moh.vze.com Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 Before (my slow *** computer that I've had since 2001): Now (My new rig!): My office (Ignore the crappy chair that's being held together by ducktape and such): The wiring might look a bit messy, but it looks a lot better than what I had before! Q6600 g0 Overclocked to 3.0 GHz. Stress test: Maximum temperature in this picture was 58C in a 75 degree F room. The highest the temperature that this thing has gotten was 67C in a 87 degree F room The total cost was $2,400. This was my first time building a computer from scratch. I built all of this during the month of August. Note: I bought my Q6600 g0 during a bad time when they were jacking up the prices (I wanted to get this rig done before summer ended). As a result, I probably spent 40$ more then I needed to. Specs to my rig (I might have forgotten to list some items but oh well) Monitor: 22'' V7 Monitor For - $200 Keyboard: Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard - $38.00 HardDrives: Seagate FreeAgent Desktop Drive 320GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive - $80 Maxtor 500 GB HD - $100 WD Raptor X 150GB for - $159 Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3R ATX Intel Motherboard - Retai Processor: Q6600 g0 - $310.00 Ram: Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop - $69.99 Speakers: Logitech Z-5500 Digital Speaker System for - $220 SoundCard: Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Sound Card - $49.99 Power Supply: Corsair 620HX Watt - (~120$) Video Card: EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card Computer Case: Antec Sonata II Mid Tower Case W/ 450W Antec SmartPower 2.0 PSU $30 After $50MIR - $80 (They screwed me over with rebate. I'm never shopping with Antec company again). CASE SILVERSTONE|TJ09-BW BK RT - $290.00 Cooling (Heatsinks and Fans): Heatsinks: Thermalright Ultra-120 extreme - $60.00 Thermalright HR-03 plus - $50.00 Fans: (5x) 120mm Yate Loon D12SL-12 BLUE LED 38.5 CFM, 25.4 dBA) - $31.25 (2x) 120mm Scythe SFF21F S-FLEX™ Case Fan (63.7 CFM/28 dBA) - $28.00 Other: LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black SATA Model LH-20A1S OEM BK - OEM - $30.00 Arctic Alumina Adhesive 5grams Part A and B - $6.00 ArctiClean Thermal Material & Surface Purifier - 60ml - $6.00 Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - 3.5 gram tube - $6.00 (20x) 4" Translucent White (Natural) Zip Tie - $1.00 Here are some pictures of my install: Ultra-120 Extreme Side View: Ultra-120 Extreme Base View: Ultra-120 Extreme Base View close up: HR-03 Plus Front View: HR-03 Plus Front Base View: HR-03 Plus Side View: HR-03 Plus Top View: HR-03 Plus RAMSinks View1: Quote DC Audio - Singer Alternators - Knukonceptz - XS Power - Hybrid Audio - Rockford Fosgate - Second Skin Audio - SMD - Sundown Audio - Elemental Designs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moh.vze.com Posted October 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 HR-03 Plus RAMSinks View2: HR-03 Plus 120mm Fan Hanging: HR-03 Plus Top View of 120mm Fan Hanging: HR-03 Plus GHETTO FAN ZIP TIE SOLUTION1: HR-03 Plus Fan GHETTO FAN ZIP TIE SOLUTION2: HR-03 Plus Ghetto Tip Tie closeup: HR-03 Plus Ghetto Zip Tie Flatview: HR-03 Plus Ghetto Zip Upright: Right side view: Inside the case: (This was a picture where I have not connected any wires and such) My work space: Ah, can't forget about my Z-5500. The bass on this thing isn't too hot (Probably because I leave it at stock setting sublevel because I'm too afraid to blow it up), but the 5 speakers sure sounds great! I just wished my car would produce the great 5.1 surround sound like these speakers -_^. The best freaken speakers I've ever heard. Quote DC Audio - Singer Alternators - Knukonceptz - XS Power - Hybrid Audio - Rockford Fosgate - Second Skin Audio - SMD - Sundown Audio - Elemental Designs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinb721 Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 (edited) maxtor...ehhhh seagate > maxtor everything else is pretty nice, i would just never buy maxtor. we were putting a server together for one of our clients that wanted 6 maxtor drives striped in a raid 5 array and 5 out of the 6 were DOA. we had to order a whole new batch of 10 and guess what 4 out of those 10 were yup you guessed it DOA. oh well, i guess different people have different luck. that just wasnt a good day at work for us Edited October 26, 2007 by kevinb721 Quote 12" fi q rf t10001 naw mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty959 Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 looks pretty nice. Where did you get the G15? Last I checked, I couldn't find it for that low. How's the 3dmark06 score? Quote 2013 Subaru BRZ12" Orion HCCA on AQ 22001967 mustang restoration project: http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/110765-mustang-restoration-build-2011-edition/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/therusty959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesto Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 Nice Rig.. is that Maxtor 500GB a SATA hardrive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moh.vze.com Posted October 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 (edited) looks pretty nice. Where did you get the G15? Last I checked, I couldn't find it for that low. How's the 3dmark06 score? http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=583581 That's where I found the deal for the G15. However, I decided to play it safe and only use the 12.50$ rebate after gco. My rebate should arrive soon: Your rebate check was mailed on 19-Oct-2007. Please allow at least 30 days for delivery. As for the 3dmark06 score, I loss my screenshot, so I'll get back to you on that Edited October 27, 2007 by moh.vze.com Quote DC Audio - Singer Alternators - Knukonceptz - XS Power - Hybrid Audio - Rockford Fosgate - Second Skin Audio - SMD - Sundown Audio - Elemental Designs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moh.vze.com Posted October 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2007 (edited) Nice Rig.. is that Maxtor 500GB a SATA hardrive? It's SATA. I bought it over priced for $100 shipped. I could have gotten it for 80$ shipped if I waited. By the way guys, getting the rebates to process correctly was a pain in the @ss. It took me 3+ months to get Antec, FRYs, and X-Fi Creative/Circuit City to correctly get my rebates through. They were giving me bullsh!t about not receiving my mailed in rebates and such. I think about 60% of the items I've bought had a rebate. I've received about 200$+ back in rebate money thus far. I'm still awaiting for my Corsair CMPSU-620HX $20 Rebate @ ZipZoomFly 12.50$ rebate from the G15 keyboard 30.00$ rebate from the X-Fi creative sound card Crap. There's a few other rebates in the list that I can not think of now, but I'm pretty sure all of the "expensive$$" rebates has been done. I re-read through my first post and it looks like I didn't show which items were After mail in rebates. My "original" post that I made elsewhere had it until their server crashed and I was too lazy to rewrite everything in detail, so I just left the prices as is (assuming that I got all my rebates, which I will) Edited October 27, 2007 by moh.vze.com Quote DC Audio - Singer Alternators - Knukonceptz - XS Power - Hybrid Audio - Rockford Fosgate - Second Skin Audio - SMD - Sundown Audio - Elemental Designs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slinky Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 nice rig Quote DD M4 Rockford Fosgate P500-4 SoundQubed HDC415 w carbon fiber cap 2 Rockford Fosagate T1675-S XS Power D3400 Under Hood XS Power D5100 in rear Michael Singer 200A Alt Build Log: http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/153901-2012-veloster-update-842013-wall-build-4-15s/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treossi Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 bad ass! but i see windows Quote Team sundownWESTCOASTSPL.COM we're throwing dbdrag events very soon visit the website for details Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slinky Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 thats because windows is awesome Quote DD M4 Rockford Fosgate P500-4 SoundQubed HDC415 w carbon fiber cap 2 Rockford Fosagate T1675-S XS Power D3400 Under Hood XS Power D5100 in rear Michael Singer 200A Alt Build Log: http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/topic/153901-2012-veloster-update-842013-wall-build-4-15s/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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