Finally!!!! Completed my new computer, thanks to all you guys! *pics*

[Ralphie]

dude i am so getting that fan when i rebuild my pc...

nice case!

[foamypirate]

Gigabyte mobos have always worked wonders for me maybe you just got a bad batch

Don't get me, wrong, I do love my Gigabyte mobos, and I still build all my systems with them! Just had a bad batch of a particular board (between 2 of them, I've done 3 RMA's...)

[BIGTUFFGUY]

i need to build a new machine. at the end of the summer perhaps.

i'm running.

AMD 2100+
1 gig ddr ram.
GeForce 7600 GT
Maxtor 60gig + Western Digital 80gig
dvd rw
win xp sp1

dual CRT's

[sackingz123]

heres my bitch i built a couple of months ago.

[blizzard335]

Buy it, use it, break it, fix it,
trash it, change it, melt - upgrade it,
charge it, pawn it, zoom it, press it,
snap it, work it, quick - erase it,
write it, get it, paste it, save it,
load it, check it, quick - rewrite it,
plug it, play it, burn it, rip it,
drag and drop it, zip - unzip it,
lock it, fill it, curl it, find it,
view it, curl it, jam - unlock it,
surf it, scroll it, pose it, click it,
cross it, crack it, twitch - update it,
name it, read it, tune it, print it,
scan it, send it, fax - rename it,
touch it, bring it, pay it, watch it,
turn it, leave it, stop - format it.

gotta love daft punk

nice rig, Dr.. damn, u got lots of space there..

my laptop has a puny 60GB's only..

[DrLove'sKuDang]

gotta love daft punk

nice rig, Dr.. damn, u got lots of space there..

my laptop has a puny 60GB's only..

yea, im a computer packrat... i never delete anything. and i just added a drive from my old computer. so i now have another 300gb WD drive.

[owequitit]

If you don't mind my asking, what did this rig run you?

[jhondayaaj]

nice computers everyone. I think when I have the funds or should I say, when my wife let's me, I want to run a coolant cooled system like my nephew is to his computer. now my computer's got 3500 64 bit amd with like 2.41 gigs ( I think). something like that, my nephew built it for me, I guess I am computer illiterate. I believe the tower costed me like 1100-1200, and it was built a couple years ago, almost three. before my computer took a shit, there is an LED light show on the front of the computer, and when those lights shine on the front, it looks like a marijuana leaf.......YEAH!

[DrLove'sKuDang]

If you don't mind my asking, what did this rig run you?

not at all. it was just a little over $700 with tax and shipping. and that was with everything... mobo, cpu, video card, fan, 2gb memory, case, power supply, 2 hd's and a dvd dl burner.

[foamypirate]

Anyone else a HD space whore like me and my friends?

I have a 120, 160, 320, and an 80 (10,000RPM)... 680GB total...
My friend has a 80, 250, and a 500...830GB total...

[12gage]

anybody hear of tigerdirect.com? awesome place to get barebone kits, cheap gig sticks..etc..

[foamypirate]

Yup...I hate them, I've never had a good experience. I use newegg and zipzoomfly.

[owequitit]

not at all. it was just a little over $700 with tax and shipping. and that was with everything... mobo, cpu, video card, fan, 2gb memory, case, power supply, 2 hd's and a dvd dl burner.

Cool thanks!

[cjv998]

not at all. it was just a little over $700 with tax and shipping. and that was with everything... mobo, cpu, video card, fan, 2gb memory, case, power supply, 2 hd's and a dvd dl burner.

Man, that's awesome. It's amazing how quickly prices drop on PC stuff. 3 years ago I built a PC for the same price, here's what I managed to get (mostly from Newegg):

Athlon XP 2400+
Asus nForce 2 motherboard (A7N8X-X model)
512MB Corsair DDR
nVidia FX5200 (Asus)
80GB Western Digital P-ATA hard drive
Lite-on 52x read / 24x write CD burner
refurbished Dell 17" CRT
Logitech keyboard and mouse (MX-310 mouse, cheap media keyboard)


Anyway, maybe a little late, but here's a list of free (legal ) software I'd recommend downloading if you haven't already:

internet: Mozilla Firefox
e-mail: Mozilla Thunderbird
anti-spyware: Ad-Aware SE, Spybot Search & Destroy
antivirus: I've heard ClamWin is good, but I haven't used it
office: OpenOffice (like Microsoft Office, but free)
instant messaging: Pidgin (used to be Gaim)
audio player: Foobar 2000 (Winamp is decent too, but I prefer foobar)
video player: VLC player (plays DVD's, no need for annoying codecs)
file unzipping: 7Zip
PDF reading: Foxit Reader (like Adobe Reader, but way smaller to install)
photo manipulation: GIMPshop (like Photoshop, but once again, it's free and legal)
misc: CCleaner (not a typo) - used to clean up all the misc. temp files you don't need anymore, also searches for and fixes registry problems

I'm sure I'm missing something, but there's a start.

[accordaffair]

to add to that, I like comodo for the firewall, with zonealarm as a second choice, and avg as an antivirus