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hope my eyes decieve me but it looks like the build is skewed all over the carpet

you do not want to do that (again)...

Mother board is on a anti-static bag on a card board box. 
Hard drive is in an anti-static bag.

Got the i7 build up and running (still waiting on new gpu and case)

I7 920 @ 4.0ghz @ 1.25 volts

Scythe Mugen 2 1366 heatsink

DFI X58 LP UT T3eH8

3x2gb 2000mhz gskill trident

1050Watt enermax revolution

2 x ATI 4890 @ 950 core & 1050 mem (gtx295 on the way (for folding))

AMD Phenom II x4 940 @ 3.5ghz 1.476v

2x1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800, 2x512mb Kingston Generic DDR2 800

3x750GB seagates 2x500GB WD's 1x160GB WD

EVGA 8800GT reference design with the 1.1v bios mod @ 756/1890/1015

Biostar TForce 780g m2+ (this board is running a beta bios and is the only bios that supports phenom II's over 95w that is no longer supported by Biostar)

Onboard audio

Corsair 550HX 80+ cert

generic 2.1 speakers i dont even know who made them

 Windows XP Pro SP3 but switching to windows 7 when i feel like reinstalling everything

case fans: 5x120mm Tri-cool fans CPU HSF: Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX (worst heatsink i ever bought.. but it works)

Antec 300 case

Razer Lycosa keyboard (sucks do not buy it, ill take a picture of it and post a link later but the majority of the keys are now blank and just show the blue LED lights shining through the clear plastic, also it does not have the 3 key bypass even though it said it right on the box)

Razer Lachesis mouse.. friggin love this mouse.. best 60 bucks i ever spent..

left monitor: Samsung 931BF right monitor: Samsung 245BW

pics will be posted later today after i get some sleep..

Antec 1200

Intel Q9450 2.66 @ 3.8

2x Radeon HD 4870's 1gb / each

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P

WD 640gb HDD

Corsair 750TX 750 watt

On board Audio

4gb Corsair Dominators (I call them Fail doms cause they suck)

24inch Asus 1080p

This was my first build!  Will update and add pics ASAP.  I had a cheap HP at first.  Some of the parts/components from it were included in this build.  Daddy ain't made of $$$ you know!

Processor - AMD Phenom II X 4 955 B.E. 3.2 GHz

Memory - G Skill Ripjaws Series 4 GB (2X 2GB) 240 pin DDR3 1600  

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM

Video Card - EVGA 9600 GT 

Motherboard - ASUS M4A79XTD EVO  AMD3

Sound Card - Auzentech Prelude X-Fi 7.1 

Power Supply - Antec TruePower New TP-750

Speakers - Logitech Z-2300 2.1

Operating System - Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

Fans - Stock CPU heatsink and fan plus below

Case - Antec 902 w/ optional side fan installed 

Keyboard - HP multi media keyboard

Mouse - Logitech MX-518

Monitor - HP w1907

Mics - Netgear PCI Wireless adapter, 8 GB Patriot Flash Drive and 4 GB Kingston Flash Card for Ready Boost

 I just built it a day ago so I have not had the chance to test things out yet.  A good CPU cooler is my next purchase along with 4 more GBs of RAM.  My GPU was from my last PC.  I will upgrade as soon as Nvidia gets their sh** together.       

Antec P182 Gunmetal w/ Custom Side Panel Window/ Cooler Master Silent Pro M 700W
Intel Core i7 920 D0 @ 3.2 / Corsair Cooling H50
MSI X58 Platinum SLI / OCZ Reaper HPC 6GB DDR3-1800 @ 7-7-7-16 w/ OCZ XTC Cooler Rev2 / XFX GTX 275 OC
160GB VelociRaptor(OS) / 2TB Storage / Samsung 22X & 20x SATA DVD Burner with LS
Hanns·G 24" 1080P Widescreen LCD Monitor / Logitech Wireless Slim Desktop S 510
Windows 7 Professional x64 / Ubuntu 9.10 x64

I've had most of this setup for a while.  Recently got Windows 7, 1080P monitor, windowed side panel, Cooler Master PSU, GTX 275 and OCZ CPU cooler.  This is more of an update.  Don't really see myself going away from this setup for a long while.  Maybe another GPU when the new Nvidia stuff comes out.  My IOH on this board went up like 15c(to 70c+ idle) for no reason at all.  So I took the copper heatsink off, cleaned the surfaces with an arctic silver cleaning kit, and applied fresh Rosewill RCX-TC060.  Dropped the IOH down to the low 50s idle.  Anyway, here are some updated pics. 

Update:  I ditched the Coolmax PSU for a Cooler Master Silent Pro.  Fan started clickity clacking on start up, figured the fan had bad bearings or something to that effect.

Update 2: Wife got me a Corsair H50 and OCZ XTC Cooler Rev2 for Christmas via a Newegg gift card.  She's the best.

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Shwinster:

^ Well show us some pics man!

just installed a cm v8 to my existing rig to replace junky stock intel hsf

finished up some upgrades

This is my very 1st build and I must say I was scared at first but everything worked the first time. Total cost of my build including S&H $700 Black Friday sale FTW!

Processor - i5 @ 3.4

Memory - A-Data 1600 2x 2gb

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar Black 640gb 7200 RPM

Video Card - HIS 4670 1GB DDR3

Motherboard - MSI P55 GD45 mATX

Sound Card - onboard

Power Supply - Corsair 650TX

Speakers - Creative 2.1

Operating System - Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

HS&F - Coolermaster 212 hyper plus

Case - Antec 300 Illusion

I will upgrade my VC once I get more $$ tax return  

micaiah:

This is my very 1st build and I must say I was scared at first but everything worked the first time. Total cost of my build including S&H $700 Black Friday sale FTW!

Processor - i5 @ 3.4

Memory - A-Data 1600 2x 2gb

Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar Black 640gb 7200 RPM

Video Card - HIS 4670 1GB DDR3

Motherboard - MSI P55 GD45 mATX

Sound Card - onboard

Power Supply - Corsair 650TX

Speakers - Creative 2.1

Operating System - Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

HS&F - Coolermaster 212 hyper plus

Case - Antec 300 Illusion

I will upgrade my VC once I get more $$ tax return  

Please add pics of your first build so that we too can appreciate your work.  Good job.  (The 4670 w/ 1GB of DDR3 is a nice card by the way.)

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Here is a pick of a Christmas present for my mom I'm working on.  MicroATX build.  I did a bunch of modding/sleeving/painting for the first time.

Case before:

Case after w/ components in:

I'll probably make a thread in the modding forum with a bunch of pics when I'm done with the build.

mrjspeed:

Here is a pick of a Christmas present for my mom I'm working on.  MicroATX build.  I did a bunch of modding/sleeving/painting for the first time.

Case before:

Case after w/ components in:

I'll probably make a thread in the modding forum with a bunch of pics when I'm done with the build.

I just realized you said Christmas present for your Mom.  That's awesome.  I'm building mine a new lanbox this evening.  Her P4 is going to be retired for an AMD Athlon II x4 620, 4GB of DDR3-1600, MSI mobo, and a new PSU.  She's going to be set for another 3 years.

Merry Christmas all. 

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Yeah, I know 62 year-old grandmas aren't supposed to be doing this stuff..  Did my first build last March.  Nothing fancy, but my grandson and I are having a ball playing Crysis, Left 4 Dead and his old Counter Strike Condition Zero on it.

Antec 900 Case

Intel Core Two Duo, Wolfdale E-8400, 3.0 Ghtz

500 GB WD hard drives (3, one with 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium, two unused)  RAID 0,5,10, no RAID???  Haven't decided yet.

160 GB drive from my old computer (XP Home)

Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R MB

4 GB Corsair DDR2 RAM

Antec Neopower 650 Blue PS

Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 video card, 896 MB

Creative SB X-Fi sound card

 This fall I tore apart my old XP computer, and rebuilt it in an inexpensive NZXT case.  I upgraded Mom's (Mom is 86) 40 GB hard drive with 98SE on it to XP Home, popped it in the rebuilt computer in a new case and finally convinced her to get rid of dial-up and go with DSL.  Mom says every day is her birthday now.  Life is good.

Just got the parts for my first build. Budget was $700.

GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128392

AMD Athlon II X3 435 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103724

COOLER MASTER HAF 922 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119197

SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5770 1GB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102864

COOLER MASTER Silent Pro 600 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171036

Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136320

A-DATA Gaming Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211410

Sony Optiarc Black 24X DVD+R - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118030

Recycling Logitech G5 mouse, generic keyboard, and 19" ViewSonic LCD from old system. OS is Windows 7 Professional. Going to try and load that from a usb flash drive.....(fingers crossed)

Happy New Year!

Case - XION XION II Series XON-111 Black with Green LED Light Steel ATX Mid Tower 

Mobo -  ECS BLACK SERIES A780GM-A AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G 

Processor - AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+

Video - ASUS EAH4350 SILENT/DI/512MD2(LP) Radeon HD 4350 512MB 64-bit DDR2

Mem -  G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800

HD - 250GB Western digital

Sound -  Onboard

and  

mrjspeed:

Here is a pick of a Christmas present for my mom I'm working on.  MicroATX build.  I did a bunch of modding/sleeving/painting for the first time.

Case before:

Case after w/ components in:

I'll probably make a thread in the modding forum with a bunch of pics when I'm done with the build.

I built a computer for my mom's Christmas present last year, identical PSUs and similar cases! Wow, that's awesome. Nice Modding by the way.

Motherboard: EVGA 790i Ultra SLI

Case: Thermaltake Armor+ VH6000BWS

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 4.05GHz (Just stepped it down to 3.6 the other day so I could run it at/near stock voltage, but it was at 4.05 for over a year)

RAM: Patriot 4GB DDR3 1333

Video: GTX 260 @ 730/1250

HDD: ancient 74GB raptor and Seagate 250GB data.

PSU: Rosewill 600 watt

Not very clean looking cable management, but it's aerodynamically sound.  Looks like I have a bunch of garter snakes in my case lol.

1) Cpu Intel Extreme.

2) Motherboard , Intel DX58SO.

3) Memory, Corsair XMS 3, 3X1 GB Tripple channel

4) SSD ,Intel 80 GB.

5) Power Supply Antec True Power 650.

6) Case , Antec Sonata Elite.

7) Video cards, AIT Firepro 2450 and ATI Firemv 2250

8) CD/DVD Sony Optiarc 24X, 2 each.

9) HD Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB

10) Card Reader, Vantec.

11) Operating system, XP, I was in a hurry and didn't want any " problems ".

12) Running Casper backup software.

13) I added a Linksys Wireless card also.

I'm kinda new here, sorry about how I laid this out.

I don't think I left anything out. This system came up without a hitch and have been running it for 2 + months with no problems, I don't everclock so i never hear the stock fans.

 I just love this computer and Newegg !!

                                           Jerry

This is my new "rig"...

Windows Base Score = 7.4

Lian Li Tyr PC-X500 Super Mid Tower Case - Black
Part #: cst-790	In Stock, Ships Today Till 6pm EST

The Lian-Li Tyr PC-X500 Super Mid Tower Case is a radical departure from normal case design in as it mounts the drives on the side panels of the case. The case has two distinct cooling zones and pulls air in through a cleanable filter. Everything is designed for easy installation, including a removable motherboard tray, power supply tray and hard drive cages.

Qty.	Product Description		Savings	Total Price
1		LIAN LI HD-322 Internal 2.5" HDD / SSD Mounting Kit Item #: N82E16811995033 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy		$9.99
1		ZALMAN ZM-MFC3 Fan controller Item #: N82E16811999197 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy		$69.99
3		Noctua NF-P12-1300 120mm SSO CPU cooler Item #: N82E16835608004 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy		$66.87
1		Corsair P128 CMFSSD-128GBG2D 2.5" 128GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) Item #: N82E16820233087 Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy		$375.00
1		Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 Item #: N82E16819115202 Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy		$288.99
1		LG W2486L Black 24" 2ms(GTG) HDMI Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor Item #: N82E16824005134 Return Policy: Monitor Replacement Only Return Policy	-$20.00  Instant	$349.95 $329.95
1		Logitech G19 Black USB Wired Standard Gaming Keyboard Item #: N82E16823126053 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy	-$25.00  Instant	$199.95 $174.95
1		CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W ATX12V 2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply Item #: N82E16817139007 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy	-$20.00  Instant $20.00 Mail-in Rebate Card	$279.99 $259.99
1		Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 1-Pack for System Builders Item #: N82E16832116762 Return Policy: Software Return Policy		$179.99
2		Galaxy 85TGF1HU1QUZ GeForce GTX 285 1GB 512-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card Item #: N82E16814162037 Return Policy: VGA Standard Return Policy		$779.98
1		PLEXTOR 24X DVD/CD Writer Black SATA Model PX-880SA LightScribe Support Item #: N82E16827249054 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy		$46.99
1		CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model TR3X6G1600C7D G Item #: N82E16820145253 Return Policy: Memory Standard Return Policy		$265.99
1		Noctua NH-D14 120mm & 140mm SSO CPU Cooler Item #: N82E16835608018 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy		$85.99
1		ASUS P6X58D Premium LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Item #: N82E16813131614 Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy		$309.99
1		Logitech G9x Black Two modes scroll USB Wired Laser Gaming Mouse Item #: N82E16826104261 Return Policy: Standard Return Policy	-$5.00  Instant	$99.99 $94.99

 

That's sick! How's the Corsair 1000W? I'd been looking at that unit for a future build. Interesting case too...lol.