paintstikker

Here's mine, just installed 2 more fans...




Well, being around 3 years old it's hard to remember exactly what the specs are, but anyway...

Intel P4 3.0ghz. HT
2GB RAM
Western Digital 200 GB HD
DVD/CD R/RW+-
Thermaltake 450 watt PSU
stupid 56k modem
floppy drive
lots of fans

Wide Open

Not bad, whats in it?

Heres mine.

-AMD Athlon 64x2 6000
-Asus M2N SLI Deluxe
-Western Digital Raptor X 150GB HDD
-EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 640MB
-Creative X-FI sound
-2GB of Kingston HyperX RAM
(I need to get some more tie wraps for the wires since I know everything works now, but you get the point.)

paintstikker

Dang, what are all those cards for lol. At least you don't have a huge bundle of wires...

Checkpointracer

I use a laptop.

ELITE913

i have a sony vaio with a 120GB HD, 2 GB RAM, 1.73 GHz prossesor, intel graphics card with 128mb

mindwreck

nice comp paint. i have that case except mines HEAVILY modified I used to do computers heavily doing middle and high school. most of my friends that wanted custom computers came to me for advice or some modifying. all built to the highest detail. cables tied and folded away from sight. monthly overhaul cleaning. oh and tweaking. *sigh* the good old days.. now i just have the hectic life of RCs. one pocket emptying hobby to a even more expensive one

Heres my 2yr old 'puter thats starting to show its age... Planning a core2 duo for next year.
-Amd sempron 1.6ghz overclocked to 2.6ghz, yeap 1 ghz overclock and still completely silent
-1GB of ram, dual seagates in Raid 1
-Dangerden triple 120mm fan radiator. D5 pump, TDX cpu block
-unlocked nvidia 6800 with artic cooler
-Matrix orbital LCD
-dvd burner, TV card, misc stuff.

case window was hand etched with a dremel



Laptop:
dell D620-core2duo t5500, 1gb ram, Nvidia quadro 110m video, 80gb.

Takedown

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Water cooled! Is that even safe?[X(]

Checkpointracer

If the pipes are good quality I would think it would be ok.

Takedown

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Thats the key point there.

maddog 71

I just use a DELL laptop INSPIRON E1705 since I on the road truck driving all the time
MADDOG

Takedown

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Heres mine, nothing special but it gets the job done!

-whitey-

i got ripped off so bad on my comp it went of date within the year i bought it the guy said it was good for five years

Wide Open

Sure it is. There are a lot of water cooling kits on the market.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...Cooling+System

Takedown

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Hmmm... I wouldnt have to listen to my loud annoying fan anymore.

mindwreck

watercooling is definitely safe. just leak test it before using. and if your really scared you can clamp everything down.

I used to have really loud computer, back when i was aircooling freak. But then i didn't use my computer as much and never left it on.
now i use it a lot for school( and RCU of course), so it stays on a lot and i need it absolutely quiet when i sleep so the super loud fans and stuff had to go.

paintstikker

I might go watercooled, but having a near silent computer is wierd.

I love that etching..

Takedown

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Ya when my computer is getting a workout by multitasking or something the fan kicks up into high gear and it can get very annoying.[:'(]

mindwreck

its sooo much better. especially after using those performance air-cooled solutions. my computer was quiet before but still noisey enough to keep me awake, i sleep about 2-3 ft from my computer and changing to water was amazing. lower temperatures and quieter.

eddiebelanger

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i would love to build my own computer but have no clue were to start

paintstikker

Just buy the parts, really, easy process. Better yet, buy a book on it.

You'll need:
case
motherboard
memory
CPU
hard drive
misc drive (CD, floppy, etc, not necessary)
power supply
modem (depends on your internet and mobo)
graphics card (depends if built in on mobo, but usually mobo graphics suck)
sound card (unless built in on mobo, quality varies)
operating system

Newegg.com or Tiger Direct are some good sources.

eddiebelanger

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thanks how much dose it cost?

paintstikker

Anywhere from 400-thousands depending on your setup.

eddiebelanger

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i would not mind spending $500-600 for a computer to just play games on i got a apple laptop for every thing else

how would a $500-600 homemade computer compare to one the same price at best buy?

thanks for all the help

paintstikker

Including or excluding operating system? W/o it would be better, with, depending on system, it would be just as good, but most likely better.

VIPER458

i have a compaq presario laptop

amd sempron processor
40gb hard drive
2gb ram
navida 256mb graphics card
and very few programs on it to keep it running fast i only run cad programs on it