblock) or, if you're using a monitoring program, put it on whatever doesn't have a probe.

edit: his card is a *Leadtek PX6800 GT

Gadzuko · June 2005

What's your graphics card? Maybe I'm blind but I don't see it listed.

SillyGoose · June 2005

Leadtek 6800GT. Nice rig their beast, how hard was the Danger Den water stuff to install? I've been wanting to go to water for a while now.

AlienCow · June 2005

Nice I think <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

Beast · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SillyGoose @ Jun 23 2005, 11:04 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Leadtek 6800GT. Nice rig their beast, how hard was the Danger Den water stuff to install? I've been wanting to go to water for a while now.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Quite easy. Did require to modify the case a bit for the external radiator.
I'd recommend Dangerden handsdown. Their components rock <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

Beast · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fog cartoons @ Jun 23 2005, 11:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> How and where did you learn to put this monster together?  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Self taught o.o;
That, and the internet >:D

Depot · June 2005

Nice setup, good job so far.

Rob · June 2005

Rockin' out.

DrSuredeath · June 2005

I'm scared. That thing is a monster.

Metalcat · June 2005

AWESOME <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

Supernorn · June 2005

Sweet. I have the same motherboard and processer. I have to admit that my case is far more awesome than yours though. <i>Mine changes colour.</i>

OrganoX · June 2005

Your computer scares me <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' />
I cant imagine to sleep near that thing.
Otherwise, nice super-computer.
How much did you offer for it? (along with ram and grafic card)

Beast · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (OrganoX @ Jun 23 2005, 12:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Your computer scares me <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' />
I cant imagine to sleep near that thing.
Otherwise, nice super-computer.
How much did you offer for it? (along with ram and grafic card)  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Lets see...
£220 for watercooling
£90 for the HDD
£105 for mobo
£180 for proccessor
£80 for Windowsxp (OEM. :o)
£40 for the Optical
£100 for case
£260 for graphics card
£80 for RAM
£60 for PSU
£70 Accessories
£30 HDD cooler
£30 shipping in total

About £1400. So around $2500.
o.o;

DaJMasta · June 2005

:O

should have spent an extra £250, the 7800GTX is making your card look ancient <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' />

Great system though, definitly, and putting them together is quite phun, so enjoy!

UnCritical · June 2005

Looks sweet, this gets me in the mood to make a new box myself.

Remove those stickers on the front tho, they look out of place.

Beast · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DaJMasta @ Jun 23 2005, 02:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> :O

should have spent an extra £250, the 7800GTX is making your card look ancient <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' />

Great system though, definitly, and putting them together is quite phun, so enjoy!  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Not really. The 7800GTX is only 25% better at most than my current card at most settings, so I'm not that fussed <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

Drfuzzy · June 2005

Nice case, I got a black koolance liquid cooling tower that looks kinda like that, but much simpler. I need to take out my disk drives and paint them black later since it dosent match my black case <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

Invader_Scoot · June 2005

Looking good. I want your water cooling. I'd buy one, but I'm so scared it'll leak or I'll mess something up and have to spend a ton of money to replace it.

DaJMasta · June 2005

i'm scared of the pricetag....

That coming from someone planning on buying the XP-120 heatsink for 50 with my next upgrade <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

I guess its more the lack of portability that messes with me. Ur compy is much more likely to survive a bumpy car ride when it has air cooling.

Beast · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DaJMasta @ Jun 23 2005, 07:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> i'm scared of the pricetag....

That coming from someone planning on buying the XP-120 heatsink for 50 with my next upgrade <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

I guess its more the lack of portability that messes with me. Ur compy is much more likely to survive a bumpy car ride when it has air cooling.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Mine just requires someone to hold the pc and the radiator. Nothing complicated o.o....
Though to move it, you do need two people xD.
It's not meant to be portable. Quite the opposite infact. Helps deter theives <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /> lol x)

Beast · June 2005

Looks like my PC project will be on hold for a while, and may end up ending completely.
My work decided to mess around with my pay and underpay me for this month; so I've had to cancel the order which had the graphics card in, and will be waiting until my next paycheck.

This is a lesson to all: NEVER WORK RETAIL.
Sorry to bring such an anticlimactic post to the thread :/

Snidely · June 2005

It doesn't just happen in retail, sadly. ):

BulletHead · June 2005

damn... I gotta try this

Can you tell me your supplier?

Beast · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BulletHead @ Jun 24 2005, 02:05 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> damn... I gotta try this

Can you tell me your supplier?  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Several places:
*Overclockers uk
*over-clock uk
*Tekheads
*newegg (bought a few parts from the us)
*watercoolingshop
*dangerden
xD

Yeah x)

BaconTheory · June 2005

I wish I had money... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /> Nice setup by the way.

DiscoZombie · June 2005

it looks like something a ghostbuster would strap to his back <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

nice nice :> if I had that kinda cooling, I wouldn't have so many graphics artifacts, I bet <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

Beast · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DiscoZombie @ Jun 24 2005, 04:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> it looks like something a ghostbuster would strap to his back <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

nice nice :> if I had that kinda cooling, I wouldn't have so many graphics artifacts, I bet <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Some things that can help cooling imensely, that are cheap to do:
Get some SHIELDED Rounded IDE cables. THEY WORK. I saw a 10'c Drop in temperature.

Also, clean out the dust form your pc with a cotton cloth (make damn sure its cotton, or you have a dead pc (yay static)).

Lastly, make sure your fans are placed nicely.

KGB_Garal · June 2005

That's a damn sweet rig but I'm not too big of a fan of the case =x

Beast · June 2005

Update:
After some talking with my Dad, I managed to sort something out regarding finances.
A graphics card is now on the way, and the project will continue.

In the process I thought it would be a bright idea to put some ram heatspreaders on my old ram. I did so, and they are stuck on pretty tight. but are covering the little holes which need to be uncovered to slot the ram back in. I also dropped the ram a few times I think in the process onto nice, nylon carpet.

Ouch.

Not to worry, it was only valueram. Replacement nonvalueram WITH headspreader on is on the way. Again, this is thanks to my Dad o.o;

And its raining. Which is VERY MUCH NEEDED as of the extreme heat we have had recently :3

Will Update you when things change <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

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