New PC Get!

The PC that I've been wanting forever has finally arrived :D. This is the first time I've ever built a PC and I'm quite happy that nothing went wrong. The only dissapointment was that my PSU is a bit too weak for my graphics card but its ok. I'll buy another PSU later.

The specs:

- E8400 CPU
- MSI P45 Neo-F motherboard
- WD 640AAKS HDD
- 4GB PC2-6400 Ram
- 500W OCZ StealthxStream PSU
- Palit 9800GTX+
- Pioneer 116-DBK DVD burner
- CoolerMaster CM-690 Dominator case

Some pics:

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The mess of wires in the first pic has been taken care of by the supplied cable management.

EDIT: Just played Crysis at High settings with 8x Antialiasing. NOT A SINGLE STUTTER! :D

Comments

raulpica
You should have got a Core i7 :creep:
Core i7s p0wn Core2 cpus massively :creep:

Awesome config, btw :D
 
M
That's one sexy computer :)

I have one question though (and please forgive my noobishness, I haven't tinkered with a desktop's innards for a few years now), what are those black strips with the blue things on them in the first pic?
 
War
Now Xcalibur is gonna be too busy with his Crysis friends to pay attention to me :[
 
War
[quote name='science' post='1732400' date='Jan 26 2009, 03:51 PM']I don't get these spec things. Can it play Minesweeper?[/quote]
Doubt it. Maybe on low-quality settings in black and white.
 
xcalibur
[quote name='BortzANATOR' post='1734766' date='Jan 27 2009, 09:44 PM']i like that your on GBAtemp in the picture lol[/quote]

And I was on IRC channel on my eee at the time lol xD.
 
xcalibur
[quote name='Linkiboy' post='1734912' date='Jan 27 2009, 11:02 PM']nice stock heatsink fan[/quote]

I was tight on cash yo. I'll buy that among other things to complete my purchase but as it stands its still a decent pc.
Probably be able to buy whatever is missing within the month but the reason I just didn't wait and buy it all then is because pc components have steadily been rising in price. The E8400 cpu was £102 3 months ago...
If I waited any longer I wouldn't have been able to buy what I needed.
 
Orc
Hell Yeah! We has same PC cases :D
Try to convince Sephi to geta CM-690 too. :D
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I has no cable managements.
 
xcalibur
[quote name='m3rox' post='1732301' date='Jan 26 2009, 10:16 PM']That's one sexy computer :)

I have one question though (and please forgive my noobishness, I haven't tinkered with a desktop's innards for a few years now), what are those black strips with the blue things on them in the first pic?[/quote]

Part of the cases toolless design. Special strips so we can add in any removable drives without screwing them in.

[quote name='Orc' post='1747115' date='Feb 1 2009, 10:45 PM']Hell Yeah! We has same PC cases :D
Try to convince Sephi to geta CM-690 too. :D
2qw3nv5.jpg

1z3x7hf.jpg

I has no cable managements.
[/quote]

Setsuna and Lockon must get awfully hot there.
 

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