Don't you just love it when a plan finally works out? (56k better run away!)

DarkShadow

DarkShadow

DarkShadow

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Just over a month ago, I upgraded my pc (that's right upgraded!) and managed to spend £1500 on a upgrade. Being the student I am, I had some very late night pretty much every day for 2 weeks (how sad! :o ), I just couldn't decide on any thing. It started off with the 'E63 vs E66' argument, then it was 'OMG everythings gonna phase out soon'. I must say I owe this forums and specific members (you all know who you are) a huge Thank You. I waffled on for ages bugging a lot of you guys but it's finally worked out for the best.

Low down of my spec:

2 X Dell 2007WFP's
E6300 With Zalman 9700
Asus P5B Deluxe
Crucial 2GB Anniversary
Sapphire X1950XT with Zalman VF900
Corsair HX520
Terratec 2400i Dual Freeview Tuner
Black Wavemaster with Blue Window Panel + Various mods*HDA Mystique Soundcard*
Logtiech Z-5500*
Logitech Dinovo + Icemat V2*
NEC Dual DVD-RW + Sony DVD + Sony Floppy*
Samsung Spinpoint HD's*

*These are Items I had kept prior to the upgrade

Lets get cracking with some pics!

What good is a build without some snacks?

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Then some good music:

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Restored my 3 year old wavemaster, she really is a stunning piece of work!:

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Finished :)

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Some Dual Screen Supreme Commander:

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I've had to get my Dell screens replaced 3 times, TV card once and had some issues such as bad temps but that's pretty much sorted now. I've manage to hit 3.7Ghz stable and I must say I'm seriously impressed! Monstrous amounts of speed compared to my previous rig.

After hell of a lot of research and time put into this, I can finally say I'm happy! :cool:
 
Zefan said:
Beautiful.

Lovely pictures, wish we had more of these threads.
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Really? :o

Bearing in mind I have absolutely no photography experience what so ever it was taken with a Canon A520. I have been thinking about putting some time into photography as a hobby, who knows I may upgrade some time soon!

warren_1979 said:
Why spend all that money and not get a 8800 of some description. :o

I'm Baffled :confused:
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I was on a budget and the 1950XT was definitely the best bang per buck at the time. The 8800GTS was available for arounds £280 at the time, it didn't seem worth while imo as I had to spend money on other stuff!

naz said:
Thats a hellava upgrade mate! I love the dual screen set-up. I'm trying to hold out till April for my C2D + 8800GTS upgrade. But threads like this just
make me want to pull out my credit card and burn my money away now. :D
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Do it now, it's never worth waiting :)
 
Scougar said:
Maybe time to swap the x1950 now?

Awesome looking rig :)

Matthew
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Thanks guys. It is indeed starting to show its age but it seems to be doing well for me on high settings to date. I may upgrade fairly soon but that involves other implications. For example, assuming the new cards will be bigger or at least the same size it's going to be a very tight fit in my wavemaster and the airflow is already fairly poor on that case!
 
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