Newbs First Build Completed

jashgtp · 06-03-2008, 11:58 PM

Well this was my first computer building experience.

This site made it alot easier plus youtube. HaHa

Anyway specs are:

MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz
RAM: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066
HD:Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 500GB sata
GPU: EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
Cooling: ZALMAN CNPS9500
Case: Antec Sonata III
PSU: Antec Earthwatts 500W
OS: Vista Buisness

Monitor: Samsung 2253LW 22"(actually 21.6) 2ms
Keyboard: Logitech Wave
External hd: DIY Antec MX-100 and WD 320gb sata

On with the pictures! Comments??

g25racer · 06-04-2008, 12:01 AM

^^ Nice build there! The whole bundle pic looks great. Youtube works wonders when looking for ideas and learning new stuff fast! Way to use your resources.

cohen · 06-04-2008, 01:02 AM

How much was that??? & Where in the world are you?

ellanky · 06-04-2008, 01:05 AM

Nicee! Where did you buy all your parts?

jashgtp · 06-04-2008, 01:07 AM

Cost was actually very low. Shopped around. Some best buy, circuit city, newegg, tiger, ebay and monitor at costco.

I spent about 6months gather the parts. Waiting for deals, sales, and mail in rebates.

Plus picked up a few things at the comp usa going out of buisness sale.

Case and power supply was 20 dollars. HAHA (felt like i was stealing it)
Vista and office 2007 purchased from college for 40 bucks each. (again felt like i was stealing it) *friend worked at college book store

I think the grand total was around 900 bucks without the external hard drive..the external hard drive put me over the thousand dollar mark.

cohen · 06-04-2008, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jashgtp

Cost was actually very low. Shopped around. Some best buy, circuit city, newegg, tiger, ebay and monitor at costco.

I spent about 6months gather the parts. Waiting for deals, sales, and mail in rebates.

Plus picked up a few things at the comp usa going out of buisness sale.

Case and power supply was 20 dollars. HAHA (felt like i was stealing it)
Vista and office 2007 purchased from college for 40 bucks each. (again felt like i was stealing it) *friend worked at college book store

I think the grand total was around 900 bucks without the external hard drive..the external hard drive put me over the thousand dollar mark.

WOW!!! Nice....

g25racer · 06-04-2008, 02:03 AM

LOL Nice At my tech center I can get Vista Home Prem for something like $75 or so. I thought that was a steal! lol

[-0MEGA-] · 06-04-2008, 02:28 AM

Very nice system, but is there a reason why you went with the older G80-based 8800GTS?

jashgtp · 06-04-2008, 02:43 AM

no reason...well i guess one reason ...cheap.

dont remeber where i got it but i think it was less than 60 bucks.

Is there a way improve it by ocing it or best to upgrade it later?

cohen · 06-04-2008, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jashgtp

no reason...well i guess one reason ...cheap.

dont remeber where i got it but i think it was less than 60 bucks.

Is there a way improve it by ocing it or best to upgrade it later?

Upgrade to the 9 series later.

06-03-2008, 11:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
jashgtp New Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Virginia, USA Age: 23 Posts: 23	Newbs First Build Completed Well this was my first computer building experience. This site made it alot easier plus youtube. HaHa Anyway specs are: MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz RAM: CORSAIR XMS2 2GB DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 HD:Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm 500GB sata GPU: EVGA 320-P2-N811-AR GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB Cooling: ZALMAN CNPS9500 Case: Antec Sonata III PSU: Antec Earthwatts 500W OS: Vista Buisness Monitor: Samsung 2253LW 22"(actually 21.6) 2ms Keyboard: Logitech Wave External hd: DIY Antec MX-100 and WD 320gb sata On with the pictures! Comments??

06-04-2008, 12:01 AM	#2 (permalink)
g25racer Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hamilton, MI Posts: 3,852	^^ Nice build there! The whole bundle pic looks great. Youtube works wonders when looking for ideas and learning new stuff fast! Way to use your resources. __________________ CPU - AMD Athlon 64x2 5200+ @ 2.6ghz Ram - 2GB Stock clock HD - 320gb seagate & Samsung 750gb 32mb cache GPU - XFX 8600GT XXX Zalman @ 680 or 700mhz PSU - Ultra X-finity 600watt OS - Vista Home Premium(32) & Ubuntu (8.04) Ultimate Ed Audio - JVC 460watts Control - Logitech G25 Wheel & Logitech Rumblepad 2 Games - GTR2 and LFS -- Race Sim's for Life --

06-04-2008, 01:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
cohen Diamond Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 14 Posts: 8,166	How much was that??? & Where in the world are you? __________________ My Website Forum Site JOIN NOW! Desktop / Laptop Motherboard: Asus M2N X SE / Unknown CPU: AMD 4000+ 2.1GHZ x 2 / Intel Pentium M 1.60GHZ Ram: 2GB Transcend / 512MB Hard Drive: 320GB / 60GB Video Card: Both Intergrated Monitor: 19" Benq / 15.4" OS: Windows Vista Home Premium Service Pack 1 / Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3

06-04-2008, 01:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
ellanky Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Anaheim, CA Age: 18 Posts: 371	Nicee! Where did you buy all your parts? __________________ MoboAbit AN52 CPUAMD Athlon 64 LE -1600 @ 2.68GHz GraphicsGeforce 8800GS Memory2GB DDR2 HousingAntec 300

06-04-2008, 01:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
jashgtp New Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Virginia, USA Age: 23 Posts: 23	Cost was actually very low. Shopped around. Some best buy, circuit city, newegg, tiger, ebay and monitor at costco. I spent about 6months gather the parts. Waiting for deals, sales, and mail in rebates. Plus picked up a few things at the comp usa going out of buisness sale. Case and power supply was 20 dollars. HAHA (felt like i was stealing it) Vista and office 2007 purchased from college for 40 bucks each. (again felt like i was stealing it) friend worked at college book store I think the grand total was around 900 bucks without the external hard drive..the external hard drive put me over the thousand dollar mark. Last edited by jashgtp; 06-04-2008 at 01:10 AM.*

06-04-2008, 02:03 AM	#7 (permalink)
g25racer Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hamilton, MI Posts: 3,852	LOL Nice At my tech center I can get Vista Home Prem for something like $75 or so. I thought that was a steal! lol __________________ CPU - AMD Athlon 64x2 5200+ @ 2.6ghz Ram - 2GB Stock clock HD - 320gb seagate & Samsung 750gb 32mb cache GPU - XFX 8600GT XXX Zalman @ 680 or 700mhz PSU - Ultra X-finity 600watt OS - Vista Home Premium(32) & Ubuntu (8.04) Ultimate Ed Audio - JVC 460watts Control - Logitech G25 Wheel & Logitech Rumblepad 2 Games - GTR2 and LFS -- Race Sim's for Life --

06-04-2008, 02:28 AM	#8 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 20 Posts: 27,082	Very nice system, but is there a reason why you went with the older G80-based 8800GTS? __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

06-04-2008, 02:43 AM	#9 (permalink)
jashgtp New Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Virginia, USA Age: 23 Posts: 23	no reason...well i guess one reason ...cheap. dont remeber where i got it but i think it was less than 60 bucks. Is there a way improve it by ocing it or best to upgrade it later?

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