bartvandenberg
02-13-2006, 10:24 PM
To think.. it all started with this. A comp i bought, and way overpaid for. But i was dumb and didnt do my homework. Frankly, didnt know enough about comps to have bought one myself. but anyway.. this is how it goes.
http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/828/82815b9a649f29fe9dc200f396baa3bf.jpg
Then.. i got bored one night, just ripped it apart and painted it black. it sat for a long while like that and i was far from ever happy with it.
so.. another bored night, grabbed the grinder. I dont mean dremel, im talking good ol 4 inch dewalt grinder to cut the window out.
http://www.fotothing.com/photos/a1c/a1c92fea53936e564aa0adb441a723e4.jpg
That grew into this. But then i decided why not just upgrade everything. So....
http://www.fotothing.com/photos/c5f/c5fff639c8c4dc8d82fb17fc97b3ac04.jpg
On to this. New mobo, cpu, psu, hd, gpu and ram
Went from biostar mobo (nForce3)
Sempron 2600+64
Geforce 4 Ti4200 64mb
200 gig SATA (maxtor)
2 * 512 ddr400 Markvision Ram
300watt sparkle psu
TO:
Asus k8n4e Deluxe Mobo (nForce4)
Athlon 3400+64
Geforce 6800 Ultra 256mb
250 gig Seagate Barracuda SATA
2 * 1024 Kingston DDR400
450 Antec PSU
http://www.fotothing.com/photos/aed/aed5e50eb7f4211f266c16ac798fdd39.jpg,http://www.fotothing.com/photos/7a8/7a8e4edf78f8c920a8ff3247c54aefd0.jpg
http://www.fotothing.com/photos/b84/b843ae8934f6c7208323fd67c3c0494e.jpg,http://www.fotothing.com/photos/dba/dbab420455b5ca4051d052bb47eb0725.jpg
And to compare basic black paint with new carbon fibre vinyls in and out....
http://www.fotothing.com/photos/62f/62fe16deed13dc884175d4d96d85e1b9.jpg
And last but not least, my newest addition. My LCD. 19 inch widescreen from viewsonic with 8ms. pretty slick monitor. gotta love sales.
http://www.fotothing.com/photos/ebb/ebbad1526e47ac2b455a31b065bddaf4.jpg
Only problem is now, is keeping it cool inside. ive got 5 ciruclation fans alone, not to mention 7 fans inside keeping components cool. Idle temps about 27C
Link To Original Thread (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2096)
http://www.fotothing.com/thumbs/828/82815b9a649f29fe9dc200f396baa3bf.jpg
Then.. i got bored one night, just ripped it apart and painted it black. it sat for a long while like that and i was far from ever happy with it.
so.. another bored night, grabbed the grinder. I dont mean dremel, im talking good ol 4 inch dewalt grinder to cut the window out.
http://www.fotothing.com/photos/a1c/a1c92fea53936e564aa0adb441a723e4.jpg
That grew into this. But then i decided why not just upgrade everything. So....
http://www.fotothing.com/photos/c5f/c5fff639c8c4dc8d82fb17fc97b3ac04.jpg
On to this. New mobo, cpu, psu, hd, gpu and ram
Went from biostar mobo (nForce3)
Sempron 2600+64
Geforce 4 Ti4200 64mb
200 gig SATA (maxtor)
2 * 512 ddr400 Markvision Ram
300watt sparkle psu
TO:
Asus k8n4e Deluxe Mobo (nForce4)
Athlon 3400+64
Geforce 6800 Ultra 256mb
250 gig Seagate Barracuda SATA
2 * 1024 Kingston DDR400
450 Antec PSU
http://www.fotothing.com/photos/aed/aed5e50eb7f4211f266c16ac798fdd39.jpg,http://www.fotothing.com/photos/7a8/7a8e4edf78f8c920a8ff3247c54aefd0.jpg
http://www.fotothing.com/photos/b84/b843ae8934f6c7208323fd67c3c0494e.jpg,http://www.fotothing.com/photos/dba/dbab420455b5ca4051d052bb47eb0725.jpg
And to compare basic black paint with new carbon fibre vinyls in and out....
http://www.fotothing.com/photos/62f/62fe16deed13dc884175d4d96d85e1b9.jpg
And last but not least, my newest addition. My LCD. 19 inch widescreen from viewsonic with 8ms. pretty slick monitor. gotta love sales.
http://www.fotothing.com/photos/ebb/ebbad1526e47ac2b455a31b065bddaf4.jpg
Only problem is now, is keeping it cool inside. ive got 5 ciruclation fans alone, not to mention 7 fans inside keeping components cool. Idle temps about 27C
Link To Original Thread (http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2096)