Ethan3.14159
Active Member
Finally put my PC back in the good ol' CM 690 Pure. The Silverstone HTPC case was just a nightmare.
Post A Pic Of Your Pc Here :)
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ill see your
C2D E6300 @ 2.6Ghz
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
2GB DDR2 667
1TB (1x500GB 2x250GB HDD)
BFG 8800GTS 320MB
and raise you a:
smilodon raid max case
amd athlon x4 635 propus
4 gb g.skill ripjaw rams
500 gb hard drive
9800gtx+ nividia geforce
650w psu
gigabyte 770A-UD3 mobo
C2D E6300 @ 2.6Ghz
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
2GB DDR2 667
1TB (1x500GB 2x250GB HDD)
BFG 8800GTS 320MB
and raise you a:
smilodon raid max case
amd athlon x4 635 propus
4 gb g.skill ripjaw rams
500 gb hard drive
9800gtx+ nividia geforce
650w psu
gigabyte 770A-UD3 mobo
Fatback
VIP Member
ill see your
C2D E6300 @ 2.6Ghz
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3
2GB DDR2 667
1TB (1x500GB 2x250GB HDD)
BFG 8800GTS 320MB
and raise you a:
smilodon raid max case
amd athlon x4 635 propus
4 gb g.skill ripjaw rams
500 gb hard drive
9800gtx+ nividia geforce
650w psu
gigabyte 770A-UD3 mobo
Who are you talking to?
BTW it's not a competition, and your computer wouldn't come close to winning if it was
pokethesmot
New Member
here is my setup it ain't nuthen special like all the computers on here but i like it alot and i just got the case u see here
pokethesmot
New Member
i dint notice it but its mainly how the pic was taken its only a foot or 2 above the surround sound lol it looks crazy high up tho lol
Heres mine now that it got cleaned and rebuilt,I took everything out gave it all a good clean.
Things changed:
80% done
Before it was horrible,I couldn't even shut the back panel because there was so many cables, i couldn't compact them in anymore but now ive done it,the door now shuts properly and no cables are in the way
I like my PSU but its cables are way too short
,I had to buy a Cpu power extension cable+ 24Pin cable extension too.
4890 has been taken apart,cleaned...re-applied thermal paste and new Thermal pads on the cards Memory and VRM.
I was going to buy a new GPU cooler,But they all have problems cooling the VRMs on the 4890s for some reason,There was one cooler i came across that was okay for the 4890 because you could buy a separete VRM cooler but it was £££ and i was not willing to spend that much.
And the finished product:
I will get an inside shot tommorow
Things changed:
- Installed Cold Cathodes
- Added 80mm fan at bottom
- Added DVD-RW drive
- Cable management
- Hooked all fans to Fan controller (Exept Gpu fan)
80% done
Before it was horrible,I couldn't even shut the back panel because there was so many cables, i couldn't compact them in anymore but now ive done it,the door now shuts properly and no cables are in the way
I like my PSU but its cables are way too short
,I had to buy a Cpu power extension cable+ 24Pin cable extension too.4890 has been taken apart,cleaned...re-applied thermal paste and new Thermal pads on the cards Memory and VRM.
I was going to buy a new GPU cooler,But they all have problems cooling the VRMs on the 4890s for some reason,There was one cooler i came across that was okay for the 4890 because you could buy a separete VRM cooler but it was £££ and i was not willing to spend that much.
And the finished product:
I will get an inside shot tommorow
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The_Other_One
VIP Member
Here's a little project I had a work during some free time. Basically we had three HP Pavilion N 5xxx laptops; two from one technician, one from my dad. After disassembling them all, I found the best parts among the rubble that still worked and rebuilt one single laptop. To top it off, I figured I'd customize it a bit. These laptops came out well before wifi was offered in most laptops sooo I found some spare antennas from an old Toshiba laptop and a Atheros mini-PCI card, wired everything up and viola! I'm actually using this laptop right now, running Wifi and everything.
Intel Penitum III 850MHz
256MB PC133 RAM (maxed out)
30GB HD(Mint and XP)
S3 Savage GPU with 8MB dedicated
15" 1024x768 LCD
DVD-ROM/CD-RW (considered throwing a DVD-RW in it, but it's kinda a waste
)
Floppy drive
For such an old laptop (pre-XP days) it's quite capable still. As long as I avoid flash-based sites, this browses around as quick as any other computer. Plus it's got a really nice keyboard on it.
Now why can't HP make laptops like this anymore??? This thing is probably nearly 10 years old and running fine. I've had less than one-year-old HPs come into the shop completely dead!
Intel Penitum III 850MHz
256MB PC133 RAM (maxed out)
30GB HD(Mint and XP)
S3 Savage GPU with 8MB dedicated
15" 1024x768 LCD
DVD-ROM/CD-RW (considered throwing a DVD-RW in it, but it's kinda a waste
)Floppy drive
For such an old laptop (pre-XP days) it's quite capable still. As long as I avoid flash-based sites, this browses around as quick as any other computer. Plus it's got a really nice keyboard on it.
Now why can't HP make laptops like this anymore??? This thing is probably nearly 10 years old and running fine. I've had less than one-year-old HPs come into the shop completely dead!
diduknowthat
formerly liuliuboy
Did some more cable management this weekend.
It's amazing how much stuff fits in this cube. So far I have 3 120mm chasis fan, a Xigmatek tower heatsink w/ 120mm fan. HD4890 w/ Zalman VF1000, Xonar D1 soundcard, Happauage ATSC tuner, WD 400 GB hard drive, OCZ Agility 60GB SSD, Coolermaster 600watt PSU, aftermarket northbridge heatsink AND a 5.25" bay LCD screen.
It's amazing how much stuff fits in this cube. So far I have 3 120mm chasis fan, a Xigmatek tower heatsink w/ 120mm fan. HD4890 w/ Zalman VF1000, Xonar D1 soundcard, Happauage ATSC tuner, WD 400 GB hard drive, OCZ Agility 60GB SSD, Coolermaster 600watt PSU, aftermarket northbridge heatsink AND a 5.25" bay LCD screen.
Thanks heres that inside shot,Sorry for the bad quality :/
The Inverter box for my cold cathodes keep falling off,I did stick it to the top of my HDD cage.
I have thought alot about selling the machine actually because i just dont seem to play games like i used too ive just lost intrest,and just building a cheap Mini ITX system with an Atom processor and a Ati 5450 card for basic Internet/HD Youtube use and getting a PS3 for gaming but i dont know really.
fastdude
Active Member
Here's a little project I had a work during some free time. Basically we had three HP Pavilion N 5xxx laptops; two from one technician, one from my dad. After disassembling them all, I found the best parts among the rubble that still worked and rebuilt one single laptop. To top it off, I figured I'd customize it a bit. These laptops came out well before wifi was offered in most laptops sooo I found some spare antennas from an old Toshiba laptop and a Atheros mini-PCI card, wired everything up and viola! I'm actually using this laptop right now, running Wifi and everything.
Intel Penitum III 850MHz
256MB PC133 RAM (maxed out)
30GB HD(Mint and XP)
S3 Savage GPU with 8MB dedicated
15" 1024x768 LCD
DVD-ROM/CD-RW (considered throwing a DVD-RW in it, but it's kinda a waste
Floppy drive
For such an old laptop (pre-XP days) it's quite capable still. As long as I avoid flash-based sites, this browses around as quick as any other computer. Plus it's got a really nice keyboard on it.
Now why can't HP make laptops like this anymore??? This thing is probably nearly 10 years old and running fine. I've had less than one-year-old HPs come into the shop completely dead!
That's pretty amazing actually, how hard was it to mix-and match laptop components, especially the motherboard with the chassis?
EDIT
Sorry, same make of laptop :L
The_Other_One
VIP Member
Haha, yeah, we had 3 laptops that were all the same, just different specs and such. There's not too much switching among the laptop world as you know It was a fun little project though. These things are very well built and much more complicated than many laptops today with (in terms of disassembly and reassembly)
It was a fun little project though. These things are very well built and much more complicated than many laptops today with (in terms of disassembly and reassembly)
jevery
Active Member
I Like.
What's the cooler? Is it a fanless sink?Hey Everyone. I finally finished my "Black Widow" build. I might do some more cosmetic work in the future but I am not entirely sure yet. Enjoy!
Nice color scheme, looks good.