Spec me a pc

mere_immortal · 16 Sep 2006 at 19:16

Syk3 said:
Sorry if you said before, but what case did you choose?

Thermaltake Tsunami, black with window. Heard good things and it looks nice.
Think it will look good wiht the black saitek eclipse and black hyundai monitor

syke · 16 Sep 2006 at 19:18

mere_immortal said:
Thermaltake Tsunami, black with window. Heard good things and it looks nice.
Think it will look good wiht the black saitek eclipse and black hyundai monitor

Nice choice

Would have preferred a PC7+ myself though

Make sure you tell me when you order and get some pictures up.

s-

mere_immortal · 16 Sep 2006 at 19:20

Syk3 said:
Make sure you tell me when you order and get some pictures up.

Should be ordering some of the bits on Monday, sticking my laptop on ebay tommorow so will order the rest when that sells

syke · 16 Sep 2006 at 19:24

mere_immortal said:
Should be ordering some of the bits on Monday, sticking my laptop on ebay tommorow so will order the rest when that sells

Bit off topic, but what lappy is it?

s-

mere_immortal · 16 Sep 2006 at 19:29

Syk3 said:
Bit off topic, but what lappy is it?

Not a bad one imho, mesh ultima pro:-

3.4ghz Intel HT
1Gb Corsair Ram
Geforce 6800 go
80 gb HDD
17" 1680x1050 x-glass lcd

Has served me well, still runs HL2 at 1280x1024 with 4xaa with no chugging

syke · 16 Sep 2006 at 19:43

mere_immortal said:
Not a bad one imho, mesh ultima pro:-

3.4ghz Intel HT
1Gb Corsair Ram
Geforce 6800 go
80 gb HDD
17" 1680x1050 x-glass lcd

Has served me well, still runs HL2 at 1280x1024 with 4xaa with no chugging

Nice spec =]

s-

mere_immortal · 2 Oct 2006 at 19:14

So finally got round to ordering and building the pc, thought id post some pics.

Was like christmas when all this stuff came, couldnt wait to get stuck in

The Thermaltake Tsunami straight out of the box with no bits in yet

The Seasonic power supply is in, already impressed with myself

Mobo in with Intel E6400, 2GB Geil Ram and ATI X1800XT fitted

mere_immortal · 2 Oct 2006 at 19:15

Everything in and ready to test

Works first time!!! Messing about in the bios

Rewired and almost finished

mere_immortal · 2 Oct 2006 at 19:16

Acute angles + macro = arty pics

mere_immortal · 2 Oct 2006 at 19:17

For a first build this went very well. Started up first time and everthing went perfectly. First build of many hopefully. Went from this:

To this:

Thanks for all the help guys, hopefully building again soon

Mere