My Build

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Well, I've finally made it!

I'll list some specs - and the pictures will come hopefully over the weekend when I get time.

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965
Motherboard: Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P
RAM: 6 GB OCZ DDR3 Tri-channel PC3-12800C8
HDD: 1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F3
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-S223B DVD+/- Multi-rewriter
Case: Antec Nine Hundred
Monitor: 23" Acer v233Hb 1080p HD
Graphics: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5750 1 GB GDDR5 PCI-E, DirectX 11
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 700W
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit

Well, it was a bit of a hairy experience at first, but when I got into it, it wasn't too bad. Basic first-timer stuff I suppose.

Pictures coming soon...

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Congrats ! !

Told ya it would be smooth....

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Thanks. 

I never doubted you...

Cool, nice build.

What are you using for an optical drive, audio and network?

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Optical drive is above.
Samsung SH-S223B DVD+/- R(W)

Audio is onboard. So is network - I don't need an NIC because the only way I can connect to the Internet is via a 3G USB modem.

Very nice, I missed the OD listing, obviously.

I was pretty sure you were only using the onboard for the other two, but thought I would ask anyway.

Do you mind if I ask what it set you back?

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No problem.

It was just over €1200 - including delivery (which was fairly expensive).

And thanks to anyone and everyone that helped me, BTW.

Looks good excited for pictures. Updated your profile to have the SBCC icon.

Yes, I'm looking forward to the pix as well.

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Well, I suppose I better get them then.

Updated your profile to have the SBCC icon.

Thanks Nathan.

Well, I suppose I better get them then.

What, you haven't taken any yet?
Geez....   

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No I have them taken. Just need to find the CD with the camera drivers on it.

I'm just teasing you man, take your time

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Ah, it looks like the driver for my phone isn't installing properly. I'll have to get them onto the laptop and transfer them instead.

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Ah, it looks like the driver for my phone isn't installing properly. I'll have to get them onto the laptop and transfer them instead.

Well, I take that back. Finally got the time to go about getting it to work and I did just that - eventually.

So, here are the long-awaited images:

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SaWeet !!

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Thanks!

All is going well with it so far anyway, thankfully. I couldn't believe the fact that absolutely nothing went wrong from the second I started putting it together.

Excellent, 'bout time you got some pictures.... (suddenly I remembered I never posted any pics of my build....)

All is going well with it so far anyway, thankfully. I couldn't believe the fact that absolutely nothing went wrong from the second I started putting it together.

I got the same sort of feeling after finishing my build. Nothing seemed to go wrong at all; well, not counting the fact that I completely forgot to install the memory the first time. (which wasn't really that annoying, since I always test stuff by leaving the case open to make sure it boots and everything. Just had to open the RAM packages and plop them in and I was off installing Vista.

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(suddenly I remembered I never posted any pics of my build....)

Yeah, now!

I got the same sort of feeling after finishing my build. Nothing seemed to go wrong at all; well, not counting the fact that I completely forgot to install the memory the first time. (which wasn't really that annoying, since I always test stuff by leaving the case open to make sure it boots and everything. Just had to open the RAM packages and plop them in and I was off installing Vista. Grin

Computerhope has never looked better for me!

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With that monitor i can certainly see why...

 

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Screenshot is 1920x1080. Probems with fixed width sites though, especially the 800px ones.

Pictures look great, thanks for sharing. 

Wohoo, pictures.

I like pictures, can't read

Wohoo, pictures.

I like pictures, can't read

reading is for dem smart kids with de ability do do hard questions wit their heads like 2+4 or dat genius margie who was able to do's a two dijit subtraction question wit only pen and paper and wiffout havin to go kill some of her pa's hawgs. I got in a awful mess when I was asked'd the answer to 12-5, I figgered, we had 12 pigs, if I jus' slaughter 5 of em, wat's left is the answer, but I get's there, and I has 13 pigs, and I counts again, still 13 pigs, I was flubberghosted, I was. Den I looks closer, on of em' hogs is mah' grandpappy, dun sleepin in the hay the lazy old man. So I jus' kicks him in the shins, then I forgets what I was doin, and slaughta all the hawgs wiff mah penknife, boy howdy, was mah old man mad dat day, didn't get my own horse like I was spose'd to that year, paps was all in a huff due to mah killing of the hogs for no reason and all.

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reading is for dem smart kids with de ability do do hard questions wit their heads like 2+4 or dat genius margie who was able to do's a two dijit subtraction question wit only pen and paper and wiffout havin to go kill some of her pa's hawgs

Excuse me, it ain't my fault. Although I didn't kill any pigs lately.

I don't care what anybody says or thinks, BC definitely has some excellent drug related stories to tell.

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Just set up a dual boot with Ubuntu 9.10 on a 21 gig partition. Trying to get to grips now with Linux!