I built a new computer.

Please get the Windows Experience Shitdex out of here.

mejelly, that CPU is only slightly better than my Athlon dualcore @ 2.8 GHz...

niiiiiiice! it's fun right? I built my first computer earlier this year, you learn a lot and it's so satisfying <3 it's my baby <3

God that case is ugly. Just my 2 cents

How much did it cost in total?
I agree building a PC is fun, but I find it more tense than fun actually! If you fuck something up you're screwed!

Looks pretty! How much did that cost you?

Soooo how much was that bad boy?

[quote name='Satangel' post='3856153' date='Aug 27 2011, 06:51 PM']I agree building a PC is fun, but I find it more tense than fun actually! If you fuck something up you're screwed![/quote]
For the most part there's not much to screw up, but applying the thermal paste and locking on the heatsink/fan is indeed always pretty damn tense.

[quote name='Berthenk' post='3856124' date='Aug 27 2011, 09:26 AM']Please get the Windows Experience Shitdex out of here.

mejelly, that CPU is only slightly better than my Athlon dualcore @ 2.8 GHz...[/quote]
How is a Hexacore at 3.6 GHz only slightly better than... or are you being sarcastic?
I posted the WEI because very few people even know what's good on the scale of a real benchmark like 3dmark or Cinebench.

[quote name='Treflex' post='3856151' date='Aug 27 2011, 09:48 AM']niiiiiiice! it's fun right? I built my first computer earlier this year, you learn a lot and it's so satisfying <3 it's my baby <3[/quote]
I've been into PC maintenance since my early teens in the late 90s and been building AMD-based PC's off and on as a hobby since 2003.
I've just had too little income to do a high-ish end rig since around 2004. I actually joined OverclockersClub back then.

[quote name='Satangel' post='3856153' date='Aug 27 2011, 09:51 AM']God that case is ugly. Just my 2 cents

How much did it cost in total?
I agree building a PC is fun, but I find it more tense than fun actually! If you fuck something up you're screwed![/quote]
All of the new parts of this build were my payment for building an Intel Core i7-2600K system for a retired doctor, but altogether they are over a grand.

The case is freakish but EXTREMELY easy to build in and keeps my things very cool. I really needed one easy to work in this time around and this case also has built in handles that fold down. I really like that cause the new PSU is ridiculously heavy compared to my old (less efficient) 750w that I used towards my client's build.

[quote name='Mazor' post='3856372' date='Aug 27 2011, 12:14 PM'][quote name='Satangel' post='3856153' date='Aug 27 2011, 06:51 PM']I agree building a PC is fun, but I find it more tense than fun actually! If you fuck something up you're screwed![/quote]
For the most part there's not much to screw up, but applying the thermal paste and locking on the heatsink/fan is indeed always pretty damn tense.
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That Zalman cooler was no easy task I tell ya. I got it after my CPU was reaching temps of 58c max load with stock cooling which is intolerable for stock settings. With the new HSF it tops out at 41 with the overclock <3