JohnJSal
Active Member
Sorry for taking so long to post some pics! I've been installing software and playing Oblivion (which looks beautiful, by the way)!
Anyway, first off I just want to thank everyone here who has helped me in the past few months. When I first started posting here, it was to ask about a Dell that I was considering buying. But then, thanks to your encouragement and advice, I finally decided to try to build it myself, and it really was as easy as you all said it is! I'm very excited about it.
Now on to the computer....here are my components:
Case: Antec P182 (with plastic protectors still on it)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4
Processor: Intel E8400
Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8800GT
Sound: Creative SoundBlaster Xtremegamer
Monitor: LG L226WTQ-BF
Mouse: Logitech MX-400
Keyboard: Microsoft Digital Media Pro
(These two are actually pretty good. I really like the keyboard, even though I thought I might not.)
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM (1GB x 2)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB
Optical: Samsung 20x DVD Burner
PSU: Corsair HX620
Speakers: Logitech X-230
OS: Windows XP Home
And here are a few pics of the build, including the aftermath in my living room.
A nice, empty case. Full of nothing but potential...
The first thing I did was pull out all the PSU wires and try to think it through.
The backside of the case, plus all my stuff surrounding me.
Inside the case, once I finished. I should mention that after these pics were taken, I did a little extra cable management, so that none of the cables (except the audio cable that stretches across the motherboard) are sticking out into the main area. I stuffed them into the empty drive bays.
The clearance between the PSU cables and the bottom fan, in case anyone is wondering how close they are.
The back of the case. Again, I cleaned this up a little more because when I put the side panel back on, it bulged a little. So I flattened out the layout a bit.
The final setup.
And the chaos I still haven't cleaned up yet.
I'm really happy about how everything turned out. I had some trouble installing the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro and had to resort to the stock cooler, but so far, even after a couple of several-hour-long sessions of Oblivion, neither the CPU fan nor the GPU fan have gotten any louder. I can't hear anything coming from the case.
Once again, thank you all for making this possible!
Anyway, first off I just want to thank everyone here who has helped me in the past few months. When I first started posting here, it was to ask about a Dell that I was considering buying. But then, thanks to your encouragement and advice, I finally decided to try to build it myself, and it really was as easy as you all said it is! I'm very excited about it.
Now on to the computer....here are my components:
Case: Antec P182 (with plastic protectors still on it)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4
Processor: Intel E8400
Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8800GT
Sound: Creative SoundBlaster Xtremegamer
Monitor: LG L226WTQ-BF
Mouse: Logitech MX-400
Keyboard: Microsoft Digital Media Pro
(These two are actually pretty good. I really like the keyboard, even though I thought I might not.)
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM (1GB x 2)
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB
Optical: Samsung 20x DVD Burner
PSU: Corsair HX620
Speakers: Logitech X-230
OS: Windows XP Home
And here are a few pics of the build, including the aftermath in my living room.
A nice, empty case. Full of nothing but potential...
The first thing I did was pull out all the PSU wires and try to think it through.
The backside of the case, plus all my stuff surrounding me.
Inside the case, once I finished. I should mention that after these pics were taken, I did a little extra cable management, so that none of the cables (except the audio cable that stretches across the motherboard) are sticking out into the main area. I stuffed them into the empty drive bays.
The clearance between the PSU cables and the bottom fan, in case anyone is wondering how close they are.
The back of the case. Again, I cleaned this up a little more because when I put the side panel back on, it bulged a little. So I flattened out the layout a bit.
The final setup.
And the chaos I still haven't cleaned up yet.
I'm really happy about how everything turned out. I had some trouble installing the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro and had to resort to the stock cooler, but so far, even after a couple of several-hour-long sessions of Oblivion, neither the CPU fan nor the GPU fan have gotten any louder. I can't hear anything coming from the case.
Once again, thank you all for making this possible!
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