My Computer (n00by)

[Razors Edge]

Alright guys, First let me just tell you a little about myself.

I'm 13 years old. No credit card, no banking account or anything. I made 60$ a week (not much), And I don't have all the resources in the world to get myself computer parts. But I do live off what I can get. Most of these things are by ThermalTake, witch I got from my local Radio Shack.

For 13 years old, I do know quite abit about computers, I built this guy from ground up. The Case and Mobo is from Aopen, Great company.

Specs -

-Aopen Case
-Aopen motherboard, Socket 478, Tube sound.
-Pentuim 4 3.0 GHZ
-2 Gig. Memory, 2x 512 MB. 1x 1gig dual channel.
-40 Gig primary, 200 gig slave hardrives.
-Radeon 9600 Pro
-Audigy 2 ZS
-LG DVD-CD RW combo
-Feel Free to ask.


-I deeply apoligize for the size >.<
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Computer-

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/eser4/afa/daa7c263.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/eser4/afa/b26e06f2.jpg

-the inside-


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/eser4/afa/100_0459.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/eser4/afa/100_0457.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/eser4/afa/100_0455.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/eser4/afa/100_0454.jpg

-the workshop-

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/eser4/afa/100_0460.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/eser4/afa/100_0461.jpg

-Offics + Proof-

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/eser4/afa/100_0462.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/eser4/afa/100_0464.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v514/eser4/afa/100_0465.jpg

[Silenced_Coyote]

I'm new to PC building, but do people normally put fan grills on the inside of the case because I see you got 2 biohazard fan grills on your exhaust fans. And are those green things fan silencers? Wouldn't those go between the case and the fan? I'm sorry if these are stupid questions. But like I said, I am really new to this whole thing.

[sirkillalot617]

hi im around your age and i also suffer from a lack of funds until i sold a ton of my old junk on ebay which gave me enough money for a dual core pc just thought you could do the same however you would need a bank account

[Razors Edge]

I can offord a Dual Core Pc right now, I just don't have a resource to get one.

-I bought 2 packs of fan silencers, and they came with 2 in them (witch I didn't know). So there are fan silencers between the case and the fan, and bwtween the grill and the fan.

[Airbozo]

Nice work. Do some work on cable management and it will look great!

P.S. when I was low on funds I used rubber bands instead of tiewraps.

[Razors Edge]

Yeah, I'm going to pull off all my wires, and i'm going to plug it all back. Thing is I need to get my powersupply wires meshed too.

[Omega]

yeah, srsly, work on that cable management.

=p

Other than that, it's not bad.

[saik09]

yeah ill be 15 next month... i have a bank account but its only savings so cant use that to order offline. i usually give my parents the money and they order the stuff for me. i have a dell D2400 and i was thinkin about moddin it out. ill post some pics of a few skteches. anyone wanna mail me a dremel for free...serious... i need to cut out that ugly dell impression in the side panel and put a window in its place.

[qoou]

yup wire management is a must. not to be mean but i cant congrats you. i built my first comp when i was 11. and my first mod when i was 12. so building a computer is not incredible feat.

im 16 years old now and i still remember my first build:

AMD Athlon XP 2600+
1024mb ram
240 GB HDD
ATI Radeon 9800Pro
250watt psu

[.Maleficus.]

yup wire management is a must. not to be mean but i cant congrats you. i built my first comp when i was 11. and my first mod when i was 12. so building a computer is not incredible feat.

im 16 years old now and i still remember my first build:

AMD Athlon XP 2600+
1024mb ram
240 GB HDD
ATI Radeon 9800Pro
250watt psu


Oooo, almost amazed me, but I know a kid from my elementary school who built one in 4th grade. 9 or 10 years old. You came close though.

I like the blue sleeves though. Tie some back and it will look super!

[qoou]

but did he have help?;)

[.Maleficus.]

Nope, read stuff on the internet and did it himself.

[qoou]

now i am amazed! that kid is kickass! i wish my little brother could do that.

[Razors Edge]

Meh, I didn't really read it up, More like personal expierence.

My dad owns a small computer bisinuess, He services computers. He doesn't teach me anything though. My older brother (who is moving out shortley), he did alot of modding back a few years, I learned alot from him.

If you're amazed at this, You should see what I did to my dads mustang in the garage. I took apart the whole 302 engine, Replaced his piston rings, hooked it up with a t-20 supercharger, took out his transmission tube, gave him brand new one. I did alot to it.

Not to mention my LATEST computer, took a future power, Cut a whole, painted everything wonderuflly, stuck a window, lights. The whole pakage. Pictures will be up shortley

[qoou]

no not you, im talking about the 4th grader he was talking about. read the posts.

[Omega]

Oooo, almost amazed me, but I know a kid from my elementary school who built one in 4th grade. 9 or 10 years old. You came close though.

I think I've been buildin' the things about that long.

I remember getting my first GeForce 4, it was a Ti 4400, I installed it and everything.


Ahh, the good ol' days.

EDIT: Post number 666 =D

[Indybird]

When I was 10 I got a Dell from my neighbor;
256MB RAM
Intel Celeron 733MHz
20GB Hard Drive
I opened it up and took it apart and sorda learned computers.

Then I found out I couldn't play Battlefield 1942 on it so I went to the store and bought a 128MB Radeon 9200SE. That was a pretty easy installation to my suprise. Then when the whole thing got obsolete I decided to build my own computer next time. Now I'm 15 and I build computers for friends, family and neighbors. I hadn't started modding till just a year ago.

I'm currently working at a local computer shop and get like 100 bucks a week doing inventory stuff but my parents don't have a credit card so it's very hard to buy parts online (I don't buy parts from the place I work at because they're really expensive).

Sorry I said so much :( but lastly nice job razor, I like the color choices on the inside. But I think a custom paint job and window would really finish it off. ;)