I ended up finally getting the remaining parts needed to build the PC.
for context you can read the previous entry on this here
-The case was bought from someone at letgo for 35 bucks (thing was still new!). However a very similar case can be found here
-1 of the SAS drives was still good but no sas interface (and while i have access to a server blade, i couldnt find my sas card)so it was time for plan B.
-3tb was found on ebay new for 45 bucks here
-240gb ssd was found new for 26 bucks here
-500 watt was also found on let go for 30 bucks. (I rather get a good quality used one, than a new cheap one, as a power supply is something not worth taking the risk for.
Total was 391 bucks (add 32 to that with the sas drive kerfuffle)
Well, what did 391 bucks get me after cleaning, dusting, replacing thermal paste, blah blah blah?
well it turned this:
into this(still havent even removed the plastic film off the tempered glass):
pardon the dust (tells you how much ive really used my ps4 and wii u as of late)
probably other folks could do better, but to be honest... I am playing soulcalibur 6 at 4k and other games at 1440p. I cant complain. No fancy rgb except for a bit of some blue LED's but i will live.
I will be making a second one soon since I ended up getting another batch of parts for even cheaper this time. However thats a story for another day.
Also time to do some dusting. sheesh.
oh also specs:
-i5 3470
-16gb of ram
-nvidia 1070
-240gb ssd (os storage)
-3tb hdd (steam collection storage)
for context you can read the previous entry on this here
-The case was bought from someone at letgo for 35 bucks (thing was still new!). However a very similar case can be found here
-1 of the SAS drives was still good but no sas interface (and while i have access to a server blade, i couldnt find my sas card)so it was time for plan B.
-3tb was found on ebay new for 45 bucks here
-240gb ssd was found new for 26 bucks here
-500 watt was also found on let go for 30 bucks. (I rather get a good quality used one, than a new cheap one, as a power supply is something not worth taking the risk for.
Total was 391 bucks (add 32 to that with the sas drive kerfuffle)
Well, what did 391 bucks get me after cleaning, dusting, replacing thermal paste, blah blah blah?
well it turned this:
into this(still havent even removed the plastic film off the tempered glass):
pardon the dust (tells you how much ive really used my ps4 and wii u as of late)
probably other folks could do better, but to be honest... I am playing soulcalibur 6 at 4k and other games at 1440p. I cant complain. No fancy rgb except for a bit of some blue LED's but i will live.
I will be making a second one soon since I ended up getting another batch of parts for even cheaper this time. However thats a story for another day.
Also time to do some dusting. sheesh.
oh also specs:
-i5 3470
-16gb of ram
-nvidia 1070
-240gb ssd (os storage)
-3tb hdd (steam collection storage)
