Brand new toy :D:D:D!!!

[Nuke]

Got my new brand rig....

Motherboard: Asus P5B
PSU: Stock 550w PSU (soon to be changed to a toughpower or liberty)
CPU: Intel Dual Core 3.2 GHz total
RAM: 1 GB DDR2 RAM
HDD: WD 250GB HDD
Optical Drive: Lite-on DVD Burner
Graphics Card: Winfast PX7300 GT
Sound: On-Board Soundmax Sound Card (Sound card to be upgraded to a creative)
Case: Tacens Sagitta (multiple fans nice and roomy basically super cool looking)
CPU Cooler: Zalman Something...cant remember

Future Upgrades Planned:

Change stock VGA cooler to a zalman, sleeve cables, change psu and run dual monitors

Good bad or otherwise guys??

PS i will get pics of the computer as soon as i have my digital camera
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[Xal]

Looks pretty solid to me. I wouldn't really bother with replacing the GFX card cooler tough, that card won't really benefit from it all that much. Save that cash and use it to buy a better card later on down the road. The Geforce 7 series should come down in price a lot there soon and you should be able to pick up a decent 7600gt or 7900gs for fairly little. For now though that 7300 should do you well in most current games at medium to low settings and should run older games maxed

The ASUS P5B is a great board too, nice choice. I always try to get the best motherboard I can afford and build my system around that and it looks like you have done the same, good stuff.

Enjoy and give us some pics
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Phenom II x4 955 @ Stock
Asus M3N78-EM
4gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 667 @ 800
1gb Powercolor Radeon HD 5850 @ Stock
X-fi Extreme Audio PCI E
Nexus 600W Silent PSU
Nexus Fans
Custom case

[Nuke]

What about the PSU??

What would you guys recommend going for:

Enermax Liberty or Thermaltake Toughpower

Or even if you have suggestions for better thats cool too.

Thanks for the tip bout the graphics card happy with it atm but will save up for a new one possibly and change the stock cooler on that one instead.

Ye i basically went in with what i wanted parts wise then got his recommendations on what to change and how to lower the price slightly, btw is cable sleeving classed as tweaking?? Apparently im not to tweak this case cause it already is gorgeous, not that i plan anything major just some cable sleeving and minor upgrades to parts etc over time.
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[sickofsoyo]

I have the enermax liberty, and love it. The rails are stable and the modular cabling helps keep it somewhat tidy... I need 4 floppy connections (2 for X-fi, 1 for vid, 1 for floppy) so that makes things pretty messy. but there are plenty of connections.
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P4 3.2ghz
lanparty pro875b
Enermax Liberty 500 Watt Modular PSU
Sony 52X CD-RW
Samsung 120gig SATA hdd
Maxtor 100gig SATA hdd
Powmax Demon case
ATI X800 XL AIW, 525 Core, 525 mem
Creative X-Fi Platinum
PDP systems Patriot Ram 2,3,2,5 timings

[fussnfeathers]

Wow.........they didn't rip off the Star Trek LCARS computer system for that display on the front, now, did then............

You might have an easier time getting an Antec power supply where you live, I recommend the True Power Trio 650 watter highly.

Oh, here's the LCARS setup, tell me it doesn't look the same, just not in color.


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Big enough to scare you

[Nuke]

Ye it does actually quite amusing, hmm so right now its a toss up got more goodies coming. Got a logitech webcam on the way
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[fussnfeathers]

You might have a problem with the webcam, as I have with mine. For some reason, Windows will not boot with the Logitech webcam plugged in. Make sure you have it plugged into a USB port you can easily reach, as you'll have to unplug it when you're not using it.

I'm not sure if this affects all models, my mom has no problems with her Logitech cam, but she's using older software. She has a low-end Logitech Chat, though, and I have a Quickcam Fusion.
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Big enough to scare you

[Nuke]

where the desktop from fuss looks insanely cool
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[Nuke]

Pictures will be arriving as soon as the mods get completed speding half of what i spent building the machine to modifying it. The list of extensive mods is...

1) Radiation Symbol logo cut into side of case
2) Sleeve All Cables
3) Add blue CCFL and green CCFL
4) Change all fans to blue and add a new one to the middle of the window
5) Add water effect within case
6) Upgrade drive bay with drive bay expansions including home theater kit

So i will post pictures once this project aptly named "The Manhattan Project" is completed.
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[Nuke]

Ok so did a few wee things and got a new 20" monitor so thought i would post some images:

==Front View==



==iMon ==



==Big Sexy Monitor==



==Front Display==



==Side Shot==


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[Nuke]

Been a while but finally the system has had its MAJOR upgrade done to it...this is my newest set up i will post some pics later on in the day once i get the camera out...

Motherboard: Asus Striker Deluxe
CPU: Intel core 2 duo E7650 @ 2.66GHz overclocked to 3.07 GHz
CPU Cooler: Asus Silent Knight
Graphics Card: Asus GeForce 8800GT
Sound Card: Soundblaster Xfi Xtreme Gamer Edition
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 RX 500W
HDD: 2 x Western Digital 200GB + 1 x Western Digital 160GB
CD/DVD Drive: LG DVD Burner
Memory: Corsair Value Select 2GB DDR2
Case: Thermaltake Armor Jr Case

Extras:

Soundgraph iMON VFD
Logitech X540 5.1 Speakers
Logitech MX1000 Mouse
Logitech G11 Keyboard
Phillips 22" Widescreen Monitor (220WS)

Think this setup should last me a while once my pay comes in im going to complete the major overhaul with a Asus lightscribe 20x DVD Burner and Corsair Dominator XMS 2 2GB memory kit and that will be me ready to rock and roll for a good long while.
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