The Nerd Thread, Post your PC

[unfunnyryan]

Anyone ever order from

 

http://www.ibuypower.com ??

 

had a friend who got one from there and the build quality was sub par at best.

 

Get a processor from microcenter, they have them cheaper than anywhere, and pricematch everything else.

[TTQ B4U]

thought you were buying that one off of Slimpsy? what happened?

 

changed his mind on selling it due to some circumstances on his end. he's a friend but I can't say that I'm not pretty disappointed.

 

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[TTQ B4U]

had a friend who got one from there and the build quality was sub par at best.

 

interested in details as to why.

[gillbot]

I grabbed a 2600k from Microcenter but am sending it off to a buddy for his build.

 

Mine is still the same, though I'm tempted to toss these 4870x2's in X-Fire onto my main system for shits. I'll probably just list em for sale though as I don't need that much GPU power.

 

My "server" was upgraded using some junk parts laying around though, it's now:

 

Gigabyte P55-UD3L

i7 875k under a Xigmatek S1283 heatsink

6GB DDR3

750GB WD Green HD for OS/etc

1TB WD Green HDD for Storage

Nvidia GTS250 Video Card

[Nitrousbird]

i7 950 @ $199.99

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0346210

 

Asus Sabertooth Motherboard @ $199.99

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0347337

 

Corsair 2GB x 3 DDR3 1600 Memory @ $94.99 x 2 = 189.98

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145236

 

Antec 750W PSU @ $79.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371026

 

MSI GTX 460: $124.99 after rebate

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127519

 

Western Digital 500GB 7200RPM drives: $49.99 x 2 = $99.98 (run them in RAID-0)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073

 

LG 10x Blu-ray Burner: $99.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136181

 

Thermaltake V3 Case: $34.99 after rebate

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133094

 

COGAGE True Spirit CPU Cooler (best bang for the buck cooler out there, and one of the best regardless of price): $39.95

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9403/cpu-tri-62/Thermalright_CoGage_True_Spirit_4-Heatpipe_Core_i7_CPU_Cooler_Socket_LGA_11561366.html

 

Total: $1069.85

 

Some of this may be overkill. You can save $80 if you are happy with just a DVD Burner. PSU is far more than you need for this setup. You likely won't need 12GB of ram, so you can save another $95 dumping down to 6GB.

 

I am sure you can price shop a lot of this stuff down some too...I am sure to under $1000 and still keep all of this gear.

[Bigbird]

Gigabyte P67A UD3 mobo

 

Sandy Bridge i5 2500k

 

EVGA Geforce 570 superclocked

 

G Skill Ripjaws X series 8GB ram

 

Samsung 1TB hard drive

 

LG DVD burner

 

Cooler Master 690 2 case

 

Antec 650W powersupply

 

All thie stuff should be here this week. I can't wait to get it together, plus it came with some free games haha so I'm pretty stoked.

[Nitrousbird]

Gigabyte P67A UD3 mobo

 

Sandy Bridge i5 2500k

 

EVGA Geforce 570 superclocked

 

G Skill Ripjaws X series 8GB ram

 

Samsung 1TB hard drive

 

LG DVD burner

 

Cooler Master 690 2 case

 

Antec 650W powersupply

 

All thie stuff should be here this week. I can't wait to get it together, plus it came with some free games haha so I'm pretty stoked.

Why an i5?

[EJ8 KENOBI]

Sandy Bridge i5 2500k

 

Better take it back

 

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/31/intel-finds-sandy-bridge-chipset-design-flaw-shipments-stopped/

[Bigbird]

Motherfuck, I was just going to post that haha. Apparently it doesn't affect the 0 and 1 SATA ports (this is a motherboard issue, not the actual CPU). Regardless intel is supposedly going to eat the losses and replace them, also the issue shouldn't present itself right away so I might go ahead and build and then get it replaced once they get it all ironed out. And I didn't get the i7 because it was an extra $100 lol.

[EJ8 KENOBI]

update: Actually from what I'm hearing now it's the chip set on the mobos, not the processor (whoops didn't see your post above).. My buddy told me at microcenter this morning it was chaos and they were pulling all intel cpu's off the shelf.

[Browning]

http://i56.tinypic.com/t5hvzn.jpg

 

like a bauce

[Nitrousbird]

And I didn't get the i7 because it was an extra $100 lol.

How much did you pay for the motherboard, processor, and ram (each)?

[BIGGU]

anyone wanting to buy a logitech g19 keyboard? its only a few months old and im asking $125 for it. best gaming keyboard for the money.

[mrs.cos]

I'd like to upgrade my processor..

http://www.lucky-designs.com/pc-Specs.jpg

[Bigbird]

How much did you pay for the motherboard, processor, and ram (each)?

 

I paid $85 for the RAM, the CPU and mobo were a combo deal on Newegg. Because of this shit storm they've taken all the Sandy Bridge CPUs and mobos down haha so I couldn't tell you how much they were off the top of my head...$350ish give or take?

[AWW$HEEET]

Thread is beat. I got an i10 with an octocore in my phone. It actually uses hyperthreading telepathy and trolls for me when I put it on autopilot.

 

/forum

[Maro]

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l263/smccorry/IMG_2253.jpg

 

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l263/smccorry/003.jpg

 

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l263/smccorry/Computer%20stuff/Computer3.jpg

[unfunnyryan]

update: Actually from what I'm hearing now it's the chip set on the mobos, not the processor (whoops didn't see your post above).. My buddy told me at microcenter this morning it was chaos and they were pulling all intel cpu's off the shelf.

 

CPUs are back out for sale. We pulled every system and motherboard with a P67 or H67 chipset though.

 

Once the RMA system is set up this will be the 3rd time I've replaced my sandy bridge mobo

[Orion]

Nice tower, Maro. Clean. Feel free to pull the plastic off the monitor, though.

[mrs.cos]

I dotn think he has it on the screen, just the frame around it.

 

Mine was like that for a while as well.

[Chadz89GTA]

Too many nicely tucked away rigs.

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7701/1000570g.jpg

[unfunnyryan]

Too many nicely tucked away rigs.

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/7701/1000570g.jpg

 

Jesus, is that a radiator or a condenser out of a deep freezer?

 

If I were to ever build another watercooled system I would use a small car radiator and mount it over an entire side panel. Could probably get away with passive cooling at that point...or use the car fan as well lol.

 

Oh, and if anyone wants to do a submerged system let me know. I've helped on a few builds and know all the small things that matter big time.

[Chadz89GTA]

Heatercore 79 Bonneville w/ AC

[gillbot]

I'm thinking of upgrading mine to quad Planar LCD's now. We'll see if my deal goes through.

 

I seriously have too much PC shit. If I spent 1/4th of the time working on my car as I did messing with PC's, the fucker would actually get out of the garage for once.

[TTQ B4U]

http://www.pbase.com/timothylauro/image/132298352/original.jpg Edited February 5, 2011 by TTQ B4U